#newsies headcanons

[aj-theteenagecondition]

people will say "this is my favorite newsie" and i have literally never heard of that guy in my life

#newsies broadway #newsies #newsies headcanons

[1nm806]

autistic spot conlon but his special interest is just newspapers so no one realises. autistic spot conlon but when he goes non verbal people just think hes intimidating. he keeps his sleeves rolled up so his arms aren't restricted and this is "so he can punch easier" but its actually because he hates the feeling of it. he has one (1) conversation with davey where he just talks about newspapers for an hour non stop and davey's just like. Oh you're like me! and they are friends because of it and without that context no one can understand how or why they're friends.

#jack's hawkin the headlines !! #newsies #92sies #livesies #davey jacobs #spot conlon #autistic headcanon #headcanons #newsies headcanons #i'm projecting onto him in parts of this

[orangesand-lemons-234]

Give me Newsies who developed or were born with disabilities over their time in the refuge and growing up in the streets of New York.

We obviously have Crutchie, who crushed his leg in a trolley accident during the trolley strikes, but how about the others?

Kid Blink, who's eye was cut badly during a fight and totally lost all vision in that eye, leaving a nasty scar where he was sliced. He jokes that he's secretly a pirate to the younger kids because he wears an eyepatch, but the real reason he has it is to hide the scar because he is embarrassed and ashamed of his scaring and how scary it can look.

JoJo, who was born with a vision impairment that makes everything extremely blurry through his perspective. Somebody always needs to read the headline to him in the morning, and he sometimes needs a selling partner to lead him in the correct direction without getting run over by a carriage.

Splint, who's broken her arm so many times and in so many different ways that it's practically unusable. It's covered in nasty scars and bruises and is swollen and bumpy from where the bone never fully set back properly.

Elmer, who deals with chronic fatigue and sometimes having to be dragged away from selling for at least a little bit because Spot can see that if he doesn't sit down soon, he will pass out from ache and exhaustion.

Albert, who lost most of his hearing in a fight at the refuge and has Katherine teach him and a few of the others some sign language so he can finally communicate as well as he can with the other newsies.

#yes i went with the uk production for crutchie #shush #AND PLEASE ADD ONTO THESE IF YOU WANT! #but uhm #im exhausted and going to bed now #🥱 #newsies #uksies #newsies headcanons #kid blink #jojo de la guerra #splint newsies #elmer newsies #elmer kasprzak #albert dasilva #92sies #katherine plumber

[raggedy-albert]

OK NEW THEORY

santa fe (prologue) is literally a prologue.

jack and crutchie’s relationship seems slightly different, like they don’t really know each other that well. they’re both just getting used to the idea of having someone there for them. why would jack just be telling crutchie his fondest hopes and dreams if they’ve been best friends and brothers for years?

it’s because this was a few years earlier.

also, the lighting in the background changes. at first, there’s a dark sky like it’s very early morning. then, jack starts talking about his dreams and the sun starts to rise. after the song ends is when it changes to the present. the sky goes back to dark, and race wakes up the other newsies instead of jack.

#newsies #jack kelly #crutchie morris #livesies #newsies headcanons #jack newsies #crutchie newsies #charlie morris #santa fe #santa fe (prologue)

[itsgrapes-exe]

i feel like every newsies fan headcanons every newsie as autistic or adhd (or both)

#newsies #newsies headcanons

[riding-palominos-every-day]

Thinking about the newsies who love to know things. Who love learning.

Elmer, who writes himself equations just to challenge himself. Who'll beg the others to give him sums to figure out in his head because he takes pride in how good he is with numbers.

Finch, who's fascinated by ornithology (even if he doesn't know that word). Who'll go to Central Park every Tuesday to meet the nice old man who likes birdwatching, who tells him everything he knows.

Mush, who wants to know more about machinery of all kinds and how it works. Who asks Jack to draw diagrams for him to see if he can figure out more that way.

Crutchie, who loves learning about everything in the night sky. Who'll stay up far too late trying to pick out details on the face on the moon or a certain constellation.

Buttons, who aside from his love of sewing is also fascinated by history. Who'll head to the library every Wednesday and Saturday and stay for as long as they'll let him.

Henry, who can't get enough of plants. Who, whilst usually interested in how to cook them, also loved learning about how and why they grow.

