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somedayonbroadway · 4 years

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Newsies Bandstand AU??

Bandstand AU

Since I already had an ask for a Bandstand AU, I wrote a scene! Please enjoy I Know a Guy!

“How’s the house tonight?”

“Good! Lining up outside already!”

Tony nodded, assembling his saxophone steadily in his arms, ready to play a few notes and get warmed up. He might make rent this month after all. That is, if his damn band would show up on time. “Of course Skip’s runnin’ late…” he muttered to himself, checking his watch for what must’ve been the millionth time. “Can’t find a decent piano player that shows up on time…” Shaking his head, he started to warm up anyways.

He failed to notice someone sliding in through the door just beside him.

“Hiya.” The voice caught him off guard. If he hadn’t been beside a chair that he could latch onto so quickly, he might’ve fallen over. But he closed his eyes for a moment, collecting himself before looking over at the man beside him, hardly more than a few years older than him, smirking at him, smugness radiating off of him. “Didn’t mean ta scare ya, pal… I’m lookin’ for Antonio Higgins.”

“Well, ya found him, but he ain’t too keen on talkin’ ta you right about now,” Tony said. “We ain’t open yet.” He turned to continue rehearsing.

But this man wasn’t going to give up so easily. “The backdoor is,” he stated, pointing back to the door he’d just entered with a small grin. Tony just glared. The guy’s smile fell just a little. “Sorry… I… did you used ta play with a cat who went by the name a’ Specs? He called you—“

“Racer…” Tony finished for him, actually turning to face this stranger now. “The drummer. We played a few gigs outta of high school,” he recalled.

Nodding along, the man stepped closer to him. Tony didn’t stop him. “You went into the Air Force—?”

“Navy,” the younger man corrected immediately. He caught himself. He knew lashing out did no good. “What… what is this? My pianist ‘ll be here any second now—“

“I was army. 37th infantry,” the man informed, taking the cap off of his head and biting his lip, suddenly looking slightly nervous. “Specs said you’re good.”

Tony looked down at his shoes for a moment. “Look… I ain’t tryin’ ta be rude but I gotta show ta prepare for—“

“You can really swing, huh?”

This man seemed determined to make sure he could hardly get in a full sentence at a time. Race hated that. “If ya wait in line and pay like everyone else, you’ll find out,” he shot back.

The guy’s smirk fell easily back onto his face. “Ya know Tell Me The Night?”

Tony looked back up at this ridiculous stranger. “What are you smoking?”

The man frowned. “I’m sorry, ya don’t know Tell Me The Night?”

Somewhere in the back of Tony’s mind, he knew it was a challenge. But he’d never been one to back down from a challenge anyhow. So he brought his sax to his lips and began to play with more than just his instrument.

The man grinned, slipping onto the piano bench beside him and playing along easily, fitting his crazy improved notes in perfectly with Tony’s.

When they finished, there was an easier look on both of their faces.

The man at the piano held out his hand. “The name’s Jack,” he introduced. Tony nodded, a small smile falling on his lips as he shook Jack’s hand. “I’m… I’m thinkin’ about starting a band. All vets.”

Pausing at that, Tony stepped away, trying to make himself look busy. “I’m gettin’ a law degree. I can’t—“

“We’ll make it work.” If there was one thing Tony could tell about Jack, is what that he wasn’t one to take no for an answer. Tony admired that. It didn’t make it any less annoying. “There’s this contest on the radio…”

“The NBC thing,” the blond confirmed.

“Bingo,” Jack winked. “They just announced the statewide competition is gonna be held here in Cleveland.” The smug man shrugged. “We have the hometown advantage. What do you say?”

He had such confidence about him. Tony couldn’t help but be drawn to it. “I suppose you’d be the band leader?”

“Naturally,” Jack deadpanned. “That a yes?”

“That’s a ‘Jesus Christ, you’re relentless’,” Tony drawled, running a hand through his curls.

Jack’s raised his eyebrows as though telling this man he already knew that. “You’re welcome.”

Tony let out a small laugh as he positioned his saxophone against his chest. “Is Specs on drums?”

