#this is unhinged

[unhingedthoughts24]

Had to jump back on the chaos bus for a minute.

[lover-of-mine]

Welcome to a guide to all basketball references around Buck's character so far written by the crazy color theory girlie who happens to be a former basketball player and might get too excited writing this!

Okay, first time we encounter a basketball in Buck's journey is actually in 301. The ball is there when Eddie drops Chris off but we do not get an angle of that table in 303, so it's unclear if it's still there.

But I can tell you it's no longer there the next time we see that table. And pretty much every other time we are in that area.

So the ball is only there for the beginning of Buck figuring out he loves Chris like a parent, not enough to create a pattern, BUT, it is the beginning of a major arc for Buck. So something to look out for.

The next time basketball comes up in relation to Buck doesn't really involve Buck. It is during 404 when Chim and Albert are discussing the Daniel secret and the way Buck is unaware of this big secret that shaped his whole life. In the episode he finds that out. So, look, another major event in Buck's life having basketball smacked in the middle.

Once is an instance, twice is a coincidence, so let's keep going.

Next time we see a basketball is in 608. When Buck is babysitting Jee while madney house-hunts.

608 is not a particularly eventful episode for Buck, but the house-hunting leads to the Buckley visiting, which ends up being a key part of his coma dream, a bit of a stretch, but I'll keep it here for further consideration.

Then we get to 704. 608 might be a stretch, but this sure ain't. So basketballs seem to be tied world-altering arcs beginning for Buck somehow.

704 first references basketball when Buck mentions the pickup basketball game Eddie is going to with Tommy. That's not the beginning of Buck's jealousy, but it is the first time he says he's upset he's being "excluded" even tho Eddie keeps inviting him. But that is what starts Buck's escalation.

Which then leads us to the scene everyone misunderstood.

We still don't know who Eddie was talking to, since who is talking to is fully irrelevant, but it is kinda funny that Buck is desperately trying to get Eddie's attention.

The thing here is that the dialogue "I was thinking we should, we should get a hoop, huh?" is easy to misinterpret as Buck trying to invite himself to the game and not knowing the proper language for it, since "shoot some hoops" is a casual way to invite someone to play basketball. But we establish that Buck has a standing invitation, he just keeps saying no because he doesn't like it. He hates in fact, as stated twice in the show. Buck wants to get an actual hoop for the station so that Eddie doesn't have to go with Tommy to play it. Buck already has a ball, we saw it in the loft twice. He got a ball for the station and he wants to add a hoop to the recreational area of the station. They have pool tables, and ping pong tables, and the gym, not that far fetched to have a hoop too.

But that does not work in getting Eddie's attention, so Buck decides to ask Chim to go to the game with him, so he won't just show up.

That leads us to the actual basketball game.

I think the actual game is choreographed in a very fun way. Buck is getting really frustrated, but for me, it has 3 key points.

Buck slamming into Tommy.

This line.

And Buck slamming into Eddie. (I'm not gonna add a gif, I don't like to look at that particular event)

The thing that's interesting that Buck slamming into Tommy, is that Tommy doesn't move. Buck gets all the impact. It adds to the way Tommy is unbending. Tommy is not presented to us as someone who compromises, and that makes that visual of Buck ricocheting from his chest something that catches my eye. I feel like even 811 adds to it, because he only decided to come back when he thought that he had won by default.

"You ain't getting past me" is just one of the many crazy wording lines we've gotten since s7 started. It is true within the context of the scene, Buck in fact loses possession of the ball to Eddie, so he doesn't get past him, but in the overall picture of their relationship, there is no getting past Eddie for Buck. Eddie is it. And Buck can pout, and lie, and distract himself, and pretend to be fine all he wants, he can't fill Eddie's space in his life with something else.

Obviously, we then have the too aggressive block that makes them believe Buck broke Eddie('s leg). This part is interesting because it takes Buck a while to react. This is a person who clawed at the dirt for Eddie, who ran into gunfire for Eddie. The fact that he freezes says a lot. His emotions get away from him and his immediate reaction is to hide. He only reacts when they determine that Eddie's leg might, in fact, be broken and he offers to be the one to drive him, but he doesn't push once Tommy tells him not to. He gives into the instinct to hide. And that ultimately is the thing that triggers the biggest change in Buck's character arc, the bisexuality once Tommy shows up in his house. But interesting enough there aren't references to the actual game during that conversation.

