I started thinking about who looks up to who on the team the other day, and the more I thought about it, particularly the Dex:Ransom::Nursey:Holster dynamic, the more interesting I found the parallels.
i love william “i built a back deck for the samwell hockey haus because i was procrastinating on my final” poindexter and christopher “i helped him because i was procrastinating on my final” chow and eric “i made lemonade for them because i was procrastinating on my final” bittle and derek “i brought them the lemonade and watched in interest while they built the deck because i was procrastinating on my final” nurse and
Chowder: I am the goalkeeper, keeper of the goal
Lardo: The opposing team quivers before him!!
Chowder: *making an impossible save* FUCK OFF
I’m one of Gale’s patrons and she drew this awesome sketch of Chowder and Farmer for me this month! And I just had to color it. Thanks @robochai! This was super cute!
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.
Nursey: Holster wants one of us to pick Whiskey up from the LAX house
Chowder: I’ll go!
Nursey: It’s too dangerous there, I’ll go
Dex: I can go
Chowder: Alright! Let’s all go together, holding hands tightly