All the energy in the room seemed to be sucked away at that simple question. Jack’s smile fell slowly and he lowered his gaze. “Uh… no… he didn’t make it back…”

Tony’s heart broke again after it had so many times before. He didn’t know if he’d be able to keep stitching it back together. “Oh…”

“Yeah…” Jack reached to rub at the back of his neck. “So… so do you know any other guys? Who served, but young n’ good looking? Like us?”

Squinting, Tony shrugged. “It’s radio. What does it matter?”

“If we win,” Jack said, crossing his arms over his chest and stepping even closer to the younger man. “We get to be in the movies. Do you know any?”

For a moment, Tony genuinely thought about it. If he didn’t give this guy some names, Jack would surely hunt others down just as he’d done to him. Might as well give him some good players and be able to stop the panic attack Jack had nearly caused him. “Sean Conlon. Kicks it on bass. Plays at Oliver’s every weekend. Best of the best when he ain’t high,” he stated, smirking himself when he saw Jack’s eyes widen only slightly. “He’s army too.”

“I’ll take my chances,” Jack insisted, accepting the challenge.

Tony might like this guy after all. “Meet me at the Rio Lounge tomorrow night,” he offered, turning to get the stage set.

But Jack stopped him. “Wait, he plays at the Rio?!” he asked.

Turning back to him, Racer shook his head. “Nope. He drinks there.”

“We’re ready to open, Tony.”

“Let ‘em all in.”

—

“Alright, alright! I got anotha’ one!” Sean laughed, waving over the bartender who’d been serving him all night. He was slightly beyond drunk and the bartender had told him several times that he was going to be cut off soon. It didn’t stop him from sneaking drinks off the folks around him. “A pirate walks into a bar with a ship's steering wheel on the front of his pants. The bartender says 'hey Captain, you've got a steering wheel stuck to your crotch.' The pirate says 'arrgh, it's driving me nuts.'”

“Very funny, Mr. Conlon, but jokes aren’t going to buy you more drinks,” the man behind the counter stated. Sean stuck just tongue out at him, turning around on his stool, coming face to face with familiar blue eyes.

“Spottie… still as soft n’ friendly as eva’, I see…”

“Tell anyone n’ you’re a dead man, ya skinny son of a bitch,” Sean laughed, playfully punching the younger man’s shoulder. “What wind blew carried ya here, Higgins?”

Before Race could even try to respond, he was pulled into a tight hug. “Spot, this Jack Kelly. Kelly, this is Spot,” he introduced, pulling out of the embrace and gesturing to the man standing with a small smile behind him. “Jack, here made it through Solomon Islands…”

Spot looked the man up and down and smiled. “Well, I’ll tickle your catastrophe,” he shrugged. “I liberated Dachau.”

“Jesus…” Jack breathed.

“Hey, Tony told me about your band idea!” Spot gently hit Race in the chest with the back of his hand before reaching back to clasp Jack on the shoulder. “I’ve heard about you,” he explained. “So my cousin marries this Polak, right? Turns out, this guy!” Spot laughed, shaking Jack gently, “played accordion at her wedding! When he was somethin’ like what? Ten years old?”

A small but easily hidden blush crept up Jack’s neck. “Well, ya know the differenve between and accordion and Hitler?” he asked, quickly finding this man enjoyed humor. Spot shrugged. “One perpetrated years of oppression and humiliation on the Polish people… and the other is Hitler.”

It only took Spot a moment before he was engaging in a drunken laughing spell, patting Jack on the back as both of the other men laughed along with him. “You see, ‘I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men’.”

Jack looked between Spot and Racer, trying to figure out what had just been said to him. “I have… no idea what you just said, but I hope that means you’re in,” he shrugged.

Racer rolled his eyes. “It’s Shakespeare. And yeah… that means he’s in.”

A grin spread over Jack’s lips. “Oh great! That’s great! Now all we need are a couple a’ horns n’ a monster on drums!”

Before Race could even think to say anything, Spot already had an arm around Jack’s shoulders. It was slightly awkward, as Jack had about four inches on him, but it didn’t seem to stop either of them. So Race grabbed Spot’s drink and took a sip, watching the exchange ahead of him.

“Well, ya see, I know this guy. His trumpet’s hot but he ain’t no barrel a’ laughs,” Spot explained. He gestured between them. “Although, I think between that two a’ us… we might have a shot at break in’ him,” he smirked. He leaned a bit heavier on Jack and Jack could only laugh.

