#probably to skittery

[corpusdiem-seizethedead]

Albert: I spy with my little eye…someone who needs to shut the hell up.

Race: …is it me?

Albert: It’s always you.

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

I am 99.9% sure right now that Tumbler isnt at the rally

The most we see of the littles is Sniper and Boots IF i remember right (and ill check tomorrow but for now)

SO where is Tumbler?? (even Flipper bc I said so), I'd say at the lodge. It was past their bed time ya know

I just have the image of Tumbler trailing after Skittery even when hes been put into bed and Skittery has to pick him up and put him back to bed. Tumbler clings to Skittery and cries but eventually Skittery gets him to sleep.

The next day when Tumbler wakes and sees no one in their bunks he is hyperventilating to the point where Flipper and Kloppman has to calm him down

Tumbler is only relieved once Skittery returns and even yells at him for leaving him for so long. Skittery just pulls him into a tight hug and promises he won't leave like that again

[cyber-crustacean]

If I'm sending Offiz to ANYONE I'm gonna make it a raffle I think that'd be so fun

[felicitykings]

#do you ever think about the fact that the newsies were really sacrificing themselves in one way or another to get jack out #and then he didn't even make it out

BONUS:

[chaosfairy18]

Ok so little talk before this, this is based on events actually happening on the 25th (and the following days) of December 1914 and since it is only recorded that year and not any after I put this in an au of sorts where a lot of the boys didn't migrate to the USA (or at least came back to Europe in... unfortunate times)

A bit of talk of death but nothing happens

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Half-opening his eyes he saw his breath materialize in the cold air in front of him, temperatures having been freezing for days now. Since he had woken up once more, it meant it was the First day of Christmas now, the 25th of December. But Michael didn’t feel celebratory, not where he was.

“Hey, Skittery. Up you go.” Steffen tapped him on the shoulder, both having slept through the night, the others holding the fort through the night. There hadn’t even been one shot or grenade through it and he was glad for that. Even having bad luck, with being here at all, he could at least get one lucky night.

“Merry Christmas, Snitch.”, he murmured, heaving himself up and righting what was left of his uniform, looking at the medals with disdain.

He’d been drafted into the German Army, no matter if he had been living with his mother and brother in Britain for the last three years, and he didn’t even know where Benny was now, hopefully not sitting in a trench at the French border, hopefully just working in a lazarette or doing planning. But he wasn’t hoping for much, as he wouldn’t have started with a higher rank like Michael had – it was only because he was over 30 already, they needed far too many soldiers and had far too little professional ones so the older people getting drafted got a modicum of responsibility.

Skittery hated being stuck there, in the cold, in the dirt and smell, hoping every day it wouldn’t be another one of his friends dying, shooting at Brits and Frenchmen he didn’t even want to fight, just because Austria-Hungary and Germany had made enemies.

It seemed like the day was peaceful and quiet, for now at least, and he and Snitch met up with Dutchy who’d already been awake a while. The guy was even more unlucky then they’d been as he’d never even lived in Germany, only having had a German father and living in Holland. But the drafters got everyone if they really wanted that.

“Any plans for today, Skitts?”, asked Dutchy, peering over the edge into the no man’s land, not even the snow moving in the few meters between them and the other soldiers. Honestly, it was weird, being called Skittery again after so many years. He’d had the name as a newsboy in the bigger city he’d lived in as a kid, the place he’d met Snitch all these years ago actually, but he hadn’t used it in ten years, until getting here. But donning another name and character made the fight just a bit more bearable, pretending it was just the fight for food and against the rich, not a fight against poor freezing soldiers just like him, being thrust in a situation none of them asked for.

On Christmas of all things. “No plans. Maybe we can spend a peaceful day today. I wouldn’t shoot if they don’t, I’m tired of it and I don’t wanna bury someone on this day of all things.”

“You think they’d really wait it out just because we don’t do anything?”

Michael shrugged. “We could negotiate.” The other two just looked at him confusedly. He shrugged again. “We could go over and offer Christmas Peace.”

“Are you nuts? They’ll shoot on sight if we go up there.”

Skittery’s eyes glazed over slightly, not even fazed at the idea of dying. “If it happens it happens. Good a day as any to die, but I want to try it.”

Somehow, all three of them had climbed out of the trenches, walking without weapons into the no man’s land, snow crunching under their shoes, still fresh where no grenades had disrupted it. Nothing moved or shot until they were almost halfway through, when two men – one in a British and one in a French uniform – climbed out as well. At least that seemed like a good start.

The British man spoke first, when they were all standing across each other, seeing an opposing soldier up close without weapons for the first time. They didn’t look any different from them, even around the same age. “What do you want?”

