[rec] Check, Please!

[kaberett]

Go read jedusaur telling you why you should read a ridiculous webcomic about a US college ice hockey team, then start at the beginning, then subscribe to the feed at omgcheckplease_feed.

I don't care at all about ice hockey or team sports. I care a bit about baking. I care quite a lot about queers. IT IS ABOUT QUEERS AND PIE AND ANXIETY AND INCIDENTALLY ABOUT ICE HOCKEY IT'S PRETTY GREAT OKAY I JUST READ THE ENTIRE THING.

(It is causing me to realise anew how desperate I am for media that just... treats taking anxiolytics and opiates as a normal thing and a Thing That Happens rather than it only ever showing up in ADDICTION!!!!1! storylines, but... hey.)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

note to self: make sure it is clear in a later installment of Megan/Tara that anti-anxiety meds are a thing. because I was debating whether they are, one or both, merely socially awkward or actually anxietyriffic. this is a debate that I, given my commitment to diversity, probably should not have been having.

dunno if this is a story in which to put opiates, though, because (1) pretty sure I already established both women as physically abled (2) never been on opiates myself.

that first link is broke, by the way.

[davidgillon]

opiates as a normal thing

Absolutely!

Having had a (thankfully brief!) recurrence of the pancreatitis pain, I'm seriously considering writing a piece that the protagonist spends almost entirely under the influence of IV morphine....

[aella_irene]

Yay! You like a thing which I like!

(...and am in the process of committing 24k of fic for. Anyway!)

[jedusaur]

I AM EXCITE. (Don't worry about linking me when it's posted, I'll see it because I stalk the fandom tag on AO3. XD)

[emceeaich]

This comic.

This comic.

This comic.

I should be working on a talk.

I am reading this comic.

This comic is awesome.

[kaberett]

JULIA HAS ALL THE BEST TASTE I mean she also linked me to that one preposterous and delightful fic.

[jedusaur]

YAAAAAAY

I'm working on a CP! fic called "History Bros" that involves Jack teaching Bitty NHL history and in the process dealing with some of his own issues with his dad and history and celebrity etc. It's a challenge because feelings are not my strong point, but I do tend to be better at bro-feelings than normal-people feelings so I'm optimistic.

Re: the drug addiction thing: I totally get what you're saying and I agree that normalizing medication is important, but there's some cultural context for this particular story arc you may not be picking up on. Substance abuse is a big problem in hockey, and (especially in juniors, the level Jack was at when he started spiraling) it's very much Not Talked About. So incorporating it into narratives and starting discussions is a good thing on that level.

[kaberett]

Heeeeeeee.

Drug addiction: general issue not specific to this particular one. Yes, it's an important thing to talk about and I do not begrudge the comic talking about it in this area that I will believe you has not been adequately discussed or acknowledged ever, but I seriously can't remember if I've ever read anything that treated taking MH-related meds as Just This Thing You Know as opposed to TRAGEDY!!!! Lurking In The WINGS!!!!! To SWOOP!!!!!! I mean, you know all this, but. WORDS. <3

[jedusaur]

Yeah, I gotcha. <3

[kaberett]

... even after all this time, talking to you is just... comfortable. You're really, really great. You are one of the pillars of my life, you know. <3

[jedusaur]

I am forever becoming a better person by trying to deserve the shit you say about me. I love you too, darling.

[cadenzamuse]

Okay, this comic is freaking amazing. Some of the fic on AO3 about it, even more so. :D