#newsies dad

[pigeonwit]

you all need to stop forcing the newsies into nuclear family dynamics please im begging you

#'what if x was the mom friend' stoooOOOOOOOP- #it HUUUUUUUUURTS... #1) none of them should be the mom/dad/whatever friend because they are CHILDREN. #the whole point of santa fe is that jack (a child) cannot bear the responsibility of everyone counting on him (A CHILD) to save the day #davey (A! CHILD!) is put under ungodly amounts of stress having to be the provider of his family at age 16 (yknow! A C H I L D!!) #2) why do they even need these nuclear family dynamics?? for a fandom that adores queerness yall are getting way too straight in here #the newsies do not NEED a set mother figure or a set father figure. they just need a stable family. #and like. surprise! a stable family can look like anything! #newsies

[frogmanfae]

David Jacobs saying "I love you" at every given opportunity because he knows what it's like to almost lose someone you love x Jack Kelly struggling to say "I love you" because he knows what it's like to lose someone you love

#alternatively to a recent post i made #i personally think Davey struggles to say it while Jack is very vocal but the opportunity was there #(the someone davey almost lost is his dad btw if any of ypu wondered or cared) #i wondered and cared #i wondered and cared a lot #newsies #david jacobs #livesies #newsies live #uksies #jack kelly #newsies uk #92sies #davey jacobs #newsies 1992 #javid thursday #javid newsies #javid

[kellyscowboy]

look familiar? 😋

#another day of being an universal nepotism baby (my dad works there LMAO) #newsies #92sies #1992sies #newsies 1992 #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳ newsies // random ❥

[joeythefrog]

It is time to retire mom friend David Jacobs and Dad friend Jacob Kelly. I am aware they are a focal point of earlier newsies fanspaces so an alternative: mom friend Jack Kelly and Dad friend David Jacobs

Jack Kelly who acts like a mother hen, who keeps everyone in the lodge relatively healthy, fed, clothed and housed. Who fusses over everyone and protects them fiercely. Sings lullaby’s and generally acts like a helicopter pta mom.

David Jacobs who is trying his best but doesn’t really know what he’s doing, who plays cards with his ‘kids’ and loses (sometimes on purpose) Who pulls his kids back by the scruff of their necks (not literally, mostly) and drags them away because: ‘NOPE Race we are not going to Brooklyn today’

#jack kelly #david jacobs #not to say that we should hold either parents to gender standards or roles #but I’m just saying if we are talking the way they are chacterised in fics especially it feels like they need a swap #David is tired #mom friend David Jacobs and dad friend Jack Kelly needs to be retired #obviously you can do what you want but this is a proposal to the #newsies fandom #it just feels like an excuse to make David out to be a twink who acts like the ‘woman’ of the relationship #let relationships be complex #newsies #javid

[loving-jack-kelly]

Davey and Jack single parent meet cute au but where Jack's kid is super serious and stoic and bookish and Davey's kid is a total goofball who can't take anything seriously to save their life and so when they become friends nobody saw it coming and when Jack and Davey meet for the first time they're like huh. not what I expected.

#fifth grade besties and their dads who are trying so hard to be supportive to kids with wildly different personalities than their own #newsies #javid #jack kelly #davey jacobs

[jackmkelly]

one day 92sies will reveal why jacks dad was actually in jail and thats the day i will know peace.

#newsies #jack kelly #was he a bad dude or a struggling father #i need to know #bc stage jack just wants his dad Back #and movie jack wants so desperately to be part of a family but is he mourning what he had or longing for something he never experienced #keeps me up at night

[ftm-megamind]

i think david has the best scary stories. because he grew up in poland and has heard of like a hundred different slavic spirits and monsters and now he carries the legacy on because whenever he wants to persuade les by scaring him a little he says "eat the whole dinner or bebok will steal you" or "you can't go to the forest alone leszy will eat you" or "don't swim in the hudson river utopce will drown you and turn you into one of them." and also sometimes when he's at the lodging house for the night the littles just ask him for a scary story and he always provides (<- great narrator/storyteller david bonus)

#this is self projecting (as always) #because i remember my dad's old as fuck fairytale books with scary drawings of monsters #david goes above and beyond to entertain the littles with the legends he remembers and stories he improvises using existing slavic folklore #and on that aspect the littles love him even more than they love jack #and i will die on that hill #newsies #newsies 1992 #92sies #david jacobs #newsies david jacobs

