#newsies fanon

[mad-mcd20]

Gonna leave this here for future use

List of newsies resources masterpost:

Hi! So I made out a list of general resources and information I usually use while researching newsies that I thought I would share. If anyone would like to send me any more videos, essays or information of importance to add to this list, do!! Please note, this list is constantly updating.

Newsies scripts

Newsies 1992 script

Newsies stage script & sheet music

Newsies jr. edition script

Newsies 1991 revised script

The original "Hard Promises" script (the original when newsies wasn't going to be a musical. A LOT was changed in the rewrites)

Newsies books, merch and info

Newsies production handbook

Newsies 1992 novelization by Jonathan Fast

Newsies promotional paper (1992) collected and posted by @queenofbrooklyn

The original North American VHS cover of Newsies

Newsies press kit booklet collected and posted by @queenofbrooklyn

2011 Papermill Playhouse Program by @letter-from-the-refuge

2011 Papermill Playhouse audience guide by @letter-from-the-refuge

The Big Bad Book of Newsies by the Bryan Denton Worshipers

A UK version of one of the Newsies theatrical posters, where it was originally released as “The Newsboys” posted by @queenofbrooklyn

Listing of characters

List of Newsies characters (both movie and stage) by @newsiepedia

A list of "who's whosies" from the film made by @letter-from-the-refuge

A guide to the stage characters

A guide to the film characters

Trading cards photos and their bios

Newsies historical research

"Kids on strike!" novel by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Some things we know about the real Kid Blink, part one by @newsieshistory

"Mapping out newsies" essay made by @letter-from-the-refuge

Notes on the Refuge made by @newsiesquare

Newsboys information Google drive made by @newsboys-of-1899

How the Newsboy’s Strike of 1899 Was Reported on in Cities Other Than New York by @musicalhistory

The women of the newsboy strike by @newsboys-of-1899 and The Girlsies by @pioneergirlsie

Jewish Immigration and the Jacobs Family in Turn of the Century New York by @newsiesquare

Names/list of real life newsies found on @newsieshistory blog

"Kid Blink beats The World" picture book by Don Brown

Information about Jack's dime novel by @letter-from-the-refuge

Some great blogs to look at if you want a historical point of view! @newsboys-of-1899 @newsieshistory @newsiesquare @newsiesandhistory-blog

This is just a list of historical essays I find important however if anyone would like me to add anything, please add it/link it!

Interviews with the casts

Masterpost of newsies videos, particularly of the stage cast and tour interviews made by @lizzy88musicalsblog

Newsies Minute (Podcast) Interview with Michael Goorjan (Skittery) which focuses on the behind the scenes spoof horror movie they made, BDHONS

Newsies Minute (Podcast) Interview with Kevin Smets (Ten Pin)

Newsies, The Ultimate Broadway Fan Film on YouTube.

Newsies 1992 interview with Aaron Lohr (Mush), Max Casella (Racetrack), and David Moscow (David Jacobs)

D23's from the vaults: Newsies at Walt Disney studio

Max Casella - "Betting on Racetrack"

Deleted scenes and songs

List of deleted scenes (1992)

Cut songs from Newsies Paper Mill Playhouse production (2011)

"The Truth About The Moon" a cut song for Sarah sang by Dan DeLuca & Joey Barreiro

Carrying the banner deleted scene

Bloopers and observations 1992 Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3

Jack's cut rope trick (1992)

Newsies gag reel

Newsies gag reel (without the age restriction) PT. 1. from @lousy-old-shrimp

David being kicked while selling - deleted scene

Behind the scenes videos

Blood Drips Heavily on Newsies Square on YouTube Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 which is a spoof horror movie made behind the scenes by the cast of newsies 1992

Newsies The Ultimate Broadway Fan Film again, I really recommend this!!

Behind the scenes (1992) videos here and here

Newsies backstage Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 on Kevin Stea's Youtube Channel (Swifty the Rake)

Other newsies videos

Newsies Drug PSA VHS Tape

Second released Newsies Trailer

Newsies Broadway Reunion charity stream

92sies vs livesies comparison video

Santa Fe vs Bet On It choreo comparison

"Finding the appeal of Newsies" video essay on YouTube.

"Newsies | Based on a true story" on YouTubube

Newsies websites

My masterpost on newsies fan websites

Link to the infamous newsiesfreak.com (updated as the original URL was changed) and another link just in case things get changed or lost again.