“Let’s do it.”

“Get your jokes ready, Jack-Be-Nimble-Jack-Be-Quick,” he winked.

Race smiled behind them.

—

Albert played a B flat. It was easy. It should’ve been easy. “Take it from bar four,” he instructed the boy before him.

The boy did not play a B flat. But he continued on anyway.

“Jesus, stop! For the love of…” he pointed to the sheet music in front of his student. “What’s that note right there?”

“B flat,” the boy stated, his voice wavering with nerves.

“How do you miss a B flat?” Albert asked him. “It’s a B flat trumpet!” He was yelling now. He made no attempt to stop or correct himself.

The boy shifted uncomfortably on his feet. “I’m tryin’ my best, Mr. DaSilva…” he muttered.

Albert sighed. “I know. Heartbreaking, isn’t it?” He shook his head and let his own trumpet fall at his side. “I’ll see you next week. Ask you fatha’ if he’s got the money ta get your teeth fixed. Maybe that’ll help.” He had not remorse. The boy begrudgingly packed up his things and went, clearly frustrated.

“Gee, Al. Ya goin’ for teacher of the year, here?”

Albert rolled his eyes, looking towards the door where three men stood, only one of them familiar to him. “Somethin’ like that…”

Spot shoved his hands in his pockets. “Listen, this is the guy who thinks we belong in a band together.” He nodded towards Jack who gave him a quick wave.

Albert wasted no time getting straight to the point. “Who else is playin’ trumpet? I’m not playin’ second—“

“Just you!” Jack insisted. “But we need a trombone.”

“And a drummer,” Race added.

“Has to have served.”

Albert nodded. “I know a guy. Blows like a champ but he’d got a bug up his ass.” He grabbed his trumpet case. “You want perfect… he’s the guy ya want.”

—

“Yeah, I know a guy…” David stated, cleaning his trombone, determined to clear off every smudge. “He’s kind of a mess but a genius on drums.” He shook his head. “He’s got all the rhythm you need.”

Jack grinned, holding out his hand. “Thanks, Davey. It’s good ta have ya on board.”

“David,” the other man corrected.

Still, Jack could only smile. “Thanks, Davey!”

—

“You’re starting a band? Hey! I play the drums!”

It was hard to keep the smile on his face. But Jack did his best. “That’s why we’re here Charlie… think maybe we could hear a bit?”

The kid, younger than the rest of them grinned and hopped on his only remaining leg over to the set up in the corner.

And Jack had never heard anything like it.

It was happening.

It was all happening.

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allsassnoclass · 4 years

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You’re right about the kid Dimitri thing it’s a cute element of the movie that adds to their relationship and also dimitris search bc he’s looking for the girl he saved. See I have an attachment to Rasputin&the bat which is half my issue but you’re right about the new guy just. Not being dangerous enough for it to work in the musical. Also pls go off about Newsies I wanna hear about that one

okay this is going under a read more because it inevitably will get very very long. also spoilers for newsies (1992 movie and musical) below:

first of all a disclaimer: I do like the musical and this isn’t me saying that they didn’t improve anything (Crutchy/Crutchie, actually developing their token female (although I do have thoughts about that as well), what they did with “Once and for All” etc.) but I was a fan of the 1992 movie first so my loyalties lie there. Also this is all just my opinion

First and foremost: all characters except for Jack, Medda, Crutchie, and Pultizer were done dirty. The background characters were my favorite part of the movie and the musical really dropped the ball with them, often at the sacrifice of historical accuracy

Mush Meyers, Boots, Kid Blink, Racetrack Higgins, and Spot Conlon were all real people actually involved in the strike (Kid Blink was historically the leader, they created Jack Kelly to have more freedom with characterization), and all of these characters were taken out of the musical or given lesser roles. They also (along with Crutchy) create the supporting cast (with Jack, Denton, David, and Les being the main cast), which means I was emotionally attached to all of these people and then they were taken away from me :( It’s clear that the people adapting the musical did not think they were important enough to keep consistent, which is just false

In general, because they spend so much time focusing on Jack and Katherine, all of the background newsies are less developed, which means that the Found Family vibes are also slightly less developed (especially when taking away the lodging house/newsies square as a definitive home base and Kloppman as a father/grandfather figure)

seriously I miss Kloppman that dude woke them up every morning, helped them with their spelling, lied to Snyder’s face about Jack’s whereabouts... MVP right there

