IN MY HEAD

So Grace 1000% starts picking up and mimicking Eridian noises.

One day, Rocky will be working on something, only to freeze as he hears Grace behind him suddenly exclaim in fluent Eridian "SHIT!"

#idk bro something about hospital rooms and survivor's guilt?

bonus:

meanwhile, eddie is buck's pov is like the most beautiful creature on earth. he is bathed in golden light, and he is more radiant than the sun. in buck's pov, eddie is the coolest and bravest and funniest and kindest and the best dad. buck sees every good thing about eddie even when eddie doesn't always feel that way about himself

Because while it's not all that insane that Eddie is chilling in the ambulance now he's a paramedic, I have been stuck on the fact that the 915 talk, where Buck tries to ask for help, happened in the ambulance.

So, talking to Kat, she mentioned 201, I remembered this post, and the ladder truck of life-changing events has gained a friend. The "ready?" ambulance.

Stay with me.

Buddie exists because of an ambulance.

Eddie volunteers to go inside the ambulance to take the grenade out, Buck doesn't let him do it alone, together they actually make it out, even though they almost don't, because the ambulance explodes.

Eddie waits by the ambulance, he gives Buck the tools once he's ready to step in, and this is one of the few times on the job that Eddie actually asks Buck if he's ready.

And sure, when I'm only thinking about 201, I'm just creating a metaphor for the way that Eddie gives Buck the options and waits for him to choose. He never pushes Buck to do what he wants, he waits for Buck to offer. It's why the will reveal happens how it happens, he only asks for Buck to take in that role after Buck takes it willingly. Even the "you can have my back any day" is phrased in a way that gives Buck the option. So, Eddie is waiting to see if Buck is gonna go into this with him.

Things that happen with ambulances in the background or inside of ambulances include:

"you don't find it, son, you make it"

306 making up

s9 as a whole broke records. the previous reigning champion season was s8 with a combined total of 52. s9 has a total of 90, which is a 73.1% increase from last season. even if we took out the nsv crossover, s9 would still come out on top with a total of 61.

not only did s9 as a whole break records, but it also had singular episodes where both buck and eddie beat their personal episodic records. in the nsv crossover, buck beat his previous high of 15 in 811 with 18, and eddie hit 11, beating his previous four way tie of 5 in 303, 610, 808, and 907. then, the very next week in 913, eddie surpassed his new record again with 17—only 1 behind buck's all time high.

s9's combined buck and eddie totals are higher than s7 and s8 combined. separately, it is also higher than s4, s6, and s7 combined.

eddie was in the lead for the majority of s9, but it ultimately ended in a tie between buck and eddie. eddie has only ever finished ahead once before, in s4, with a score of 14 beating buck's 13. the last time they had an even split was in s6. this also happens to be the only other time they have tied. their counts were only 9 each (the s6 drought was real), for a combined total of 18. s9 ending with 45 each, or 90 combined, marks a 400% increase from the last tie.