#Mark Curtis

[anthonymhowellblog]

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper

photo Scott Barbour/Getty Read this 2019 article on The Guardian here. The article came out in Declassified UK – A brilliant expose of how this paper became the tool of MI6. Brilliant sleuthing by MATT KENNARD and MARK CURTIS I used this article as a source of Book 11 of my epic poem The Runiad – attempting to put it into verse!

[your-unfriendlyghost]

cowabummer, man

Yeah this is what the Mark Jennings/Ponyboy friendship is to me

[every-single-day]

I hope whoever decided to change this harmony in Death’s at My Door steps on a Lego.

[vinyl-lol]

Outsiders + TWTTIN designs!!!!

[deadlikejohnny]

I had a sudden urge to create another Eras Tour thingy.

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Ponyboy that was then this is now headcanons

• I’m a big believer in ponyboy continuing to dye his hair blonde after windrixville for sentimentality (also I fuck with the character design aspect)

• so his hairs died blond but it’s also grown out, its the late 1960s and greased hair is becoming even less of a thing than it was before, so his hair is choppily cut above his shoulders and it has the worst grown at roots

• he is the KING of hand me downs, more so than in the outsiders because he fits into more of the clothes that darry and soda actually saved, soda’s flannels, pants, shirts, Darry’s old jackets, he owns his shoes and that it

• okay this one goes more into the au where sodapop is drafted and killed in the Vietnam war because it technically lines up with the twttin timeline. But ponyboy would wear soda’s dog tags literally every day

• more reckless than he was in the outsiders, partially because he’s grown up and partially because of his friends and the people he surrounds himself with

• his friendgroup basically consist of the remainder of the gang, curly and Angela, mark, scout, and two bits sister Brenda I guess

• on the topic of Brenda, ponyboy basically reacreats his and Johnnys relationship with dally with her, they’re so siblings you don’t understand, the brother and sister ever

• very unpopular in school, not in a way of getting bullied but in the way of a lot of kids in his grade being scared of him

“that Curtis kid who helped kill someone”

• the beef Bryon has him is entirely one sided to the point that Ponyboy doesn’t even realize it exists

• despite not having the best reputation he’s finally grown into his looks and if it weren’t for the events of the first book he would be pulling

• Him and Cathy start dating a little bit after twttin, Cathy had been at boarding school during the entirety of the first book so she didn’t have the same stigma against him that the other kids at school

• he actually gets pretty into the Beatles after he starts dating Cathy because they’re her favorite band, he likes the please please me album

• he also adopts M&M into his little gang with Brenda (pushing my M&M and Brenda as best friends agenda)

• in the end all that really means is that he helps M&M with kids picking on him (his reputation from the whole bob incident makes him pretty intimidating), M&M and Brenda also get to tag along on some of Pony and Cathy’s dates to the movies

• honestly I could talk about him and Cathy for hours but as the youngest him dating her and realizing how much she has to do as the oldest makes him gain more of understanding for darry

• also him and Cathy’s song is definitely Do you want to know a secret

@izaacs-notdeadyet because you mentioned you wanted to hear them, sorry it took me thousand years to actually get around to posting this

[unforth]

Gonna go fall on my face as soon as the Supernatural section of Geeks and Needs for Harris is done but ngl, with Jensen Ackles deciding to join Misha Collins and all the others (Mark Shepard, Jim Beaver, Ruth Connell, Rob Benedict, Kim Rhodes, Curtis Armstrong, and Richard Speight Jr. are there)... and Jared Padalecki not being there is. Very very noticeable. 😅

[pennypennybobenny]

are we js gonna move on from the fact that angela had a hit out on ponyboy???

[mister-mickey]

Outsiders (and twttin) crying hcs because I’m terrible and evil

Darry

- he only cries when he has time to. Like, if he’s busy he will push those feelings down until he isn’t

- when he does actually cry, it’s very quiet. He’s just laying in bed letting the tears stream down his face

Soda

- low key a crybaby. Like he cries even when he’s happy

- blubbery, needs someone around. Like he won’t cry when he’s alone because that’s not what he needs

Pony

- he’s 14 he’s def a bit of a crybaby too. He’s more embarrassed about it than soda

- he, like Darry, wants to be alone and cry when he has time, but he, like soda, emotionally needs the company even if he doesn’t want it

Johnny

- canonly rarely cries. If he does, it’s a big deal

- he’s like empty inside if he’s at that point, probably hugging his knees and hiding away. He’s trying to be quiet too

Steve

- somewhat similar to soda in that he will cry at any extreme emotion, not just sadness. However, he has to be at a much further point than soda does

- he wants to be alone when he cries because he’s embarrassed, but often conversations with soda will pull some tears out that he’s been holding in. Sometimes their hangouts end with soda holding him while Steve just cries

Dally

- he doesn’t cry. He’s too tough to cry (lies)

- he does cry, just not often and certainly not when someone else can see. Usually it’s just a few tears and it’s over, and it’s not for any particular reason.

