#omgcp big bang

[whiskeyapologist]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Connor "Whiskey" Whisk, Denice "Foxtrot" Ford & Tony "Tango" Tangredi & Connor "Whiskey" Whisk Characters: Connor "Whiskey" Whisk, Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Tony "Tango" Tangredi, Denice "Foxtrot" Ford, John Johnson (Check Please!) Additional Tags: One Night Stands, whiskey kind of has an anxiety attack, whiskey was in a bad previous relationship Summary:

Connor climbs the steps outside his apartment building and reaches for the pockets he doesn’t have. He pats the front of his hip bones where his jacket pockets should be, and it dawns on him.

He rewinds the tape of the previous night and watches it happen: soft hands unlock the apartment door; soft hands pull him inside, past the doorway, towards the couch; soft hands nudge well-worn jean off his shoulders until it drops onto the back of the couch. Connor lives out of that jacket, and he forgot to grab it on his way out.

“Fuck.”

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After fleeing a one night stand and leaving his jacket behind, Connor gets a hold of a certain Eric Bittle the only way he knows how: utilizing the bar where they met as a post office to exchange letters penpal-style.

title is from "sending postcards from a plane crash (wish you were here)" by fall out boy, bc i'm hilarious

[foryouandbits]

Things I would love to do: participate in fic rec challenges

Things that give me anxiety: participating in fic rec challenges

I’ve done challenges and big bangs before but the older I get and the more my anxiety becomes a struggle I realize it’s better for my mental health to not do things like this.

I have a very hard time writing short fic and when I do, it usually hits me the same way as a long fic, but upon my usual brain-dump summary that ultimately becomes a fic, I realize it’s going to be short. I often don’t know how long a fic is going to be until I’ve completed that part of my process.

A lot of challenges tend to be 3-10K and present a timeframe that is reasonable for 3-10K, but if I get a prompt or a new idea, I can’t commit to a word count, and if the idea is a long one it could take me several months or years to finish, and I don’t publish unfinished work (that’s a separate post altogether).

And when it comes to big bangs, the same general issue applies. If I have something ready to go or close to finished that could fit, I’ll participate, but then there was the omgcp big bang in 2017 that I was going to post because I only had 2 chapters left to write, but upon starting those I realized there were actually 5 chapters left, and figuring all that out plus other life stuff meant I had to withdraw and didn’t post until the bang in 2018. And the ANXIETY of that was a lot!!

So anyhoo I love the idea of these things but I wish I was the kind of writer who could do that, even though I like the writer I am.

[doggernaut]

3, 6, and 29!

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

I wrote most of it last year, but edited and posted this year so it counts, right? It has to be Pucks and Recreation, which I wrote for the OMGCP Big Bang. It's both the longest fic I've written to date and the most difficult fic for me to write. I've been in a real rough spot with writing for the past two years, so being able to actually finish this fic, despite the fact that it never really found an audience, was a victory.

6. Favorite title you used

As it happens, my answer for this question is the same as above. I almost always have a hard time titling fics, but once I hit on the idea of a Check, Please! AU inspired by Parks and Recreation, the title was obvious. It was so obvious I couldn't believe nobody had done it before. (At least, not on ao3, and I hadn't seen it anywhere else.) It's probably too obvious to be clever, but I was pleased with how well it worked.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

My favorite passage I've written this year is from a WIP that hasn't been posted yet, so instead I will share this from Leave a Light On , which is an unfinished AU that I had to put on hiatus, though I do intend to finish it when I have more time to devote to it. In this AU, Jack's a reporter who torpedoed his career due to an inappropriate relationship with a source. The source is Kent, and they have a history. This is a flashback to their first meeting, and I really like the way it establishes how toxic Kent was for Jack while simultaneously establishing why Jack would be infatuated with him.

After the game, Jack talked to a few of the other players while he waited for Kent to finish up in the locker room. In another life, he thought, he might have been here too, changing out of his gear instead of hovering in the doorway with his reporter’s notebook. 

