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Welp, i said i wanted to do more hpma x broadway projects, so here we are! This took a little while though, been out of motivation…so, i’m sorry if some of the drawings aren’t on par with the others xd

I promise, i have more ideas that don’t have the Freys as the Main Character, but I like drawing those boys a little too much, and this one has a lot more parts for a lot more characters. But dw, Ivy, Daniel, and possibly Lottie will come up eventuallyyyy

Prepare for my yapping. I will be doing quite a lot of it. I apologize to your attention spans in advance.

So, as you can probably tell from this, the Musical I’ve adapted this time is Newsies.

*Note: I know that Newsies is based off of an actual event in history, however i will only be basing this off of the Musical/Movie, so it will not be historically accurate and will be mostly fictitious.*

For those who don’t know, the basic plot of Newsies is:

Newsies is a musical inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. It follows a group of young newspaper sellers, or "newsies," who band together to protest unfair treatment by powerful newspaper publishers.

The story centers on Jack Kelly, a charismatic and rebellious newsie who dreams of escaping the hardships of city life and moving to Santa Fe. When newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer raises the price of newspapers that the newsies must buy in order to sell them, Jack and his fellow newsies—including new kid Davey and his younger brother Les—organize a strike to demand better treatment.

With the help of Katherine Plumber, a determined reporter who wants to cover the strike, the newsies gain public attention.

Ultimately, the newsies' unity and resilience force Pulitzer to back down, leading to improved conditions.

The roles shown above are:

•Fischer as Jack

and

•Wénshī as Davey

Now, if you’ve seen the musical, you’ll probably be thinking something about how Fischer doesn’t exactly fit Jack’s character. And y’know what? You’re right. He does not. Which is why i will be basing his character on Jack from the movie, which fits him actually rather well.

Yes, Jack is nicer than Fischer in most respects, however given the situation he would be in, i could see Fisch acting better. Think. Surrounded by a bunch of people who look up to him and think he is so so cool, i think he would embody that more, whereas in hpma he is seen and treated as more of a jerky arrogant boy(don’t get me wrong he does act like it more often than not), and so he becomes as such. We have however, seen that he can be civil when he wants to be, (still with some teasing and jabs) but he isn’t a complete jerk, especially to people he likes/is close to.

I will mention as well that, Film Jack does get into quite a few more fights than Musical does, and does more of the teasing/insulting of the Delancy’s and others. Which frankly, is more of a Fischer thing than other characters i could have chosen.

And it isn’t far off to assume he could rally a bunch of kids to strike, as he (and Cass) pretty much (kind of) rallied a bunch of students against Daniel in y3. Now he is far from the best spokesman, but he also isn’t the worst, seemingly having little to no qualms with speaking in public, rather loudly too.

He also, contrary to somewhat popular belief, is not in fact completely incompetent, and is actually rather clever when it comes to certain things. Is he book smart? By absolutely no means. He’s more ‘street smart’, which i’d probably take out street in favor of duel, but for the sake of this i won’t. Also, the kid can perform at least one nonverbal spell, which according to the hp books, is a very difficult thing to master. He is not completely dumb!

*See the Frey Twins Companion Card Quest

There are also some lines that make me think of Fischer, such as ‘Besides, it’s not lying. Just…improving the truth a little.’

Yeah, Fischer has been known to…fabricate, a bit. The best example of this is at the beginning of ‘A Light in the Darkness’ season, where he tells a story about how he beat a troll(?) in the Forbidden Forest to Wen, who promptly called him out on it. (Which, actually, Davey does to Jack too, so)

Which also goes hand in hand with ‘If i hate the headline, i’ll make up a headline, and i’ll say anything i ‘ave to’ , which, similarly, is something I’m pretty sure Fischer would do, especially to sell more papers, thus getting more means for himself.

Also this line, in the most recent Puzzle Event:

Actually kinda reminds me of the line:

‘In the words of union leader Jack Kelly, "We will work with you, we will even work for you, but we will be paid and treated as valuable members of your organization."’

Which of course is a biiiit more elaborate speech than he ever uses, but Kathrine is the one who wrote it, he just gave the basic idea.

Jack also, according to the Newsies Wiki is rebellious and passionate, which are traits that Fischer also portrays. They also seem to share the same first instincts, fight or bolt, usually fight unless he knows for a fact he cannot win the fight(aka going up against Snyder). Jack also(movie-wise) says to solve a good deal of their problems with ‘well then we’ll bleed ‘em’ or ‘we’ll bash their heads’, something along those lines at any rate.

Oh yeah and uh Jack does have a little brother, he’s just ah…dead, along with his Mother. So. I’m sorry there will be no Colby in this. 😔

Now, onto Wénshī as Davey.

I really can’t think of anyone i’d place in this part over him, they have similar personalities, being on the more studious side, and fairly a voice of reason at times.

Also, family situations. Both Wénshī‘s and David’s families are struggling for various reasons, causing both boys to have to do something about it. But where Davey’s Father got hurt, and got fired from the factory for it, Wénshī‘s Family’s business is suffering. Both could have the same effect though, being the reason the boy starts working as a News boy.

