#omgcp fic club

[ficplease]

Fic, Please! will be having a Q&A and discussion with the author of No Matter How Small, on October 30th.

We’re also in the process of choosing the fic for November, so come join the fun on our discord! 🎉

[hugealienpie]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann, Eric "Bitty" Bittle & Richard "Coach" Bittle Characters: Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Jack Zimmermann, Richard "Coach" Bittle, Samwell Men's Hockey Team, Suzanne Bittle, Kent "Parse" Parson Additional Tags: Epistolary, Non-Linear Narrative, Alternate Universe - No Graduation Kiss (Check Please!), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Former NHL Player Jack Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann Leaves the NHL, Books and Authors, Secret Identity, Secret Identity Fail, Book Club, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Pre-Relationship, Pre-Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann, Past Kent "Parse" Parson/Jack Zimmermann, Coming Out, Food Summary:

Bitty buys five copies of Robert J. Lawrence’s For Game and Country: Soldier-Athletes in World War II on the wildest and flimsiest of hopes. No way has Jack spent the time since he left the NHL writing a history book. But Jack’s Samwell friends haven't heard a peep from him since he graduated, and, well… Bitty misses him.

A nonlinear, no-graduation-kiss, Jack-leaves-the-NHL-and-disappears epistolary AU

a belated birthday present for @the-wordbutler. Happy day(s), friend!

[wrathofthestag]

End of the Year Fic Review

I felt like I really didn't write as much as usually do in a year, but then again, this year (and last) were stressful—so I consider it a win that I was able to write anything at all. No surprise, there was a lot of Zimbits. One surprise, at least for me, I had no idea I would be writing a SamBucky fic. But there you go!

Here's a recap of what I wrote in 2021. Fandoms included: Schitt's Creek, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Ted Lasso, and Check, Please.

January

February

With Your Blessing Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: "Y'all aren't married yet." Did Suzanne know about Jack's plan to propose when he visited Madison for Christmas? She sure did. Jack and Suzanne talk about marriage and the future.

Written for the @scseason7 event and collection.

Alexis Rose's Guide to Finding Yourself in Five Easy Steps Schitt's Creek

Summary: Can Alexis find her New York self? According to a magazine article, she can do it in five easy steps—but does she already have the key to what she’s looking for? A little bit of introspective Alexis.

April

Written for @finishyoureffingwip event.

Paradise Found Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: When Jack met Bitty at the Paradise Found club, he thought he had found a perfect dance partner—then one misunderstanding caused things to fall apart. A story about what happens when you misjudge someone but eventually open yourself up to friendship and love.

May

July

Glenn Miller and Blood: Or How to Court Someone in the 21st Century The Falcon and the Winter Soldier/SamBucky

Summary: Look, it’s been a while since Bucky actively dated, so forgive him if he still doesn’t quite have a handle on how things work. How does one woo, nowadays, anyway? A story of how Bucky realizes he has feelings for Sam but has no idea what to do next. Someone, help him.

Only four years later, a sequel to Dear Jack.

Between Madison, Samwell, and Nowhere Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: Three years after Bitty's passing, Jack visits Madison to spend time with Suzanne and thinks some more about his future and the memory of Bitty's love. The sequel to Dear Jack which was initially written for the OMGCP Heartbreak Fest.

September

This is How You Woo Him Check, Please/NurseyDex

Summary: When they drove the three-and-a-half hours to Hadleyville, Dex could tell Derek was instantly charmed by the small, artsy college town.“Chill! You said it was a cool little place, but I wasn’t expecting this. I thought it’d be conservative and uptight.”And when Dex opened the front door of the house, the move to Hadleyville was a foregone conclusion. Will and Dex inherit a house in Vermont. Their relationship told in glimpses. Takes place in the same universe as Finding Your Way Home.

October

For the First Time Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: It's Fourth of July in Madison, and Jack and Bitty are about to take a big step as a couple, but a confession from Jack gives Bitty some unexpected news.

She's Every-Fucking-Where Ted Lasso/Roy x Keeley

Summary: Who is the woman that Roy Kent keeps bumping into? She's every-fucking-where. Five Encounters between Roy and Keeley.

November

Haus in the Woods Check, Please

Summary: "Gather around, children, as Uncle Holtzy tells you a tale," Holster began. “A tale of how it would totally go down…”Holster retells the Cabin in the Woods to the Samwell gang, staring the Samwell gang. Everyone "dies," but everyone actually lives! The Haus gang plan for a weekend at a cabin on the lake, but things don't always go as planned. Five friends go to a cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. (Currently a WIP, and apparently one that gets updated every Halloween?)

