#i don’t hv much going on but ik someone out there love the twins just as much as me

[willowistic22]

Newsies au where mike and ike hate each other. And not in a brotherly manner but in a gut wrenching enemies sort of hate.

Imagine a dystopian world where there’s a war raging on and the newsies are in the middle of it. What once was a striving united land is now devided into several factions who are on a civil war with each other. There’s even a rebel faction that wants to put the war to an end instead of having one faction win and letting their leaders’ authority reign, bcs in all honesty each faction acts like a shitty political party that desires nothing but control over the whole land.

Mike and Ike started out with the same political alignment—actually aiding the war by becoming agents, spies, or assasins, idk i haven’t figured that part out yet— but something along the lines happened and Mike defected because he no longer believed in the cause of the political party he’s been supporting for so long. It really tore Ike’s heart apart to see his brother leaving. He felt abandoned by his own brother and grew to hate his guts. They’d be sent to the field and sometimes come across each other and Ike never hesitated to try and kill him first though deep down he never want to hurt his own brother.

But get this: the cause that Ike once believed in turned out to be just a guise. The faction is just another greedy political party. And Ike is left confused. He’s been brainwashed by propaganda and doesn’t know what to believe in anymore. Where else would he turn to if not his own brother who’s been waiting for him since the day he left to join the rebellion.

#idk it’s vague #BUT YOU GET THE POINT #tired of seeing enemies to lovers #or even lovers to enemies #must they start out/end as lovers? #what if they were blood family???? #like the angst is still there if you think abt it #i don’t hv much going on but ik someone out there love the twins just as much as me #and also ADORES political allegories in fictional media #the other newsies are there dw so long as you squint #i’m sorry it’s just really vague rn but you get the point #newsies #mike and ike #mike and ike newsies