[we-are-inevitable]

btw in the restaurant au. if you even care. jack goes to culinary school because growing up, his dad always made incredible food, and he started puttering around the kitchen with him when he was like 5 years old. he always wanted to try better recipes and newer things, and his dad- though they didnt have much money- would always save up for good ingredients so jack could cook whatever his little heart desired. cooking was their time; i imagine his dad was a line cook or something, not at a fancy restaurant or anything but at a little diner, and cooking was Their thing. jack would spend all day with his mom, and as soon as his dad came home- no matter how tired he was of cooking, no matter how much he wanted to just go lay down- they would go to the kitchen and he would supervise jack as jack made dinner for everyone.

when jack’s mom gets sick, he’s 10 years old, and his dad has to cut back his time at the diner to take care of her, since jack is in school and can’t be there. this means they bring in less money, so they can’t really afford to pay for the fresh ingredients now; most of their meals at home are dollar store staples. hanburger helper, microwavable TV dinners, sandwiches- they genuinely don’t have the money to spend on fresh produce anymore, and even buying ground beef and chicken breasts is splurging that they can’t often afford.

they live on a shoestring budget until jack can get his first job at age 14. his mom beats cancer the first time, but they’re drowning in medical debt, so jack finds a job that will actually hire him despite not being 15 yet, and his first real job is working as a dishwasher at a restaurant down the street. he works nearly every day, and all of his money is given to his father, despite his father insisting that he doesn’t need a job, he shouldn’t have a job, he’s just a kid and his money should be going toward kid stuff and not paying his parent’s medical bills.

but jack refuses, so they keep it up. i think the only non-mom-related expenses jack has are food related,, sometimes he’ll stop in the little grocery store he would go to with his dad when they were younger and buy fresh vegetables and a little two pound roll of hamburger meat, just so they can at least have one meal that isn’t ready from a box. jack continues this until he’s fifteen, and by the time he turns 15, his mother’s cancer is back, even after only been beaten for a year, and it’s a lot worse.

jack drops out at 15, after having long conversations with his father, and though it breaks his father’s heart to see jack doing this, it’s unfortunately what needs to be done. jack drops out and gets another job on top of the dishwashing, and he ends up as a line cook at a fast food place. they’re able to pay the bills on jack’s paychecks, and get groceries with the little that jack’s dad makes from the days he’s able to work.

jack’s mom passes when he’s 16, leaving jack and his dad to cover both funeral and medical expenses. they’re drowning after that, both grieving in their own ways. jack’s father can barely get out of bed for weeks, but jack is back at work the day after his mother’s funeral because he knows they can’t risk falling behind on bills.

jack’s dad loved his mom so much. they were such a happy family before she got sick, which wasn’t her fault, none of this was ever her fault, but after she passes he’s completely out of commission. he can’t keep a job, he barely talks anymore, he drinks and drinks until jack can’t recognize him. it’s terrifying to watch, but jack gives him his time- he knows that eventually, his father is going to get back on his feet, and he’s going to be okay, and he’s going to go back to work and they’re going to get to relax and things will be fine again.

jack’s dad dies a few days after jack’s 18th birthday. they didn’t see it coming. the paramedics say it was a heart attack. jack likes to think of it as his mom needing his dad. it’s easier to stomach that way.

but that’s fine. everything is fine. jack, freshly 18, plans his second funeral and again, he’s back at work the day after putting his dad in the ground. he sells most of the furniture to have some extra cash. he finds a cheaper apartment in the bad part of town because he can’t afford a two bedroom when he’s just one kid. he has a bed, he has photos of his parents, and he has a kitchen. that’s all he needs.

the next few years pass with jack climbing the ranks in whatever restaurants he can get his hands on. he’s finally in a place where he can save for school, culinary school, and he has more restaurant experience under his belt by the time he’s 21 than most of his older coworkers do. he busts his ass and works so hard to put himself through school, and when he finally gets his certificate after everything, he can rest. he starts applying to different high end restaurants, and he works as a cook in a nice steakhouse for a while, but he doesn’t like his coworkers and knows he deserves more than being miserable.

when he hears about a new restaurant opening in the area, some “high end” burger joint called Pulitzer’s, he throws his hat in the ring with an application and is hired on as the lead chef at the age of 25.

he’s 26 when a new server named David Jacobs is hired, and things start looking up.

