#modernmissbennet

[parkersrevenge]

The Outsiders is Gay(tm), an academic study:

Some of these quotes are 100% serious and meant genuinely, especially in regard to Dally and Johnny. Other quotes are absolutely us being pedantic, entirely because of how much of a hissy fit Hinton threw for the mere suggestion that there is a possible queer reading of this book. So if some of these seem like reaches… they are, and that’s what makes it so much fun.

Chapter 1:

WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. (Paul Newman, a bisexual icon.)

I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. (Ponyboy has a type.)

Darry is six-feet-two, and broad-shouldered and muscular. He has dark-brown hair that kicks out in front and a slight cowlick in the back--- just like Dad's--- but Darry's eyes are his own. He's got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. They've got a determined set to them, like the rest of him. He looks older than twenty--- tough, cool, and smart. He would be real handsome if his eyes weren't so cold.

Soda is handsomer than anyone else I know. Not like Darry--- Soda's movie-star kind of handsome, the kind that people stop on the street to watch go by. He's not as tall as Darry, and he's a little slimmer, but he has a finely drawn, sensitive face that somehow manages to be reckless and thoughtful at the same time.

Soda merely cocked one eyebrow, a trick he'd picked up from Two-Bit.

“I'd just as soon tease a full-grown grizzly” (The biggest and best reach of all.)

They came running toward us now--- four lean, hard guys. (They were hard, guys.)

Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was cocky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school.

(The entire description of Dally that lasts three paragraphs.)

If it hadn't been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.

Dallas lit a cigarette and handed it to Johnny. (Historically a queer symbol, just saying.)

Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow. "Nice-lookin' bruise you got there, kid." I touched my cheek gingerly. "Really?" Two-Bit nodded sagely. "Nice cut, too. Makes you look tough."

I can understand why Sodapop and Steve get into drag races and fights so much, though--- both of them have too much energy, too much feeling, with no way to blow it off. (Heh.)

In a moment his breathing was light and regular. I turned my head to look at him and in the moonlight he looked like some Greek god come to earth. I wondered how he could stand being so handsome. (Why would you even think that?)

Chapter 2

I felt my ears get hot. Two-Bit or Steve or even Soda would have gone right along with him, just to see if they could embarrass the girls, but that kind of kicks just doesn't appeal to me. I sat there, struck dumb, and Johnny left hastily to get a Coke.

I grinned with pride--- I don't think I look one bit like Soda, but it's not every day I hear Socs telling me they think my brother is a doll.

Dallas scowled for a second. If it had been me, or Two-Bit, or Soda or Steve, or anyone but Johnny, Dally would have flattened him without a moment's hesitation. You just didn't tell Dally Winston what to do… But Johnny was the gang's pet, and Dally just couldn't hit him. He was Dally's pet, too.

It had taken more than nerve for him to say what he'd said to Dally--- Johnny worshiped the ground Dallas walked on, and I had never heard Johnny talk back to anyone, much less his hero.

I looked at Two-Bit admiringly. He sure put things into words good.

"Get Johnny some, too. I'm buyin'," he added as Johnny started to reach into his jeans pocket.

I don't like to go on weekends because then there is usually a bunch of girls down there flirting with Soda--- all kinds of girls, Socs too. I don't care too much for girls yet. Soda says I'll grow out of it. He did. (COME ON.)

I quit worrying about everything and thought about how nice it was to sit with a girl without having to listen to her swear or to beat her off with a club. I knew Johnny liked it, too. He didn't talk to girls much. Once, while Dallas was in reform school, Sylvia had started hanging on to Johnny 32 and sweet talking him and Steve got hold of her and told her if she tried any of her tricks with Johnny he'd personally beat the tar out of her. Then he gave Johnny a lecture on girls and how a sneaking little broad like Sylvia would get him into a lot of trouble. As a result, Johnny never spoke to girls much, but whether that was because he was scared of Steve or because he was shy, I couldn't tell. (Harold, he’s gay.)

