#mayer jacobs

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

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[we-are-inevitable]

i have such a vivid thought in my mind of canon era davey being queer but obviously his family doesn’t know, or at least he thinks they don’t know. but he’s an odd boy, and they know that there’s something… different about him, whatever that may be, and i think that they love him despite it.

i keep thinking about mayer suspecting but never pressing it further, because that’s his son, and he loves him, but being a queer in a time like this is a death sentence- it’s something mayer can’t wrap his head around. i keep thinking about les, already dreaming of finding a wife and settling down one day, asking david about it and being confused that his older brother doesn’t really want a wife— right now, at least. not right now. maybe someday, david says, always tacking on hope, but les has his doubts. and i keep thinking about sarah seeing her brother’s longing, seeing how his smile falters when he stares at couples on the street and how he never seems to be happier when he’s shoulder to shoulder with a certain newsboy. sarah sees it, and knows it, and she wishes he would talk to her about it. she doesn understand it, but she wants to. and i keep thinking of esther knowing. knowing in her heart that her baby, her loving boy, hopes and dreams of a life he can’t live, not now, maybe not ever. esther seeing the way his shoulders tense when family friends ask if he’s found any girls to woo yet, seeing that singe of pain on his face when an older woman at their synagogue says she has a darling granddaughter she would love for david to meet, seeing the way he resigns himself, putting up a wall between himself and his family, singling himself out and shutting himself off without anyone else pushing him to. maybe, just maybe, noticing that the way he looks at a certain newsboy is the same way her brother used to look at his best friend- a brother she has no contact with, a brother she hopes is happy and safe and loved. a brother she will never understand, a brother whose life is something she was taught to condemn, but she would rather have a queer brother than a lost one, and the same applies for her son.

and i keep thinking about david jacobs having very big feelings inside. feelings of hope, that maybe he can one day share this with someone he cares about, not just someone like him. feelings of despair, like he will never be happy, or safe, or loved. feelings of fear, fear for being suspected on the street, fear of fists and police and a jail cell to rot in. feelings of defiance, because he’s a person too, and he deserves happiness too, and if he has to find that happiness away from the public eye, if he has to find it in alleys and molly houses and behind closed doors, then so be it.

feelings of guilt, for not being the son he should have been. but feelings of acceptance, too, because his family recognizes that something about him is different- whatever that may be- and loves him anyway.

[fansiesmemes]

Mayer: We didn’t have therapy when I was a kid

Davey: Yeah, that’s obvious Dad

[baura-bear]

I think it’s really interesting that David says “my father taught us not to lie” because that means Mayer made it a clear point that they shouldn’t lie and I’m wondering if there was an incident that spurred the lesson or what he said.

Once when I was young (I can’t remember the circumstances but I remember the statement quite well) my mother told me that someone will always find out you’re lying, no matter how big or small the lie it will always be found out. EVERY TIME I lie even if it’s about something tiny like keeping a gift a secret I think about what my mom said. I wonder if David has a similar experience when he lies

[mushiimune]

David loses a glove. Les happens to know whose pocket it's in.

[hellospacecadet]

NEWSIES NOVEL CONFIRMING THAT THE JACOBS ARE JEWISH!

[newsiesimagines]

Newsies Imagines #15

[stim-sies]

📰 Rosh Hashanah Stimboard with the Jacobs Family 📰

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🗞 Shanah Tovah 🗞

[a-dime-a-day]

Some Of My Favorite Little Moments from Newsies!!

Part 2: Carrying the Banner ->

Santa Fe

[queenofbrooklyn]

I can’t imagine the thought process of whoever decided to get rid of three of the five Jacobs. Like they saw the apartment scene and said NAH?

[newmsies]

i don't care how old they canonically are. here are the newsies ages because I'm right (and I'll specify when I'm going off of 92 or 17)

92/ oscar delancey: 14

92/ morris delancey: 31 (he looks like a depressed man in his 30's and you can't change my mind (still sticking with this))

92/ spot conlon: 14

17/ racetrack higgins: 15 or 16

17/ david jacobs: 19 (don't @ me cause if you think about it, you know damn well I'm right (i was /j on this))

17 & 92/ jack kelly: 17 (almost 18)

92/ otto wielsel: 53

17 & 92/ joeseph pulitzer: 52 (he was 18 years old in 1865 which is when the civil war ended and was 34 years before the strike, 18 plus 34 is 52 so you can't tell me I'm wrong on this)

17 & 92/ les jacobs: 9 (almost 10)

