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[airkingasparagus]

Okay I hate not posting much and then popping up to say something negative but like,,, this fandom constantly talking about how “ugly” background characters in the outsiders movie is super disheartening. I have never and will never understand commenting on appearances- there’s a difference between I don’t find (x) attractive and (x) is ugly. As a whole, we as a fandom tend to do the second, saying things like C Thomas Howell now “looks like a sundried tomato” or shitting on Curly’s actor/the background greasers in the rumble scene. Those are real people behind those characters! No matter how unattractive you find them, you can bet your personality is 100% uglier if you’re taking the time out of your day to talk about how they don’t fit your standards of aesthetics.

[forpunishers]

glad someone said this <3

it’s important to always spread love, and judging people based on appearance is not something i’ll ever support

[airkingasparagus]

This was a beautiful response. I’m so glad you were able to make this kind when I was coming from a place of impulsive anger. You’re very well spoken. Thank you ❤️✨

[airkingasparagus]

whenever a customer buys a la croix steve and soda give each a look of despair as they tell the buyer to have a good day through gritted teeth

[curtises-deactivated20240413]

I went looking for this post specifically cause of y’all’s drink discourse @comeheredarlingg @tulsachic @8osbabe — no need to tag yourselves we know exactly who is who in this scenario

[dallaswinstons]

TOP TEN ANIME BETRAYALS: STEVE AND SODA DISLIKING LA CROIX AT NUMBER 1

[tulsachic]

THEY’RE RIGHT AND YOU’RE TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO ADMIT IT

[dallaswinstons]

I WILL ARGUE ITS AN ACT OF BRAVERY TO CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE WITH THE BOYS 

[airkingasparagus]

As the op, I have to ask: what boys are you planning on cracking them with?

[airkingasparagus]

Okay I hate not posting much and then popping up to say something negative but like,,, this fandom constantly talking about how “ugly” background characters in the outsiders movie is super disheartening. I have never and will never understand commenting on appearances- there’s a difference between I don’t find (x) attractive and (x) is ugly. As a whole, we as a fandom tend to do the second, saying things like C Thomas Howell now “looks like a sundried tomato” or shitting on Curly’s actor/the background greasers in the rumble scene. Those are real people behind those characters! No matter how unattractive you find them, you can bet your personality is 100% uglier if you’re taking the time out of your day to talk about how they don’t fit your standards of aesthetics.

[airkingasparagus]

I’ve only just found your blog but i will literally CRY if you ever leave

tysm i love you i won’t lie i post pretty sporadically but i’m still here!! still here :)

[airkingasparagus]

realistically, do you think any of the gang would date a black girl? i just don’t see them ever doing it but i’d like to know your take

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for some of them, yes! the outsiders takes place in the 1960s, when the civil rights movement was at its height. i can see johnny, soda, and even darry dating black girls, as they’re the most empathetic and considerate of the gang. 

steve, two, dallas, and pony, i’m not sure. they’re all influenced heavily by a lot of negative aspects of society. however, everything that leads me to say that is more s.e hinton’s fault then theirs. the outsiders isn’t a perfect book, and i cringe when i see black people in it (or that was then, this is now and rumble fish. i love those books too, but they’re reallyyyyy rough in terms of how black people are presented) being described as “black cats”.

based on their actual personalities, yes, i think the boys would date black girls. based on actual characterization directly from the book, due to hinton’s ignorance, i don’t think all of them would. and that sucks. but it’s not really their faults. despite that, there’s no excuse for the way black people are portrayed in hinton’s novels- especially considering she did grow up with that civil rights influence. 

[airkingasparagus]

Could you do a headcanon for Johnny being with an affectionate reader?

