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walkman-cat · 8 months

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a drawing of splasher i did as a warmup which got waaaayyy out of hand

he's wearing ross' costume from the uksies promo :]

#he's a bit older here methinks #older and slightly more sure of himself #love splasher sm :')#if you are wondering why he looks not like ross it's because it's splasher from my head #a 10 year old #(who's also greek)#anyways #newsies #uksies #splasher newsies #davey doodles #look at my BOY

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orangesand-lemons-234 · 2 months

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Buttons was 16 years old. He'd been a Newsie for ten of those years, therefore being around to see some of the younger kids grow with him.

When he saw Elmer, he still saw the three year old Spot brought to visit Manhattan four years ago.

When he saw Splasher, he saw the five year old he and Tommy Boy found sat alone on a bench outside the church three years ago.

When he saw Mike and Ike, he saw the babies left in a basket outside the Lodge House five years ago.

So, seeing each of them beaten up and bloody hurt all the more.

The Lodge was absolute chaos after the fight. Not the usual Lodge chaos, however, it was a scary and fearful chaos. The one that made your heart pound and brain blurry.

Kids were wailing and crying, teenagers were yelling and shouting. There wasn't a quiet place in the house.

Everybody realised quite quickly that nobody had walked out without a few battle scars to show afterwards, and the little kids were no exception.

Elmer had a shard of glass thrown at his forehead, and it was bleeding badly. Despite the bandages now wrapped around the injury, the injury had bled through, creating crimson dots splattered around it.

Splasher had broken his ankle after being shoved to the ground by one of the bulls. Buttons had a pole tied to his leg to keep it as straight as possible and had it elevated on the other bed. He was still weeping silently with the pain shooting up his leg every few minutes.

Mike and Ike were sat on his lap and were crying harder than any of the Newsies had ever seen, despite knowing them their whole lives.

Mike had been struck in the back with a baton multiple times, his back now scattered with bruises and blood. He didn't understand what was happening or why he was in so much pain, he just wanted it to stop.

Ike was hit in the face with one of the Delancey's brass knuckles, leaving him with a black eye and scarred nose. He was practically inconsolable, not allowing anybody to touch him for a very long time after the fight, only relaxing enough for Button's to check him out when Mike was brought in with Albert and Finch.

Buttons, with no help from the others got to work helping the kids in any way he could. The kids needed a shoulder to cry on and a helping hand to wrap up their injuries while some of the older newsies tried to sort out where Jack was and if they could try to save Crutchie.

They didn't understand what any of this meant. They just wanted somebody to hold them and tell them they were okay. Someone to sing one of Meddas songs while they wrapped up their scars and cuts.

Buttons was okay. He was fine and could help with the little ones with their injuries. Yeah, sure, he was struggling to breathe properly, and his knees were throbbing with pain, but the little kids needed help more than he did. He could handle it.

Buttons was 16, but sometimes he wishes he was still 6, when there was always an older kid around to help him out.

#oooo older sibling trauma fic #oooo #buttons angst #it was gonna happen eventually #i was gonna write an angsty oneshot for him eventually #but uhhh #yay #older sibling trauma #most of us have been there #yknow?#newsies #uksies #newsies headcanons #newsies fanfic #newsies fanfiction #buttons newsies #elmer newsies #splasher newsies #mike and ike newsies

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fansiesmemes · 1 month

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Davey, walking into his house: Hello people who don’t live here

Elmer: Hey

Finch: Hi

Romeo: Hello

Splasher: Hey!

Jack: We gave you a key for emergencies only

Mush: We were out of doritos

#newsies #newsies incorrect quotes #newsies memes #uksies #west endsies #newsies uk #jack kelly #david jacobs #davey jacobs #elmer kasprzak #elmer newsies #finch cortez #romeo newsies #splasher newsies #mush newsies #source: unknown

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jackmkelly · 1 year

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here you guys go <3

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jack-kellys · 4 months

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the year of the newsies renaissance!

thanks to everyone who was a part of reviving my fav fav fandom community i've ever been a member of. so grateful that so many ppl love the same lovely silly anti-establishment musical that i do <3

#love u guys‼️‼️‼️‼️🫡🫡🫡🫡#i drew a Lot this year. more than i ever have posted before. and that's bc of consistent support from y'all #i hope other newsies artists feel the same #newsies #jack kelly #davey jacobs #racetrack higgins #crutchie morris #katherine pulitzer #spot conlon #splasher newsies #romeo newsies #uksies #newsies uk #fizz draws #fizz freaks #fansies

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athousandboxjumps · 9 months

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me, an american newsie-liker, having absolutely zero idea who splasher is: 😐

It’s taken me literally ages to respond to this I’m so sorry!

