#bev’s book

[the-diary-of-bev-bevan]

The band hated the drawn portraits of themselves for the inside sleeves of Out of the Blue, probably because most people hate pictures of themselves

Bev also couldn’t figure out how to put together the cardboard spaceship that one can cut out of the album cover

Planetary Sounds

[quite-actually-a-nacho]

Bev’s Book — Hobbies of ELO members

Bev Bevan was a renowned prankster, to the dismay of his bandmates—particularly Jeff, since they used to share a room at times before they all got their own.

Jeff Lynne had a fondness for thinking up silly words, which began in his schoolboy days. He also loved sports, and converted numerous rooms for himself into sports/activity rooms.

Richard Tandy is said to have “studied” television. He would often lock himself in his room to watch TV with great interest. He also loved talking on the phone more than anyone else in the band.

Kelly Groucutt could be found playing with toys and gizmos and games. He owned loads of games and junk at his house and claimed to buy them for his kids, but Bev knew better.

Mik Kaminski was a regular gambler on anything one could gamble on. He even had his own mathematical system. Whenever he got his hands on a newspaper, he opened to the horse racing pages.

Melvyn Gale could make a hobby of just talking. He talked a LOT. One time, Jeff and Bev hosted a radio show and dedicated a record to Mel, called You Talk Too Much. Listed elsewhere were his other hobbies of soaring, cars, and sail planes.

Hugh McDowell was… Hugh. I think his main hobby was just being a troublemaker—not even a snarky one. But Hugh also loved reading books, and could often be found reading before shows.

[thelosers-club]

umm imagine Stan lived and came back to derry and revisited the synagogue and ummm also wore that pink silk robe I joked about him wearing in this post. no this was not just my poor excuse to draw him in a silly pink robe

[thecatspirits]

I really love the symbolism in the movies of Bev using the fence post to attack Pennywise, who appears to her as her father, and then her giving a fence post to Eddie and telling him it will kill monsters if he believes it does. It's like Bev is telling Eddie that if she could could kill her demons and overcome her father's/husband's abuse then Eddie can kill his own demons too. Of course though they ruined that by stabbing Eddie. I'm going to go sob now, thank you for coming to my ted talk TOT

[reddje]

the losers as screenshots in my phone

( inspired by @bestbirdlawyer )

[eldritch-ace]

Hannibal sapphics be upon yee 🧡🤍💖

[pyr0cue]

sometimes i sit down and think. it 2017 really gave ben mike's personality and narrative function and people think its canon. mike my poor boy i love you so so much im sorry the movies stripped you of personality and charm

[dailykindleafs]

day 7: baaaaaaabe

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Hey update, just found out the TikTok I saw of melody crying because it was the last soc Saturday was in fact a dream, I’ve been sad for a week over nothing

[fantasticcolorcloudflap]

I actually think all the losers well low-key in love with Bill. Like. Bill was super important for them right. They all hero-worshiped him and would literally give their life for him if he just asked.

They all say they loved him as a brother or a father figure except Bev, who had actual romantic feelings towards him. WHAT IF. They were all just a little bit in love with him, but because they were boys feeling like this for another boy they just accepted those feelings under the "brotherly love" etiquette, while Bev fully accepted she was in love with him because she's a girl allowed to feel this way for a boy. Because why would she be any different. Why do they all love him in that way and Bev does not. IDK GUYS IDK

[the-diary-of-bev-bevan]

Jeff and Hugh were always late to scheduled flights. Hugh was sometimes bad enough that they had to drag him out of bed and carry him to the car to make it to the airport on time.

Hugh was a qualified pilot. Even so, no one trusted him with a plane.