Kid Blink, who felt threatened when Davey arrived because he'd prided himself on knowing a lot. Who insisted books and such could only get a guy so far to feign disinterest, but who would read constantly if the words made sense to him.

#newsies #newsies headcanons #< seems the most fitting tag

[ill-say-anything-i-hafta]

I feel like being a newsie is an unnatural choice of job for David because he hates bothering people. It's bad enough that he tends to bother people all the time by accident. The last thing he wants to do is badger unfriendly strangers to buy a paper they clearly don't want. But he knows he's got to do it for the money, so he just exists in a constant cloud of embarrassment from morning bell until the last pape is sold. Which is, of course, the worst vibe for selling.

#les is naturally shameless #like jack #david jacobs #newsies headcanons #newsies #livesies #uksies #92sies

[abovethefoldd]

racetrack higgins is the type of person to fall down a flight of stairs and say ‘sorry, that was just me falling for you’

#and with a cheeky smile on his face too #incorrect newsies quotes #newsies #newsies the musical #livesies #newsies live #newsies musical #92sies #newsies 1992 #1992sies #uksies #newsies uk #racetrack higgins #race higgins #racetrack newsies #racetrack #newsies headcanons

[imbluedabadeedabadye]

Y'all keep saying "oh Race is transmasc" "oh Davey is transmasc" "oh Jack is transmasc"

And while I completely and wholeheartedly agree-

Where's transmasc Spot rep?

#cass speaks #newsies #newsies headcanons #racetrack higgins #davey jacobs #jack kelly #spot conlon #idk i just see it #i mean livesies spot btw #livesies

[lithuaniaseye]

Reminder that Spot likes going to the circus.

Sprace circus date perhaps???

#spot conlon #newsies #92sies #livesies #sprace #racetrack higgins #newsies headcanons

[baura-bear]

I think the reason Jack got so good at drawing is because after his first few times in the refuge he just couldn’t ever sleep and he’d stay up all night needing something to do other than stare at a wall so he started scribbling and eventually that turned into doodles which turned onto sketches which turned into drawings and then one day his penthouse was covered in drawings of friends and family that he could look at as he went to sleep to remind himself that he was safe

#jack kelly #newsies musical #newsies #newsies headcanons #the refuge

[carryingthebannershitposts]

Some Newsies Headcanons

Jack:

This man 100% pretends to be all brave an tough and then proceeds to cry himself to sleep

Probably afraid of thunderstorms but hides it

Had a horse phase when he was younger (So did Race but not as bad)

Sometimes forgets words for things and decides to make them up (couldn't remember the word for cigar so he yelled at Racetrack not to let Les use his "fire leaf stick")

Still has nightmares about the refuge

That Santa Fe pamphlet is more important to him than most of the people he knows (with the exception of Davey, Les, Crutchie, and Race)

Has threatened to use a lasso to tie Racetrack to the wall at least once, and no, it didn't work

David:

Talks to himself when he's doing things

Can see right through Jack's bullshit/knows when he's pretending to be okay vs when he actually is

Cannot dance but tries

Fidgets with literally anything he can get his hands on

A modern David would cry after watching Dear Evan Hansen

Genuinely doesn't know how to smoke and legit inhaled the smoke and started dying the first time Jack offered a cigar to him

Dresses very formally literally no matter where he's going

Talks about Jack to Sarah because he is very gay and doesn't want advice from his parents

Sometimes questions his gender identity but always forces himself not to think about it because of what his family might think

Crutchie:

I will die on the hill that Crutchie is probably an age regressor, but keeps it a secret because this is Newsies and nobody tells anyone anything

Will beat you with his crutch if you insult his friends

Will apologize after hitting someone in a fight

Claims to hate being carried but does kinda like it

Will go to work even if he's dying of an unknown deadly sickness because he feels bad about others helping him

Race:

This is pretty much canon at this point I believe but Race is transmasc

Spot is the only one allowed to call him "Racer", he will protest if anyone else calls him that

Always has a cigar purely for the sake of having something in his mouth, not because he smokes it

Got his harmonica taken away by Jack after playing it nonstop at all hours of the night

Spot has offered to let him live in Brooklyn and he just kinda said no because he's fine making the walk every day

Acts like an idiot but is actually really smart

Probably hates basically everything about himself but acts like he's the best to hide it because this is Newsies and nobody tells anyone anything

