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Here are all the amazing fanworks created for Pimms Fest 2025: What Happens in Vegas! We're so happy and grateful we get to celebrate Jackparse with all of our amazing creators, and all of you who showed up for our creators with kudoses, likes and reblogs.

You can find all the fics on our AO3 collection, browse the tag or this list.

Happy holidays, everyone, don't forget to give these works some love🥳🙌♠️🏒

♠️ Departure by Louise Gluck art by @ronandhermy

♠️ forgotten that you’re godless podfic read by @djemsowhat | T, 48 minutes

♠️ you spin my head right round fic by @obligatorygeekery | E, 9.2k words

♠️ no wrongs, no right (only a winner and a loser) fic by @etaaquariids | T, 3.3k words

♠️ A Chip on One’s Shoulder fic by @kentparsonscowlick3 | M, 7.9k words

♠️ The Inevitable Disaster fic by @loveandallthat | 7k words

♠️ Vega(s) fic by @amandayetagain T, 2.2k words

♠️ The House Always Wins (except when I’m home) fic by bronx_bound/ @parsnip90 | T, 5.8k words

♠️ for better, for worse fic by finkpishnets/ @madroxed | T, 4.2k words

♠️ Something Blue Suede Shoes fic by Pinkerton/ @agrossunderstatement | T, 4.1k words

♠️ TIMELINE playlist by realog / @obligatorygeekery | 29 songs, 1.45 hrs

♠️ ace-high fic by hearteyesfordays / @distantdeadly | M, 3.9k

♠️ may the bridges i have burned light the way back home fic by laineymaid / @parsonandpurrson | E, 3.6k words

♠️Lately, There is No Way Out of My Head fic by runningwafers | E, 26.9k words

♠️ (getting closer to knowing) where i belong fic by IProtectKennyP/ @kennyvparse | G, 7.1k words

♠️ losing a life / gaining a home fic by SalazarTipton/ @softkent | G, 3.9k words

♠️ nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana fic by @queenofthestarrrswrites | 21.8 words + "then what do you want, zimms?” playlist for the fic

♠️ choke down the feeling fic by inlovewiththeirlove/ @lahallucinations | G, 2.2 words

♠️ and now it follows me every day fic by @etaaquariids | T, 4.9k words

♠️ The Disobedience That Holds Us Together fic by ix_tab / @mercy-misrule | E, 13.2k words

♠️ reunite (Jack’s version) playlist by @aristocrating | 11 songs

♠️ gambler’s prayer (Kent’s version) playlist by @aristocrating | 11 songs

♠️ there is a sadness in his eyes you only see in the exes of quebecois men art by @yaoimortician

♠️ check out at 12 fic by @yaoimortician | T, 2.9k words

♠️ so many roads to choose fic by @comingofspring | T, 34.2k words

♠️ the physics of falling (again) fic by swanswords/ @an-ungraceful-swan | T, 3.2k words

♠️ the boy with naivety succeeds fic by cyborgian | T, 7.2k words

♠️ had you given me the chance (to say i do) fic by be_brave13/ @djemsowhat | T, 27.8k words

#pimmsfest2025 Week 4 Roundup

December 13 - 19

Happy holidays, Pimms Nation! We are wrapping up this fest shortly, but please enjoy this last week of slightly delayed roundup (🙇‍♂️). Don't forget to give this last batch and our awesome creators your love and cheers.

♠️ ao3 collection ♠️ works tag

♠️ there is a sadness in his eyes you only see in the exes of quebecois men art by @yaoimortician

♠️ check out at 12 fic by @yaoimortician | T, 2.9k words

Snippets set in Vegas hotel rooms. They don't mean anything. Kent can't let himself think that.

♠️ so many roads to choose fic by @comingofspring | T, 34.2k words

A group of friends come together as one of them starts live tweeting their first play through of the dating sim game, "Cupid's Slapshot". Soon, playing the game starts taking a backseat to attempting to discover the truth behind Aces' Captain, Kent Parson and what could possibly tie him to Falcs' Captain, Jack Zimmermann.

♠️ the physics of falling (again) fic by swanswords/ @an-ungraceful-swan | T, 3.2k words

The Providence Falcons play at the Las Vegas Aces. An unfortunate hit leaves Jack tunnel-bound and Kent reeling

♠️ the boy with naivety succeeds fic by cyborgian | T, 7.2k words

Vegas is a place where miracles happen. Kent and Jack, a freak February storm, and meeting each other again.

