it’s tough, but you’re tougher.

eli 🏒she/her 🥧 29 Find me on Ao3 ✨I follow/like/reply from: loud-as-lions✨

[jeanjacketbittle]

eli’s omgcp fics: a guide

Softness is... (WIP)

Nursey find a notebook of poems and realizes they’re Dex’s.

Teenage Dream (complete)

It started out as a bro-date and turns into Holsom Valentine’s Day fluff

Amber Eyes (complete)

For his senior thesis, Nursey has to write a poetry chapbook. In true writer fashion, his deadline is approaching and he's run out of words. Dex helps him out.

Life Changer (complete)

NurseyDex internship au

WTF(riends?) Series (3/?)

Whiskey and The LAX Bros... and Tango (complete)

Whiskey and Tango begin to understand each other.

That Was That (complete)

WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot had to become an iconic trio somehow.

(simply having) a WTF Christmas time (complete)

WTF spend winter break at the Ford family home. technically in this universe, but totally can be read as a standalone.

SMH: Origins Series (1/?)

Becoming Lardo (complete)

Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. It’s Lardo’s frog year!

SMH Origins: McDonough (WIP, coming soon!)

The origin story of Kennedy McDonough, my oc introduced in Becoming Lardo. This fic isn’t posted on ao3 yet bc I want to have more of it written before I start posting, as it will be very big and I want to have more chapters written before I start posting so I can be organized for once. It’s by far the biggest fic project I've ever taken on, and I'm very excited about it. The link above will take you to all of my Tumblr posts about it while it’s still in it’s early stages. I’ll update it with the ao3 link once I post the first chapter!

[somethingnurseywoulddo]

has this one been done yet?

[ivecarvedawoodenheart]

thinking about JackHoltz. do y’all ever think about the Catan Incident

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[ivecarvedawoodenheart]

I'll be honest half of the fun of JackHoltz is the fact that they would hate it. like I truly believe neither of them would touch each other with a 10 foot hockey stick and That is what makes their one night of torrid passion so juicy to think about

[halfabreath]

JackHoltz AU that is all

[atlasthemayor]

literally Dex and Chowder

[omgzineplease]

omgzineplease.carrd.co

BREAKING NEWS: SIGN-UPS FOR Zine, Please! Vol. 4: #IntoTheAU! ARE NOW OPEN!!!

Watch out, folks! Sign-ups to contribute to Zine, Please! Vol. 4: #IntoTheAU! are now open!

Let your imagination run wild! This volume is all about exploring the endless possibilities, the "what-ifs", the good ol' toss-and-turn into worlds unknown, featuring all our Check, Please! faves!

Got an itching to see what Ransom would be like as an astronaut? How about a PWHL!George AU? Explore who would make the best medieval royalty and who would be a world class tennis player. What if Check, Please! was all just a dream all along....? Zine, Please! wants to see it all!

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If you’ve yet to hear about this fourth volume of our zine, details can be found here in the announcement post!

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As with our previous volumes, #IntoTheAu! will be available as a free digital PDF upon publication

Fics must be no longer than 3.5k words, and art of all mediums are welcome! (even non-digital works so long as they can be translated to the digital PDF zine, such as through scanning or a high-res photo)

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---Zine, Please! Admin Team

[spelldealer]

i’m the main character in every grocery store i go to

[omgpostsplease]

[mackonfire]

Fool me once? Shiiiit. Fool me twice? Fuckkkk bro stop fooling me

[omgpostsplease]

[omgcheckplease]

raise your hand if you'd like to see Whiskey go absolutely feral in check, please! year five

[rythyme]

even if nurseydex doesn't happen i like to think about all the new ppl who are going to get into check please for the first time during year 5 bc of heated rivalry etc. and they're going to see nursey and dex and go "huh i wonder if anyone has written fic about these two before" and the AO3 results are just thousands of the most soul crushingly beautiful fics ever written

[cryptidfuckery]

If we’re having a chickpeas renessance can I halfheateredly join and reblog cryptid dex

[cryptidfuckery]

I fucking WISH it was a chickpea renessance. I meant check please

[lilacborrower]

[parseisflat]

save him.

[aristocrating]

[transjudas]

reminder that staff has said they don’t pay attention to feedback on posts and the best way to tell them how you feel about this upcoming notes update is by sending feedback at tumblr.com/support!

[connorwhisksambiguousbisexuality]

In celebration of✨The Year of the 🐸✨, here's a side-by-side of The Frogs' very first appearance in @omgcheckplease as HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS and our first "official" art of them as COLLEGE SENIORS!!!

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First we have Derek "Nursey" Nurse! He's probably changed the least out of the Frogs. But he's still putting himself into Situations (bro stop sitting on the wall you're gonna break your arm AGAIN)

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Next is our Sentient Ball Of Sunshine (until he gets in the net, that is) Chris "Chowder" Chow! His braces are off and he has the early days of a Mullet going on, and frankly I'm Obsessed

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And finally, we have the 2017-2018 Samwell Men's Hockey Captain, William "Dex" Pointdexter! Look at him!!! He's SMILING!!!

So Yeah. Those Are Our Boys. Now If You'll Excuse Me, I'm Gonna Go Cry Over The Passage Of Time Now.

[rythyme]

i'm not responsible for the person i will become if nurseydex happens in check please year 5: frog year