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does…. does this jersey….. say ‘bittle’? there are people in the audience who also love eric r. bittle?????? jACK ISN’T THE ONLY ONE WITH A BITTLE JERSEY??????????

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✨A DUO✨

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Bad Idea

It's a bad idea, me and you I've never known anything so true It's a terrible idea, me and you

While in Atlanta for a sports memorabilia convention, Jack meets a cute blonde guy in a bar and goes home with him. He knows it's a bad idea, but he so rarely has such an immediate connection with somebody. Seven months later, he walks into his first meeting with the PR consultant he'll be working with on coming out, Eric Bittle. They're gonna have a lot more bad ideas together.

I've started posting my 47k zimbits fic for the @wipbigbang! I can't make my "official" bragging rights post until the whole thing is up; I should be able to post a chapter every couple of days for the next week or so.

If you like zero-to-married-in-sixty-seconds Zimbits, this is the fic for you. They are speedrunning everything and being so stupid about it.

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It’s that time of the year again! Halloween! [Almost. Again.]

AND GUESS WHO’S BACK!

That’s right, Baby Jack and his pals are here again! This time featuring Papa Bob, Maman Alicia, and Mr. Parsley AKA Kent. 

Let’s see how long they last this time XD

As always, check out the awesome comic: Check, Please!

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WIPBB 2024

This is my art entry for WIPBB is for Bad Idea by @porcupine-girl ! I'm so honored to do art on PG's writing, as I have been reading her stories for as long as I've been on A03 (...10 years this year).

This is based off of a scene in a future chapter!

I did something a bit different for this entry! I had to get rid of my Adobe subscription so I ended up using clip studio paint for the first time in years. I was also watching Fruits Basket and got inspired to try to do a comic page. All this to say, I learned a lot and had fun doing it!

Have a great night everyone!

Daisy

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Bad Idea

It's a bad idea, me and you I've never known anything so true It's a terrible idea, me and you

While in Atlanta for a sports memorabilia convention, Jack meets a cute blonde guy in a bar and goes home with him. He knows it's a bad idea, but he so rarely has such an immediate connection with somebody. Seven months later, he walks into his first meeting with the PR consultant he'll be working with on coming out, Eric Bittle. They're gonna have a lot more bad ideas together.

I've started posting my 47k zimbits fic for the @wipbigbang! I can't make my "official" bragging rights post until the whole thing is up; I should be able to post a chapter every couple of days for the next week or so.

If you like zero-to-married-in-sixty-seconds Zimbits, this is the fic for you. They are speedrunning everything and being so stupid about it.

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You know what time it is :)

2024 edition!

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Jack Zimmermann is a robot who never makes jokes ever: Wrong

Jack Zimmermann has an incredibly dry sense of humor and only allows himself to be outright silly around people he’s emotionally close with: Right

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Hi everyone!

This year, I participated as an Artist for WIPBB 2024 and I am very excited to share my pieces for @doggernaut 's story Unconditional

I wanted to capture two pieces of Alicia's life, first graduating Samwell and then meeting her granddaughter for the first time. I couldn't decided on if I liked the frame more or just the picture by itself, so I included them both.

The fic should be posted soon if not right now and I will update this post with a link to it!

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Fic: Unconditional

I'm so happily to finally share a fic I've been working on for literal years. Yes, It's a Check, Please fic, but unlike all of my others fics this one is focused on Alicia Zimmermann. The @wipbigbang finally motivated me to complete it, and @mapleapplepiee contributed two absolutely amazing art pieces that bookend the fic. Here's one of them!

Check it out on ao3!

Unconditional by RabbitRunnah

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Tell me why I'm just finding out Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot means What The Fuck, Ngozi that's actually hilarious

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Hi everyone!

This year, I participated as an Artist for WIPBB 2024 and I am very excited to share my pieces for @doggernaut 's story Unconditional

I wanted to capture two pieces of Alicia's life, first graduating Samwell and then meeting her granddaughter for the first time. I couldn't decided on if I liked the frame more or just the picture by itself, so I included them both.

The fic should be posted soon if not right now and I will update this post with a link to it!