♠️ had you given me the chance (to say i do) fic by be_brave13/ @djemsowhat | T, 27.8k words

He feels insane. Maybe he is insane. But he feels ready. He feels like this is what he needs to have happen. And so Jack goes for it, words falling out with temperate softness. “Marry me.” Kent blinks at him. “Um. What?” OR: Jack flies to Vegas on a whim. Marrying Kent wasn't the plan, but he'll do his best to stick the landing.

♠️ springing up like daisies fic | T, 9.8k words

He’s lonely, but he is. Fine. And now there’s this deus ex machina baby who came in like a wrecking ball, throwing a wrench into his life and the season (which, if he was to be honest, was already heading to tank season anyway).

#pimmsfest2025 Week 3 Roundup

December 6 - 12

Week 3, pimms nation! Thank you for your giving love to all of our fan creators; please shower them with more kudos, comments, reblogs. Make sure you don't miss anything by checking out this week's published works:

♠️Lately, There is No Way Out of My Head fic by runningwafers | E, 26.9k words

Kent told Jack once that if he ever felt like killing himself again, he should call him instead. Jack didn't expect to ever need to take him up on it. Or: After the Cup win, Jack spirals.

♠️ (getting closer to knowing) where i belong fic by IProtectKennyP/ @kennyvparse | G, 7.1k words

The question was innocent enough. "How does the city sound to you?” Kent had asked. “It’s a good city,” Jack said. “I’m really enjoying it so far.” Some part of Jack knew that he had given an answer that was somehow incorrect.

♠️ losing a life / gaining a home fic by SalazarTipton/ @softkent | G, 3.9k words

Being uprooted and tossed across the country at a moment’s notice is just part of the NHL culture. He really should have been expecting this. Welcome to the aces ♠️♠️ want me to pick you up when you land?

♠️ nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana fic by @queenofthestarrrswrites | 21.8 words

It’s a hockey night here in Las Vegas as Kent Parson and the best of the West, your Aces, take on the reigning Stanley Cup Champions, the Providence Falconers, along with Conn Smythe Award Winner, Jack Zimmermann, in their first non-conference game of the 2016 - 2017 season.

+ "then what do you want, zimms?" playlist for the fic

♠️ choke down the feeling fic by inlovewiththeirlove/ @lahallucinations | G, 2.2 words

It had been a lucky game, up until the hit. tfw ur former situationship is going through it so you extend an olive branch but neither of u learned how to communicate so you just have to sit there and have feelings

♠️ and now it follows me every day fic by @etaaquariids | T, 4.9k words

June 22, 2016. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.

♠️ The Disobedience That Holds Us Together fic by ix_tab / @mercy-misrule | E, 13.2k words

The room is silent around them and then Kent asks, rolling the thought around in his head. "Okay, so do we think it's a worse look that Jack's telling me all his secrets and telling me how I'm the only person who gets him, and that his biggest regret in life is icing me out, and that he lowkey kinda hates a lot of his team because they aren't performing the way he wants, OR that I fucked him?" a.k.a Kent Parson, unethical slut.

♠️ reunite (Jack's version) playlist by @aristocrating | 11 songs

♠️ gambler's prayer (Kent's version) playlist by @aristocrating | 11 songs

#pimmsfest2025: Week 2 Roundup

November 29-December 5

Here’s the round-up of all fanworks posted during our second week. We’re so lucky to be have an abundance of fics, so we hope you continue to shower our creators with kudos, reblogs and recs! <3

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♠️ The House Always Wins (except when I'm home)

fic by bronx_bound/ @parsnip90 | T, 5.8k words

“Are you still on board with the plan?” asked Kent. His eyes trained on Jack’s face watching for any sign of unease. “I’m all in,” Jack responded, reaching over the stick shift to take Kent’s hand in his. “100%” “Okay,” Kent smiled at him. “Game time.” The plan was simple. They were going to rob a casino. Or well a couple of casinos. And not rob exactly, just make a lot of money in one weekend and the get the heck out of town. Nothing illegal, just a bit of card counting.