Chapter 3

Dally--- wild, cunning Dally-

I looked at their clothes and realized for the first time that evening that all I had was a pair of jeans and Soda's old navy sweat shirt with the sleeves cut short. (Fashion.)

Two-Bit took a long drag on his cigarette, Johnny slouched and hooked his thumbs in his pockets, and I stiffened. (Heh, pt. 2.)

I only wanted to lie on my back under a tree and read a book or draw a picture, and not worry about being jumped or carrying a blade or ending up married to some scatterbrained broad with no sense. (He just wants to deal with normal stuff, not weird stuff like gang violence and women!)

"Shoot," I said, startled out of my misery, "you got the whole gang. Dally didn't slug you tonight 'cause you're the pet. I mean, golly, Johnny, you got the whole gang.

Chapter 4

"You could use a bath, greaser. And a good working over. And we've got all night to do it. Give the kid a bath, David."

Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. (He’s dead, Pony. You don’t need to describe his looks right now.)

I knew Buck, and the only way you could get anything from him was to bully him. I guess that's why Dallas could handle him so easily, although Buck was in his mid-twenties and Dally was seventeen.

He appeared in a few minutes, clad only in a pair of low-cut blue jeans, scratching the hair on his chest. (Fashion, pt. 2)

It would be a miracle if Dally loved anything. The fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring. (IMPORTANT)

"Oh, shoot, kid"--- Dally glanced contemptuously over his shoulder--- "I was in the bedroom." He suddenly stared at me. "Glory, but your ears can get red, Ponyboy."

Dally walked us back to the door, turning off the porch light before we stepped out. "Git goin'!" He messed up Johnny's hair. "Take care, kid," he said softly. (He’s in love. Source: Chapter 10.)

I stretched out and used Johnny's legs for a pillow.

"I'm sorry. Why didn't you wake me up?" "That's okay. I didn't want to wake you up until I had to."

"I guess I look okay now, huh, Johnny?" He was studying me. "You know, you look an awful lot like Sodapop, the way you've got your hair and everything. I mean, except your eyes are green." "They ain't green, they're gray," I said, reddening. "And I look about as much like Soda as you do." I got to my feet. "He's good-looking." "Shoot," Johnny said with a grin, "you are, too."

Chapter 5

I pushed off Johnny's jeans jacket, which had somehow got thrown across me…

I propped myself on my elbows and grinned up at him. "Hey, Johnny. Fancy meetin' you here." He looked down at me over a big package. "I swear, Ponyboy, you're gettin' to act more like Two-Bit every day." I tried unsuccessfully to cock an eyebrow. "Who's acting?" ( ಠ◡ಠ )

"A paperback copy of Gone with the Wind! How'd you know I always wanted one?" Johnny reddened. "I remembered you sayin' something about it once. And me and you went to see that movie, 'member? I thought you could maybe read it out loud and help kill time or something."

"Things have been happening so fast..." I put my arm across his shoulders to warm him up

He slumped down beside me. "I didn't mean it like that, Ponyboy. Don't cry, Pony, we'll be okay. Don't cry..." I leaned against him and bawled until I went to sleep.

I woke up late that night. Johnny was resting against the wall and I was asleep on his shoulder.

That was the first time I realized the extent of Johnny's hero-worship for Dally Winston. Of all of us, Dally was the one I liked least. He didn't have Soda's understanding or dash, or Two-Bit's humor, or even Darry's superman qualities. But I realized that these three appealed to me because they were like the heroes in the novels I read. Dally was real. I liked my books and clouds and sunsets. Dally was so real he scared me.

One morning I woke up earlier than usual. Johnny and I slept huddled together for warmth

"You know," Johnny said slowly, "I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before." (Literally a cliché from every Disney movie ever made.)

Johnny shrugged. "Yeah," he said with a sigh. "I guess we're different." (!!!)

"Hey, Ponyboy!" He grinned down at me. "Or should I say Sleeping Beauty?"

Chapter 6

"Johnny," Dally said in a a pleading, high voice, using a tone I had never heard from him before, "Johnny, I ain't mad at you. I just don't want you to get hurt. You don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. Oh, blast it, Johnny"--- he pushed his white-blond hair back out of his eyes--- "you get hardened in jail. I don't want that to happen to you. Like it happened to me..."

