#newsie anon

[queenofbrooklyn]

Blink!!! Going missing and skittery being scared and worried as well as mush and they're just hugging and trying to keep calm hoping he returns soon.

Ooo I love a fic where someone goes missing! I honestly think Skittery would be really proactive. Like he’d be really upset (and probably pessimistic about it) but I also think he wouldn’t want to lose Blink so he’d try to find him.

Alternatively I think Mush and Skittery could definitely make the situation worse cause Skittery would be really pessimistic about it, saying he’s gone for good, and it would so totally freak Mush out

[felicitykings]

Kid Blink & Racetrack dancing with Medda (requested by anonymous)

NEWSIES (1992) dir. kenny ortega

[we-are-inevitable]

Now… transmasc Davey… he’s tumbling around in my brain like a loose sock in the dryer… thoughts and feelings? 👀

transmasc davey who’s always known he feels Different because sarah is his twin sister and they are supposed to be the same and she loves dresses but why doesn’t he? transmasc davey who tries out for sports even though he doesn’t really like them because sarah is the girly sister, so he’ll pick up the tomboy act, and it’s a lot more acceptable for girls to be covered in dirt and grime when you soend hours practicing softball every day. transmasc davey who asks for a haircut going into freshman year of high school because he’s tired of looking exactly like his sister and being mistaken for her, so he gets a shoulder length cut, and then a chin length cut, and then a pixie, and suddenly he feels a lot more confident. transmasc davey who, by some stroke of luck, got his father’s genes and is 6’1 as a junior in high school and knows he’s queer now, but doesn’t know why shopping for prom dressed with sarah is making his chest ache or why he feels more comfortable in baggy jeans and hoodies or why he has a crush on jack yet doesn’t want to pursue or ask him to prom because it feels weird and wrong right now.

transmasc davey who buys a compression bra the summer before senior year and realizes Oh. Oh wait. There’s something here. transmasc davey who comes out to sarah first before anyone else and sarah is only upset because davey could have worn a matching suit to her prom dress if he had figured this out like three months sooner. transmasc davey who chooses his name because he’s not a jewelry person but he’s worn a Star of David necklace every day for the past six years because his parents wanted him to have it.

transmasc davey who wears a binder to the first day of school senior year and excitedly tells all of his friends. transmasc davey gets to pick a suit out for winter formal and actually gets to have it tailored using some of his savings from his summer job. transmasc davey who asks jack to prom and has his first kiss in a school gym and finally feels right.

transmasc davey who gets to explore himself in college, who starts T freshman year and gets involved with activist groups on campus, who shares an apartment with jack starting sophomore year, who is a cat dad to an awful little kitten, who gets top surgery after saving for years and years as a college graduation gift to himself, who wears a suit to his wedding and helps organize pride events every summer and works with queer youth and marginalized communities and spends his life using his voice to advocate and build community and stick up for the little guys.

transmasc davey.

[yourfavehaskenergy]

jack kelly from newsies?

Jack Kelly from Newsies has Kenergy!

[servndipityz]

for scientific purposes, does anyone know where i can find 92sies jack kelly fics? i’m talking recommendations here obv in tumblr or wp ik i can find them but i need the GOOD STUFF. i trust u guys in this one 🙏

[spot-conlons-pimp-cane]

kid blink headcanons (if you want?)

everytime someone asks abt his eye he gives a different answer

mush is the only one to see him without his patch

a sucker for stupid jokes

fast af

100% dresses up as a "pirate" for Halloween (doesn't dress up and just says his eye patch is his costume)

hates being touched (mush is an exception ofc <33)

has nightmares more often then not

cant physically sleep on the bottom bunk w/o feeling trapped

has severe PTSD from losing his eye

self esteem issues™

hates anything being near his one working eye

very protective of people he cares about

can wake up almost immediately, like he is never tired and/or groggy after waking up

also sleeps very still (like scarily still)

has woken up several times by someone checking if he is alive

cant read or write very well

became a newsie as a small child

remember as always: if you wanna send me fic prompts or headcanon asks my ask box is always open! :)

[amazingmsme]

Oh my gosh that mermaid!odysseus x penelope fic im- *jumps in to the ocean*

KXHSSMFJDKMEJ I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?! Especially for me, I’ve been obsessed with mermaids for as long as I can remember! & she’s a science geek who’s so curious about him & he’s skeptical but soooooo smitten rn I need like 20 chapters STAT!