Anyway, meet Splasher:

pic creds: missiestheatregram on insta

In uksies he was played by Ross Dorrington, the man with cheekbones to the gods.

Basically post livesies, Splasher replaced Sniper in subsequent Newsies productions. RIP Sniper, we miss you. 🙏

Splasher is the baby of the Manhattan boys, likely between the ages of 10-12. All the boys consider him to be their little brother, but he’s particularly close to Tommy Boy and Buttons.

He also enjoys defying the laws of gravity… a lot…

Creds: first pic — etrsnaps, second pic — ross.dorrington

Overall he’s just a wee little guy and I love him a lot. Papers is all he’s got, but he deserves the whole world.

#splasher my favorite boy #my favorite lil guy #I could talk about him forever #him and his relationships with buttons and tommy boy mean the world to me #newsies #uksies #newsies uk #west endsies #newsies west end #splasher newsies #splasher #ross dorrington #stars speaks

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delanceyposting · 1 month

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Bowling ain’t as fun without your buds!

#newsies #newsies fanart #livesies #92sies #uksies #pip newsies #ten pin #les jacobs #splasher newsies #tumbler newsies

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aceofspades-sml · 9 months

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Not okay

#first ross and josh no mukeni #... mukeni how long is “in a bit” supposed to be #newsies #newsies uk #uksies #mukeni nel #josh barnett #ross dorrington #jojo newsies #race newsies #splasher newsies

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whoops-im-obsessed · 9 months

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I got excited so have some bad memes

#+ a blank #stay tuned for more as my deranged mind thinks them up #newsies #newsies the musical #uksies #britsies #newsies london #west endsies #newsies west end #crutchie morris #ask #matthew duckett #jacob oliver fisher #albert dasilva #albert newsies #jack kelly #splasher #splasher newsies #ross dorrington

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baura-bear · 8 months

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Thought you guys would enjoy this 😋😋😋

At 68:21 you can hear splasher wailing after getting smacked over the head with a bat 😊

#newsies #uksies #newsies uk #splasher newsies #ross dorrington

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undescribed1mage · 8 months

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Ahem. Here is my (hopefully coherent) list of what every Newsie in uksies does during that one bit of carrying the banner & who they do it with !!!

Splasher, JoJo, & Elmer jump rope !!! Except Splasher is the only one actually jumping & he does flips why he does so because Ross Dorrington is just Like That ig ?

Romeo & Ike play what LOOKS like baseball but I don't think they actually have a ball so they spin around, Ike winds up to throw the ball (that doesn't exist), and then when Romeo swings the back Ike reels back & falls down like he's been hit! So that's going well. (Update: I'm pretty sure he either hits Ike with the baseball bat or he hits someone in the distance with a baseball. Either way. Not going well.)

Henry & Mike play cards !! Henry wins, so he stands up on the box he was sitting on, & goes 2 celebrate I think but Finch shoves him off the box for 'waiting make me antsy, I likes living chancy!'

Finch dances with Jack, for a bit, before walking around and shouting something to Splasher, JoJo, and Elmer, and then he gets ? really excited ? it looks like ? & that's when he shoves Henry (see above).

Buttons & Mush play with a slingshot !! Buttons kinda rolls around while Mush tries 2 hit him with it :)

Crutchie swings his crutch at the set???? (He may be using it as a baseball bat but. not 100% on that)

Jack just kinda hangs around one side of the stage, interacting with a few different people, & then Specs punches him in the arm at the beginning of 'waiting makes me antsy!'

Speaking of Specs !! Albert, Race, & him clean up around the lodging house (specifically inside the set), & at the end of that bit, Race puts on his vest <33

Tommy Boy pulls a paper ball out of the stage & kicks it around for a bit, before kicking it into the audience.

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walkman-cat · 8 months

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it’s a very important question

#newsies #uksies #splasher newsies #the thing he's playing with is a gift from buttons!#it's a kraken/leviathan/sea monster pieced together from cabbage and tassels #based on splasher's vague and somewhat unhelpful descriptions of his imaginary friend #sea monsters would be the best brothers #(better than his brother)#davey doodles

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ecoamerica · 24 days

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orangesand-lemons-234 · 2 months

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TW: Death

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There had only ever been two deaths in the Manhattan Lodge House.

13 years ago, a 12 year old boy named Rocky. A kid who'd been in the refuge for 8 years of his life and seemed to have contracted every virus he could've caught.

He went out quietly, passing away in his sleep and never waking up. An older girl, Nifty, was the one who found him and quickly informed Kloppman, who had him buried later that week in the patch of grass outside.

