ericbittlemann:

onethousandroaches:

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

foryouandbits:

bearcatpanda:

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

How much weight would Jack put on when he spends a month’s at Bitty’s residence in Georgia?

bluegrasshole:

lol as much as he can 

for real though. summer is #bulkingseason for winter athletes. say jack wants to be at 215 at the start of the season, which is on the higher end of average for nhl players, but by the end of playoffs he’s at like 200ish, maybe 195. he’s gotta eat between 5500 and 6000 calories a DAY during the summer. he NEEDS to gain around 20lbs. athletes try to eat clean enough, but they for sure aren’t staying away from full-fat foods and dessert. if they eat TOO clean, they won’t get enough calories.

i know we joke about meal plans and “cheat days” and stuff but that’s not really how it works. athletes do have meal plans, but a lot of it is just outlining how much to eat, what kind of food to eat, and when. if he’s working out at 7 am, he’s got to wake up an hour early and have a his pre-workout meal – maybe a smoothie with some protein powder and some oatmeal. then immediately after his workout he’s going to be taking more protein. then a meal at noon – even if it’s just a couple hours after. he can’t just eat when he’s hungry. he’s got to have like 6 big meals a day + snacks, while working out a LOT. it seems like a lot to us normal folk, and it is, but remember he’s been conditioning himself for this since he was 15/16. 

bitty too, because we often forget that bitty is one of the best athletes in his division, in a league that’s pretty much the level below nhl, where he played on the same line as jack zimmermann. he won’t be eating as much as jack but still easily in the 4000-calorie range. that means if they’re having bbq chicken for supper, jack’s going to be eating three chicken breasts and bitty two. or a 12 oz steak. four, five eggs for breakfast. tons of carbs and veggies. and dessert, for sure. and they go through protein powder like you wouldn’t BELIEVE.

what i’m saying is, it’s mama b’s and moomaw’s dream come true, and zimbits is a match made in food heaven. of course, it’s hella expensive to eat as a pro athlete so jack definitely slides coach some grocery store gift cards when the moms aren’t watching, and coach won’t say anything, because he knows.

source: my sister, with whom i lived this summer, is a division-1 CIS athlete (canadian equiv of NCAA) in one of the best soccer teams in the country AND a kinesiology student. and her boyfriend is one of the best weight-lifters of his weight-class in the province and also a kin student. she’s 5″ and weighs 125 pounds and while i’m slightly taller and weigh more than twice that, could not eat what she puts away. seriously. she eats all the time. so much. it’s ridiculous.

of course, post-retirement is a whole different ball game. can you say dad bod jack? hell. yes. 

bisexualdinahlance:

I recently have become very taken with the idea of tater/snowy?? Honestly they would be so hilarious together, I can only imagine that Tater would tease Snowy all the time and Snowy would just be so. done. But he loves tater nonetheless and y’all know they fuck with each other so much during practice it’s great