[moonbeam-mage]

(Holiday Newsies 2019 Decembet 2- Making/Drinking Hot Chocolate)

Cocoa in Cafe Diem

Race: Excuse me sir, would you like some more cocoa? >:)

Jack: Race, we’ve know each other for years now. You don’t need to call me “sir” and to be honest it’s kinda weird. But sweet, more hot chocolate! But why though? You never give away free stuff to customers? :/

Race: What can I say, it’s the holidays, figured I’d get in on that “spirit of giving” :)

Jack: Alrighty then

Race: Hey, do you mind if I er join you? It’s just... getting kinda lonely over by the counter :(

Jack: Oh! So that’s what this was all about, huh? :D

Race: Oh, shut up! >:/

@suddenly-im-respecsable

Sorry I’m late. Semestral exams have been a pain. :(

[moonbeam-mage]

The woild is yer erster!

[moonbeam-mage]

[snowie-sparks]

@gloria-propaganda @victor-propaganda

[quiet-nymph]

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[neverfearbrooklynshere]

This fandom has completely forgotten the King of New York/Why Should I Worry mashup and honestly that’s why this world has become so dark... it’s because we have forgotten the light.

[demidorks]

CONCEPT:

Pansexual Jason Grace.

[tellthosewithpowersafeintower]

Random Person: Jack isn’t even that-

Spot: Okay listen

Spot: Here’s the thing. I am allowed to insult Jack Kelly with the greatest degree of fondness, but if you do so or make him in any way insecure or doubt his own worth I will personally hunt you down, remove your kneecaps, and not stop until you are begging for mercy

*tense silence*

Jack: *confused newsboy noises*

Spot: Would you like to finish your sentence, or should you not?

[rivertellsstories]

Race, performing a very shitty improv theatre piece with Albert in the grocery store: But M-Martha! Don’t leave me for Bob!

Albert: He will treat me better than you ever did Chad! I know about your affair! *dramatically leaves the isle while riding on the grocery store cart*

David, who just wanted some milk: Please stop

[crutchie-with-a-y]

Anniversary of the Newsboy Strike of 1899

On the anniversary of the newsboy strike of 1899, I would like to think of the original strikers. 

Although they do not get enough credit or attention for it, those boys changed history. They were some of the poorest workers in the citiy and they stood up for their rights. They looked at the long odds and stared them down. They were brave in the face of violence and injustice. And today, 120 years after their historic achievement, we could not be more proud of them. 

#strikestrikestrikeday

[all-the-lovely-newsies]

Happy Strike Day

Coworker: Why are you dressed like that?

Me: *takes a breath* IT'S THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1899 NEWSBOY STRIKE IN NEW YORK WHERE A BUNCH OF KIDS BANDED TOGETHER AGAINST THE NEWSPAPER TYCOONS JOSEPH PULITZER OF THE NEW YORK WORLD AND WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST WHEN THEY TRIED TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF PAPES FROM 50 TO 60 CENTS PER 100 AND EVEN THOUGH THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT THESE KIDS MAKE DIDILEY SQUAT AND THEY FOUGHT THE POWER THIS IS WHERE CHILD LABOR LAWS STARTED TO BE CREATED AND THEY PROVED THAT THEY WERE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER WORKERS BUT IT WASN'T JUST THE NEWSIES ALL CHILD WORKERS STUCK TOGETHER THAT ITS SO IMPORTANT EVEN TODAY TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO IF THEY JUST COMBINE FOR A GOOD CAUSE. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. *takes breath*

Coworker: Okay, great, thanks for sharing *leaves quickly*

[snowie-sparks]

Happy Strike Day Fansies!

I’m sorry, I thought it was gonna be tommorow so I ended up rushing through this. Still I hope it’s good.

[drarry-imagines]

If Harry had been a Slytherin, 2nd year would’ve been so fun for him. The moment the rumors of him being the heir of Slytherin got out, no one would’ve stood a chance.

The literal morning after, you see Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson shoving everyone out the way saying “Move peasants, let the heir through!”, while Harry Potter is carried on Crabbe and Goyles shoulders like some makeshift throne, behind them Blaise Zabini plays “Bow Down by Beyoncé” on top volume.

No one questions it, not even the teachers.

[gallantblade475-blog-deactivate]

Tom Riddle would have won because Harry would have been too busy being popular to actually deal with the basilisk.