Ready or Not, Brah! Check, Please/Shitty x Lardo

Summary: When Larissa married Monty Knight (of the Knight Gaming Dominion) little did she know exactly what she was getting into. And what's with Monty's weird brother, Byron? A Shitty x Lardo Ready or Not AU. (Currently a WIP. Written for @weneedtotalkaboutfic. I'm gonna finish it soon, I promise!)

December

Zimbits Ficlets, Drabbles, and Other Short Works Check, Please

Summary: A collection of OMGCP ficlets shared on Tumblr and here. Mainly Zimbits but other pairings will be thrown in. Love, slice of life, smoochy times, and more...

Written for @omgcpbigbang2021

Sleepless in Samwell Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: “Warm. Delicious. Delivered. Sleepless Cookies specializes in delivering freshly-baked, amazing cookies right to your dorm in the wee hours of the night. Sleepless Cookies - We’re There For You When You Need Us Most.”

Midterms at Samwell are always hectic and cause people to lose sleep but when the haus orders cookies at 2:00 a.m. and Jack meets the adorable delivery guy, Eric, it’s not just mid-terms that are keeping him up at night.

Written for the @12daysofficmas

Chinese Food and Star Wars Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: Chow mein, sesame chicken, and family. Jack recalls eating Chinese food on December 25th as a child.

Written for @omgcpgiftexchange2021

Perfect for Each Other Check, Please/Zimbits

Summary: Lardo and Shitty think their friends, Jack and Bitty, are perfect for each other. If only they’d see it, too. Can they trick Jack and Bitty into going on a blind date, or is there more to the situation than meets the eye?

Who else wants to share one?

[ganseys-hoe]

ok so i was going through the entirety of omgcp tumblr, as one does, and i came across this post, which mentions a teen goalie in connecticut who wrote a letter to bitty

and being the check please hoe that i am, i immediately thought FANFIC

apologies if someone has done this already (also this is my first fic, so be nice!)

Hi, Eric!

My name is Jackson. I’m from Westport, Connecticut. I just turned 17, on April 6th.

I play at our local club. We’re kinda shit, but I love it. I’m a goalie. I love the excitement, when someone is skating toward me and there's a moment after they shoot, when everyone holds their breath. Like I said, we’re pretty bad, so I don’t do much saving, but it’s still fun.

You guys are great, though. Frozen four is fucking sick.

My sister told me to write you this. Not like she’s forcing me, but she suggested it. I didn’t really know who you were until like a year ago. When you kissed that dude on center ice. Pretty ballsy.

She’s the one who showed me. It was a gif on twitter. I like hockey, don’t get me wrong, but I was playing Madden when the cup final was happening. The Islanders are my team, ok? I’m not watching any Falconers bullshit (no offense).

Anyway, I was destroying my best friend Noah in Madden when Lindsay busted into my room, and stuck her phone in my face. And there you were, sucking face with Jack Zimmermann on national television.

And the weirdest part was, I hadn’t even told her yet. I hadn’t really admitted it to myself. I guess she just knew, even before I did.

Read more on Ao3

[the-lincyclopedia]

* adapted from @librajiminn on twitter

A fun game to celebrate 2020 ending! The rules are simple: recommend your favorite OMGCP fics so everyone can enjoy them, while trying to fill in enough slots to get a bingo!

This is going to get long, so I’ll put it under a cut. Also, I’m too orderly to try to shoehorn my favorite fics into these particular prompts, so I’m just going to go right to left, top to bottom, taking the prompts literally, until it’s bedtime. 

1. first fic you bookmarked: “Here Comes the Sun” by @doggernaut, 19k, G, no warnings, Zimbits

For the past month, the man with the baby and the sad blue eyes has been stopping in for a cup of coffee an hour before closing. He always sits in an overstuffed chair in the corner and drinks his coffee while his baby sleeps next to him in the stroller. Sometimes he pulls a book out from the diaper bag he carries with him; other times he just stares straight ahead as if in a daze. He never asks for a refill, always respectfully gathers his things and leaves ten minutes before the shop officially closes. Eric desperately wants to ask him what his story is. 

My notes: I read Check Please over the course of two days in June of 2019. On the second day, right after catching up, I looked at @peppermintfeminist‘s AO3 bookmarks and found a fic by @doggernaut. Then I read just about everything @doggernaut had ever posted. It was glorious. This fic in particular is so cute. 

