#Ponyboy curtis

[far-away-from-tulsa]

just. little kid darry. grinning gap-toothed during mini football games, surrounded by soc-y kids that weren’t soc-y yet because they were all just kids on a team throwing a football and praying their little hands can catch it. before the prices got upped and his parents couldn’t afford it anymore. before his friends started making fun of the way his clothes were too large, too dirty. the way there was always a streak of dirt on his cheek from playing in the yard with his brothers. before he noticed the looks folks would give his family in church, for their clothing and their looks and their meager donations. before his front teeth grew in and he realized that the line between the west side and the east side was just too wide to leap over

[darrys-laundry]

darry: “i want nothing to do with that fish.”

darry: “IF YOU NAME THE FISH IT WILL DIE.”

darry: “DON’T NAME THE FISH.”

ponyboy: “getting a fish and not naming it is pretty inhumane.”

darry: “no. that’s not true. i think that you’re mischaracterizing it.”

darry: “i don’t want responsibility for the fish so when it dies, i don’t have to feel anything.”

sodapop: “i would put my fingers [in the tank] and i would be like, ‘yeah, everyone, pet my fish!’ and by the end of the year the fish was—”

darry: “—dead.”

[silliestfreakinggoose]

When Dallas first came to Tulsa he heard the Curtis parents talking about how Ponyboy had a cavity because he drank so much “coke” and his northeastern self tried to win Ponyboy over by getting him an actual Coca Cola but little Ponyboy cried because he’s a Pepsi truther

[katrein05]

This a very deep canon headcanon!😳

Ponyboy would’ve killed himself had it not been for Darry, soda, and two-bit.

No I’m serious. Looking back on the book you can clearly see just how bad mentally he was doing after the death of Johnny.

He was completely delusional and kept trying to convince himself that Johnny wasn’t dead. Going so far as to tell other people, Randy, that Johnny wasn’t dead and he was actually the one who killed Bob.

Ponyboys mental health took a nose dive after Johnnys death and i genuinely believe he would have killed himself had his family and friends not been there. In the movie Two-bit and Ponyboy hang out all day while his brothers are at work. Making it impossible for him to kill/hurt himself. When two-bit isn’t around, it’s Darry and soda keeping an eye on him.

Ponyboy famously said “why couldn’t dally take it, but I could”

You couldn’t take it Ponyboy. You couldn’t, but you had no way of being able to actually do anything about it. The Curtis gang accidentally saved his life.

Ponyboy Curtis would’ve ended up dead and I stand by that.

[curtis-brothers-hug]

I’ve seen posts about Darry longing for the days when Ponyboy used to adore him, but what about the other way around?

Ponyboy, convinced that his eldest-brother-turned-guardian hates him now, longs to go back to a time when Darry actually seemed to like having him around. The days when Darry made Pony feel like his special little buddy.

Darry who used to give Pony piggyback rides, even after Pony was probably too big. “Nah, you’re light as a feather. That’s the advantage of bein a little shrimp.” “Am not!”

Darry who would do donuts in the car because it made Soda and Pony feel just like a roller coaster. It was so much more fun than driving with mom or dad. They never did donuts.

Darry who always made Pony feel so smart and talented and confident; who would help him with his homework and high five him for the right answer, who would play football with him and who was grinning ear to ear the first time Pony beat Darry when they raced each other. “We got us a new star athlete in the family!”

Darry who marveled at Pony’s drawings and asked him for a special sketch every year for his birthday, telling Pony it was his favorite birthday present when Pony felt bad about not having money to buy him anything.

Darry who protected Pony from bullies, who told him that the kids who made fun of him for using big words he learned from books were just jealous cuz he’s smart and they’re dumb.

Darry who comforted Pony after he got scolded by their parents. “Mama don’t mean nothin by it, she’s just worried about you is all.”

Darry who always made Pony feel so safe. He’d crawl into Darry’s lap or his bed when he was little and then not so little and Darry would hold him in those strong arms that felt like an impenetrable fortress where nothing could touch him.

