#the outsiders bob sheldon

[jonathanbonathanjovi]

kwp appreciation post because i miss my pookie and desperately need to reunite with him at the stagedoor

[witchyleehibernates]

Can we hear more about ur hunger games au if you have anything pls😭🙏 I'll lay down my life for that au I love it so much🤧

(no pressure tho ofc)

!!!

I do have a Master List that has a lot of information, though one thing is currently incorrect I just can't remember where, but @too-damn-good-for-growing-old and I were talking and came up with that Cherry goes into the arena with Darry instead of Pony, and that Darry ends up really protective of Ponyboy after the capital attempts hijacking his mind; he still loves Paul though and there's a little something there too.

Breaks Sodapop's heart is does </3

Do you have any specific questions about any of the characters for me to answer? Rambling about an AU with so much already posted / created that it leaves me a little confused on what's out and what isn't, haha, is a little difficult. But I also freaking love this AU and would love to answer specific questions!!

I cannot wait until I feel comfortable with the Socs, there will be so much Soc lore. Currently all I have is that Bob's (either) grandfather or Great-Grandfather is the president, Bob is fearful of going into the arena, there was a Soc from their inner group (unnamed) that ended up dying the year before Two-Bit's games, so there's a little bit of tension between the two groups for years that finally cracks when Cherry's name is called and then Darry's.

Darry protects Cherry with his life in that games <3 it was like having a little sister to him, and if I end up comfortable enough adding Ace, they'll probably meet her sometime during the revolution / rebellion then, and then Darry will (eventually) end up with two little sisters (three / four if you count Marcia and Bev).

[darryscrow]

[curtis-brothers-hug]

The way greasers and socs both come from environments with high rates of child neglect, high rates of parents who are alcoholics and addicts, but it’s framed completely differently. Classy if you’re rich, but trashy if you’re poor, if you will.

Greaser parents are “negligent.” Soc parents can’t possibly be, because they provide their children with everything financially and materially. And if they don’t spend any time with their children, it’s in the classy, high society way: handing them off to nannies and housekeepers until they’re old enough to behave at dinner parties.

Greaser parents are “alcoholics” and “use drugs.” Soc parents are fathers with refined taste in expensive whiskey, and mothers who just need to “calm their nerves.”

Only greasers come from “broken homes.” Socs come from respectable marriages that stay pictures perfect through years of “your father is working late again.”

Greaser homes are loud and small and cramped, run down and broken and in disrepair. Soc homes are sprawling mausoleums of refined, polite silence, filled with perfectly displayed, expensive items that children aren’t allowed to touch.

[chippedshake]

the outsiders isn't good guys versus bad guys it's people are people are people no matter how much you try to reduce them to a label and that applies to greasers and also to socs

[sodapopper]

Hi hello I’m just thinking about the time Ponyboy compared Bob & Randy to Soda & Steve and recognized that if Steve died, Soda would react the same way Randy did—lose the will to fight—whereas if Steve lost Soda, he would become angrier and fight even MORE.

[greaserdreams]

the way he screams at her and then whispers “now”

CHILLS

[asexual-juliet]

OUTSIDERS MUSICAL COSTUMES MASTERPOST

CHARACTER-DEPENDENT COSTUMES These costumes are generally the same no matter who plays the character - Ponyboy Curtis - Johnny Cade - Dallas Winston - Darrel Curtis - Sodapop Curtis - Cherry Valance - Two-Bit Mathews - Bob Sheldon - Paul Holden

GREASERS - Renni Anthony Magee as Steve - Tilly Evans-Krueger as Ace - Jordan Chin as Steve/Ace - Henry Julián Gendron as Steve - Ryo Kamibayashi as Steve - Andre T. Malcolm as Steve - Cameron Burke as Steve - Jena VanElslander as Ace - Anna K. Bermudez as Ace - Milena J. Comeau as Ace (last performance 2/23/25)

SOC BOYS - Davis Wayne as Chet - Devin Tyler Hatch as Brill - Cole Zieser as Trip - Henry Julián Gendron as Chet/Brill/Trip - Victor Carrillo Tracey as Chet/Brill/Trip - Ryo Kamibayashi as Chet/Brill/Trip - Cameron Burke as Chet/Brill/Trip - Matthew Varvar as Chet/Brill/Trip - Melody Rose as "Melvin" - SarahGrace Mariani as "Sergei" - Anna K. Bermudez as “Rogelio” - Sean Harrison Jones as Trip (appears to no longer be in the show) - Kevin Csolak as Trip (last performance 8/25/24) - RJ Higton as Chet (last performance 1/26/25) - Barton Cowperthwaite as Brill (last performance 3/16/25) - Milena J. Comeau as "Martin" (last performance 2/23/25)

SOC GIRLS - SarahGrace Mariani as Marcia - Melody Rose as Bev/Marcia - Hailey Hyde as Marcia - Jena VanElslander as Bev/Marcia - Anna K. Bermudez as Bev/Marcia - Maggie Kuntz as Marcia/Bev (last performance 1/26/25) - Milena J. Comeau as Bev/Marcia (last performance 2/23/25)

[marbit-enthusiast]

bob <3

[notthesodaa]

to the outsiders fandom

ohmygosh stop pretending that both sides weren’t at fault

bob didn’t need to die

stop infantilizing the greasers. stop infantilizing the socs.

neither side was right, there is no right and wrong. it is not black and white.

it is extremely morally gray, and that morally gray area is bob’s death.