Being the one who spoke the best English – even if Dutchy and Snitch weren’t too horrible – Skittery answered: “To discuss a ceasefire during Christmas. We don’t have any orders from above to start anything and it’s not really a day to fight a way.”

Both looked surprised he even spoke English well, none the less with a London accent. The blond Frenchman with an eyepatch was the next to talk: “We can agree to that. Everyone stays on their side.”

For a few moments, an awkward silence hung in the air. Skittery debated with himself if he should ask a favour, now that he was already on a talking basis. He turned to the brit with glasses. “Could you do me a favour and write my mother for me? She lives south of London and any letter I’d write wouldn’t go through, I just want her to know I’m at least still okay.”

“Not like she’d want anything to do with you anymore.”, interrupted the blond soldier, clearly joking.

Skittery rolled his eyes. “Bet your Ma never wanted anything to do with you, eyepatch.”

Laughing, he held out a hand with a cigarette. “It’s Blink actually. Cigarette?”

He took it while still saying: “Nah, I only smoke Turkish cigarettes.”

With everyone quietly laughing you almost forgot that they were soldiers in the middle of fought over land, from different sides. It might have just been the Christmas Spirit, or maybe they were already tired after just a few months of war.

Somewhere to the left he could hear a few of his men start a quiet rendition of “Alle Jahre Wieder”, breaking the quiet for a welcomed nostalgic feeling, as if they just stood on a field near a little town during Christmas time. He could see a few more soldiers of both sides daring to cross out of the trenches, some even getting close enough to talk, a little snowball fight even breaking out between some Frenchmen, quickly pulling more people in.

“Weird to hear songs in another language.”, commented the soldier with glasses, looking in the vague direction the singing was coming from, having switched to another song.

“If you want to hear three more languages you wouldn’t understand, just say the word.”, jabbed Dutchy, pulling the unsuspecting man away to probably talk his ear off about languages.

The officers broke their little discussion apart after that, going their merry way and at least Skittery himself was just taking a few deep breaths of cold December air, watching the smoke of his new cigarette travel into the sky, listening to the various Christmas songs sung behind him. Some spiced tea and he’d feel right at home.

Looking to the ground again he found a few younger soldiers with British uniforms, all notably younger than he was, the closest to him with dark hair and rubbing his red fingers, not wearing any gloves. He must have been about Benny’s age, 22. So young and already stuck out here, but still laughing with his friends and building little snow figures like they weren’t in a warzone.

Skittery walked back to his trench, getting a pair of gloves that was supposed to go to a soldier that had fallen two weeks ago, and brought them up to the freezing young man, so similar to his younger brother. “Don’t freeze your fingers off.”

The boy looked up in surprise, but took the cloth regardless. “At least they don’t got your ugly eagle on them. Wouldn’t want to be mistaken for a Kraut.”, he joked and Skittery rolled his eyes, just barely holding back from ruffling his hair like he’d do with Tumbler just in that moment.

“Yeah, yeah, so much thanks for a Christmas present.”

The peaceful day they’d had didn’t last, it never could, not with orders from above, or changing soldiers in the trenches, but it was different now, knowing the faces of your opponents, knowing their Christmas songs, knowing some were just like his brother.

And he thought of that day a lot when, finally, he found Benny again almost three years later, even if they both had scars and wounds they’d found each other alive again, in December of all times, almost making it home again for Christmas in time.

Duane Street December, Day 22: Bad Luck

[tubbytarchia]

Traffic/Life series roster as dinosaurs

A lot of these don't make for very good hybrids unless you wanna get into freaky territory or full on centaur but... Hope it's a fun scroll nonetheless!

Grian - Novialoidea

A small birdie... The name also means "New wings" which I find fun. New lives and death games to be part of, new wings to accompany him... (Honorable mention to "Shuvuuia" the "desert bird" who unfortunately is not a pterosaur (doesn't fly)) (Yes we're including pterosaurs! Just using "dinosaur" as a conveient blanket term)

Tango - Aratasaurus / Pyroraptor

Fire raptor! Either works just fine and Tango as a skittery little raptor is perfect for a creature like him

Scar - Apatosaurus

"Deceptive Lizard" harkening back to Scar's scamming tendencies. Though I've always liked the idea of him being some larger gentler animal in any hybrid scenario and a long-neck fits the bill well. He can poke his nose into people's conversations easily to start marketing something useless to them and swishes his tail to ward off anyone who's about to stop him