But we are not done with the basketball of it all in 704. Because we have the conversation with Maddie.

Up to that point everyone is interpreting what happened as an accident. Trust me, as someone who's dislocated a couple of fingers and has permanent damage on my ankle and knee because of basketball, it's ridiculously easy to injure yourself or someone else on a basketball court. But that's the moment Buck admits he is jealous and acting out. That scene is important because Buck admits to it being about Eddie, before Tommy offers him an explanation that's easier to live with and allows him to project that into somewhere safe. But that scene is also important because we find out that Buck didn't actually break Eddie('s leg), he's just scared that his big feelings scared Eddie away. But ultimately we know that Eddie is physically unable to hold anything against Buck so that turns out fine. He always going to be able to come back from his acting out, as also shown in 809.

Basketball is then not brought up again until 806, the anniversary dinner that leads to Buck and Tommy breaking up.

Hey, look, another subtle what got Buck together with someone is part of what breaks them up.

Anyway, Buck hates basketball. Interesting to think that Tommy would think that's something Buck would enjoy, since it is an established fact that he doesn't like it. But this dinner ends up the beginning of the end. Again, basketball is involved in a major life change, since the breakup ends up extended in 811 and we get confirmation on who Tommy thinks is Buck's last. Interesting, right?

We then get Buck holding a basketball as he goes crazy on the potential renters in 809.

The ball appears at a very interesting point in the conversation because when confronted with a mother and her kids, it almost makes it seem like he is "guarding" Christopher's room. And he only has the ball when talking to the mother, the one person that he feels threatened the most. Almost as if the idea of another family there is the thing that bothers him the most.

It is also what triggers Eddie telling him to leave, which makes him overhear Eddie, which makes him act out, which makes him take over the lease which creates all the problems from 811 that will probably definitely eventually lead to Buck's feeling realization. Yay for basketballs present in Buck's triggers.

But if you think I'm reaching on blaming 809 for the events of 811. Fear not because that's not where the basketball ends.

But Buck can't sleep in the house, so Maddie tells Buck to make new friends and Buck, bless his heart, tries to make friends by bringing up stuff Eddie likes because what he likes is Eddie.

But hell, basketball is present when he asks Ravi for drinks and it all leads to Ravi leaving him with Tommy and Tommy calling him out on possibly having feelings for Eddie that definitely won't lead to Buck figuring out any big thing about himself, right? 👀

And we also get a possible confirmation of the fact that Buck did in fact take Eddie to that Lakers game. Because if there's one thing Evan Buckley will do is yap about Eddie.

Why are they using something Buck hates in these triggers? Well, that's the part I haven't figured out yet, but it is something that is present, so I will be on the lookout for it to come up again lol

That's all for today, if you read this I love you.

[heldbybarnes]

you ever just sit there at 2am and think about how bucky barnes would absolutely wreck your entire existence if you gave him even half a chance?? like he’s not normal about you. at all. this man would treat your body like it’s his personal obsession, his favorite weapon, his religion.

picture it: you roll your eyes at him once and suddenly you’re pinned to the nearest surface, metal hand around your throat, flesh hand already tugging at your clothes like they’re nothing but wrapping paper keeping him from his prize. he’s muttering filth through clenched teeth, voice low and wrecked: “always mouthing off, doll. let’s see how smart you sound with my cock in you.” and then it’s over. you’re done for.

he doesn’t even pretend to be gentle. he’s mean about it. mean in the way that makes your stomach flip and your thighs clench before he even touches you properly. his grin’s sharp, his eyes gone dark, and all you can think is predator. the kind that doesn’t just hunt, but plays with his food before devouring it.