#this is why jack is so fiercely defensive of his cooking #and why david getting pissed at him makes him so angry #jack also is able to get his GED before going to culinary school and he just wishes he could tell his dad he finally finished high school #this is so much longer than i meant it to be but fuckkk bro jack loves his dad so much #jack kelly #newsies #davey jacobs #david jacobs #livesies #newsies musical #jac txt. #jac’s headcanons #restaurant au #javid

[jesuistrestriste]

me: i’m totally focused on our conversation rn what r u talking about

what im thinking abt during the conversation:

#pin me down #mike please #mike faist sometimes gives hot dad energy and i will say it again #mike faist #mike faist nation #challengers movie #art donaldson #panic tv show #panic tv series #dodge mason #the bikeriders #bikeriders #danny lyon #dear evan hansen #connor murphy #challengers 2024 #riff west side story #west side story 2021 #newsies #morris delancey #jack kelly #jack twist #brokeback mountain

[onemorestrangeronthestreet]

No one:

Me watching a movie that has been turned into a musical: "there would be a song in this scene"

#just watched back to the future (the movie) a few days ago #and was constantly like #song X would take place here #the dialogue was like the exact same in so many scenes? #like i could quote the movie line by line just by seeing the musical #and my dad who was also watching it was like #can you just #shut up #no #:) #sorry this isnt newsies related lol #back to the future #back to the future musical #musical movies #musicals #movies

[emmedoesntdomath]

currently planning out a couple different fanfics, so…

I’m like,,, actually wondering what people think, so please reblog and share so we get some actual results.

#fanfiction #fanfic #marvel #parkner #peter x harley #newsies #sprace #race x spot #shadow and bone #six of crows #wesper #kanej #jesper x wylan #spideypool #iron dad #spider son #tony stark #jegulus #james buchanan barnes #james x regulus #wolfstar #sirius x remus #top gun fanfiction #rooster x hangman #rwrb #red white and royal blue #first prince #alex x henry #june x nora #sam x bucky

[pigeonwit]

davey jacobs is a gamer in the sense that he really likes slower games with puzzle/exploration elements and strong narratives.

katherine plumber is a gamer in the sense that she hunts down redpill gamerboys in valorant for sport.

#davey dedicates at least an hour of his stream to talking about the games themes and impact w his chat like a little book club #katherine coldblood kills misogynist gamerboys and tells them 'i'm going to fuck your dad so he can have a child he'll actually love' #do you understand. do you see the vision. #'but what about jack-' minecraft. ONLY minecraft. #newsies #davey jacobs #david jacobs #katherine plumber #katherine pulitzer

[frogmanfae]

I wanna fuck with all the people who assign the newsies into nuclear family roles by saying that Race is the mom friend just to see what happens

#please stop giving them “mom dad uncle” titles thats literally not the point #in fact its the opposite of the point #on my hands and knees #im begging #dont do it #newsies #livesies #newsies live #uksies #newsies uk #92sies #newsies 1992 #racetrack higgins

[daveysjackie]

let’s be honest, davey jacobs is such dad sometimes

LOOK AT HOW DISAPPOINTED HIS EXPRESSION IS

THIS ONE IS JUST-

with expressions like this, he doesn’t need to be the walking mouth. the glare is enough to stop people from doing Something Stupid™️

#newsies #davey jacobs #david jacobs #newsies broadway #livesies #ben fankhauser #ben fank #this has been in the drafts forever #no more #ben fank is a dad davey jacobs #i will not take arguments

[corpusdiem-seizethedead]

*another normal day at the Newsies lodgehouse*

Elmer: *grabs block of knives* I’m gonna teach myself how to juggle!

Race: *distracted with the 12 fires he’s currently putting out* Good for you, buddy!

Elmer: *exits room, passing Jack and Davey*

Jack: *takes knives*

Davey: *replaces knives with fruit bowl*

#this has also definitely happened with Les #and about 12 other newsies #newsies #newsies 1992 #seize the day #incorrect newsies quotes #incorrect quotes #jack kelly #newsies stage show #racetrack higgins #davey jacobs #elmer kasprzak #newsies movie #newsies musical #modern family #ok but if you’ve never seen this scene I highly recommend it #Jack is kind of like Phil tbh #I don’t know much about the show but this one scene is just *chef’s kiss* #actual dad jack Kelly #actual mom David jacobs #Les tries something like this at least once a week

[kazoosandfannypacks]

my dad just asked if anyone of us know where Bill Pullman is from... apparently "NEWSIES!!!!" was the wrong answer

#newsies #bill pullman #bryan denton #apparently the correct answer was 'arkport' 🙄 #tiger cruise #i have an imdb dad