17/ hannah (pulitzer??): 49

17/ kathrine pulitzer/plumber: 19

92/ sarah jacobs: 19

92/ esther jacobs: 49

92/ mayer jacobs: 50

17 & 92/ crutchie morris: i lied to y'all, 15

[we-are-inevitable]

i usually sound weird/awkward when I send asks but anyway lets try it -- do you have thoughts on the different dynamics between davey and his family members?

i dont really know how to explain it other than like. putting it in an angst kind of setting LMAO but: it somes out a lot when david is upset, or having a really difficult day. those days happen a lot less than they used to, but they still happen; the days when he feels the weight of the world deep in the center of his chest and it's hard to even walk, let alone go to school or the lodging house.

mayer sits with him. for as long as he can, anyway; either he or david will have to leave, but david finds that the weight he feels is eased when he can rest his head on his father's shoulders and hear him say, you don't have to be a strong man all the time, david. it helps when david can talk to his father and get advice. his dad is more of a man than he'll ever be, he feels like, so hearing those words of wisdom- hearing that he doesn't have to be on it 24/7- it makes him feel like he's on the right track.

esther holds him. david has always been a mama's boy, and that's not changing. she's a very smart woman, and knows there's something different about him- something he won't let Mayer see- but esther is really the only person he feels like he can be himself around 100% of the time. so, she holds him, and lets his worries and words tumble out a mile a minute, and runs her fingers through his hair, and tightens her grip when her son, her baby boy, starts crying in her arms because it's all so much. and she doesn't tell him to man up, or push through- she tells him to let it out, and he feels like he really can. (plugging in autistic david here: his mother is the only person who can initiate physical contact with him without making him uncomfortable. for everyone else- even jack- david has to initiate the contact or he feels like he'll crawl out of his skin.)

sarah engages with him. when david is upset, there's a 50/50 change it will end in tears, but if sarah can get to him before that, she knows that she can talk him down. so, they have an old fashioned bitch session. they sit on the fire escape and air out their grievances- with the people at school, the family, the world- and spend so much time "yes, and"ing each other that it makes david calm down. maybe it's just twin brain, but they riff off of each other so well that they're able to vent without ever feeling the need to check in on each other, and david is grateful that he has someone who will listen to the edge in his voice, who allows him to feel anger and lets him express it. at their core, whether they're teenagers in 1899 or teenagers in 2023, they're teenagers, and understand each other on a deeper level because of it. sarah gets him, and he gets sarah, and having those moments where then can be angry and upset together and talk everything out helps both of them.

and les tries. he really, really tries- he may not know why his big brother is upset, but les will do whatever it takes to make him happy. he'll bring him toys, or give david half of his dessert at dinner, and it's something so small and seemingly insignificant- les is only nine, after all- but it's truly the thought that counts. les is smart, but david isn't going to burden him with making him listen to everything, so those little moments when they pass each other food or things they think the other will enjoy is integral to their relationship. if les finds david curled up on the fire escape, crying as he looks out at the city, he'll sit with him and offer him pieces of whatever snack he has. snacking is a privilege they often can't afford, and the fact that les is willing to give it up for david? it helps put his worries into perspective.

to simplify, i think the dynamics can be summed up using love languages:

Mayer gives David: words of affirmation

Esther gives David: physical touch

Sarah gives David: quality time

Les gives David: gift giving

and in turn, David gives his family acts of service.

[fansiesmemes]

*Mayer talking to Jack*

Davey: *Walking in* Mom wants you

Mayer: Tell her I’m busy

Davey: Dad, are you torturing him?

Mayer: What?

Davey: Jack, is he torturing you? You can tell him he’s being boring and you want to leave. He won’t be upset.

Mayer: He can leave whenever he wants

Davey: Jack? Do you want to leave?

Jack: No, really, it’s cool

Davey: Fine. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, and Dad, don’t let Jack steal anymore horses

Mayer: I don’t even want to know what that means

Davey: Jack knows

[artemis-lynn]

Newsies Halloween Costumes part 1

Part 1: The Jacobs family

David: Harry Potter lmao

Les: Captain America

Sarah: Flapper

Esther: Queen

Mayer: King

[mushiimune]

Mayer is more than proud of his son. Mostly because he finally found an opportunity to stand up for what's right that isn't in the middle of algebra class. But hey, he's growing into quite the impressive young man, and that's good, too.

[hellospacecadet]

happy chanukkah to david jacobs (and the rest of the jacobs family) 🤗🤗