#walkman-cat

[pigeonwit]

I AM ASKING YOU ABOUT RACEVID (or RAVEY, or whatever it is the kids call it wbwbwb) !!!!

(i got one nice ask about it so i'm digging out this half-a-year old draft to talk about my personal racevid hcs that i cringe-cultured myself out of posting, take it away pidge-from-six-months-ago)

i honestly wasn't expecting this much racevid support. on my old newsies blog way back i made posts about these guys and they typically only got like. 3 notes? granted my writing wasn't as good so maybe i'm persuading people. or maybe the newsies fandom is finally waking up to the wonderful possibilities of multishipping. one of the two.

part two of the racevid analysis!! this one is less of an analysis of how they behave in the musical and more my own personal headcanons of their relationship and how it develops. part one (a very unpolished and rambley analysis of racevid in uksies) is here if anyone's curious!

right. so. it's act 2. jack publicly denounced and betrayed the strike. race leaves with davey, both in shame over being betrayed by (to race) the brother he grew up with and trusted more than anyone and (to davey) the guy he didn't even want to trust in the first place, but still put his faith in despite knowing better. the next day jack comes BACK, asking them both to trust him again. what would you do.

i'm of the firm belief that race only came back to the strike because davey agreed to come back, too. i don't think either of them necessarily FORGAVE jack in that moment - it'd only been a day and while we as the audience understand why jack (a frightened seventeen year old with little to no prospects or power) did what he did, we can also understand why it stung so deeply for them to be betrayed by someone they put so much faith in. especially davey - like i said in part 1, i believe davey has feelings for jack in every universe, and for him to not only trust, but fall in love with someone despite knowing better, only for it to come back and bite him (the way he KNEW it would but convinced himself otherwise) would be a humiliation that runs deep for him. but davey believes in doing the right thing, and as much as jack hurt him, he still trusts him to do what's right, too. that's another one of those strange mirrored-similarities race and davey have - davey loves so intensely that he still has faith in the good of a person, even when he believes that that person isn't good to him. race loves so intensely that if you burn the bridge you have with him, he will do everything he can to keep it from getting rebuilt.

i know both of them would forgive jack eventually. for davey, jack's family. you fight with family, you disagree, you throw things and scream in each other's faces, but you do that because you love each other and want what's best. so as long as jack's willing to put the work in, davey is, too, and he can still be mad at jack and not willing to forgive him yet while still loving him. i think race is a different story, though, especially JPB's race, who i think has a lot more grit, anger and seriousness to him than other race's. race has been with jack for years, they've grown together, talked together, maybe he hasn't always been perfect, but if jack was so scared, why he couldn't he just talk to him?! i personally view race as a kid who was very overlooked by his family (i saw that 'race has like 12 cousins in brooklyn' thing someone said and ran with it, so in my head he comes from a BIIIIG big catholic family) and so he takes it quite personally when people ignore him. in his head, jack not trusting him enough with his fears is saying he doesn't trust race the way race trusts him, doesn't see him as family the way race sees him like a brother. and i think race's response to this (in his own mentally ill 'i love you so much that i hate you for it' way) is to push him away. he's looking for reasons to resent jack here - and i think a big one of those reasons is davey.

for context; like i said in part one, my personal Racevid Story is that after the rally failure, race - being person who's used to the temporary nature of pleasure, and so grabs hold of any vice he can without thinking (gambling, smoking, fighting, etc) - would've impulsively kissed davey as a sort of 'please stay, i need help, please don't leave me in this mess alone' gesture. but i think davey is so used to shoving down his feelings and pretending he's fine that he would've gotten freaked out by the sudden notion that maybe race is attracted to him. he's barely got a handle on his feelings for jack, he's alone and scared and has no one to talk to, and now race is here, KISSING him, and it's all wonderful and confusing and TERRIFYING and he can't deal with it right now. so i think they would've just stopped, stared at each other, mumbled some kind of excuse and let themselves be dragged to their own responsibilities - race to the newsies, davey to his family, and neither of them having the nerve to actually understand what they want, because that would mean being vulnerable enough to want something.