Seriously all of these characters just need to sit down and have a heart to heart

"I can't wait for anything! The doctors call it ADHD- I call it RDHD, because my name is Racetrack!" (Bonus points if yall get that reference)

A modern Racetrack would show Spot that one song from Raggedy Ann, "It's hard to be king when you're short" and get yelled at

Spot:

Gets teased constantly for being short

Constantly looks like he wants to unalive the next person he sees

Steals Racetrack's hat to annoy him

Racetrack compared him to one of those small yappy dogs once and Spot now thinks about it constantly

Aggressively kind to the people he cares about ("DRINK WATER AND GET SOME FUCKING SLEEP, I FUCKING LOVE YOU")

Refuses to explain why he ran away from his family

Despises his real name because "it sounds like an old man name"

Anyways that's all :)

#newsies #92sies #jack kelly #david jacobs #crutchie morris #newsies headcanons #headcanons

[fart-boys-blog]

newsies designs and hcs!! :3

#you know how in 1992sies that mom is looking for her son patrick #well FINCHS REAL NAME IS PATRICK GUYS #please accept my motherless finch hcs ❤️ #fanart #newsies #newsies fanart #newsies fandom #kid blink #mush meyers #kid blink newsies #mush newsies #elmer newsies #romeo newsies #finch cortez #finch newsies #buttons newsies #albert dasilva #albert newsies #newsies headcanons #newsies designs

[orangesand-lemons-234]

Buttons was 16 years old. He'd been a Newsie for ten of those years, therefore being around to see some of the younger kids grow with him.

When he saw Elmer, he still saw the three year old Spot brought to visit Manhattan four years ago.

When he saw Splasher, he saw the five year old he and Tommy Boy found sat alone on a bench outside the church three years ago.

When he saw Mike and Ike, he saw the babies left in a basket outside the Lodge House five years ago.

So, seeing each of them beaten up and bloody hurt all the more.

The Lodge was absolute chaos after the fight. Not the usual Lodge chaos, however, it was a scary and fearful chaos. The one that made your heart pound and brain blurry.

Kids were wailing and crying, teenagers were yelling and shouting. There wasn't a quiet place in the house.

Everybody realised quite quickly that nobody had walked out without a few battle scars to show afterwards, and the little kids were no exception.

Elmer had a shard of glass thrown at his forehead, and it was bleeding badly. Despite the bandages now wrapped around the injury, the injury had bled through, creating crimson dots splattered around it.

Splasher had broken his ankle after being shoved to the ground by one of the bulls. Buttons had a pole tied to his leg to keep it as straight as possible and had it elevated on the other bed. He was still weeping silently with the pain shooting up his leg every few minutes.

Mike and Ike were sat on his lap and were crying harder than any of the Newsies had ever seen, despite knowing them their whole lives.

Mike had been struck in the back with a baton multiple times, his back now scattered with bruises and blood. He didn't understand what was happening or why he was in so much pain, he just wanted it to stop.

Ike was hit in the face with one of the Delancey's brass knuckles, leaving him with a black eye and scarred nose. He was practically inconsolable, not allowing anybody to touch him for a very long time after the fight, only relaxing enough for Button's to check him out when Mike was brought in with Albert and Finch.

Buttons, with no help from the others got to work helping the kids in any way he could. The kids needed a shoulder to cry on and a helping hand to wrap up their injuries while some of the older newsies tried to sort out where Jack was and if they could try to save Crutchie.

They didn't understand what any of this meant. They just wanted somebody to hold them and tell them they were okay. Someone to sing one of Meddas songs while they wrapped up their scars and cuts.

Buttons was okay. He was fine and could help with the little ones with their injuries. Yeah, sure, he was struggling to breathe properly, and his knees were throbbing with pain, but the little kids needed help more than he did. He could handle it.

Buttons was 16, but sometimes he wishes he was still 6, when there was always an older kid around to help him out.

#oooo older sibling trauma fic #oooo #buttons angst #it was gonna happen eventually #i was gonna write an angsty oneshot for him eventually #but uhhh #yay #older sibling trauma #most of us have been there #yknow? #newsies #uksies #newsies headcanons #newsies fanfic #newsies fanfiction #buttons newsies #elmer newsies #splasher newsies #mike and ike newsies

[raggedy-albert]

albert is not allowed to accept dares because he will do it every single time no matter what

#newsies #albert newsies #albert dasilva #newsies albert #newsies headcanons #livesies

[1nm806]

At any given time you could climb up to the roofs of Manhattan and find assorted newsies up there, I think.

