So we all looked at this image and were like “Oh wow okay that there is Gay Crisis. Observe–Will Poindexter is completely losing his shit because he has a huge secret crush on Derek Nurse, and he’s pretty damn sure his secret won’t survive actually rooming with Nursey.”
And yes, absolutely, that is what I see when I look at this picture. It’s likely also what Lardo sees, and probably Bitty, too. Maybe Chowder as well, although that’s a more difficult call–he might be too close to both Dex and Nursey to see it.
But it is definitely not what Derek Nurse sees.
Derek Nurse just sees one of his best friends having a breakdown (a semi-public breakdown, at that–and not even semi-public in front of strangers, but semi-public in front of a bunch of their friends and teammates) because the two of them are going to be rooming together next year.
I mean. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if one of my best friends had had a breakdown about rooming with me when I was in college, I’d have been devastated. Absolutely devastated. And maybe I’m sensitive, but who’s to say Nursey isn’t? We all know the chill is fake, after all. Maybe (maybe) he doesn’t head off to his dorm room to cry once he realizes exactly how Dex is reacting, but you gotta believe he’s at least having a conversation with Chowder that includes something along the lines of “I really thought we’d been doing better this year, you know? Like, I thought we were actually friends now.”
Anyway. I had a point in here somewhere. Oh, right, it’s this: I can’t look at this panel and not feel horribly bad for Nursey. I just can’t. And…I still think we might actually get canon NurseyDex out of this (and I fully believe we’re getting canon not-straight Dex at the very least), but…at this point I kinda don’t want to see it until and unless we see Dex making a metric fuckton of apologies. Please excuse my language.
And the rest of the Year Two Kickstarter bookplates!
– Las Vegas Aces on a BOAT – Jack and Bitty, a wee bit older – Dex had to let Nursey know that last shot? Clutch! – Nursey, the enlightener. And they didn’t even argue later. – Frozen lakes and kisses – Why Do Teenage Boys Do Dumb Stuff To Their Hair? – A kiss for good luck – The original OTP
Another digital commission for the Year Two Kickstarter! Bitty and Jack enjoying a rainy day at Jack’s place. They are very happy (sleepy?) boys. Thanks for the awesome request, VG!!
I drew a lot of bookplates for the Year Two Kickstarter.
– Jack and Parse as kids in the Q – Lardo and George talking about their dumb boys – There’s a huge S in the Samwell hockey locker room for this purpose – Parse, at home, probably on insta – Bow before Lardo, Flipper of Cups, Ruler of Bros – A swim (◡‿◡)
But there are other, small pieces of magic tucked in. The quarter that stops perfectly in the crack in the floorboards. The pies that always come out just the way Bitty wants them to no matter how much time he has in the Haus kitchen. And unless something is wrong, unless the mood is disturbed, Bitty never drops one of them. The way leaves always cling to Nursey, like he’s static charged, or like the wind and the earth are drawn to him. The way the Haus’ roof always seems to hold exactly as much weight as it needs to, even when it shouldn’t be structurally sound enough to hold the weight of four or five hockey boys and their much smaller manager. A little bit of love in the jam that makes Jack warm and happy and calm when he’s going through his pre-game ritual, a feeling he notices most when it was jam he got from Bitty.
There are things that none of them understand but that they accept, because everyday magic is more literal than figurative at Samwell.
bitty’s number is 15 because jack is supposed to be like a fake sidney crosby and crosby’s number is 87. 8+7=15
ollie and wicks have been dead the whole time and will be taking hold of the attic with mandy and jenny after graduation
the reason dex is so fucking stressed all the time is because he’s hiding his secret identity as a wizard (weasley cousin) and if he fixes things TOO well people will find out
señor bun is a guardian spirit and, if bitty is ever in serious danger, will expand to his true twelve foot tall form and rain hellfire upon those who dare attempt to harm his caretaker
farmer is secretly 320009 bees in a trench coat and the reason chowder says he’s dating her is because he’s an epa agent on a mission to save the bees
the lax bros don’t actually exist and are a collective hallucination caused by shitty hotboxing the entire haus for four years straight
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