#The Outsiders headcanons

[sparklingcid3r]

Darry working a roofing job is the physical embodiment of his dedication to his family. He carries his brothers’ weight in bundles of roof, bringing it up ladders and nailing them in place, setting them up for success at the expense/risk of his own health. All the while he has to climb back down because while they’re meant to be lifted up and out, he isn’t. He’s going to be grounded for the rest of his life.

[decentishoutsidersthoughts]

Hey guys just a thought what about we DON’T bully anybody in this fandom into leaving the website. Especially when they’re easily one of the least controversial and most beloved people in the fandom. If you don’t like their posts that much scrolling and the block button exists 😭😭😭

Like that account has been a LIFELINE to people who will never get to see the musical in NYC. As somebody who lives across the country and loves theatre performance I loved hearing what choices the actors will make. That account was genuinely such a helpful and amazing resource and now it’s gone because you didn’t like some of the takes they posted 🧍‍♀️

[sky4cherry]

oooooo you wanna yap about two bit sooooo bad

i do i do i do (my wife sent me this ask like 3 weeks ago i forgot to answer it 😟)

anyway do you guys ever remember that two-bit takes johnny home some nights when johnny can’t be in his own house?

do you think about how he’s the first person to rush forward when pony realises johnny’s dead? how he looks so closely at him?

do you think about how pony and two-bit both have the same physical reaction and crouch down beside his bed? how soda comforts pony, but no one checks on two-bit?

because i do!!! i think about it a lot and it makes me miserable!!! two-bit seeing himself as johnny’s big brother but johnny seeing dally as his big brother!!! you make me sick (i’m pointing in a mirror)

[nexternalknowsthingz]

Oh btw, sometimes before Darry goes to bed Soda and Pony will hide under his bed and grab his ankles- he screams so loud

(Darry and Soda tried that with Pony once but uhm.. He kicked them both in the face and Soda ended up loosing a tooth 😅)

[thereallattehottay]

*about steve*

dally: he’s a cool guy

ponyboy: did he know that when he got dressed this morning?

[staygoldpbj]

post canon pony just keeps drawing johnny and dally over and over again. writing in detail about what they looked like, how their laugh sounded, their favorite foods and clothes, every detail he can remember. he's terrified of forgetting them. forgetting that year. forgetting johnny's last words and dally's falling body. the lessons he learned.

[fefesoutsiderstuff]

Modern Ponyboy loves Almost, Maine. (Please ask my main blog @fefe-the-cat abt it)

[specific-dreamer]

you know how dally says man in every other sentence? pony says tuh

like hell well freeze over before he says more than three sentences without saying tuh

this might be a southern thing now that i think abt it. but when ur disgusted/being rude or just soemthign negative adjacent, you say it with like a scoff at the beginning and then “uh-tuh”.

“ponyboy do this jacket make me look tuff?”“tuh! you look like *insert some dork from that time period*”

“ponyboy don’t forget your jacket after track today.”

“darry! tuh, when have i ever forgotten my jacket at track” (he only has one jacket at home because he kept forgetting them at track practice and they’ve accumulated in his locker)

*after doing some complicated style to his hair* “tuh i look good as all get out”

he probably even says it before he laughs at something

it’s gets him into a lot of trouble especially at school because he’ll hear something funny or a teacher will berate another student and under his breathe he just goes “tuh” with a smile that he’s obviously trying to hide and the adults always think he’s causing trouble or he’s back talking

[chained-sweater]

favorite hc huh? i have too many. :'D

one of them is how darry has a very high-pitched scream. 🙃

If you see this, reply with your favorite Outsiders headcanon or detail that people often overlook, I need to show them to my cat

[gre4zerz]

PLEASE tell me I'm not the only one who hasn't seen this:

I'm fine with that answer. (He probably gets decent tips)

[sparklingcid3r]

read an interview w brent and in explaining his character said that darry does "manual physical labor to support his family which is an expression of love" which i had not though about before but is true. so i was jw if u have an hc about what darry was known as/like at the roofing company? like was he quieter or like just known as the kid w dead parents? also what is his internal monologue there like does he get bitter or like just accepting that he is going to be doing this for the forseeable future?

BANGERRR ASK ur a hero for this

I still have to listen to that interview bc any Darry content I can get is such a dub. Brent calling Darry’s manual labor an expression of love oh he GETS IT. Acts of service are his love language fr

Tbh I think Darry’s the type to clock in and out without doing much talking. He’s not unfriendly by any means, he likes the guys he works with, but he’s only there for the coin lmao he’s not making a home out of it.

I think the entirety of Tulsa knows what happened to the Curtises tbh, bc yeah it’s normal to be an orphan but not so much to have both parents killed after having their car smashed through by a train yk? But he’s got an insane work ethic, picking up hours whenever he can, so no one gives him shit.

Darry is ABSOLUTELYYYY bitter. Bitter asl like I think he lowkey hates his roofing job. At least he would probably like it better if his life wasn’t constantly on the brink of being upended. It all rests on him and his performance at work, so I think he’s pissed off for most of his waking moments.

I’m not really sure if Darry sees himself doing this forever. Ik canonically he’s a working man by the time the story takes place and quite literally has zero time for it, but ik he would have taken night classes if he could.