[snowie-sparks]

AHHHHHHHH screamed the young first years as they scurried about the great hall. “It’s a Basilisk!” they shouted. “Relax suckers! It’s on our side!” yelled a voice from behind the giant creature. Why it was Harry! The boy who lived himself  Riding a Basilisk. “I don’t understand-” Professor McGonagall stated, with a mixture of awe and shock “How?” “Well” Harry glances towards his housemates, sitting in their tables as usual. He gave  them a wide smile and a nod. His housemates also returned the greeting, proud expressions were written all over their faces  “It’s all thanks to them, my house really helped me to accept and embrace my abilities as a Parseltounge. I wouldn’t have been able to realize the advantages I have if it weren’t for their support.” And so Harry managed to defeat Lord Voldemort by destroying every last one of his Horcruxes with his trusty pet Basilisk  “Stuffles” all except for himself. (but that’s another story for another time) “

[snowie-sparks]

[randomslasher]

Just as a PSA, I’ve never reblogged that “your mom will die” post. I’ve seen it half a dozen time so or more and I’ve ignored it every time. My mom’s doing great. 

You’re safe. I’ve done the test for you. You can safely ignore it. It is a failed curse. It doesn’t work. 

[kiiboi-v3-blog]

Lmao they really took that chance tho

[randomslasher]

No, I didn’t. In my mind it wasn’t a chance. 

But for some people, it would feel like one. There are people for whom posts like that cause great distress. Not because they think those posts actually work, but because those posts prey on anxiety disorders by exploiting the way anxious brains function. It’s an inherently cruel thing to do and I do not blame anyone who is unwilling to take the ‘chance,’ because regardless of whether or not they genuinely believe their mom will be affected, the emotional distress caused by having seen and not reblogged the post is not worth it. 

I do not suffer from this particular brand of anxiety. But I do have anxiety about other, equally unlikely things. So I can empathize with people for whom these types of chain posts cause genuine distress, and I can recognize how needlessly cruel the posts themselves are–particularly because people who DO reblog them often do so at the expense of followers, or at the risk of getting rude comments about how ‘gullible’ they are, or even angry remarks from other anxiety sufferers who start blaming the victim instead of blaming the person who created the damn post in the first place. 

My point in creating this post was simply to attempt to ease the anxiety of those who are negatively impacted by those types of chain posts. It has nothing to do with whether or not I actually believe that ignoring that post puts my mom in danger. I don’t. If I’d had even a modicum of doubt about that, I wouldn’t have taken the chance. 

But hopefully a few fellow anxiety sufferers now have ammunition against the part of their brains that torments them with that whispered “but what if…?” every time they see the post (or others like it). 

That’s all. 

[photochoco]

hey op you’re a good person

[demigender-demigod-deactivated2]

As someone who does get really anxious about those kinds of posts—thank you. Thank you, so, so much. 

Just like @photoshop-and-chocolate said, you’re a good person.

[cream--rises-deactivated2019061]

^ What they said. :)

I eventually was able to overcome this with the help of my late stepfather, but I find even now when my mother grows ill I will remember them. When my mother had an issue with her pancreas earlier this year, I cried remembering those and had panic attacks because how could I have taken that chance.

She’s fine now, but it really goes to show just how insidious those are. They stick with you years after you’ve even seen one.

[hollandroos]

Ya’ll, when a writer posts a new piece of writing we literally sit by our computers/phones just waiting for asks, comments and reblogs. Every one of them counts, even if it’s just sending a quick ‘I liked that’ or commenting a heart.

[mendesftoakley]

give! writers! feedback!

[falling-rivers]

This is exactly my expression when waiting for feedback.

Any feedback.

[moonlit-maiden]

PLEASE

[hotcocoandmarshmallows]

M E

[skautism]

Spot, Mush, and Albert are all hufflepuff

[and-i-lostmy-shoe]

Mush, yes. Fiercely loyal, impossibly kind.

Spot is a gryffindoor. He’s a strong leader who always puts his boys first. He has to make hard choices and he does what he must.

Albert is probably in gryffindoor. He’s a reckless little shit.

[alberteatsglass]

Spot Fucking Colnon Is A Hufflepuff Fight Me Please

[coasting-on-potential]

I second this

[can-we-please-not]

If Spot was a gryffindor, he would have joined the strike right away. Instead he waited to see what he was getting into because he didn’t want to risk the safety or pay of any of his boys. Being loyal to his boys was more important to him than sticking it to Pullitzer.

Also, Albert may be a reckless little shit but he has a heart of gold. Also a Hufflepuff.

