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Donny Nova Band character dynamics hcs (and also Michael/Donny/Julis)

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head full rn. thinking of donny and julia’s dinner scene 😥.

(click for better quality // love this one, did the black and white so it’s kinda like what the photo would actually look like in donnys photo album 👍)

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Historical Headcanons- Donny Novitski

Donny was born Donald Luca Novitski on October 3rd, 1923, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Donny’s mother (Flora Novitski) was the daughter of Italian immigrants, who came to the US in 1899. His father (John Novitski) was the son of Polish immigrants, who came to the US in 1895. Donny was never particularly close with either side of his family- both of his mother’s parents died when he was a toddler, and on his father’s side his grandfather died before he was born while his grandmother died when he was 10 (she was the one who taught him how to make perogies).

John had just turned 18 when the United States entered World War I in 1917, and he joined up fairly quickly. He was sent to France, where he quickly discovered the horrors of trench warfare. He was a different person when he got back- quiet, withdrawn, aloof, and generally distrustful. This greatly impacted his relationship with Donny in later years.

Flora was the one who first discovered Donny’s musical talent- she realized that he could match pitch perfectly when he was 5 and so she bought him his first accordion as an inexpensive way to allow him to express himself musically. When he moved on to the piano, he played on the one at his family’s church- his parents couldn’t afford one, especially not in the middle of the Great Depression.

Flora became sick with cancer in 1934, and she eventually passed away in 1936. Before she died, however, she got together enough money to buy Donny his own piano (although it was second-hand). After her death, Donny and his father became even more distant from each other (they both also stopped going to church).

Donny began to pursue a career in music almost immediately after his mother died. He quickly moved on from playing the accordion at weddings as a favor to family friends, to playing for money, and then to playing the piano in bars and nightclubs all over Cleveland.

Donny was 18 in December of 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Shortly after that he was drafted into the army, and was sent to Camp Shelby in Mississippi to begin training as a member of the 37th Infantry Division.

At Camp Shelby, men were assigned to companies based on their hometowns, and that is how Donny and Michael eventually met each other. They became fast friends, and soon began to talk about starting a band together when the war was over.

The 37th Infantry Division left the United States fro Fiji on May 26th, 1942. From Fiji they moved on to Guadalcanal and New Georgia in 1943, and then they were sent to Bougainville Island. While they were there, in January of 1944, Donny got word that his father had died in November after suffering a heart attack. Despite the fact that he and his father hadn’t been close, the news hit him hard. Michael tried to help, until he was killed in March.

Donny spent some time in a field hospital after Michael’s death, being treated for shock and burst eardrum from the grenade explosion. After about a week the doctors said they couldn’t do anything more for him, and he was sent back to his division where he stayed until he was discharged at the end of the war.

Other historical headcanons:

Crutchie Morris (Newsies)

Jack Kelly (Newsies)

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In the Bandstand fandom, I don’t think we pay attention to the line: “I’m sure everyone here joins me in the certainty that her brave fallen soldier up there will hear her every word.”

It’s said right before the band plays Welcome Home (Finale), when the tv program is expecting Love Will Come and Find Me Again. What always strikes me is that Julia’s Catholic, so she really does believe that Michael is listening to her from heaven. And I think that she believes he’s proud of the way her, Donny, and the rest of the band decide to tell their truths to the nation.

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Donny Novitski being himself

Donny: I love you

Julia/Michael/Jimmy: Aw, I love you too- and he's talking to his piano

I just had this idea in class while I was supposed to pay intention today.

I also put Julia, Michael and Jimmy in the second sentence so you can choose your ship (I personally ship Donny and Jimmy so that was for them at the beginning)