Twobit

- big baby. He can also fake cry if he needs to

- he ain’t ashamed of his tears, but he won’t cry in front of someone he dislikes or in front of someone he wants to be tough around (like someone younger or something) he will cry in front of his mom though because they have a very open relationship. He’s a mommas boy

Tim

- doesn’t cry, according to himself and also curly and Angela. (Also a lie)

- he won’t cry in front of anyone because he refuses to be weak. But like, it still happens. Usually he’s in bed thinking and he makes himself cry because of that (so me)

Angela

- she has no qualms about crying in front of people, especially her brothers. She has used Tim’s shirt as a tissue and then scolded him for getting his shirt dirty

- she’s a loud crier if she’s with someone, but by herself it’s those silent choking tears that genuinely hurt

Curly

- hates crying but doesn’t have the self control to not cry in front of people. He usually cries when he’s in pain or very very annoyed (maybe Tim and Angela keep pestering him) he doesn’t really cry when he’s sad

- you know those studio ghibli tears? Where they’re round and they just keep coming? That’s him

Bryon

- honestly it would take a lot to make him cry, not because he’s tough, but because it isn’t really thing he ever does. Like he generally just sleeps his feelings off

- if he did cry it’s probably sniffly and gross, and he’s wiping it off on his sleeve and stuff

Mark

- also doesn’t really cry, but that’s more because he’s never really given a reason to, at least not as a teenager

- when he was a kid though he would cry sometimes, probably cuddle up to Bryon’s mom. (That bitch) he’d still get over it fast though.

Cathy

- she cries a lot but not really in front of people unless she knows they can make her feel better.

- she will cry around M&M but not her parents, she will cry with bryon but never around mark. She lets the tears roll down her face as she explains what’s wrong

M&M

- I can’t imagine him crying, but if he did it would be with Cathy because he trusts her and she won’t ever judge him for it

- he leans against her and talks with her as he sniffles and wipes his tears away

[zero-day-s-sober]

modern mark sends pony reels like this

[your-unfriendlyghost]

steviepop prom ‘66

Steve’s actually having a great time he just made this face ‘cuz Ponyboy was taking the picture 😌

also if you can’t tell, very few things bring me as much entertainment as calling Steve Randle short- it’s matched only by my love of massively over-exaggerating his height difference with Soda and Evie

Ref + (significantly) better quality pic:

(once again, this has a similar vibe to @mister-mickey’s twitter au, and also once again, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT OUT IT’S HILARIOUS. I reread it often when I’m bored/tired, it always makes me laugh istg)

[pumpkinsy0]

everytime someone says curly has a rivalry w one of the gang over pony and its not AT LEAST johnny, an angel dies, bc curly is rlly only having one sided beef w the gang

if i ask u who u think curly is beefing w the most and u mention one of the gang, ur WRONG, cause its TOTALLY mark, mark has no shame on hitting on pony, neither pony or curly is rocking w it, pony awkwardly tries to stop it and curlys just like this w the guy

[toasttt11]

comforted

December 22, 2023

John was chilling on his couch on one of the rare off days when his phone started buzzing and he picked it up seeing Lucia had texted him and asked if he was home, John frowned in concern because she usually just came over and didn’t ask if he was home but he responded telling her he was home.

Not even five minutes later he heard a soft knock at the door and he got up walking over and opened the door seeing Lucia standing there.

John titled his head looking at her intently and quickly noticing that she was upset, “Hi Lucia.” John softly spoke looking at her in concern.

“Hi.” Lucia mumbled clearing her throat and shuffling on her feet.

John stepped aside letting her step inside his apartment and he gently place a hand on her back guiding her over to his couch.

Lucia sat down on the couch and John sat down close next to her.

“What’s wrong?“ John asked in concern, he doesn’t think he has seen her this upset ever, and if she is upset she usally doesn’t seem that upset unless you knew her small quirks.

“Jack is an asshole.” Lucia grumbled crossing her arms around herself protectively not that she ever felt she needed to protect her self around John.

“What did he do?” John questioned as it was common for the hughes siblings to get into little spats but never fights that lasted long or where either of them were truly upset at each other. John had seen them bicker and two minutes they were laughing together.

Lucia took a deep breath and looked at John hesitant, there is still parts of her that is scared whenever she is vulnerable with someone after everything that happened with Mackie.

“Or you don’t have to tell me anything and we continue watching the next movie?” John put a soft hand on her shoulder giving her a reassuring smile seeing her hesitate and not wanting her to feel like she had to tell him.

Lucia looked up at John and took a deep breath seeing his kind and sweet eyes and knew John was nothing like Mackie.

“The World Juniors started yesterday.” Lucia started saying as she looked down at the couch and fiddled with a fray string on the couch.

John squeezed her shoulder reassuring for her to continue.

“And i just wish i could be there too.” Lucia softly admitted, “Not that i don’t love being here in Jersey, i do. It’s just i miss my friends and i’ve played with most of them for years it’s just weird to not play with them anymore.” Lucia confessed the words she couldn’t get out to tell anyone else but it was easy to tell John.

