13 Works by JewishDavidJacobs
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Infighting by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
29 Jan 2022
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David Jacobs’ life is finally on the upswing. He has a job he loves, he’s getting some of his pieces published in the paper, and he’s spending his free time fighting for the rights of others. He’s happy, but he’s about to learn a lesson: sometimes the biggest danger to a cause isn’t the opposition — it’s infighting.
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- Part 2 of Across Enemy Lines
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And in the End, the Love You Take… by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
18 May 2021
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David Jacobs has been in love with Jack Kelly for years. Sarah Jacobs knows this, logically. David is a stubborn, self-sacrificial ball of anxiety. Sarah knows this, logically. David is lying when he says that he is over Jack. Sarah knows this, logically.
She knows this on Sunday night when she goes to bed.
She knows this on Monday when Jack asks her out.
She knows this on Tuesday when she accepts.
Fuck logic.
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Not Moving On by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
13 Oct 2020
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When did his life become this? It used to be so much easier. Now all he does is worry about how to make it to the next day.
He wants his old life back. It was stolen from him and he wants it back.
But that world is gone. That David is, too.Or: 5 times David was homesick and 1 time he puts things in perspective.
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Keeping Promises by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
05 Aug 2020
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David Jacobs is desperate to leave the past behind, so when he gets offered a promotion and a transfer out of town, he takes it. Now he has to deal with a new city, a new job, a criminal investigation so big that all three branches of the federal government might have to get involved, and - perhaps worst of all - Special Agent Jack Kelly.
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On a Subway Platform by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
21 Jul 2020
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David Jacobs is exhausted. He’s twenty-two, a single father, and his love life is nonexistent. Meeting a handsome stranger on a subway platform might just be the thing that turns his life around.
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- Part 1 of On a Subway Platform
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Across Enemy Lines by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
12 Jun 2020
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When David Jacobs - Vice President of the Newsboy Union, student, and activist - gets an opportunity that could change his life and save his family, how can he say no? He has to take it, even if it might mean losing the people he cares about and putting himself in danger.
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- Part 1 of Across Enemy Lines
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That’s Me in the Corner by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
06 Jun 2020
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Davey is looking forward to dragging Jack to bed and cuddling with him. When he gets to his house, however, the family is gathered in the den and Race is crying.
Despite feeling unqualified, Davey does his best to convince him of the truth: that being religious and being gay aren’t mutually exclusive, and that it’s not just young liberals who think so.
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- Part 3 of David & Judaism
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Rules of Courtship by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
06 Jun 2020
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"I would’ve liked more time to prepare to meet your parents.”
“You’ve already met my father.”
“Yeah, when you yelled at him and called him a fool, remember?”
“Shut up, Jack."Katherine's parents aren't sold on this new dating thing. They prefer traditional courtship, which means that David has less than twenty-four hours to prepare to meet the Pulitzers. Katherine's also having some new experiences and her eyes opened with the help of Jack and her older brother.
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- Part 2 of A New Beginning
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Eleven Months In by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
05 Jun 2020
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“Why are you so resistant to the idea that I care about you?”
Race exhaled shakily and said, “Because you don’t care about me like I care about you.” -
A New Beginning by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
01 Jun 2020
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“Katherine? What’s the matter?”
“Nothing, I just…” She took a moment to look at him and realized that what she was doing was unfair and selfish. So much was going on right now that he didn’t have the time to think about her. Christ, he was suddenly responsible for feeding his family and co-organizing a strike. And even assuming that he was interested in Katherine, this wasn’t the time for her to have this discussion with him. “Nothing.”Or: Katherine likes Davey, not Jack.
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- Part 1 of A New Beginning
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Apologies by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types
23 May 2020
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”A ragtag gang of ragamuffins…who haven’t got a nickel to their name.”
”I say we save any exclusive for a real reporter.”
Davey visits Katherine at work to apologize for what he said the first time they met, but she’s used to hearing that kind of thing every day.
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It’s Not Just France by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken
15 Apr 2020
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After seeing the headline, Crutchie seeks out a distraught Davey on the rooftop. Katherine follows.
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- Part 2 of David & Judaism
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Zayde's Gift by JewishDavidJacobs
Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken
14 Apr 2020
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When a bunch of boys from Davey’s class beat him up and steal the kippah his zayde gave him, he is forced to confront his memories, and the newsies are forced to confront the hatred he experiences every day.
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- Part 1 of David & Judaism