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~Blushes whenever you kiss him or mess his hair in public

~Stares at you with an open-mouthed grin whenever you grab his hand or wink at him

~Has become so accustomed to touching you, he links your ankles/holds your hand under the table when you’re out

~Gives you his jacket to wear even when he knows you’re not cold

~Shakes your hand off at lightening speed if he thinks he sees his dad’s car (he assures you each time it’s out of protection and not shame)

~Walks with a bit more confidence when your arm is draped over his shoulder

~Looks at glaring socs with an expression like “I know right??? crazy!” when you’re kissing him at the drive-in

~Feels a burst of pride when he has to wipe off the lipstick you left on his cheek

[airkingasparagus]

may i get some sodapop angst headcanons (not involving a reader) cause i'm in a mood™

yain’t in a mood anymore cuz this ask is at least a month old but here you go!!

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~Cries constantly when he’s upset

~Screams and lashes out at the people he loves (namely Steve) because he knows they’ll forgive him

~Takes Darry’s truck and recklessly drives around at night

~Goes to restaurants or shops and steals without checking to see who’s watching

~Rubs his eyes so hard he bruises the sockets, and plays it off like he got in a fight 

~Sleeps on the couch so Ponyboy won’t worry about hearing his big brother cry

~Tries to write angry letters, but scribbles out whatever he wrote because Soda thinks he sounds so stupid he doesn’t even want to look at it

~When someone finally calms Soda down and hugs him, Soda buries his face in the crook of their neck and just… sobs

[airkingasparagus]

hey lovely! i just found your blog and read so many of your ponyboy works and everything was so, so beautiful and soft and i think you’re an amazing writer! i loved how everything felt really realistic and i just wanted to tell u that ur amazing 💛💛💫

thank you! i best thing i can be told as a writer in any of my fandoms is that i portray the characters realistically, or in a way faithful to them, so i appreciate this message so so SO much! aside from that, this message is full of positivity and i love it. i’m sending it all back your way 💖

[airkingasparagus]

if two-bit lived in 2019 he would respond to everything with “bet” and for that alone we should be thankful he didn’t

[airkingasparagus]

omg definitely ponyboy in some aspects but I’m not sure why. you also kind of remind me of Darry which is strange? you seem very responsible and mature

wow, thank you. i tend to be the darry of my friend group, i’m always being like “no, maybe don’t physically fight that girl when it’s eleven at night and we’re in a denny’s” and “you haven’t eaten??? good thing i keep rx bars in my purse/car!!!”, but I also overthink like ponyboy ya feel? overall i’m happy you think i’m like those two and am glad you decided to tell me <3

[airkingasparagus]

You remind me of Sodapop you're funny and out going but can also have a warm open helping side when needed

i love you, sodapop is the sweetest boy and i’m thrilled you associate me with him in any way shape or form. 

[airkingasparagus]

Hiiii, your blog is great! (The only reason I’m sending this on anon is cause it won’t let me send from my The Outsiders blog oooof) I love your Soda and Cherry hcs (If you couldn’t tell, I’m a raging bi)💕! This is a little out there, but I thought it was cool. Could you do some hcs for dating Cherry in the 80s. Thanks!

i am a raging bi too (as i’m sure you could tell from me writing for them both duh)

i loved this req ((((:

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~Cherry has one of those thick old “cell phones” (you know what I’m talking about), and uses it to talk to you whenever she’s driving

~No, that’s not safe at all. Yes, it’s 100% necessary to both of you

~When Cherry picks you up from your house, you always see her in her car tying her hair up in a scrunchie 

~Your go-to date idea is the movies: You guys laughed to hard at “Back to the Future” and almost got kicked out, swooned over Jennifer Grey in “Dirty Dancing”, and silently cried without saying a word on the whole drive back from “The Breakfast Club”

~You keep glamor shots taped up on your wall of each other

~You two pass notes back and forth during class and in the halls

~Cherry always signs her name with the tiniest heart next to it (you think it’s so cute you have her paint it on your wrist in lipliner)

~You guys would go to the mall solely to get orange juliuses 

~Cherry’s gift to you on your birthday was a light pink swatch

~You guys would switch jean jackets anytime the other spent the night

~Long nights spread out on Cherry’s bedroom floor, eating jiffy pop and listening to Phil Collins or David Bowie

[airkingasparagus]

Can you do some hcs of sad Steve?