and the thing is? he’s not satisfied with just one way of ruining you. oh no. bucky’s versatile. he wants you sobbing on his fingers, drooling around his cock, shaking apart on his tongue, collapsing from overstimulation, begging for mercy you know he’ll never give. he’s a collector of your sounds, your broken little cries, the way your body spasms under him.

like imagine him shoving his fingers down your throat while pounding into you, groaning when you gag around them. “look at you, doll. all stuffed full. mouth and pussy both mine. fuckin’ made for me.” your mascara’s ruined, tears streaking your face, and he just keeps going, addicted to watching you choke on him while he ruts into you like he’s trying to break your spine.

and don’t even get me started on how he’d use his metal arm. pinning both your wrists above your head like it takes him no effort, cold vibranium pressed into your skin while he mutters, “fragile little thing. mine to break. mine to fix.” and you’re crying, straining, knowing there’s no way out, and he’s grinning because that’s exactly where he wants you—helpless and ruined beneath him.

he’s obsessed with keeping you messy. spit dripping down your chin when he fucks your mouth. cum leaking down your thighs after he finishes inside you. red marks blooming on your skin from his teeth and hands. you’re not allowed to look untouched. if you can pass a mirror without thinking god, i look like someone’s been at me for hours then he’s failed—and bucky barnes doesn’t fail.

oh, and the breeding thing? forget about it. the moment you so much as hint at wanting his baby, he’s gone. feral. he holds you down, hips grinding brutal, groaning into your ear about how he’s gonna fill you so deep it sticks. “gonna keep you like this, doll. always full. always mine. fuckin’ made to carry me.” every thrust’s a claim, every orgasm another attempt at branding you from the inside out.

he doesn’t stop at one round. not even close. he’ll edge you until you’re sobbing, overstim you until your body’s twitching, drag orgasm after orgasm out of you until your voice is gone. and when you beg him to stop, he just chuckles, kisses your jaw, and murmurs, “you can take it, sweetheart. my pretty little toy was built for this.”

he’s gross about it too. moaning into your cunt like he’s the one being worshiped, rutting against you when he eats you out because he can’t not. whispering “taste so good, can’t fuckin’ quit you” while refusing to let you close your thighs.

and the way he mocks you when you get cockdrunk?? the second you slur your words, eyes glassy, brain offline, he’s gone. grinning like the devil, voice all taunting: “what’s wrong, doll? can’t even remember your name with my cock in you? pathetic.” and you’re crying, clinging to him, because he’s right. you can’t.

he’s the kind of man who’d fuck you in public just to prove he can. dark alleys, bathroom stalls, coat closets at weddings—he’s got a hand up your skirt, his teeth in your neck, muttering, “quiet now, doll. unless you want everyone to know you’re mine.” and you’re trembling, torn between fear of getting caught and the high of being claimed so thoroughly.

bucky’s not just sex. he’s obsession. he’s possession. he’s addiction. he gets off on knowing you’re ruined for anyone else, on hearing you admit it with tears in your eyes. “say it, doll. tell me no one else can fuck you like this. tell me you’re mine.” and you do. every time.

aftercare? oh, he’s mean about that too. he doesn’t coddle. he doesn’t whisper sweet nothings. he smirks at the mess he’s made, presses a lazy kiss to your temple, and mutters, “look at you. wrecked. ruined. perfect. all mine.” and that’s it. that’s the softness. you belong to him, and he’ll remind you of it every single night until your body can’t take it anymore.

and the worst (best) part? you’d let him. every time.

[crybaby-starship]

I have no explanation for why I drew this other than I saw this Pokémon card while I was at work and it gave Pomni in the Jax suit vibes… so enjoy I guess lol

[freerangesoup]

Dark, edgy, lacking any whimsy.

Here's my silly animation based on this marvellous tale written in an unhinged round of frantic fantic✨️

Big thank you to Olm, Cherry and Lav for blessing the world with this life changing story, and an extra huge thank you to Cherry for narrating🩷

[turnipoddity]

Surfs up the long walk au....

number 47 cody and number 23 chicken joe i mean what

[kuroposting]

Man, I don’t think he eats them. I think ciel might be his only contractor too. Im close to thinking they might be married