I’ve been pondering on why everyone is so attached to burning down bucks loft and the Diaz house being this amazing place that needs to be there when Eddie and Chris return to LA from El Paso.
I personally think that’s really bad idea and a rather cruel punishment to subject Chris and Eddie (and Buck as well!) to.
Because that house is actually cursed and doesn’t really have that many great memories/ scenes attached to it.
Bucks loft is actually a far more positive place than the diaz house is.
Think about it - the only negatives the loft has got attached to it is the Tommy break up, Taylor living there (although I would argue that not pall of that was bad - it taught Buck a lot and got him to break off a bad relationship) the sperm donor baby (I guess if you want to view it as a negative - im kinda on the fence with it tbh as I think buck still views it as a good thing he did!) and technically an association with bucks death as part of his coma dream took place there (but again that was a positive part of his coma dream).
There are a huge number of positive and important developments attached to the loft - that far outweigh the negatives - it’s the place Chris views as a safe space - he ran there to Buck and has spent a lot of time 1:1 with Buck and a lot of them Buckley-Diaz family unit development has been in the loft - including post tsunami. It’s where most of the big buck and Eddie conversations have happened. It’s where buck figured out he was bi.
Meanwhile the diaz house is very much connected to Eddie’s breakdown, Shannon reappearing and then leaving and dying, her ghost is ever present in the house. It’s connected to Kim and that is the biggest tarnishing factor for Chris - why would he ever want to return to a house that made him think his mom was alive again and broke the comfort and safety he felt in that space? Not to mention the Ana of it all and the moving Marisol in and out, and then there’s Eddie’s breakdown and the shooting is connected to that house because Chris had to deal with his dad not coming home that night, he also had to stay there without his dad during lockdown. The moments of joy or positivity in the house are far rarer and smaller when they have happened - small family building moments like buck and Chris playing computer games or doing homework etc.
So why would we want the Diaz boys to return to that house? Why would we want Buck to move in there? I personally am of the opinion that the loft is a good landing place for their return because it’s been a safe space for both Chris and Eddie, with a view to them finding a new house - one where they can all start a fresh and build a new life without any of the baggage of the Diaz house and with the proper space for a family to build a life together in (because the loft is not that - not by a long way - but it is good to be a temporary return spot!).
So yeah I’m very much on team Diaz couch is the couch, but very much not part of team Diaz house being the house we should be sad about saying goodbye to!
