Fanficfion Reading - Stop the Presses

Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Ryan Steele read out some of their favorite fanfics at 54 Below in Stop the Presses on 8/14/14

[@turtlelover5988]

Then you realize how much smut they had to go through Those poor -adult- children

[@ilexdiapason]

any video title that starts with "fanfiction reading" is good in my book

[@victoriarose8615]

This had so much second hand embarrassment jesus christ

[@ally.gg04]

Best part: girls groaning and saying "oh my God" in the beginning while they explained what was gonna happen 😂

[@xxobrittanyg]

I lost it even more when they started referencing themselves in FF 😂😂😂😂

[@padfoot374]

What does ff mean? Fanfiction?

[@lanem.2629]

‘IVE READ THIS ONE!!’

[@maggiee.3297]

Ok I just decided to rewatch this and the thing about what I wrote is that the whole thing about the boy who sat next to me in math class (in 7th grade) was true. He's my friend and I still haven't told him about this.

[@judi7238]

Hey so my friends and I sought out and read ALL of these, and I highly suggest you do too because they're all messes (Except for Back to 1899, that one is fairly normal though it only has like one chapter, and also a Horse Called Greased Lightning is actually pretty well written) The Ariel one (it's called The Little Richgoil) is hilariously terrible and became an inside joke with me and my friends. The one where the characters meet the actors is the weirdest thing I've ever read it's called The Switching Hour and I'm still shook after reading it, and the gay bar one is still the funniest thing I've ever read (It's called Definitive Secrets) anyways go read all of these you might regret it but it's WORTH IT.

[@amandalynn3482]

“Race and Spot always get all the girls and Crutchie never gets any of them” Me: *shoves my oc Kat forward* GO GET HIM

[@jamesnugent2213]

WAIT omfg I know this is a 3 year old comment but you're not talking about this fic are you kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaXdo2BqlMyLaqcsi=NaAWUT6PQyNihb0a

[@amandalynn3482]

@@jamesnugent2213 oh my gosh I forgot about that video haha. No I am not lol

[@Grace-dq9rh]

Did they find smut? Thats all I want them to find

[@liliawolf1621]

They probably had to read some smut to find this stuff. I'm sorry

[@nicolemarie9551]

“Led by Rachel Berry” I FUCKING SNORTED

[@Korbin_Arts]

hol up where did they find straight newsies fanfiction?!

[@KT-iq7hk]

S P E C S I S A R A V E N C L A W

[@woodfairyplaylists]

Im So DeD

[@gracielabeltran-hall3786]

Is it bad that after watching this I'm now reading Newsies fanfiction

[@kitteridgesimpson8144]

THIS IS SO FREAKING HILARIOUS IM GRINNING

[@mirandar7775]

"I read this one" OMG THAT WOULD BE ME

[@jamiedawn6760]

Rated T for abuse killed me. Bc I've said that before...

[@rhi6969]

This

[@bex3222]

Tag urself im the girl who says "I've read this one!!!"

[@marleyandmitchg4204]

I can't breathe

[@xxobrittanyg]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@chocolateeclair9879]

"Five girls from Chicago" lmao no thanks. That's how a bad fanfic starts.

[@Apollo-ux1nt]

IM ACTUALLY CRYING THEY WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS STUFF

[@The_Author_Is_Unavailable]

I know its terrifying

[@maethelei5906]

Oh gosh, now I wonder if any other actors have read our fan fiction 😅

[@lola-j7n8j]

THEY ARE TO PURE

[@Ashfullstop12]

"Some of them are close to 15 chapters." *looks at the 104 chapter Ben Cook fanfic I'm reading.*

[@sagedragon9311]

Crafterchick6797 What’s it called?

[@Ashfullstop12]

Sage Dragon It's actually a trilogy, the other 2 books are close to 50 chapters, I'll link you to the writer on wattpad www.wattpad.com/user/Fansie99

[@sagedragon9311]

Alrighty, thank you!

