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I've seen people make these intro posts so ig I'll do one? But i'm on a laptop so it's not going to be pretty ^^" just me yapping about myself lol also here's My masterlist of more important posts (link will lead you to a Google doc with links to my posts) no I don't know what counts as important to my brain :p
Boundary posts: I am NOT open to debating or being debated with!!!
Hi guys!! This'll be a little different from my usual posts because this one isn't to talk about the outsiders, but to assert b-b-b-boundaries! Scary, I know.
So, I acknowledge that I post a lot of opinions and analyses and hc's on here, and I truly do love hearing what people have to say about them, whether it's agreement or disagreement! However, this isn't a debate account. I'm not open to debating, and from now on I won't be debating with people (if I remember to hold that boundary...^^"). I'm happy to have a short conversation sharing opinions and such, and obviously I'll share my own thoughts and opinions, but actual debates are things I'm not comfortable with. The reason why is that I'm struggling with a lot of anxiety and depression, and I'm not mentally or physically well enough to take a lot of emotional stress. I've been trying to learn how to regulate my emotions and calm down without my medicine, but it's been slow-going, and debates and arguments really impact my mental health because -to my mind- they feel like conflict, and it really fills me with self-doubt, fear, anxiety, and the like.
I am not here to change anyone's opinion or for someone to change mine. Again, ya'll sharing your conflicting opinions with me, correcting me on something I may have gotten wrong, and brief discussions on opposing viewpoints are fine! I love those, but I just cannot handle debates or arguments. I have my opinions and interpretations on characters and media, and ya'll have yours, which is great! But I don't want to argue those points. Any time I share an opinion, it's not with the intention of debating about it, it's with the intention of sharing and getting out my own thoughts for my sake first and foremost.
To anyone who read this, thank you so much!! This post will be linked in my intro, and so will any other boundary or clarification posts I make! (if i ever decide to assert boundaries again because this is scary. my stomach is a pit of dread ngl ^^")
Little! Bob hcs? 👀👀
A BOB SHELDON ASKKKKKKKK!!!! REJOICEEEEE!!!!!! YIPPPEEE!!!!
Either doesn't have a cg because he refuses to show weakness, or his cg is Randy, and even then he didn't want to actually tell Randy but he found out on accident. No in-between.
His regression age range is 5-10, with him usually being around 7-9 years old.
He's a loud little if he has a cg he's comfortable with. With Randy, he's dragging him around, begging him to play, causing mischief, and hiding in closets just to listen to Randy panic. If he was, say regressed in public or alone, he's much quieter. When alone, he doesn't much like playing, or watching TV, or listening to music, or anything really. He just naps or stares blankly at the wall, sometimes he'll play quietly, just dragging cars across the floor. He doesn't see a reason to do anything if no one is there to care.
Surprisingly, he's not prone to tantrums. Whining, sass, and eye-rolling, yeah, but not tantrums. If he's alone or doesn't have a cg, then he sees no point in fussing, and if he's with Randy, then Randy is usually pretty good at giving him rules and discipline and such, so Bob doesn't feel a need to push anything.
When he's 5-7, he doesn't really talk, even if he's being loud. He'll laugh, clap, squeal, huff, but doesn't talk unless spoken to.
When Randy first found out and Bob agreed (was forced) to let Randy take care of him, Bob would (when regressed) act out. Screaming, shouting, not listening to a word Randy said, pushing him, testing his reactions, etc. It took three months before Bob fully accepted that Randy cared enough to lay down the law, and discipline/reward him fairly, and basically not be like Bob's parents.
The greasers except they actually feel the effects of poverty.
Darry who has weak and fainting spells from pushing himself during work because he's not eating enough food to really support his body and the labor he does. When his parents were alive, they made sure to give him enough food to support him and his broad stature and muscles, but once they're gone he's giving food to everyone but himself.
Johnny who is always cold and trembling because sometimes he goes days without eating or drinking, and he's severely malnourished and underweight. His teeth are yellow and some are missing or rotting because he can't often go home and brush his teeth.