Racetrack and Spot were done the most dirty (because the others don’t even exist). Allow me to explain: In the movie and in real life, Racetrack got his name because he sells at Sheepshead Races and bets on the horses there (the betting is more of a reoccurring thing in the movie). Therefore, in “King of New York,” he is the character to wish for “a permanent spot at Sheepshead Races,” and for absolutely no reason (besides laziness) they have someone else say that in the musical and also cut half his name??? He also is shown to be very good with kids (David telling him to watch Les when he goes after Jack, all of his interactions with Snipeshooter), and there’s an interesting thing to be said about how Wiesel will spot him papers. All of this is lost simply because they don’t have the stage time for the background newsies

SPOT CONLON! WAS RUINED! perhaps that’s a very strong opinion but they really did him dirty. In the movie he’s a shrimp with the aura of a mob boss. he wasn’t buff, and that made him more intimidating because he still somehow was arguably the most powerful newsie! also by cutting out the scene where Jack, David, and Boots go to Brooklyn to see him, we miss seeing him as a true leader and getting an actual introduction to him and how the newsies of different boroughs interact. I miss his slingshot and his pimp cane. I miss David calling him the key to the strike. I miss him showing up earlier than the second act so it actually makes sense for him to be seen as the strike leader that the musical is so desperate to make him (seriously what’s the point of him being in Pulitzer’s office at the end???). also by introducing him later we miss all of the sprace moments :(

I even have some beef with Katherine because, although she’s much more developed as a love interest than Sarah (rip Sarah 1992 maybe if they had actually kept her song Truth About the Moon in there...), I think it was cheap and unnecessary to make her Pulitzer’s daughter, and she doesn’t really have much of a personality outside of Strong Independent Woman who still somehow needs a man in order to get her big break. She was really written as a Token Female and while I love her and I appreciate that she wants agency and to fight for a cause, Sarah punching a Delancey brother was more feminist. Also, even David’s role in the story was lessened in order to give room for Katherine’s whole subplot and Dramatic Family Reveal and as an avid Javid shipper that made me sad :(

Now on to more plot-focused concerns!

The! Betrayal! Scene! The movie betrayal scene! So much better! Allow me to explain!

First of all, Jack just waltzing into Pulitzer’s office and getting captured? boring. cheap. Snyder and the police infiltrating the rally so we get to see Every Single Newsie try so desperately to keep Jack safe and yet he (and all the named newsies) still get captured? Heartbreaking! Engaging! Shows plainly the bond of the newsies!

(also allowed us to have the “on the grounds of Brooklyn, your honor” line at the trial)

The one-on-one confrontation between Jack and Pulitzer is much more engaging and more of a game of wits in my opinion. You don’t feel like Jack is the underdog and won’t win until Pulitzer directly threatens David, whereas having all of Pulitzer’s friends there in the musical means Jack is automatically going to lose and you don’t even get a chance to cheer for him

The Alley Scene!!!!

Then the actual betrayal scene, with Jack fully dressed like a scab. every single newsie feeling personally hurt and calling out to Jack, spot having to be forcibly pulled back by multiple people, and then David gets the chance to speak and nearly starts a fist fight when he was the one who always said they couldn’t beat up the scabs… “I ain’t got nobody tucking me in at night, like you. It’s just me, and I gotta look out for myself” “you had the newsies!”

I quote that scene so much y’all

I miss Jack meeting David’s whole family. It really shows what Jack himself is missing and longing for, it more blatantly shows David’s Jewishness, and makes Jack finding a family with David and the newsies that much sweeter at the end. I also liked how a nuclear family was something no movie newsies had (less historically accurate, I know) because I think that bonded them together more, because they genuinely only had each other in the movie (can you tell that found family is extremely important to me)

Jack’s background story. him lying about his name and then it all getting revealed at the trial was a very spicy moment, and I think it shows just how much he relied on Santa Fe as an escape for him. He’s created an entire other life in his imagination for himself, going so far as to change his name and fantasize about having a family, and I think that that makes his decision to stay in New York and accept both his reality and the newsies as his family sweeter

also in the musical it’s implied that Jack stole food and clothing for the kids in the refuge, and that’s how he got himself arrested the first time. I almost like it better if he was stealing for himself at first, because I like having a protagonist who doesn’t need to always be completely altruistic like he was starving and he stole some food and I think that’s justified, so I don’t like how they felt the need to turn him into some sort of saint who was stealing for someone else (that’s a really nitpicky thing but!)

