OKAY SO OBSERVATIONS AS I OBSESSIVELY LISTEN TO HALO
1. The song just started in the first panel
2. From “didn’t even make a sound” to the chorus is a LONG TIME. 25 whole seconds. I think Jack stood there, heart sinking into the floor, frozen, he’s too late, he missed him– until Bitty said “lord”
3. And bitty almost definitely said “lord” at the beginning of the chorus, because he came in with the 2nd line in the last panel
Aside from them having food names, Chowder and Tater are like adorable rays of sunshine who will fuck you up on the rink. Both of them really like Jack. More importantly, both are a long way from home.
Of course, Bitty would mother the fuck out of Tater. What the hell kind of question was that? He and Jack are the least subtle boyfriends ever in the history of secret relationships.
So say Jack talks about how Tater seems a bit down and maybe he’s feeling homesick? Bitty doesn’t even think twice about it. Because that sweet Russian ray of sunshine. He researches Russian dishes that could survive the trip to Providence and he sends Jack a care package for Tater (along with things for Jack himself).
lisTEN Tater and Bitty have like, not a single impulse control between the two. Oftentimes people get fooled by Bitty’s politeness, need for a clean kitchen, and preference for people not to spit on the ground (LOOKING AT YOU, NURSEY, YOU GROSS COLLEGE BOY) and think, this is a reasonable and level headed young man! they are wrong.
Tater: B! What if I get huge soda bottles, big ones, and shake them.
Bitty: D: that makes it go flat though, do you not like the fizz?
Tater: *shakes his head* No, no. I strap them onto me and shake them and then BOOM! I fly.
Bitty: Hmm, I don’t think so…
Tater: :((((((
Bitty: You’re too gosh darn heavy! Strap it on me!
Tater: :DDDDDDDD
Tater: B! B! Guess what!
Bitty: I don’t know, why don’t you tell me?
Tater: *shows a picture* new motorcycle! I see it, I like it, now it’s mine!
Bitty: *fans himself really hard because he LOVES those bikes* oh dear
Tater: You one of my best friend. First person I ask to ride with me.
Bitty: Mister Tater! I am delighted and honored!
And then they proceed to ride the motorcycle WITHOUT A HELMET until they get pulled over by a cop, and tater’s telling the story to the team later and jack hyperventilates because HIS BOYFRIEND WAS ON A MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT A HELMET.
One day jack walks into the kitchen to find Tater with tears streaming down his very red face as Bitty feeds him pieces of what looks like mini pie and asking “how about this? is this spicy enough?”
“I’m feel dying and my soul return to heaven. Not enough. Do more.”
Tater: What I’m be for Halloween? Has to be sexy.
Bitty: Haha what about a stripper
They look at each other and an electrical moment passes between them
Tater: I’m go shave my legs now!!!
Bitty: Yes you do that and I’m going online right NOW to find the perfect costume!!!
Tater: WHY THIS RAZOR SO SHARP??
Bitty: here let me shave you!
And then when Tater’s practicing his routine, he routinely asks Bitty whether it’s sexy enough. He’s not doing it very close to Bitty (bc Bitty’s personal space expands when there’s stripping involved by ppl other than jack)
Tater: Weird to ask Jack, you know. He my teammate.
Bitty: I completely understand, and oh dear this is making me blush! *giggles*
Tater: *performs another body roll*
Bitty: *giggles*
That one time Bitty went to the hospital because Tater thought it would be a funny prank to empty out a windex bottle and pour blue gatorade in it so Bitty can shock everyone, but someone accidentally switched the bottle so Bitty drank a mouthful of actual windex.
I feel like Tater’s like the one person who finally convinced Bitty to try weed? Like in the sense that Tater’s never tried it because the fear of his parents is strong, and Bitty’s only had contact high before and never bothered with actually trying it himself. And Tater is curious bc it seems like a lot of the college athletes are high and he wants to try! And Bitty because oh well, if you want to try it I’ll do it too!
They chose a time during the off season, so that Tater won’t get in trouble. And Bitty makes the most delicious weed brownies in existence. And then Tater promptly forgets that they’re weed brownies and eat wayyyy too much and Bitty’s too high to deal with him and Jack comes home to two grown men giggling over his couch. (Tater’s okay, bitty made sure not to bake too much.)
That one time Tater wrenched his shoulder dabbing with Bitty on the ice.
When Bitty was super drunk and Tater handed him a banana and Bitty deepthroated it in front of everyone and then promptly choked and almost died.
That time they were lighting fireworks with their bare hands and didn’t get injured at ALL.
Georgia had to give a little talk to Jack about how tater and bitty should never be left alone, and maybe Jack can thirdwheel some of their hangouts a little bit more?
