#wineandhargreeves

[fnich-enthusiast]

Hello hi if you didn't know I'm like,,, Obsessed with the Olympics so naturally a newsies Olympics AU had to happen.

First of all would like to acknowledge that a newsies Olympics AU already exists and it's a work of art. You can find it on Kath's blog @thefactsofthematter or on AO3 here

I will elaborate in later posts bc there is,,, a lot but Paris 2024 basics:

It's Jack's third Olympics, Davey's fifth, Katherine's fourth, and everyone else's first

Also it's Charlie's fourth paralympics

Him and Jack are brothers, not super important to the plot but important to me

Jack and Davey are married <3 v much openly queer pioneer athletes and I have SO MUCH backstory for them they're my favourites actually

Jack is the captain of the men's rugby sevens team, which Spot and Albert both play on

Davey's a heavily decorated diver, and is competing for the last time. He originally wasn't going to compete but then Les needed a synchro partner and Davey went what the hell why not

Also Jack and Davey are 32 and 31 respectively

Sarah was also an olympic diver, she's 3 years older than Davey and used to compete mixed synchro with him (which I know isn't an olympic event but this is an alternate universe where fictional newsboys are olympic athletes so the world is what I make of it - also I want all of the Jacobs siblings competing together)

Charlie plays wheelchair rugby and is actually the entire reason Jack got into rugby in the first place, he's two years older than Jack because I love some older brother crutchie

Finch is an archer, he's also very interested in the olympics and runs a tiktok account where he talks about all sorts like daily updates etc, fails to mention that he's competing until someone sees him on tv and is like wtf that's the tiktok guy

Race is Finch's best friend from home and is a skateboarder, was fully unaware that skateboarding had become an olympic sport and Finch watched in real time as Race realised they could both go together

Katherine does equestrian <3 I have not decided which event bc I think they're boring

They're all Team USA and I have so many more thoughts but this is getting long and also asks are open

Thanks to all the besties involved in this mess @we-are-inevitable @tarantulas4davey @jack-kellys @to-be-a-dreamer @wineandhargreeves @claireverlasting

[we-are-inevitable]

give me all the sad davey headcanons now

ohohooohoohoyou don’t know what you’ve just done

idk if these are modern or canon era at this point i just know i want to shake this man in a pringles can

somehow, he always feels out of place. even when he’s integrated into the friend group, he doesn’t Feel like it; the group is huge and has a lot of inside jokes and tbh he just doesn’t know where he fits. he’s close with jack, yes, and is friends with katherine, but aside from that its a guessing game of who likes him because he’s Himself or who likes him because jack Says to like him.

i've talked to @roideny about this quite a bit but this also falls into the Parentification of David Jacobs! basically, davey sees himself as an older brother rather than an individual- it's not by choice, and maybe he doesn't consciously realize it, but his default is Older Brother. he'll drop everything to take care of les, because that's always been his role. and sarah helps too, but sarah has a life and sarah has friends and school and everything else- david doesn't want her to lose that, so he just,, assumes the role of Backup Parent.

he tends to get really overwhelmed a lot. i like to think that he gets one of two ways when he’s overwhelmed: he’s either snappy and rude, or completely shuts down. he doesn’t like either option. he has a lot of coping skills but its a matter of if he can get them working in time

he never feels like he’s good enough. his family is so important to him, but there are a lot of expectations on his shoulders and he feels like if he doesn’t live up to them he’s going to ruin the family dynamic <3 he just wantsto make them proud and that manifests into him making his family his entire life and rarely ever having Fun until he actually makes friends with the newsies

that being saud, he doesn’t really… feel like a person? like i don’t know if he knows who he is. he knows that he’s stubborn and headstrong, and he knows his values and what he’ll fight for— as @wineandhargreeves said, davey feels like he is little more than his words. if he doesn't speak out, then he's nothing.