Chapter 7

Darry and Sodapop were in the pictures too; Jerry Wood told me that if Sodapop and Darry hadn't been so good-looking, they wouldn't have taken so many. That was public appeal, he said. (Everyone has a hard-on for Darry and Soda.)

They slammed the door, of course, and Two-Bit came running into the kitchen. He caught me by the upper arms and swung me around, ignoring the fact that I had two uncooked eggs in my hand.

"Hate to tell you, buddy," Steve said, still flat on the floor, "but you have to wear clothes to work. There's a law or something."

Steve followed him and in a second there was the general racket of a pillow fight. (Why would you follow your naked friend into his bedroom?)

Chapter 8

"Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.

I knew Johnny understood what I meant. We had always been close buddies, and those lonely days in the church strengthened our friendship.

Chapter 9

Darry had on a tight black T-shirt that showed every muscle on his chest and even the flat hard muscles of his stomach. (Fashion, pt. 3.)

"Welup," Two-Bit said cheerfully, cocking an eyebrow, "I see we are in prime condition for a rumble…

“That big guy with y'all, you know him pretty well?"

Then Paul said, "I'll take you," and something like a smile crossed Darry's face. I knew Darry had thought he could take Paul any time. (I bet he could…)

Steve lay doubled up and groaning about ten feet from me. We found out later he had three broken ribs. Sodapop was beside him, talking in a low steady voice.

Several people yelled at us, I think because we were pretty racked-up looking, but Dally had nothing on his mind except Johnny…

Johnny's eyes glowed. Dally was proud of him. That was all Johnny had ever wanted.

Dally swallowed and reached over to push Johnny's hair back. "Never could keep that hair back... that's what you get for tryin' to help people, you little punk, that's what you get..."

"Damnit, Johnny..." he begged, slamming one fist against the wall, hammering it to make it obey his will. "Oh, damnit, Johnny, don't die, please don't die..." He suddenly bolted through the door and down the hall.

Chapter 10

How can I take it? I wondered. Dally is tougher than I am. Why can I take it when Dally can't? And then I knew. Johnny was the only thing Dally loved. And now Johnny was gone.

Steve stumbled forward with a sob, but Soda caught him by the shoulders. "Easy, buddy, easy," I heard him say softly, "there's nothing we can do now."

Chapter 11

Yeah, he was good-looking even then, with a grin that reminded me of Soda's, a kind of reckless grin. He had been a handsome black-haired boy with dark eyes--- maybe brown, like Soda's, maybe darkblue, like the Shepard boys'. Maybe he'd had black eyes. Like Johnny. I had never given Bob much thought--- I hadn't had time to think. But that day I wondered about him.

I knew he liked to pick fights, had the usual Soc belief that living on the West Side made you Mr. Super-Tuff, looked good in dark wine-colored sweaters, and was proud of his rings.

Chapter 12

You know a guy a long time, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight. Johnny was something more than a buddy to all of us.

It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn't be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore. It was important to me.

[ice---queen]

modernmissbennet replied to your quote:“Hawthorne just sat there, looking at them from behind his beard.”             

wait from reading your tags was he talking about that day on monument mountain cause ????.....Hawthorne didn't even have a mustache yet then

Well, the little tag rant is about that yes, but that's an earlier chapter. The quote itself is about a dinner at the Saturday Club, which I think took place in 1861 or 62, although Hoyt doesn't really make it clear.

[unified-multiversal-theory]

reblogging for christopher lee and ian mckellan in a golf cart

people in period clothing doing modern things is my aesthetic

[historyiguess]

okay so im going to reread anne of green gables, because I read it once about 8 years ago and my perspective on the book has changed, like I understand the context more I suppose. Like when I read it when I was 10 I was like wow this is some fun imaginative troublesome girl, me now OHHHH SHIT THIS IS SOME RADICAL FEMINIST SHIT OMG (well i mean not exactly but in the context of when it made it was kind of radical). And ive been meaning to reread it for a while. So yeah I’m going to blog my thoughts as I read it and stuff about it. So if you dont want to see it that blacklist the hashtag #anne gg thoughts

[bebethsas]

*spits out my drink* *bursts out laughing* X,D!!!