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This Had To Be Done

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SO I DID A THING…

This is basically a timeline of major events in OMGCP That I created, at first to help myself, but then I decided “why not post it? Other people may find it helpful”. Not going to lie, the Check Please timeline can be a little confusing, considering the comic is still taking place in 2016. Obvs that’s not Ngozi’s fault bc the updates take time, so it’s understandable that the comic isnt present day… anyways I’ve done extensive research on the following information. And I’m like 95% sure that it’s all correct but some things are speculation and assumptions. I’ve used blog posts, tweets, and the actual comic to figure out the below information. It’s not a big deal and maybe it doesn’t matter to you, but idk it really interests me and maybe it will interest others????? Like I said before, a lot of this is speculation so FEEL FREE to correct me on any false info. ALSO!!! If any of you have links to the canon confirmation of some of the things that I’m not 100% sure about, PLEASE link them to me. FINALLY, if anyone wants me to link them to some of my references for this, then just ask and I’ll be more than happy to send you them. So with that: these are (what I consider) to be the major events in the time line of Check Please! Hope I got it all right!

**Edit!!!!: I messed this up originally. I screwed up some birth years and now I’m back to fix them. So don’t be alarmed if you reblogged this and now its different. Im like 99% sure that I’m changing it to all true info.

Birthdays

Jack- 1990 (birthday august 3)

Kent Parson-1990 (birthday july 4)

Holster-1991 (birthday unknown)

Shitty-1992 (birthday dec 19)

Ransom-1993 (birthday march 28. I am very confused because according to the wiki, ransom was born in 1994. However, a tweet from Bitty on March 28th, 2015 says “happy 22 birthday rans!” which would place his birth year in 93. Also a very early piece of artwork says that ransom is 20 in the beginning of his sophomore year, which further indicates being born in 93. Long story short? Don’t believe everything you read on the wiki)

Lardo- 1994??? (birthday unknown but according to the wiki, Lardo is currently 23 years old as of April 1st, 2018 (when I’m writing this). However the wiki can not always be trusted.  We know her birthday is around Ransoms but we don’t know when exactly. Her and Rans has a combined birthday party (Keagster) on Easter Sunday 2015 (which technically was April 5, 2015….Idk if I should be that technical but whatever) so I’m kind of assuming that her birthday is around Late March/Early April….as for her birth year? All we are told is that she is a sophomore with rans and holster. so I’m assuming that she was born in 94 because its the easiest assumption to make, but i could always be wrong)

Bitty: 1995 (birthday may 5)

Nursey: 1996 (birthday feb 14. There is not a ton of supporting info that suggests Nursey was born in 1996. The wiki’s reference is a tweet from Ngozi, replying to a private account so I cannot view the tweet. Basically I don’t have a great argument for Nursey being born in 1996 so once again, I’m ASSUMING. Please send me any info that you have on Nurseys birth)

Dex: 1995??? (Birthday October 26/27, I’ve seen both dates. However I’ve yet to find ANY canon confirmation that either of these dates are his birthday. Everyone just kind of says that its his birthday?? Idk if anyone has canon info or something please link me to it because I can literally not find anything about Dex’s birth. Also its been pointed out to me that he could be born late in 1995, however I originally assumed he was born late in 1996. It depends on wether he was held back a year or pushed forward.I have no clue it honestly could be either.)

Chowder: 1995?? 1996?? (October 11. I’ve seen people on tumblr saying it’s on the 10?? Idk according to Bitty’s tweets its on the 11th. Also the birth years?? Its the same situation as Dex… He could either be born in 95 and held back a year, or 96 and pushed foward )

2008: Jack and Kent are both 18, playing in the Q

Spring 2009: Jack and Kent win memorial cup. Jack overdoses. Kent is drafted to the Aces.

Fall 2009-Spring 2011: Jack is in rehab/ coaching peewee/taking SATs

Spring 2011: Aces win cup( Ngozi tweeted saying that Jack enters Samwell after the Aces win the cup, If Jack graduates in 2015, then he entered SMH in Fall 2011, therefore the Aces winning in Spring 2011)

Fall 2011:Jack enters samwell (21) Along with shitty (18, turning 19 in dec) (grad class 2015)

Spring 2012: SMH is in the ECAC and are knocked out at some point after the first round. Jack is named captain for the 2012-13 season

Fall 2012: Ransom (19) , Holster (21), and Lardo (18) all enter samwell (grad class 2016)

