☆ eyes on the stars and feet on the ground ☆

Sami! • You have the wrong Sami, I hate newsies • She/Her • Never grew out of being a theatre kid, now I have a BFA in musical theatre • Icon by @elenihannamphotography on IG!

[crunchie-morris]

I’ve been on this site for 10 years so maybe I’m due for an

⊹₊⟡⋆ 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝! ⋆ ⟡₊ ⊹

I’m Sami!

I use she/her pronouns

I’m 24 (if I’m following any of y’all that are minors and you’re uncomfy with that, lmk and I’ll unfollow stat!) (*further note below the cut)

I’m an actor and future theatre teacher!

Interests: Newsies, Team Starkid, most musicals really, Stranger Things, cats, music, writing, coloring

Other places to find me: ao3 - crunchie_morris, tiktok - sunshiney.sami (main account), crunchiemorris (alt nerdy account) (i am still a nerd on main too)

I don’t really have a specific DNI but I reserve the right to kick you out if you’re being a jerk because this is my house! 👍🏼

That’s it! Here’s my cat :)

*As I’ve become more active in fandom spaces as of late, I want to make this clear: as an adult, I will not have full DM conversations with minors. We can absolutely be mutuals, and interacting in open fandom spaces and sending asks/tag games/etc. is okay, but unless you have just a quick question (I’ve been asked for writing advice before, and I’m more than happy to help in that regard!), I don’t see it fit to be interacting beyond that.

Having been in fandom spaces since I was about 12, I’d recommend having the same boundaries with other adults online, and to always err on the side of caution. If you have a bad feeling about someone, trust your gut and use the block button liberally. Please practice internet safety!! 🫶🏼

[glitteringonion]

my head is full of poison

aka

my lil nancy wheeler whump fic!!

✿◉●•◦ "Perhaps she’s always been this broken. This bruised, like a fruit that fell too far from its own tree. Pathetic. " or It’s been nearly 4 months since Karen and Ted Wheeler died. Nancy is… handling it. (Not really.) ✿◉●•◦

after the events of vol1, both wheeler parents die, and this is the aftermath for nancy!! i really wanted to dive more into her character (specifically reeling on that scene of her washing her mother's blood off her hands in the bathroom) because she felt way more 2D (along with most of the characters if we're being honest) by the end of the season

there is mild ronance towards the end, but it's really not the center of the story (if i do end up continuing this fic though, it probably will be, to which i'll then change the tags!!!

tagging @crunchie-morris because they inspired me to finish this in the first place :p <3

ok go read ty bye bye <333

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85981706

[crunchie-morris]

Okay okay okay if you were to read a SurfsAhoy one-shot, what would intrigue you more

SurfsAhoy?

Retelling of Russia plot but with Madwheeler + Wonder Twins team

Either adjusted post-canon story or completely AU story

Secret Third Option (please comment and elaborate)

Don’t press my button pleeeeease 🙏🏼

Remaining time: 20 hours 32 minutes

[damndorothea]

i saw this somewhere else but reply / tag what you did today so everyone can see that we all did something different today

[lemonteaforall]

back to the headcanons after my prolonged absence. so ofc first i’m talking about my absolute baby: katherine plumber <33

she is not the -most- specially aware... and will walk around with her nose in her notebook. she bumps into objects and people way too much to be considered normal

absolutely HATES having her hair touched by anyone. the feeling is TERRIBLE. when she was a little girl and people would dress her and style her hair, she would frequently have meltdowns over it.

monotone bitch who CANNOT convey tone properly (she just like me 🥹)

she maintained some knowledge and skills from her fancy upbringing. she can dance, she knows proper etiquette (not that she uses it…), and remembers a lot of business tidbits that she overheard from her father. so she actually would be a very smart businesswoman.

will drag darcy around sometimes while working, simply because sometimes it is useful to have a man around for protection or to gain info/access somewhere. he is sick of it, but will always support kath in her career

she writes in a diary religiously. every thought and experience goes into it, and she’s already filled up countless journals. between her job and her diary, hand cramps are common for her.

