Jiri having a European girl summer, getting a new tattoo, and shooting magazine covers, then coming to cincy and doing serious and highly contested battle with top fifty, top thirty, and top ten players is iconic
hear me out: the manhattan boys are canonically wimpy little shits.
like ok. look at how romeo pounds his fist in the first clip, and how buttons does in the second clip. ZERO power. don't even get me started on smalls, what are you doing my love.
then, there's spot. THAT is how you do it. (ok hotshot's is kinda wimpy looking too BUT its way better than buttons romeo or smalls so im just gonna keep going)
and there's this scene:
ive seen people talk about this before but jojo baby, what kind of 'ready' stance is that? his legs are so wide, he kind of reminds me of a red panda trying to make itself look bigger when it's threatened. he's undoubtedly the worst, but the other boys' stances arent much better.
so yeah. point is, they're inexperienced, they think they're tough, but they are most definitely not. our favourite manhattan boys don't know how to fight, but thankfully managed to recruit some guys who actually do!
this got me thinking though, why are the manhattan boys so wimpy then?
THEY'RE NOT TOUGH BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE TO BE!
theyve got the hudson, east, and harlem rivers doing their work for them, the borders of their turf are clearly defined
but brooklyn? they don't have that luxury, as they share a massive border with queens. they're bound to get into more conflicts, either newsies pushing their luck with selling across the border, or full on turf wars.
brooklyn newsies are a completely different breed, because they have to be.
i Think (i know) . jack and spot are able to get along so well together because they were just two kids who accidentally made big names and reputations to themselves & they feel the need to live up to them. hes jack “cowboy” kelly who was making daring and dangerous escapes from the refuge and never too afraid to talk back to snyder if he deemed something wrong & shes Spot Conlon the girl who’s known for being the toughest person in the city. they Need to live up to those expectations of being strong & daring for the kids they’re in charge of (and also , party for themselves) . but when they’re together .. they get to let their guard down and be just jack and spot two teenagers who really just deserve a break
Powers: Peacock tail who’s feathers she can pull out to fire like arrows
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Backstory: While Hera and Reverse worked for the Goverment they encountered an evil organisation, and the leader Queen Cobra tried to use a machine on her to test if it worked. The machine ended up exploding and the resulting shock wave gave a bunch of people animal traits. Hera got a peacock tail since she was wearing a necklace that was a peacock feather.
I find it funny how everyone fears Brooklyn cos they have a reputation for beating everyone up as if Manhattan's very own Racetracks Higgins doesn't advocates violence at every possible situation there is
if u participate in any kind of moral panic bullshit u r not safe 2 b arnd 4 marginalized ppl & that doesnt change if u r also marginalized. this is broadly applicable. if u r susceptible 2 reactionary fearmongering of any kind u will side w the oppressor against the oppressed, bc there is always a fake infraction tht can b invented