#i haven't read it in yeeears but i nearly peed my pants laughing when i first read it bc i thought it was so funny

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i did NOT know you were into the outsiders. the outsiders was, like, my 2nd fandom ever and i was SUPER into it. found family has forever been my #1 and i just love all of the guys so much. sodapop is so bleeding-heart-on-his-sleeve imo and we love him for it

You know what, I think it must have been my first or second fandom 😆. I literally almost named my dog Sodapop because I was so obsessed with the novel/movie at the time. Ended up creating an "I <3 Sodapop" shirt at someone's birthday party instead lmao. And then I was obsessed with watching movies that C. Thomas Howell and Ralph Macchio were in (which then started an obsession with The Karate Kid series). I also told my driving instructor that I wanted to marry young Rob Lowe, and he was like pfft, what, have you even seen any of his movies? And I was like yeah, duh, ever heard of St. Elmo's Fire, old man?? 😂

I have also always carried with me the knowledge that on the set of The Outsiders, Tom Cruise had to drink a bunch of raw eggs to make himself throw up so that he could do a scene. Dude was so gung-ho about acting on that set that he was like yeah lemme blow some chunks so we can keep rolling. But anyway, now I think about that whenever I feel sick, and I'm like hm maybe I should do the ole Tom Cruise method 😂.

And then like?? The fact that before (?) filming they let all the Soc actors stay in nice rooms and then let all the Greasers sleep on the floor (or something?? don't remember exactly what the conditions were) as a way to build resentment between the actors so it would translate on screen.

And no yeah, the found family aspect of The Outsiders is sooo 👌🏻. I mean it has the main Curtis brothers which already ticks off my box of platonic sibling bonds, but the gang acting as the other half of the family is 👌🏻.