And, despite Fischer being based on Movie Jack, i would probably base Wen off of a mix of both Movie and Musical. For example, Wen is more on the confident side than the shy and closed off side imo, and so is Musical Davey. However there are certain lines from the Movie i’d give him, such as telling Jack their deal needs to be 50/50, which is a line they gave to Les in the musical.

Now the ‘Antagonists’:

I chose Victor Gridley and Midas Gullveig to play Pulitzer and Snyder. (VG=P MG=S).

Gridley and Pulitzer are both Businessmen, so I find this fitting. They are also both the type to screw over the rest of their ‘employees’, so long as it benefits them. Gridley also employs Pronk, whom you will see later is Wiesel.

Changing Midas from an illegal loan shark to Warden of the Refuge also somewhat makes sense as well, both Midas and Snyder work in their own self interest, and pocket the money they collect for…uses. He also has that creepy air to him, someone lurking in the background, waiting for their perfect time to strike. Not to mention, he just looks/seems like the kind of guy people’d call ‘Snyder the Spider’.

And, funnily enough, both of their outfits match pretty closely to their Musical counterparts, i didn’t have to change too much hehe

Question though, if both of those men are the ones in power, does that mean that the cops should be the Dementors?? That’d be fun to draw..

Next introduction: The Brooklyn Newsies

I wanted to utilize the Americans we got in hpma, considering the fact that Newsies takes place in the US. So, it only felt right.

Viggo takes the place of Spot Conlon, the leader of the Brooklyn Newsies, and most respected(and probably feared) Newsy out of- well, probably them all. One of the most notable lines that made me put him here was:

‘You’re right Jacky-boy, brains. But I got brains too, and more than just half a one. How do I know you punks wont run the first time some goon comes at ya with a club? How do I know you got what it takes to win?’

And we all know that Viggo loves winning, oh so much. Yes, i’m spouting off his Y4/Season Trailer line. Muahaha. In all reality that is something i could see him saying, maybe minus the ‘Jacky-Boy’ part.

Also at one point, one of the Manhattan Newsies says: ‘I ain’t afraid of no turf!! Spot Conlon just gets me a little…nervous.’

Yeah, no kidding. Viggo would get me nervous too, seriously..

And as Viggo is the leader, i put Zach and Vi as Brooklyn Newsies as well, though they don’t necessarily have specific roles.

*Also, their outfits are based on the Broadway Brooklyn Costumes.

Now for the final introductions:

I’ll go in the order that I've drawn them.

The Delancys:

I try not to chuck in my OCs, however I didn’t know who else to put as the Delancy Brothers. Daniel and Reggie might have worked, but I don't know Reggie’s character very well, nor did I want the two of them to work on the side of Gridley and Pronk(for…reasons, y3 reasons). So, Ev and Tavis it was. It also rather fits because Ev and Fischer absolutely hate each other and get into fights often, similar to Jack and the Delancys. Tavis, for his part, actually does end up working as some sort of ‘law enforcement’ (kinda)in his story, which is also sort of what the Delancys do as well.

*Tavis also doesn’t wear his glasses in this, but still sees just as poorly without, hence the squint. This is also why he follows his younger brother around, so he doesn’t make a fool of himself and give those Newsies more ammunition against him.

Wiesel:

Pronk works for Gridley. That’s literally it. That, and I didn't know who else to put here. So.

Other Newsies:

I took the majority of the main cast, shoved them into Newsy costumes, and put them on a page. I also took Freddie Clemmons(Gryffindor Prefect) and Jenna Hexsmith(Seasonal Character + NPC near the Lake), as they seemed promising to place here.

There are three who were actually based off of the Newsies in the Show, Robyn as Racetrack, Daniel as Kid Blink, and Kevin as Crutchie(He seems the most alike out of what I've got, though I do not consider him as the part, rather partially based). The rest are purely fabricated, though I did try to give a nod to their original designs, as I did, and do, with the majority of the Characters I adapt. It is harder to do so without colors, and a lot of them have the colors in my imagination more than anything. hh.

You may notice that Cass and Lottie are missing…well, this is because i’ve given them different roles. They are, rather than Newsies, the people who help Jack, Davey, and Kathrine print the newsies own paper, when Pulitzer banned his from covering any strike news. I thought Cass fit this role better than she would a Newsgirl, and Lottie also seemed to fit. You’ll see this below,

I know some of you might have been waiting to see who i would put as Kathrine and thus Fischer’s love interest, however i do regret to inform you that i have nobody. There really aren’t any hpma girlies who i think actually fit. Some share characteristics, but not enough to say ‘Yes, that’s her!’ Not to mention, i wouldn’t subject half of them to be with Fischer, considering relationships and things that he’s done to people they’re close to.

So, rather than waiting for who knows how long to post this, I’m bringing it to you. Suggestions? Ideas? Please. I don’t care if it’s a canon character or someone’s OC either, and hey, if it’s an OC, free fanart yayyyy(this is half a joke half not, i will likely draw it once i get a character idea lol)

Anywho, to compensate for the lack of Kathrine, have these silly doodles, in the order of which they happen.