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Challenge #6:
Share your favourite piece of original canon.

Of course Smallville is my forever fandom and there are a lot of shows/books/movies I could go off of and state my favorite scenes, but I'm going into something that I got into last year (late to the party as always): 9-1-1, the firefighter procedural formerly on Fox and now on ABC.

That's a show that was on my watch list forever, but I'm terrible about watching/reading ... well, anything. I'm definitely one of those "yeah, I will add it to the list" and never actually get to the list, letting it grow forever. What can I say? Scrolling on IG is easier than trusting a new canon.

Anyway, I finally got into the show. I shouldn't have been surprised that Eddie Diaz ended up being my favorite - there are traits that he shared with characters I've loved in the past - but I was surprised at how much I did end up shipping Buck/Eddie, since, as much as I love friends to lovers, the "best friends" ship has never done it for me. I figured I would prefer them as friends. And I do adore their friendship too. Which is why, even if it isn't the most unique option, I had to go with the will reveal in season 4, episode 14.

Context (and spoilers): Eddie got shot at the end of the previous episode by a sniper targeting first responders, right in front of Buck, who ended up being the one to pull him to safety, and into the engine as they all made to safety and get Eddie to the hospital. It was rough on Buck, who ended up having a breakdown in front of Eddie's son, Christopher, when he told him the news and felt guilty. Eddie lived and Buck told him that it would've been better for Chris if Buck had been shot instead.

Leading to following scene, where Eddie admits that after he got into a life threatening incident the previous, he changed his will to make Buck Christopher's legal guardian.



He told Buck he's not expendable, which is so meaningful because Buck found out earlier that season that he was a savior baby (yeah this show can get wild) and had some real doubts on his own existence. And it was the first (and only) time Eddie has called Buck (a nickname off his last name "Buckley") his first name, "Evan".

Yes, it was crazy that he waited a year but man, just how much Eddie trusts Buck, the phrasing "no one will EVER fight for my son as hard as you will", because it implies he couldn't imagine anyone in the future as well, and the depth of their bond and Buck's place in Christopher's life.

It just gets to me every time.