HEYO!! so!!! cddm!!! ik you get a lot of asks about javid (fair), but i was wondering—are there any headcanons for the side/bg characters in cddm? (like race, albert, the other newsies in general) and what has been your favorite scene you've written so far??
I HAVE SO MANY OTHER ASKS TO ANSWER BUT I SAW THIS ONE AND CAME RUNNING
i'm gonna answer the last part first, and then go into headcanons!
so, my fave scene so far HAS to be the audition scene. i just,, i love it so much, and i feel like it's some of my best writing!
however, my OTHER favorite is the scene where jack comes out to kath, just for the Emotions. i'm not ecstatic about the final product and the way i worded the scene, but i feel like it's really authentic emotionally ?? and i just !! AUGH i live for jack kelly angst
MOVING ON TO HEADCANONS !! im not gonna talk about davey, jack, kath, sarah, or charlie, but they are Here In Spirit
Antonio 'Racetrack' Higgins:
pronouns: he/him ; sexuality: gay
so we know that he's dating Spot !! they've been together for a while now, at least 6 months, and they just,, click
but more onto Race by himself !! he's playing vlad, obviously, and is amazing at playing comic relief characters. it's what he Does; he loves it, and loves making people laugh !!
he's also a dancer; i imagine that he's been dancing since he was about,, five years old. used to be on competition teams, but traded the competitive dance for theatre once he got into high school
he actually met albert in dance !!
he and jack also go way back!! not that jack was in dance or anything, but Medda would often go to the dance recitals and bring Jack and Charlie (because some of her theatre kids were also in the recitals). so, jack and race met through that, and have been besties ever since !!
pronouns: he/him ; sexuality: bisexual
dating race !! he's very much the Strong and Silent Type in the the relationship, but thats ok because he'd gladly let race talk for HOURS just to listen to him.
he started theatre when he was fairly young; he's been in more productions than Katherine, actually, but a lot of those were just small roles in local productions.
pretty good dancer; not the best, but he's getting there
he's very protective of his friends, which is also why he takes such a liking to davey. i feel like they'd have a solid friendship- they're both on the quieter side at first, but if given the chance to talk and develop that friendship, they'd be SO close
he sees medda as a second mother and also just like. shows up for dinner sometimes, so his relationship with jack is more like "bickering brothers who also sometimes get dairy queen together" instead of friends
pronouns: he/him ; sexuality: pansexual
he's not an actor, though; he helps with choreography, and also works tech! it's very hectic but him and race are both medda's right hands when it comes to choreo
he's dating Smalls (sam), and their relationship is pretty new !! he's really happy with them
in his free time hes rlly into engineering (which is why he's so into tech work with the theatre), and also works on cars a lot
he just really likes getting his hands dirty !!
also he's kind of shy but he's also a HUGE flirt, which is very uh. interesting for him to deal with, but he makes do
Sam "Smalls" O'Brien - she/they, bisexual, dating albert. they like skating, and play Lily in the show!
Specs (they/them, bi) and Romeo (he/him, gay) - both a package deal. best friends, both freshmen in the ensemble!
JoJo de la Guerra - he/him, straight, freshman like Specs and Romeo!! also besties with them !!
Benji "Buttons" Davenport - he/him, trans, asexual! he's a senior, good friends with Charlie, and doesn't rlly do *that* much with the theatre stuff, but he helps Charlie with his stage manager things !!