i think jack coming back and davey immediately trusting him (despite knowing better) is going to make race angry for two reasons; first of all, like i said two paragraphs ago (fuck i'm rambling so much here) i think race would be looking for reasons to resent jack for what he did (again, coming from a very teenagery 'i love you so much i hate you for it' place), and second, i think it's also a source of jealousy for him. davey BARELY knew jack and still gave him everything. davey had no reason to trust any of them and he still did. davey could've thrown race away immediately, but he still made the effort to see him, so how dare jack cast that aside in favour of a daydream? (again, this isn't a jack criticism - this is just how i think race views the situation.) race (to me) is not used to people seeing him, certainly not used to people making an EFFORT to see him and take him seriously, and davey gave him all of that without him even needing to ask for it - and now race has messed that up and davey isn't talking to him, which he probably deserves, but jack messed up too!! why does JACK get to keep being seen? doesn't race deserve it, too? (again, i really think race's family overlooked him a lot and that's why he tries so hard to be such a commanding presence and keep peoples attention, because it hurts so much when other people are allowed attention so freely and he isn't.)

i don't buy in to davey being a mom-friend who wants to solve all his friends problems for them. i did shit like that when i was younger, and honestly i still do, and i just don't think that after the strike and all that he learned about himself, davey would fall into assuming that the only value he has is to fix things for everyone else (i mean, i do still think davey would have some issues to work out after the strike, hence 'run boy run', but not this specific issue). but i do think davey is very protective over the people he loves, and i think this rift between jack and race is affecting him, too. i think maybe the topic of jack comes up, and he tries getting race to talk more about it. when race refuses to talk, davey - finally - brings up the kiss.

this is entering fanfiction territory so im not gonna try to write out dialogue here or anything. i think itd be another example of them fumbling for a way to reach one another. neither one is used to speaking the others language, so to speak. i think race would feel especially humiliated given the turbulent situation, and i think davey would be struggling so much to find the 'right' words that he'd become defensive and panicky. and i think that would all bubble up into davey just blurting out something of the lines of 'i trust you'. and i think that'd be the thing that connects for them. not just being liked, but being seen for all their flaws and difficulties and being trusted anyways. i think that'd be the trigger for davey bullying race into finally talking to jack about what happened, race coming back to the strike, and the two of them entering a slow, tentative relationship that, as their dynamic in the show does, grows much steadier with time.

#newsies #davey jacobs #ask #walkman-cat #uksies #david jacobs #racetrack higgins #racevid

[u3pxx]

🌊🐻📚!!

[ask game]

🌊 what’s the hardest thing for you to draw? 

ME WHEN I'M THE STRUGGLER hands give me sm grief currently but that just means i got rusty and i need to brush up on figure drawings and the fundamentals pftt

🐻 your go-to things to draw when you need comfort?

answered here!

📚 how many layers do you typically use?

horrifyingly many. i showed my friends how many when i was streaming drawing to them once and they "den what is wrong with you", and they are correct DGHDJ it's my favorite thing to show people bc i enjoy how they react in horror and disbelief LMAO

for the black and white sketches i do usually it's just like 3 layers like this!

and for when i ink and color them... well ,

there's usually even more color layers bc i separate every color i use into every layer bc i prefer it that way so i can change them easily bc im indecisive with colors peace and love <3

#sunnysideanswers #walkman-cat

[jasperscringepit]

oo turning on notifs for the Hidden !! i forgot you could do that wbwbwb (am definitely turning on notifs for you!!)

also PUNK KATHERINE !!! genuinely am so excited wbwbwbbwbw (she’s so listened to rebel girl when she was young and had a Revelation core)(revelation: girls kissing girls is fucking epic and also Possible).

wbwb. would. would punk jack listen to bad brains wbwbw? what bands do you think the punk lads enjoy (love punk music am always up for more recommendations)

Hi ok I'm more awake now.

SO fucking true, Katherine defo had a revelation and it may have included the fact that girls can kiss. And maybe Sarah jacobs happens to appear in her head immediately after that thought.

YES, Jack absolutely listens to Bad Brains, as well as the Dead Kennedys. Should I,,,, should I maybe make a playlist,,,??

