#this is a conversation

[morganski-19]

I had a commenter disagree with me that Tommy is close to Abby in age, claiming that he was just now 40. I'm assuming they got this from the actor's age, but I think he is older than that, so I did some research because now I am curious.

I want to preface that I am not attacking anyone here, the ages confuse me too. And I'm not saying that Buck can't be with Tommy because of the age gap when that's literally not true. He's in his thirties and dating people a good bit older than him has not been a problem before.

I did some research, and here's what I found. Sources included, when necessary, to back me up.

Here's the Tommy timeline that is confirmed by the show.

2005 - Chimney Begins, he is no longer a probationary firefighter, so let's assume he's been there for one year now.

2004 - Tommy joins the 118, but wait, he needs training.

According to the LAFD website (and things could have changed since the early 2000s, I will be adding estimations into my final calculations), cadets need a year of training.

So, 2003 - Tommy joins the fire academy

Which was 21 years ago, and if Tommy is just now 40, that would make him 19 in 2003.

But he was an army pilot before this, so that makes no sense.

From googling and reading some articles and going on the actual army's website, these are the results that I have found that make the most sense. This is where I included most of the sources because it confused me the most.

He would have needed to go through basic training and a basic exam to get into flight school, but I have omitted those weeks as it would only be a few months of time, assuming he got into flight school immediately after passing. You also need a high school diploma or a GED to join the army, so I am going into this with the assumption that Tommy graduated high school at 18, and then went right into the army.

Flight school = 12-18 Months

Contracts before 2020 were for 6 years

So, Putting all of that information together, here is the final timeline, including some estimations since we don't know when his birthday is, or how long he was in each training, or literally anything else to point to how old this man is.

1995 - Tommy joins flight school (18/19)

1996-2002 - Tommy is in the army as a pilot (19/20-25/26)

2003 - Tommy joins the Fire academy (26/27)

2004 - Tommy joins the 118 (27/28)

2005 - Canon timeline starts in Chimney begins (28/29)

2024 - Season 8 (47/48)

So it is safe to assume that Tommy is in his late 40s.

And given that Abby was 42 in season one, which was 7 years ago, she would be 49 now. Therefore, they are under 5 years apart.

[slurpieshowdown-ss]

Elizabeth: "Daddy, my banana won't come off!"

William, grabbing the banana: "How are you failing to remove one banana from the bunch?"

William: *also fails at removing the banana*

William: "Let's get you an apple instead. . ."

Mike, in the background: *WHEEEZE!!!*

[willowwickertop]

Can you have dysthymia and then get major depression? Or does being depressed just make you forget when you were happy?

[bobbiamorse]

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[missradiotower]

Mitski "I am relieved that i life my room tidy, theyll think of my kindly when they come for my things" vs Adore 1996 "I will love you no matter how youre found"

[spockular]

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[fretami]

i just saw a post about the fetishization of east asian (women) and how men fetishize them due to pedophilia and that east asian women typically have “a baby face” and tend to be “hairless” etc but then she went on to say that its extra harmful when white women dress up like asian women and then put on this whole “uwu im a cute baby” persona and start perpetuating a harmful stereotype. here is the link 

anyways, that makes me think about trans women being socialized as male, and YES some of them transition early, and face female socialization, but I am NOT talking about them. I am talking about the trans women who transition later in life whether that be their early 20s, or later. and they are socialized as male. so when we get upset that their persona of a woman perpetuates harmful stereotypes about women, then i think that is a discussion to be had

do i think they cant act the way they want? no. anyone can act any way they want, and any way that a woman acts is the actions of a woman. some women play into the patriarchy for a variety of reasons, but cis women who do that have some sort of knowledge behind that for WHY they act like that based on the experiences theyve faced and how that incorporated into their personality. 

i just think a lot of trans women need to own up to the fact that they appropriate a lot of female culture without understanding the history behind it, and therefore perpetuating harmful stereotypes.