“haha wdym newsies has fish symbolism and it’s important” LISTEN. when Jacobi says “who says water isn’t important? just ask a fish… in the desert.” what does a desert notoriously lack? water. what does a fish notoriously need? WATER. but where do the newsies come in, you ask? these kids are being made to survive in an environment that isn’t giving them what they need to survive. doesn’t that sound familiar? ALSO, in CTB when buttons goes “we’s as free as fishes”— this enforces the fish metaphor. fish also travel in schools- similarly to how the newsies rely on each other to survive.
that’s pretty much it, thank you for listening to my rant
at this point, what i want to say is...... I LOVE ALL THOSE NEW BLOGS WITH NEWSIES OCS SM.... can i please draw all of you, your characters are so cool and im on my knees please please i just don't know if im really allowed to do that but i reeeeally want 🙏🙏
i doubt this will make sense bc i am exhausted but it’s always david, never davey, in my writing. personally, i save “davey” for dialogue and not narration- because i think it’s so much more poignant for the other characters to say his name, to speak “davey” into existence, to say that nickname and for him to hear it. because he can be david and davey at the same time. he doesn’t have to be one or the other. he can find that happy middle ground, he can be david and save davey for the people who love him and care about him and accept him for who he is.
a thing about me is that i will never call david "davey". it is a nickname that his friends use. i am simply not worthy. it is personal and sweet and i just can't bring myself to it when the reason isn't special enough
newsies demon strikes again. I will never ride as hard as I used to for newsies again, but it's fun to rember and rewatch :3 also. my old writing was FUCKING FIRE