Impulse - Nasutoceratops

Ren - Regaliceratops

Horns. COOL horns. I don't know what else you want from me ceratopses are just way too awesome. Nasutoceratops is a wicked cool dinosaur for having its horns point so forward much like a bull and I for one can jive with some Impulse bull symbolism. Bulls are often viewed as strong, sturdy and loyal, traits also assigned to Impulse a LOT of the time. But though he IS intensely loyal in many cases (+ Ceratopses are also known for how they defend their own!), and he's not very outward about the following traits, he can get quite petty and bitchy and hold grudges. Still, you don't think of that when you look at him and he seems to agree! Eg him feeling like he should be accepted into Cleo's alliance in 3rd life without actually proving himself when Cleo was rightfully hesitant, at which Impulse more or less rolled his eyes. And him proclaiming "betrayal!" when killed by Bdubs when their alliance was as firm as a rat's tail

(And I feel the need to point this out too just in case: "bulls are also known for their temper" yeah but they're not like that! Bulls like many animals become defensive when exposed to aggravating behavior or movement! Which you could work into Impulse's grudge holding and intense loyalty...? I don't know enough about him sorry but do with that what you will)

Regaliceratops! Regal!! Crown shaped frill!!! Need I say more?

Gem - Therizinosaurus

Theris are so bad bitch coated to me and I would love to have one as my wife I mean um I couldn't decide on a less generic specimen so Gem can just be a Theri! A herbivore - often associated with the belief that herbivores are gentle passive creatures, but far from it, especially with Gem! She bares her claws like it's no one's business

Martyn - Stygmoloch

A Pachy with a tough head and a tendency to bonk people - I think it fits Martyn's tendency to perpetuate drama haha. The Stygmoloch's name though more or less translates to "demon of the styx river", the river of the underworld representing loathing of death. To me this makes sense with all the watcher lore (that I have a hard time understanding but whatever!!) especially with how Martyn became in LL. The watchers themselves don't loathe death (??) of course. They're death games. But someone within the game trying to stay alive and win? Probably loathes the idea of themselves dying. I have no clue what Im saying

Pearl - Carnotaurus

Ok maybe a hot take not to make her into a pteradon or even a raptor with wing-like features but those just didn't fit that well in my opinion. Rather I wanted her to have some kind of horn motif in place of her wings as visual symbolism for her character. I'd like to imagine her having fine horns, to then have them damaged (one broken off) and simultaneously the other more grown out. Think of how domesticated goats for example have their horns trimmed. I think human hybrids with horns would do the same to keep them from becoming a bother but Pearl would neglect to after her heartbreak in DL. I was heavily considering the Diabloceratops for this, especially because of the name (Devil horned face - good ostracizing material) but Pearl strikes me a lot more as a carnivore and there are only two horned carnivores out there so... Carnotaurus it is haha. And even now I'm making her horns unrealistically big but.... We can suspend some belief

BigB - Oryctodromeus

"Digging Runner"! I've already talked plenty of why BigB is very rabbit behavior to me and my reasons for assigning this burrowing dinosaur to him are similar. Tldr he is fidgety and cautious yet clever and constantly buries himself underground

Lizzie - Anurognathidae

I don't even fucking know man it made me think of Lizzie and then I wasn't able to assign anything else to her. Lizzie often claims to be confused and if any dinosaur looks to be in a perpetual state of confusion then its this one. I know a lot of people like to portray Lizzie as a butterfly also so there you go, wings!!! And it's quite cat-like too for those who like to draw her as a cat

Mumbo - Leinkupal

I really struggled with Mumbo... So many different dinos fit him imo but I figured it should be at least something moderately large (so "Technosaurus" was out of the question lol). Then I rediscovered this dinosaur whose name translates to "vanishing family" and then I thought about LL and SL and how Mumbo went out quickly after the initial death/s and left a very felt absence in someone's alliance and then I became really emotional and forgot what I was doing

Joel - Nodocephalosaurus

Bdubs - Psittacosaurus

"Knob Headed Lizard"

Joel as an Ankylosaur has been stuck in my head from day one of assigning dinosaurs to the Lifers and I'm frustrated that I can't truly explain why. You'd view an Ankylosaur as a slow and docile creature, even compared to other herbivores, but...