The second time was after the fight.

Everybody was sleeping soundly, aside from Race and Albert. Jack was nowhere to be found, so until further notice, they were now the ones in command throughout the house. They couldn't bring themselves to fall asleep in case something were to happen, so they were trying to keep themselves awake as long as possible.

They were simply lying there, Race tracing random patterns onto Albert's thighs with his thumb, while Albert smoked his cigar, trying to relax after such a rough day.

At around 01.36, Tommy Boy rushed over to their bunk, tears spilling down his face and panic in his eyes.

"Jesus Tommy, what's happening?" Albert asked, quickly showing himself to a sitting position. "You look like you saw a ghost."

"I think I did-" He stuttered out. "Splasher ain't waking up. We shook him, said his name, slapped him a few times but he still ain't wakin' up-"

Race swung himself off the bunk, Albert following suit and running to Splashers bunk, praying to whoever was up there that the situation wasn't as bad as they were thinking.

At the bunk, Buttons could be seen holding Splashers limp body in his arms, sobbing to himself.

"Buttons...is he-" Race began, before being cut off by Buttons slowly nodding his head.

"He's gone." Buttons whispered, wiping his cheeks as dry as he could get them. "My baby brother is gone."

A few more people were starting to wake up at the noise they were all making. JoJo had caught onto what had happened, and while his shake had come back, he was ushering some of the younger kids out of the room, making the situation easier for the ones in charge.

"C'mon Ike, outta bed." He whispered, Mike asleep on his back and Mush at his side. "Yeah, we's gonna go on a little midnight walk, aye?"

"Jo, yous are shakin'." Specs uttered, putting a hand on the other boys arm. "That ain't happened in a while, you sure you's are good?"

"I'm fine." JoJo replied, walking the kids out of the room. "Call for me when we can come back in."

Specs nodded, walking over to the group at the bed.

Albert had run downstairs to go and grab Kloppman, let him know about the situation on their hands, leaving Racer, Buttons, Tommy Boy, Specs, and poor Splish-Splash.

Tommy Boy was holding onto Buttons, who was now sobbing into his shoulder. Racer had Splashers body covered with a bedsheet, a few specs of blood from his injuries seeping through.

"Christ." Race sighed, unable to break his watch on the body. "Kids only what, eight? Still had everythin' ahead of him."

Soon enough, word had spread to everybody in the room about the death, Kloppman running in with Albert beside him, confirming the fact for everyone.

That night, Splasher stayed lying on that bed with the sheet remaining atop of him.

The next morning, Finch and Henry were sent outside to dig another spot in the ground where they'd lay Splasher just a few hours later.

Much like with Rocky, it was only some of the older Newsies who went out to witness the burial.

Tommy Boy and Buttons were crying again. They'd just lost their little brother, the kid they'd practically raised throughout their childhoods. Now he was gone, just like that, all because of that stupid rally. Kind words had been said, but that doesn't bring back the most important person in their lives.

Race and Albert were dead silent, practically unable to speak from shock and fear. How had Jack done this for so long without cracking? It was their first day, and a kid had just died. They'd been told that it wasn't their fault by Kloppman numerous times, but it just couldn't sit right with them that a child died under their supervision.

JoJo was leading a small prayer service. He hadn't stopped shaking, making a short note to himself to tell the nuns how long this one seemed to be going on for. He'd been in charge of keeping the little kids occupied and distracted, but he knew deep down that there was only so long he could hide the death of one of the loudest kids in the house. He was just praying the day wouldn't be sooner but much later.

For multiple years after, they would look out the window and see the graves of Splasher and Rocky, remembering two kids who ended up dying to fend for themselves and their families.

It wasn't about pennies from that moment onwards. It was about remembering the newsies lost selling to help their family and striking to help future generations.

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fansiesmemes · 5 months

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Davey (Teaching the littles) : What do we call sabbotage and vandalism

Splasher (Who's been taking advice from Race for way too long) : A hobby?

#newsies #newsies incorrect quotes #newsies memes #uksies #west endsies #newsies uk #david jacobs #davey jacobs #racetrack higgins #splasher newsies #source: tumblr

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splashuttons · 9 months

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thinking of little baby splasher hiding from the fight and then running in hoping to help his brothers but then it all goes wrong :(

#newsies #newsies london #newsiesuk #newsies uk #west endsies #splasher #splasher newsies #splasher angst best angst #little baby just wants to help

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incorrectuksies · 2 months

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splasher: hey buddy!

finch: woah, how long have you been sitting there for?

splasher: i'm standing, but never mind.

#splasher newsies #finch cortes #newsies #incorrect quotes #source: abbott elementary

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