The brief history of newsiesfreak.com by @queenofbrooklyn

Newsies fanlore

Explanation to why people call Spot and Race "Anthony" and "Seán" in fics, art, fanon ect by @letter-from-the-refuge

Screencaps of every frame of the film

How Boots got his name

Understanding "Juck" by @undercover-vampire

The story with Jack's brother by @letter-from-the-refuge

Newsies findings & essays

A transcript of The Banner by @lousy-old-shrimp

Irish Newsies essay made by me (hi!)

Jack Kelly as the canonical My Little Pony character, "Fine Print"

All of my newsies playlists

An article quoting that David and Les' surname is "Baum" in the Papermill Playhouse production

Newsies accounts you should look at!

@ask-newsies

@jackkellystories

@newsiesstocking

@newsiesgiftexchange

[loving-jack-kelly]

i think spot admires jack very deeply and looks up to him a lot but would rather be stabbed to death than ever say that out loud. btw. i think jack respects spot and everything that he's done more than almost anybody else in the world but would rather be set on fire than admit it. also.

[ill-say-anything-i-hafta]

Don't take much to be a dreamer! I asked about the play version of Jack Kelly, and the canonically correct answer is clearly the first one, but somehow more than half of us (imcluding me!) believe fervently in Jack's nickname, his alias, or both. 😂😂

[diorgirl444]

announcement 🎀

maddening news old sports, i’m opening my matchups up from now until the new year so essentially this is my let them eat cake moment <3 (fully aware she never said that)

taglist 💌 : @fairyofthehollow @starstruckwillows @shefollowedthestars @littlelilbun @kellyscowboy @sola-nater @faerieroyal (please let me know if you wanna be added or deleted <3)

[luderailing]

OK RAMBLE TIME COMPLETELY UNORGANIZED + NEWSIES SPOILERS (wait does it even matter?? whatever just go watch it. pls) PROBABLY EDITION

okay oookay so. ideas that r all over the place but I'm working on it (This is sorta me digging up an older idea I changed some things, especially because I had no idea who I intended to be Katherine at first???

anyway it's hungary now. Because who else would wanna break the norm and go be a journalist to aid striking workers more than her.

+,,, in my original idea,, Alfred was Jack and honestly I couldn't bring myself to "recast" because honestly.....who else. And I think Ro should be Davey because I think it's cute if Mol is Les. And Alfred and Mihai's personalities in this context works. for them together. to me.

yea i think it's pretty funny

Honorable mention: Feliks as Race i need 2 draw it yet

[chimeofthecomet]

ok so who's Albert DaSilva whats his deal

[jack-kellys]

I am predictable do give me Race

i shall give you the guy <3

send me a fandom/ship/character and i’ll say some stuff!!

ok!

How I feel about this character:

honestly i really was rockin with this guy for a long time bc of ralbert 2018 renaissance, then i lost my vibe with him! i didn’t like a fair share of interpretations of him, he was getting almost like too goofy and his relationship with jack i think was sort of. exaggerated in a way that tried to confuse canon with fanon and i wasn’t big on 92sies at the time so i was like. they speak like. 5 times to each other. but NOW? i have figured out a racetrack in my head that i rly like, also uksies happened and i LOVE josh barnett’s sort of return to 92sies race- more hardcore, bruiser type, actually smokes. he’s very cool. if anyones “the blowhard”, it’s him- jack serves this warm parental role, crutchie is this older brother type, and race is very on-the-ground rallying the troops at all times. i like it

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character:

ralbert all the way✊🏼!! what’s funny is if it’s a centered fic it’ll be ralbert but if it’s a background relationship to a diff ship i think i do sprace a lot to appease the masses tbh

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character:

race and crutchie. race crutchie jack. the manhattan trifecta. my god. their group hug when crutchie comes back….. man.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

honestly i wish the peppy jokester perception of him would chill. 92sies was snarky and laid back, livesies was. kind of… bubbly nervous?? and uksies is again the blowhard abrasive type. like for me 92sies and uksies appeals much more to me guys idk i think the fandom just wanted a comic relief character that the show itself doesn’t contextually provide. (because it’s the ensemble. it is the newsies as a whole. that’s. that’s the point they can FILL ANY ROLE-)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

oh wow idk. i wish crutchie had called for him when the delanceys were dragging his ass to jail, like… idk why he’s calling for elmer yk. that would’ve been a good nod for race’s positionality within the group. OR TBH i wish king of new york was more obviously a ploy for race and like dave to raise the boys’ spirits with katherine!!! like if she was asking dave and race abt where jack was, gave her a quick update on the vibes, she like…shows them the paper before the rest of the boys’ rq and then KONY plays out.

