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• The World Will Know: The Horrifying True Tale of Jack and Davey by orphan_account

  Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  19 Feb 2021

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Spot Conlon/Jack Kelly
  • Mush Meyers/Skittery
  • Racetrack/everyone
  • Crutchie/David Jacobs/Jack Kelly
  • but only in his dreams
  • David Jacobs/The Revolution
  • David Jacobs
  • Jack Kelly
  • Crutchy/Crutchie
  • Kid Blink
  • Racetrack Higgins
  • Snitch (Newsies)
  • Spot Conlon
  • All the random Newsies
  • Skittery (Newsies)
  • Mush Meyers
  • Les Jacobs
  • Joseph Pulitzer
  • Medda Larkson | Medda Larkin
  • Specs (Newsies)
  • Esther Jacobs (Newsies)
  • Sarah Jacobs (Newsies)
  • Boots (Newsies)
  • Mayer Jacobs
  • Snipeshooter (Newsies)
  • Weasel
  • Kloppman (Newsies)
  • Patient Zero - Character
  • Seitz
  • Jonathan
  • Oscar Delancey
  • Morris Delancey
  • Newsies References
  • Based on Newsies (1992)
  • Parody
  • Song Parody
  • Musicals
  • Musical References
  • Comedy
  • Tragedy
  • Tragedy/Comedy
  • Epic Friendship
  • striking
  • Worker's Rights
  • Revolution
  • Serial Killers
  • Murder
  • almost everyone is an asshole
  • WTF
  • it's all gone so horribly wrong
  • Blackmail
  • This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • New York City
  • Jack Kelly Being an Idiot
  • Bisexual Disaster Jack Kelly
  • Davey does his damned best okay
  • it's not his fault that Jack is an eternal fuck up
  • Racetrack is sick of everyone's shit
  • Violence
  • late 1890's shenanigans
  • References to Drugs
  • references to murder
  • almost everyone is either lying or hiding something
  • watch the fuck out for Skittery
  • Crack
  • Davey is a badass revolutionary with a god damned idiot for a mouthpiece
  • Kid Blink sees all and has your number sucker
  • TRUST NO ONE
  • Dancing and Singing
  • Yes this is a full on musical
  • Don't question it
  • It Was Meant To Be
  • Kloppman is a creep who thumps kids for fun
  • Explicit Language
  • This is a crackfic musical be prepared for anything
  • Crutchy is a flat earther
  • in the dark all characters are morally grey
  • Jack and Davey are Not Like Other Newsies

  Summary

  The true story of the Newsies strike of 1899 and how it all went horribly, horribly wrong.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,362

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  11

  Hits:

  317