#like.. he WAS Darry

[nexternalknowsthingz]

Ya’ll it’s Patrick Swayze’s birthday! Happy birthday and rest in peace to him, he was a great actor 🫶🎂

[theblack-dog]

One of the hardest things for Darry being Ponyboy's guardian is when he gets in trouble at school.

Like one time the school called him in because Ponyboy got into a fight at lunch with a soc because the dude said something along the lines of "you greasers are on thin ice" and Ponyboy said "at least I can stand on ice, you fat fuck" and they started swinging.

Poor Darry had to sit in front of the principal and act like that wasn't the funniest fucking thing he's ever heard.

[tending-the-hearth]

actually thinking about this moment forever if anyone even cares

[sodapopper]

Soda is that teenager who follows his mom around the house yapping and perches on the end of her bed at unholy hours of the night, still yapping.

Except it’s Darry. Darry is mom. It’s 3 AM, Darry has the covers pulled over his head, and Soda is still standing in the corner yapping about his day.

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Do you think the roofers at Darry’s work call him “the kid”?

[chippedshake]

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he says "soda. shoes."

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he says "what were you doing, walking by your lonesome?"

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he says "beer for breakfast? really?"

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he says "where's Superman?"

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he puts his all into the rumble for johnny

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he runs out of the house with three broken ribs

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", he stumbles forwards, about to fall if soda weren't to hold him back

steve randle doesn't say "i love you", but goddamn if he doesn't mean it

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

pinterest ily never change

[stew-skys-husband]

I KNOW PONY SAID "OUR FATHER WAS AN ORIGINAL GUY" BUT REALLY?? SODA AND PONYBOY. NO ONE NAMES THEIR KIDS LIKE THAT (NO ONE SHOULD)

YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE NAMES SOUND LIKE? THE KIND OF NAMES A 3 YEAR OLD WOULD CHOSE.

NOW IMAGINE, 3 YEAR OLD DARREL, HOLDING HIS FATHER'S HAND AS THEY WALK INSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL ROOM. HIS FATHER HOLDS HIM UP SO HE CAN SEE HIS MOTHER IN THE BED. HE HAD BEEN EXPECTING THE BABY FOR SO LONG NOW. AND HE SEES HIM, HIS LITTLE BROTHER, ALL RED AND SMALL IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS. HIS FATHER ASKS HIM: "THIS IS YOUR LITTLE BROTHER, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME HIM?"

AND HE SAYS SODA. AND WHEN IT'S PONY'S BIRTH, IT'S SODA'S TURN TO CHOSE AND THAT KID IS SO HORSE OBSESSED HE COMES UP WITH PONYBOY.

[alaskan-wallflower]

pony was definitely the little shit who would start crying whenever soda or darry hit him too hard, and then darry/soda would have to be all “NO NO WAIT YOU CAN HIT ME BACK” to him.

[trevination]

i’m just thinking about pony terrified that him being gay is just one more hardship on his brothers’s backs, the thing that’ll finally break their love for him . and darry and soda have suspected that pony’s queer for a while and seeing him isolate himself and pull away like this is awful and terrifying and they do they’re best to remind pony that they’ll always love him, but if anything it just makes pony feel worse because how can they promise that when they don’t know this secret he’s carrying??

[tulsaspubliclibrarian]

I think one of the biggest differences between Darry and Pony is that Darry did well in school because he worked hard, studied and paid attention in class and Ponyboy does well in school without ever really having to try.

[sodapopboy]

can we TALK about how abnormally huge darry’s hands are. must’ve hurt like a mf when he slapped pony

[theblack-dog]

Darry when someone wakes him up by gently tapping him on the shoulder

[darryscrow]

[sodapopper]

We give Ponyboy a lot of crap for how he waxes poetic about Soda’s handsomeness while simultaneously throwing Darry under the bus at every opportunity. But. Have you considered how often Pony reminds us of Darry’s muscles. Have you considered. How. Often.

Ponyboy: “This is my brother Soda who is beautiful and handsome and nice and I love him more than anyone in the world and he’s just the most beautiful person EVER LOOK HOW HANDSOME”

Also Ponyboy: “This is Darry and he’s a jerk lol”

A secret, third Ponyboy: “Darry is absolutely jacked have you seen how big his muscles are I need you to understand how tight his t-shirt is right now he’s just super duper strong like he’s the actual STRONGEST I need you to understand”

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Dally: “I don’t like little kids man, I just don’t like ‘em”

Also Dally: walking down the street with two bits sister holding his hand, Johnny wearing his leather jacket because he left his at home, pony trying to tell him about a movie he saw the other day, Angela on his back because she was too lazy to walk, and curly trailing behind and trying to flat tire him