he knows he's good at helping, he knows he's good at advocating for his friends, but he doesn’t know his favorite color- people just say he looks good in blue and he sticks with it. he only listents to music that his friends recommend and he doesn’t ever try to find anything else. he doesn’t know what a personal fashion sense is, he doesn’t know what he wants to study, and he pushes every crazy, wild dream away because he has to stay in reality (at least until he gets closer to jack. jack helps him find this individualistic side)

and to touch on those crazy, wild dreams: he just wants to Live. i feel like jack's dream is to get out and explore, but davey is fine staying in one spot, as long as he's the one making the terms. he wants to make a home where he feels like he can be himself, not just David, not just Davey- his sense of self is so disjointed because there is a constant push and pull between who his family wants him to be, who the newsies think he is, and who he is on his own. davey's dream is to have a space where he can just Exist instead of living a double life (not that it's really a double life, but there's an obvious difference between Newsie Davey and Eldest Son David).

time to switch gears a little bit!

i rlly feel like davey’s autism would be really hard to navigate for him. he was diagnosed when he was young, yes, but he’s always felt like he has to make up for that (even when his family tells him he doesn’t have to). this man masks so hard that when he gets really overwhelmed and has a meltdown, they’re bad. they last a long time and he really doesn’t know how to stop them; they just kind of happen and he has to ride it out.

another note on masking: he's always masking. he masks at home, and he masks with the newsies too- but the mask is different. i feel like after davey's initial reluctance to join the newsies, he really considers them friends, but in his mind that means that he has to immediately morph into what he Thinks they want to be around? he basically creates this persona to fall into, because thats what he thinks he has to do. spit shakes, gambling during late night poker games, running from the cops- and it's fun, don't get him wrong, but it's not davey.

tl;dr: most of my Davey angst comes from his lack of a sense of self, and i believe he really, really has to work on knowing exactly who he is, not just what he cares about in a social/political/familial standpoint. davey cares deeply about issues affecting those he loves, but he only knows himself on a surface level; all he wants is to be a normal teenage boy who doesn't have to worry about how the world perceives him. and i think that is so lovely for him.

[girlwikipedia]

tagged by @butchghostbird yayyyay to do 9 characters who are me coded :-) kinlist just dropped etc

tagging @no-passaran @theworldisqueerhere @wineandhargreeves @angelcinders cause i really wanna see your answers

[snoozy-red-panda]

Thank you @phoenixisnthere for the tag!

Rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people!

I'll tag @khanger @greyroseandsunflower @gaycactusscoundrel @honey-and-wildfire @rustedskyprisms @houseoftrajano @wineandhargreeves @smute @macbethwitches and @firellily if any of you want to do this <3

or anyone who sees this

[jack-kellys]

hardcover or paperback? bookstore or library? bookmark or receipt? stand alone or series? nonfiction or fiction? thriller or fantasy? under 300 pages or over 300 pages? children’s or ya? friends to lovers or enemies to lovers? read in bed or read on the couch? read at night or read in the morning? keep pristine or markup? cracked spine or dog ear?

tagging @roideny @claireverlasting @we-are-inevitable @piedoesnotequalpi @wineandhargreeves

hardcover or paperback? bookstore or library? bookmark or receipt? stand alone or series? nonfiction or fiction? thriller or fantasy? under 300 pages or over 300 pages? children’s or ya? friends to lovers or enemies to lovers? read in bed or read on the couch? read at night or read in the morning? keep pristine or markup? cracked spine or dog ear?

[licensedfool]

Your design for modern!Spot is immaculate. Chef’s kiss, 1000/10, love it.

you know, i get the feeling his dogs agree!! also brooklyn newsies 100% call people “kid” “doll” “toots” “sweetheart” and all those sort of pet names but in nonromantic ways all the time

[crystallizedtwilight]

Just wanted to say that your art always sparks joy. Your attention to detail and the way you bring out said details in each of your characters is brilliant.

Thank you so much! 😭💗 That truly means the world to me!