#i might have to make a playlist #im hoping to start on kath's design asap. #newsies punk au #newsies #uksies #jasper babbles #walkman-cat

[i-didnt-do-1t]

birdy birdy hihi hello please can you pick the Skittery palette wbwbw

they’re both inch resting and neither i or the discord could decide wbwbwb (and he’s your lad)

hello!!

ahh maybe the bottom one? (they’re both such nice colour palettes tho) but also whatever you think would be best!

(my lad 😭)

#Walkman-cat #i’m so excited #your art is so cool

[noxexistant]

Hihi hello! how are you doing :D

hi, beloved!! :D

i’m okay, thank u!! currently watchin a documentary and workin on the requests i’ve received so far on that last prompt list i reblogged!! i’m a sucker for sickfics so i’m havin a lot of fun

how are you?? <3

#answered #walkman-cat

[nud1branch-stims]

old tech stimboard (for @waffle-bog)

📼 | 💾 | 📼 📀 | 📺 | 💿 📼 | 💾 | 📼

#old tech #retro tech #retro stim #old tech stimboard #old keyboard #old phones #game boy #game & watch #rotary phone #macintosh pc #macintosh #sony walkman #walkman #stim #button stim #cat stim #floppy disk #floppy discs #nud1branch stims #tw hands

[walkman-cat]

behold!! the walkman cat!!

(or, one of them at least)

#im redrawing/redesigning the walkman cat tarot wbwbwbw #this guy originated in doodles I did during class #now he is my name :] #davey doodles #walkman cat

[the-ultimate-squish]

#sot2023 #sot2023r1 #Adrian the Walkman #Jiovanne the Cat #tournament poll #poll

[kittycuntcellphone-kus]

Inbetween work on comm I doodled up my Project Zomboid character, he drips HARD

#cat #anthro #furry #shotgun #12 guage #gun #walkman #short hair #dyed hair #femboy #girly #art #drawing #sketch

[arsen1cs4ng0]

when i first started drawing vosim jink, the way i used to draw him was really weird... like. i had to change my entire art style to draw him. i attempted to replicate that style i had for him during may/june 2022 for funsies but it's not 100% accurate lol

also. this was the first thing i drew with him. i drew this as i knew a hyperfixation was coming (and was i absolutely right):

#okay im gonna ramble on now!!! #i get nostalgic looking at my old vosim jink art. especially the ones from april - june 2022 #that was when the hyperfix was at its peak!!! 1 year ago... and that really doesn't feel long ago at all TIME FLIES!!!!! #and the fact i literally had to show everyone vosim jink. like my brain said that was the law. #i was like a cat bringing a mouse it was really really proud of to its owner but the mouse was lil guy. lol #the first thing i thought when i first saw him was that vaporwave simpsons sunday school vid. vosim vibing to vaporwave on his walkman.... #the nicknames too!!! i called my one onglydoople and i called heb's one skrunkly... now it's lil guy the 2st lol #he's also comforting and fun to draw and in a way he's helped my art style a lot!! #lil guy doesn't seem to be in my mind as much and i wonder if that's because i'm too fucking depressed to think about him lmao #okay ramble over i think lol #val's older art #vosimposting

[pigeonwit]

wotcher pidge! howsit going? wbwbwb

for the fic title asks, mayhaps "when you kiss a thief, count your teeth" ?

for me tis a very detective noir au phrase but im curious what you'd make of it wbwbwbwbwb :)

hiya davey!! i'm,,, well i'm doing okay! anaemia and vitamin d deficiency have combined together and left my energy in the GARBAGE but i'm chugging along as best i can! how are you buddy??

ohhh that is VERY detective noir of you let me see if i can make something different...