Jack: I’m the one dating Bitty, you know.
Georgia: He’s an amazing person, but I also need his friendship with Tater to change into something less life threatening.
The cutest thing about Bitty bringing a blazer for poor hopelessly informally dressed Chowder isn’t necessarily that he did it, but that in all likelihood he bought a blazer in Chowder’s exact size for that express purpose
Also do you think Nursey would take Chowder and Dex on increasingly fancy dates bc he and Dex are amazed at how casually underdressed Chowder always is and they wanna see how far they can take it before getting turned away at the door
Chowder probably doesn’t see anything wrong with what he’s doing. Not because he’s a kid but because he’s Californian. Dress codes on the West Coast are usually pretty lax. While people do dress up for places and evenings out, it’s usually not as strict as fancier places out East.
Plus Chowder is from the Bay Area, the cities who could practically write “No collective fucks were given. I will wear my turtleneck in June to this place and you won’t do a thing. Because you do not give a fuck either.” Is Chowder pushing even that standard a little? Sure. Is he doing to troll his friends? Maybe a little.
I’m a bit obsessed with these tweets right now. In my headcannon Holster takes it much harder than he lets on, maybe even only Bitty realizes how hard it is for him, because he’s kind of been there before. Ugh, someone write a fic! Maybe I will…
Someone referenced this series of tweets once and focussed on ‘haha holster is bad at folding laundry’ and completely missed the point that Holster is so upset because Rans is hooking up with someone in their room. I was a believer of Ransom + Holster = adorable bromance UNTIL I read Bitty’s twitter… There’s actually quite a bit to suggest that at least Holster has some more than bromantic feelings for his fellow dman. Awesome illustration of the scene 🙂
honestly I am still not over the fact that Jack 110% zimmerman vaulted over a snowbank to ask bitty out for coffee and bitty still didn’t have a clue Jack liked him????
to be fair jack didn’t have a clue that he liked bitty either
okay so i know most fics are written from the perspective of “bitty has huge, he-thinks-is-unrequited crush on jack” because that’s what we saw in canon but personally??? i LIVE for ones with jack having a huge crush on bitty first!!! just!!! this poor goober of a boy completely head over heels for this ray of sunshine that showed up suddenly and not knowing at all how to deal with it!!! awkwardly trying to compliment him but not knowing how!!! “your hair is very…yellow, bittle.” yes it is jack but he doesn’t know that’s your favorite color!!! please save this awkward, hopelessly-in-love doof from himself
honestly i am not entirely convinced this is not actually how it happened, especially given that bitty says “chirping and flirting are variants on the same idea.” on twitter and then he proceeds? to document? all of the chirping? jack throws at him? like, bitty… buddy… c’mon… open your eyes….
like. jack “i’m going make it so we can get into the same seminar and also i’m going to carefully plan everything so you have to help me on the big project because of course it involves baking and you’re a baker” zimmermann is 100% head over heels for bitty before bitty has his “never fall for a straight boy” moment in the kitchen during the previously mentioned big baking project, and i will stand by this for as long as i live
there’s a very obvious difference in bitty’s height in these two panels and i need to know more about zimbits hugging like
does bitty jump at jack? does jack just catch him like the 110% he is? or does jack lean down and pick itty bitty up off the ground? look at bitty’s little socked foot in the corner he kicks his legs back and if that isn’t the cutest darn thing
there are so many ways this hug can play out and i need answers
I wish I knew how to draw so I could animate my answer but my hc is that Bitty jumps into Jack’s arms and Jack grabs him around the waist and leans back so Bitty is further into the air, which causes Bitty to lift his legs thus the reason why his foot is in the panel
where is my very soft time traveling fic featuring zimbits where they meet their grown-up selves with 2.5 kids via stanley cup magic just so I can read a scene like this:
Shitty (coming downstairs to kitchen for breakfast): oh hey Bob. I didn’t know you were visiting us. Nice flow, when’d you get it? Who’s the cute blonde dad behind you? Also why are there children in the haus– Older Jack (juggling his toddler, who is playing with his hair): …I’m Jack. Shitty: haha okay–(focuses on Jack’s face, spits out coffee)–holy–
who is going to write this so i can read another scene with Older Bitty meeting Younger Jack and telling his husband, “Oh, honey, look at you! Jack, sweetheart, you’re practically a baby! Can you believe I fell in love with this face 15 years ago? Gosh, it’s been so long.” and Younger Jack is just like….oh God Dad Bitty is hot what do i do while Older Jack kind of narrows his eyes at his younger self in a way that’s obviously saying ‘dont even think about touching my husband’ but then he’s like wait, Younger Jack is still technically himself so now he’s just confused
just moving along like everyone else 