Dally with matted hair and yellow teeth and is always sick because he doesn't usually have places to shower or brush his teeth, and he was surrounded by dirt and mold growing up and it fucked with his immune system so he's always sick, and has a fuck ton of allergies or some sort of immune disorder.
Pony who is the healthiest of the gang because his parents and brothers would give him most of their food, but was born premature and a little sickly and they can't afford a real good doctor to figure out what's wrong with him so even a cold can take him down for a week if not longer.
Soda who is always running on fumes because he's working on cars and bouncing around and acting happy, even though he gives so much of his food to Pony or Darry (not that they know that he sneaks it to them or lies about have ate earlier), and he doesn't remember to drink water because he's always stressed.
Two-Bit who won't eat at home because he has a single mother who can't afford his large appetite, and he doesn't shower there too much either, that way his sister can shower and eat all she wants. He's plus-sized purely because of his beer gut and because he binges on food from the Curtises because that's the only time he feels comfortable with eating, other than the rare times he has enough money for a proper meal.
Steve who has yellow teeth, and issues with his breathing (due to his dad's second hand smoke) that he can't get checked out, and has more issues with his digestive system and head because he can't afford eating a lot, and he's had so many concussions due to fights and his dad.
i hate starting fics i hate doing that so much. it's like after i start it i go into a flow state but. UGH
I hate it when in fan fics people forget Johnny and ponyboy are hormonal teenage boys going through puberty and not 5 years olds giggling and kissing each others cheeks.
Like they would 100% do more than just panicked kisses when it came down to it just because they are BOTH TEENAGERS GOING THROUGH PUBERTY PLEASE GET IT THROUGH UR HEAD. I’m not saying they fucked but they don’t just giggle and hold hands like primary school kids.
I feel the same whenever I seen Stevepop or Dalbit because none of them are adults like that. Dalbit 110% fucked at least twice. Stevepop probably once. All of them are teenagers, with RAGING hormones.
Right!? Like, i get if you don't want to write them getting down and dirty - that's something that I myself am not usually a big fan of - but you don't have to treat them like blushing maidens who wouldn't dare do more than bare an ankle. And it's certainly not reasonable for people to be like 'they're kids they'd never do that and you shouldn't write it!' Guys....they're teenagers. Some of them will be awkward, some will be overly-enthusiastic, some may not want to explore themselves or others at all, but I find it so silly when people act as though they have no hormones whatsoever, and that depicting normal acts of sexual exploration and curiosity is a moral failing. At the very least, make them somewhat educated on sex - the basics of what goes where, consent, how to put on protection, all that stuff that your parents sit you down to talk to you about!
tag game!
make yourself with this picrew and say a random fact about yourself!
i have a small tattoo of a star on my middle finger
tags! /nf @starless--city @eli-eli-lema-sabachthani @astralduck08 @kingoftheloonybinza @illmadekn1ght @tenpoiintbuck @pupfettipaws @purezneon + open!
oo ty for the tag i love these picrews!!
i can play the guitar, piano, ukulele, and assorted simple percussion instruments. my vocal range is pretty mezzo-soprano but i've sung everything from soprano 1 to alto 2 (small schools, everyone). i've quit piano lessons three times.
tagging: @starless--city @beetlesyourjuice @because-i-do-it-all-the-time @trans-ewenmontagu and open tags!!!
Oooh ty for the tag!!
Someone once told me my hair smelled like vanilla soup. Idk what the fuck vanilla soup is but I hope it’s good
taglist (no pressure :) )@pandora-audax @crazy-may @ineffablyholistic @i-am-a-guest @your-local-turtle @iambecomelasagne @that-1940s-homosexual @thetyrannytranny +open tags :D
uhhhh- OH emma pittman knows i exist guys, like not from stage door or anything *screams*
i’m gonna forget a million people BUT: @numb3r1br1llf4n @scribbledstars16 @theaterkidest2009 @i-am-a-guest @jenevawashere @bardorsomethinglikethat @alianaduke @crazy-may @quietmazebounty @faultycoldstars @chrisisoverit
and open tags cause i prob forgot people im so very sorry
Ummm the wall behind my desk & under my loft bed is entirely covered with sheet music
@ambertheunknown @theaterkidest2009 @wingedpearl @extra-extra-unhinged @xo-cherrycola @cabinthreeproblems + more
Yes i do look that unimpressed in real life. may hair is darker but i couldn't figure out a way to convey that i have black hair with a subtle red/auburn tint, so we get the most muddy ginger/brown color to exist :/
Uhhhh, i learned how to ride a horse because my barn put me on a horse, told me how to steer them n' stuff, and then threw me on a trail. That shit was steep too, so it's just little 10-11 year old beginner me, panicking and being forced to go down a trail on a tall ass horse without falling. didn't realize that learning how to ride a horse on a trail in a forest WASN'T normal until like, this month.