The absolutely bonkers commitment to nicknames in the movie was very spicy. I think Jake (and Jack, who was lying, and David and Les, who started as outsiders) was the only one with a name and he was even a very deep background newsie. Wasn’t historically accurate but it sure created a lot of possibilities about the power of names that could be exploited in fanfiction

And now some nitpicky things about elements of a musical that bothered me:

they took away the upper harmonies in carrying the banner???? why would you do that you have Broadway singers and you take away the upper harmony???

switching Jack’s line of “I want space not just air” to “I need space and fresh air” idk I think the first one more fully portrays how trapped he feels in New York and in his situation also it’s more poetic

I’ve already talked about Race’s line in King of New York :)

how all of the newsies are supposed to be kids but instead were played by adults... I know this was because of child labor laws but that’s why newsies is going to be best done as a high school musical (or a combined middle school/high school like my school was... Mr. Holsen when you retire put in a good word for me so I can take over). if you don’t have at least 3 newsies who are small and young enough to be lifted onto another newsie’s shoulders then you’re doing it wrong

this is very much a personal preference but I really liked how the color pallet in the movie was a lot of browns and earth tones. with the musical doing a lot of steel and blues it definitely feels like the progression into the mechanical age but it also feels colder and more rigid and I liked the warmth of the movie.

In a similar vein that is also a very personal preference, I liked how the singing and dancing was a bit rougher around the edges in the movie. I’m a dancer so Of Course I love the Broadway choreo but it feels too polished sometimes. these are young scrappy kids and they’re dancing like professionals who went to julliard (which like. some of them probably did). the scruffiness of the movie makes it feel more down to earth and swallowable for me

Jack’s cowboy hat :( Jack’s costume in general :( his nickname is cowboy and they took away his cowboy hat and red bandana :(

This is obnoxiously long but I just. y’all I have so many feelings about newsies and everyone always talks about the musical when they’re really two different stories and I just want to talk about the movie so thank you for indulging me

#ask #pixiegrl

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moviesreviewing · 4 years

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NEWSIES PART 2

This is a continuation of part one in my last post. I hope you enjoy.

After seeing the happy boys run out of the lodging house, it then shows a boy no older than 15 yelling at a bunch of men way older than him very annoyingly. Which I don’t get really, I guess it is to show how kids of young ages used to work not just kids of 17 and older. But still I don’t like the fact he is just screaming as his job.

“Summer stinks and winters waiting.”

Why is there just a bunch of barrels in the middle of the street? That’s a safety hazard really. I get that their there just for the newsies to show off with jumping and dancing on them but still.

Imagine just trying to work and a bunch of kids come and start climbing on the crap you trying to move. I would be mad. And one of them is when the kids start jumping off the little wagon thing holding the barrels, after snitch jumps it’s mush who does an amazing front flip which a man tries to kick him off of it.

Next you see all of them round the corner, the stick gang in the back running through them all while sword fighting. Amazing dancing in this part, I wish I could’ve actually been in this movie. There is so much good singing and dancing that it actually makes you want to get up and look like a whale or a flopping fish as you try these moves their doing.... not that I’ve tried it

Kid blink and race track over to the side, they look like their fighting while trying to not actually hit each other. You got the amazing background dancers, specs and jack fake fighting, which is a really big thing in the movie which I love because it’s supposed to be a bunch of teenage boys and I don’t know about you but I think every teenage boy starts punching the air like their fighting someone right?

Next you see bumlets and skittery still sword fighting. Bumlets does the ‘haha try to get me’ motion where you put you thumb to your nose and wiggle your fingers. Mush comes in with his amazing gymnastics flips. You got more awesome dancing.

“Sitting makes me antsy.”