2. most recent fic you bookmarked: “Flight Check” by @edgarallanrose, 15k, E, no warnings (though there is a creepy/handsy guy at a club to watch out for), primarily Zimbits with most of the other popular pairings in the background

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?

My notes: There are a lot of great things about this fic--Jack’s character arc, Lardo’s dialogue, that scene in Seattle--but the reason I bookmarked it is the scene where Bitty’s basically slut-shaming himself and Jack gently but firmly tells Bitty not to do that and that it was the creep’s fault. 

3. a fic that made you cry actual tears: “a little bit more” by @ivecarvedawoodenheart, 14k, T, no warnings, Holsom

“I just wanted,” he says, “a perfect day. With you. Because it’s our last day together and our last day being here as undergrads and we’re kissing the ice tonight, and the weather’s supposed to be beautiful, and you’re moving tomorrow and Holtzy I just — I don’t want to be missing you already.” Holster wipes his eyes before he even realizes he’s crying. Behind him, Ransom sighs. “One more day where everything’s the same,” he says, feeling around blindly for Rans’ fingers. He feels Rans nod as he laces their fingers together. “Yeah. Yeah, Rans. I’d like that a lot.” __________________________

Holsom after graduation and throughout the subsequent six months after Holster signs to an expansion team in Oregon, and realizes his feelings for Ransom too late. Holster's POV :) kinda angsty, but there's a happy ending :)

Inspired by shitty-check-please-aus: "Holster moves to Oregon while Ransom stays on the east coast. The time difference makes it difficult to talk and one day they wake up and realize they aren’t best bros anymore."

My notes: I almost never cry at fics. I searched “tears” in my fandom email account and only a handful of my fic comments came up, but Syd is a literal master of Holsom angst, always. 

4. longest fic you’ve read: “Like Real People Do” by @xiaq, 153k, M, No Warnings, Kent Parson x OC

Parson gestures with his spoon toward Hawke. “So am I allowed to ask about the service dog or is that not PC?”

“My medical history is more of a 3rd date conversation," Eli says.

“Oh? Why’s that?”

“Because. No one sticks around afterward and I like to live in glorious denial for a short period beforehand.”

It comes out more self-deprecating than he intended.

Parson looks…thoughtful. “Well, does this count as one or two?

“Pardon?”

“This. Ice cream. I mean, technically it’s a second location, but still the same night. So is this one date or two?”

“One,” Eli says firmly. “If it’s happening within the same three-hour period.”

“You’re the expert,” Parson says, which, he’s really, really, not, but ok.

“So still two dates to go then?” Parson continues.

“I—what?”

“We’ve got a roadie coming up but then we’re home for almost two weeks. When does your semester start?”

“You want to do this again?” Eli asks.

Parson stops idly twirling his spoon.

“You don’t?”

He does, Eli realizes. He really does. Because apparently he actually likes Kent fucking Parson.

My notes: Okay, this fic has my whole entire heart. I’ve read it multiple times in its entirety, and it’s almost twice as long as the full-length novel I’m querying. Eli is one of my favorite OCs I’ve ever seen in a fic (probably tied with Damian Navarro and Ari Paxton, both brainchildren of @fozmeadows). Anyway, this is probably going to be the next thing @themeaningoflifeischeese and I read out loud to each other. 

5. a fic you almost didn’t read: “when all else fails (i’ll still be right here)” by @whoacanada, 6k, T, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings (and I don’t remember if I think there’s stuff to warn for, sorry), Zimbits

The National Hockey League is resurrecting the Quebec City Nordiques, and the expansion draft hits the Falconers much harder than expected.

My notes: Given that this was for @omgcpheartbreakfest, I was worried this would be all angst--all hurt and no comfort. Which made me sad, because I love @whoacanada‘s writing but I wasn’t up for reading unresolved angst. But @doggernaut reblogged the fic, so I asked if the ending was sad, and it’s NOT! There is quite a bit of angst but the ending isn’t sad. 

6. a fic that convinced you on a ship you didn’t ship before: “it drops with the gravity of rain” by @geniusorinsanity, 16k, T, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings (attempted sexual assault by an OC), Nurseydex

It happens like this:

“I don’t--this is a bad idea,” Dex says, his lips still tingling, his hands shaking on Nursey’s hips where he’s shoved him away. “This is a really bad idea, Nurse. I can’t--We can’t do this.”

And there’s hurt in Nursey’s eyes and his bottom lip is swollen from Dex’s teeth, but he says, “Okay.” And then, “It’s chill, Dex. Just friends, then.”