Jack and Crutchie get up there and Jack rambles on about cowboys and seeing the big wide world and Crutchie smiles and listens and knows that his brother is all talk. Jack wouldn't really leave New York, not unless he got to take everyone with him. Jack's waxes poetic about this place he's never been too, and Crutchie joins in the daydreaming, knowing neither of them are taking it seriously. It's like make believe to them.

Davey and Les is always the former chasing down the latter, who is "too young to be somewhere this high up", but they end up chatting up there anyway sometimes. About Les' fears of going back to school without his new friends, about whether the newsies will still welcome them if they don't work with them, about whether they'll even remember them. Davey, of course, says that they're silly things to worry about. The Jacobs family made an impression on the newsies, and it'd be ridiculous to think they'd forget the pair of them. He doesn't say that he has the same fears.

Jack and Davey is mostly silent, with the occasional worry spoken softly between them, shot down by the other with words of kindness and the underlying tone of "you're being stupid to say that, course that's not true". Once Davey asked Jack if he really would leave to Santa Fe without them, and was content when he received the answer of: "Not without you. Not without any of you."

Race and Jack talk loudly into the night, bickering and playing cards and seeing if they can throw things at targets they set up back when they first became friends. Very few serious conversations have happened with them, but there were a couple of ones about relationships or worries they didn't think they could say to the others. The odd tear-filled conversation about sexuality is overshadowed by the constant talking over each other and teasing. But it doesn't go unappreciated.

The rare times that Spot is up there with anyone, it's normally Racer. Race who talks and talks and occasionally pauses to let the other add commentary. The pair of them make fun of Jack, and talk about issues going on within their boroughs. It's not a special place for them, but the lodging house is loud, and Spot always makes his way up to the roof of it whenever he visits for a while - just to get away from it all. Race follows him up there after a while, then keeps him company with chatter and hand-holding until Davey inevitably joins them and he can go back down to play more card games.

Davey and Spot exclusively end up there when they're both already too exhausted from socialisation to continue it. They sit in almost complete silence, drinking in the sounds and sights of NYC, until one of them eventually regains their voice and asks the other how things are going. They discuss important meeting topics and whether or not this next challenger will dethrone Spot (the younger boy is confident in his abilities, but checks with Davey's logical mind whenever he can). Davey asks him about Jack, and about the history of the bad blood between Manhattan and Brooklyn. And, now he thinks about it, Brooklyn and everyone. Spot nods along and explains in an incredibly biased way the reasons, and in turn asks Davey about his school - about his lessons, classmates, "anything interestin been said there lately?".

Jack and Spot used to go up there. Back when the latter liked the Manhattan leader. He still tries to spend time with Brooklyn's leader, but more often than not it ends in awkward silences, snide comments and the shorter boy announcing his leave about 2 minutes in. Then one day, Jack manages to catch the other boy when he's talking to Davey. He joins them, and Davey - after a few minutes - says something about needing to get Les home and leaves. It's completely silent, the wind's blowing, and goddamn it Jack's sure the other boy will just leave as well. But he doesn't. It's the only time Spot opens his mouth and says what he means to the Manhattan newsie - and he's still not sure why he did. He tells the other that him leaving the strike was a betrayal that cut him so deep he considered cutting all ties with the borough. He says that Jack hadn't left just the strikers, but friends and family, and that he'd left it all on Davey and him to sort out the mess as leaders. It's the only time he ever says to Jack that he thought they were family. And he makes it clear that he's unsure if they can ever be again. They're up on the roof for hours, long enough that the sun sets and rises. It ends with them both going off about their days, and if both leaders were seen and heard in tears that night, well. That's neither here nor there.

#jack's hawkin the headlines !! #newsies #92sies #spot conlon #davey jacobs #jack kelly #racetrack higgins #les jacobs #javey #(<- implied) #sprace #(<- also implied) #newsies headcanons #if the stuff ive written the most about is spots bits then um #close ur eyes please. he is an infection #we're makin' headlines !