Crutchy sings which kinda is iconic as he has trouble walking but it’s technically saying that he doesn’t let that get to him and he doesn’t like to just sit around when he could actually be doing other things. He then proceeds to bust some amazing dance moves. All while the others are dancing, Jack is on the ground like that commercial, help I’ve fallen and I can’t get up, until kid blink and boots rush over to help him up,

Next we got a hip thrust.... which I don’t know about you but I find absolutely amazing. Except for jack, someone needs to get him a lessen on hip thrusting. Sorry. And then the nuns, which the newsies just hip thrusted towards.

The nuns then began to hand out food which I don’t really get, don’t think Snyder is to happy with them feeding the orphan boys when he thinks they should be put in the refuge which the nuns also bring for to later on in the movie -will get to that-

I like how the first thing boots does when he is hand a single tiny thing of bread is spilt it in half with snipeshooter. It shows how their actually not selfish and dirty (physically yeah) like people think they are. Their actually really nice and just want what others have like a warm bed and something to eat.

A women with amazing vocals comes in singing for her son Patrick (which I believe the spot Conlon theory of this as his middle name is Patrick) looking through the newsies for him.

Kid blink one of the most energetic people of the movie asking for something to wake him up while he has a wide smile and is already wide awake it seems.

Mush needs a ruler due to finding his angle.

Crutchy (I love Crutchy accent in this movie) just wants to sell more papes.

“All I can catch is fleas.”

I actually hate this line. It just reminds you that they don’t really have anywhere they can actually take a shower or a bath it’s just washing up with a wash cloth or in a tiny bucket that most are to big for.

Then a boy steps beside the mother which people also assume is Patrick but I don’t really believe due to the fact that the women would recognize her son if he was standing right in front of her (and I believe the spot one)

Oh look more amazing dancing.

“If I take to many weasel just makes me eat them after.”

Which is sad to think about because if they get 30 papes and can only sell like 5 that’s money they could be using to actually get food and it all depends on the headline. Yeah the headline don’t really matter as headlines don’t sell papes, newsies sell papes thing but I mean they just expand what is already written.

Which later on in the movie it said a baby born with two heads. And it shows how they improve the headline by yelling baby born with three heads.

Mush nearly misses his cue. But gets there in another time to hip thrust. Nearly knocking a kid over in the process which we then see gets carried off, I love the way they all think that everything just shakes in an earthquake and the visuals of a war. I don’t get what jack is doing but that’s okay. You do you booboo.

“How about a crooked politician?”

Snipeshooter at this point just is asking to get beat up by the other newsies. When they all throw their hats at him. He actually seemed happy about the crooked politician thing.

Next we have racetrack and bumlets dancing, with bumlets sword fighting again and racetrack dodging him. You see mush play fighting with a boy that is only half his size in the background. I mean seriously the back ground in this movie is more interesting then the movie itself. If you choose one newsboy to follow through out the entire movie and stick with them you see something new each time happening.

Like the weird human tower In the background on the left side. Jack then jumps over a bumlets leg as he spins like he’s trying to trip race. Still in the background with the amazing dancing. I mean you got flips you got tumbles you got everything.

They all then gather at the gate, still singing. You get some blush (which I ship hard) you get some racetrack playing around with tumbler. Bumlets using his stick as a gun... never thought I need that in my life until I watched the movie.

It pans over to all the other newsies still singing and picking around with each other, Dutchy picking up tumbler to set him over the stick that skittery holds out and the younger boys jumped over. Itey then picks up tumbler and spins him around. I love the way they all act with tumbler like their his actually older brothers. You get to see skittery actually smiling and not being glum which is amazing considering I love his smile.

More newsies that shouldn’t be newsies cause they look like their in their 30 at the back when the delancey brothers push through.

Look more blush!!!! Little face tap. And arm holding. Snipe shooter smelling his arm pits as if he is the reason for racetrack staring there is an unpleasant aroma near, you get a adorable laugh from Crutchy. Bumlets in the background sucking in his cheeks. Jack forgets to laugh at racetracks joke.

“In the back you lousy little shrimp.”

Once again people picking on snipeshooter. I don’t really mind his character but nobody should be picked on that much in the 8 minutes the movie has played.

We get some bad insult, racetrack doing what he does best which is betting on things. Jack runs off with one of the brothers hats.

