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I’ve been putting together an AU where Jack Kelly grows up to be Jay Gatsby who if you want here’s some key points
Nick is replaced with Davey
Recognized from war changes to recognized from the strike
They probably still both fought in the war but it will stay slightly insignificant until the end
Jay Gatsby was once Jack Kelly
Became rich for Katherine ✨ because after the strike obvs Jack had to go to war and Katherine thought he had died!! Some years after the war ended Jack became Jay and built his mansion across the bay from Katherine and one of the Delancey brothers because why not (he needs to be a jerk like Tom so it works)
Davey's POV just like it’s Nicks in the book
Probably leave Jordan as Jordan
Medda to replace the one old guy who Gatsby called an old best friend
Instead of an empty funeral, Davey tracks down all the old newsies that survived the war and they all collectively mourn the loss of their cowboy and the loss of all the other newsies lost in the war