[somedayonbroadway]

Ok so: Oscar gets pushed into the semi frozen Hudson river by a gang of bored rich kids. Morris was held back by them until they decided they were bored and leaves. Morris get Oscar out of the water but doesn't know where to go that was near and warm because Oscar was experiencing hypothermia, they go to the Newboy Lodge House. How would the Newsies react?

I think it would go a little something like this…

Jack was putting the littles to bed when he heard the knocking on the door. He immediately went into protection mode. He stood up straight and rushed to the door, ready to peak out and fight off the bulls. It wouldn’t be the first time they’d tried to raid this place and take the boys for nothing. Race was behind him, ready to get the kids out if he needed to. But when Jack looked out through the crack in the door, he froze.

The knocking came again, harder this time. “Kelly! Open up! Come on!”

Race squinted. “Morris?” he asked.

Jack shushed him, reaching to open the doors. He was dumbfounded at the sight before him. Morris was standing there, holding a shivering, nearly blue Oscar against his chest. The younger boy was soaked to the bone and Morris had tear stains on his cheeks, but looked fairly dry despite the water dripping off of his brother. Morris looked up at Jack and Jack could see that the older boy had a bruise forming on his left cheek and a split lip. “S-some assholes pushed him into the fucking river… h-he can barely talk— I have nowhere ta take him,” Morris insisted.

The newsie looked over the brothers again. Oscar was definitely dazed. He didn’t even seem to know where they were. So Jack turned back to his second. “Racer, go get all the blankets we have. Get the littles into one bed to keep warm, Specs! I need water on the fire! Al, any extra clothes you can find!” Jack barked out before he rushed to help Oscar inside. He wrapped one of Oscar’s arms around his shoulder and Morris supported him from the other side.

They got him inside close to the fireplace and Jack helped lay him down, quickly taking out a pocket knife. Morris immediately scowled and grabbed his wrist, ready to fight but Jack looked up at him as his boys squared up behind him. “Hey!” he hissed. “We need to get him out of these clothes. I’m not gonna hurt him, okay?”

Race rushed back down the stairs with blankets and Morris grabbed him by the collar. Race gasped and immediately went wide eyed as Morris backed him into a wall. “Jack!” Race cried, not expecting the attack.

Jack raised his hands up in surrender. “Morris! What the actual hell?!”

The older boy’s eyes were watery. A tear fell down his cheek as he tightened a fist in Race’s shirt. “Don’t… I swear Kelly, I’ll—“

“No one is gonna hurt anyone, Delancey! Race brought blankets for Oscar, that’s all, I have ta get these clothes off of him before he freezes to death!” Jack hissed.

Morris tried to scowl through the fear, but he sniffled as tears began to freely fall down his cheeks. He shoved Race back as he lowered himself back down to his brother’s side. He slowly began to undress him, shoving Jack’s hands away when he tried to help. “Don’t touch him.”

Jack watched as Morris shakily unbuttoned Oscar’s vest. Oscar was trembling violently, his eyes trained on his big brother. “M-M… M-Mo—“

“It’s okay, we’re gonna get you warm,” Morris promised, stripping Oscar down to his undergarments until he could conceal the younger boy beneath some blankets. He then let Jack help wrap Oscar up in about seven blankets.

The other boys did as Jack had asked and soon Morris was holding fast to Oscar as Jack sat with them. Race was whispering with Albert about how poorly Morris had treated them after simply trying to help, but Jack knew better than that. Morris was scared. He wasn’t sure he remembered ever seeing Morris like this. “What happened?” he whispered finally.

The older boy scowled. “Some rich bastards think it’s funny ta push a kid into the Hudson.”

Jack bit his lip. “They hurt you too?”

“Don’t pretend like you give a shit, Kelly. I came here cause of Os, I wouldn’t have asked if I had anywhere else ta go. This don’t make us friends—“

“I get it, Delancey, Jesus Christ, I’m sorry I asked,” Jack insisted, standing up and walking over to his boys. “Get up ta bed. Now,” he said before turning back to the brothers who made his life a living hell. “Your welcome, I guess. Feel free ta leave whenever,” he muttered, headed towards the stairs.

But Morris looked down at Oscar and sighed. “Kelly,” he called, causing Jack to pause. “Thanks…”

Jack didn’t respond. He just sighed and rushed up the stairs.

Morris sniffled and hugged Oscar a little tighter as he tried to warm up the boy.

“Well… this was a shit night, huh?” Morris muttered to himself.

Oscar snored slightly and cuddled up a little more to his brother’s chest. Morris wasn’t exactly sure what to do. He’d never been the touchy feely type. But he managed to brush a hand over the boy’s hair and sniffle as he let out a long breath. “We’re okay…” he promised. “I’m so sorry, Ozzie, it’s gonna be okay…”

And he just kept repeating it over and over again, praying it was true.