It happens like this:

“Actually,” Nursey says, talking more to his granola than to them, “I kind of have a date.”

It happens like this:

When Nursey calls, Dex almost doesn’t pick up the phone.

My notes: So I was really confused and a little disturbed when I first found out people shipped Nursey and Dex. Like, Dex just wasn’t someone I trusted. But then I was moving out of the house I’d been living in, and I needed stuff to listen to as I packed and cleaned, and @khashanakalashtar‘s podfics came in clutch. I gave this one a try even though I didn’t like Dex, and @geniusorinsanity blew. My. Mind.

7. a fic from an unusual POV: “Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy” by @porcupine-girl, 8k, G, no warnings, Zimbits

Jesse Snowden knows all the best restaurants and gourmet food shops in Providence, so when Jack Zimmermann starts bringing in incredible baked goods, he's eager to find out where the new bakery is. When he meets the man behind the pies, he decides that there's no way Jack could really appreciate this guy's talent the way he does, even if they are friends. He starts hiring Jack's chef on the side, in the hopes that maybe once Bitty's done with college he'll come work for Jesse.

Good thing there is absolutely no way whatsoever that Jesse could possibly be misinterpreting this situation.

My notes: Oh my gosh this is so funny. The secondhand embarrassment factor is huge, but like, the hilarity. 

8. a comfort fic: “Don’t Need to Compromise” by @khashanakalashtar, 11k, E, no warnings, PB&J

“Hey,” said Kent, unknowingly setting off a chain of events that would change his entire life, “you said that like you know from experience. Have you done this before?”

Jack and Bitty have not done polyamory before, but they do know Ransom and Holster’s polycule, which contains March.

And March?

March is trans.

My notes: I’m in love with @khashanakalashtar‘s entire Directionverse series (and honestly a lot of their other writing), but “Don’t Need to Compromise,” which is the second fic in the series, just makes my heart swell especially much. The gender feels are so good, and all the characters are so good to each other, and when I listen to this on walks I have to actively try not to arm-flap. 

9. a fic you wish could be a movie: “Ice Crew Please!” by @petals42, 61k, T, no warnings, Zimbits

Jack Zimmermann was drafted first by the Providence Falconers when he was eighteen years old. He is good at hockey. Very good. His team won the Cup his second year and now, in his third year, they are looking good. Jack should be on top of the world. And some days, he manages to convince himself he is.

He’s not, of course.

Enter the Ice Crew.

AKA: The Ice Crew AU

My notes: This fic has its tender moments, but what I love most about it is the sheer goofiness. Ransom and Holster and Shitty are HILARIOUS in this one. I’d love to see their shenanigans in movie form. 

10. a WIP you read as it was updated: “Something Borrowed” by @fozmeadows, 48k, M, no warnings, Kent x OC

All things considered, Ari did his best to prepare himself for the advent of Kent Parson, Potentially Difficult Housemate and New Star Liney. The problem was that his best was an idiot.

My notes: So technically I didn’t start reading this until the first 19 chapters were posted. But there was still plenty of anticipation for the final few chapters. And like, @fozmeadows (as mentioned above) makes EXCELLENT OCs. And I love how their fics consistently convey that having bad things happen to you does not mark the end of your story. 

Okay, it’s bedtime, so have 10 excellent fics. I got bingo twice, because I went straight across on the top two rows.

[sincerelyreidburke]

Updates from Kiersey College

Three fics on ao3 have now been “re-homed”! If you look, you’ll find that the Quindo “I love you” fic, the “Quinn gets cast as Evan Hansen” fic, and the “Nate and Nando break up” fic have all been placed into a new series on my ao3 for my original OC-verse.

Disclaimer: since these fics were so tangential to the Check, Please! fandom to begin with, literally the only things about them that have changed are the names of things which were previously specific to Samwell University. So, like, for example, we’re now dealing with the Kiersey Drama Club, and Quinn’s email address is qcooper22@kiersey.edu, and they go to the dining hall instead of to Commons. You get the picture.

Other fics in the cricket series are going to have slightly different re-homing processes, since they more heavily feature characters from the Check, Please! universe. Quinn and Nando’s getting-together story will by nature be a bit different since it won’t involve Ford & Tango or Nursey & Dex, but you’ll see that it still involves a Halloween party, a meet-cute, and a lot of schmoop.

And no— I’m not deleting my Check, Please! cricket content that heavily involves the OMGCP canon cast! It’ll stay in the series it currently exists in.

I’m also going to re-home the ficlet collection, which will require only minimal maitenance.

