Organized Chaos

Just vibes

[twominutesforembellishment]

Arty waiting for taps.

27.04.2026 [Round 1 Game 5]

[omgpostsplease]

jack: the tv show copied us!

Pt. (1) (2) (2.5) (3) (3.5)

[omgpostsplease]

Pt. (1) (2) (2.5) (3) (3.5)

[punkfistfights]

the thing is. if shane and jack got to know each other, i genuinely think they’d be such good friends. able to sit and talk about nothing but hockey for hours. able to have deeper conversations about hockey culture and how it’s affected them.

HOWEVER. with both of them being in the 2009 draft year. and with all four of them (shane, ilya, jack, and kent) being #1 draft pick prospects, but jack suddenly drops out and now shane can’t stop thinking about whether he would’ve been the #3 draft pick if jack had been there. jack was a hockey nepo baby who’s dad is a legend in hockey, but was specifically won the stanley cup for montreal - he would be convinced that montreal definitely would’ve wanted jack over him. and tbh he probably would’ve been right. and he resents jack for this, especially since the draft pick jack was paired with was his best friend, while shane was made into rivals with ilya. that resentment would grow as he falls in love with ilya too, bc maybe if jack had stuck around, he wouldn’t be stuck as ilya’s rival. he loves playing against ilya, but he hates the expectations on him.

meanwhile, jack looks at shane and resents him because thats who he could’ve been. captain of montreal from a young age, winning cups left and right. by the time he joins the falcs though, he’s calmed down. he’s doing better. maybe he can be friends with shane even.

BUT. BUT. SHANE SEES JACK KISS BITTY AFTER WINNING THE STANLEY CUP IN 2018 (pushed back a year so skip can still have their kiss first) AND HIS HATRED GROWS EVEN MORE. BECAUSE HE CANT JUST BE WITH ILYA YET.

shane, watching the kiss, seething with jealousy: oh. oh i want him dead.

ilya: you were so happy when old man hunter kissed his smoothie man though?

shane: this is different. i need jack zimmermann dead.

[kylesdubas-deactivated20250904]

What if Sid and Tanger kissed at PPG Paints Arena, a simulation.

[libertineangel]

Zoot suits look kinda stupid but I gotta respect the cultural context & symbolism of the things

"Fuck the military and fuck the war, look at all this good uniform-worthy fabric I'm wasting on a fuckoff giant suit" is a very solid basis for a subculture

[knxfesck]

I actually really love to talk about zoot suits and their associated subcultures. The amount that the silhouettes of the zoot suit have shaped american fashion and trends of oversized clothes is so understated. And, yk, I'm biased as hell, but it is kinda crazy how influential zoot suit culture was

I always love the og zoot suits made by black americans in Harlem, I really like looking at the changes from these clothes from the 30s to some of the more exaggerated renditions from the 40s. It's also so interesting to look at how fast the subculture spread, and especially in the american west integrated with mexican diaspora and pachuco culture to the point that that's what a lot of usamericans associate them with.

⬆️ long wallet chains and pork pie hats were classic accessories for mexican diaspora zoot suiters. Zoot suits/their components were also really popular with women and were a way to symbolize independence and a choice to move away from strict gender roles on top of the existing countercultural message ⬇️

Anyways it's kind of impossible to talk about zoot suits without mentioning the racism and violence that followed them. On top of a zoot suit making someone a target for individual racial violence, the national reaction of white america to zoot suit culture was part of the beginning of clothing and presentation being read explicitly as signals by police and justice systems, and the broad association of youth of color with gang violence through this specific excuse. Gang culture and how it's percieved in the western US and especially California is very influenced by this era. The most famous events from the zoot suit era are the collective zoot suit riots and the media characterization of all mexican american, filipino american, and black american youth as violent anti-american baby gangsters. Which, even if that was broadly true I mean. I'll take the opportunity to be flippant hell yeah??

As a side note, while making more new zoot suits during war rationing was pretty sick, most people weren't buying from the black market tailor shops and just wore what they already owned because the style had been popular for years already. People bought clothes less often to begin with back then. I think that misconception comes from the reasoning white americans gave to go beat up people of color with baseball bats in the street; i.e. it was racial and xenophobic violence to begin with and the nature of the suits themselves has been mushed around a lot to serve different narratives.

More zoot suits! ⬇️

They can definitely look kinda goofy- mostly the exaggerated cuts and badly tailored modern recreations- but like you said you gotta respect them.

[omgpostsplease]

Jack tries to watch heated rivalry.

Pt. (1) (2) (2.5)

[loveliesttime]

the concept of jack zimmermann having a selfie with jungkook is gonna keep me going today

[manquemami]

Believing that Letterkenny, Shoresy, and Heated Rivalry all take place in the same universe is a personal choice and it’s one that I make every day

[finelytaylored]

(full article)

[finelytaylored]

writer & creator of queer as folk and the original showrunner & head writer of the revival of doctor who, reviews heated rivalry. (x)

[finelytaylored]

OKAY SO IM GONNA START SOBBING 😭

[summerhighlandfalls]

set my compass north, I got winter in my blood

[drained-valentines]

[thewanderingmask]

a very silly meme redraw inspired by recent @joehills hermitcraft storyline activities

[ooooo-mcyt]

[omgcheckplease]

Quick update. ✨

Hi, hello. 👋

So. I've been working on something a tiny bit different—a m/m novel. (Yes, novel. Not a comic. I know.) It's a completely separate story from Check, Please!, but it's got the same humor, pining, and feel-good vibes that make #omgcp what it is.

It’s about John Rich, a 28-year-old cover artist for The New York Review, who’s tasked with drawing the gorgeous but seemingly vapid action star, Tyler Hughes. Problem is, John can’t seem to draw this dude. Then of course, shenanigans.

I've posted the first five chapters on AO3, and I've been updating monthlyish? (Remember how I never had an update schedule for Check, Please! ya...) If you're into funny, feel-good, lighthearted gay romance, do give it a read. Absolutely, no pressure. Just wanted to share what I'm working on that wasn't superheroes or semi-autobio YA.

link: John Rich & The Big Picture word count: 38k tags: enemies to lovers, enemies to friends to lovers, banter, snark, quipping, new york city, romantic comedy

[anexperimentallife]

[guiltycrunch]

[dragonflavoredcake]

Zedaph, testing some redstone: Wow, these numbers are off the chart!

Zedaph: Luckily, I have a bigger chart!