Rip Darry u would have loved online courses😔

[chaotic-starlight24]

Darry can tell who walked into the house depending on the sound of the door. Every member of the gang has an entrance that can be very easily missed.

Dally slams the door open and doesn't bother to close it behind him.

Steve opens the door and then slams it behind him, then goes to bother whoever is closest.

Johnny is almost always following someone so if the door stays open a bit longer and is quietly shut then Johnny has followed them in.

Two-Bit is similar to Steve except he dusts off his shoes. His mama always gets onto him tracking dirt so it's a habit.

Ponyboy quietly opens the door and shuts it behind him and usually calls out a I'm home. Or he's completely quiet except for the fact he stomps without realizing it.

Sodapop is almost always excited when he gets home so he accidentally slams the door into the wall and apologizes. He also usually announces he's home.

Darry just wishes they would stop slamming the door, it hurts the door and he's not exactly itching to fix the hinges.

[hellothereimaloser]

outsiders request? Sick Ponyboy and Darry and Soda caring for him? bonus points if you make ponyboy look really feverish and on the verge of tears

Lol do i get bonus points 🤩

[nexternalknowsthingz]

HIYA POOKIE!!! WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVOURITE RANDOM OUTSIDERS HCS? :>

IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED!! 🩵

• one time Pony was so tired after a track practice that he sat down on Twobits lap thinking it was the couch, Pony fell asleep but Twobit didn’t mind. He just continued watching Mickey Mouse. Darry offered to carry him to bed but Twobit was like “The kid barely sleeps anyhow, if he’s comfy then just leave ‘im.” (Then when Darry woke up the next day they were both asleep and STILL there and he was like “Alright then.”)

• So Darry has a little journal of little entries for his feelings because he’s to insecure about them because in the 60’s it was a sign of weakness when men actually showed emotion so… he just vents to it! It’s also where he writes the numbers for the bills so one page is a fully loaded page of his thoughts then the next is.. math.. Soda finds it and has a talk with Darry, just them two but they didn’t know that Pony was outside ducking under the kitchen window near the sink.. listening.. They didn’t know he was home from track.

• when Pony runs the gang says “Hey Pony, where are ya trotting off too? Mostly Twobit says that but..

• Ponyboy has a baby face until he’s 16, When he’s 16 he gets a mix of Darry’s face and Sodapops face

• Dallas was protective over his Mum because his Dad was a drunk, so when he uhm.. hurt her really bad to the point where she passed away THATS when he got cold and hard

• Johnny is great at photography while Pony is great at writing and drawing (painting) ((Johnny gifts his photos to the gang for their birthdays and Christmas ))

• Johnny has a HUGE sweet tooth

• Steve loves wearing leather biker gloves and so does Sodapop

• Steve has a scar over his left eye from his father throwing a bottle at him when he was 12, so now he’s blind in that eye

• Dally is missing his pinkie finger on his right hand from a fight in NYC

• Also Johnny has a birthmark that looks like a heart on his stomach

• Steve with fluffy curled hair, Sodapop with slightly wavy hair, Pony when he doesn’t grease it has slightly curled hair, Darry with slightly curled hair but it’s not visible because he cuts it to short, Johnny with wavy hair, Twobit with straight hair, Dally with a man bun (book description)

LET ME KNOW IF Y’ALL WANNA HEAR MORE!! 🩵

[johnnycakesswitch]

The most “boys will be boys” things the gang do

• Steve, Soda, Dally, and Darry stay walking around half naked, ESPECIALLY in the summer. Their shirts are never on. Soda’s jeans are unzipped half the time smh

• as much as they really really try, the Curtis boys are known for leaving their dirty laundry everywhere 😟 no matter how messy they can be though, Two-Bit’s room will always be exponentially worse

• one time Steve and Soda wanted to see who could eat the most chocolate cake so they each ate a whole half of a cake and threw up later

• Johnny do not be washing his clothes 😭😭😭 it’s rly not his fault but Darry will offer to wash up some of his stuff with Ponyboy’s and Johnny will be like “no thank you it’s not that bad 🙂” bros jean jacket probably carries the plague

• they literally don’t stop eating. It’s canon that the Curtis brothers all have big appetites, everyone else is just as bad. Most of their money goes to groceries bc they literally just eat and eat

• Ponyboy tries to lay in bed directly after track practice before showering bc he’s tired and Sodapop is appalled

• so so so many wrestling and football injuries. Pony’s always tripping and falling face first. Steve is a fucking pincher when they’re wrestling so Soda and Two-Bit always have little ass bruises on them from him 💀 during football Johnny is really good at slipping between people bc he can be pretty quick but one time he managed to take Steve down with him and they knocked their heads together

• Dally unfortunately enjoys driving around and yelling obscenities when he has Buck’s car. No one is off limits. He’ll trail behind Johnny and be like “ay what that mouth do” and Johnny just lets out the most defeated sigh

• Ponyboy and Curly were each other’s first kiss “for practice” and didn’t rly think much of it until they realized they’d only been kissing each other even tho they didn’t need practice anymore and never tried to get w anyone else 😭😭😭

• if Two-Bit sees any kind of animal worth catching in his mind like an armadillo or some shit he will indeed try to catch it and bring it to the Curtis house and Darry is just like if you don’t get that damn armadillo off my porch

Anyway I love these sillies even tho boys are gross 😒