#911 speculation

And my mind immediately went to a plot line where Harry does bump into Norris again, and they’re catching up and giving each other shit and whatever, and it’s all fun and cute.

So on the truck back to the House, the others are asking questions and teasing Harry, but in a nice way, and saying he should ask her out etc etc. The same kind of well meaning but heteronormative assumptions underpinning their approach as when they all pressured Eddie into asking Ana out.

And Harry’s a bit uncomfortable about it all too, and he’s like no, we’re just friends, I don’t like her that way, etc. And we move on.

But at some point later, Eddie (who did NOT participate in the teasing earlier) catches him and is like, you ok? And Harry and Eddie have a little chat about relationships and attraction and not feeling it like other people seem to and is that weird? No my lovelies, it’s just under-recognised and misunderstood.

And THAT is how we get ace Harry, my beloved headcanon, AND a parallel to gay/demi Eddie that can serve Eddie’s (hopefully) wider season wide storyline.

Suddenly: Buck wakes up. Theo is crying because he's just had another nightmare AND his phone starts ringing. For a moment he thinks of asking Eddie to get the phone, but Eddie is not here. Obviously. Why would he be here? Except Buck knows why his subconscious thought that and the guilt is eating him alive. But Theo needs him RIGHT NOW. So he tries to comfort him best as he can while he answers the phone: it's Chimney. Something happened at dispatch. Or whatever opening disaster they're cooking up

Am I missing them, or are we slacking at the begining of production?

This is the time to be theorizing our asses off, not moping around about the "lack" of BTS.

Come on guys! We've gotta find our tinfoil hats a little bit.

After s9 looking at grief, leaning into your support networks, and moving forward, I think season 10 might be about identity. Who am I now? Who am I at all?

You could have Buck figuring out who he is to Theo and what it means for who he is in himself, building on his storyline last season of how he’s changed as he’s got older and who he is in relation to his parents and parent figures (including Bonnie).

For Eddie, he could be figuring out who he is outside his relational identities as Dad, Husband, Boyfriend, Firefighter, Son, etc, especially as Chris gets older and he doesn’t need to be Dad all the time. It could also obviously relate to his … lack of interest in dating (women) last season, and him settling more into himself (aka a queer Eddie / buddie arc of some type).

Chim and Maddie are surely both figuring out their new leadership roles and what it means from them as people, and as parents, and as a couple. They weee underdeveloped last season, and we didn’t touch on these areas much, so I really hope we might get more in s10.

Hen could be figuring out who she is now with her chronic condition, how to manage that going forward and what it means for her that she now has what is effectively a disability. But maybe she’s also thinking again about what she wants next in her career. She gave up med school, she gave up the captaincy. What DOES she want? I’d like to know.

With Harry it is obvious. He’s 18/19, his whole thing is figuring out who he is. I’d love if he got a storyline about him figuring out he’s acearo or some flavour of that, but I think we could also/instead be focusing on his identity as a firefighter as he finishes his probie year and grapples with following in Bobby’s (and Athena’s) footsteps without replicating their path, and maybe if we’re really lucky with how he feels about that v how he feels about NOT following in Michael’s shoes.

May has her new identity as a nurse to discover, and Athena will be finding her feet as a detective.

Men of Faith and Patron Saints

El otro día, mientras escribía una de mis entradas, sentí curiosidad por el significado del nombre Eddie.

Edmundo es un nombre muy antiguo que ya no se usa.

Entonces recordé el revuelo que se armó por el nombre de Theo, provocado por un desconocido en Twitter o X.

Un desconocido que sintió la necesidad de hacer saber a los fans que Theo era el nombre de un santo, igual que Christopher.

San Cristóbal

San Teodoro

Pero hay que buscar mucho para encontrar a esos santos. Lo siento, pero yo no los conocía hasta que vi la serie.

Sé nombres de otros santos pero no creo que te interesen.

En fin, esa era la entrada.

San Cristóbal

Cristóbal= El que carga a Cristo.

La leyenda cuenta que ayuda a las personas a cruzar un río peligroso.

Se lo invoca para pedir protección en los viajes, cuidado al conducir y salvación frente a la muerte repentina.

Y ese nombre le va como anillo al dedo. Porque no solo ayuda a su padre. Cristóbal es también el santo patrón de los peregrinos.

¿Y quién fue peregrino durante años antes de volver a casa con su hijo?

¿Y quién emprendió un viaje a Los Ángeles en busca de una vida mejor para él y para su hijo?

Eddie.

San Teodoro

Teodoro = Aquel que es un regalo de Dios.

Este Santo representa las virtudes de fuerza, honor y fidelidad. Se le invoca contra las tormentas.

Me llamó mucho la atención el hecho de que se invoque a San Teodoro para alejar las tormentas.

¿Será solo una coincidencia? Porque me acordé de Buck y de cómo le cayó un rayo.

Así que investigué un poco para averiguar por qué.

¡Y vaya sorpresa!

Se lo invoca ante las tormentas porque la tradición popular y la iconografía cristiana lo han asociado históricamente con el poder sobre los elementos naturales, el fuego y el combate contra fuerzas amenazantes (como dragones o bestias), extendiéndose su protección al resguardo de los campos y naves frente a tempestades y rayos.

¿Estamos hablando de que le pusieron al niño el nombre de un santo que no solo vela por los soldados, los reclutas y los prisioneros, sino que también los protege de las tormentas y los rayos?

Y, ya que me he puesto a divagar, ¿quién era el prisionero de Bonnie en la temporada 9?

¿Entonces esta escena estaba planeada? ¿Theo justo ahí, en una torre eléctrica? ¿Theo es un regalo para Buck?

Y es curioso que Cris también ayudara a Buck.

¿Hará Theo lo mismo por Eddie? Ya que también vela por los soldados.

Edmundo/San Edmundo

Esto es lo que despierta mi curiosidad.

Sí, existe un San Edmundo.

Se le invoca para mantener la integridad moral, la justicia y la valentía en momentos de gran presión o crisis.

¿Eddie eres tú?

Es un santo conocido por su compasión para todos y para los más necesitados. Adquiere fuerza de espíritu para enfrentar las peores situaciones.

Es interesante que el significado de su nombre esté relacionado con la protección.

Un protector.

Edmundo= El que defiende sus bienes y tierras.

Creo que hablamos de Eddie.

Anywho, given the teaser, I was really hoping that he would finally pull the trigger and make the S10 opener a catastrophic flood.

But in order for it to be true, I'm gonna need to see some rain towers or apparatuses in the near future on set.

🙏🏾

You can do this Tim! Think of all the parallels you could do. Think of how cool the story would be.

This is a good idea.