[@kaitlynmarkert6011]

I literally reading that right now haha

[@rkjs7615]

Accio_Fan_6797 *side eyes one over 500 chaps*

[@kaylag7511]

"Wait, I've read this one!"

[@nerdygal6133]

When is that part?

[@-cosmixnebulae-7398]

That’s not good. I honestly don’t get Sprace, so I just stick to Jack/Race brotherly fluff, usually hurt/comfort, but sometimes I do read Spot/Race brotherly fanfic just to get something fresh.

[@kaiyuen7883]

Spot and Race get all the girls? Which fanfics are y'all reading? I have yet to find one where they're even straight

[@The_Author_Is_Unavailable]

Kate Yuen omg yes

[@jellyfishyishy]

Prob Y/n stuff

[@aidenoliver1681]

Bethany Cho Lmaoo your profile pic!😂😂😂

[@sr98851]

i'm sorry are there even any fics where race and spot aren't dating each other?

[@stressed_out_lettuce646]

@@sr98851 Yeah there's also a bunch of Ralbert fics out there but Sprace is still my OTP

[@shortysutter]

THe funny thing is, they had to do research to find these.....their poor eyes have seen things witten about them/their characters that no performer should ever have to see.

[@beccamaccabee8561]

+Lauren Sutter this is a very late reply, but i was just thinking that like they must have had to go through so much slash stuff and other things they were never meant to see

[@The_Author_Is_Unavailable]

I FUCKING KNOE

[@emmyruegg5596]

There is so much cursed content I sincerely hope they didn’t see while trying to find these

[@yuliofthelin]

@Julia and then there's George Blagden (You're talking about being late?)

[@laurar678]

Yer a wizard Specs

[@hannaoleson2570]

Random girl: I read this one. I read this one! *i read this one!*

[@cara-zk7bq]

3:30 *gasp* i've read this one!! iM

[@ananya.a.]

WHAT IS THE LINK

[@margaretbonassar709]

Okay sooo... can we just get some applause for andrew's hat??

[@casstheshifter2176]

The worst thing is, they're so well-written... but so flipping random

[@maggiee.3297]

I WROTE BACK TO 1899!!!!

[@katieceniza-levine3874]

Maggie E. really? cool! :D I'm trying to find it on fanfiction.net but when i typed "back to 1899" over 340,000 stories came up XD

[@katieceniza-levine3874]

Maggie E. i found it. it's good :)

[@maggiee.3297]

Really? Awh thanks! I haven't added to it in over a year though 😭

[@katieceniza-levine3874]

+Maggie E. You could always try bringing it back if you have extra time.

[@maggiee.3297]

Yeah I could! Maybe I will some time

[@scottcronin3046]

I love the one about Glee Newsies and Specs going to Hogwarts.

[@ananya.a.]

HECK

[@yeetusdeleetus650]

I want to read the Glee one

[@kaiyuen7883]

1:50 "race runs a gay bar, but is straight" ryan: lmao funny joke bro

[@victoria-sillo]

The real question is, how long did they spend finding these stories, and how many have they really seen? Because there's no way they didn't find and read at least a couple of the slash fanfics on there...

[@evephobic9497]

"Race owns a Gay Bar, but is straight" I CANT BREATHE

[@padfoot374]

Whats the name of the fic? I want to read it...

[@isabelladippel9649]

“‘Who are you?’ asked Davey and Ben Fankhauser simultaneously” this fandom is insane

[@spellboundprince9748]

I feel like it needs to be said that genuinely some fanfiction really is well written and better then some 'Real Books' and it really does deserve more respect because honestly some of those writers really are very talented and create fantastic works of art.

[@kaiyuen7883]

Exactly! You just have to look in the right place

[@yeetusdeleetus650]

Yeah and then I read a fanfic where they said a guy ran all the way from California to New York in the span of 4 hours

[@laurene.8233]

@@yeetusdeleetus650 I knew someone who did that but I think it took him 63 days, lol

[@boopyournose7569]

If they could just do one of these for... Every musical ever, please...?