More on this soon! The ask box is open!

[ficplease]

We’re having a Q&A and discussion with rocky shore’s author @parvuls in our discord, in half an hour! Come and join us!

[leahlisabeth]

Get to know me

Rules - Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

I was tagged by @edgarallanrose (sort of)

Top 3 Ships: Andreil from AFTG is the one I write most. Zimbits from OMGCP is probably 2nd. And although I don't really read or write fic for this pairing, John Crichton/Aeryn Sun are always first in my heart.

Lipstick or Chapstick: definitely Chapstick. Lipstick dries my lips out so much and I'm not about that makeup life.

Last Song: More Than This by Peter Gabriel

Last Movie: Smoke Signals. It's a really neat movie with First Nations actors and creators. It's funny and also really touching.

Reading: I'm currently reading a couple of things. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, and then I'm reading Little Princes by Conor Grennan for my book club.

Tagging: @fallingin-like @writingpuddle @cloutea @sporadichearttcollector @nikothespoonklepto @adverbialstarlight @apprenticedmagician and anyone else who wants to do it.

[hugealienpie]

Sunday Six: The Robert Lawrence Book Club

Y'all, @the-wordbutler's birthday is finally nigh!!! That means a couple more snippets of birthday fic.

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Holster

brooooooooooooooo!

are we forming a book club?

i've always wanted to be in a book club!

Ransom

You ahve?

Holster

man, who DOESN'T want to sit around with wine & cheese saying, "Well, I didn't actually read this" then have a bunch of bullshit opinions about it anyway

We✨do not✨deserve✨Larissa Duan

bruh, that was literally every paper you wrote in college. except replace "wine & cheese" with "tub juice & bagel bites"

Holster

you wound me lardo

[doggernaut]

How about 2, 7, and 17 for the fanfic asks?

What ambitious fool thought she’d be able to work all day on Wednesday, run a 5K and prepare three side dishes on Thanksgiving, and still get to these fanfic asks? Oh yes, that was me.

2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise)

I need to catch up on a lot of the OMGCP Big Bang fics. I read a few but I was so busy putting the finishing touches on my own + life in general that I haven’t gotten to do as much reading as I would like.

Otherwise, my TBR stack keeps growing but next on my immediate list are Call Down the Hawk and The Immortalists (the latter of which is for my book club), plus the two most recent issues of New York Magazine.

7. What’s the last thing you read that made you cry?

Last night I read Surface by @drink-up-dreamers, an OMGCP Big Bang fic that’s a character study of Alicia Zimmermann in the aftermath of Jack’s overdose. It’s beautifully written and look, I have teenage sons, parts of it hit very close to home.

17. Describe a fic that is still in the ‘ideas’ stage.

My current WIP basically boils down to this AU: What if Bitty had an ex-husband who moved on, and that ex-husband’s new partner took every opportunity to paint a perfect picture of his relationship and home life (with the kids he now technically “shares” with Bitty as props) to make passive aggressive digs at Bitty? What if Jack had also gone through a terrible breakup? What if they somehow find each other and figure out how to be friends, and then a family, with all the complications of exes and kids?

[porcupine-girl]

My FTH Auctions!

I’ve been busy enough behind the scenes that I haven’t gotten around to promoting my own auctions!

I’m not offering fic this year - I have way too many of my own projects to finish, not to mention I’m still editing/posting last year’s FTH fic. But I am offering:

Auction 1: I will beta your OMGCP, Supernatural, or Harry Potter fic! No length limit. Not just SPaG - I’ll talk to you about plot, pacing, characterization, dialogue, whatever you need feedback on. Will also gladly provide the services in auction 2 as part of the beta process.

Auction 2: American-picking and/or academia-picking your OMGCP, Supernatural, or Baby-Sitters Club fic! (Can’t do Harry Potter for this - can’t Brit-pick, and academia is structured very differently in the UK/Europe than in the US.) If you’re writing in these fandoms and not from the US, I would love to help you nail all the Americanisms and cultural details. Brit-picking is common in fandoms like Sherlock and HP, but I rarely see people in OMGCP or SPN making use of American-picking. Here’s your chance! Also, if you’re writing a story set in academia, I can help you understand the whole process from grad school to tenure. Again, no length limit.

(Let’s be real, I will also gladly do other beta stuff at the same time. I’m mostly just making these two separate auctions because I can’t do HP for this and wanted to highlight the two different services, but I’ll help you out with whatever you need really.)

(For either auction 1 or 2, I’d be willing to do multiple short fics adding up to 50-60K rather than one long fic.)