Next we see all the newsies not helping jack just running after to watch the Delancey brother and him fight. Batman become Spider-Man for a second as he hides from them only for him to kick down from an owning. One of the brothers loses their mustache in this scene. Just watch it and you’ll see what I mean.

Davey has now met the famous jack Kelley. As he quite literally ran into him.

More singing as the delancey brothers disappear. Oh wait their back. Everyone circles around them as they fight no one helps out. Jack get the other to punch the other and wins yay. And apparently they do this every morning as racetrack then goes on to saying how it was better than yesterday’s. Like is that all it takes to entertain the newsies? Wouldn’t that get boring? Apparently not because next the delancey brothers tell him well play again tomorrow cowboy. Like seriously can’t they find anything else to do while they wait?

I KNOW THIS IS A SHORTER ONE. But I just wanted to finish carrying the banner :) I’ll make another soon. Hope you enjoyed

#newsies #bumlets #skittery #boots #racetrack higgins #mush meyers #kid blink #jack kelly #snipeshooter #92’sies #analyzing #movie #blush #skitteryxbumlets

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wiener-soldiers · 6 years

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Can you do another fic of Race from Newsies with Buck? I love the character and your writing!

im so glad that the whole buck thing is taking off! i originally wanted to make her an oc but i like the way its going right now. i definitely make another fic with race and buck but i hope some hcs will suffice for now!

after race found out about you and race seeing each other, he was surprisingly chill

well as ‘chill’ as spot conlon was going to get

he didn’t really give the “break her heart and i’ll break your face” kind of energy, but more of the “don’t talk shit because i know where you live” kinda vibe

but the conversation kind of went like

“so spot,, i’m dating race”

“i know”

“like even before you saw the note race left me on those cigars?”

“yup”

in all honesty he had nothing against race, he was just worried that you’d forget about him and your newsies family in brooklyn to run off to manhattan with prince charming

to which you replied with you throwing your newsies cap at him and giving him a really tight

not gonna lie, it was awkward at first but spot realizes that he shouldn’t have made assumptions because he of all people should know that you are loyal as hell

but because you had no intention of leaving brooklyn, you had to find other ways to see race

most of the time you both saw each other after selling

it was him that usually made the walk over from brooklyn because he couldn’t stand the idea of you walking home in the dark

even when he knows you can hold your own

every time he was in brooklyn, he’d get an occasional shakedown from one of the brooklyn newsies your age

“spot may not say it to your face but i will; you break her heart i break your face”

honestly it scares the living shit out of him but he always says something along the lines of “you’re gonna have to find someone else to use as a punching bag, because i would never hurt her”

he always gets a firm and respectful spit shake in return.

sometimes when spot was feeling generous that day, he would allow you to sell in manhattan

at first, the arrangement of letting a brooklyn newsie sell on manhattan turf made the manhattan boys uneasy

but they saw how happy you made race and were easy to forget their ill thinking

these days were your favourite because this meant you usually got to spend the entire day (and sometimes night ;)) with race

your relationship with the manhattan newsies was pretty good

after the strike, your heroics on deciding to join against the word of spot and eventually encouraging other boroughs to strike made you a well liked and respected person among the manhattan newsies

and the whole ‘newsies robin hood’ personality still resonated every time ‘buck’ was uttered to any newsie across manhattan

most of the newsies called you buck anyways. your real name was only reserved for a few: race, spot, some of your friends from queens, and jack.

but generally, the manhattan newsies liked having you around

you taught most of the older boys how to pick pocket or how to improve their skills

buttons was your best student as he was good at picking up small coins because he was good at picking up small buttons

he stole 75 cents in change once without the man noticing and everyone was very impressed

you almost always came with a bag of donuts or other assorted pastries and that made you a favourite among the younger newsies

“race is buck coming today?”

“jack can you ask buck if she’s bring donuts?”

“race i like buck more than you” probably les said

“why?”

“because you both smoke, but at least she brings us donuts”

SPEAKING OF SMOKING

davey hates it

he gets why you do it

but he’s convinced it’s going to kill you one day

to be real, he only hates it because les started asking him when he was old enough to smoke

and he won’t ever let you or race live it down

but its all good, you promised you would buy les a dozen donuts every year for his birthday so long as he wouldn’t smoke

keep your eyes out for another brooklyn! reader (buck) x race fic soon!!

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