[@siouxsiesiouxandthebanshees]

OMFG YES ESPECIALLY DEH AND BMC-

[@taylormcgee117]

The only unrealistic thing about the “cliches” piece was that Race and Spot never get the girls, they get *each other*

[@marleighw3776]

I don't know wether to laugh or Cringe

[@hooey4362]

I'M DOING BOTH ITS GREAT

[@midnightmage5970]

Nobody: JK Rowling: Racetrack Higgins runs a gay bar but is STRAIGHT I’m so sorry

[@goodjobeli]

Jack couldn't believe it *THERE WAS THREE OF HIM??!!!!* I spat out my juice sksksksks

[@user-oq6ol5fi2w]

i high key needed this today Edit: also who tf said that spot and race got the girls? they always end up together

[@trashyaddy3381]

I mean,,,,,, girls do like ben Tyler cook

[@aingeav497]

If I ever wrote a fic and had people involved in it read it, I would CRY LAUGHING BECAUSE TBH I WOULD CRINGE

[@aingeav497]

Ok wait I can't even construct a sentence properly because of this video hahaha

[@ewwricka]

If I ever wrote a fic and the people involved read it, I would DIE laughing AND crying

[@loverofminelexi]

@ 4:35 I'LL DATE YOU CRUTCHIE!!

[@The_Author_Is_Unavailable]

Allexis Sampson same

[@isabelladippel9649]

SAME

[@mckennaseegmiller7675]

Imagine them reading the smut fanfics

[@terroglacier981]

McKenna S. OMG I FEEL LIKE ANDREW WOULD SHAKE

[@amha9205]

Jack Kelly = Francis Sullivan Food Jack stole = bread NO EXEPTIONS

[@sadieb8714]

Jack couldn't believe it There were 3 of him? Hahaha, just wait until he learns about Christian Bale

[@virginiasmiles8865]

OMG SPECS GOING TO HOGWARTS THATS GOLDEN

[@grfndn1l]

specs looks like friggin blonde harry potter

[@lucysileo2125]

You poor boys I'm sorry u had to read these your poor eyes^_^

[@kirstengotstyle]

I just looked up half of these and I'm ready to binge read

[@benboin9599]

can i get some titels?

[@quilliam_shakesqueare]

Alr so first comment is from 4 years ago, reply from 2 years ago, no one respond to this for 2 years let's keep this train going

[@kirstengotstyle]

@@quilliam_shakesqueare okay but like what if i want to be a rebel about that

[@quilliam_shakesqueare]

@@kirstengotstyle :(

[@ameliabrinker4814]

​@@quilliam_shakesqueare2..... years..... later......

[@grayyuzon]

Is it bad to say I've read half of these?

[@jenakendro9678]

Not at all

[@lyn135]

+Fandomsforinfinity ikr

[@kitteridgesimpson8144]

Well we all get bored

[@yeetusdeleetus650]

Please tell me where I can find the Glee one

[@teenblues5787]

I'm going to actually die of second-hand embarrassment.

[@ElizaLydayIsTotallyRad]

my dOG STARTED BARKING AT HOW LOUD I LAUGHED

[@elrose3223]

"run by Rachel berry

[@cassiebrey5017]

If only one of my stories had been picked...oh well, congrats to those of youse all who's did get picked! I've read a few of those ones, and some were really good! Now I will proceed to write a fanfiction where Crutchie gets a girl, just for you, AKB, and Andy R., because Crutchie and Crutchy, spelled both ways, are my favorite character!

[@swampghost835]

Yes! I'm gonna go write a Crutchie fanfic bc he's my favorite character of all time and I love AKB

[@nellcorley233]

"I read this one" uh me too honey lmao

[@ThePipofDespair]

"Specs is going to Hogwarts." I don't even like Harry Potter, but still, that's hilarious.

[@bernadet4000]

I have never read a straight newsies fic, this is wild

[@thatonetheatrekid7923]

They should go on Wattpad. There's more....and they're worse.