@char-char-f0x @faultycoldstars + open tags
another tag game!
Give me a character in media that looks most like you uh, I couldn't find a lot but here's mine
@fullyconsumedbywhatlovesme, @tied-to-the-mast, @cosmic-entity-official, @cabinthreeproblems, @causalshapeshifter, @artemisiamasterofnone, @cate7solace
oof I legit can’t find anyone I look like in media and I keep asking my friends and family and they can’t think of anyone either 😭😭😭
for real people tho I’ve been told I look like Farrah Fawcett??? I don’t really see it tho. Uhm.
@impisback-tellafriend @ieatgoobers @solangelo-s-epic-daughter @flicksuniverse @bardorsomethinglikethat @scribbledstars16 @hyyl18 @subtletwilighteternity
Hmm my sisters always tell me I look like really weird characters, usually small ones… let me find one that they said
Unfortunately it’s kind of accurate…
@theaterkidest2009 @bardorsomethinglikethat @wingedpearl @ambertheunknown @extra-extra-unhinged
I've had multiple people tell me i look like their imagined version of Pinkie Pie!
Honestly, it's pretty accurate in some cases.
@faultycoldstars @char-char-f0x + open tags!! <3
Disabled Ponyboy Curtis.
Ponyboy Curtis who struggles to breathe, and is sent into panic attacks when exerting himself because he can't control his breathing if he's doing anything more than laying down or getting up to walk for less than 2 minutes.
Ponyboy Curtis who was once so fast, but his legs get weak and now his ankles hurt, his legs sometimes get weak, his back and legs and feet hurt when he walks further than the length of his house, and he has to collapse against walls and streetlamps so he doesn't crumple to his feet anytime he takes a walk longer than 5 minutes.
Ponyboy Curtis who stumbles and trips and gets light-headed in any temperature above 68F.
Ponyboy Curtis who's thrown up after eating because he dared to take an 8 minutes walk.
Ponyboy Curtis who's always exhausted and gets tired after 30 minutes awake.
Ponyboy Curtis who's mental and physical trauma, paired with his natural physical fragility, made him disabled and unable to take any sort of physical/mental stress/exertion after canon <3
AU where Ponyboy has superpowers, because that’s the only explanation for how he survived a drowning, a fire, and multiple concussions practically unscathed.
"I had seen Johnny take a whipping with a two-by-four from his old man and never let out a whimper." Page 41
This line has always intrigued me, because Pony, what do you mean you saw Johnny getting whipped with a wood block? When did you see that? Does Johnny know you saw that? Was Johnny's father beating him for everyone to see, and you just happened to be around, or did you look too closely into the windows or backyard? Do you tell anyone, or let that image settle in your chest? How did you react? Did you stay and watch, not wanting Johnny to be alone even if he doesn't know you're there, or did you leave? How did that impact you afterwards (because yes, watching someone get beat is is traumatizing, even though it didn't happen to you)?
It just such an interesting line, with a lot of fanfic potential, and yet I've only ever seen it touched on in one fic, The Outsider's Read The Book.
I feel like a lot of The Outsiders fandom either forgets or ignores that the gang aren't ACTUALLY as close as a lot of people make them. They don't spend every day at the Curtis house. Sometimes they go days without even seeing each other! BUT!!!! I'm not pointing this out to be the matter-of-fact jackass, but to be the 'you're missing prime angst potential' jackass :D
The Curtis gang wishing they had spent more time with Dally and Johnny. Those were their brothers yet they never acted like they were, and now they're gone.
