#west endies

[races-stupid-cigar]

92sies Race even in modern times is still a cigar dude

OBC Race is a weed kinda guy

Livesies Race has sold his soul to fruity flavored vapes

UK Race stole cigarettes from his father as a child and never looked back

[slingshotsandrosarybeads]

Someone needs to take that slingshot away from Matthew . He’s a menace 🤣

[daveyfvckingjacobs]

new segment folks: newsies twitter but just my actual dms edition because I’m friends with fools who I farm for content

[chaoticunorigionalstranger]

I asked... We recieved. AND IT'S ADORABLE

Look at Michael's hand! It is on Ryan's thigh.

Look at Michael and Ryan's faces .....

From Todaytix insta takeover

[asexualenjolras]

I (finally) saw Newsies in the West End tonight and I have so many thoughts but the one I absolutely need to get out tonight is that London Davey Jacobs is absolutely autistic.

He stims, he stutters over his thoughts, he infodumps, he fidgets when he's nervous, he has a very interesting, unique tone when speaking and has a very rigid posture.

I don't know if it was intentional or not but I've always seen Davey as autistic - in both News Boys and the Broadway adaptation - but the way Ryan Kopel chooses to portray Davey is so authentically autistic.

He's shown to be incredibly uncomfortable with social interaction and touch initially but the Newsies accept him all the same and it's beautiful to see.

My absolute favourite Davey stims were him rubbing his fingers up and down the newsie newspaper bags and him tapping his hands when Jack made him speak in front of the other News Boys.

I really loved this show. I've waited my whole life to see it and it surpassed all my expectations.

[goddammiteverythingstaken]

David newsies uk: socially anxious Boi (we love him)

David Broadway: socially awkward (but completely confident in his awkwardness. Like he ain’t changing for anybody)

David 92sies: chaotic little piece of shit ( affectionate)

[burtonsdoodles]

JACK & CRUTCHIE during SANTA FE PROLOGUE | WEST END NEWSIES

Michael Ahomka-Lindsay & Matthew Duckett

(Click for full quality)

[newsiesstuff]

ross is so sweet <3

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 🫶🫶🫶🫶

from josh’s insta story just in case you guys haven’t caught it ahahjsjajajakaj

[muckety-mucks-i-s-goin-delux]

Does anyone has some thoughts on how Katherine interacting with the newsies on a regular basis (post strike) would look like? Specifically regarding the obvious economic/educational gap between them. And would like to share them.

We've seen already that she doesn't show any sign of prejudice (in the little screen time she gets in Livesies or West Endsies) by then again she was raised with a sociopath that is Pulitzer that threatened Jack's newsies and the man himself in front of her, treated her like a possession basically and the famous "why throw the shoe away if it's dirty, you can just use a polish" like it's a revolutionary idea (smh so hard, what the fuck)

Obviously she works for the Sun but it's hard to imagine she was living off the payroll from writing the reviews and had no support from her family.

It's obvious that she's shocked to see the conditions at the refuge which was an extreme but then again the lodgings or tenaments were that much better off.

And as to the education I'd imagine he gets full formal education while the newsies in majority would only get few years of basics yet she seems to know her way of writing (obv since she worked at the Sun) but it doesn't seem as if she used a fancy language making Children's Crusade easy to read. We know she makes fun of Jack's way of speaking ("for sure" moment) but she hasn't got her own "auspicious" moment unlike Davey

[saysflora]

I love him more than life itself

[chaoticunorigionalstranger]

Just putting this here: Ryan and Michael acknowledging Javey's existence.

edit: @the-woild-is-ya-erster was at the first show after they posted this (29.1.23 matinee) and this WASN'T a joke!

https://at.tumblr.com/the-woild-is-ya-erster/newsies-tumblr-there-was-javid-in-todays/bpyejc8v5ja1

Credit: Ryan Kopel and Michael Ahomka-Lindsey's instagram

[zazzander]

The Pureblood Accent Headcanons

Pureblood wizards split off from their upper-class counterparts in and around the Statute of Secrecy, i.e., the 17th century. For this reason, I would expect the Black cousins and their peers to have a markedly different accent to pretty much anyone else in the UK.

After the split, the London accent went through a variety of changes, some of which I’m sure the purebloods did pick up eventually. So I basically mixed what was the aristocratic accent of the late 17th century (which was still mostly rhotic!) with modern "posh" accent.

Keep in mind, most wizards live in isolated areas. Many families reside in the West Country. We know a significant portion live in Hogsmeade (i.e. Scotland). We can assume the accent is also influenced by that. For families like the Potters and the Weasleys, even more so.