1. Maybe not so much nowadays, I don't know what non-dino nerds think, but I feel like ankylosaurs were largely believed to be HUGE back in the day, much like velociraptors, when in reality they're not that big. The Nodocephalosaurus is especially small even among other ankylosaurs. But, well, we all know what Joel loves to say about himself

2. Joel is or likes to make himself look well in control, just as ankylosaurs have little to worry about as far as predators go. Especially in earlier series where he was content basing mostly by himself. It's always when things get dire and he enters his red life that he becomes very impulsive and erratic like an ankylosaur flipped on its back

3. I know there's a distinction between Traffic Joel and Empires Joel and whatever other Joel but... Even in death games his more charitable traits shine through here and there. He really becomes a dangerous rascal for a large majority of the time and he's very good at it, he's not putting on a mask or anything, but I like to remember that underneath that tough spiky armor is gentleness and caring. His care towards Lizzie and Pearl and Etho etc etc

4. The image of Joel as a hell of a spiky creature is just really fun to me. Yet heavy and blunt ones! And someone once proposed the idea of him having a club tail but having chiselled it to be sharp to mirror him being a menace. (Added benefit also that it's lighter that way haha) To me he's always been an obvious heavy hitter rather than stealthy or particularly creative etc. Him as a carnivore just doesn't work as well for me

The name bares no fitting meaning but when I look at Bdubs I think of Psittaco. All other species close to it in looks are already ceratopsians and we have like... 3 of those already lol. Im sorry Bdubs you look so stupid

Cleo - Lythronax

There's so few predators in this roster lol oops, but Cleo deserves to be an apex one! The name translates to "Gore King" because you know, zombies... and you know, Cleo is very king so true. If any of the Lifers should be able to boast rows of razor sharp teeth to gore others it should be ZombieCleo

Scott - Theiophytalia

I've been really struggling with Scott but how about the dinosaur whose name translates to "Belonging to the garden of Gods". There's only one known specimen of this species and it's an Iguanadon looking dinosaur which I think a lot of people would regard as the most basic, possibly boring type of dinosaur (if it weren't for the Allosaurus which already takes the title of "basic straight white guy") but that further fits Scott imo. It's always been a strong point of appeal to me how MUCH there is to his character that so often goes under the radar or unexplored, and how he's very often portrayed as just some handsome looking guy as opposed to a hybrid etc. He's not at all extravagant yet has mastered his craft of bending fate in his favor, he so often has things perfectly under his control just as he wants them, etc... reflective of the name "Theiophytalia" even if you wouldn't think such a dinosaur to sport one of the most prolific names a dinosaur can have. Also garden something something flower husbans. Basically whatever Bree's take on Scott is lol. I don't wanna blab for 5 paragraphs about that blue mf here but. I hope this makes sense

Jimmy - Yinlong

I struggled with this mf the most because he's another very hashtag deep character. I felt really bad to remove his bird motifs completely because the canary is so essential to him, but a raptor nor a pteradon fit my image of him at all. I spent so much time looking into various species but it just aint it, but Yinlong was possibly quilled and we can still cover him in feathers, even if he has nothing close to wings haha... BUT ANYWAY. Yinlong is a small kind of pathetic looking dinosaur, and Jimmy definitely isn't small but he'd sure be made to feel that way. Yinlong translates to "Hidden Dragon" however, a rather thought-provoking name for such a dinosaur. Given his character, it sure does feel like there's a soul of a dragon laying dormant somewhere in him, buried by all the self deprecation and curse labels. Honorable mention to Tianyulong, a very similar dinosaur who was named after a museum, but "Tianyu" also translates to peace and content. Something that Jimmy can't yet but deserves to be

Etho - undefined raptor

Already made a loong post about raptor Etho haha which I assume yall have seen since the support towards that post is the only reason I'm even making this post

Skizz - Olorotitan

"Titanic Swan" close enough to an angel right. I feel the whole angel thing is a bit overdone when Skizz can become a malicious little creature every now and then, but swans much like angels do get viewed as beautiful and taken as symbolism of love. Much like Skizz is largely viewed as an angel and often as someone who can do no wrong. But mostly I wanted Skizz to be a hadrosaur/duck-billed dinosaur, because those are dinosaurs known for their speculated vocalizations. And what is Skizz good at? Talking and voicing his love and appreciation? Yeah? Yeah... I'm so sorry Skizz btw this hybrid idea does not work out

Again, a lot of these don't work so well as hybrids... Some like the long-neck ones I cant imagine to have more than a spiky spine back and a tail, but! These picks aren't based on hybrid potential but rather what I think genuinely fits. I did really work on this all day looking through a bunch of dinosaurs and research haha, but I do love dinosaurs a lot... If you disagree with any hey thats cool! Feel free to give me your opinions if you've any and I hope this was fun to scroll through regardless

[bumlets-appreciation-blog]

Newsie Names (As Determined By Me)

Jack "Cowboy" Kelly: Francis Malcolm Sullivan (canon)

Racetrack: Ed Higgins (historically accurate, I put him as having an Italian mother and Irish father, both Catholic because Race crosses himself during the nun scene)

