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Eric Richard Bittle doodle dump

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Fun fact I learned today that I thought you’d like: Ovi’s first career hat trick was exactly the 100th hat trick in Capitals’ history.

sent back to the writers’ room of the universe with post-it flags reading

REALISM??

might be a LITTLE heavy-handed on the whole “LEGEND” arc???

see TV Tropes page: Arc Words ????

honestly does this character do ANYTHING without numerical significance? is this dude just like allergic to ordinary stats???? follow up please!!!

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Shitty, your last name is KNIGHT, how/why is your nickname Shitty??? *despairs over your sick flow and pedostache*

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First + Last

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an immersive check please experience featuring the unknown (an evil pie maker who lives in the walls)

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rewriting history

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Have you ever wondered what a non-lyrical OST for Check, Please! would sound like?

Me too!

A few days ago I was thinking about what type of background music you'd hear during different scenes in the comic, as if you were watching an omgcp tv show (there's still hope). Then I was like, screw it, I'll just write this music myself, because I had an idea and needed to see it come to life.

Thus, this 55-second track was born.

My thought process behind this is that this is the music you'd hear during 2.17 “Graduation." Or, when Jack and Shitty graduate at the end of year two and Bitty is going through all the emotions. I envision that this plays during a montage of shots throughout the day (of the empty Haus, of Samwell's campus, of the ceremony, of SMH getting the picture you see in the comic). All the while, Bitty is narrating overtop it for his vlog, and the abrupt ending is when Jack finds Bitty after the ceremony (more precisely, when Bitty looks up from his phone), and they have their talk. I really tried to aim on having it be both happy and sad, given how Bitty feels throughout the graduation, and I hope I succeeded in portraying that.

I've never undertaken a project like this before, and I'm actually proud of myself for coming up with this little thing. I'd like to write a track for The Kiss, too, and maybe a few other scenes.

Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy it!! It's best listened to with headphones, and if the volume/balancing sounds a bit wonky, I apologize. MuseScore can only do so much haha.

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Things to Consider

Jack bench pressing Bitty

Bitty leaning back against Jack’s knees while Jack does crunches, and every 10 or so Jack does a full sit-up to kiss Bitty’s cheek or ruffle his hair

Jack dragging a sleepy Bitty out of bed to run with him first thing in the morning and then rewarding him in the shower after

A giggly Bitty relaxing on the floor while Jack is in a plank over him, giving him sweet little kisses every time he does a push-up

Bitty sippin’ sweet tea and blatantly ogling Jack while he lifts weights in the workout room in his apartment

Jack sleeping in for once and waking up to find Bitty, who is doing squats to Beyonce 

Jack chirping Bitty about eating protein and trying to get him to have one of Jack’s gross protein shakes

Jack coming home from a hard practice and workout to Bitty making a huge filling meal

Retired Jack skipping workouts, eating more pie, and getting a cute little belly that Bitty absolutely adores

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Jack & Holster have the exact same sense of humor but Jack is more subtle about it and Holster has the precision of a blindfolded elephant playing darts and this is another reason why they hate each other

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no, because - famous person starts dating less famous person and is then gradually overshadowed is a trope. a trope often used to bring external conflict into stories. but jack and bitty are carefully constructed as the opposite of that, and I'm fucking feral over it.

we joke about how jack will eventually be bitty's trophy husband and be thrilled about it, but it definitely has a giant grain of truth in it. it's how they're characterized. bitty is an extrovert; jack is an introvert. bitty reached out and built himself an online audience to deal with his trauma; jack shut himself out and started avoiding the public to deal with his.

bitty finds comfort in being able to talk to others and (as seen in spotlight on eric bittle) considers being a public figure a sort of healing experience: coming out and being a public person (in every manner of speaking, not just sexuality wise) and putting himself in the limelight is such an important part of his journey because he sees it as a way of helping others who were in his situation.

jack grew up in the spotlight as the only son of two prominent figures. he grew up as a child with anxiety with the media's eyes on him as he was compared to his father. he grew up as an overweight teen featuring in trashy gossip columns as he was compared to his mother. he got into rehab in part because of this attention and it only attracted more attention to him. a lot of jack's anxiety stems from the notion of people looking at him and thinking about him and talking about him and judging him, and it's unfortunate because jack's dream is to play hockey, and that comes with even more attention.

but that's the thing: jack and bitty's story is (once again) a demonstration of two people making each other's lives better.

jack's fame thrusts bitty into the spotlight post-cup, and it's a giant push forward in helping him reach a bigger audience and thus grow his independent fame. bitty's growing fame slowly overshadows jack, to the point where ngozi says they'll one day be Eric Bittle and his Athlete Husband. and that means jack gets to play hockey, and win cups, and achieve fame in his own field, but the media's attention slides off him to his husband, and the fans on the street gradually approach bitty more than him, and jack is free to have his success with less of the personal scrutiny.

it's not that jack becomes less important than bitty. it's that bitty gets to stand in front of the direct sun and flourish as a result, while jack gets to stand in the shade bitty creates and flourish as a result. it's symbiosis. it's beautiful.

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This just in: Holster is canonically Chronically Online

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a thrilling saga

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i heard a song that reminded me of my favourite sad jock

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tabloids now: nhl superstar jack zimmermann spotted on the streets with mysterious blonde

jack: this is my BOYFRIEND

tabloids in 10 years: baking channel superstar eric bittle spotted on the streets with mysterious brunette

bitty: this is my HUSBAND