Black Quill

A terribly dramatic person.

[blackduquill]

Jack Kelley, everyone:

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It’s Not I’m Anti-Social, but…

Spot: You’re acting too anti-social, they say. Well, I’M SORRY I DON’T JUMP UP AND DOWN AT THE THOUGHT OF SLEEPING ON SOMEONE ELSE’S DROOLED PILLOW!!!

[licensedfool]

tumblr did NOT want to upload this…but these lil boys prevailed!! id appreciate it if you could give this vid some love on youtube as well!!

[this-hattan-newsie]

IT SUITS PERFECTLY i didn't expect this

[the-calvarys-coming-out]

The world will know, but it has no instrumental

── made with moises

[blackduquill]

Davey Jacobs, his translator Jack Kelly, and the newsies singing “The World Will Know” a capella

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Race *spinning around*: turn around

Albert *drama queen, drama hands, drama face..* *yelling* : EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET A LIL BIT LONELY AND YA NEVER COMIN ROUND

Race *peacefuly turning around*: Turn around, bright eyes

Albert *drops to knees, continues yelling: EV’RY NOW AND THEN I FALL APART

Race turns around: Turn around, bright eyes

Jack *from bunk, cassually reading*: every damn day I fall apart

Race and Albert, jumping off the bunk together while everyone acts like it is normal: EVERY EFFIN DAY I FALL APART!!!

Spot: What the-

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BLACK DU QUILL NOW PRESENTS… NEWSIE SONGS BUT SPOT INTERRUPTS THEM!!!

Jack: I GOT NOTHING I I AIN’T GOT SANT-

Spot: I SWEAR TO GOD, KELLEY, I WILL PUNCH YOU.

Some other Newsie of your choice *cough* Hotshot: Yeah, some of us are tryin’ to sleep!

Newsies *after Brooklyn joins the strike in the 1992 movie* : Open the gates and seize the da-

Spot to Brooklyn Newsies: CHARGE!

Jack: DAMMIT CONLON!

After this, the newsies have a very serious meeting with Spot and the rest of the Brooklyn Newsies about the latest song interruptions.

Long story short, the Manhattan Newsies no longer sing when Spot or someother brooklyn newsie is around.

Fin.

[mosiee]

The boys: *drinking*

Jack: you know what would be cool?

Race: juggling knives

Spot: eating fire

Albert: seeing how long we can go without breathing

David, not drinking: how about no to all of the above?

Race:

Spot:

Albert:

Jack: ooh quiet guys, the sober man’s talking

[the-calvarys-coming-out]

Jack: It's going to work, trust me.

Spot: Trust you?

Jack: ...Trust David?

Spot: David I trust.

[blackduquill]

When Life Gives You Lemons

*Dave goes around the lodge asking them to say it in their own original way*

Race: When Life Gives You Lemons, throw them back at it, yelling ’I ALREADY BOUGHT GROCERIES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH’.

Jack: When Life Gives You Lemons, sell them *cough* for a ticket to Santa Fe..

Crutchy: When Life Gives You Lemonade, Make Lemons. Life will be like ”WHAT?!”

Spot: When Life Gives You Lemons, Squeeze Them In People’s Eyes

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BLACK DU QUILL NOW PRESENTS… DAVID’S WEEK AFTER INTRODUCING THE NEWSIES TO BROADWAY!

Jack *jumping off the top bunk): I think I’ll tryyyyyyy defyiiing gravityyyy (splat)

Race *rushes over*: Stay aliiiiiivvvvvveeeeeeeee

Jack *looking up*: I’m the survivah-

David *covers ears*: PLEASE. NO NO.

Spot *chuckling*: The Negative.

Crutchie, Spot, Race, Jack, Blink, Skitter: WE’RE SIX!

David: Our Love is God.. *jumps off the fire escape*

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Newsies as things me or my friends have said

Dave: Jack, if you need any help-

Jack: I’m fine, Dave. I ain’t that much of an idiot.

*3 seconds after he tries (and fails) to solve the math problem*

Jack: Hey, so about that help thingy-

-

Race *walking on the edge thingy that separates the floor and flowers*

Albert *pushes him*

-

Sarah Jacobs: Oh, fuck

*turns around and sees a teacher right next to her* *shares look of concern with Katherine*

Katherine: RUN.

-

Skittery (harshly): Yes.

Jack: You mad at me?

Skittery: NO. I DIDN’T SLEEP LAST NIGHT. I SLEPT TODAY. TODAY!!!

*Jack backs off slowly*

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Racetrack Higgins

date of birth: April 17th, 1883

full name: Antonio Carlo Higgins Pellegrini

mother: Lucia Martina Pellegrini Santos (born in Cagliari, Italy)

father: Anthony Higgins (born in McAllen, Texas)

born in: Queens, New York

religion: Cristian

has worked as: newsie, bootblack

[blackduquill]

So I have another theory that apart from blowing allllll his money on the races, Race can like stitch up wounds and set bones back in their place. OH! And his fav animal is DEFINITELY a koala. “they’re. just. so. cute”

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Spot Conlon/Original Female Character(s), Jack Kelly (Newsies)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Jack Kelly (Newsies), Spot Conlon, Original Newsie(s), Racetrack Higgins Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Royal Asshole Series: Part 1 of Poker is Joker with A ‘P’ Summary:

Routine was never a part of Jo Kelley’s life. Her life were too much of a mess to plan anything, and when she did, the universe threw something in and made her re-arrange everything. She just went with the flow and never complained.

Until her brother forces her to spend four weeks in a small cabin with the unbearable Royal Asshole.

[blackduquill]

NEWSIES SCRABBLE! SOILER: Spot gets fed up with them.

[blackduquill]

Les: You look beautiful when you’re angry.

Sarah: Yeah? Well I’m about to get STUNNING!

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Newsies After Watching Hamilton

Spot: If you can marry a sister, you’re rich son

Jack: Is it a question of ’IF’, Spot, or which one?

*Spot, Race and Jack start walking circles around the Lodging House*

Spot: Hey

Jack: Hey

Race: Hey

*David watching from the window,regretting ever showing them the musical*