“You’re the reporter, right?” Kent asked from the bench where he was taking his skates off.

“I just want to ask you a few questions about the game,” Jack said. “I can wait until you’re ready.”

“Nah.” Kent flashed what Jack eventually came to think of as his press smile, the one he used when he wanted to charm somebody. Even back then, he knew when to turn it on. “C’mere. Sit.”

The bench was damp with what Jack assumed was sweat, or possibly somebody’s spilled Gatorade, but he sat. Kent continued to work at a knot in one of his skate laces. “Son of a bitch,” he mumbled.

“You have soft hands,” Jack finally said.

Kent looked up. “What’s that?”

“When you play,” Jack said. “Soft hands.”

“Fuck, for a second I thought you meant something else,” Kent laughed.

Jack could feel the heat in his face. He quickly looked down at his notebook and scribbled something that, later, he couldn’t decipher and had no recollection of writing.

“I mean, you know what they say about soft hands, right?” Kent asked.

Jack swallowed. Save for some fooling around he’d done with a girl named Jane at journalism camp the summer before freshman year, he didn’t have very much experience. Definitely not enough to consider himself an expert on hands, soft or otherwise.

“I know what your mom says,” Jack retorted, and when Kent laughed out loud in surprise Jack felt proud of himself for saying the right thing.

Kent squinted at Jack. “I know you right?”

“We played together for a couple years when we were kids. The Falconers? My dad’s company was the team sponsor. He helped Coach Walter out sometimes.”

“Right, right.” Kent snapped his fingers and his face changed as recognition dawned on him. “You were kind of fat back then.”

“Um.”

“Fast, though. Super fast. Why’d you quit?”

Jack shrugged. “Didn’t make the travel team.”

“Too bad.” Kent snorted. He pulled off his socks and stuffed them into his duffel. “You know it’s all just a bunch of political b.s. anyway. There are plenty of guys who shouldn’t have made it, but their parents had ins with the league president.”

Jack had once heard his parents complaining that was probably the case, but it still felt weird to hear somebody his age say it out loud. 

“It’s okay,” Jack said. “Sometimes my dad and I go out to my uncle’s place and play.”

Kent looked up from his bag, the contents of which he seemed to be meticulously reorganizing. “Why didn’t you try out here?” he asked. “Some of the guys on this team really suck.”

It struck Jack as a terrible thing to say about one’s teammates, but Kent wasn’t wrong. After all, Kent was a sophomore—and a transfer student, at that—and was already captain.

“I don’t have time for sports if I want to stay on the newspaper staff. And I’m in line to be assistant editor next year,” Jack explained.

“Oh, assistant editor. Bet that has the girls beating down your door.”

“Look, do you want to give me a quote or not?” Jack asked, suddenly impatient to get out of there. “I can go talk to Brady.” Brady would give Jack the same old line about everybody working as a team and winning it together, but that might be preferable to … whatever this was.

“No!” Kent held a hand up. “That guy’s dumber than a box of rocks. At least I’m interesting.”

That was how it started.

It wasn’t that Jack had a crush on Kent. He kept seeking Kent out after games because, unlike most athletes—especially high school athletes—he was articulate and went beyond the usual bland talking points. Kent wasn’t afraid to tell it like it was. His honesty was refreshing, and he was always good for at least one quote that would raise eyebrows.

Later, Jack would wonder if he should be blamed for creating what Kent became. Kent was already full of himself, but Jack gave him a platform to be himself at his most outrageous.

Thank you for the asks!

[cricketnationrise]

"eyes" for the big bang ask game!

"They are pressing the soles of their feet against each other in a silent battle of wills, eyes locked, when Chowder lets out a huge, wistful sigh."

send me a word to get a random one sentence preview for the big bang!

