#cralbert

[theunknownpoetssociety]

modern newsie AU! does that ship get married?

javey - yes, they're around late 20s, really wholesome and sweet, spot officiates and then they adopt and are such girl dads

sprace - yes, immediately out of high school / during early college since race doesn't want his dads name on his phd so he takes conlon and spot doesn't mind sticking with his own since it was his moms name

crutchbert - yes, they have like 2 kids and are such a middle-age married couple

spromeo - no, with the asterisk of that they could, but they both have trauma from past relationships of being stuck/"tied down" so just dating is good enough for them since they know their partner loves them

newsbians - yes, they're freshly 23 and out of college, they do a traditional wedding, the full nine yards and they both look like princesses

ralbert - no, like spromeo, they know their partner loves them and that's enough. they do elope when they're older (like mid 30s) but for now it's enough

blush - no but then one day when they're like 25 mush sits up suddenly and is like "i just realized, we're not married even tho we've been dating for like 12 years, we should do that" and blink says "oh yeah i forgot about that. we should. we're kinda overdue anyway" and then they do! and they're really sweet

jackcrutchie - yes, like newsbians they go the traditional route and are superrr cute and fluffy

redfinch - yes but they elope and don't tell anyone until like 2 years after just to see if anyone noticed (no one except for katherine did)

jatherine - yes but in the non traditional way of where it's them, the officiate, and like 3 others

[orphanensemble]

fun fact in my modern au crutchie and albert started dating bc in science class once the teacher said an extinct animal was the “largest member” of its genus or something and they both giggled and they were the only 2 whose brain went anywhere near a dick joke. then they started talking and a month later they were together

[skautism]

*holding a shotgun* I MADE THIS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL DO NOT TOUCH

I know I have requests but I wanna write about crutchie I'm sorry

These are modern au by the way

I will not shut up about the hc that them and York are twins

Nonbinary icon

Uses forearm crutches, uses a cane at home bc its a small apartment

Lesbian moms and really supportive grandparents!!!!!!

Listens to twisted sister and beach bunny and that's about it

Literally THE definition of hopepunk

Ocd and adhd yes I projected

Has skin picking problems and has to count when they go up and down stairs and checks over and over that their lamp is unplugged

Freckles everywhere

Used to swim a lot, still sorta can using just arms

Orchestra!! Plays viola

I have too many ships I'm sorry but my mains are cravey, cralbert, crunch, and jackcrutchie

Has kicked homophobes really hard before

Ironheart and miles morales stan

Curly hair!!! Punk haircut w a shaved side

Tag list:

@ollie-rancher

@concretedonutssprinkledwthmold

@autisticamnesty

@sing-no-more

@hoi-polloi-bois

@that-one-hyperfixation

@saiiboumamii

@bonbonuwu

@crutchie-the-crutch

[newsiepedia]

Relationship Analysis: Albert and Crutchie

Charcter 1: Albert is a tough newsie with a soft heart. He means well, but sometimes he goes too far with his jokes.

Character 2: Crutchie is an experienced and optimistic newsie. Although he is usually a kind person, he’s not someone you want to cross- unless you like being made a fool of.

All About It:

Crutchie and Albert are very touchy- feely with each other. They often stand together and put their arms around each other. Albert even carries Crutchie bridal style at one point. (Gifset)

Crutchie trusts Albert. Crutchie states that he “don’t want anyone should see (he) ain’t been walkin’ so good”, (Newsies Live script page 1) but when Morris attacks him he lets Albert help him up and support his weight. The script states that Albert acts “immediately”, showing that they probably have talked about this, and Albert knows that he’s the . designated helper. (Newsies Live script page 9)

Albert doesn’t like Crutchie as much as he likes Race. Despite otherwise being good friends with Crutchie, Albert agrees with Race that he only sells well because people pity him. (Newsies Live script page 6) 

Will it Ship?

YES! Albert and Crutchie spend a lot of time together, and seem to be close already. It’s not a stretch that they could end up together. Besides, see how Albert is looking at Crutchie in the 6th gif? (Gifset)

NO! Crutchie may depend on Albert’s physical strength, but his constantly siding with Race might put a strain on them. Besides, there’s no evidence Albert’s helping Crutchie isn’t coming from the same kindness he’d extend to anyone.