(that gif is perfect “you can choke” XD priceless!!!)

me: I just love everyone in avonlea so much and how much they all grow and become better people as the timeline progresses

billy andrews and josie pye: thank y-

me:

[sonofhistory]

Anyways! It is another year and this is my New Years video (that I tried to do last year)! Thank you for this year and any that will come after, it is greatly appreciated. This video is to bring attention to some mutuals that I really appreciate/deserve more credit! Happy holidays!

Mentioned: @deartotheheart, @teamputvedev, @marq-de-laf, @modernmissbennet, @nathanhales, @dandy--darling, @klaudiart, @1776andmylife, @gettallmadge, @parkersrevenge, @kosciuszkovevo, @generalham, @revolutionary-pirate, @skywing206, @ploddingthroughthepresidents, @umbrellabirds, @iafayettes and @sunshineapollo !

ALSO: if I could edit this video I would of added @tiny-robespierre and I am so sorry I didn’t!!

Have a wonderful day/night wherever you are!

[makarov-my-beloved]

Got tagged by @bountyofthepast I love youuuuu!!!

The rules are:

-post the rules

-answer the questions given to you by the tagger

- write eleven questions of your own

-tag eleven people

1. Favorite historical fiction novel? ‘The Glorious Cause’ by Jeff Shaara

2. Who is historical role model and why? George Washington because he is an imposing, charismatic figure and will not back down from a fight.

3. Wellington or Napoleon? Napoleon because he was a genius little Emperor until he wanted to take over Europe. 

4. List three interesting talents that you have. My art, my gaming skills and my computer knowledge

5. Favorite song? ‘I Am the Best’ by 2NE1

6. Favorite historical pairing (ship) and why? Washette because Lafayette cuddling Washington is adorable X3

7. What is your current desktop or phone background? A mecha gear robot

8. What is your dream job? Working at Microsoft

9. Favorite monarch and why? Frederick the Great because he was an absolutely amazing ruler. Old Fritz was a tough cookie

10. Favorite historical fashion trend? The tricorn hats 

11. Favorite current world leader and why? President Vladimir Putin because he doesn’t take crap from anyone.

My Questions

1. Favorite historical period and why?

2. Favorite historical naval officer and why?

3. Catherine the Great or Peter the Great?

4. Favorite holiday?

5. Favorite historical painting?

6. Where would you like to visit in the future?

7. Favorite historical battlefield?

8. Favorite historical relic?

9. Favorite country and why?

10. Favorite historical movie portrayal?

11. Are you a cat person or dog person?

I tag: @deladova @ushistorytrash @modernmissbennet @yrobdientservnt @cupric-solution @tiny-robespierre @gilbertwashington @tiggidou @laf77 @marq-de-laf @teamputvedev

[literaetures]

tagged by the lovely and wonderful @jawnkeets thank you! sm! 💛

if i were a month, i’d be: april/november 

if i were a day of the week, i’d be: sunday

if i were a planet, i’d be: saturn

if i were a sea animal, i’d be: manta ray

if i were a god/goddess, i’d be: selene

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be: canapé sofa

if i were a gemstone, i’d be: moonstone

if i were a flower, i’d be: ranunculus (buttercups)