[crunchie-morris]

2, 4, 5, and 24 for max mayfield?? shes my favv <3

YESSSS MY GIRL!!!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

I love how deeply she cares for her people, and the quiet way she does so. The way she dropped everything when El came to her in season 3, the way she listened to Lucas’ basketball games, the fact that she wrote individual letters for everyone when she thought she was going to die in season 4, and how she didn’t hesitate to be the “bait” at the end of the season - augh 😭 She’s not the type to yell her affections from the rooftops, but she shows it in her actions, and I just love that.

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

Oooh this is a fun question. I think she’d fit in very well in one of the many Spiderverses. I can’t decide if she would be in more of an MJ role or a Spidey variant herself - I could see either tbh. I’d looooove to see her in more Spidey AUs!!

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

I mean, there’s a certain Kate Bush song that comes to mind for obvious reasons, but aside from that one, “Requiem” from Dear Evan Hansen. There are a lot of parallels between Zoey’s relationship with Connor and Max’s relationship with Billy, and I think it speaks to the cognitive dissonance she has surrounding her grief.

24. What other character from another fandom of yours that reminds you of them?

Lex Foster from the Hatchetfield series! They both have that tough exterior but underneath is a girl who cares so, so deeply for the people she loves :’)

Thank you so much!!!

[lycheeeejelly]

Mike sketch inspired by this post by @mandyluvspuppies

Never posted any of my art before so I may end up deleting this lol idk

[crunchie-morris]

hug ask game! HERE HAVE A HUG 💛 (paste this in the ask box of your moots to hug them!)

AHHH THANK YOU!!!! 💖

[crunchie-morris]

(for the ask game!) will byers and katherine plumber (i am 99% sure this is correct but i’ve also never interacted with anything newsies related so i had to google this 😭), 6 and 12!!!

Ahhhhh the fact that you googled Katherine for me makes me so happy omg you’re so sweet!! 😭😭😭😭

Will Byers:

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

Gosh, his whole season 3 arc just gut punches me every time because I was also that kid who still had “childish” interests and did things like playing pretend long after most kids had grown out of it. (I mean, I’m an actor for goodness’ sake - I really just found a socially-acceptable way of playing pretend.) We’re both very imaginative, and deeply protective of that trait, even if we’re sometimes made to feel self-conscious about it. We both maintained our whimsy in growing older, and while mine didn’t help unlock powers that helped save the world, I think it’s still a strength of mine lol

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

A sign that Will Byers is very comfortable around you is if he sings in front of you. He’s by no means a singer, but he loves to sing along to the radio, in the shower, or to himself idly while doing a task. He usually only sings alone, except for his most trusted people.

After a few months of living in California, Joyce came home from the store one day to find Will in El’s room, both of them singing along to the radio together. Joyce nearly cried, because that was nothing if not a sign that Will really saw El as his sister.

Katherine Plumber:

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

We see two distinct sides of Kath throughout the show - her buttoned-up, I’m-trying-to-emulate-professionalism side, that we see mostly in act one as she desperately wants to be taken seriously in her journalism by both the newsies and her male colleagues, and her more genuine self, who is excitable and passionate and a bit silly. She seems to have a fear of not being taken seriously if she were to show too much of herself upon giving a first impression, and I think that’s something I do too. (I don’t think I do it as well as Kath - I think I come off pretty awkward rather than professional, but the motive and the goal are the same lol) She and I also both definitely have imposter syndrome in our given fields, making us feel the need to put on that front.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

While journalism is her passion, Katherine also writes short fictional stories for fun. She doesn’t really share them until she meets the newsies. She starts writing bedtime stories for the younger newsies and coming over to the Lodging House a few times a week to read to them. She even helps teach a few of them how to read themselves with her stories :’)

Thank you Mari!!! :D

[crunchie-morris]

hug ask game! HERE HAVE A HUG 💛 (paste this in the ask box of your moots to hug them!)

AWWWWW THANK YOU ARI!!!!

[crunchie-morris]

5, 20, and 27 for Kali !!

Omggggg Kali!!! I love her!!!!

5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?