[@yeetusdeleetus650]

I cried at some of them!

[@twicetism]

Wait someone link me to the Specs goes to Hogwarts one *_P L E A S E_*

[@me_myselfand_i2099]

here you go www.fanfiction.net/s/8448296/2/The-Letter

[@grfndn1l]

1) yes, no one ever makes Harlem good but that's also a big issue with Queens 2) can they do it again now on Wattpad because they have nothing better to do during quarantine as they are "Unemployed, unemployed, they are unemployed"

[@thatkiddojay6360]

“Race owns a gay bar. But is STRAIGHT.”

[@thatkiddojay6360]

imagine all the smut they had to go through, and probably read while searching.

[@jenakendro9678]

I'VE READ SOME OF THESE OMG

[@graceleasher9637]

The pained sounds of the crowd is relatable to be honest

[@themograceism]

I could totally write about Crutchie chasing a little tail. However, it would probably be less female, more Davey.

[@freelancebioexorcist174]

I don’t know why I feel so embarrassed by them reading the fanfiction, even though I’ve literally never written a Newsies one. This was not for their eYES.

[@hannahmuller4639]

wait, straight Newsies exist? huh? what? how did I not know this?

[@sophersaucer7666]

A team of unlikely newsgirls lead by Rachel Berry

[@yeetusdeleetus650]

*loud Gleek/audience sighing*

[@toby3649]

“specs is going to hogwarts” 😂

[@mariabelen4273]

can you imagine writing a ridiculous fanfiction and then having ABF and Ryan Steele reading it oN STAGE-

[@sofifreire877]

What's the fanfiction called in 3:27 ?

[@volatilemask]

3:27 "I've read this one,,,, I 'v e r e a d t h i s o n e"

[@kathleenanimates]

I need to find the one with the three Jacks and the one where Specs goes to Howgarts. I don't even like fanfiction, what is happening to me-

[@theohiojoneses]

AWWW! Crutchie. Never getting any Girls.... He's my favorite!

[@jamiedawn6760]

As a fanfic author I would be sweating so bad if they did this

[@Currently_Fangirling]

Literally I wouldn’t even be upset I would be screaming with joy that they noticed my existence 😂

[@principali-tea]

I cant with andrew. Hes so wholesome he shouldnt have been exposed to the fanfiction world lmao- crutchie should get all the ladies... or men... he babie

[@beccamaccabee8561]

i love this video so much, but every time i watch i can't stop cringing

[@layoisaacssodeye]

0:55 he looked so happy when he said, "princes, trolls, and magic" and it's so cute

[@kasiacabecka5677]

Those girls saying "oh my god" at the beginig know whats this going to be

[@volatilemolotov667]

i'm done living okay b Y e

[@simplyyoutube3741]

HA! Wait till they get to Wattpad 😂

[@storytime3119]

The Oh My God's before they start is amazing

[@gavin773]

Andrew’s cap gave me an idea: ANDREW KEENAN BOLGER AS BOQ!!

[@isabelladippel9649]

Gavin Making AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@JW-mq3hv]

Should I watch the video...? The title scares me

[@jamesarnold2899]

I'M CRINGING BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED READING

[@Claireverlasting]

good thing it's fanfiction.net, imagine they go on wattpad...

[@pennyj5595]

What's the one @ 2:13 tho? Cuz I live for satire and this sounds hilarious XD

[@musicality2887]

Well sh*t. They found out😅

[@brittanybroquadio8846]

The agony xD those poor people

[@rhi6969]

This

[@bethanynystrand2375]

I just found this and I'm crying. This is what happens when you're sick and spend too long surfing KZbin

[@isabelladippel9649]

Bethany Nystrand honestly same!

[@discodeacy8239]

I. Can’t. Breathe.

[@meghansmith3485]

“Some of these are close to 15 chapters” I’m currently reading a 40 chapter Sprace fanfic, that is ongoing, and no where near finished

[@emma.grace.2010.]

3:25 **gasp** "I've read this one" She is so real for that