Crutchy: Elijah Morris (surname is historically accurate, friendly reminder that Crutch Morris was Jewish and so is Crutchy)

Boots: Benjamin Arbus (surname looks like it's widely accepted fanon, not sure about the first name)

Kid Blink: Louis Baletti (historically accurate, definitely has an Italian father at the least)

Mush: Nicholas Meyers (surname is historically accurate and I'm pretty sure the real Mush was named Nick)

Bumlets: Damian Vasquez/Damián Vásquez (Puerto Rican name, name anglicized after immigration)

Skittery: Roman Kučera (Czech name, @jackcowboyhero came up with this and I just love it so much)

Snoddy: Calvin Angier (also from @jackcowboyhero)

Specs: Leopold Bauer (German name)

Dutchy: Cas Hendriksen (Dutch name, Dutchy was commonly used for Dutch and German immigrants)

Snitch: John Whitfield

Itey: Elio Olivieri (Italian name, Itey was commonly used for Italian immigrants)

Swifty the Rake: Wesley Liu (half white and half Chinese like his actor Kevin Stea)

Pie-Eater: Michael Reeves

Jake the Oyster: Jacob Heaton

Snipeshooter: Gabriel Evans

Flipper: Charles "Charlie" Daley (I've officially chosen Flipper as his newsie nickname because it's more popular and less ridiculous than Crazy Legs, Bumlets still calls him Charlie though)

Tumbler: Andy (another @jackcowboyhero name that I've adopted, he uses Kučera when necessary but doesn't remember his actual last name)

Ten-Pin: Simon Butler

I prefer to be as historically accurate as possible and since most newsies in real life were immigrants or the children of immigrants, I took that into account when naming a lot of the boys. Anglicizing names was common practice for immigrants to better assimilate and since Bumlets's family had to deal with racism on top of regular immigrant prejudice, his father dropped the accents to make things easier for them. Bumlets will probably add them back when he starts working as something other than a newsie (assistant superintendent at Duane Street is my headcanon). I sort of imprinted on @jackcowboyhero when I first joined the fandom so the names they picked for some of the boys (Skittery, Snoddy, and Tumbler) are very near and dear to my heart. I also tried to take into account the actor's race/ethnicity as best as I could (Dominic Lucero was Latino, Kevin Stea is biracial, and I think Marty Belafsky is Jewish but the real-life Crutch Morris definitely was) and used information about real-life newsie nicknames to name others like Dutchy and Itey. If anyone has their own headcanons, I'd love to hear them!

[thedickcavettshow]

Can you tell us a little more about Joan Baez's girlfriend Kimmie? I'm curious about who she was and you seem to be the expert

Hiiii sorry this took so long to answer lol. Turns out I have a lot to say on this subject. Kimmie is a fascinating person and has lived a pretty wild life.

I'll just preface this by saying firstly I'm not an expert, I've just done a lot of research out of curiosity. Secondly, there is an absolute TON of misinformation out there about Kimmie, so everything that I'll tell you is stuff I learned from quotes directly from Joan, Kimmie, and other people they knew. The majority of this information is coming from Joan's memoir And a Voice to Sing With (1987) and Kimmie's interviews in the book Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin by Ellis Amburn (1992).

Joan Baez met Kim Chappell in the early 60s, when Kim was 17 years old and just freshly graduated from high school. Kim was a California surfer girl and Joan describes her by saying she "blew in, fresh, tan, skittery, ragged, shy, rebellious" and describes having sex with her as being "superb and utterly natural".

in 1962 Joan bought Kim a motorcycle and they rented a house together and they both adopted Doberman pinscher puppies. They often appeared in public together pretending to just be platonic friends, and Joan brought Kim along with her on tour, and Kim served as Joan's assistant and took care of her records. Kim also wrote some songs for her. They broke up after Kim trashed their bedroom because she got jealous of Joan's interest in a man she met on tour, but they remained friends after breaking up and Kim continued to work as Joan's assistant for a while. The time they spent together was positive, definitely one of the most pleasant of Joan's relationships, and Joan has said that being together taught her a lot about herself and about love and sex. Kim said of Joan in 1992 "Joan Baez was my first lover and brought me out and I still haven't recovered from that woman".

In the mid 60s, Kim became a heavy drug user, and in 1965 at a party with Jerry Garcia she took a little too much acid and climbed to the roof with an axe and began chopping the roof apart, then got onto her motorcycle (the one Joan bought her) and drove 120 mph to Joan’s house, climbed in through a window, and passed out in the middle of Joan’s living room. Joan called Kim's mother and they brought Kim to the hospital, and unfortunately that event pretty much ended their friendship.