[quite-actually-a-nacho]

I’ve seen one of your posts where you pasted snippets of Bev’s book on pictures of ELO members—and this specific post had an image Of Melvyn Gale with the snippet where Bev said “Melvyn threw up” and I have to know—what’s the story behind this?

oh yes that fun little story! I forget some specifics, I still can’t find my book but I’ll remember what I can!

essentially for lunch earlier that day the band ate some kind of greasy spicy chicken recipe at a restaurant abroad (either in Spain or another Spanish-speaking country), they ate a lot of it, and they also drank some large quantities of alcohol. then they had to get back on the bus for a few hour drive I think to a gig (they had somewhere they needed to be), but if I remember right the trip was generally a disaster. people acting up, bus breaking down for ages in the middle of nowhere, struggling through language barriers, everyone was in a fairly dreadful mood.

but Melvyn in particular apparently could not keep down the chicken and alcohol especially in the heat. so Melvyn threw up. and although they cleaned everything best they could, the bus stank for the remainder of the drive, and that pretty much marked the end of an awful day. everyone just sort of sat in exhausted silence after everything went wrong. super fun things to happen!

*and I forgot to mention that I believe the original snippets over the photos were done by moveslikekeithrichards! lots of good silly old ELO/Bev’s book content on their blog. the phrase “Melvyn threw up” became a funny summary of how Melvyn always looks uncomfortable in photos as well as the epitome of his ELO experience.

[too-damn-good-for-growing-old]

Hello hello HELLO my dear Outsiders community!

I’m Allison! I’m a Huge fan of this incredible story in all it’s mediums ☀️

Some quick fun facts about me:

I saw the musical at La Jolla Playhouse in 2023 and have seen it 10 times on Broadway! (Latest viewing: 12/17/2024) I try to go to the show at least once a month.

I directed the stage adaptation of the story (a straight play, not the musical) when I was in college! It was one of the greatest joys of my life.

I have seen the movie and read the book more times than I can count!

I have a beagle named Tulsa and I believe he should be the official Outsiders mascot

My current goal is to somehow get cast in the touring production! I’m going to the audition!

Fandom-Specific Fun Facts:

My ships include: MarBit, Parry, the occasional CherryCola

Favorite Characters: Ponyboy, Darry, Soda, Two-Bit, Marcia, Johnny, Cherry

Favorite iteration of the story: Musical, though the book will always be my favorite novel and the movie holds such a special place in my heart

My asks and DMs are quite literally always open for anything and everything Outsiders! Or just anything theatre related at all, I’m not picky.

And it goes without saying, but….stay gold 💛

[impulsivesuperrobin]

me, gnawing at the bars of my cage: richie tozier is smart!!! he gets good grades!!! he understands bill better than anyone!!! he thinks bev is so tough!!! his impressions are fucking awful when he’s a kid!!! he hates his glasses but thinks it’s cool that buddy holly wears them!!!! his parents don’t always understand him but they love him so much!!! he’s scared of clowns and werewolves and being forgotten!!! he dances with bev in a school talent show!!! and their friendship gives a time traveler hope for derry!!!

[minature-monsoon]

I just think they’re neat

[alaskan-wallflower]

i’m sorry but the “discourse” between the musical and book/movie fandom is so stupid. i get people get mad when people tag the outsiders to talk about whoever the fuck terrence dipp and beverly jitney-bush are, but there’s also literally a place you can blacklist tags. bright idea, i know. now, i don’t condone people tagging fics about the actors with the outsiders tag, nor do i condone real people fiction because that’s weird and invasive but that’s a discussion for another fine, just wanted to make that clear. but atp it feels like they’re two completely separate fandoms and i guess to a level they should be treated as such. i get that not everyone agrees with ace, or bev, or chet or whoever the hell are actual canon characters, and i do think to a level, they should be tagged separately, but if it bothers you that much, then blacklist the content you don’t wanna see. i’ve done it with plenty of things and it’s completely okay to do. nobody’s gonna be upset with you over it. what it isn’t okay to do is to harass other fans over it. i get it, sometimes it is annoying to see things about all these characters who don’t have anything to do with the actual story on your feed, but again, use the tools provided that were literally made to provide an enjoyable space for you. don’t harass people over it. at the end of the day, it’s the same media. and while i don’t personally wanna write analyses on random background socs, full props and respect to people who do! use that brain of yours, create content, do what makes you happy! but if something bothers you to that point, on BOTH sides because both sides can be immature and obnoxious on occasion, use the block button and the black listing option. it’s not that hard. it’s the same story at the end of the day, it’s not that deep.

the tags prolly make more sense of what i’m trying to get at