ok new ramble (about newsies ocs) today so sit tight inside roosevelt's carriage and enjoy the ride
FIRST, I very much adore the world of newsies and the cast, and I so often think how interesting the story would play out with different roles or new characters--
SECOND, Sue me, but I like x readers, i LOVE x readers, i WRITE x readers and i love ocs and self inserts and If whoever reading this has rummaged through the newsies x reader tag, they'd see that quite often, the reader or oc is a newsie, or, a girlsie for whatever reasons, and, while that's pretty fun, I think that we could all totally have some fun with other types of dynamics and professions!!
I believe that Miss Medda and her theatre deserved to have a bit more lore and connection with the story OUTSIDE of Miss Medda herself. Do the newsies frequent the theatre? Are they friends with any of the singers, dancers, whatnot? Have THEY performed there once? Who's to think that the newsies haven't collaborated with Miss Medda to use her creative resources for activism during the strike (that would be very cool)?
Oh, and nothing gets me giggling, kicking my feet and feeling all giddy than a theatre romance-- Your OC/Reader performing the hell out of the show when they see a certain newsie in the audience? Writing a poem/song based off them, or, hell, for platonic feelings sake, dedicating a play to their strike?
And, hey, what about journalism? What about being Katherine's best friend? If you'd still like your oc/reader to be a newsie, what about for intentions different than "because I had to"/"I felt different"/ or the like? Maybe your oc is a journalist undercover as a newsie to get the latest details? Or, working under Pulitzer to spy on the newsies during their strike (Could lead to many different kinds of conflict, imo)
Maybe some of my examples could be leaning dangerously on the edge of historical inaccuracy, but, truthfully, I honestly don't care much? Might be a bad thing to say, but, so long as it isn't ENTIRELY inaccurate, I, personally, am not too nitpicky about any details!
This is not to say "Stop making your ocs newsies!", but, if you're writing with the idea to diversify or bring something new to the table, deviating from the common stuff is pretty cool. But if you're not, that's cool too, so long as it's not hurting anyone or everyone's having fun :-)
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Last year you wrote a post about Dean being a repressed trans woman. I cannot reblog it because I am in the closet and my IRL friends follow me, but I just had to let you know that it is one of the best things that I have read in a long time. It sincerely touched my soul. Thank you for sharing your writing.
oh wow thank you so much!!! T_T you have no idea how much that means to me!!! that mtf dean headcanon has such a special place in my heart and i’ve actually been writing a longer story for it that follows mtf!dean throughout her life from pre-series to the finale & all the different nuances of being trans in a transphobic environment.
here’s a little snippet under the cut for anyone who’s interested (for context— in this scene john & dean are in the impala, and john just found out that a very young sam’s been calling dean ‘mom’ in public). i’ll put it up on the ao3 on my profile when its done.
i hope you’re able to come out when you feel ready anon & that the important people in your life can accept you for who you are <3
“Dean.” Dad muttered right as the motel door closed. Just one word, low, steady, quiet. An awful storm was brewing and Dean was stuck right in the middle of it. He swallowed and sighed shakily.
“Sir…” He started, but trailed off, because what could he say? He didn’t have an explanation. He didn’t even know what he’d done wrong. In his mind, he’d just been doing whatever it took to take care of Sammy.
White knuckles squeezed the steering wheel tighter. There was a sharp edge to Dad’s jaw. When he spoke, it was slow and gravelly, a barely concealed threat from a man on the verge of snapping.
“You should’ve told me. I would’ve had a talk with him.” He said. Dean didn’t know how to respond. His eyes flitted away from his father but that was clearly the wrong reaction, because Dad’s frustration burst out into anger.
“Do you have any idea how fucked up this is? Goddammit Dean, if anybody finds out about this, you’ll be lucky to end up in a foster home and not a goddamn institution!”
Dean’s chest caught tight at the threat and it all came crashing down around him. That couldn’t happen. It just couldn’t. It was his job to take care of Sammy and he couldn’t do that in some ward for nutcases halfway across the country.
That was when it really hit Dean that this wasn’t something good. It was a threat and if he didn’t put a stop to it now it’d rip everything around him to shreds. Taking the brunt of his father’s anger was familiar, simple, but the threat of being separated from Sammy? He just couldn’t handle that.
Dad thumped his forehead down onto the steering wheel and laughed. It was dry and humorless, not funny in the slightest. Dean was too terrified to look at him.
“What next? You’ll start wearing dresses and painting your nails pink?”
Shame rocked through Dean’s small body. He refused to break down in front of his father, but he could feel tears pricking at the edges of his eyes.
It wasn’t like that. He wasn’t some boy-whore, some fucking circus freak in makeup and high heels. What he was doing– it was different. How, he couldn’t exactly place it, but it felt different. It felt right.
How could something that felt so right be so wrong?
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So I dunno what this survivor borderline thing is, but it's a cool sycamore design. You mentioned he couldn't have his wish, so I'm curious. What was his wish at all?
in Survivor Borderline, Sycamore's wish is for the world to return to the way it was; something that can never happen, now that the Perfect World Event has occurred. His worsening petrification (the stone-like stuff his arm and parts of his body have turned into, an effect of the weapon's decimation) is a reminder of that, and also a reminder that although he somehow survived the event, he's on borrowed time.
So instead of being able to revert the destruction that was wrought by Lysandre and Flare, the best he can do is defeat them and hope for whatever other survivors there are to have a chance at rebuilding. This isn't really about him, but about the remains of the world, in his eyes.
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i'm sorry you're feeling bad love :( i'm always here if you need anyone <333 and for the oc asks i'm curious about what valerie's relationship with her parents would've been like if the situation wasn't. That
ndfjfjfjfjf ty love…… 💞💞💞💞
ahhhh valerie’s situation would have been. Bad. omg i’ve actually made some doodles relating to this WOW if only i had my sketchbook on me rn.
tbh i just dont see it ending well at all. she would probably split time with both frost and surge (they werent together to start with i believe? may change that but they split pretty quickly) and frost was Not excited to be raising a child again. she just got rid of the last one, dammit. like with marlow, she does the bare minimum for valerie. just feeds and houses her with none of the love. she would mostly just ignore her daughter and pawn her off to other people as much as possible.
surge would be comparatively better but…. they do not know how to interact with kids. theyre a battle-worn brute who isnt afraid to use underhanded tactics to get what they want…. and i think valerie was always gonna be the softer type. so its a relationship thatd probably be better once she was older and they could bond with her through battling, but i dont think it would have been fantastic during her formative years. theyd probably butt heads a lot due to their different ideals anyways. like theyd have their sweet moments probably, i think at the end of the day if anyone can break surge’s shell, its their daughter, but its like castor and bruno probably where they care about and love each other but there are Unresolved Issues There
valerie would end up being touch starved and not nearly as socially adept as she is in canon. she wouldnt know how to talk to people, she’d be incredibly insecure in her interests, she’d probably have a bad
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its INSANE what blorbos do to you i struggle to get out of bed and barely eat but i just watched a video titled "daniel brühl beautiful smiles fanvid" and there was a huge smile on my face the entire time thank you for the serotonin king
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