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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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shitty knight it seems i have grown quite fond of you tho there are no sexual urges or desires you come to me as a long lost friend whom i once picked apples with in papas orchard

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bad bob zimmerman is a lesbian if you think about it

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them!!

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Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire) V.S. Bob ‘Bad Bob’ Zimmermann (Check Please)

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dex, drunk, in the kitchen with bitty. circa 2017: i’m like the lost property brother, but i flip gingerbread houses

bitty: you’re so wise

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rest in peace eric bittle you wouldve loved cowboy carter

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right now jack zimmermann is watching his husband pack a suitcase to fly home to georgia so he can drive around some fields in his truck blasting beyoncé’s new country music in the south like she intended

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im a special kind of delusional because check please ended four years ago and im still in the nurseydex trenches im committed. i think it can still happen you guys and im so serious about that.

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can you imagine being bitty's date that barfed on his shoes and you think you escaped the whole incident only to turn on the TV one day and see him tongue kissing the hottest grad from your school? i'd euthanize myself on the spot.

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see, the thing i love about the check! please fandom is that there's 625 fics on ao3 with Swoops tagged, despite the fact that he's not actually a character, just some random guy we saw in a couple comic panels and gave a name to. it's great!!

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oh shit i knew i got it wrong thank u

i love you zimbits i love you nurseydex i love you shardo i love you holsom i love you caitchow i love you check please

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i love you zimbits i love you nurseydex i love you shardo i love you holsom i love you charmer i love you check please

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Nurseydex

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dex waiting for nursey on their first date