#boots arbus

[flyawaysantafe]

NEWSIES (1992) | dir. Kenny Ortega

“Dear me! What is that unpleasant aroma? I fear the sewer may have backed up during the night.”

[felicitykings]

requested by @this-is-macy

NEWSIES (1992) dir. kenny ortega

[newsies-lodging-house]

NOW IS THE TIME

Jack Kelly : So, what about Brooklyn? Who wants Brooklyn? C'mon, Spot Conlon's territory.[the newsies look around, avoiding Jack's eye] 

Jack Kelly : Whats'a matta, you scared of Brooklyn?Boots : Hey, we ain't scared of Brooklyn.[pauses] 

Boots : Spot Conlon makes is a little noivous.

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

Thinking about Boots and his time traveling, how he sticks a bit close to Spot or Jack from seeing different versions of them. His time line that hes in, they are way better than the other ones but Boots can't get the image of Spot laying dead on the ground because he didn't have no marbles.

Boots always makes sure to give Spot marbles even a few extras, just in case.

[highfalutin-son-of-a-gun]

Sarah teaching Boots and Snipeshooter and also Smalls probably to sew and the three of them making her a patchwork quilt with ripped clothes and odds and ends they manage to get their hands on. Just the pride and joy on their faces as they'd wrapped it in newspaper and tied it with some ribbon Kloppman managed to acquire and gifting it to her as a thank you :)

THIS IS ADORABLE ☹️

sarah would LOVE teaching them to sew

they’d be so proud of themselves handing it to her like :D

thank you for this- made my day <3

[lmelodymusicl]

My thoughts on every Newsie (92sies edition)

Part 1

Here are my thoughts on the Newsies from 92sies!

Jack Kelly: Totally cool guy. Resident leader of the Lower Manhattan newsies. Love him to death.

David Jacobs: TBH, I was kind of neutral about him when I first saw Newsies, but I started to like him eventually! And I have a lot in common with him!

Racetrack Higgins

This guy right here, is one of my favorite newsies. I really liked him from the first time I saw this movie. He always makes the funniest jokes. And Max plays the role of Racetrack extremely well!

Les Jacobs

I know I post about him a lot, but I love him so much! He’s so cute, and he one of my favorite characters! And did I mention that he’s such a sweetheart? I just wanna squeeze his cheeks!

Mush Meyers

I love him so much! That is all!

Kid Blink

He’s a great guy. I really like seeing his interactions with Mush. It’s pretty clear that they’re best friends.

Boots Arbus

I love Boots so much. He’s like the straight man of the group, even though he’s one of the younger newsies.

Spot Conlon

When I first watched Newsies last year, I wasn’t sure I would like this guy. But then I warmed up to him!

Crunchy Morris

I really love this guy so much! He may be sweet, but he’s also sassy!

Skitters

The resident misanthrope of the Lower Manhattan newsies. Still like him, tho.

[bumlets-appreciation-blog]

Duane Street December Day 8: Boots Arbus

Boots truly did love the other boys in the lodging house, but finding peace and quiet while living with them was nearly impossible. Someone (usually Jack) was almost always causing a ruckus, and Boots had a hard enough time reading when it was quiet. The noise made it nearly impossible, and while he knew a delayed start with reading was better than never learning at all, Boots thought it would be nice to be able to keep up with the rest of his friends.

This desire was how he ended up sitting on the roof of the lodging house in December, wearing clothes he’d borrowed from Jack and Bumlets, as well as his own shirt and coat. When he told the older boys what he’d planned to do, Bumlets told him he’d be checking on him from time to time, and Jack had said, “I’m not sharin’ my bed with you if you get cold,” something they both knew was a blatant lie. For all that Jack complained about his cold feet, he would never let anything happen to any of the younger boys.

The book itself was something he was a little nervous about. Dracula had been recommended by the clerk at the used bookstore in the square, a pretty redhead around Jack’s age, and Boots had found it difficult to reject her suggestion, especially after she smiled at him and mentioned it was her favorite. It’d probably be a while before he felt comfortable talking to girls outside of selling papers, but at least he knew not to talk about nude corpses in front of them or their parents.

He still wasn’t sure about the story itself, but the way it was written was fun, at least. The shopgirl had called it an “epistolary novel,” and it made him feel like he was reading about true events, especially the news articles. He hadn’t expected to find an American cowboy in a story set in London, but Quincy was his favorite character (though he wouldn’t tell Jack and told Bumlets as much when he’d poked his head up to check on him earlier).

Maybe it wasn’t a story Boots would’ve picked out on his own, but it was nice. He had peace and quiet, an interesting book to occupy his time, and some cookies and hot chocolate that the cook had sent up for him when she learned what he was doing. It was starting to get dark, which meant he’d probably have to head inside soon but for now, he enjoyed his own little slice of heaven.

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A/N: I'm gonna be honest, the main reason I included the shop girl was so I could drag Jack for that scene. As for why a two-year-old book is in a used bookstore, I just assume that rich people are weird like that. There actually is a bookstore in the square in the movie, Solomona and Hart, and I have a list of businesses in the square on my phone somewhere. Literacy rates for African Americans were pretty low at the time, mostly because slaves weren't allowed to read and former slaves were likely unable to teach their children the basics before they were old enough for school. I personally think Boots can read large print but struggles with small print, which is why he can read headlines but asked Jack about the content of Denton's article in the KONY scene.

[spookysplatt]

booce

[lmelodymusicl]

Boots deserves the world!

“I spent a month in Brooklyn one night”

- Boots, Newsies 1992

Consider this a boots appreciation post

[felicitykings]

Well, we started the strike, but uh- we can't do it alone. So we've been talking to other newsies all around the city. Yeah. So they told me. But what did they tell you?

NEWSIES (1992) dir. kenny ortega

[stim-sies]

📰 Purple Boots Stimboard for @flippinbroadwayfreak 📰

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[ambastard]

This man dispenses the marbles.

Compared to him? You are nothing.

[lmelodymusicl]

I would name her Elizabeth “Bootsy” Arbus. She’s so adorable!

Boots (92sies), but if he was a girl!

boots sweetie you deserved to make it to broadway

[goodolreliable-crows]

:)

[lmelodymusicl]

Modern Newsies (92sies edition) Part 1

Jack Kelly

David Jacobs

Crutchy Morris

Racetrack Higgins

Les Jacobs

Sarah Jacobs

Katherine Plummer (if she appeared in 92ies)

Mush Meyers

Spot Conlon

Boots Arbus

This is probably a late 80s/early 90s AU that I thought of this past year. I'm probably going to write some one shots. Maybe, or maybe not!

[what-goesaround-comesaround]

Ah yes my favourite newsie,