[insertatitlehere]

WhiskeyDex for the ship ask?

lol you know how to talk to my soul

i def ship it

What made you ship it?

i don’t even remember. i think i one day was scrolling on the tumblr tag at 4am and i saw a fanart and i was like “that’s it”. and then i read all 2 fics there were about them on the AO3 tag. Between the sacred silence is still one of my faves 

What are your favorite things about the ship?

i love the way their personalities vibe together ? they’re quite different (big angry tsundere and quiet judgmental bitch archetypes) but not clashing (which is something I don’t like with NurseyDex). it’s always a pleasure to write their interactions. You can get some good snarky punchlines out of it 

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

everything is unpopular on my ship, the fact that i truly believe that whiskey and dex have more chemistry than dex and nursey being #1 

give those assholes a chance and you won’t be disappointed !!!!!!! also one of their ship name can be whisex and y’all hornies may be into that

[jack-kellys]

wooooough yeah!!

@wineandhargreeves @to-be-a-dreamer @claireverlasting @agentsnickers !! if you’d like!!

Quick: create yourself in this maker!

I'll start:

(I'll tag... @almost-an-artist @kiwi-der-vogel @whyoneartheven @turdofanerd ?)

Oh, and anyone who wants to is invited too!

[ocublur]

Me, seeing your OC: Aw, a gruff, rowdy-looking boy!

Me, reading your tags: Oh... a gruff, rowdy-looking murder boy!

The art is good though. Real good.

thank you!

that oc in particular isn’t a murder boy but is apart of a my slasher story

his friend however, is the murder boy

[ghostlypawn]

In regards to A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the door scene is about romance... to an extent. It’s also about making sure the women don’t see each other, lest everyone’s reputations be ruined.

thats the jist i was getting,,, not the romanticism i desire 😔

[livesincerely]

Davey stares out over the East River, his face drawn and pale. Quietly, so quietly that Race can barely hear him over the wind, he says, “He’s in love with her, Racetrack.”

“He’s in love with you,” Race denies immediately, shaking his head. Davey scoffs, shoulders sagging. “He is, Davey. You… you don’t see the way he looks at ya, the way he talks about ya when you’re not around. I’m tellin’ ya, he’s in love with you.”

“He’s not,” Davey says, simple as that, and the fact that he’s so resigned about it only makes Race want to scream that much more.

“Well, you’re in love with him,” Race counters, because that one’s impossible to argue with.

“So?” Davey asks. “What does that matter?”

“Wha—?” Racetrack splutters. “Of course it fuckin’ matters! You’re in love with him!”

“And he’s happy with her,” Davey says. “Aren’t we supposed to be happy for him?”

“I’ll be happy for him when he stops actin’ like such an idiot,” Racetrack declares. “When he stops fuckin’ everythin’ up, when he stops makin’ you cry—“

“Race,” Davey says softly. “Jack hasn’t done anything wrong.”

And that takes the wind right out of his sails. He swallows hard. “Dave…”

“He hasn’t,” Davey insists. “He doesn’t owe anyone an explanation, okay? Not you, not me, none of us. Just because I’m…” He crosses his arms over his chest, mouth pressed into a thin line. “That’s all on me. It’s not Jack’s fault that he doesn’t feel the same way.”

“But he does, Davey,” Racetrack says, because he just can’t let that part go, even as guilt and hopelessness wage war in his gut. “It’s… he does.”

Davey smiles at him then, and it’s just about the saddest thing he’s ever seen: paper thin and more delicate than glass.

“You’re a wonderful friend, Tony,” he murmurs. “This isn’t your fault. It’s not anyone’s fault.”

Racetrack can’t meet his eyes. They stare out at the water for a few minutes, standing shoulder to shoulder.

“For what it’s worth, Dave,” Race eventually says. “I’m real sorry ‘bout all’a this.”

Davey lets out a long breath. “It would’ve happened eventually—if not now, with Maggie, then at some point down the line. I guess it’s better to get it over with.”

He turns to Racetrack then, and carefully continues with, “Speaking of Maggie, you need to apologize to her.”