Favorite friendship for this character:

i do like the older boy friendship of the trio (race al and finch). like if i was “missing out” on anything with uksies it’s race and albert not being in sync anymore

thanks claire!!

[all-hail-the-witcher]

so aparetly its not normal to know the name and actor of every background newsie, as i found out tonight in rehersal when someone asked me who mush was.

[kellyscowboy]

i'm gonna start writing stuff for random background newsies and completely make stuff & then die with everything i could come up with

[psychicbluebirdmiracle]

Sometimes I forget that basically everything we know about newsies characters comes from fanon and not actually from the shows themselves and its pretty funny when I'm explaining the deep lore behind a newsie to someone only to be like "oh right none of that actually happens in the show they have like maybe one line maybe none" and the person just always looks at me so confused lol

[fanlore-wiki]

Featured Article: Racetrack Higgins

This week we're dancing our way back to the 1890s and hanging out with the news boys, because our Featured Article is Newsies character Racetrack Higgins!

Racetrack Higgins is a minor character from the movie/musical, but the most popular character in the fandom. Fans have created a great deal of the fanon about the character, including his family, his cultural background, and what his first name may possibly be.

Curious to learn more? Head over to Fanlore!

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[we-are-inevitable]

if you’ve been following me for a while, you know i absolutely hate dwvey being seen as the “mom” friend of the group. there’s a lot wrong about it- david is too new to the group to ever be seen as a maternal figure, for instance- but it is so so SO prevalent in fics, particularly those taking inspiration from livesies.

but west endsies is smashing that trope to bits and let me talk about why.

as we know i have not seen west endsies but. BUT. from what i have heard and how it has been explained to me….. davey is no longer giving mom friend energy to the extent that ben fank unknowingly gave, because ryan plays him so weird and quirky as the show goes on. and i am just calling that an absolute WIN for jacnation

like i dont think ben fank intended to play him as mom-friendy, i think most of that is misconstrued by fanon seeing davey in a way he’s not intended to be seen, but from what i’ve heard about ryan’s performance, he’s way too awkward and shaking-like-a-leaf-ish to be seen as the “””mother””” of the newsies and i am so fucking HAPPY about it

bc even ryan himself said that as the show goes on, he starts playing davey weirder and weirder and you can see that This davey is just another teenager who wants friends and gets them in the form of brotherhood. this davey knows what the right thing is, and he does it, no matter how reluctant he may be. he’s not scared, per se, but he’s just iffy on the whole thing until he gets his stride in act II.

i think @jack-kellys put it best when they said:

now bear in mind again i bave not seen the production but just based on everything ive heard about this davey. this is the conclusion ive come to and as an AMFD (anti-mom-friend-davey) supporter, it is what is keeping me going in these trying times

[shelfthe-reader]

Pommel Horse Guy from Team USA and (fanon) Racetrack Higgins from Newsies are same person different fonts. Argue with the wall.

I can’t explain it it just is ya know?

[livingathousandlifetimes]

On my 1290492764th (probably) watch through of the 2017 pro shot of Newsies, I'm sat here giggling over the fanon official Jewish Davey Jacobs saying "thank you, God" in Watch What Happens (Reprise)

[parkeryangs]

im gonna say it: letter from the refuge is not THAT great. sorry.

going to rewatch newsies! live (2017) i hope this doesn't reawaken anything in me

[just-pot-over-here]

man. my problem is that i’ve been obsessive over newsies for years now, but i’ve only recently gotten into the Newsies Fanwork Sphere, and so the side newsies i’ve built in my head are so insanely different than the accepted fanon versions. for example, here are some ideas that i’m Pretty Sure are not in the general newsies canon? but also i wouldn’t know:

wdym mike and ike are teenagers? they are twins who are 9-10 max.

crutchie race and finch are all the same age (17ish)

sniper is a girl (and/or afab nonbinary depending on how silly i’m feeling)

tommy boy and jojo are german w/ heavy accents

mush is a heavier smoker than race

henry is aromantic (but not ace!)

there’s some romantic tension between elmer tommy boy and jojo. nobody knows what that’s about

race is a pseudo caretaker for the littles. (cooking for them, getting them through wash day, making sure they’re all inside for the night, etc.)

the age order goes jack > henry > mush > crutchie > race > finch > elmer > tommy boy > jojo > romeo > sniper > specs > buttons > mike/ike. where’s kid blink? don’t ask me that i dont know

i cannot see anything else as canon bc i’ve built this little world up in my head for YEARS. help.