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NR Brooklyn

For Brooklyn, Newsies Rewritten puts Spot Conlon as the second youngest and newest leader after his predecessor’s downfall. Instead of the medieval tyranny the last leader followed, Spot merged groups into “families” and follows a mafia-like system.

Spot recently gained his role as leader at the age of 12, which was in 1896. His up taking of leadership was when the newsies started seeing a change within how they operate, as Spot was the youngest leader of his time. Before Spot, a man named Bucky had ruled over the Brooklyn for close to a decade. Bucky had sucked most of Brooklyn dry, moving on to Staten Island and the Bronx due to their vulnerability.

Spot ends up getting rid of Bucky, taking over and completely rebuilding the borough from the ground up. He places main family’s in each sub-borough with little groups surrounding them.

The uniformed red sleeveless shirt is strictly for muscle. People like York, Scope, and Hotshot consistently wear it to show off their jobs as muscle and to signify to other newsies to stay away while they’re doing patrols. Spot doesn’t wear the uniform until the rally as he usually keeps a very put together appearance. Besides red, newsies from Brooklyn may represent themselves wearing pinks, reds, and violets!

Credits: Bucky, the former tyrant of Brooklyn was a character made by @64-jungle-planks aka my very good pal Mooney!

If you have a good idea for any borough, character, plot point etc! You could also be featured in a post, just send a dm or ask!

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Newsies: Beyond the Headline

by, Stargazing_Froakie by Stargazing_Froakie This is a fan-rewrite of "Disney's Newsies" combining both the Broadway musical and the original 1992 movie. This is written as a screenplay and as such will feature amateur notes on camera location/movement as well as character direction notes. To streamline character arcs; motivations; and in-canon timelines, some elements will either be dropped or rewritten. Such as:   Katherine is no longer Jack's love interest. She is much older than all of the boys and is strictly professional. Bryan Denton is still featured but won't replace Katherine as the main reporter; he instead is Katherine's competition and debatable love interest (open to interpretation but not confirmed nor ruled out). Crutchie is still a leading part, but he does not share Jack's fantasy for Santa Fe. He is the damsel in distress. Sarah Jacobs and the Jacobs family are back. Sarah once again as Jack's love interest. With her return also comes the revival of the cut Broadway song "Then I See You Again" as Sarah and Jack's love song. Kid Blink returns and is joined by the original character Annie, based on the real newswoman Annie Kelly. While her role is simply a supporting role, it is a moderately sized one. Words: 1345, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 1 of Newsies Reimagined Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies (1992), Disney - Fandom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, Gen Characters: Jack Kelly (Newsies), Davey Jacobs (Newsies), Katherine Plumber Pulitzer, Crutchie (Newsies), Joseph Pulitzer, Racetrack Higgins, Les Jacobs, Bryan Denton, Sarah Jacobs (Newsies), Medda Larkson | Medda Larkin, Spot Conlon, Kid Blink, Mush Meyers, Albert DaSilva (Newsies), Boots (Newsies), Specs (Newsies), Finch (Newsies), Romeo (Newsies), Elmer (Newsies), Skittery (Newsies), Snipeshooter (Newsies), Tommy Boy (Newsies), Pigtails (Newsies Jr.), Wiesel (Newsies), Morris Delancey, Oscar Delancey, Don Carlos Seitz, Bunsen (Newsies), Hannah (Newsies), Jonathan (Newsies), Esther Jacobs (Newsies), Mayer Jacobs (Newsies), Bill Hearst, Snyder (Newsies), Ten Pin (Newsies) Relationships: Sarah Jacobs/Jack Kelly (Newsies), alluded to: Katherine Plumber/Bryan Denton, Les Jacobs/Pigtails (Sally), Two Hetero Lovers making out in the street Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Based on Newsies!: the Musical, Based on Newsies (1992), Jewish Jacobs Family (Newsies), Jack Kelly is a Good Friend (Newsies), Musicals, Disney, Katherine Plumber Pulitzer is a Good Friend, Journalist Katherine Plumber Pulitzer, Katherine Plumber Pulitzer Appreciation, Racetrack Higgins Needs a Hug, Jewish David Jacobs, Anxious David Jacobs, David Jacobs Needs A Hug, Protective David Jacobs, Badass Sarah Jacobs (Newsies), Sarah Jacobs Appreciation (Newsies), Jewish Sarah Jacobs (Newsies), Mild Language read : https://ift.tt/MefEZLR - August 02, 2024 at 05:37PM

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Let's talk about some Irish newsies-

Hey! So I thought it'd be cool to look into the research I've found indicationg that some of the newsies might have Irish ties! (I'm Irish so that might explain my interest) I'm not an expert at all or anything, this is just the research I've collminated while scouring through newsies facts.