Two-Bit wishing he had never said that shit in the drive in about backing up Tim in a rumble if he beats Dally's head in, or jokingly agreeing with Marcia about casually burying Dally. He knows he was being light-hearted. He knows he didn't mean it that way. But that's what it sounded like, and they did have to bury Dally, and he'll never know how cared for he was by the entire gang because they never bothered to hammer that into his head - they all assumed he knew how much they cared and now he's dead. (also one of my favorite hcs is that Dally actually came back to the drive-in for Johnny and Pony but overheard Two-Bit and left, which is one of the reasons why he was so willing to die)
Ponyboy wishing he hadn't been so afraid of Dally, because he knows that he's not subtle, and Dally isn't stupid, and he still was kind to Pony in his own way, and Pony had never been truly kind to Dally. Had spent more time with him than the rest of the gang because of Johnny, yeah, but never been truly kind. Never sought him out. Never talked to him one-on-one. Never let him know that he truly does think of Dally like a brother - a scary one, but a brother.
Steve wishing he hadn't been so focused on Soda. Wishing he had truly connected with Dally and Johnny, because now he'll never know if they knew he cared. If they saw past his anger and realized that he cares for them. If they cared for him.
Soda wishing he had spent more meaningful time with Dally and Johnny. Wishing he had spent more nights talking to them, and patching them up, and forcing them to stay on the couch and eat breakfast in the morning, instead of letting them sleep in the lot, or Buck's, or benches, or wherever else they slept.
Darry wishing he had listened to his brothers, taken a few days off work, and spent them with the gang, because he doesn't really know Johnny and Dally - not like he did before high school, like he did before he became friends with Socs, like he did before his parents died and he threw himself into work and assumed that his friends would still be there waiting for him at the end of the day.
The Curtis gang, now making sure they all meet up at the Curtis house at least once a day, and talk to each other about everything, and support each other, and overall just act like a family, but it feels empty because they started too late. Johnny and Dally will never know how it feels to have a home to go to at the end of each and every day. Will never know how they made the gang want to be better. Will never know how loved they were. How loved they Are.
Mason deciding to be nice and pick Tex up from school one day, and Tex gets in the car, sobbing, and asks him, "Do people EAT horses?!?"
do NOT let this boy learn about what they had to do during the revolutionary war
Oh it'd kill him. He'd have to leave the room. Mason would probably have to request for him to not be present when they have to talk about that part.
I'm imagining a modern AU where Mason forces him to watch Hamilton in order to learn SOMETHING, and then Stay Alive comes on and Tex just hears:
Congress writes, "George, attack the British forces" I shoot back, "We have resorted to eating our horses"
Mason freezes. Tex freezes. Anyone who passes by the house for the next three hours hears wailing and screams and Mason's muffled voice trying to calm Tex down
Exactly what I was thinking for this LMAO
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ATE THE HORSES?!?" "Tex, please, it's just survival. Nobody eats horses anymore." "THEY SHOULD'VE JUST EATEN EACH OTHER, NOT THE HORSES!!" "TEXAS-"
'they should've eaten each other not the horses'
CACKLING
the talks causally about murder one ( no offense)
i take NO OFFENSE i love this so much tyty <33
I need to see fanfictions and posts that talk about Ponyboy and his relationship with church, his parents, and the gang.
Because in the book, Ponyboy remembers that before and after his parents died, he would go to church 'all the time', and that he and Johnny 'really liked to go.' Until one Sunday, he convinces Soda to come with him and Johnny, but Soda wouldn't come without Steve, and then Two-Bit decided he wanted to come as well. They sat in the back, but Steve, Soda, and Two-Bit were throwing paper n' stuff at each other, then Steve dropped a hymn book on accident, everyone turned around, Two-Bit waved at them, and embarrassed Johnny and Pony so bad that they never went back (page 74).
Can you imagine being 14, and either trying to practice your religion, connect with your parents by practicing their religion, or both, and inviting along the people you love and trust to be serious about it, only for them to humiliate you? Right after your parents died? Can you fucking imagine that?
