Snitch/Skittery
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Snitch/Skittery |
| Alternative name(s): | SnitchSkitt, Snittery |
| Gender category: | m/m |
| Fandom: | Newsies |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | common in early fandom |
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Snitch/Skittery is the slash ship between Snitch and Skittery, minor characters from Newsies.
Canon
There is very little interaction between Snitch and Skittery.
Fandom
The Snitch/Skittery pairing was invented by a girl from Arizona who wrote under the pen name Lute and was our fandom’s Stephen King, in terms of sheer output and popularity; to write a Snitch/Skittery story without crediting her somewhere was simply Not Done.
The first Snitch/Skittery fanfic available on Fanfiction.net in the present day is from February 2003.[2] Lute's works are no longer available on FFN, but they may be archived somewhere on the Wayback Machine, under the username Thumbsucker Snitch.[3][4] A few of her mature works for Snittery are available at Seize The Night and were crossposted on The Refuge. "Someone Out There" in 2005 received over 300 reviews.[5] The pairing's first available mention on LiveJournal is from September 2003.[6] Lute's "Mournful Gaze" may have been the first Snittery work, posted December 6, 2002.[7]
At some point in early 2003, Lute hosted Snitch Week, which included many Snittery fics.[8] One week in March 2004 found 69 drabbles posted to newsies100 for SnitchSkitt, making it the second most popular ship that week.[9]
Example Fanworks
Fanfic
- Outkasts by Thumbsucker Snitch (Lute) on Fanfiction.net (2002, virtually unarchived)
- Just to stare at you again by Sunlight-Spider Monkey on Fanfiction.net (2003)
- Sometimes It's Not Enough by Harlem on Fanfiction.net (2003)
- Welcome to Beef Barn by Shakeseegirl on Fanfiction.net (2003)
- My first ever post! by misato_kou (Lute) on LiveJournal (2004)
- Hoo boy... by misato_kou (Lute) on LiveJournal (2004)
- Failing Jesus by Sita-chan on Fanfiction.net (2004), crossposted on Ficwad
- Pushing Back by Thumbsucker Snitch (Lute) on Fanfiction.net (2004, virtually unarchived)
Fannish Links
- Skittery/Snitch tag on AO3
- Skittery, Snitch search on Fanfiction.net
References
- ^ The Afterlife of Newsies (2018)
- ^ Sometimes Love Just Isn't Enough by Bottles on Fanfiction.net (2003)
- ^ Review by Thumbsucker Snitch on infinitas referring to herself as the "snitch goddess" (2003)
- ^ My first ever post! by misato_kou on newsies100 on LiveJournal (2004)
- ^ Thumbsucker Snitch user profile on Fanfiction.net, via Wayback Machine (2005)
- ^ Q: How did you get into Newsies? by ginnyjake on the newsies_fan community on LiveJournal (2003)
- ^ Thumbsuckersnitch on FFN]
- ^ infinitas by Shimmerwings on Fanfiction.net (2003)
- ^ Ah, blessed calculator. by cycnus on newsies100 on LiveJournal (2004)