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crack_van2010-06-04 10:27 pm
queenitsy.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2010-06-04 10:27 pm
Seasons and Spices (G)
Fandom: NEWSIES
Pairing: Blink/Mush
Length: ~3,500
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
project_lyse
Author Website: FFnet profile
Why this must be read:
Moving along from epic AU, here's a short, more canon-y piece. One of the great things about Newsies is that there's a lot of room to build with the characters; while a few are very well developed in canon, plenty of others have only hints of personality that leave authors open to play and develop. Blink and Mush (the boys flirting in my icon) fall into the later category: while they're almost always floating around in the background of the movie, they have only a handful of lines between them. Yet they're among the "main six" characters in fandom.
This piece demonstrates why. It's a lovely, quiet piece that does a lot with Mush's POV and the way he views the world -- and especially the way he views Blink, and the relationship between them.
He likes selling newspapers the best in this season: the world's freshness seems to put people in a better mood, making them more willing to buy. He and Blink finish earlier in the spring than they do any other season of the year, and sometimes they're able to save enough spare change throughout the week to buy strawberries from a street vendor. They share them under a tree in the park, relishing and choking on the bright, spring blossoms. Mush isn't sure what he likes better, the sweet flavor of the berries, or that the bitter winter is gone and ruthless summer hasn't arrived quite yet. But really, Mush knows, somewhere that he hasn't even completely discovered himself yet, he likes spending the longer afternoons with Blink.
Seasons and Spices
Pairing: Blink/Mush
Length: ~3,500
Author on LJ:
project_lyseAuthor Website: FFnet profile
Why this must be read:
Moving along from epic AU, here's a short, more canon-y piece. One of the great things about Newsies is that there's a lot of room to build with the characters; while a few are very well developed in canon, plenty of others have only hints of personality that leave authors open to play and develop. Blink and Mush (the boys flirting in my icon) fall into the later category: while they're almost always floating around in the background of the movie, they have only a handful of lines between them. Yet they're among the "main six" characters in fandom.
This piece demonstrates why. It's a lovely, quiet piece that does a lot with Mush's POV and the way he views the world -- and especially the way he views Blink, and the relationship between them.
He likes selling newspapers the best in this season: the world's freshness seems to put people in a better mood, making them more willing to buy. He and Blink finish earlier in the spring than they do any other season of the year, and sometimes they're able to save enough spare change throughout the week to buy strawberries from a street vendor. They share them under a tree in the park, relishing and choking on the bright, spring blossoms. Mush isn't sure what he likes better, the sweet flavor of the berries, or that the bitter winter is gone and ruthless summer hasn't arrived quite yet. But really, Mush knows, somewhere that he hasn't even completely discovered himself yet, he likes spending the longer afternoons with Blink.
Seasons and Spices