Oh course this isn't set in stone, this is just information I've found so if I've got anything wrong, please tell me! I was inspired by this post to do my own research. (A lot of my research has to do with the original movie but stick around for some fun facts about surnames?)

And now, onto Jack Kelly :

^This is David's description of Jack in Newsies : a novel by Jonathan Fast which can be found here on pg 9. Both surnames "Kelly" and "Sullivan" have their roots in Irish history.

^on pg 27 of the same book David describes Jack again as "an Irish boy". I just thought this would be worth noting, seeing how David wants to make it obvious to us, the reader that Jack appears to be Irish or of Irish descent.

"Kelly", originally anglicized from the Gaelic "Ó Ceallaigh" meaning 'descendant of Ceallach', an ancient Irish personal name, originally a byname meaning 'bright-headed' or 'troublesome' (fitting huh?) Source found here.

Fun fact for you livesies fans, the reigning chieftain of Ui Maine (mid Galway, South Roscommon, sometimes referred to as "O'Kelly's Country") O'Ceallaigh (c1351), was a renowned patron of the arts. Source found here.

Another fun fact : Jack means Seán in Irish.

Bet you weren't expecting that. Or maybe you were. Anyway, source is found here. I also remember it being a topic of conversation in 3rd class Irish class. Wonder how Spot and Jack would feel about that.

^On pg 23 of the original 1992 movie script found here Jack describes himself as a "mick" which was a commonly used derogatory term used against those of Irish decent/Irish immigrants at the time. However this line was not included in the movie. Source found here.

Now for "Sullivan". The original Irish for the surname Sullivan is O'Suileabhain, however the actual derivation of the name is debated. There is no doubt that the root word is 'suil' meaning eye, but whether it is to be taken as 'one-eyed' or 'hawk-eyed' is usually left an open question. Sources found here and here.

The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland and was originally found in County Tipperary before the Anglo-Norman invasion. Source found here

Also, in both movie and stage versions Jack tells us his father "taught me not to starve" indicating his father may have taught Jack about the horrors of the Famine/An Drochshaol/The Great Hunger that plagued Irish families for years after. Source is found here.

Okay! On to Spot Conlon :

^This is David's description of Spot Conlon from the same book, pg 51 (okay he may not outright say he's Irish but they really said "throw all the stereotypes at him like red hair". But seriously in the Hard Promises script and the Newsies script he's described the same way. I guess they really invisioned that red hair huh?)

Spot is interesting seeing as he is the leader of the Brooklyn newsies, Brooklyn being an infamously known place for Irish immigrants to live due to the Great Hunger/An Drochshaol (translated meaning "Hard Times") or as it's more commonly known as "the potato famine" between 1845-1852. Source found here. At least 1 million people died from this and another 1 million immigrated, a lot to America (although the exact numbers are disputed.) Around this time New York becoming the busiest port city in the world. There was labor work to be had in Brooklyn, in the manufacturing and loading and unloading of goods to be sent around the country and around the world. Irish immigrants who had been left poor and malnourished by the famine had no other option but to take on this manual labour to earn money. Many took jobs by the ports and settled by the Watershed i.e. near the ports. This could be a reason to why we're first introduced to Spot and his "cronies" at the port in the movie. Source is found here and here.

Supposing Spot was born between 1880-1886 (he's quoted to be 14 in real life in this article however it's stated in the Newsies Novel on pg 51 to "be around Jack's age" and it's stated in original script before Newsies was rewritten to be a musical and was still a drama, "Hard Promises" he's quoted to be 19 on pg 28. So take this with a grain of salt.) the U.S. census, which counted both place of birth and parents’ birth place as well, estimated that one-third of all New Yorkers were of Irish parentage. By 1890 as Brooklyn neighborhoods were expanding east and south, the amount of people with Irish stock is at 196,372. Source found here.

Also how people will usually use the name "Seán" or sometimes "Patrick" for Spot (one of the fandom wiki pages cites it as his real name here but admits to having no proof of it). Both of these are traditional Irish first names, Patrick being popularised by the patron saint of Ireland St. Patrick/Pádraig. Might have heard of it-

Now for his surname.

Conlon is an Irish family name, it being a variation of the anglicised version of Ó Connalláin. The name may be derived from two Irish Gaelic words "Con" (the genitive case of Cú, meaning "hound") and "Lón" meaning lion - thereby implying a person who has the characteristics of a lion born of a hound - strength and speed. Source found here.

Conlon had a Gaelic form of Ó Conallain or Ó Coinghiollan in Connacht however it's Ó Caoindealbhain in Munster and Leinster. Fun fact, Connal or Connall is claimed to be a pet name for a sprout or little sprout. Source found here.

