#finch cortez newsies

[wekiaam]

I wonder why everyone's so scared of Brooklyn

@clevereverest 's request!

[extra-sketch]

The Newsies (happy 125th anniversary to the end of the Newsboys' Strike of 1899)

[marvinsbitch]

New RedFinch art just dropped

[thegreatbuttoneer]

I did NOT mean to spend as much time on this as I did, but fuck it, we ball

Dogsies 👍

(Breeds chosen by @plxtonixm)

[onmebackmush]

the bi is stored in the newsies

[crystaltreebee]

so in the 1890s dating language was a lot different from today…

so the newsies could say they were going on dates… but it would more likely be referred to as a public courtship.

and the terms Boyfriend and Girlfriend wouldn’t exist until the 1910-20s but they did have

beau- male partner /boyfriend (pronounced bow)

belle- female partner /girlfriend

unfortunately there’s no gender neutral because uh pre modern era and all, but I think Partner or Courted would work

Other common pet names include: angel, baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearest, honey, heart, love, lover, precious, sweetheart, treasure

<3 cute

[metallicmikus]

Modern Newsie headcannons: NYC edition

i know the newsies live in nyc but a lot of the headcannons aren’t about them living in nyc so i came up with some

- Race sleeps a lot on the subway, mostly when he’s with albert cuz he knows albert will get them off at the right place. When they’re standing on the subway, and race is leaning his head on albert’s shoulder, al will keep his arm around Race’s waist so he doesn’t fall. If he’s asleep while they’re sitting down, albert will make sure his head doesn’t hit the wall.

- race and al use one pair of air pods on the subway to listen to the same music

- jack hates the subway (country boy at heart)

- finch will always ask someone if they would get up for crutchie to sit down if they’re are no empty seats

- race just knows the manhattan subway and streets by heart (native new yorker lookin ass)

- david carries hand sanitizer with him for after using the subway cuz you don’t know where everyone’s hands have been (the other newsies catch on cuz it’s smart)

- david is TERRIBLE at navigating the subway system. it’s overwhelming to him. he has cried while trying to figure out where they’re supposed to go when going somewhere new and jack takes over and never lets him navigate again. (unless he really wants to)

- race fanning albert while they wait for the subway (it’s hot as fuck down there)

- i know a very popular hc is that one of the newsies (usually jack) has a van, but realistically, these mfs don’t own cars 😭

- albert and jack will almost always take the stairs over the escalator

- race has fallen asleep alone on the subway and ended up somewhere completely different than where he was headed, which is why he now usually only sleeps if he’s with someone else

- most of the newsies live in lower manhattan (duh), but some of them live uptown north of central park. jack and crutchie live in the bowery with medda. the jacobs live in the lower east side (many jewish families settled there when they moved to nyc). races family lived in east harlem, but they moved to lower manhattan when race was a baby. spot and elmer are roommates (they live in brooklyn)

- race family is the classic italian roman catholic family

- david, sarah, and les are first generation immigrants from poland

- finch has picked up a pigeon off the streets on multiple occasions

- most of the newsies have never really left the city

- you know the newsies are constantly joining broadway lotteries

- race works at the broadway dance center (sky flaherty core)

- albert has no patience for slow walkers, he weaves in between people. he always looks like he’s on a mission.

that’s it for now !!

[waiting-makes-me-antsy]

WOOOOOOOOO WERE DONEE

@theredheadlefty

[knockoff-conlon]

modern newsies hcs!!

- albert has pots and faints a LOT because he does nothing to manage it. has lots of bruises/cuts from this.

- davey wears a magen david around his neck. his mom gave it to him on his bar mitzvah day.

- race is a classically trained ballerina.

- kid blink is just constantly getting into fights at school (he wins)

- jack's mom died when he was a kid and after she died, his dad was abusive. jack was emancipated at 15.

- finch has autism. he's hyperfixated on birds and will randomly blurt fun facts.

- crutchie uses forearm crutches.

- spot has a bad knee injury from when he was a little kid and fell down the stairs. often wears a knee brace/knee tape. he doesn't explain it. theories are spread.

- splint is a bit of a ho (very affectionate) and the others don't understand how she gets so many men + women.

- katherine is on the girls' ice hockey team in high school. not only is she jacked but she is also violent when she's challenged.

- sarah is older than davey and jack by three years but only two years older than kath.

- race is abnormally strong, wins every arm wrestle ever. can pick spot up and toss him around like a pizza.

[violetmcdonnell]

We need to pay attention to Finch during ‘King of New York’ because he was having so much fun and just looked so happy the whole time

[theocanhavemyheart]

Race: I'm not that stupid!

Finch: Race, you literally ate the wax from a babybel.

Race: ALBERT TOLD ME IT WAS EDIBLE!

[lewis-yellow-dreamer]

albert: ooh, is it true that you was at the zoo?

finch: yes, 2 years ago

albert: and why did you escape?

finch: WHAT

albert: sorry, just joking!

anyway, was you seriously there?

finch: ....yes i was

albert: and what did they feed you?

finch: STOP😭😭

[extra-sketch]

The Newsies

[marvinsbitch]

Me watching Livesies but I’m only watching Finch and screaming anytime he does literally anything

[spot-conlons-pimp-cane]

what do you think the differnt ways newsies sleep are?

jack: moves A LOT

davey: can sleep through anything and only moves sometimes while sleeping

les: sleep talks (canon)

race: very light sleeper

elmer: loves to cuddle

boots: sleep kicks (I believe this is how he got his name)

finch: whistles in his sleep

albert: wakes up 10000x a night

skittery: twists himself in the most impossible ways

mush: is very warm when he sleeps, like he never uses blankets or a shirt cuz he will overheat

blink: sleeps like a rock (at least once a week he is woken up from someone checking his pulse)

bumlets: buried in blankets (like even his face is covered)

snitch: sucks his thumb (canon)

itey: likes to have someone else in the bed (usually snitch)

spot: he doesn't, world class insomniac

crutchie: always holding his crutch by his side

(send asks abt my headcanons or send fic prompts!)

[onmebackmush]

happy pride month