Miles Edward

Ven Ikh Bin Pulitzer - Dialogue of a New York Ganef (1033 words) by CaptainLordAuditor
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Jacobs/Jack Kelly (mentioned)
Characters: Jack Kelly, Katherine Plumber Pulitzer
Additional Tags: implied period accurate gay culture AND period accurate homophobia, Newsie Politics, Canon Era, Missing Scene, Canon Compliant, mostly - Freeform, canon is a garbage can which i have set on fire to warm myself on cold winter days, our boys are CRIMINALS!, mentions of gang stuff i guess???, Class Differences, very unsure bisexual, theres really subtle jatherine in here but its so subtle im not tagging it
Series: Part 9 of New Americana, Part 7 of New Americana (chronological)
Summary:

"I looked it up by the way; the sixth largest city in the world is Vienna.”

•  the tie pull
  • “you kids can have anything you want” “forget junk food I want Dave”
  • Medda says Jack can have anything he wants, Jack pulls Dave off screen by his tie. A song about getting laid plays and then we cut to two hours later.
• Jack climbing out the fire escape instead of using the front door like a normal person so they can have a Moment™ that looks like they’re Romeo and Juliet on the balcony
  • “see you tomorrow, carrying the banner”
  • Jack, who knows that that means “sleeping on the street”: haha yeah sure
• Calling each other their partners after knowing each other for about 12 hours
• Davey slowly losing his clothes throughout the film
  • he starts out with tie, vest, suspenders and hat, in carrying the banner
  • in world will know he’s loosened his tie
  • in seize the day he’s lost both the tie and the vest
  • in king of new york he doesn’t have suspenders
  • idk how his pants stay up there
  • at the end he doesn’t even have a shirt
• The fact that Jack’s FIRST instinct when he needs a spot to lay low for a bit is to go to Davey’s even though they’ve known each other less than a week and he doesn’t even ask to come in he just HANGS OUT ON THE FIRE ESCAPE, LIKE A GAY MESS
  • “there’s nothing to stay for is there” Sarah, a knowing lesbian: sure, Jack
• the one spot during the rally where Jack sits on the swing and Davey pushes him so he can kick the cops
• Davey’s nat20 on stealth
  • “jack. jack come on. run.” 
  • Jack planning on going with Pulitzer’s people anyway but imMEDIATELY RUNNING JUST BECAUSE DAVEY TOLD HIM TO
• The entirety of the alleyway scene
  • “they could put you in jail” “i don’t care”  YOU HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A WEEK AND A HALF 
• Santa Fe reprise is so obviously about Davey I’m putting it on here
• the fact that it was Davey the Delanceys threatened first in an attempt to rile up Jack
  • “guess I couldn’t be something I ain’t” “what, a scab” “straight smart”
• “I got family here” [cut to Davey seeing him and smiling, without a full shirt on]
• they have known each other for TWO FUCKING WEEKS
• I think I got most of them but feel free to add more

Some more points from the novelization that have come to my attention:

• the description of Jack when Davey first meets him and he’s described as “dashing”
• this bit:
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• the fact that there are 5+ moments when they look like they're about to kiss
• this bit, where they looked like they DID kiss until I watched it again:
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• DAVEY SPENDING EVERY SCENE AFTER ONCE AND FOR ALL IN HIS UNDER SHIRT

And a contribution from tumblr user sigma-receptor:

•  the way jack touches davey’s face after saving the jacobs family from the delanceys
  •  that’s not the first time he’s tenderly lifted davey’s chin while davey was kneeling in front of him