[theartofhellebarde]

My other 2/4 illustrations for this year’s @omgcpbigbang2019! Ohohoho, I got my lil’ grabby hands on a goooood one~ Check out the amazing story that goes along with it:

Firecracker by @spideylovesgwendy “ Kent’s best friend (with benefits) tells him she’s pregnant with his child, and if he doesn’t want the baby, she’ll adopt it out. Kent doesn’t want the baby. He’s still dealing with issues from his childhood and every failed relationship. He’s not ready to come out. He’s not ready to be a father. He doesn’t want to be. (Except he does.) “

[omgcpbigbang2019]

Flight Check

Fic by edgarallanrose (Ao3) 

Art by rub-a-dubb 

Rating: Explicit

Pairing(s): Eric “Bitty” Bittle/Jack Zimmermann, Minor Shitty Knight/Lardo Duan, Minor Derek “Nursey” Nurse/WIlliam “Dex” Poindexter

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

Flight attendant Eric “Bitty” Bittle has been working his way up at Samwell Airlines for the past four years, and his new promotion has provided him the opportunity to work with a brand-new crew. Unfortunately for Bitty, that crew includes an incredibly handsome but equally grumpy pilot, Captain Jack Zimmermann, who seems to want nothing to do with Bitty. Even worse, Jack refuses to eat any of Bitty’s baked goods. Will Bitty be able to win the captain over? Or is there another reason Jack has been avoiding Bitty?

Flight Check – Fic and Art on Ao3! 

[shadowfaerieammy]

Here are my submissions for the OMG Check Please Big Bang 2019!

The art is for a fic called When You Weren’t Looking and it was written by the lovely @my-king-and-your-lionheart ! It’s a really interesting Miss Fisher AU about Miss Denise Ford, Inspector Connor Whisk, and Inspector Tony Tangredi working together to solve a murder case. A super cool OT3 fic!

[samwell-sweethearts]

Thank you Gabrielle (@loveyoutoobits) & Ross (@jckzimmermanns) for organising this year’s Big Bang event! I look forward to doing this every year and you’ve both been very helpful during the process of organising such a massive event that the whole fandom benefits from!

@17piesinseptember​

[gouachemole]

Here’s my piece for the @omgcpbigbang2018 fest! This piece is for @airplanesandcookies ‘s lovely fic, English Lit Didn't Prepare Me For You (a Pride and Prejudice AU!!!!) You can find it here on Ao3!

[willdexpoindexter]

They just announced the OMGCP Big Bang for this year and I have Decisions to make. Help me pick a fic to write? 

[cuddlybadger]

soooo i just hit 40,000 words on my first fan fic in over ten years

[asterlark]

our hearts beat loud

-> “well shit, i think that’s the most words you’ve ever said to me without yelling.”

“yeah, and i’ve definitely hit my limit, so don’t expect too many more from me for a while.”

made for @omgcpbigbang2018 for @alocalband‘s amazing fic!! @catc10 also made some beautiful art for it that you can find here! tracklist and fave lyrics for each song/what i think fits the fic best under the cut :)

1. the sound by the 1975

"i've got a problem with your shoes and your tunes but I might move in"  and "i thought that you were straight, now i’m wondering"

well i know when you're around ‘cause i know the sound i know the sound of your heart

2. fingers crossed by COIN

i got a thing for you now and it won't go, it won't go and i think i want you more now but you don't know, you don't know

3. red light by the regrettes

you can't love me, you're not allowed to cause if you did i'd probably run from you

kiss me at the red light one more time every time i think of you feels like a crime i could be green, red, orange, purple or blue only if it means that i'm keeping you

4. sucker punch by sigrid

i was keeping it together i guess i didn't understand that i fell for you i lost my cool it hit me like a sucker punch just one look and i'm out of touch i'm freaking out 'cause i'm scared this might end bad but i still come back for that sucker punch

5. hearts beat loud by keegan dewitt & kiersey clemons (hearts beat loud soundtrack)

i don't wanna go home i miss you when you're not around not so simple just to say out loud all those words i feel when i'm alone

now our hearts beat loud i wish i had said what i meant way back then

6. where do you go by flor

oh will you show me what it is that makes you so extraordinarily beautiful?

so where do you go i wanna follow you down, down down where your secrets hide won't you let me inside?