Immediately “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett came to mind. Honorable mention to “Cherry Bomb” by The Runaways

20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

Gosh I would have LOVED to see Kali spend time with either of the Byers brothers. I think she really could have benefitted from their familial love. And what an interesting dynamic it would be to see Kali, who finds power in her anger, talking to Will, who found his power through love. They both have so much hurt and are both so powerful and agh. I feel like I’m not wording this as well as I want to, but I really think they both could have benefitted from each other so much. (I also think Will would have found her alt style and just how unapologetically herself she is SO cool. Ooh you’ve got me wanting to write a fic nowwww)

TLDR: Both Byers brothers, but especially Will

27. What is a color or colors that you think of when you think of this character, be it their canon color(s) or not?

This seems pretty basic because it’s because of the highlights in her hair, but purple. Honestly though, a whole blue-purple color palette comes to mind. It suits her mood and aesthetic, to me. Something like this:

Thank you!!!

[crunchie-morris]

4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?

for character of your choice!

Ooh this is a fun one!! Hmm I’m choosing El Hopper for this, and I’m gonna put her in the Hatchetfield series, purely because I think she and Hannah Foster need each other. El would’ve known what “two doors, not one” meant IMMEDIATELY, like that’s a fellow semi-verbal, superpowered queen!!

[crunchie-morris]

hi hi fellow newsies fan re: character ask game, katherine plumber with 2, 3, 6, and 12!

Hi hi hiiiii!!! Ahhh I love yapping about my girl, thank you!!!

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Her tenacity! I so admire her ability to just be like, “yes, I can do this thing, and I don’t care if you say otherwise.”

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

This comes with a ridiculous preface, I’m so sorry:

The degree of this trait varies from portrayal-to-portrayal - like I saw this trait a lot more when I saw Morgan Keene in the U.S. Tour and less in Bronté Barbé’s KP in London, and I have to say like, as a character choice, I love it, like I would probably lean into this aspect of her if I ever (🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼) get to play Katherine (✨🔮🕯️), but as an audience member, it’s a flaw, SO the least favorite thing is a tendency to view the boys in the first act as simply a moving part in her story, a tendency that I believe comes from her privileged upbringing. I don’t think she ever didn’t care about the boys, but her main motive in act one to pursue the story isn’t for the boys’ sake - it’s for her own, to further her career, which isn’t a flaw in and of itself, she should be pursuing her career for her own sake! But the flaw comes when she views the newsies as a monolith, just a factor in this story, rather than individuals. We see it most in the scene in Jacobi’s diner (“a gang of kids who haven’t got a nickel to their name,” “a ragtag gang of ragamuffins,” etc. - again, this all depends on how Kath delivers these lines) - she sees them for their status of being poor/orphaned/etc. This changes in act two and is a huge part of her growth, which had me torn on even saying this is my least favorite trait because I do think it’s part of what makes her such an interesting character! But it is a flaw, so - from an audience standpoint rather than a writing standpoint, that’s my long-winded answer 😂

6. What's something you have in common with this character?

I feel like my writing process is very similar to hers, as seen in “Watch What Happens.” The constant swinging back and forth between, “this is great!” and “I Cannot Write Anything Ever” is so, SO very real. Also letting her internal monologue out when she’s alone (I mean, she has to because she’s in a musical but I feel like she would think out loud either way, you know??) Also the way that, especially in her writing, once she has her mind set on something, she is going to Do The Thing Even If It Kills Her. I’m very much like that, especially when it comes to creative projects.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

She’s autistic, and has big sensory sensitives, and a big one is her long, thick hair. The feeling of it on her neck, especially in the summer, makes her want to crawl out of her skin. When she was like 10 or 11, she got a hold of some scissors and chopped off a ton of her hair. It was horribly messy, and her dad was furious, but she LOVED it. When short hair on women came into style in the 1920’s, she cut it again and never looked back.

Thank you again!!!

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

but i saw you in the doorframe of the house that always rains

come and find me cause they're shouting in the house that always shakes

don't that explain why we're afraid of love?

[the-woirld-is-yer-erster]

I love buttered noodles

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[tmgghn-mw]

Mike, a regular customer, and Will, his favorite barista