The history regarding the Conlon surname is complicated to say the least- however it can be traced back to County Meath, where the Conlon descendants are from an important sept near Trim, which traces back to Laoghaire, King of Ireland circa 432. O'Coindealbhain was also anglicised 'Quinlivan' in Munster. Source is found here and here.

This post isn't letting me include the video of Jack, David and Boots going to Brooklyn to negotiate with Spot and the Irish traditional music in the background but I'll make a separate post about that.

Now, onto Racetrack Higgins.

I'm going to keep this kind of brief. We know Racetrack is described as "tall, skinny gambling Italian beanpole" in the Hard Promises script on pg 1 and he's described as "an Italian beanpole" on pg 5 of the Newsies Script. However the surname "Higgins" is Irish as far as my research has told me, not Italian.

The real Ed "Racetrack" Higgins lived in Brooklyn and is quoted to be the real leader of the Brooklyn union, and was elected vice-president of the general union after Kid Blink and David Simmons were accused of selling out. Source found here. I haven't been able to find much information about Racetrack Higgin's life after the strike or his family life which could connect him to Ireland however I thought it would be interesting. If anyone is curious about the real Racetrack Higgins this source has been really useful!

'Higgins" is an Irish family name with ancient royal connections. It is an anglicisation of O'hUigin, from the Irish word 'uiginn' meaning Viking. The original holder of the name was a grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Tara, and all of the O'Higgins claim a common descent from him. Ancient records show that several members of the O'Higgins claimed a hereditary right to be file or poet in the courts of the Irish Chiefs and Kings. Source is found here and here.

Because of their loyalty to Gaelic culture and religion, the Higgins suffered under the English Crown in Ireland and had lost all their lands in Sligo and Westmeath by 1654. Some of them remained in Ireland as tenants on their own lands, but many of them migrated to Spain where they achieved high office in the service of the King. Source is found here.

Fun fact, Racetrack has the same surname as the current (9th) President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins!

Lastly, on to Crutchy/ie Morris!

^This is from the 1991 original script of Newsies when it was called Hard Promises and was written to be a drama. Obviously this wasn't the movie that we have today but I thought this would be a cool add on. I couldn't find a lot of information about the real Crutch Morris, whom Crutchy/ie is based on. The surname Morris isn't strictly Irish, it's a popular surname throughout the British Isles however with this piece of information I thought it would make sense to research it anyway.

"Morris" (Ó Muiris in Irish) was introduced to Ireland by the Normans, along with the variant Firzmaurice (Mac Muiris). A branch of these Morrises moved to Galway in 1485 CE and later became one of the Tribes Of Galway. The name may also have been an abbreviation of Morrissey (Ó Muireasa), a branch of the Uí Fiachrach clan. Sources found here and here.

The ancient Irish name Ó Muirgheasa (variant Ó Muirghis), a personal name thought to derive from muir, meaning "sea" and geas, meaning "taboo" or "prohibition." Source found here.

The Morris family does have an Irish family crest/coat of arms which I'll post at a later date, further cementing themselves in Irish history.

This is most of the information I have regarding the origins of the characters and their surnames however I could go on about the music in Newsies, the family crests, the housing circumstances of poor Irish immigrants in New York at the turn of the 19th century ect.

If you want to learn more about what life was like for Irish immigrants in New York I recommend reading the non-fiction book The Gangs Of New York (or watching the movie. It isn't completely historically accurate but give a decent overview of what was life) or reading this article by the Irish Times.

I've barely scratched the surface of this topic and hope to go into it father in the future!

May I leave you with this gif of the boys doing some Irish (inspired) dancing and David with his twirl combo!

Ps. If the links aren't working for you I'd be happy to provide a list of the resources I’ve used throughout my research on a separate post if needs be.

pps. @maggs-is-a-muppet @annihilatedthenightstalker @newsies-bun @letter-from-the-refuge thanks for the motivation last night 😌

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Day 4 & 5: Candle & Urban Legend!

As it becomes more abundantly clear that I have no idea what I’m doing, let me distract you with pretty looking things- LOL

Day Four is Ann Kelly and Kid Blink, 2/3 OG Strike leaders before Jack and David! They’re not an official ship because I don’t believe in hindering y’alls creativity but they are definitely co-parenting Jack when he first joins.

Day Five is Spot cause he’s definitely an urban legend amongst newsies. And the song I picked kind of fits him in a modern au kind of way so it’s pretty fire.

Headcanons under the cut as always!

