#bucktommy asks

[sherlocking-out-loud]

The only win for Buck they can give him at the end of this season is the person whose his safe place and makes him comfortable being him and that one person is none other than the hot firefighter pilot. Give him Tommy Kinard back. Let him and Tommy finally be happy or truly the start of a happy journey together moving into s10.

[atevanfool]

Top 3 bucktommy moments

I think this one is almost easy, and in no particular order:

Holding hands during the coffee date

The hug at the bachelor party. (Please give me more hugs, Timbo.)

Buck asking Tommy if he's not afraid Buck will break is heart again in Holy Mother of God. :D

[queerasbuck]

Jay!! Honestly the film noir detective au sounds like my dream scenario and I would love anything from that 🫶🏻

(Also may your train journey be peaceful and as seamless as possible ) 🧡

Kelly!! yay! I loveeeee detective stories and I loveeeee the inter-war years so obvi I gotta play with my bucktommy ken dolls in that sandbox ☺️

I don't have all the details planned yet but it's set in 1931 and the premise is this: Tommy Kinard is a wwi-vet and former NYPD-detective, he was fired in 1928 when he wouldn't shut up abt corruption within the force, once fired he was hit by the crack in '29 and he hasn't been able to find steady work since then so he now lives in a tenement building in brooklyn; he frequents speakeasies where he drinks too much and goes to bed with dangerous men (most frequently mobster Sal Deluca); when mayoral candidate Doug Kendall is shot dead outside a theatre, Tommy's army buddy Howard Han is arrested, but Doug's wife, Maddie, is convinced it wasn't Howard and she hires Tommy to investigate; Tommy teams up with Maddie's semi-estranged brother, recently-promoted-to-detective Evan Buckley, to solve the murder and clear Howard's name

snippet of Tommy and Maddie meeting for the first time under the cut (no buck yet tho, sorry):

The woman stuck out like a sore thumb; far too fashionably and expensively dressed to be standing outside a tenement building on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Tommy noticed her immediately and knew that she had to be waiting for something - or someone; every few seconds, she would turn her head and look first towards one end of the street, then towards the other - like a dog anxiously keeping guard.

Tommy slowed his pace as he wound his way past the early-morning stragglers - law-abiding people on their way to work and people like himself, skulking home after a night of disreputable actions - so that he could get a better look at her before having to interact with her.

His first impression, which only strengthened as he advanced on her, was one of extraordinary beauty; not very tall, despite the high heeled shoes, and voluptuous in the way that would've made her very popular on the theatre stages before the war, with fashionably-short dark hair and skin a few shades darker than what was generally considered desirable. She wore black from head to toe.

There was something oddly familiar about her, some connection he couldn't place immediately. He was certain that he'd seen her before somewhere even if they hadn't spoken.

Finally, he came to the conclusion that none of it mattered - not who she was or what she was waiting for. It didn't have anything to do with him.

Still, he couldn't pretend he wasn't curious so as soon as he was in earshot, he asked: "waiting for someone?"

“Yes," she answered, turning her head towards him; there was a fading bruise below her right eye, "I was hoping to meet Thomas Kinard."

She had the refined accent of those raised amongst the upper crust, which, well, didn't surprise Tommy at all.

“You're in luck,” he said, swearing inwardly now that he knew it did have something to do with him. “I’m Thomas Kinard.”

She gave him a long, calculating look which left him feeling like a prize pig at market. He got the sudden urge to stand up straight and fix his hair, maybe even shave, all to avoid her displeasure.

Finally, she gave a little nod, flicked away the butt of her cigarette, and held out her hand.

“Maddie Kendall,” she said and allowed him to press her hand in greeting. “Your landlady said I could find you here. I need your help.”

It was his turn, then, to give her a long assessing look, the sort of look that left most people discomfited and fidgeting. He had used it during countless suspect interviews when he was still a police officer, and it had almost always worked to get people to talk.

Maddie Kendall, though, bore it without any signs of discomfort.

“What’s it in regard to?” Tommy asked finally.

She looked up, making eye contact with him again, and said:

“Murder, Mr. Kinard. I need you to solve a murder for me.”

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[wenellyb]

Sorry for piggybacking off of the last ask, but I just wanted to say that as someone pushing 30, I not only didn't see a lack of chemistry between Buck and Tommy over their lack of touch, I think it’s actually the exact opposite.

All of their interactions in that episode screamed established couple. Tommy knowing his way around the loft. Tommy clearly having clothes there. Tommy taking the couch just to be next to Buck while they sleep. Hell, Lou’s delivery of “Oh great, you found a substack” screamed that this wasn't the first time he saw Buck spiral into a research binge. And this isn't even touching the cemetery scene.

If anything, I think the lack of touch made their chemistry stick out more, if that makes sense. They seemed super smitten and well on their way of properly falling in love throughout the whole episode. But that’s just my two cents 🤷‍♂️

Hi !!! Agreed! Thanks a lot for adding this, it's actually the point of my first point. I really don't understand where the lack of chemistry allegations came from.

To me it was obvious they were being portrayed as an established couple.

[kinardsevan]

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[sherlocking-out-loud]

They keep saying that the show was told to "beef up the finale" and I keep thinking...

BIG BEEFY PILOT???? 🙃🙃

exactly!! bring that beefy man back!

[sherlocking-out-loud]

https://www.tumblr.com/sherlocking-out-loud/810928866416836608/a-toy-helicopter-almost-saved-buck-im-taking

and the fact that he passed over other options too! And Tim mentioning in an interview that he’s put easter eggs this season!!!!!

I choose to believe. 🙂‍↕️

[sherlocking-out-loud]

i think it’s just upsetting that tim never saw the potential to extend bucktommy beyond just being ‘buck’s first relationship with a man’. i think even though he extended it beyond 8x06, he never once considered actually putting them back together, and he kinda just brought tommy back because 1) he could use him for bd bait and 2) the reaction to the breakup was big enough to warrant it/he didn’t know what else to do with buck’s storyline in s8.

it’s just so crazy to me that i can rewatch s1 and hear abby talk about her breakup with tommy & now you can actually put a face to the name. or that during the begins episodes, tommy was secretly closeted and now you could infer why he acted the way he did in those episodes. or buck being in a relationship with someone who knew bobby before him, and even got his approval. the invisible string of it all is just so crazy to me.

and then to have tommy repeatedly mention that he was looking for a family. what is the moral of his story if we leave it as it was in s8? leaving it like that & then just ignoring it the next season is so wild to me

Tommy was outside looking in, wishing he also could belong to a found family that would have his back, because his blood family sure didn't.

he was selfless and had the 118's back several times.

he answered Buck's call and accepted to help, risking his career and even his freedom, even though they were broken up.

he saw Buck's heart breaking and his heart broke too.

he helped carry the coffin of the man that had been his captain - who, through his kindness, probably helped him find his way into self-acceptance.

and in the end... he was forgotten by everyone.

yeah, not a good message, at all.