okay. i'm thinking something kind of 'catch me if you can' style. not exactly the same, but similar, with a kind of 'this is how you lose the time war' style yearning. i'm gonna set this in, to use brennan lee mulligan's words, 'a non-specific art-deco past-like past'. jack's a notorious criminal - or technically six, as there are several of his identities and crimes that people have yet to link together. he ranges from confidence scams and larceny to intricate art theft and forgeries, some of which people still can't understand how he did. davey is an investigative journalist - he first found out about jack when he was hired by pulitzer to track down the scammer who married his daughter under a false name and fake identity, and pretended to be a gullible mark for jack to seduce for a job. jack woke up the next morning with all his blueprints, notes, fake identifications, fake qualifications, forgeries and cash gone, and replaced with a business card on his bedside table that read 'david jacobs: investigative journalist', and the words 'call me - xo' written in red marker on the back. thus begins a very long rivalry of chasing each other, tricking each other, getting the other right where they want them only for the other to miraculously slip away, and general queerness.

years go by. the cat and mouse game continues, except it's less cat-and-mouse and more of a neverending ouroboros. they keep leaving each other little notes and messages. it's all very gay. and then one day jack finds a new message from davey - a card for a nice cafe with 'white flag' written on the back. jack's suspicious at first, but that all falls away when he sees davey. because jesus, he looks awful. exhausted. broken. there's none of that fire left in him that was there when they first met.

i'm not sure what exactly davey's reasons for turning on pulitzer would be - i'm thinking that pulitzer has ties to snyder, who is a Bad Dude, and so davey is using him as part of his investigation into snyder, but needs jack's help. either that or pulitzer somehow has a lot of control over davey's family and so he needs to get rid of him through some kind of expose on his business practices or the company he keeps. maybe both. either way, he needs jack's help. meaning that after years of rivalry, years of chasing each other, years of frustration and fighting and one-upping, they decide to help each other get rid of a common enemy. and it leads to this very confusing, very difficult dynamic of 'oh, you're a genius. we work great together. you're going to betray me and i don't know if i want to stop you.'

and a few more visits to jack's hotel room because why not.

#i know this is sloppy but... i had fun :) #newsies #uksies #davey jacobs #jack kelly #david jacobs #javid #javey #pigeon scribbles #walkman-cat #fic thoughts

[mediumgayitalian]

“Thought you might like this.”

Nico turns the thin plastic casing over in his hands. It catches the limited light from the one open window, refracting a burst of rainbow across the shadowy ceiling.

“What…is it?”

“Mixtape.” Will rocks back on his heels, hands swinging slightly at his sides. He hums idly, flicking his gaze across the room faster than Nico can track. Distracted. “Songs ‘n stuff.”

Contrary to popular belief, Nico knows what a mixtape is. CDs as well, for that matter. In fact he distinctly remembers when they came out — the transition from cassette to CD was a triumphant one. Way easier for him to save his game processes and transfer to new machines as they came. (He wonders, idly, what happened to his stack of CDs left at the Lotus. Are they still there, standing alone in his half of the room? Next to his dresser, across from Bianca’s coin and token collection? Is there enough dust in that standstill place to cover the entire living space in a thick blanket of forgotten memory?)

“I can see that, Solace. I meant — why.”

“Because!” Solace gestures grandly, hands fluttering in some particular way that means nothing, really; just accentuates his wide grin, his twinkling eyes. The rocking he’s constantly doing, back and forth, back and forth, the twitching of his fingers. Electrons on a wire. “It’s been a while since you’ve had a radio or anything, right? Figured you might have a couple years to catch up on. Might be fun.”

Nico turns the CD case over again in his hand, peripherally aware of the shifting rainbows, still, reflecting off Will’s hair now, dying it redgreengold. There’s sharpie scrawled across the surface, completely illegible except for the plethora of exclamation points, the doodle of a cat, and the chain of flowers drawn carefully around the edge.

Will is smiling so, so brightly.

“Thank you,” Nico says quietly. He clears his throat, looking away. “I’ll, um. I’ll listen to it. Tonight.”

“Great!” Will chirps. “I got lots more, I’ll stop by after my shift and you can tell me what you liked. That way you can have more input on karaoke night.”

“Oh, I’m not gonna —”

“See you tomorrow! Write down what you think!”

“— do that.”

Nico returns his parting wave helplessly, watching as he sprints down the stairs and then, for no discernible reason, cartwheels three times on his way across the common. Immediately upon righting himself he walks into a (thankfully unlit) brazier and goes sprawling, calling out, to no one, I’m okay! and bounding back off.