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be: sunshower

if i were a color, i’d be: honey/mustard yellow or amber

if i were an emotion, i’d be: melancholy

if i were a fruit, i’d be: pineapple

if i were a sound, i’d be: a fireplace crackling or the wind rushing by you

if i were an element, i’d be: air

if i were a place, i’d be: england or italy

if i were a mythological creature, i’d be: vampire

if i were a taste, i’d be: sweet but rich, like dark chocolate

if i were a scent, i’d be: fresh flowers

if i were an object, i’d be: a leather bound book with faded gold words

if i were a body part, i’d be: hands

if i were a song, i’d be: white winter hymnal by fleet foxes

if i were a pair of shoes, i’d be: oxfords or ankle boots

i tag: @oscarwiilde, @ardentlyjane, @oylmpians, @kieraknightlcy, @piacssos, @alicehoffmans, @lucreziaborgia, @katedniels, @modernmissbennet, @englishlitstudent, @nostlagiac, @anastasiasromanovs, @queen-daenerys, @candlewinds, @hauntedpemberley, @towyns, @pemberlaey, @elizabennets, @charlottemarney, @vangcgh and @fleurrdelacour !

[opposumrave]

Thanks @verseofthedead

Ten things about me:

1. Self taught pianist since the age of 10

2. I quietly research the occult

3. Lived in 10 places

4. I am in search for a small measure of peace some are lucky enough to find

5. Life has not been the same since my DMT release/ brain freak out in 2016. Sense of self and memories have been hard to hold since then. But I've been given radically new perspectives on life in exchange

6. I am allergic to cats but I still rub my face on them.

7. I work in historic houses and love each one for different reasons

8. Ralph Waldo Emerson is my hero

8. I love the moon

9. I drive to Vermont and Recently Upstate New York up on occasion to collect myself these days

10. I try hard to help everyone I can

I nominate @bloodthirstypandasfromthesky , @omnia-unum and @modernmissbennet

And also @attentiondeficitohlookasquirrel

[mugsofrainwater]

I was tagged to post 10 songs I’m into right now and I’m the most forgetful person ever, I was tagged in this several months ago by @lukearnold and then nearly two months ago by @saferincages and i’m only just getting around to it. Part of the problem is that I’ve been in a bit of a music rut lately, re-listening to old favourites until I got sick of them and then not being able to click with much new stuff and i think i wanted to wait to do this until i had something more interesting to offer but it’s clear that’s not going to happen anytime soon, ha. So, without further ado: some of this is old and some is new-ish and most of them are on the quieter side because I tend to listen to music the most when I’m trying to fall asleep but these are the songs I’m currently listening to the most: 

1. 26 by paramore (hold onto hope if you got it, don’t let it go for nobody)  2. Title and registration by death cab for cutie (cause behind its door, there's nothing to keep my fingers warm. And all I find are souvenirs from better times) 3. Looking forward to looking back by mandy moore (And I'm fine, but I'm not okay. I'm looking forward to looking back on these days)  4. Various storms and saints by florence and the machine (some things you let go in order to live)  5. Ghosts by laura marling (lover please do not fall to your knees, it’s not like I believe in everlasting love)  6. Tell me how by paramore (I think I’m tired of getting over it)  7. Samson by regina spektor (and the history books forgot about us and the bible didn’t mention us, not even once)  8. The one that got away by the civil wars (I wish you were the one that got away)  9. Heavy stone by kyla la grange (oh hide me safe away, I want to see myself painted an invisible grey. Feed me to the years and I will make myself harmless as a drawn on tear)  10. Third eye by Florence and the machine (cause there’s a hole where your heart lies and I can see it with my third eye // I’m the same I’m the same I’m trying to change)  

i think most people on here did this a few months ago? but i’ll tag a few of you guys and you can do it if you want but you don’t have to if you’ve already done it / don’t want to! <3 @shaposhvariations @modernmissbennet @alullabytoleaveby @beatricebaudelaire @walkthroughtheforest @littlesugarplumfairy

[parkersrevenge]

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Historical Fancasting: Paul Dano as Alonzo Cushing

[violentfille]

Gilbert Blythe: He materializes in misty forests, slays dragons, fends off bullies with his raspy voice and makes Anne nervous in the best way. For someone with such casual grace, it is unbelievable how adorably awkward he is with Anne. @jennifercarolyn @modernmissbennet

[jynkiess]

I got tagged in something!!! YA!!! Thanks @cornholius!!! I just LOVE getting tagged in these things!! And wouldn't you know I just got tagged in this for my other blog too!!