While in the hospital, Kim was introduced to heroin, and immediately became very addicted. After being released from the hospital, Kim met a woman named Peggy Casetra (a name that is probably familiar/infamous to anyone who knows a bit about Janis Joplin) and they fell very much in love with each other. Peggy owned a boutique in San Francisco called Mnasidika (Sappho reference) and was also a heavy drug user.

Kim met Janis Joplin backstage at a show at the very beginning of Janis' career, and Janis was instantly attracted to her and pursued her. Since Kim and Peggy were not monogamous, Kim accepted her advances, although she felt that Janis would get along better with Peggy and decided to introduce them the next day. Both Kim and Peggy became close friends with Janis, and Janis was extremely enamored with them specifically because of Kim's relationship with Joan Baez. Janis and Peggy became lovers, and Janis’ friend Sunshine Nichols says "When Janis described Peggy to me, the first thing she said was, 'Well, Peggy's lover was involved with Joan Baez.'" The fact that she dated Joan was one of the first things Kim had told Janis when they first met. Apparently she got a kick out of telling people about it. Peggy and Kim were still together during the entire time that Peggy was seeing Janis, which at first Kim was fine with, but Janis eventually came to wanting Peggy to leave Kim for her and that soured the friendship between Kim and Janis slightly.

Kim and Peggy did not break up, even though they had a lot of issues with their relationship, which were not all caused by Janis. Kim was apparently a terrible driver, which really angered Peggy and they fought about driving which frequently escaladed into full-on fistfights. Kim was always driving way too fast and at one point she drove straight through a brand new $1500 fence. The fact that they were both extremely addicted to heroin obviously didn't help. They both did a lot of stupid stuff while high. This is a quote from Kim about a time she broke several of her ribs in the late 60s because she was trying to go to the bathroom late at night but was so high that she ended up on the second floor balcony instead: "I sat down on what I thought was the toilet, but it was thin air and I fell off the second-story porch, landing in a forked sapling. It was easily a ten- or twelve-foot drop. I lay there in the tree, stone naked, and I remember seeing stars and saying to myself, 'Oh, what a beautiful night!' Then I passed out."

Even though they had their issues Kim and Peggy were very openly and proudly a lesbian couple, so everyone around them knew about it. They spoke about being gay pretty openly, and they had a classic butch/femme dynamic (Kim was butch) that they made no attempt to conceal. The members of Janis' band and the other people she worked with strongly disapproved of them, and Albert Grossman, Janis’ manager (and Bob Dylan’s), tried very hard to keep the two of them away from Janis, because he felt that they were a bad influence on her and didn’t want her to get involved with “the gay thing”. Obviously he was not successful with this. Unfortunately their openness about being gay had a pretty negative effect on the two of them after Janis’ death.

After Janis' death, a lot of the people Kim and Peggy knew blamed them because they already had negative feelings about them and they were a pretty easy target. This was exacerbated in 1973 when Going Down With Janis, a "biography" about Janis' life written by a ghostwriter named Dan Knapp under Peggy's name was published. Peggy had agreed to let Knapp write a biography about Janis and had told him many stories about their time together, but Knapp took those stories and twisted them into something unrecognizable that just existed to shock and scandalize readers. Going Down With Janis did garner a bit of a cult following for being notoriously depraved and shocking, but unfortunately it's mostly made up. The book was essentially just Knapp's degrading sex fantasies about Janis written as though they were true facts and written from Peggy’s perspective. When the book was released, Peggy was horrified by its contents because she loved Janis and had only told Knapp positive stories about their time together. The book painted Peggy and Kim as Janis’ abusers and implicitly blamed them for Janis’ death.

After the book was published, Kim and Peggy faced enormous backlash from pretty much everyone they knew which led to Kim almost being murdered in an attempt at revenge. One night in the mid 70s while Kim, Peggy, and some friends were at a lesbian bar in Los Angeles called Bacchanal-70, Janis' former heroin dealer assaulted Kim in the alley behind the bar and stabbed her three times in the chest, puncturing both her lungs, and then left her there to die. Luckily, Kim was able to make it back inside the bar and she was rushed to the hospital. She was in critical condition but she managed to pull through and made a full recovery. She and Peggy split up for good after that.

By the 1990s, Kim managed to get sober after a very long and debilitating addiction that almost killed her many times. She said in 1992, "I finally managed to get clean; though I still enjoy marijuana and a glass of wine with a meal, I'm careful not to abuse."

This is the most recent picture of her that exists in the public, taken in the early 90s. There isn't any information about her since then.