[goingdelux18]

Art.

All in a Soc Saturday

[d1sapp01ntm3nt]

this is them to me btw

Johnnyboy version

Og image

[witchyleehibernates]

I had a headcanon in regards to Bob from The Outsiders, but I don't remember it which sucks, because I remember really liking it? But I don't remember what caused me to have it and I didn't write it down 😭

If I remember, definitely either editing or reblogging this with the headcanon.

[nutsackx]

MORE CHERRYBLADE THE CROWD CHEERS

[curtis-brothers-hug]

If they ever make another outsiders movie (not a movie musical, just a movie adaptation of the book), I want book accurate actors.

I want them to cast actors that are the actual ages of the characters. I know you can’t do that with a Broadway musical, but you can in a movie.

I want an actual 14-year-old playing Ponyboy. I want an actual 20-year-old playing Darry. Actual 16 or 17 year olds playing Cherry and Bob. Let the audience see how young these kids really are. 14-year-olds look like babies. They sound like babies, as in vocally, 14-year-old boys’ voices sound like they’re going through puberty. Show us this baby getting jumped and drowned and on the run for murder.

“Darry’s not a good guardian.” He’s twenty. “Cherry’s such a bitch.” She’s seventeen. “Soda’s so good looking.” Maybe to other teenagers, but he’s 16. He’s a child. “Sandy and Sylvia are cheaters!” They are 16/17 year old children. “Dally is so tough and cool.” He is a neglected child who’s seen Rebel Without a Cause too many times. So much of the story gets lost when the audience doesn’t realize how young the characters are.

I want a blonde Soda. Out of all the outsiders adaptations, I don’t think we’ve ever actually gotten a blonde Soda. (Maybe some of the musical understudies?). Give us the visual representation of Pony’s view of his brothers - light Soda vs dark Darry.

I want a Dallas who is not attractive. Dallas Winston is not a cool heartthrob, he is a gremlin. When Johnny calls Dally “gallant,” it should seem just a little ridiculous.

In conclusion, the book ages and appearances are there for a reason.

[iamumbra195]

The Outsiders incorrect quotes because I'm bored

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Dally: Legend says that when you can’t sleep, it means you’re awake in someone else’s dreams.

Dally, a raging insomniac: When I find out who you are, I’m going to kick your ass.

...

Darry: Yesterday, Ponyboy told me that when he was a kid and had nightmares of being chased by monsters, he would end the dream by finding me because I would protect him by fighting off the monsters or carrying him away. The funny thing is that when I was a kid, I remember constantly having nightmares where I had to save him from monsters.

Darry: ... I'm torn between thinking it's sweet and being annoyed that he somehow mastered the ability to psychically transfer his nightmares to me as a child

...

Ponyboy: Name a more iconic duo than my crippling fear of abandonment and my anxiety. I’ll wait.

Johnny: You and me?

Ponyboy: *tearing up* Ok.

...

Two-Bit: You know what I’ve realized?

Steve: That some thoughts are better left unsaid?

Two-Bit: Nice try, anyways-

...

Darry: You're smiling, what happened?

Ponyboy: What? Can't I smile just because I feel like it?

Soda: Steve tripped and fell down the stairs today.

...

Steve: You played me!

Soda, cheating at poker: Like the cheap kazoo you are!

...

Ponyboy: Can I have some water?

Byron: *starts chugging his water bottle*

Byron: *chokes from drinking too fast*

Byron: *spills water all over himself*

Byron, coughing: I don't have any water.

...

Random person at the church: How many children do you have?

Mrs. Curtis: Biologically or emotionally? Because there's a big difference.

...

Curly: *gets a text* Oh! It’s Tim.

Ponyboy: Did he get the stuff?

Curly: Yeah, he says he got us the clown costume, the power drill, and 12 gallons of blood.

Ponyboy: Whoa! Where’d he find 12 gallons of fake blood?

Curly: You wanted fake blood?

Ponyboy: ...

Curly: I’ll go call Tim

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Soda: You can take away my rights, but can you take away my lefts?

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Johnny: Dally and I were crossing the street, and this soc drove by and honked at us

Darry, sighing: What did he do?