Ann Kelly and Kid Blink are the two strike leaders of the actual strike of 1899 and I thought it’d be nice to include them into the rewrite. As there had been newsie strikes before 1899, I’ve made these two leaders of a failed strike with David Simmons (The third OG Strike leader)

Ann co-parented Jack with Kid Blink after his parents died, they probably also co-parented Michael too before he died while the two were selling alone.

Ann and Kid Blink named Jack after the term “Jack of all trades” and Jack decided to take on Ann’s last name after Michael died.

Spot’s 15 in the rewrite, gaining his leadership at 12 because the dude organized a hit on the former leader because he sucked.

He’s really good friends with Smalls and Boots, surprisingly the three get along well but don’t get to spend a lot of time together as Spot is a workaholic.

The dude is SO ready to get the boroughs back to normal, he’s been working hard for three years, he needs a break.

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NR!Borough Leaders!

Howdy big kids! Here’s the semi-official designs for the Newsies Rewritten Borough leaders! I wanted to draw them for a while now! These are also F2U designs as long credit is given to this account or to @flinttflakes as I will occasionally draw something there.

More info under the cut!

As each borough post mentioned, newsies color themselves by borough to show solidarity and pride of where they’re from! Manhattan is blue, Staten Island is green, Queens is yellow, Bronx is orange, and Brooklyn is red! Anyways, about the leaders:

Jack “Cowboy” Kelly: Jack’s design was based off Herrick’s Highschool’s Jack Kelly, played by Tristan Surajbali (he was so good. I love him to bits.) Gave him the icon blue shirt mixed with the OG Jack Kelly red handkerchief around the neck and the cowboy hat.

Cora “Aussie” Foster: Aussie is an oc by sundaymorningtv on tumblr. Not having a description from them, I just envisioned Aussie being a redhead with curly hair and it looks pretty good!

Georgina “Georgie”: Georgie truly belongs to olitheheadphoneskid23. As Georgina has a Greek origin, I went with a Greek appearance and also gave her the waistcloths to kind of show it.

Julian “Smalls” Hunt: Smalls is based on Julian DeGuzman from the live broadway recording, so he is Filipino. His outfit changed the most as I wanted it to be more aligned with the Bronx’ orange color and different from Georgie’s yellow.

Salvatore “Spot” Conlon: Spot’s designed is based on Tommy Bracco and Gabriel Damon for the most part, you can’t really tell there was a Bracco influence on Spot as he’s wearing the OG Spot’s clothes but once I get close up shots it should look more accurate!

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Newsies Rewritten Intro

Howdy! I’m Flintt (Any/All) and this is my Newsies Rewritten AU where I combine aspects of the 1992 movie, broadway newsies, west end newsies, tuts newsies, and the book!

This is a passion project because I love getting nitpicky and in-depth with my works. This AU allows me to expand and make Newsies even more fun for me!

Newsies Rewritten is open for collaboration, which means you can send in asks to add headcanons to individual newsies and/or events to the plot!

I plan on posting the structure of each borough and a list of each newsie from each borough with their personalities and notabilities.

At the end of the day, this is purely for fun and to make connections!

Here’s a guide to all of tags:

Each tag will begin with newsies rewritten! Characters will be split by borough and if they’re an adult or newsie.

Spot Conlon - #newsies rewritten brooklyn, #newsies rewritten newsies

All oneshots, chapters, etc will be tagged with #newsies rewritten entry

All headcanons, analysis, etc, will be tagged by #newsies rewritten writing

All asks and collabs will be tagged with #newsies rewritten newspaper collumns

Sorry if it gets confusing, trying to keep it organized!

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by, Mavkediemackmack by Mavkediemackmack buckle up folks cuz we got some graphic descriptions of injuries here based on my tumblt post but also kinda requested by @hexmarie and @ivies-head-is-spinning on tumblr Words: 7183, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992), Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017), Blood Drips on Newsies Square (1991) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Other Characters: Racetrack Higgins, Albert DaSilva (Newsies), (mentioned), Albert Dasilvas stepfather, Spot Conlon, Oscar Delancey, Morris Delancey, Tommy Boy (Newsies), Buttons (Newsies), Elmer (Newsies), Kenny (Newsies), Smalls (Newsies), Specs (Newsies), Mush Meyers, Crutchie (Newsies), David Jacobs, Jack Kelly (Newsies), Les Jacobs, JoJo (Newsies), Ike (Newsies), Mike (Newsies) Relationships: Spot Conlon/Albert DaSilva/Racetrack Higgins Additional Tags: Domestic Violence, Angst, Albert DaSilva needs a hug, prequell to one of my other works, idk man im to llazy to tag his, but I'll make sure to add the rewritten version of the other work that this was based on, No beta we die like alberts mom read : https://ift.tt/jiQlU3S - June 02, 2024 at 07:28PM