Fall 2012-Spring 2013: Now this is all kind of fuzzy. Sometime between the Aces winning the cup(Spring 2011) and before Bitty enters Samwell (Fall 2013), Kent Parson comes to the haus to visit Jack. However we can assume it happened at some point during Jacks sophomore year (Fall 2012- Spring 2013) because in a blog post (or was it one of Bitty’s tweets? I can’t remember. Anyways) Holster says that “He [Kent] remembered my major” so clearly it was sometime after Holster, Rans, and Lardo all enter samwell, and were there to meet KP. Unless KP visited during Jack’s freshman year and Holster was just there for some reason??? Seems unlikely and unnecessarily complicated. So let’s just say that KP came during Jacks soph year)

Fall 2013: Bitty (our beautiful ray of sunshine) enters Samwell (18) along with minor characters, Ollie and Wicks (grad class 2017)

Spring 2014: Samwell knocked out of ECAC championship. Johnson graduates and Bitty gets his dibs

Fall 2014: Nursey (18), Dex (17??18???once again, unconfirmed), and Chowder (17??18??) (aka the frogs) all enter Samwell (grad class 2018). Jack (now 24) is looking to be drafted. Kent (also 24) shows up at Epikegster (December 2014). Bitty (now 19) has crush on Jack. (I really don’t know why I included their ages in this part I just sometimes forget how old Jack actually is)

Spring 2015: Shitty is accepted to Harvard Fucking Law. SMH makes it to final four championship, but loses. Jack signs with the Falconers. Ransom and Holster are made Co-Captains for the 2015-16 season. Jack (24) and Shitty( 22) graduate. Lardo and Chowder get their dibs. Jack and Bitty kiss after graduation.

Summer 2015: Jack spends 4th of July with Bitty in Georgia. Later that summer they start dating.

Fall 2015: Whiskey and Tango (tadpoles) enter Samwell along With Ford (grad class 2019) Jack and Bitty tell the team about their relationship (December)

Spring 2016 (as of April 1st, 2018, the comic is currently taking place in Spring 2016): Jack is given an A on the Falcs (assistant/alternate captain). Ford is appointed as manager for the 2016-17 season. SMH is knocked out of ECAC tournament in the first round. Bitty is made captain for the 2016-17 season. Lardo(22), Ransom(23),and Holster (24??25?? depends on his birthday.) all graduate. Nursey, Dex, Ollie, and Wicks all get dibs. Bitty turns 21. The Falcs win the cup. Jack and Bitty kiss and come out to the world.

Currently Jack and Kent are both 26, Holster is 24??25?? (Like I said I don’t know when his exact birthday is. If his birthday is after the events of the year 3 finale, then he would still technically be 24) Shitty is 24, Ransom is 23 and Lardo is  22, Bitty is 21, Nursey is 20, and Chowder and Dex could both either be 19 or 20 (like I said i still don’t know whether they are 95′ babies or 96′ babies, since I only have birthdates and not canon birth years. ALSO!! It should be noted that since there are no canon birth years for Chow or Dex (at least that I know of), there is no way to be certain of their ages. I mean, theoretically, Chowder could be older than Bitty, and just entered college late. Same with Dex. But just to make thing easier on myself, I’m going to assume that all of the frogs are around the same age.)

The comic is currently taking place in 2016, two years behind real time. IF it was present day (April 1st, 2018) in the comic then

Jack: 27

Kent: 27

Bitty: 22

Ransom: 23

Holster:24/25 (depending on his bday)

Shitty: 23

Lardo: 23/24 (depending on her bday)

Nursey: 22

Dex: 21/22

Chowder: 21/22

Now Bitty’s tweets….

At first I was really really really really confused about how Bitty’s tweets work in the timeline. But Its actually really simple??. Bitty’s tweets start in June 2014, basically right after the end of Bitty’s freshman year. They pretty much all follow the correct timeline (the most recent tweets are from May 2016, about Rans, Holster, and Lardos graduation). Basically if you see a tweet, the date stamp on it correlates directly to the comic. I’m not sure if Ngozi just had the entire comic figured out two years ago, and tweeted everything back in 2016 (which seems far fetched) OR if Ngozi just changed the date on her computer back to 2016 and then sent out the tweets (which seems much more likely. Still, this is all speculation ). It doesn’t really matter though because regardless, the tweets line up with the timeline. I HIGHLY recommend reading all of Bitty’s tweets before Ngozi locks the account again for year 4. They add so much more to the story and are basically just extra details that make the comic even more immersive.

And I’m pretty sure that’s it?? Until of course year 4…. but yeah once again don’t take my word as law. Also, like I said already, if I got something wrong, please just let me know. Also if I said something confusing, just ask. :)

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Saw this and immediately though of Jack giving this to Bitty as a gag gift for Christmas

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