#modern newsie

[servndipityz]

now tell me why they had the jack kelly 3000 at bershka…

[we-are-inevitable]

davey is the guy who’s been a dungeon master since he was 13. he owns all of the d&d books and has subscriptions to d&d beyond and homebrews incredible campaigns for his friends and makes lore for his NPCs and owns at least 30 sets of dice. d&d is his special interest and he loves using his words to create worlds beyond imagination.

jack is the guy who only starts playing d&d because his boyfriend is a dungeon master. he joins a campaign halfway through the semester and he’s way in over his head but after one 3-hour session he’s hooked. he yaps to davey about his character ideas and draws everyone’s characters because he can see them so Vividly in his head. he asks really specific questions about the settings and the maps and he loves all of the lore that davey spins. he doesn’t expect to be a nerd but by god he is and it’s all davey’s fault

[saveugoodmadam]

ah yes. me. my boyfriend. and his custom body pillow of the state of new mexico.

[mouser-is-a-goober]

modern day les jacobs would be a brain rot kid and davey would struggle figuring out what he’s saying

“-100 aura” “les what the fuck are you saying”

(jack would understand what les was saying. he would have to help his boyfriend understand what les was saying)

[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 !!

[noxexistant]

jack kelly is homeless he is an orphan he is living in absolute poverty, i am holding you by the shoulders — even in modern aus he would Still Be Poor.

he would probably be a high school dropout. he’d probably have absolutely terrible grades when he did go to school, but his attendance is shit anyway because he’s had to work since he was fourteen. he drops out as soon as he can, or he’s kicked out of school — given up on — to work More, to scrape together minimum wage paychecks so he can survive. he’s so hungry and so tired, so worn down by everything in his life, but survival is the only option for someone in his circumstances.

he has no family to support him, no parents to get money off of or even call just to cry when it’s all too much. he has no money behind him. he has nothing else to do but survive. he clings to his friends as much as he can, but they’re all in similar situations. all drowning together.

jack kelly would not be a popular high school jock with a winning smile and a letterman jacket. he couldn’t afford a letterman jacket, couldn’t afford to play sports in the first place. he wouldn’t go to college! he can’t afford it!! he can’t afford anything! debt scares him shitless and follows him wherever he goes — owing a month or two’s rent is bad enough, the idea of student loans is laughable.

he lives his life in survival mode. college, sports, hobbies — it’s all a million miles away. jack scrapes for rent and food. he loves with all his heart and works himself sick. he’s Tired. he fantasises about maybe getting his GED some day.

he’s never going to college.

[make-friends-with-the-rats]

thank you random tumblr adds

[stillgot-myshirt-on]

@slingshot-man boq is that you?

[tommonikercomics]

Continuing with the modern AU because it amuses me 😌

(I also started this on Tuesday but took about 3 days to do the colouring because the art wasn't arting)

[loving-jack-kelly]

jack will say something with utter confidence that is true for him because of the terrible experiences he had as a child and because so many of his friends also had terrible childhoods a lot of the time it goes unchallenged. and then he'll say it to davey or katherine and they'll be like i don't know how to tell you this but it was absolutely not normal or okay that you learned to use a stove at five years old because you could reach the microwave and your father left you home alone for six days. and jack is like huh. when you phrase it like that it sounds worse than it was. and they're like no jacky darling. it was that bad.

[bwaybby09]

Jack: Dating a Jacobs is great!

Katherine: So great!

Jack: The best!

Katherine: But they can be a tad judgmental.

Jack: Almost punitive.

Katherine: They are monsters.

Jack: That’s why me and Katherine formed a secret alliance to help each other cover up our little mistakes. Like back in December, when I hastily purchased an expensive prop for an open house.

[bigmack2go]

Hc that every- and i mean EVERY- newsie even jack himself (for some reason)has a post on their instagram profile wearing a cowboy hat, woth the caption “this what kelly feels like?”

For the record, yes this is canon in my au. And yes i found at least one pic of every single actor in newsies wearing one, for my little screenshot thingy-things.

[sntafe]

do you guys fuck with scenic and lighting designer jack kelly. like. i think he would design and paint sets. he would find it so fun to come up with insane visions for sets and find ways to execute them. he would go absolutely feral over lighting design. the color symbolism and the storytelling aspect etc. do you guys see my vision because he is living so clearly in my head.

[mr-erster-carona]

INTRO

HI! I'm Race!

I'm a teenager don't be weird folks!!!

I'm 17!

From Lower Manhattan!

Dating Albert Dasilva! @youll-steal-anudda

Little brother to @go-west-young-man

Sells in Brooklyn at the Sheepshead Races!

Second in command of Manhattan!

I do smoke so sorry!

I am a dancer!

In a very one sided love triangle with Spot and Albert (send help I think he might kill Albert)

Send me asks! I'd love to chat an' goof off with you guys!!!!

I will be running this account like a MODERN rp account, but I am actually a Racetrack fictive in a DID system!

I won't talk about system stuff here but I wanted to clarify I am ACTUALLY a Race and not just some dude so. anything I say is actually a verified Racetrack fact™️ and you can ask me about anything newsies related! ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS OWNED BY ME DO NOT MENTION OUR DID SYSTEM BUT THEY'RE ALL OWNED BY ME

CURRENTLY RUN BY A MODERN RACE FICTIVE!

ASSOCIATED NEWSIE RP ACCOUNTS:

@most-auspicious-manner - DAVEY (owned by me)

@go-west-young-man - JACK (owned by me)

@youll-steal-anudda - ALBERT

@pastramie-n-rye - HENRY

@table-the-palaver - LES (owned by me)

@slingshot-man - FINCH

@where-for-art-thou - ROMEO

@king-a-brooklyn - SPOT

@a-smilethatspreadslikebutt3r - CRUTCHIE

@one-for-all-and-all-for-one - ELMER

@last-in-line-for-the-tub-tonight - BUTTONS

@sos-the-bronx - SMALLS

@stillgot-myshirt-on - TOMMY BOY

@mo-delancey - MORRIS

@hey-look-its-bathtime-at-the-zoo - SPECS

@you-already-live-on-the-street - JOJO

@kathrineppulitzer - KATHRINE (Katherine? I'm dyslexic idk!)

MODERN RP ACCOUNTS FEEL FREE TO CLAIM ME AS YOUR RACE I'D BE HONORED

NEWSIES WE'RE LOOKING FOR;

BROOKLYN NEWSIES PLEASE

Any other newsie not listed above IM BAD NAMES

Preferably don't introduce OC's!!! Causes conflict with pre-existing lore

THERE ARE PRE-ESTABLISHED PARTNER PAIRS BETWEEN THE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER NEWSIES, CHECK WITH RACE BEFORE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SHIP DYNAMIC BETWEEN NEWSIES WITH OR WITHOUT ACCOUNTS

DM FROM YOUR MAIN AND ASK TO JOIN WE'LL EXPLAIN CURRENT LORE AND INTRO SYSTEMS !!!

DO NOT JOIN WITHOUT CONTACTING ME FIRST!!! YOU WILL PROBABLY JUST BE IGNORED AND NOT ADDED TO THE LIST!!!

ANYWAYS LETS GOOOOOOO

[spracemodernau]

…couples halloween costumes..?

[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.