Auction 3: Printable planner pages for ANY FANDOM! See my Etsy Shop for examples. I’ll create a set of daily, weekly, and monthly planner pages themed for any fandom you want - if it’s a fandom I’m not familiar with, I’ll need your help identifying fonts, images, etc that are appropriate.

Bidding starts Monday, Feb 24 at 8am and runs until Friday, Feb 28 at 8pm. Don’t forget to check out all the other auctions while you’re there!

[wrathofthestag]

Thursday, October, and November for the the fic meme?

Thanks for the ask! :)  I love getting in box meme asks. <3

thursday: have you ever written a high fantasy concept?

Sort of?  I love fantasy but haven’t really written much.  The closest would be  Something Different.  Summary: Jack sees Eric at Bean Bros. coffee shop almost every day. Will he gather the courage to have an actual conversation? The magical spirit that lives with Jack sure as hell hopes he does.

october: name the darkest or angstiest fic you have written and/or posted?

I don’t do a lot of darkness or angst but I did write a pretty violent murder in the Hannibal fic This is the Way, Step Inside.  As far as angst, there is a major character death in OMGCP fic Dear Jack.

This is the Way, Step Inside - Summary: Will asks Hannibal to tell him all about one of his earlier murders. Hannibal regales Will with the story of how a young punk was astonishingly rude to him. Hannibal, being Hannibal, will go to any lengths to locate -- and murder -- this rude boy, even if it means dressing like a punk, going to a club to get his man.

Dear Jack - Summary:  Just after his overdose, Jack Zimmermann meets patient Eric Bittle at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the two make an immediate connection. When Bitty leaves the hospital and Jack begins rehab in Montreal, they start a correspondence that will forever change their lives, and hearts.

november: do you have any rituals or requirements for getting in the mood for writing?

Not really.  If I plan on writing, I’m just going to do it.  If I’m somewhere and an idea for a fic or a bit dialog pops into my head, I immediately email it to myself.  Even if it’s in the middle of the night. 

[insertatitlehere]

OMGCP Fic list - October 2019

I did something similar in June - decided to update it now that Summer is over ! Kinda motivates me, as I get to see how much I managed to write. New fics in bold.

AO3 

FRIENDSHIP FOCUS 

Hey there Ghosties, it's us, ya boys!

 - 37 000 words, T, about the Tadpoles, Choose Your Own Adventure, Interactive story, Comedy, the Tadpoles can decide to help Ollie and Wicks with a ghost issue and may or may not get into it. Really, it’s up to you. Written for the Reverse Big Bang 2019

Straight up lie 

- 8 600 words, T, Fake Relationship, Zimbits and Bitty-Lardo friendship, the Bittles visit Samwell and Bitty decides that faking a relationship is the best way to survive this weekend as Mama took it upon herself to find him a girlfriend.

ZIMBITS

Bitty and Jack's Most Excellent Coming Out - 

Series about different coming-out situations, all going terribly. Comedy. In this series:  

Group chats are the worse enemy known to mankind - 4 800 words, T, involves a dick pick and group chats

Two? - 2 200 words, G, about Jack and Tater and language barriers

Betty and Jack - 1 800 words, G, in which the Falcs are observant - but like, badly

You're The One That I Want - 7 500 words, T, to be finished, about Jack and Bitty being what too much into the 50′s aesthetics

You want in or out? - 38 000 words, T, Jack stays in the closet so that Bitty can join the Falconers with him after college. A group chat of secret queer players in created. Written for the Big Bang 2018

Une bonne baise - 2 000 words, T, Bitty tries to speak French to be cute but only manages to break down Jack’s software. Comedy

Jacob Zimmermann -

Series focusing on Jack Zimmermann’s Jewish identity.

Merry fucking Christmas - 13 000 words, T, the Bittles come to Providence for Christmas but there’s now an entire world between them and their son. Involves antisemitism, homophobia.

כִּפָּה  -  G, 2000 words. Character study on Jack’s struggle with his cultural identity.

Plastic Basin - 700 words, G, Jack and Bitty and rabbits. Fluff

24 hours with an NHL Player – Starring Jack Zimmermann - 8 000 words, G, Bitty vlogs about the daily life of a professional athlete by following his boyfriend around all day. Jack is his usual smitten idiot dork self. CW: Discussion of past Eating disorders.

Jack it off - 3 800 words, M, there’s regular jacking off and miscommunication issues what do you want more ? Get-together, set during Y2. 

