#Baby John

[vykavolt]

i'm going to put him in a hydraulic press and squish him to death

[dcartcorner]

Commission for @sieveyourtea for the fic "Blood of the Covenant" Thank you for the support!

[ponyboy-curtisss]

Dallas Winston & Baby John Theory

ok so I've always loved the theory that Dally used to be a Jet from West Side Story before he was in the Curtis gang. It makes a tonne of sense right? WSS takes place a few years before The Outsiders and Dally canonically comes from New York and only came to Tulsa because he got caught up in a murder wrap and wanted to escape. So it makes a lot of sense! 

But I just saw someone's headcanons that Dally was the "Johnny" of the Jets.

BUT THEN I REMEMBER THAT IN WSS THE JETS HAVE BABY JOHN WHO IS THE BABY OF THE GANG. HES ONLY 14 AT THE TIME OF WSS AND HE GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE MURDERS OF RIFF, TONY, AND BERNARDO!!! 

So it could be a massive stretch ok BUT what if baby john was Dally. What if Baby John ran away from New York after everything happened, leaving his his shitty dad behind and jumped the first West Bound train he could. It carried him to Tulsa. He changed his name. He toughened up. He stopped being a pussy.

ok now for his name:

in the musical, after Dally dies, Ponyboy mentions that when he picked up Dally's t-shirt from the side of the tracks, he could still smell the cigarettes Dally always liked to smoke: Winstons. 

Baby John jumped on that train holding nothing but a pack of Winstons cigarettes and a Switchblade. He saw the name "Dallas" on a sign at the train station, the train he had been on was stopping in Dallas, Texas after Oklahoma, When Darrel Curtis asked him his name for the first time he looked around and chose the first two words he saw, which happened to be “Dallas Winston" and thats who he stayed for 3 years before he died. Thats the name he was buried under. 

[obsessedwithjohnjr]

John celebrating his 3rd birthday after his father’s funeral

[scottyzoomz]

GUYS LOOK WHAT PATRICK HIGGINS POSTED A WEEK AGO.

AHHHHHHHHHHH ITS THEMMMM ITS THEMMM!!!!!1 my babies..... ITS THEM!!! the gang<3

[iregulargremlin]

I got this picture in my head of a page of Homestuck where Dad Egbert pics up baby John for the first time, but I couldn't find it, so I think I maybe Mandela effected my self or just imagined it, so I decided to draw it myself

[this-is-macy]

Me when I forget to put my phone on do not disturb and someone texts me

[sunsetseason8910]

I love those wss tumblr Rp's so in tribute of that I'm sharing my headcanons for the wss characters

Riff: despite Riff being a part of the jets and being in a gang and shit, he knows how to treat women. Like when he's with a girl (or guy, lookin at you Tony) he will go all out to surprise her and treat her like the absolute queen she (or king, looking at you tony) is. He also is the kind of person who is scared to love at first because of all he's lost, but once he falls in love he falls down like 85 flights of stairs metaphorically for them. I also think he like just really likes donuts. No explanation for that. He just gives me a donut-lover kind of vibe.

Tony: Tony is a hopeless romantic. He lies awake at night wondering what it's like to fall in love until he does. He has all these little fantasies planned out, he dreams about his wedding, etc. He sees an old couple walking together on the street and pictures them as him and his future spouse.

Graziella: Graziella is the kind of person who's nice until she's not. She'll be the sweetest girl ever one minute, offering you a drink, giving up her seat on the train for an old lady, but the minute you mess with her loved ones, she'll fuck you up. She will literslly not hold back like your ass will be cooked and locked in a basement or some shit (you best know she knows how to hide a dead body) and then she'll help the authorities look for your body. She is also the kind of person who has a major rbf but is actually nice when you meet them.

Baby John: baby John may seem more innocent and like a kid on the outside, but in the reality he's just as valuable to the gang as anyone else. He can fit in small spaces, he's sneaky, etc. So the jets use him to pull pranks on the Sharks and shit. He also likes to steal small thinks like candy bars off those street stands.

Balkan: alright so yall know how when Gee Officer Krupke starts and Balkan is like "I want no part in this," but eventually gives in? He's an ambivert. He'll go out with his friends if they invite him, but his ideal Friday night might vary between partying hard with strangers or just sitting alone but not lonely at home maybe with a newspaper to read. Also hwar me out Balkan has an astigmatism but is insecure about wearing the glasses, but at night when he can barely see because of the street lights, he'll take out the old pair he got from Valentina.

who's headcanon do yall want next?

[tending-the-hearth]

circling BACK to my theory that dally was part of the jets in new york, i was thinking about the idea of him maybe possibly being action, just going back to his birth name and moving away from new york to get a fresh start back in tulsa

but then i realized the timelines wouldn't have added up. i'm going with west side taking place roughly around 1961 (with that being with the movie was released, and timeline-wise, it works perfectly), and with the outsiders taking place in 1967, and given that dally is most likely the same age as darry (maybe a year younger), it would make dally about 19/20 at the time that the book events happen, he would most likely be about 14 when the events of west side happen

and there's only one (male) jet who could possibly be that age during the events of west side story, and come out of it traumatized enough to not want to see anyone his age experience that sort of trauma again. and after experiencing riff's tough love, and viewing the man he saw as his older brother dying, and seeing how all the deaths affected maria and his community, he decided to return home to tulsa, where he took on riff's hardened, cocky exterior, and took johnny and pony under his wing, because they reminded him so much of himself when he was younger.

and therefore, may i present my theory and hc that dally is baby john.

[stuckasmain]

Love how the Jets have all these tough names relating to their personalities and interests, then there’s just Baby John.

He’s the baby… and his name is John. And we love him

[tommonikercomics]

Hey there! First of all I just want to say that I really love your Newsies art! I'm really trying to become an artist myself and seeing your art has given me so much inspiration for how I want to approach my own.

I also did want to make an art request if you don't mind - I know you primarily do Newsies art (which I love <3), but I also read in one of your posts that you also like West Side Story. Can I make a request for 1961 Baby John? He's one of my favorite characters from that movie and I'd love to see him in your artstyle!

Like I said I know you do mostly Newsies art so you don't have to do this if you don't want to and I completely understand, but if you did I would greatly appreciate it!

Hi!! I know you already commissioned this (thank you so much, btw) but I didn't want to just skip this ask. He's literally canonically baby 😔🙏

[grapefaygodude69]

TC: aDoPtIon

day 31

[unofficially-racetrack]

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT BABY JOHN IS SUPPOSED TO BE 12

LIKE WHY SO YOUNG?

[a-way-of-forgiving]

talia ryder and patrick higgins as tessie and baby john (plus maddie ziegler as velma!). some little bts crumbs of one of my fav jet couples <3

if you guys want me to post bts pics of other characters and ships, pls send me an ask of who you want pics of and i’ll try and find some :)

[spinningerster]

petition for a west side story revival with ross dorrington as baby john

[leydhawk]