Johnny: he chased him to the next red light, then reached into his window and...

Dally, grinning: Who wants a steering wheel?

...

Bob: I came out here to attack people and I'm honestly having such a good time right now.

Bob: *gets stabbed a minute later* Fuck.

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Curly: FIGHT ME, YOU NERD ASS PUNK!

Angela: At least try to sound slightly more sophisticated when you threaten someone.

Curly: Oh, I'm sorry. I should ask; dost thou want to engage in a duel, my good bitch?

Angela: Somehow that's even worse.

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Soda: What’s the dumbest thing you believed as a kid?

Darry: That naptime was a punishment.

...

Ponyboy: The first time Two-Bit opened a box of Cheerios and looked inside he yelled, "OH WOW! DONUT SEEDS!"

...

Johnny: So I have made the decision to trust you.

Dally: A horrible decision, really.

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Two-Bit: Who thinks I can fit 15 marshmallows in my mouth?

Darry: You’re a hazard to society

Steve: And a coward. DO TWENTY.

...

*At the police station*

Darry: Hi, I’m here for Dallas.

Police officer: Who’s Dallas?

Darry: Ah, you must be new.

...

Ponyboy: So the other day Darry sent Soda out to get us some gas.

Ponyboy: And instead of getting gas, he got us novelty cookie cutters.

Ponyboy: Now everything we eat is shaped like a dinosaur.

Ponyboy: …

Ponyboy: I love it so much.

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Angela: I hate when people ask me what sign I am. Bitch, I'm a sign from god. Start running.

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Buck: What are you writing?

Dally: The fuzz wanna know what kind of weapons we have in the house. I'm letting them know it's private information.

Buck, looking over Dally's shoulder: This just says 'fuck around and find out' in calligraphy.

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Johnny, having a panic attack: I don't dab. I stab.

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Steve: Your existence is confusing.

Ponyboy: How?

Steve: Your presence is annoying, but the thought of anything bad happening to you upsets me.

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Soda: Heads up, if you try to make a candle with food colouring, it will just sink to the bottom of the glass, and when the flame eventually reaches the bottom all the food colouring will catch fire and become one giant tall flame that you cannot possibly blow out and the glass will start to crack and then you'll throw your tea on it in a panic and then the extremely hot food colouring will boil and sizzle horribly and then the glass will shatter.

Darry, sighing: What did you do?

Soda, wailing: A MISTAKE

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Two-Bit: So what’s for breakfast?

Ponyboy, staring at the eggs all over the walls: Regret.

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Johnny: "You're an old soul" is just old people speak for "I've noticed you've been depressed since you were 9."

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Ponyboy: Quick, what's your blood type?

Dally: How would I know?

Ponyboy: How would you not!?

Dally: Who am I, Karl Landsteiner, discoverer of blood groups?

Ponyboy, distressed: You don't know your own blood type, but you know who discovered them?!

...

Curly: *Accidentally punched Ponyboy in the face*

Curly: *Trying to decide between saying 'I’m fucking sorry' and 'Are you okay'*

Curly: ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?!

Ponyboy, confused: What’s wrong with you?!

Angela: *wheezing in the background*

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Darry: Can you please be serious for five minutes?

Two-Bit: My record is four, but I think I can do it.

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Sylvia: Why are you like this??

Dally: I used too much "No More Tears" shampoo as a kid and I haven't felt a single emotion since.

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Curly: I was arrested for being too tuff.

Tim: The charges were dropped due to a lack of supporting evidence.

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Ponyboy: Do you think different paints have different tastes?

Soda: They do.

Darry: ... Why did you say that with such certainty?

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Soda, euphoric from his first date with Sandy: Date someone who will drag you outside at 3am to look at the stars.

Steve: If anyone, and I mean anyone, wakes me up at 3am to go look at the damn sky they will be removed indefinitely from my life.

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Tim: I have the sharpest memory here - name one time I forgot something!

Curly: You left me in a Walmart parking lot at 2am a day ago.

Tim: I did that on purpose, try again.

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Dally: *choking on something*

Steve: Jeez, Dal, don't die on us.

Dally: Don't tell me what to do, I'll die whenever the hell I want

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Angela: You can trust me! Let's not forget who pulled you out of the river when you were six.

Curly, dryly: Let's not forget who pushed me in

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Dally: I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.

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Darry: Don’t say a word.

Ponyboy: Fergalicious.

Darry: Pony, I said no words.

Ponyboy: Oh, I see how it is. Two weeks ago, when we were playing Scrabble, it wasn't a word, now suddenly it is a word because it’s convenient for you.

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Soda: Steve, you need to react when customers cry!

Steve: I did. I rolled my eyes.

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Ponyboy: 'Struggling with depression' would seem to imply that I am bad at being depressed when I am, in fact, very proficient at being depressed.

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That's it for now lol