OTHER

He did that. - 23 000 words, Kent/OMC - in which Kent leads a double-life, Hockey wonderboy at night, Gay club owner at night but later, until he gets caught on tape in his own bar. Involves discussions on homophobia in sports and in general and coming-outs.

[honeysucklepink]

Glee/OMGCP meta...

So I was in the shower and got to thinking about Glee and how half the glee club names were innuendos or bad puns, and then I got to Aural Intensity, and how their whole shtick was sucking up to the judges via song selection (even before Sue took over). And the name “Aural Intensity” isn’t even all that original, it’s like a play off Vocal Adrenaline. 

And then I thought of Johnson the Metaphysical Goalie from “Check Please!” and how there is probably a member of Aural Intensity that is fully aware they only exist as a flimsy plot device to move the story. And now I want someone to write me “Johnson the Metaphysical Aural Intensity Member” fic, before he drops glee club for hockey.

[stagemanagingsmh]

OMGCP LOVE FEST FIC RECS

Day 2 of @omgcplovefest means FIC REC TIME! (most of these are smutty/NSFW okay this is your warning)

These are my all time faves, in no particular order-

1. Loose Lips Sink Ships - SummerFrost

"Epikegster 2014 starts with Bitty’s Winter Screw date crashing the party, and ends with Kent Parson giving him his hat and four tickets to an Aces game."

Super hard hitting Kent/Bitty AU, beautifully written.

Word count: 30k

2. Ill Equipped - lastknownwriter

"Jack's first mistake was getting drunk in a salsa club with Kent Parson. Or, the accidental Vegas married AU no one asked for."

Amazing mixture of Zimbits fluff and NSFW, just so cute!

Word count: 66k

3. Infinity, Plus One - SummerFrost

"Eric Bittle hoped to find a lot of things at Samwell University, but being caught in the cross-fire between his surly captain, Jack Zimmermann, and his friendly-but-moody alternate captain, Kent Parson, was certainly not one of them."

This one rips my heart apart, another Kent/Bitty sitch that is wonderfully written (ily SummerFrost)

Word count: 75k

4. Baking Is Punk As Fuck - heyfightme

"In which instead of actually playing hockey, the guys play shitty (pun intended) DIY punk in a band called Soft Hands. classically-trained pianist eric bittle doesn’t quite know what’s hit him."

This list would not be complete without fandom superstar heyfightme. All I can say is that this fic is incredibly written, and LORD it is LIFE CHANGING. Plus, supporting local Australian creators!

Word count: 56k

5. Alicia is P.O.T.U.S. - @fanaste

This is an ongoing fic which is exactly what it sounds like - Alicia is P.O.T.U.S., Jack is the first son, and Bitty is the peppy new Social Media Manager. It has only just started, but I adore it already. This one isn't NSFW (yet?)!

Word count: iDK it has 7 chapters as of today

I'm doing these a day behind y'all bc Australia wooo!

[sincerelyreidburke]

PLEASE ELABORATE ON QUINN AS EVAN HANSEN OMG

SAY NO MORE!!!!!!!! :D

Bless you for sending this ask. You’re enabling me.

I need you all to know that Quinn as Evan Hansen has been taking up a large section of real estate in my brain for the past week. So. There’s that.

- Anyway, the Samwell drama club selects it as their spring musical during the crickets’ freshman year. Now, technically I know that this was 2018, and that the show probably wasn’t actually available for licensing that early, but we’re going to pretend that in the omgcp universe it was. So. They pick the show.

- Quinn knows he wants to audition, but here’s the thing. In high school theatre, he was never exactly intimidated by other actors, but coming to college sort of changes the game just a little— only because he is filled with the immense need to impress as a freshman. Quinn bases just a little too much of himself on whether or not other people approve of his performance— whether academic, or theatrical, or social, you get the picture.

- So anyway, he very much plans to audition, but he doesn’t think there’s a chance in hell he’s getting cast. He resolves to be on the crew instead, fully prepared to volunteer himself to the costuming department once the list comes back and he’s inevitably not on it.

- Spoiler alert; he gets cast!!!!!! I need you to know that he auditions with Waving Through A Window, because Quinn Cooper goes hard. He never explicitly tells the production staff that he’s going out for the lead, but he walks off the stage after the audition and the staff look at each other and they’re like, WHELP, that’s Evan.

- (By the way, leading up to that audition, he is super nervous. Quinn’s nerves manifest as him getting grouchy, so he’s a bit irritable for the few days leading up to it, and Nando can tell. Nando is patient and knows how to deal with this, because by the time this audition rolls around, they’ve been dating for about two months. Quinn does a lot of practicing and going over stuff in front of him, and also Nando definitely makes him do a chill night at some point where he makes him tea and they snuggle and it’s soft as all hell. Okay, anyways.)