[coasting-on-potential]

Race is slytherine

[chip-gaynassi-racing]

i agree @orollyitsracetrackhiggins

[coasting-on-potential]

You’re valid

[stripeconlon]

I think all of you are taking Harry as representative of all Gryffindors. The only Gryffindor who comes even close to his level of reckless impulsiveness is Oliver “catch the snitch or die trying” Wood. Or Ron when Malfoy’s around. The rest of them are remarkably similar to Spot. Hermione capturing Rita and starting the DA; Percy and Dean both needing evidence Voldemort was back before they would believe Harry; Fred and George literally inventing prank products. Spot would absolutely fit right in among these people.

Also need I remind you, Spot is the individual who, upon meeting Davey, made it look like he was going to shoot Davey with his slingshot before shooting the bottle very close to Davey’s head instead? How is that not impulsive and reckless?

Personally I think all the newsies are varying levels of Slytherin because of they’re not calculating, they’re not going to make enough to survive. Jack Kelly is definitely a Slytherin in the Draco Malfoy strain (drama boy, loyal to family).

[asexualbert]

Ok but I raise you: what is the biggest factor of Spot Conlon that we know? How insanely loyal he is to Brooklyn and to his boys. He would do anything for them, he would die for them. He won’t do anything if there’s even the possibility that it could put them in danger. And looking at his character, you can tell that he values others’ loyalty very strongly too. The way he needed to gauge Manhattan’s loyalty to the cause before getting involved? If they weren’t going to work for it (hardworking) and see it through to the end, no matter the difficulty (Loyal) he wasn’t going to involve himself.

We don’t have the wide array of characters to compare for Hufflepuff or Slytherin, but we do have traits, and those traits seem to line right up with Spot Conlon’s defining ones.

Also: I’m with @can-we-please-not on the Albert front. He’s a good sweet child who would take a bullet for his brothers. (Race especially)

Also also actually actually: Can we all agree on the fact that JoJo “I’m gonna be the richest newsie to ever live” De La Guerra is a Slytherin?

[can-we-please-not]

While Spot would fit remarkably well in either Slytherin or Hufflepuff, I think he would choose Hufflepuff.

Jack, like Harry, would probably ask to be put in Griffindor instead of Slytherin.

Also @stripeconlon I didn’t mean to imply that Griffindors are reckless, just that they have such a strong sense of justice that a Griffindor would have joined the strike immediately, thinking that it was necessary to do what they saw as right despite the possible consequences, where as a Hufflepuff or a Slytherin would try to protect their friends and family no matter what.

[stripeconlon]

Gryffindors aren’t about justice. That’s Hufflepuff.

From the sorting hat:

You might belong in Hufflepuff,

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,

And unafraid of toil.

A Hufflepuff would have jumped at the strike. And I’m saying that as a Hufflpuff. A Hufflepuff would not have said “prove you won’t fold.” Hufflepuffs are at the front of every rally and march. They’re among the first to blog about injustices. And I hate that it’s the trait most overlooked about our house in favour of the more palatable loyalty. Yeah we are loyal, but we’re just first.

Gryffindor are chivalry, bravery, daring, and nerve. The latter three of which it takes to become King of Brooklyn if you subscribe to the theory the kings have to kill the previous king; or at least defeat the previous king in a fight. Nerve is definitely needed to look an injustice in the face and say “prove you won’t fold.” And daring? Watch how Spot shows up to fight in 1992sies. Also “On the grounds of Brooklyn!”

[can-we-please-not]

I definitely know Livesies much better than ‘92sies, but it’s also been a while since I’ve read the HP books. In all honesty, I probably shouldn’t have gotten involved in this debate to begin with. I can see where I’ve been defeated, lol

[stripeconlon]

I’ll absolutely agree based strictly on Livesies I can see how Hufflepuff Spot came about. I live the amalgamation of 1992sies and Livesies life which is where I pulled my headcanon on his house from.

[alberteatsglass]

i dont disagree with the points you have brought up, and i have watched 92sies but im still going to stick with my puff!spot lmao

one thing i have to say is that spot would probably fit a little bit better into slytherin using the facts you have already brought up, but would beg the hat not to yeet him in that house and whether the hat then sent him to hufflepuff or gryffindor is a personal choice i guess

[and-i-lostmy-shoe]

Can I raise a theory? Loyalty is part of claims for multiple of the houses. Perhaps since so many houses claim it, loyalty is a moot point? It doesn’t belong to any one house, it doesn’t sway you towards one or the other.

[snowie-sparks]

AU Headcanon: Jack was given the option of being able to choose any of the four houses, he opted for Hufflepuff cause most of his friends are there

[is-sinnoh-confirmed-yet]

you’ve heard of “the real wobbuffet is the tail” and “the real komala is the log” now get ready for “the real zacian is the sword”