thelemonsofpink
“Are you writing from the heart?”(TheLemonofPink on AO3)19
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taking boots out of the bway version fundamentally changed the dynamic of the newsies and i miss boots every time i watch it #in my boots era
how does it feel to consistently have correct opinions abt everything
(mostly referring to newsies, those are your posts that I look at)
this is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me ever thank you thank you thank you
this is my niche but i just watched the NCAA women’s lacrosse final and now im envisioning female spot conlon as a lacrosse player with her stupid boyfriend race who also plays but is a loser.
sorry i got carried away.
FIGHT CHAPTER IS OUT YEAHHHHHHH
the fight is admittedly a much shorter piece of the chapter than it was meant to be but the fact that I wrote another chapter of this fic is a feat in and of itself so i'm gonna be proud of myself for it :)
working on a javey fic and yeah i’m gonna make them fight. physically. i wanna see these fuckers fight dirty and yell and spit and then get up and forgive. i love making them angry and in love.
professor banned technology in the classroom because it was a distraction? jokes on you i'm staring at the wall and writing fanfic in my head
this is somewhat strange but I built a lot of the newsies in the sims and I had to download a separate mod because sim albert kept getting expelled and I couldn't keep him in school
deeply in character I fear
redfinch is so special to me bc when i say “that’s a cool guy and his loser boyfriend” i really could be talking about either one
there are so many missing pieces of Katherine I can't stop thinking about.
Katherine who learned journalism through her father's eyes. Thought it could never be hers, could never be anything but money until she tries it and suddenly, for the first time, Katherine Pulitzer finds power of her own.
Katherine who meets a spitfire boy on the street, all elbows and flirty words and she hates him. But then there he is again, believing in something when he has nothing. She didn't know that was possible. She interviews him and no boy until this one has ever treated her like she was real.
Katherine going home late after the strike breakers, legs tired from running. She goes home and eats dinner with her father, only he isn't her father anymore; he's an abuser who sent police to beat children. When he meets her eyes she shivers and she sleeps with the knowledge her home can't be that anymore.
Katherine who makes a story and a plan, hair a mess and ink stains on her fingers. Who doesn't sleep because every time she closes her eyes she watches her reality crumble apart, revealing a world she wishes she knew sooner.
Katherine who finds Jack on a rooftop and begs him to care about more than money because in her world money has always come before people. But Jack is different and runs because of fear Katherine never knew existed. She learns it for him. Learns it because this awful mix of terror and anger is so much better than the emotionless world she was raised in.
Katherine who falls in love with Jack's heart and mind long before his looks. Katherine who falls in love with Jack because around him she's human and the world is alive.
i LOVE sarah jacobs. a nice girl with so much fight in her. a good girl who breaks the rules. ooooo my queen of contradiction sarah jacobs you are the perfect daughter and so so frustrated with the world.
jack seems like he's either:
the kind of guy who babies love, but he is so awkward with them so they just kind of cling onto him while he's stiff and wide eyed and he doesn't know what to do
the kind of guy who babies love, and he's actually very gentle and good with them, which comes as a shock to any of the newsies whenever they see him handling a baby
92sies post-strike universe where Denton gets David a job writing pieces for the Sun and also takes a young lady named Katherine Plumber under his wing and helps fuel her ambition as a reporter and Denton introduces them because he thinks they'd get along but actually they hate each other's guts and are rivals and hijinks ensue until they become best friends
“David was infatuated by Medda he isn’t ga-“
GOD FORBID a gay man knows when there’s good drag
working on a redfinch fic where albert skateboards and he meets finch by fucking running directly into him by accident
Jack and Davey, Senior year of high school.