[theunknownpoetssociety]

crutchbert but it's for character development

it begins in eighth grade, albert transfers to a new school and immediately befriends race in his dance class, joining his friend group easily. crutchie is confident and cool, he proudly wears years old friendship and kandi bracelets, he sticker bombs his crutches, and he wears pronoun pins without giving a shit of getting weird looks. he laughs so easily and is kind to everyone. he makes albert's palms sweat, creating a kind of allure that makes albert just want to be with him all the time

albert is beautiful in a way that makes crutchie realize maybe all those old dead poets in his english class were right, and some people are just angelic. he always wears his flaming red hair under a backwards baseball cap but the rare times when he doesn't crutchie wants to touch and admire. the way he dances is another kind of magic crutchie can hardly describe, jumping four feet in the air while looking weightless, a kind of entranced look comes over his face while he moves making crutchie blush, like he was interrupting something, he doesn't look away, he could never look away, in awe of how he looked

it's both of theirs first relationships, starting over the summer before freshman year, absolute puppy love, they are so wholesome and sweet to each other

crutchie needs someone who will look past his chronic illnesses and disability to truly love him without conditions. albert needs someone who will let him love them without bounds and doesn't tell him he's "too much"

they are each others first everything, from kisses to sex to the first time they are truly vulnerable with another person. albert listens to crutchie vent about his how his disability stops him from even driving and crutchie holds albert when he cries after he fractures his tibia right before his julliard audition

albert loves crutchie for his blunt nature and how he is always ready to cheer someone up with a joke and The SmileTM. crutchie loves albert for his dedication to everything he does, never doing anything halfassed

it isn't a bitter end for either of them, near the end of senior year. they don't fight, they don't argue, they don't yell. it's no one's fault, they simply outgrow each other, and they can't fit into each others lives like before. they hold each other through the night of their breakup, neither wanting to leave, neither wanting to keep living like this

they remain friends, mostly because their friend groups are so intertwined and there isn't any bad blood but it's different because they used to be each others everything and now they are just friends. acquaintances, really

it's sad and neither like it but it's the way it has to be, they can't go back to the way things were before they were dating and they definitely can't go back to the way things were when they were dating

it's five years post breakup that albert loses crutchie's number, finally upgrading his phone that he's had since middle school and when he does so, he realizes contacts he hasn't talked to in two weeks or more got automatically deleted

he's sad, but not enough to cry and that's a good way to describe it, he thinks

[joshuaalbert]

For the ask game: cralbert. I'm really curious to know what made you ship it

you're an icon for this tysm!!

What made you ship it?

initially it was literally just the sweater thing like. ok you’re telling me this guy forgot to bring a sweater to a ski trip?? in calgary?? a trip that may have just been the two of them bc wesley just says “josh and i went to calgary last month”?? and then he kept wesley’s sweater for a month afterward despite living on the same campus as him??? like yes from a writing perspective it’s literally just to show that they were close it’s an easy excuse to have josh’s dad talk to wesley but it is also. kinda gay.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

I think it lends itself really well to an exploration of wesley’s character and his issues with identity and self determination. I don’t necessarily see it as being knowingly reciprocated in canon during the time josh is alive, but wesley is a really repressed person, so it’s really easy to take the approach of “he did potentially have some feelings for josh and just wasn’t sure how to really deal with them.” and then we get into the idea of wanting that I’ve talked about before with josh being kind of his first real friend that’s actually his peer and who likes him as a person and that’s already important, and then if you get into the idea of wanting a romantic relationship, that’s an independent desire that’s not passed down from anyone else or an attempt to be like his parents, so beginning to know what that’s like and then losing it ends up having this really significant effect on his character.

also like josh was difficult to nail down at first because we know like…3 things about him from the episode, which is not enough to be a fleshed out character but also meant I could not just totally make up a guy from scratch, but once I figured out a character that worked I started to really enjoy writing him. every fic I’ve written about them post theory of stellar evolution only exists because I got stupid attached to him. I think he’s neat.

also they have the worst ship name of all time because i thought it was funny.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

unpopular opinion is that i care about it uhhh

this much? not counting the published fics or any fun little side adventures? also I do think I tend to write josh kind of differently than the couple other fics in the tag but that’s not really an unpopular opinion so much as it’s just a thing that’s vaguely interesting to me

send me a ship