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YES

what are ollie & wicks up to after graduation?? (living together? working as bros in finance or something??)

Nursey: “After we settled into our consulting jobs, we spent the summer hiking through New Zealand on our honeymoon.” Holy crap, these pictures are amazing. 

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so i’ve been thinking for a few days about how exactly to put this into words, but i think a lot of professional writers could learn a lot from what ngozi has done. 

listen, most of us who have been following the comic for a while (gosh at least…four years for me I think? i went back and tried to find my first post on it and tumblr.com crashed 93 times so i gave up BUT I DIGRESS) 

the thing is that most of us who have been here a while knew pretty much exactly how it was going to end. for the most part if you’d asked me a year ago ‘what do you think the final chapters will be like?’ i’d have about a 90% accuracy rate on most plot points.

and that’s okay

surprising an audience is great. this comic has surprised me plenty! but what ngozi does so masterfully is to never abuse emotional shock value. there’s something beautiful about me knowing essentially how it’s going to play out but still coming back anyway because it’s not about the shock value it’s about the execution. if your characters feel real, feel lived in, if your story is compelling and honest and true to an emotional throughline people. will. keep. coming. back.

the drama in this comic never felt forced, it never felt fake, and it was never frivolous, it never turned into what i call ‘pain porn’, exploitative drama that does exactly that, exploits the viewer’s emotions with cheap, unearned moments of emotional shock and awe. every bit of drama in this comic came from places of deep pain and fear. and, likewise, came from an equally powerful place of love and hope and acceptance and pride.

of course it has a happy ending, of course it does. it couldn’t have ended any other way. because this is ngozi’s vision and its her world, and there’s a popular post floating around that says it well, i think: ‘queer happiness is more subversive than queer tragedy’

so yes, i might have known how the comic would end but i came back again and again and again because i cared about the characters and i cared about the execution and by the end i trusted ngozi as a creator.

and that’s really the best compliment i could give. as a viewer who has been burned more than once by different forms of media i put my emotional vulnerability in the hands of a content creator and said ‘i trust you’. i trust you not to abuse that vulnerability and trust you to be true to your vision and tell your story without trying to exploit those who consume it.  and she did not disappoint.

so to ngozi, who will never see this post, thank you for years and years of wonderful content and for characters i’ve come to adore so much. you’ve earned a fan for life.

thank you

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Check, Please! Comic 4.25 - “FABER” is up on ⭐ checkpleasecomic.com  ⭐

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This may be one of my favorite updates of all time

UPDATE☆ CHECK PLEASE 4.7: HAZE BY HAZEWEST

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Hey, y’all!

Okay, the latest update made me emotional bc like… we’re really starting senior year, y’all!! Last stretch!!! So, here’s all the vlog episode openings through the years + the most recent update

Our boy’s all grown up… :’)

[ Check, Please! is by Ngozi + Episode numbers in the captions! ]

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did the fire dept give jack the shirt???!!!

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imagining bitty using everyones first name whenever he’s upset with them is the funniest thing.

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Has Ford knitted any other hockey themed things since being manager?

Nursey: Damn. I wish my friends were cool.Chowder: –hey

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How are the Lax Bros doing lately?

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do any smh alumni visit often? if yes, who?

Tater: You can also call me “дядя попoйка” or “дядя картошка”.Shitty: And you can call me Uncle Shitty.Jack: Uh….Jack.

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Bitty: I hate her. I hate her!!!!! Jack: (reading) He hates that she has so much control over him.

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That is all I want in this life, for all this pain to seem purposeful.

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how Extra is bitty and jack's love for each other?

Hops: Uh. Also? I thought pet names were a fine?Dex:…yeah Bitty revised the bylaws…something about a captain’s PDA per diem or whateverHops:…he has that power?

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Ngl i thought they were toasting champagne glasses at first

Ford: for one? Ford: there’s a goddamn chandelier

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(a)I never talk about ‘the Scottish play’, (but obviously only during production of said play). (b) I have a rolls of gaffers in my dorm right now, duh > duck tape, and © during pre-season training, Tango said a line from ‘I’ll Make a Man Out of You’ and it’s NOT my fault I had to finish it. Um. Everyone knew the words?

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Elements & Hogwarts Houses for Samwell men’s hockey (and its honorary and future members) 🏒✔️🥧💖

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Me, reading the words “Kent Parson’s Therapist”: my skin is cleared, my crops are watered, my debts are paid, and all is well in the world.