7. wild heart by bleachers

i'm only waiting another year for the dream far away to come home to be brave well everything has changed and now it's only you that matters i will find any way to your wild heart

8. thinking bout you by ariana grande

baby, i don't want no one, no one else so hurry, cause i need some, need some, need some help and i'll be waiting patient, patiently ‘cause i don't have you here with, here with, here with me but at least i have the memory

9. gimme love by carly rae jepsen

gimmie love gimmie love, gimmie love, gimmie love, gimmie love gimmie touch ‘cause i want what i want, do you think that i want too much?

it's the way we are together wanna feel like this forever it's the way we are together and i never thought i'd ever say forever

10. through and through by khai dreams

i only think about it in the night time always in the night time up too late lying on the floor

oh through and through oh through and through i'll find my way to you though i'll admit it may take me some time

11. get like by kehlani

'cause i'm shy and just a little awkward but you bring it out of me, out of me 'cause

you're the only one that i get like you're the only one that i get like get like this for ain't nobody else make me feel like you're the only one that i feel like feel like this for

12. my my my! by troye sivan

now, let's stop running from love running from love let's stop, my baby let's stop running from us running from us let's stop, my baby

13. loving is easy by rex orange county

loving is easy you had me fucked up it used to be so hard to see yeah, loving is easy when everything's perfect please don't change a single little thing for me

14. strong by one direction

my heart your heart sit tight like book ends

i'm sorry if i say i need you but i don't care i'm not scared of love 'cause when i'm not with you i'm weaker is that so wrong? is it so wrong that you make me strong?

15. given it all by hayley kiyoko

tear the walls down, don't be stupid, meet me halfway to your heart

i’ve given it all to you

[doggernaut]

16. What is your most underrated fic?

This is hard because I've only written fic for Check, Please! and there's a huge difference in fandom engagement (and, I assume, the number of people actively seeking and reading fic) between now and 2018, when I published my first fic on ao3. So is a fic underrated because it's bad or because there just aren't many people reading OMGCP fic these days? It's hard to say.

There are a couple of fics that I love that I wish had been better received, but if we're talking fics posted this year I did think Pucks and Recreation would be more popular than it ended up being. Maybe people didn't want to read a fic that long , or maybe there weren't as many people as I thought who would be familiar with Parks and Recreation and understand what I was trying to do there. Maybe people avoided it because they thought it was a true crossover (it's not, I only borrowed plot elements from Parks and Rec) and thought it would include non-Check, Please! characters. Maybe it was a victim of poor timing, being posted at the tail end of last years OMGCP Big Bang and at beginning of this year, right after people were returning to work/school after the holidays. It's one of those fic mysteries and I know I'm not the only fic writer who has misfired so I try not to take it personally.

Thank you for the ask!

[wrathofthestag]

OMG, I finished my damn @omgcpbigbang2018 fic.  Just over 23K.  I just have to proof and edit a bit here and there BUT I’M DONE.

[theartofhellebarde]

My 2/4 illustrations for this year’s @omgcpbigbang2019! Parswoops is the good shit ma dudes Check out the amazing story that goes along with it:

Fourteen Weddings and a Kerfuffle by @missweber “In the space of one horrible day, Jeff Troy is traded from his beloved Oilers, gets yelled at by his mom, is shipped off to the desert, gets blackout drunk, and wakes up married to the captain of his new team.In retrospect, he really shouldn't have ignored the welcome packet the Aces gave him.“

[ackermom]

Yesterday, Today

author: ackermom | artist: blackhaireddemon pairing: jack zimmermann/eric bittle rating: mature tags: canon divergence, angst with a happy ending, hurt/comfort, break up, post break up, alcohol abuse/alcoholism, anxiety, social media, sexual content word count: 33,930

summary: Jack and Bitty break up. Bitty moves on. Jack looks back.

- read here -