- He doesn’t get a callback. He is confident that this is because he bombed the audition and he is not being cast. Other people who have become his friends do get callbacks, because they’re trying to decide on those supporting roles, but by the time the day of the cast list posting rolls around, he has landed neatly in the acceptance stage of grief. He’s ready to go to costuming and sign himself up to help.

- Then. The day arrives.

- The Samwell drama club has an unspoken agreement that nobody spoils each other’s parts for them, because people can’t all get to the cast list posting outside the auditorium at the same time. What they will do, however, is, once they see the list, text their friends who are on it to go look at the list!!!!!! go see the cast!!!!!!!!!!!! go to the auditorium!!!!!!!!!!!!

- So Quinn has a busy morning. He has class and then a lab, so it’s late lunchtime when he gets a moment to be free and walk across campus to look at the list. He asks Nando to meet him there, because he kind of wants moral support. Meanwhile, his phone is being bombarded by people who have already seen the list.

Quinn go see the list!

dude it’ll be worth your while go see the cast list

GO 2 THE BOARD

- Ford even texts Nando. Please tell your boyfriend to go look at that cast list ASAP, he needs to see it. They don’t tell Nando that Quinn got cast, because Nando wouldn’t be able to keep that secret for shit.

- Nando brings him Annie’s. It’s his standard order, hot earl gray tea with milk and cane sugar. Nando also gets himself one of those mocha frappes because the boy has a serious Annie’s addiction.

- Nando gets to the auditorium first. He can see the board where the list is posted, but he doesn’t go look because he wants Quinn to see it first. Instead, he sits on a bench. A few random performing arts majors probably see him, this huge dude in a Samwell Hockey sweatshirt, and hiss because why is there an athlete in their auditorium. (This is literally High School Musical.)

- Anyway. Quinn finally shows up. He’s nervous and he’s been itching to get over to the auditorium all day. He sees Nando and asks if he’s looked. Nando shakes his head.

- Quinn takes a long, therapeutic breath. He walks to the cast list. He is ready to accept his defeat.

- Wait— wait— wait wait wait wait— what?!?!????!

- The only reason Quinn does not physically fall over when he sees his name at the top of the list is because Nando catches him.

- And then they do a huge celly in the middle of the auditorium lobby.

- Holy crap, this is getting long and he only just got cast. Sorry. Okay, let’s talk.

- He’s so good. Hold on, I have to cry. He’s so good????? He has a lovely voice and he’s such a good actor and he just... makes the perfect Evan? Real-life Quinn is not socially anxious like that, but he’s just so serious about connecting with the characters he plays that he takes it upon himself to get very in his head, and he just... why am I crying?

- I’ve been thinking about Quinn singing For Forever for the past two days straight. Especially the long high riff at the very end on all we SEE is LIIIIIIGHT—

- I also somehow came up with the idea of Rhodey playing Connor Murphy, but that can’t happen because a.) Rhodey can’t sing or dance well enough, and b.) the hockey schedule would never allow it. I think I had this thought because Rhodey has that Connor Murphy aesthetic.

- Rhodey makes Quinn practice Sincerely Me with him, though, so he can do the Connor parts and live vicariously through him.

- I’m sorry, but Sincerely Me is so fucking funny. I laugh my ass off every time I listen to the recording. This is just an aside.

- Quinn is still a little intimidated by some seniors in the cast, because there is a small handful of people who are pissed that a freshman got the lead. Not only that, but Quinn can be precocious? Quinn is not an asshole, in any way, shape, or form, but he’s just... he’s Quinn. We love him. And although he can be a fussy person, he’s never a high-maintenance actor.

- I can see him in the costume so well. If someone drew this, I would physically ascend. I don’t think I would even know what to do with myself. By the way, his performance day outfit is peak fashion and I’ll tell you about it if you want.

- I could make a whole other post about the actual performances, so hit me up if you want to hear more about this, because trust me, there is more to say. There’s an entire scene that’s been in my head all day about when Nando comes to see him and then they reunite in the lobby after the show on opening night.

- Apparently we’re all in our feelings tonight about DEH Quinn.

Thank you for this extremely enabling ask. I owe you my life. I also will definitely write fic about this at some point. But as long as the asks keep coming, I will also ramble on my blog about it.

Ask me anything about the crickets and company!!!!!