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~Unlike Ponyboy, Sodapop, Johnny, or even Two-Bit, Steve doesn’t look for attention when he’s sad. He expresses feelings like joy or anger, but when Steve is sad, he just completely withdraws from everything

~Rather than simply not being around anyone when he’s sad though, Steve will just keep his distance from the Gang while still hanging out with them, and won’t speak unless he’s giving one word answers

~This makes you come to the conclusion that when Steve is sad, he needs attention. He needs reassurance. He needs to know that he’s not the last boy in the Gang to be listed, and that people see that something is wrong

~Steve cries when he’s upset, and it’s not pretty. His face turns bright red, he rips out his hair, and he bites his nails to shreds

~His body becomes hot to the touch, and Steve will rip shirts from tearing them so violently off his body

~Steve takes his anger out on other people, but he takes sadness out on himself. Sadly, due to his father and the toxic masculinity of the 1950s, Steve hates himself not only for crying, but being “weak” enough to be hurt enough to do so

~Also because of his father, Steve never stays home if he’s crying

~Steve’s sadness has a pattern: first he’s quiet, then he’s loud and destructive as he’s unable to hold what he’s feeling back, and then he’s quiet after those episodes because being sad is so tiring

~He sleeps in until he has to go to school or work and eats junk from the DX

~Sodapop can always tell when Steve is feeling down because he wins at arms wrestles 

[airkingasparagus]

today is this blog’s 1 yr birthday :’) i’m going to be posting more soon- i’m almost done w high school so w summer there’ll be more fics :))))

[airkingasparagus]

Headcanons for Sodapop and/or Dally with a good girl?

i’m in s u c h a soda mood send soda requests

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Sodapop

~Comes to your school at lunch with a blanket so you can have a picnic 

~Introduces you to Pony, Johnny, and Darry before the rest of the gang

~Was made fun of by Steve for liking you (but Steve backed off pretty quickly when he realized how much Soda liked you)

~Asked Steve to keep and eye on you at school for him

~Stares at your legs in your almost to short skirt

~Smiles into every one of your kisses

~Puts his arm around your shoulder anytime you’re around the whole gang

~Adamantly keeps you away from rumbles, but goes to your house after them so you can patch him up 

~He sneaks in through your window so your parents can’t hear him

~Takes care of you after you have your first drink (he sets you up on the Curtis couch and stays in the kitchen all night)

~Starts singing in the shower a few weeks into your relationship

~Likes to give you his flannels to wear because you knot them in front

Dallas

~Blows cigarette smoke in your face because he knows it makes you cough

~He thinks it’s cute, but won’t tell you

~Holds a cigarette to your lips when you try it for the first time 

~Shows up at your house super late because he knows you aren’t used to it

~Licks his lips when you walk past him at school

~Slides his hand over thigh whenever you’re at restaurants or movies

~Teaches you how to drive

~First thing Dally does when you see him is take your hair out of its braid/ponytail/bun

~Walks around town with his hand in your back jeans pocket

[airkingasparagus]

I love your mind

thanks i love u

[curlyshepards]

I wanna talk to you personally about something but since I’m shy I’m doing it over anon. When I was 14 and just joining the fandom, I loved the idea of the greaser boys coming to save me, or a self inserted character, from whatever was bothering me, or a worse situation because I felt as if my current circumstances weren’t valid enough. Now that I’m 18 and I’ve been through some serious shit I had to go alone, that all disgusts me. I don’t know if I’m overreacting but it just seems....messy

hey friend!! dont be disgusted, you were only 14! i hope you know now that whatever causes you pain— whether its physically, mentally, or emotionally— is plenty valid & you shouldnt just brush aside your feelings. im sure almost everyone had those thoughts, and we were so young that they shouldn’t define the people we are today. you seem like a beautiful person pls dont be scared to talk to me off anon ❤️