♠️ for better, for worse

fic by finkpishnets/ @madroxed | T, 4.2k words

“Dare,” Kent had joked — mostly, sorta, not really at all — and Jack had blinked in confusion and then stared at him with wide eyes and a slack mouth for long enough to make Kent nervous before wrapping his fingers carefully around Kent’s wrist and tugging him inside. [Or: Kent and Jack get hitched. Which would be fine if Jack wasn’t already engaged to somebody else. Kent’s life is a running joke.]

♠️ Something Blue Suede Shoes

fic by Pinkerton/ @agrossunderstatement | T, 4.1k words

It's New Year's Eve in Las Vegas, Kent and Jack are the hottest girls in the room, and everything is absolutely, 100% perfect. Until it isn't. Oh, and Elvis is there.

♠️ TIMELINE

playlist by realog / @obligatorygeekery | 29 songs, 1.45 hrs

29 songs following the timeline of their relationship from hopeful young love (vol 1), to the lows brought about by addiction and mental health issues (vol 2), to the rivalry and insecurity of the canon era (vol 3), and finally the reunion we all know is inevitable (vol 4)

♠️ ace-high

fic by hearteyesfordays / @distantdeadly | M, 3.9k

So Harris is friendly with Parse, that’s whatever. That’s normal. Guys have friends all over the league. Thirdy’s B.F.F. is Ottawa’s backup goaltender, not that Thirdy’s ever turned fuchsia before a Sens game. At least not anywhere Jack could see. Parse is pals with the Falconers’ rookie call-up. Jack could not possibly care more less.

♠️ may the bridges i have burned light the way back home

fic by laineymaid / @parsonandpurrson | E, 3.6k words

They get married over fourth of July weekend. Bittle wanted to get married exactly a year after Jack had proposed, but Jack had enough designs on winning the Stanley Cup again to nix both that and the anniversary of their televised kiss. Bittle suggests the fourth of July in Madison and waggles his eyebrows in a way that waggles right past sexy and into silly. Jack kisses him on the forehead and agrees. It’s the third of July, actually, with how the days shake out. Bittle gives him a tight smile when he sees Kent’s name on the guest list. "Are you sure, honey?" "I need him to be there," Jack says. Bittle frowns but doesn’t argue. He gets Kent’s address from Alicia’s Christmas card list, and his mother’s, just to be safe. He realizes, embarrassed, that he doesn’t know if Kent lives in Vegas in the off season. Two weeks after the invitations go out he unblocks Kent’s number and types out I need you to be there. Deletes it.  We’d love to have you :). Stupid.  I miss you. Impossible.  Please come.

playlist for @pimms-fest-2025!

29 songs following the timeline of their relationship from hopeful young love (vol 1), to the lows brought about by addiction and mental health issues (vol 2), to the rivalry and insecurity of the canon era (vol 3), and finally the reunion we all know is inevitable (vol 4)

#pimmsfest2025 Week 1 Roundup

November 22-28

Here are the amazing fanworks posted for the pimms fest this week!

We hope you’ve been enjoying all that have been posted so far. Please check out the links below to make sure you didn’t miss anything. send out love for our fan creators as you make your way through the submissions! <3

ao3 collection ♠️ works tag

♠️ Departure by Louise Gluck

art by @ronandhermy

♠️ forgotten that you're godless

podfic read by @djemsowhat | T, 48 minutes

It still feels like walking on a tightrope, but that’s mostly because Jack can’t afford to fuck up this time. [Or: Jack and Kent reconnect and Jack gets into a fight on the ice. With his own teammate. Some choices are better than others.]

♠️ you spin my head right round

fic by @obligatorygeekery | E, 9.2k words

It started — where else? — on Twitter. First, the Aces official account re-posted a fan video of that new theater in Vegas — the one with the video screens that everyone was either pissed off about, amused by, or both — which showed a single white spade tracking slowly across it's surface with the date of the Aces first playoff game below. In retaliation, the Schooners had taken the video and added a quickly photo shopped boat crashing into it, turning the whole thing into a meme overnight. The comparatively subdued logo swapped out for children's drawings, images of the Aces' horrifying bug-eyed mascot, and of course, player photos. Then, someone in the Aces organization talked to someone at the Sphere and a contest was born: Your Idea Here for the rest of their playoff run. All of which lead to here and now; Jack standing at a window, freshly flown in for the first game of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals, looking at Kent Parson's smirking face twenty feet high and shining straight into his hotel room.