[local-ginger-snap]

you realise you and race are technically just engaged right. you proposed and then...ye went on about life.

ah. shit.

quick, @thekingofny do you take me as your husband through sick and health and. . . whatever else they do say durin' this part?

[riding-palominos-every-day]

Why does Crutchie use one crutch? It looks super uncomfortable and I feel like he could get a second from children's aid or something if he wanted. Why does he use it on his right side when he's not putting weight on that side (on Broadway)? Thoughts on this?

Ohh this is a super interesting ask! And one I think I can talk about fairly confidently, being a crutch user myself and having knowledge about polio from family.

So in the UK show, Crutchie is disabled due to injury. He has one crutch on the opposite side of his injured leg to give it some extra support, and keeps his weight on his toes (possibly indicating the injury is in his knee, and it can't extend fully). His mobility is a little more than USA!Crutchie's, as his leg is technically usable, just very painful to walk on unaided.

In the USA productions, however, Crutchie a polio survivor with a paralysed leg. AKB and Zachary Sayle's Crutchie appears to be only paralysed in his ankle, whilst Andy Richardson's is completely paralysed (seen when he has to manually lift his leg to kick Snyder (one of my favourite little details)).

Polio wastes muscles and often leaves paralysed limbs shorter than healthy limbs. Crutchie's foot folds in on itself, indicating it's completely unusable and he cannot put any weight on it. In this scenario, his crutch substitutes as his leg, taking his full weight where his right leg can't.

As for why he doesn't request a second crutch, in his own words: "if someone gets the idea I can't make it on my own, they'll lock me up in the Refuge for good." If he went to Children's Aid asking for extra support, he'd likely end up in either the Refuge or with the Gerry Society as they'd deem him unable to care for himself (even though he's shown to manage alright). Having two crutches is certainly helpful in a lot of scenarios, but Crutchie likely feels he can manage fine with just the one.

[queenofbrooklyn]

That makes sense.Ahhh that sounds amazing!!!! I'm glad you had fun!!!! I'm well! My holiday was fine lol I worked. Most of my friends are online sooo.

IM GOING TO NEWSIES!!!

Oh cool! I hope you enjoy it! It looks to be the most promising version of livesies

[walkman-cat]

Race for the request?

hey anon! sorry for the wait wbwbw. here’s racer!!

[deadcrowcalling]

WHERE DOES IT SAY YOU GOTTA LIVE OR DIE HEREEEEE

WHERE DOES IT SAY A GUY CANT CATCH A BREAK?

WHY SHOULD YOU ONLY TAKE WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN

WHY SHOULD YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE LIVIN

TRAPPED WHEN THERE AINT NO FUTUREEE

EVEN AT SEVENTEENN

BREAKING YOUR BACK

FOR

SOMEONE

ELSES

SAKE.

-🧡

(the newsies brainrot has kicked in- but seriously jack is so relatable here i love this song with all my heart)

IF THE LIFE DONT SEEM TO SUIT YA

HOW BOUT A CHANGE OF SCENE

FAR FROM TBE LOUSY HEADLINES AND TBE DEADLINES INBETWEEN

SANTA FE, MY OLD FRIEND

I CANT SPEND MY WHOLE LIFE DREAMING

THOUGH I KNOW THATS ALL I SEEM INCLINED TO DO

I AINT GETTING ANY YOUNGER

AND I WANNA START BRAND NEW

I NEED SPACE

AND FRESH AIR

LET EM LAUGH IN MY FACE I DONT CARE

SAVE MY PLACE

ILL BE THERe

...

just be real is all i'm asking

not some painting in my head

cause i'm dead, if i can't count on you today

i got nothing if i ain't got

saNTA FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[racetrackmybeloved]

we have returned from war 🫡

(i really hope u recognise what this means-)

THE WAR IS OVER <3

[schwarzys-stimblog]

Can you stow the seriosity for long enough to drink in the moment? I'm famous!

Racetrack Higgins (Newsies) stimboard with dice and other related stims!

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requested by 🗞️ anon!

[spot-conlons-pimp-cane]

Racetrack headcannons please!!!!!!

this one is strictly 1992 version (lmk if you want a livesies version)

has a limit of how much gambling he can do per week (limit made by jack, race does not follow it)

is great friends with all the Brooklyn newsies and sometimes even helps them sell

has countless enemies due to gambling ppl out of their money (has been soaked many times for it)

audhd

good at math

very sociable

goes to the docks to visit spot at least once a week