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[theelectricspecter]

"Hello, Internet Land!"

using bitty to get back into the swing of things - snagged this ending pose from the last update of year 4. if you squint, you can see the panel in the background.

this is definitely a rough pass - it’s been around 5 years since i last animated, plus this was my first time working with CSP’s timeline - but i do love how it turned out ❤️

[zzzbittle]

Listen the only bad thing about Check, Please getting a new volume and coming back is that I'm going to have to say goodbye to it again

[flowerfan2]

Neighbors

Heated Rivalry and Check, Please crossover anyone?

Some notes on the timeline… Our story takes place in Weston, Massachusetts, a few months after Scott Hunter kisses Kip on center ice after winning the Stanley Cup.  It’s impossible to harmonize this with the Check Please timeline where Jack does the exact same thing with Bitty (Jack and Scott Hunter can’t both be the first to have done this), so let’s pretend that Hunter did it first, and this perhaps inspired Jack and Bitty to be a little more open with their relationship a little earlier than in canon.  

TL;DR - This fic was written entirely because I want to see Shane and Ilya talk with Jack and Bitty.  If you do too, read on!

Summary: Shane blinks hard as he realizes he recognizes the face of the tall, handsome man standing awkwardly in front of him.  Then the son of last generation’s biggest hockey legend sticks out his hand and introduces himself.  "Jack Zimmerman."

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The running trail near Ilya’s house is quiet at this time of morning.  Shane loves the scent of the pine trees and the damp soil as the early morning fog clears.  He had headed out even earlier than he would at home, and his strategy has worked – except for a few seriously dedicated runners who pay him no attention at all, the trail is empty.  

Ilya is behind him somewhere.  He gave Shane a head start, knowing that Shane would be nervous about them running together.  Weston is a ultra-wealthy suburb, with expensive homes and long driveways that suggest even pricier ones hidden behind high gates.  Still, Ilya’s house is still not as private as Shane’s cottage.

Shane rounds a corner, his feet crunching on the autumn leaves lining the edges of the path, when suddenly there’s another person in his way.  Shane veers to the side, just catching himself from falling over, but the other guy isn’t as lucky and goes crashing to the ground.

“Fuck! Fuck, shit, fuck,” the man cries, grabbing his ankle and letting out an impressive string of curses.

“I’m so sorry, are you okay?” Shane asks.  There’s a piece of him that wants to get out of there as fast as he can but he really can’t justify leaving this guy writhing on the ground.  Yuna has forgiven Shane for a lot of things but this could be the last straw.

“Fuck, yeah, ouch, it’s not broken I think…” The man rolls his ankle with a grimace and then looks up at Shane.  He’s got bushy hair held away from his face with a rainbow tye-dye headband and a kind of gross looking mustache, but he grins like he just won the lottery.

“Oh my god, you fucking beaut!  I can’t believe it!  You’re-”

“Shhhh!” Shane hisses, frantically looking around.  There’s no one here.  The forest is the same as it was a minute ago, fall foliage and tall pines and the sun coming up behind the trees.

“God, sorry, sorry, I’m such an ass.”  The man starts to struggle to his feet, and despite himself, Shane reaches down to help him.  Once he’s vertical, they stumble together over to a picturesque stone wall that winds through the brush, and the man sits down with a grunt.

“I’m Shitty,” he says, and Shane thinks he’s being a little hard on himself before he realizes that’s the guy’s name.  “Shitty Knight,” the guy repeats.  “And I’m genuinely sorry for interrupting your morning run.”

“No, you’re fine,” Shane says.  

“And I won’t make a fuss, I promise, I should know better.  I’m a big fan.  I’m in law school now, but I played hockey in college.”  The guy- Shitty- points to the words on his worn tank top.  “Samwell, see?  Not that it’s an excuse for fanboying all over you.”

Shane nods.  “It’s fine.”  The guy doesn’t seem like an athlete, and going running in denim shorts and sneakers without socks is definitely a choice.  But who knows, it’s not his problem.

“And there’s my partner in crime,” Shitty says.  “This should be interesting.”

Shane turns to see yet another person approaching them.  He’s never going running at Ilya’s house again.  Ilya has plenty of gym equipment in his basement, Shane is an idiot for ever leaving the house.

Shane is momentarily distracted by the man’s bright yellow running shoes, but he quickly draws his gaze up… a pair of muscled thighs, seriously defined chest, and gorgeous light blue eyes under a tousle of dark hair.  Shane blinks hard as he realizes he recognizes the face of the tall, handsome man standing awkwardly in front of him.  Then the son of last generation’s biggest hockey legend sticks out his hand and introduces himself. 

“Jack Zimmerman.  I hope my friend hasn’t been bothering you, Mr. Hollander.”  Jack speaks with a pronounced Québécois accent.  

Shane shakes his hand on autopilot.  “No, he’s fine, I mean, I’m fine.  Nice to meet you.”

Read the rest on A03 and please reblog!

[be-bisexual-eat-hot-chip-and-lie]

check please lied to me because there’s literally no way bitty got his tooth fixed that fast post winning the frozen four.

like maybe they put in the implant screws around the time of the frozen four finals but also i dont think so given that he was concussed and they give you full anaesthesia when they put implant screws in and full anaesthesia plus a concussion does not sound like a good medical choice.

all this to say: our boy would’ve had a little retainer with a resin tooth for at least 3 months post tooth-gets-knocked-out, to make sure theres no damage to the gums and that there’s no swelling when the implant crown gets put in. now i’m giggling at the mental image of bitty having a little tooth retainer he can pop in and out.

[helpmeimblorboing]

I have this really annoying habit of showing up late to the party for every fandom I’m in

Anyways, I just started reading Check Please !! and I love it, so if there’s any vestige of its fandom left, please be nice to me 🥺

[mapleapplepiee]

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

[alicechugstea]

i got into irl nhl ice hockey from omg! Check please, so now i’m thinking about bitty and sidney crosby becoming baking pals…

like, sidney makes cookies and his ma’s special banana bread for his team mates…do you think they have a friendly rivalry…maybe they have a shared pinterest board of recipes… jack seeing bitty furiously texting someone at like 2am when he wakes up to pee…it’s bitty and sidney arguing about making protein banana bread (Sidney wants to use vanilla flavoured protein powder, Bitty tells him he’s a heathen and to use greek yogurt)

baking pals bitty and crosby, taking the nhl one slice at a time.

[lostwithnointernet]

With Check Please getting weekly updates does anyone want to hear about my Bitty fic that has been haunting the back of my mind for a year and a half? It’s an AU following him from World Juniors through his NHL rookie year.