[kid-blinks-eyepatch]

Newsies as things said at band camp

Crutchie: guys pls- Jack & Race, fighting over a 5$ megaphone: You don’t understand we need to go into the bathroom and shout “hey swifty” into it

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Blink, attempting to read his music: shit what’s that a D? Race, without looking up: Oh i love getting Ds

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Mush, eating pringles: Hey Blink you should fight Oscar

Blink: i would but Medda would break it up-

Albert: what if we all link arms and form a circle around you and him? that way medda can’t get to you to break it up?

Swifty, Bumlets, Race, and Finch: *w h e e z e* ———

Race, poking the doorstop: Wall boob!

Spot: what?😭

Race, points above Smalls’ head: another one!

Smalls: oh cmon the walls get boobs and i don’t?

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Davey: i feel like Blink has beef with almost everyone

Blink: No i d- *thinking* -okay maybe

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Race: *pointing towards Morris* oh it’s my hubby!

Morris: *starts running*

Race: OH MY GOD HE’S LIKE A BOWLING BALL

Skittery, Finch, Crutchie, Sniper, Les, Jack: *crying laughing* ———

Albert: *comes back from the bathroom*

Race: what’s wrong?

Finch: *sippin a juice box*

Albert: so Oscar was in there and he’s got his short tucked in in the front

Graves: okay?

Albert: and he goes “i gotta piss”

Finch: *big sip of juice*

Albert: AND STARTS WALKING TOWARDS ME😭

Finch: *now has juice all over himself from laughing* ———

York: oh my god i get my first tattoo in two weeks im so excited guys

Spot: what are you getting

York: some birds on my ribs as like a memorial thing

Graves; isn’t that gonna hurt?

York: yeah probably bur i have a high pain tolerance

York: and dont call me emo for this but i kinda likw the pain

Bart: you’re so fucking emo 😭

York: iM nOt

Graves: you’re literally in all black

York: shut up😭

———

[chaosfairy18]

I'm aware that being in the newsies fandom isn't just about shipping and that I probably do it a bit too much but I will still give Modern AU Bumswiftery children okay

Mack and I put down their names a long while ago actually

So they got two pairs of twins, first girls then boys, one year apart.

Josefine has some anger issues sometimes (she is just scared to lose everything she has, very Skittery of her). A bit of a tomboy, dresses very punk and learnt embroidery from Swifty. It helps her calm down a bit and also helps them bond

Jane is the one that tries to keep the peace of the house. Loves art and does graffiti (legally of course) and cooks with Bumlets, she is the oldest by five minutes (Josefine) and about a year older than the boys

Jayden is the sporty one, got into soccer like Swifty and Skittery but probably tried a lot of other things too, probably also with his fathers, all from gymnastics to climbing and swimming. No shame

James is a bit of a nerd and bookworm that loves DnD and reading but also very skittish, which Skittery tries to help him with. He and Josefine argue a lot, even in school which doesn't help his nervousness

[corpusdiem-seizethedead]

Jack: Looks like we can’t isolate, ignore, or ibuprofen our way out of this one, boys.

Race: Ignite it is, then.

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

Tumbler woke up in the dark and the only thing he can remember is feeling of getting knocked out. Which he never had to feel until now.

Sitting up with a groan he rubbed his eyes and felt a sharp pain at the side of his head. Raising a shakey hand to the pain he felt no blood. Which was one plus for now.

Tumbler waved his hand around himself to find a wall or a shelf. Just something to ground himself onto. Finally he found the wall and began to stand but his head sent a sharp pain. He hissed but lifted himself up again. He had to get out of here. Had to get to the lodge. Skittery would worry about him.

At the thought of his brother he felt tears begin to form. Using the wall as guidance he found the door. Turning the knob did nothing. It creaked at him. Tumblers tears started to slip down his cheeks.

"H-help! Pl-please?" He called out. "Anyone there? Skittery? Flipper?" Panic took over him. Tumbler fist curled and he banged them on the door. "HELP! PLEASE. IS ANYONE THERE." Tumblers first began to hurt. How long was he gonna do this, "SKITTERY PLEASE WHERE ARE Y-."

"Shut up ya brat! Don't make me knock ya out again."

Tumblers heart stopped. He recognized that voice. Oscar Delancey. Tumbler wanted to scream again. He wanted out. More importantly he wanted his big brother. Tumbler slid down the door and muffled his sobs into his arm. He began to shake.

"They'll be soon comin' Os." "I know Mo. Just gotta wait. He'll bring Kelly and that one eyed freak."