“How are you alive,” Nico mutters to himself. He turns back to the CD case, running his thumb across the edges. He notices, for the first time, the hearts that have been drawn along the clasps. A smile pushes its way across his face no matter how hard he tries to fight it back.

When he plays it that night, lying on his bed with his headphones tucked over his ears and his Walkman resting on his stomach, the first song is Walking on Sunshine.

He can’t fight back a smile then, either.

#ending is weak but WHATEVER whatever i’m normal about it #my endings are usually weak it’s. fine. #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #hoo #heroes of olympus #pjo hoo toa #nico di angelo #will solace #nico di angelo/will solace #solangelo #pining will solace #boy made him a mixtape. #pining nico di angelo #klutz will solace #my beloved #100 says #100 ways to say i love you #my writing #fic #longpost

[jasperscringepit]

UNO REVERSE !! [music note]

HI HI DAVEY!!!!

You got Novels by Rusty Clanton!!!

It’s not exactly a line but this specific section is just <333

#dare I say #domestic javid coded #Ty davey!!! #ask game #walkman-cat

[noxexistant]

woe! boop be upon ye!

us!!!

#answered #walkman-cat

[princessbrunette]

playlists for the readers … ໒꒰ྀིᵔ ³ ᵔ ꒱ྀིა

bunny!reader ♡

just girly fun vibes — she likes her music catchy, pop-y and fairly relatable. rafe never lets her play her music in the car unfortunately, because he cannot be seen speeding down the road blasting the pussy cat dolls.

🎀 cassie — ditto

🎀 kali uchis, steve lacy, vince staples — only girl

🎀 frank ocean — sweet life

🎀 coco & clair — pretty

🎀 sabrina carpenter — feather

🎀 flo milli — never lose me

🎀 cassie — miss your touch

🎀 childish gambino, jhené aiko — pink toes

🎀 flo.rida, wynter — sugar

🎀 kali uchis — honey baby (SPOILED!)

🎀 angels — my boyfriends back

🎀 foxy brown, kelis — candy

🎀 lana del rey — music to watch boys to

🎀 jhené aiko — maniac

🎀 fergie — clumsy

🎀 ciara, 50 cent — can’t leave ‘em alone

🎀 shelley duvall — he needs me

🎀 nancy sinatra — sugar town

🎀 heidi montag — i’ll do it

🎀 nicki minaj, jeremiah — favourite

🎀 kali uchis — melting

🎀 lady gaga — boys boys boys

🎀 cassie — long way 2 go

🎀 the pussycat dolls — when i grow up

🎀 tom tom club — genius of love

🎀 beyoncé — freakum dress

🎀 gwen stefani — bubble pop electric

🎀 marina — primadonna girl

🎀 madonna — material girl

🎀 pussy cat dolls — stickwitu

🎀 leven kali, syd — do u wrong

🎀 kiana ledé — mad at me

kitty!reader ♡

listens to her music to feel cool n edgy. shes one of those people that think she’s a bitch but she’s not at all, just a lil grumpy. wants everyone to know she liked deftones before it was cool.

🐈‍⬛ pixies — is she weird

🐈‍⬛ arctic monkeys — mardy bum

🐈‍⬛ black box recorder — child psychology

🐈‍⬛ the smiths — pretty girls make graves

🐈‍⬛ ethel cain — crush

🐈‍⬛ mazzy star — she’s my baby

🐈‍⬛ radiohead — creep

🐈‍⬛ chris isaak — wicked game

🐈‍⬛ limp bizkit — rollin’

