#the outsiders (1983)

[your-unfriendlyghost]

what’s left of Windrixville

Partially inspired by @dallasgallant’s really cool ghost au which you should DEFINITELY CHECK OUT it’s so rad istg. It’s very American gothic/The Hitcher/…idk spooky road trip feeling. …These ain’t great descriptions, just check it out ok?

(Also along w/ the long hair, I’ve also headcannoned for a while that older Ponyboy goes on wearing Dally’s jacket. Conveniently, c. Thomas Howell wears a similar- albeit different but SIMILAR- jacket as Jim Halsey in Hitcher, so ref pics were easy to find. Did still reference Dally’s jacket though too- it has a kinda uniquely large collar, and it also hangs slightly differently than most similar aviator-type jackets? Idk what the deal is with its fabric, too…it looks sorta suede-y or like soft leather…tangent aside I really want one lol. I definitely don’t need one I have like three leather jackets one of which is an aviator…but man, Dally’s got a tuff jacket.)

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Darry trying to eavesdrop on ponyboys schools drama while he makes dinner

[sparklingcid3r]

dally and soda were looking at each other’s relationships like damn bitch u live like this? unaware that they too lived like that

[everyandanything]

Chapter 21 is out!✨

If you love Darry having a breakdown in throwing in the towel then boy do I have a chapter for you!

Apologies for the length, I blacked out somewhere along the way and when I came to this was 10k? Weird. Who would have thought.

Enjoy as always!! Feel free to come and yap about it after! 🫶🏻

[dairyfairyy]

need a fic on the curtis brothers under anesthesia 😔😭 all for research purposes of course <3

[only-lonely-star]

unfortunately i will never shut up about meeting him.

[foottoe101001]

GUYS I FEAR I MIGHT BE COOKING sorry Johnny I’m trying so hard not to do you wrong in this-

@cyaniashine @gr3ase-g0t-h0ld @pookiepiss69 @cheryyy-valancce @natsukosmxsez @sarcasticallyexplicit11 @lizzy019

[moonlover9191]

THESE PICTURES-

[this-hopeless-war]

THE WAY PARTS OF HOPELESS WAR COME DIRECTLY FROM MOVIE RANDY'S CAR SPEECH

[marry-me-mello]

@witchyleehibernates ask and ye shall receive (sorry for taking so long lmao)

These are all modern au btw bc all my outsiders headcanons are even tho some are applicable to the correct timeline

Steve:

BAND KID STEVE

cannot fucking do long division

Probably takes 2 AM showers

Has broken every bone in his body at least one tbh

Smokes weed lmaoooo (again don't do drugs unless you need to)

If he gets sick then it's everyone else's problem bc he either refuses to lay down or just complains

Eats so much bacon

Not the class clown but he's definitely that one kid who everyone thinks is funny bc he acts up in class

Allergic to cucumbers (it just makes sense)

Bro was that one 4th grader with braces who everyone thought was cool

Sodapop:

Still a ladies man

Weaponizes his homosexuality

Wears converse every single day

In college prep classes but in Honors Shop bc he's good with his hands (ifykyk)

Definitely watches anime but would rather die than be a weeb

likes cringy-ass snapchat spotlight videos

Every time anyone says something even REMOTELY intelligent he responds with 🤓👆

Still the best big brother

Drives Pony everywhere

Was besties with the horse girl in elementary school and helped her make a lot of friends bc he's a sweetheart

Uses his locker for a snack locker bc he's a bigback

ALRIGHT I'M IN CLASS RN SO I'M ENDING IT HERE but lmk which outsiders you want next!! also feel free to reblog or comment with ur headcanons

[yourmusicmuse]

Okay so I found this picture of Pinterest and highkey. It has me CRYING. And let me tell you why!!!

Both Soda and Darry are compared to their dad in the book, and while I can't really recall at the moment if any of them were compared to their mother, I'm gonna go at the personal headcanon that Ponyboy was compared to her quite a lol in a similar way to Soda and Darry being compared to their dad. But see here- their mom is blonde. Soda in the book is blond, but I feel like it's an entirely different ballgame when Ponyboy bleaches his hair. When Darry and Soda reunite with him and after the pure joy and relief that he was alive...I just imagine a sense of unease. Seeing him with the blond hair- the comparisons to their mother hadn't completely clicked until then. It makes them feel...a lot of things. But above all, there is a harsh mixture of grief and love. For both their mother and Ponyboy.

[your-unfriendlyghost]

cowabummer, man

Yeah this is what the Mark Jennings/Ponyboy friendship is to me

[starcraftt]

wdymmm johnny hasn't had his first kiss. pony and him kissed when they were younger not even because they're gay jst because they didn't want their first kiss to be with someone shitty so they kissed each other. this is canon. i love this.

[sparklingcid3r]

sometimes shipping isn’t about whether two characters ever interacted it’s about maximizing their joint slay in the event that they do

[chippedshake]

lmfao I'm writing a fic about Ponyboy outliving everyone and remembering them and thinking about how they've impacted him - Darry got two sentences and Steve got three paragraphs I love the backwards way my mind works

[dairyfairyy]

darry with a migraine is so strong (it's concerning)

my dude would walk up and down the ladder with bundles at a time, working nonstop until he gets home and soda notices somethings up and makes him a tea

*coffee doesn't help him 😔🥲