The hurt I would feel. The anger. The betrayal. And Johnny too! Hell, Johnny especially. He is POC coded in The Outsiders, and in the 60's segregation was still around! So Pony and Johnny found what was likely the only church around that was willing to let in POC, and then Steve, Two-Bit, and Soda embarrassed Johnny and Pony so bad they never went back to what was, again, likely the only church around that would tolerate or maybe even accept a POC.
Yes they did it unintentionally, but fuck that shit has to have seriously hurt Johnny and Pony, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for months.
OH MY GOD I HAD A REVELATION
so there might be some logistical contradictions but just imagine for funsies - SANDY FROM GREASE IS THE SAME PERSON AS SANDY FROM THE OUTSIDERS (soda’s gf who moved away)
grease is what happened to her after she moved away - that summer she met danny while she was heartbroken over sodapop.
her grandparents were more well off than her parents and they bought her soc-y clothes and cleaned her up more. when she met danny she was missing feeling loved so much because soda was the most loving best bf ever so she rebounded with him and convinced herself she loved him.
he turned out to be a jerk but she deluded herself that danny did love her he just wanted to look tough (she knew all about boys wanting to be tough from her tulsa days) and that this really was normal
she changed herself into the typical greaser girl she had seen around her all her life for danny because soda wasn’t there to love her the way she was anymore
even their physical descriptions match and sandy (grease) acts like how I imagine sandy (outsiders) would act
I LOVE THIS HEADCANON SO MUCH also the grease soundtrack 🫶
PEAK I LOVE IT THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL DAY
people complaining about pb&j’s “age gap” in the book is so confusing to me because it’s …. two years….. TWO YEARS??? YALL UPSET ABOUT TWO YEARS ?? 😭😭
I think people's main qualm is the maturity difference cause like, Pony is 14 and Johnny is 16, so from a modern, average person standpoint it's like: "the average 14 year old is in middle school or freshman year of hs and a 16 year old is freshman/sophomore age!" and i do understand that, like I've been 16 and I had a 14 year old friend who had a crush on me and I would never date them in a million years. They're just too young for me, and we have a huge gap in maturity despite us being pretty similar people. Even just being friends is difficult because I've gotten older and matured, and they're still. yknow. 14. ive also known 14 year olds who dated 16 year olds, and 15 year olds who dated 17 year olds, and I cautioned them because the average person (average being keyword) wouldn't be in highschool, dating freshman or people who are barely out of middle school. It's more likely that they're predatory or immature themselves, and in each case where I warned the younger person I ended up being right - the older person was either severely immature, or creepy. Not to mention that while as little little kids and adults, 2 years is nothing, but as tween and teens 2 years is a lot. You're in the formative years of your life, and 2 years isn't just 2 years - it's two years of growing, life experience, forming your sense of self, developing your opinions and morals, your body changing, etc.
The thing with pb&j though is 1) they are fictional. enough said. 2) the time the outsiders is set in. It's the 60's. 2 years in a friendship or relationship is nothing. Hell, 5, 6, 7, 8 years isn't much! 3) remember how i kept emphasizing average person/people above? Yeah, the average, financially stable, mentally stable, 14 year old wouldn't be mature enough for a 16 year old, and the average, financially stable, mentally stable 16 year old would be in a different place in their life and probably shouldn't date a 14 year old. I've worked with 14 year olds, i've been friends with them, i've been around them, and i personally see them as kids despite not being much older than them. But pb&j aren't the average characters. In the time and setting they're in, plus their long friendship, they know each other better than they know themselves, are in the same year of school, and have a smaller maturity gap.
I could hypothesize about how people who are mentally ill, mature for their age (which is a saying i hate but the only way of phrasing this i could think of), grew quicker, and experienced more, seem to see the world differently than people who had a more 'normal' or 'healthy' or 'acceptable' upbringing, due to a difference in experiences and what they consider normal, and therefore people will have different expectations for what is considered a healthy age gap, but I've written a lot more than i expected.
Anyways!! These are just my thoughts on the matter! I have no clue if I'm actually right about any of this, I'm not a child psychologist, or sociologist, or any of that, and personally I really like PB&J! In the end they're fictional, so I personally don't care about the age gap. I just have a lot of curiosity and thoughts on the way different people see certain age gaps so i wanted to ramble :3