🐈‍⬛ the pretty reckless — makes me wanna die

🐈‍⬛ pearly drops — bloom for me

🐈‍⬛ deftones — root

🐈‍⬛ fka twigs — two weeks

🐈‍⬛ deftones — romantic dreams

🐈‍⬛ hole — doll parts

🐈‍⬛ margeaux — hot faced

🐈‍⬛ siouxsie and the banshees — she’s a carnival

🐈‍⬛ kip tyler — she’s my witch

🐈‍⬛ deftones — mascara

🐈‍⬛ soho dolls — bang bang bang bang

🐈‍⬛ enigma — sadeness

🐈‍⬛ DANGERDOOM, MF DOOM — perfect hair

🐈‍⬛ radiohead — idioteque

🐈‍⬛ björk — come to me

🐈‍⬛ the nbhd — fallen star

🐈‍⬛ arctic monkeys — crying lightening

🐈‍⬛ deftones — diamond eyes

🐈‍⬛ the smiths — girl afraid

🐈‍⬛ ethel cain — unpunishable

🐈‍⬛ mitski — townie

🐈‍⬛ gorillaz — kids with guns

🐈‍⬛ evanescence — taking over me

deer!reader ♡

she’d say her playlists are all over the place — but it’s organised mess. she has them perfectly collated and in her head they make perfect sense. don’t put her on the aux though, not because the songs aren’t good but because the vibes are all over the place.

🍪 shura — 2shy

🍪 minnie riperton — les fleurs

🍪 april march — chick habit

🍪 benee — kool

🍪 camille saint- saëns — … le cygne

🍪 the little dippers — forever

🍪 allie x, mitski — susie save your love

🍪 she & him — why do you let me stay here?

🍪 lesley gore — i’m coolin’ no foolin’

🍪 sza — prom

🍪 the penguins — earth angel

🍪 SALES — renee

🍪 cleo sol — sunshine

🍪 japanese breakfast — be sweet

🍪 kate bush — cloud busting

🍪 mazzy star — halah

🍪 the mamas & papas — dedicated to the one i love

🍪 scissors sisters — filthy / gorgeous

🍪 fiona apples — shameika

🍪 fleetwood mac — mystified

🍪 margo guryan — under my umbrella

🍪 erykah badu — apple tree

🍪 mort garson — plantasia

🍪 sza — sweet november

🍪 quadron — sea salt

🍪 corinne bailey rae — green aphrodisiac

🍪 sade — lovers rock

🍪 ella fitzgerald — moonlight serenade

🍪 cigarettes after sex — truly

🍪 tv girl — heaven is a bedroom

🍪 the velvet underground — femme fetale

🍪 clairo, coco & clair — racecar

🍪 james blake, rosalía — barefoot in the park

🍪 tame impala — nangs

puppy!reader ♡

never seen without her walkman — loves running around and dancing to her upbeat music. her playlists will remind you of days in the sun and dancing in summer rain.

🐶 her’s — love on the line (call now)

🐶 HAIM — summer girl

🐶 the la’s — there she goes

🐶 stacey q — two of hearts

🐶 faye webster — right side of my neck

🐶 bakar, summer walker — hell n back

🐶 beabadoobee — sunny day

🐶 dominic fike — babydoll

🐶 jungle — back on 74

🐶 pinkpanthress — attracted to you

🐶 duran duran — girls on film

🐶 shuggie otis — strawberry letter 23

🐶 sixpence none the richer — kiss me

🐶 matilda mann — bloom

🐶 HAIM — falling

🐶 311 — amber

🐶 earth, wind & fire — boogie wonderland

🐶 lorde — ribs

🐶 lesley gore — sunshine lollipops and rainbows

🐶 stevie wonder — all i do

🐶 the human league — don’t you want me

🐶 the turtles — happy together

🐶 pet shop boys — west end girls

🐶 clairo — bags

🐶 pat benetar — love is a battlefield

🐶 the psychedelic furs — love my way

🐶 scouting for girls — she’s so lovely

🐶 noisettes — wild young hearts

🐶 the all eyes i — beat goes on

🐶 tame impala — elephant

🐶 sublime — waiting for my ruca

🐶 mgmt — boogie down

#bunny!reader #kitty!reader #deer!reader #puppy!reader

[walkman-cat]

walkman cat tarot :)

#storytime! around this time last year i designed and drew the entire set of major arcana with the walkman cats #but since then have become dissatisfied with what i drew and the overall designs of the cards #anyways i was bored during work experience today and decided to doodle a tarot card #so seven of swords!! #one day i'll redraw/redesign/design a full deck but until then #behold !! #davey doodles #tarot #walkman cat