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@kphistory
To be honest I think a lot of people's persistent enjoyment and fascination w Kent Parson as a character comes from a typical understanding of story structure. He was the closest thing check please had to an antagonist, and it's unfortunate that he did his job so well and made people dislike him so much that his originally planned storyline was scrapped entirely.
posts that are only comprehensible in November 2020 thanks to @thatsclassicsbaby
Read Check Please in Spanish on @omgcheckpleasespanish!
this is just the webcomic tbh
Despite his outsized presence in the OMGCP fandom, Kent Parson is only in 7 out of 93 comic updates (although he is mentioned by dialogue in several more) with long hiatuses between his 4 appearances:
Jan 20, 2015: 2.7 “Parse I” marks Kent’s official introduction about 1.6 years (592 days) after the webcomic first started.
Sep 20, 2016: After 2.9 “Parse III” he next appears in 3.7 “LVA @ PVD - Part I” about 1.6 years later (578 days).
Jan 16, 2018: His third and briefest appearance occurs in 3.26 “Cup V - Post” about 1.3 years later (471 days).
Apr 7, 2020: His fourth and final appearance occurs in 4.19 “Parse” about 2.3 years later (822 days).
uhh…
UHH…
Kent Parson’s name literally means White Person. Ngozi played us all. Iconic!
some golden tweets about golden boy kent Parson
the number of times I have written the phrase “quasi-canonical cat” in this proposal
the number of times I have written:
“bitty”: 2
“jack”: 0
“kent” or “kent parson”: 69
the number of times I have written the phrase “quasi-canonical cat” in this proposal
the best of kent parson tags on ao3
bonus:
double bonus:
Yesterday I had a panic attack and postponed my birthday party but I had already ordered this cake so now I have a whole cake, hmu if you want Parse cake I guess.
this should be on this blog I GUESS
did you participate in the kent parson discourse of 2016 or are you normal
from a presentation i’m giving on this project
I just think it’s really important that we have things in our lives that we don’t do for money. And fic is my thing. And I don’t think I’m giving up millions of dollars here, right? I think that the amount of money that I’m giving up is well worth it for me, for the pleasure that I get from writing for fun and really having a lot of fun with it and getting the fan attraction that I get. I mean, I also publish commercially and it’s not nearly as much fun, and it’s not that much money that I’m making from that.
@earlgreytea68 on the most recent episode of Fansplaining, talking about the complicated intersections between fanfic and money (via fansplaining)
“Can you control how people remember you? You can’t even control how people perceive you today, at this moment. The question “should everything be preserved” is not what we should be asking nor is fandom history preservation the venue. The real question is: “how can we cope with an increasingly interconnected and visible world where we have little or no control over other people’s perceptions, actions or memories?” The answer is: we can only try to selectively ghost through reality, and we can only try to force people to see or remember us only in the way we specify. Perhaps we should spend more time focusing on what we mean to say in the first place and less on controlling how others think of us.”
— Anonymous quote in response to “Should Everything In Fandom History Be Preserved” (2019)
Oral history prompts
If you’re willing to record and share an oral history about Kent Parson, thank you so much! Below are some prompts it would be helpful to address; I have starred (**) the two things that are really necessary to include. Otherwise, feel free to use these, or to share your thoughts more broadly.
When finished, please e-mail, link, or share your recording @ [email protected]. Thank you so much!
**Please note the date of this recording!
** What’s your history with and in Check Please fandom: roughly when did you get into it? Are you still into it? If not, when did you leave? Feel free to characterize your response in terms of calendar dates, canon progression (eg. spring semester, year two), or fandom events (eg. certain instances of wank).
How do you feel about Kent Parson as a character within a story? What do you perceive his narrative role to be? Do you perceive him to have a lot of import to the plot, or to the story’s themes?
Do you believe that Kent Parson’s role, textually or thematically, was reduced during the comic’s publication? What informs your answer, and why? What do you expect he was meant to have done within the story?
How do you perceive other fans feel about Kent Parson? How much consensus is there within the larger Check Please fandom?
Does Kent Parson have any pets? If so, briefly describe them. Is your answer rooted in canon? If not, where did you get this information?
Please describe Kent Parson’s family situation, including siblings and parents. Is your answer rooted in canon? If not, where did you get this information?
How many Stanley Cups has Kent Parson won, and roughly when? Is your answer rooted in canon? If not, where did you get this information?
Please feel free to share any additional thoughts, feelings, or personal experiences pertaining to the character and your experience in the fandom.