In my headcanon, their vowels would look a little like this (use the IPA chart to get the sounds):

Some examples of how that looks in words / names! (my best guess)

"James Potter" = d͡ʒɛɪmz pɔt-tɛɹ (pought-teR)

"Black" = blɛk

"Sirius" = sɪː.ɾi.əs "Regulus" = ɾeg.ul.əs "Andromeda" = ɛn.dɾɑ.meː.də (so "Andy" would be more like "Endy", "Meda" would be like "May-da"), "Bellatrix" = bɛ̈l.ə.tɾiks "Narcissa" = nɑɹ.si.sə (sounds very American)

"Remus Lupin" = rɪː.məs luː.pin

"Molly Weasley" = mɑ.lɪː weːz.lɪː

"Muggles" = mɤ-gəlz (almost like moo-glz)

"Muggle-born" = mɤ-gəl-boːɹn (moo-gl-bouRn)

"Mudblood" = mɤd-blɤd (mewd-blewd)

Added: you can listen to the sounds here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart

[littlelottielove]

Principles of West Endies!

Jack: Micheal Ahomka-Lindsay

Katherine: Bronté Barbé

David Jacobs: Ryan Kopel

Crutchie: Mathew Duckett

Medda: Moya Angela

Pulitzer: Cameron Blakey

Les will be played by multiple actors

Source: Newsiesthemusical.co.uk go there to read there bios and meet the whole cast!

[autumn-foxfire]

The heck kind of leaks did I wake up to 😭 Catch me at 3am going nope nope do not- as I read about quirks evolving, also whats up with the world going to hell and Compress and Geten having a casual chat in prison saying they have plenty of time?? Geez, comedic duo I did not see coming. But bless: no phoenix quirk. But also: I dislike the dunking on Touya's narrative that makes him the masterpiece Endy always wanted. I pray fandom doesn't clown Endy for that because it would just be annoying. That's not the reason I wanted Touya's worth and life to be respected. And then the GETEN HIMURA, dammit. I was hoping the obvious fire/ice quirk wouldn't always lead to a family connection but here we are. These Todoroki's and their issues smh. I hope the memes and jokes about Japan being talked about as "entirely other" like one would consider the worldbuilding of a fantasy manga when considering culture isn't too bad out there. It's a real place, with real people living even in your country, and so many concepts are actually spread all over every asian country not just that. Hell, I've had hispanic friends tell me so as well. I say this because apparently some people are treating the concept of Touya being "first-born" and the weight it holds as "yeah just a thing Japan does" I get in this interconnected global world we like peering into other countries and cultures we don't understand and shrug it off like a strange other society far-removed from us, but I don't think people in the west realize how universal this is + the cousin marriage thing regardless of how squicky it is. I understand, but maybe tone down blowing up at other asians and shaming the entire concept in front of their faces? Some of those people might have their parents wanting them to get engaged to their cousin, or might know friends and family who are, and that kind of behavior when Geten is a DISTANT cousin, not even 2nd or 3rd or 4th with different lineages beyond the main family line is, kinda insane. You're absolutely free to find it problematic or even disturbing, I as an asian had that concern as well, just PSA to not over-react in a way that makes people familiar with those cultural practices feel bad. (also again....distant, Geten is so freaking distant. It's so trivial, if you find that disturbing, think of how someone marrying their 3rd or 4th cousin might feel? thinking "that" was far-removed enough that they would be okay with it and here's the internet flipping tables over Geten whose even further removed from the main family.)

Sorry for the really late response, nonnie.

Honestly, I can't say that I'm all that surprised that Hori took the route he did now that it's been awhile and the knowledge of the chapter has sunken in.

I still think giving Dabi an ice quirk undermines his story and I don't really know what the point of it was other than to shame Endeavor (while also spreading the message that only if he had abused his son more he would have realised he was "perfect" which is very icky even though it was unintentional).

As you said, Touya being the "perfect" son shouldn't have been why his life was respected by his father.

As for Geten being a Himura... Oof to all the people who shipped him with Dabi firstly (not that they still can't but fandom can be quick to attack other ships with problematic elements like these).

Personally I'm not really sure why Hori made that so because it does little to offer commentary on the story anymore, especially as he's done a terrible time at effective worldbuilding.

But I do agree that fandom needs to be careful when approaching topics like this. It's very easy to look at the story through a western lense and be rude to other cultures because of that. Yes, there is real reasons why incest is frowned upon such as the biological issues it has however you can discuss it in a way that's respectful and not insulting (sadly a nuance that fandom has not mastered).

God, what is it with Hori putting complicated themes in his story but not handling them satisfyingly.

[cosmic-croissant]

why am i crying over promo pictures for west endies