Obsidian Musings

it's actually insane work to have buck accuse eddie in mother's boy of just doing whatever he tells him when it's been established that. yeah. he does. it's evident especially in this season. it was buck's idea to scare hen with an alien mask and who was the one that jumped out of the ambulance to do it? eddie. eddie, who eats every experiment buck bakes without complaint OR hesitation. eddie, mr adament he will not be dating anytime soon, let buck drag him out on the prowl for a hookup with no intention of actually hooking up with anyone. we all know buck convinced him the black eye was not an excuse to skip out on the auction but to use it as an accessory. eddie went a different route than planned because buck suggested it. he does what buck tells him and more. he invited shannon back into christopher's life after his conversation with buck, he broke up with ana after buck made him see reason, he confessed to kim because buck convinced him to. he's the only other person (besides buck) who dressed in the 80's theme for chim's bachelor party because buck. said to. and it was a joint costume. he let himself be doused in perfume to attract and catch bees because why? buck. buck tells him to dad up and he fucking does. even when buck's not trying he's the reason (allegedly). buck's the reason eddie joined an illegal fighting ring, is the reason eddie changed his will, is the reason he forced himself into a relationship with marisol, is the reason he blew up his whole life, is the reason he stopped being friends with someone, is the reason he jumped off a bridge. god it really is the "eddie makes everything about buck" show isn't it?

#“i do think one of the underutilized eddie character flaws is that he really does avoid making decisions without input”#prev as always love your thoughts re:eddie#and i can kinda explain this one by blaming it on his parents lol#because given the textual evidence of ramon and helena's criticism it makes complete sense why eddie is so weird about making decisions#when you're conditioned to have any and every decision/choice of yours criticized and get berated for it#but you want to please the criticisers and seek their approval#you end up in a decision/choice paralysis purgatory because you can't trust yourself to get it right#you thus always look for external validation but you also kinda wanna do what you actually want#so you either keep seeking external opinions till you get the one yo want or you reframe the external advice to fit your purposes#and if there's something you really really want and you instinctively make a decision/choice you hide it#like every mistake you hid from your criticisers#because in your head your decisions automatically equal a mistake/embarassment as per your conditioning#sorry this got so long but i felt like this deserves an explanation (tags via @sithcelestialsymphony)