Darry who would always come back from grocery shopping for mom with Pony’s favorite candy, who would ruffle his hair and tickle him and play pranks with him and laugh with him………

And now, Darry acts like he can’t stand the sight of him. Darry used to be so proud of him, and now Pony can’t seem to do anything right. Pony used to see Darry as his protector, and now Darry is the one he’s afraid of, who yells at him with that booming voice like the thunder he used to hide from by burying his head in Darry’s chest.

And the worst part is, Pony doesn’t even know what he’s done wrong. He doesn’t know why Darry’s love for him, Darry’s enjoyment of being his big brother, seemingly died with their parents. He doesn’t know at what point Darry will decide he’s enough of a burden and send him away. Everyone says that’s never gonna happen, but Darry sure acts like he wants to.

Pony doesn’t know why he can’t just hate Darry back, why he can’t seem to make himself stop seeing Darry as his hero when it would be so much easier to cast him as the villain; why he can’t get rid of the feeling that all he wants is for his big brother to love him again.

[greaserdreams]

Brody devouring GE in the background 🙂‍↕️

[stew-sandy-enjoyer]

The gang's fighting styles:

Once in a rumble, Darry "reloaded" his arms (a la Henry Cavill) and EVERYONE LOST THEIR MINDS

Soda, Steve and Two-bit always fight together, ganging up on others and having the others back

Pony is a kicker and a biter

Darry pulls off wrestling moves and he does stunts when he can. He's very aggressive

Two-Bit and Dally fight dirty, bringing weapons. Dally used to fight with his rings and with his knife and Two-Bit too

Johnny doesn't fight, it's all purely self-defense.

Steve likes to punch

Soda also fights dirty but he doesn't do weapons, he's just being annoying and taking some cheap shots

[curtis-brothers-hug]

This 😆 ⬆️

Little by little, everyone in the gang picks up on it and they take bets on how long it will take Pony to figure it out.

It takes a really, really long time.

soda uses horse commands with pony AND IT WORKS. they need to start moving? soda clicks his teeth. pony needs to slow down? whoa there little buddy. pony’s dragging his feet about something? walk on man.

[d1sapp01ntm3nt]

probably a little late but this meme made me think of them

Cherry x Bob version

Og image that I lowkey traced from when sketching the poses 😭😭

[askponyboymcurtis]

Since it’s been a while since Winderxville, I was wondering if any of the gang joins you in watching the sunset?

"Sometimes, but they don't like it like I do. I think they just watch the sunset 'cuz I ask them to. I mean, that's real swell! I like spendin' the time with them."

"But, I definitely prefer watchin' with Johnny Cakes. He likes it like I do, he gets it."

"Outta everyone, other than Johnny, Soda and Two-bit will sit and watch with me. Soda just does it 'cuz he knows how much I like the sunsets. I dunno why Two-bit deals with it for me. He's just nice like that."

-- PB CURTIS '65

[cheryyy-valancce]

From my tiktok

Dallas and Pony

@garbage-creature @chained-sweater @mr-freakyboy-curtis @pookiepopcorn

[lucyandlucy]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!

probably my only drawing of curly like ever

yall think they like each other

[lucyandlucy]

Haha I made more

[two-entire-bits]

once I was talking about the outsiders when my brain was going a hundred miles a minute and I tried to say ponyboy while thinking about the thing I was gonna say about soda and accidentally said ponybop. ponybop....

[littlestarbigsky]

to be so honest, brody's acting when johnny dies lands like a physical blow. just.. the look on his face, the fear, the pain. that's his person. he's just begging and pleading with his best friend to stay and he can't even stand up anymore and he can't even look at dally... and maybe if soda normally tried to hug him like he does pony would have shoved him off but he's so numb and shocked that he barely even moves except to hold onto his brother..

made me sick to my stomach the first time i saw it tbh. i've never seen anything like that before.