“…I know,” Racetrack admits, shamefaced. “I know it ain’t her fault, I do, but I jus’ look at her an’ all I can think about is how much she’s hurtin’ you.”

“It’d be easier if she was awful,” Davey muses. “If she was a terrible person and I could justify hating her, but she isn’t. She’s honestly really nice—I get what Jack sees in her. And you know, if you gave her a chance, you might actually like her too. You’d probably make good friends.”

“You’re my friend,” Race bites out, and that’s a truth that lives deep in the heart of him, etched right into his bones. “I’m not gonna— You’re my friend, Dave. You.”

The sudden declaration leaves Davey speechless for a moment. “Alright,” he says hoarsely. “I… alright. But, you should still apologize.”

“I will,” Race promises. “We ain’t gonna be no bosom buddies but I’ll make things right with her. I owe her that much, at least.”

“Good,” Davey sighs. “And, lay off of Jack a little, yeah? He still doesn’t know about… everything… and he’s trying his best, okay?”

“That part I make no promises about,” Race grumbles. “I still think he’s actin’ like a moron—he deserves all’a this an’ more.”

“Just try, please?” Davey pleads. “If not for Jack, then for me?”

“Fine,” Race mutters. “I’ll try.”

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[lesjacobs]

This is @wineandhargreeves gift for the Newsies Holiday Exchange!

“That’s ridiculous,” David shook his head.

“I’ve done it before,” Jack smirked, “you don’t think I can do it?”

“It’s not that I think you can’t do it, it’s that it’s insane. You’ll get caught.”

Jack laughed, “I didn’t get caught last time.”

“Because he wasn’t there!” David said.

“Sure he was.”

“No, he wasn’t,” David said, “I was the one that kept watch.”

Jack rolled his eyes, “fine. Maybe he wasn’t there. It ain’t like there’s anything he could do if he saw me, he’s in jail.”

David shrugged, annoyed, “fine. If you get caught, I’m running.”

Jack grinned and sprinted towards the jail, his shoes making footprints in the fluffy snow. David rolled his eyes and quickly followed him, a coat tightly pulled over his shoulders.

“Okay,” the two stopped as they neared the jail, “you keep watch again, and I’ll say hi to Snyder.”

“I still dont get why you keep visiting him.”

Jack smiled slightly, his face barely visible from the shadows surrounding the two. “He hasn’t escaped yet, and he told me if he ever went to jail he’d be out in a week.”

“Fine,” David huffed, his breath visible from the cold, “but we have to be quick. My ma said to be back before eight.”

“So we have an hour,” Jack shrugged, “that’ll be enough.” The boy took off, holding his black cowboy hat over his head so it wouldn’t fall off.

David stood in the cold, glancing around occasionally to make sure no one spotted him of Jack. He pulled his coat tighter around himself, shivering from the cold.

A shape ran by him and grabbed David’s arm, pulling him forward, “they saw me,” Jack’s frantic voice whispered. David’s eyes widened and the two started sprinting in the direction of the Jacobs’ apartment building.

The two came to a stop outside of the building, pausing to catch their breath. “I think we lost them,” Jack said hopefully.

“Yeah, I think we did,” David panted.

They climbed up the fire escape and tapped on the window. Sarah stepped into view, raising an eyebrow. “Where were you two?” She asked, opening the window to let them in.

“Selling,” David said, stepping through the window.

“Right,” Sarah rolled her eyes, not believing him in the slightest, “until eight o’clock?”

“I- we-,” David started attempting to explain himself.

“We almost got arrested,” Jack climbed through the window after David, smirking.

“Again?” Sarah asked, “I thought the refuge was closed.”

“Actual cops,” David said, “not the Refuge.”

Sarah’s eyes widened, “they can’t do that.”

“They can if we’re on prison grounds.”

Sarah sighed, “really? Can’t you two go a day without almost getting arrested by doing something stupid?”

“Apparently not,” Jack laughed throwing an arm around David’s shoulder. The three continued to talk, ignoring the world and what could possibly be waiting for them if they went back.