♠️ no wrongs, no right (only a winner and a loser)

fic by @etaaquariids | T, 3.3k words

April 9, 2016. PVD @ LVA. 3-2 (Final/SO).

♠️ A Chip on One's Shoulder

fic by @kentparsonscowlick3 | M, 7.9k words

Kent starts walking towards him, quickly slipping a hand in Jack’s coat. Jack is electrified by the touch even beneath layers of clothing. “Just a little something to remember our bet by.” Kent then looks up at Jack with a smug smile, and Jack… he fights a powerful urge to get close… and before he allows himself to daydream, Kent already starts walking in the other direction. He reaches down in his pocket and fishes out a casino chip.

♠️ The Inevitable Disaster

fic by @loveandallthat | 7k words

Kent should be riding high on their victory, but mostly he’s just proud of himself for having acted normal around Jack Zimmermann one (1) time. He played a good game, treated Jack like any other player, and is now with some teammates at a laid-back bar, celebrating without going too crazy. Exactly how he should have handled it. He should have known that wouldn’t last. (Jack comes bursting back into Kent's life just as Kent is starting to feel settled without him. Isn't that how it always goes? But maybe it's different this time.)

♠️ Vega(s)

fic by @amandayetagain T, 2.2k words

A wedding in Vegas stirs up a lot of things Jack has been steadfastly trying to ignore. Things Kent can't help getting hit by. It's a funny kind of crossfire, shared trauma and first love.

[podfic] forgotten that you're godless

written by @madroxed / finkpishnets on AO3

read by @djemsowhat / be_brave13 on AO3

Jack/Kent, Teen, 48 mins

read for the @pimms-fest-2025 :D

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Departure by Louise Gluck for Pimms Fest 2025

3 days till sign ups close! do it for them <3

(we'd love to read and witness your pimms in the year of our lord 2k25! and we're all friends here; if you have any concerns about deadlines and the schedule, please feel free to contact our mods! we'll find a way to make it work. )

Fest Rules

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pimms fest 2025: what happens in vegas sign ups are open!

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Take a chance and roll the dice, consider this as a sign and your invite to Pimms Fest 2025: What Happens in Vegas… 

Whether it’s an Elvis wedding, a showdown at the blackjack table, a road trip gone wrong (or perfectly right), or the messy consequences that follow them home, we want your story of Jack Zimmerman and Kent Parson crossing paths in the city where indulgence and risky gambles collide.

What is this?

It’s a fest dedicated to Jack “Zimms” Zimmerman/Kent “Parse” Parson, aka Pimms or Jackparse from the webcomic Check, Please! We welcome all types of fanworks–fanfics, fanart, fanvids, playlists, webweaves–as long as they fit our theme in one way or another. 

Hit us with your vegas pimms headcanons:

🎲 a spicy heist fic with rival thieves who fall in love? 🏒 angsty Falconers vs Aces game night rendezvous on the Strip? 🎞️ a What Happens In Vegas film AU (jackparse version)? 💍 an amnesiac wedding with a dash of infidelity?

Go wild, interpret the theme to your heart’s content. Any and all art media are welcome. Make it so that this time, Pimms win big—or lose it all. 

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please find a link to the interest form below where we're kind of polling interest and ideas to see who would be down for it, in what capacity ppl would like to participate and Themes ✨

So I just wanted to go over the canon stats we have about Kent for the people who are unfamiliar with hockey, coming from someone who is slightly familiar with hockey.

“Probably tied for first when it comes to best living hockey player right now—probably tied.”

This statement implies that not only is Kent one of the best living hockey players right now but that he might be the best.

While it’s a matter of some debate (especially depending on your team preference), it’s generally agreed that the best living hockey player right now and specifically of that time (2014-2015) is/was Sidney Crosby. This means that in the CP universe, Kent is at least on par with Crosby and possibly better than him.

Another part of Kent’s canon background I want to remark on is his point streak. A 31-game point streak puts him squarely in between the lower two of Gretzky’s top three point streaks, meaning Kent has the fourth highest point streak in the history of the sport. It also means he has the highest point streak of the modern era—neither Kane nor Crosby’s point streak come even close to matching his.

Finally, I want to point out that canon says that Kent isn’t just leading the League in points but also assists. That means he’s not just scoring goals himself, but that he’s also coordinating on the ice with teammates and helping them score, too. He’s not some glory hound who only looks out for himself.