Tumbler choked on sob. He was bait for them. They were gonna kill his brother and Jack and Kid Blink-Tumbler gasp for air. Couldn't help himself. He wanted Skittery to hold him. Wrap his arms around him in a tight hug even though Skittery got annoyed by it. Or maybe that was normal for him. But he couldn't help himself.

He just wanted his big brother.

[cyber-crustacean]

If I'm sending Offiz to ANYONE I'm gonna make it a raffle I think that'd be so fun

[bigmack2go]

Newsies ships as love tropes because i can

Blush - soulmates

Snitey - opposites attract

Dill (Darcy/Bill) - academic rivals, secret dating

Bartherine - better together

Dathy (Katherine/Darcy) - childhood sweethearts

Newbians - forbidden love

Jatherine - (onesided) rival(s) to lovers, (the other side(d)) love at first sight

Javerine - two roads (,) -turned triangle, accidedntal throuple

Dove (Davey/Oscar) - bitter ex’s (again. Let me have this lol)

Javey/Javid/Jelly- oblivious idiots, slowburn, so much pining

Spavid- bfb AND/OR second chance romance

Jackpot- bitter ex’s (ik this isnt a lovetrope but its true)

Sprace/Space - not so secret dating, grumpy x sunshine

Rally (Race/Jack) - not just friends

Rave (Race/Davey) - unlikely lovers

Spralbert - love corner turned triangle

Spralmer - longtime duo (in this case trio) x newcommer

Spalbert - second chance OR fuckbuddys turned lovers

Amber/Almer - sweet love, not so secret dating

Ralbert -best friends to lovers, probably slowburn, oblivious idiots, even more pining than javey somehow

Redfinch - fake dating

Lovebird - sweet love, not so secret dating

Crunch - sweet love

Binch/Bitch - amnesia romance

Belmer - sweet love

Crack -secret pining

Crackvey - […] has two hands

Decs - and they were roommates

Hike/Ikeshot - small slanky™️ x Big Buff™️

Bumswiftery/Butterfly - toomates to lovers, big bed. Also probably one road

Buttery(Bumlets/Skittery) - grumpy x sunshine

Hotspot - jUsT brOs BeInG cLosE, not just friends

Joke (Jojo/Mike) - secret dating, possibly forbidden love

Spatherine - perfect match, the leabians nextdoor OR (probably bothsided) “i can fix them”

Spetherine - unlikely lovers, perfect match (i see how this might seem like it doesnt make sense but it does okay. Trust me. I have sources)1

Smallsper - gradual friends to lovers, no one knows when it changed

Smallsperboy - kitchentable polyamory

Snullsperboy - polycule dice, kitchentable polyamory

Peanutboy - oblivious idiots

Scotch (Scobe/Stitches) - enemies to lovers OR the lesbians next door

[newsiesimagines]

Which of the Newsies has committed murder?

Canonically at LEAST David has but I think probably Dutchy as well. He has the face of a murderer methinks. Within the NewsiesImagines Official Canon, Skittery has attempted to murder You, The Viewer. Special challenge to anyone who sees this post, tell me which NewsiesImagines post features this secret attempt.

[transgender-chiroptera]

Can you share some of your favorite bat facts? I wanna add more to my lil arsenal of cool random facts. :]

Of course! Apologies for the late response, I saw this at like 1am four days ago, forgot everything I knew about bats, and then fell asleep and only remembered I even got this ask today. Anyways! Some bat facts :)

Common Vampire bats are some of my absolute favourites, mostly because of their ability to run on the ground! They can gallop with their forelimbs and take off from the ground by leaping into the air and catapulting themselves with their wings, which is speculated to be how Pterodactyls took off as well! Most bats cannot take off from the ground, and must be elevated to take flight, so this is pretty cool. Makes sense too, since they mostly feed from the ankles of large mammals and so need ground maneuverability!

Here's a video of a vamp taking off, and here's a video of one walking around! I think their skittery movements and lil' faces are just the CUTEST, but I know I'm probably in the minority there. Also there's a large dish of blood in the second video, so fair warning there!

All three true Vampire bats have evolved special grooves in their mouths in order to act as a gutter of sorts to funnel the blood into their mouths, but the exact arrangement differs between them. The Hairy-Legged Vampire bat has a groove along the roof of the mouth, whereas the White-Winged and Common Vampire bats have lingual grooves under the tounge! Speaking of White-Winged Vampire bats, they're the only bats in the world with 22 teeth, for some reason (likely no reason since the molars are vestigial), AND they have scent glands in their mouths that might be used to deter predators. Pretty cool stuff!

Finally, all three species of true Vampire Bats are cute as hell. Look at these lil' guys!!

(left to right- White-winged, Hairy-legged, and Common Vampire bats!)