name: Jennifer nicknames: Jenna, Bottlecap (cause I hoard those Coke Bottle Caps to enter for points ahaha) zodiac sign: LiBRUH height: 5'3" (I think??) nationality: American favorite fruit: Watermelon!! favorite season: Spring! favorite book: Oh gee, right now it's Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise! favorite flower: Marigold! favorite color: Purple favorite animal: Jackalope (They're real, and I almost have proof) coffee/tea/hot cocoa: Hot Cocoa!!! average sleep hours: 8-9 (Big fan of Sleeping) cat or dog person: Cat favorite fictional character: Oh gosh, I don't have just 1!! But I guess right this second Sabrina from the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comics and Jyn Erso (obviously) number of blankets you sleep with: 1, but I have a sheet as well blog created: May 16th 2013 number of followers: I'm fluctuating right now between 465 and 472??? For some reason??? Weird??? random fact: When Shadowcat and Collasus first became a couple in the comics they were immensly controversial because of the age difference between the two characters, but have still continued to be one of the most consistent couples in the Marvel universe tag 20 users: 20??? I'll see what I can do! Imma tag @summerinavonlea @crazymusings @apulseinthepages @modernmissbennet @dottydaydreams @history-goddess @raccoonhandler @toosmallortootall @bittersweetnana @dying-suffering-french-stalkers @mistargraves and @flashbackthefuture!!

[yavinpoe]

Tagged all the way from the opposite side of the globe by @thenightscircus RULES: WE’RE SNOOPING ON YOUR PLAYLIST. SET YOUR ENTIRE MUSIC LIBRARY ON SHUFFLE AND REPORT THE FIRST TEN TRACKS THAT POP UP! THEN CHOOSE TEN ADDITIONAL FRIENDS. 1. I love you honey bear - father john misty 
2. velvet portraits - terrace martin 
3. sandy - allah-lahs 
4. sorry grateful - company obc
5. rejoicing in the hands - devendra banhart 
6. I get a kick out of you - sutton foster 
7. the falls - whitney 
8. I used to love him - lauryn hill 
9. shankill butchers - the decemberist 
10. move on - mandy patinkin and bernadette peters Tag you're it: @janesslayre @charocal @pancenance @clemmbot @stardustschild @becca-fett @hellofthecosmos @faketalesofmariuh @modernmissbennet @sarcasticfina

[sonofhistory]

presley, who are your favorite mutuals? need more history blogs to follow :)

I really do not know how to find out who my mutuals are! However here is a list of some blogs:

Best/favorite history blogs: @marq-de-laf, @parkersrevenge, @revolutionary-pirate, @iafayettes, @breakfastautocrat, @teamputvedev, @modernmissbennet, @ploddingthroughthepresidents, @wittyhistorian

Other history blogs:  @tiny-robespierre, @nathanyale, @lees-miserables, @john-andre 

Some mutuals/friends: @asexualtallmadge, @mydearjack, @skywing206, @sunshineapollo, @kosciuszkovevo 

[mistah-steel]

Tagged by: @knighting-vale Thank you SO much Rules: answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing people you would like to get to know better. name: Isabella 
nickname: mostly Izzy, but I go by Bella too zodiac sign: Leo
height: 5′5
Orientation: bisexual 
ethnicity: Italian-American 
favourite fruit: Peaches favourite season: summer favourite book series: I'm not very into series but I guess the Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mari
favourite flower: Peonies 
favourite scent: basil
favourite colour: I don't really know. It would definitely be a cold color though coffee, tea, or cocoa: coffee but I love them all
average sleep hours: probably about 8. It varies. cat or dog person: Both, depending on the cat or dog
favourite fictional characters: Too many to choose
dream trip: Anywhere and everywhere 
blog created: 2013... I was 12... oh god number of followers: 435 I’m tagging: @modernmissbennet @cecilos-trash @tea-dominus-rex @goodnight-minkowski-goodnight @thiccbook @penny4thoughts @dearcmurphy @connor-can-finish-my-milk @vnhnsn @imanerdareyou