So, @pigeonwit and I have had a LOT of discussions about alternative/punk javey and I have NOT stopped thinking about the concept so I had to do a little art for it. And I’m pretty sure there’s gonna be more following on from this lmao. I’m bad with writing so I’m not gonna go into detail, but essentially Davey had always been drawn to punk/alternative culture, but was convinced that he wouldn’t suit it or fit in so he never got involved. Enter Jack Kelly, resident school punk who manages to persuade Davey that he can wear what he wants, as well as stand up for himself and what he believes in. Whatever could happen???
This AU is very far from canon so I’m a little nervous but I hope it still reflects them.
You should draw Spot and Race winning something big at the races and impulsively kissing eachother (how to draw impulsively. I don’t know. I’m a writer, but I think it would be cute and your really good art would make it even cuter) oh and 92sies
remember kids!! both gambling and homosexuality are illegal!
right now it’s just me and the fic i write in my head to fall asleep against the world
i really think my favorite newsies dynamic is sprace and redfinch. childhood/school besties Race and Albert with absolutely no self preservation, always up to something. Spot and Finch who reluctantly become very close friends as they struggle to keep their disaster boyfriends alive. the four of them are my favs tbh, like ugh what a wonderful combination
working on a javey fic and yeah i’m gonna make them fight. physically. i wanna see these fuckers fight dirty and yell and spit and then get up and forgive. i love making them angry and in love.
The wasp in the length of my arm - Oh hi so long no full piece. Well this is a redraw I’ve been meaning to do for the longest time. I don’t do redraws too much because to be honest I cannot say if I like the lost recent one better or the older original version. There’s always something so charming about the things you do when you’re experimenting and they feel less polished and honest. That being said I have been thinking about this piece a lot because I did this around four years ago (in the middle of the pandemic) and it felt to important to me, in a personal sense and also because I longed to go out and live in the real world. Sufjan is of course forever a favorite of mine and I could talk for hours about his work. I wanted to revisit this piece.
My challenge right now is not letting my innie-cam (haha severance reference) take over my whole life. I need to nurture my outer existence and that what is most important to me which is, making art. Hope you sufjan fans still enjoy this version. Love.
sometimes ur a depressed queer from Chicago and Sufjan Stevens says you want to hear a sad song about being in the midwest that also probably jesus and u say yes sufjan stevens ur the only one who understands me
a little ralbert for the soul
here’s the pinterest reference image (which i color dropped from bc i refuse to learn color theory sorry)
and below is the timelapse bc I love when ppl share them. it’s cropped weird pls ignore lol
The gang played truth or dare once and it ended with Dally in jail, a potential rumble between them and the Shepard gang, Ponyboy admitting to smoking pot with Curly underneath the school bleachers, and Darry drunkenly confessing to the gang his torrid love affair with Paul
Whichever cameraman in the livesies proshot that decided to focus so much on Sky Flaherty is my favorite person ever thank you for your service
Also whichever choreographer put him in the front so much.
I'm thinking of Paul beating up Ponyboy, cornering him in an alley, knowing it's him, and attacking anyway. Because in his eyes, this kid is the reason Darry is gone, hardened, shutting Paul out. Darry's responsibility for this ungrateful kid is the reason nothing will ever be the same again.
And Paul’s swinging on him and then this kid screams Darry’s name. For the shortest moment, Paul is comforted by the knowledge Darry is coming. Darry is coming back, with strong familiar arms to haul Paul off Ponyboy. And yeah, Darry will yell, and maybe even hit back, but at least he'll be here.
But then the gang gets there first and Paul has to scram, knowing Darry is going to hear about what he did and knowing he’s just ruined everything for good. No forgiveness anymore.
Might as well commit to it now. Might as well be the monster. Just to prove it never mattered to him anyway.
i am always seven steps ahead… (i am writing multiple fics in my head at once instead of finishing the one i have half-uploaded to ao3)
OMG YOUR ART IS SO PRETTYYYY 💙💙
could you perhaps do blink x mush (92sies) or jack x sarah 🥺👉👈
:0 Thank you!! <3333 :DD
of course love any excuse to learn more and draw the other newsies