Lucia looked back up at John and he frowned seeing her eyes looking dull and he didn’t like how they weren’t shining like usual.

John thoughtfully nodded, “And you don’t want them to win gold without you?” John understood immediately why she was so upset.

“Is that selfish?” Lucia softly asked looking at John with vulnerable eyes.

John felt his heart clench seeing how uncertain Lucia looked and felt, “No Lucia it is not selfish.” John sternly reassured her, “You played with the team for years and now they are looking like one of the best teams it’s understandable it’s upsetting.” John reassured her.

John knew she took her place on the US National team seriously and he knew she was the captain last year and she took that very seriously and he may not of known her then but he knew she was gutted when they got bronze with her as Captain.

Lucia nodded her head slowly, she just wanted to one day wear a gold medal around her neck for her National team.

“What did Jack do?” John questioned wondering how Jack made this worse for her.

“I tried to tell him i missed playing with my friends while we watched some of the World Junior game and he just dis guarded my feelings saying i was here now and i-“ Lucia trailed off.

Lucia was use to growing up faster than the people around her and missing out on a lot of things but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt any less.

“You wanted to be comforted.” John nodded and Lucia nodded back just wanting to he comforted by her brother, “And he was trying to say your here now and you can’t change that.” John shook his head at Jack’s foolishness. John knew Jack didn’t mean viciously but Jack is not the best as comforting people.

Lucia did not need a reminder of where she was she just needed to be comforted for what she was missing.

John gently moved his arm to around Lucia’s shoulders and pulled her to him.

Lucia blinked but eventually relaxed in John’s hold and rested her head on his chest closing her eyes listening to his heartbeat.

“If it makes you feel better, i would miss you if you were at worlds.” John softly whispered as he twirled his finger around one of her stray hairs that were falling out of her braided crown.

Lucia chuckled soflty but did nod, it did make her feel better.

If anything John just made her feel better, he made her feel seen not just looked over. No one has ever made her feel the way John does, not even Mackie.

Lucia felt her eyes go wide as she realized the extent of her feelings for John, they weren’t platonic they were romantic.

Lucia took a deep breath trying to not freak out in John’s arms, she hasn’t had many feelings for people in her life mostly only just Mackie and even then those feelings weren’t even close to what John makes here feel.

Lucia has always been scared of romantic feelings she has had for people but for some reason figuring out her feelings for John didn’t scare her if anything it only just comforted her, but maybe that was just John.

[iwasbored12]

Im making this post at the beach but my thoughts of the outsiders/that was then, this is now chracthers at the beach

I can totally see ponyboy and Johnny sitting on the wet sand and watching the waves come in. Johnny can’t swim and in my opinion- pony is scared of whatever tf is in the water so they just kinda sit there. Maybe dig and collect some sea shells.

Steve and soda are in the water. I can totally see them splashing each other with the water or trying to see who can hold their breath longer. If they bring Evie and Sandy then it just becomes a fight of chicken.

Soda also seems like the type to sit out in the sun and tan. He’s the only one that comes back looking all tan while Darry and pony look as red as a tomato and are sun burnt to a crisp.

Dally doesn’t know how to swim but he won’t tell anyone that so he just stay’s on the sand. Maybe puts a foot in the water but is most likely walking around trying to talk to any girl around.

Two bit is just- somewhere. He’s everywhere. If he brings his little sister then they are so making sand castles or even burying each other in the sand. He also brings a whole pack of beers and will most definitely sneak them in even if one of the beach rules is to not bring any alcohol.

Darry is just lying on his beach chair. He’s very much the type to just fall asleep in the beach chair and come back home sun burnt asf. I can also see him maybe even helping two bit and his sister with the sand castles, adding the sea shells Johnny and pony collected.

If the Shepards go to the beach yk damn well these Dominicans tan so good.

Angela is tanning with soda and talking about any of the recent drama she heard cause I know damn well she’s a hater [ same ] or she’s in the water splashing curly just to mess with him. Curly is being an actual bastard and splashing anyone in sight or sneaking up on them from behind and scaring them in the water.

My man tim is with Darry and just laying on the beach chairs or he’s in the water with curly. Having to pull curly away from people cause he almost starts a fight. I also think he would have the coolest sunglasses ever- he feels so badass with them 💀

It’s funny asf if you think m&m would even step foot on a beach and if he does poor boy is getting BURNT. He is not a beach person what so ever and will never be one. Bryon is not one for the beach too so I rlly don’t see him ever going to one unless mark goes- then he has to go.

Mark and Terry in my opinion are just doing the same thing curly is doing- just messing with people. That would really be the only reason they went.

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

It’s probably a good thing Johnny didn’t make it to that was then this is now because I just know the beef between Johnny and mark would be INSANE

[vinyl-lol]

I have gotten... very addicted to drawing this stupid ass fish