Check Please! and why you should care

Dec 27, 2014 13:26

I have written fic! TWO FICS. I started, finished, and posted two fics yesterday, after four months of not being able to finish any fic at all. One of them is kinky and the other one is incredibly meta, proving that I still have not been kidnapped by aliens. (If I ever post a fic that has no kink or meta in it, assume aliens.) I'm not going to make anyone read them, but I am going to try my damndest to convince you to consume the canon they're based on, because it's fucking great.



From Check Please (Sophomore Year #4).

Check Please! is a webcomic about a sweet little Southern gay college student in Massachusetts who plays hockey and bakes pies. (Don't run away if you're not a hockey fan--it's really not about hockey.) I can't even remember the last time the main character was my favorite in any story, but Bitty is the best.

Other characters I adore include:
  • Jack, Bitty's (eventual, presumably--it's pretty clear that's where things are going) love interest who's headed for the NHL
  • Shitty, a poli sci/gender studies double major who smokes a lot of weed and often does not wear clothes
  • Lardo, the female team manager who can kick all the boys' asses at beer pong
  • Ransom and Holster, hosts of the "Hockey Shit" segments, which explain things like hockey nicknames and goal celebrations
  • Chowder, the overly excitable and naive baby goalie
  • Dex and Nursey, the baby defensemen who hate each other's guts
  • Johnson, the recently-graduated metaphysical goalie who is fully aware of his own fictionality and role in the narrative
The characters are great, the art is wonderful--especially the detailed backgrounds--and the story is compelling. Also, the creator is great at engaging with fans and supporting transformative creation. A lot of the canon has been built through responses to Tumblr asks and replies from the official Twitter and stuff like that; it's a very fannish model of content output.

If you're not convinced yet, start here. If you are convinced, start at the beginning.

And then you can read my fics! Positive Feedback is Jack/Bitty praise kink, and 100px To The Right is super-meta fic about Johnson the Metaphysical Goalie. There's already a podfic of the one about Johnson, if you'd rather listen than read. (Fandom works fast, yo.)

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