[snoozy-red-panda]

You answer ten questions, then you ask ten questions yourself and tag ten people (or however many you want, really) thanks @smute for the tag!

1. If you had to show tourists around your hometown, what would you show them?

Hahaha I wouldn’t say my hometown has that many things to show tourists lmao but there is a very good local BBQ restaurant I guess

2. What’s a question you don’t ever want to know the answer to?

Uhhh i have no idea lol. There probably is such a question but I can’t think of what it is.

3. If someone wrote a biography about you, what would the title be?

Oh Mood

4. What is right but sounds wrong?

Buffalo NY is much closer to Detroit MI than it is to NYC

5. What’s a food that you love but would never attempt to make yourself?

Hm I’d try anything once I think lol

6. What’s something you expected to be horrible but actually turned out to be great?

Peach Syrup in coffee at Starbucks

7. What word do you regularly mispronounce?

Ahaha I’m sure there is one but I don’t know what it is

8. Do you consider yourself to be lucky or unlucky?

Hm unlucky. But also privileged. Idk

9. What crime should be legalized?

All of them :P (no but seriously, the entire system of criminal punishment needs to be dismantled and rethought honestly)

10. Is there an item in your wardrobe that you never wear but keep anyway? Why?

A 100% silk traditional style mandarins shirt that has fabric loops and knots instead of buttons. I never wear it because it’s super hard to take care of but I wish I could wear it more. 

My Ten Questions

What’s the first album you ever bought?

If you could live any place for a month, just to try it out, where would that be?

Are you good or bad at recognizing different makes and models of cars?

If you like carbonated drinks (soda/pop) what is your favorite?

Do you write for fun?

If you could wear something outlandish tomorrow what would it be?

What’s a song that you like to dance to?

Would you rather be on a plane or a boat/ship?

If you like any YouTubers, which ones?

What are you looking forward to?

I tag anyone at all who wants answer these (tag me please uwu :D) and also @dandelyle @horcruxhunterr @wannabeapilot @fatehbaz @the-whale-institute @wineandhargreeves @asdfkjfaljg feel free to ignore lol

[enthusiasticmusicalquotes]

QUESTION OF THE DAY #2: What cast album would you point someone toward so they can get a feel for your personality?

My answer: Next to Normal

Summary of answers: NPGC1812 got the most responses (2 out of 14), and the rest was a varied mix. 

Answers under the cut! 

Anonymous said: I would show them the album for Bare: a pop opera because I too am a depressed gay

Anonymous said: Probably Annie, I have a lot of good memories tied to it

galactic-greens said: Company, but the 2007 revival. no better way to see how little I actually know about my emotions

Anonymous said: Great Comet OBCR

Anonymous said: falsettos 

Anonymous said: I want to say that The Lightning Thief will give you a good idea of my personality, but I think Hamilton is actually more representative.

guinevere01 said: Starry musical ✨

Anonymous said: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. This show has shaped me a lot.

pureaudiodawesomeness said: Oh, absolutely You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. I am an unholy combination of Baby, Tired, and I Wuv You Plz Be Safe!

Anonymous said: Amelie!

charliespring said: legally blonde the musical 😌

wineandhargreeves said: Come From Away

qualquercoisa945 said: probably in the heights. it's got a very home-ly feel, with feelings of disappointment and loss, as well as happiness and healing all around

stand-up-stevie said: Tlt!

[licensedfool]

Are you comfortable sharing your Newsies playlists?

yeah totally!! ill hyperlink them. my playlists tend to run around 1 hr 20 min - 2 hrs. i design them with drawing in mind so these are the playlists i listen to/build radios off of when drawing these characters!! theyre also kinda living documents; they change and grow or shrink depending on how the character grows and lives in my mind.

here’s a doodle i dont think i ever posted to go along with this post so its not bare

BLINK

MUSH

JOEY

SPOT

JACK

ALBERT

RAFAELA

i currently have race, jojo, and myron in the works!!