I think when I’m older I’d like to teach English. I’d always enjoyed stories and reading, and figuring out what’s going on in all the character’s lives and minds. I think that since I have someone to talk to about it now I realize that I really like doing that more than anything some private school could teach me.. I’ve also been babysitting all my life, why stop now?
cathy you absolutely CARRIED twttin just thought you should know
I know I did. If not for me and my little brother, Mark would still be out sellin’ drugs, it’d be a real shame if he ever got out of jail! Also, the book would be super boring. Imagine??
Cathy here! Any of y’all ever accidentally landed yourself in immense debt from private school that you’ll be paying off for the rest of your life?? Asking for a friend!
Starting a reblog game: RB w/ your own outsiders OC!
if enough folks do, I’ll draw them together or something lol, it’ll be fun!
So these are blatant self inserts for my sister and me
(Info & backstories under the cut because I’ve put waaaay too much thought into this)
and again, pls do reblog/tag me w/ your own Outsiders original/self insert characters! (Drawings and/or written descriptions!) Making OCs was one of my favorite things to do as a kid, so I figured it’d be fun to bring it back here lol
(And to reiterate- if enough of ya’ll do this I’ll draw ‘em all together like a greaser-sona gang! So don’t be shy ok??)
-got sent to Tulsa from Seattle in 1961 at ages 13 and 11 to live with their mildly neglectful uncle, due to their mother getting cancer and being unable to properly care for them. Their father was lost at sea when they were little, so they had no one else to go to.
-in Tulsa they go by their mother’s surname, Biondi, instead of their father’s, because interracial marriage isn’t legalized in Oklahoma until ‘67. They try to pass as just Italian. This works better for Naomi, who takes more after their mother than their father in looks.
-Naomi is good friends w/ Ponyboy- she relates to him a lot, from the dislike of fighting to the love for sunsets (legit Ponyboy reminds me of my sister so much irl) (She’s also low-key got a crush on him and Sodapop which is pretty funny)
-Jesse is closer to Two-Bit, Dally, Steve, and Soda. And he really likes fights. They’re exciting and make him feel tough. When he stops to think about it it does make him a little uneasy how much he’s grown to like them, but usually he just ignores that
-Naomi disapproves of crime. Jesse used to oppose it too, but the more time he spends without good role models and parental figures, the more his morels loosen. Tries hard to be a good example for Naomi though
-Jesse met the gang through Sodapop originally- they were thirteen and some Socs were jumping Soda, and Jesse jumped in and helped him out. Soda explained to him what the deal with Socs and greasers is, because there’s no greasers up North
-Naomi met the gang separately through being classmates with Ponyboy. They were working together on a school project, one with him writing and her drawing
-So Jess and Naomi spent a solid few months hanging out with different members of the same gang, completely unaware they had the same group. They eventually end up running into each other at the Curtis house, and both are totally shocked. Two-Bit, who knew the whole time, nearly died laughing
-Naomi is friends with both Socs and greasers, because she isn’t really either- she’s financially a greaser, but she has a crazy high GPA for someone who has ADHD and dyslexia in the 60s, and besides that, she just doesn’t like what she sees as pointless rivalry
-Jess loves pointless rivalry. At least until people start getting hurt. Then he starts to get angry.
I’m probably SO LATE.. but here’s Dorothy Gloria “Glory” Wade (15) and Howard “Grifter” Wade (19). They are both raised by their grandma (who makes Grift wear the dress shirt and Glory wear the pearls) since their parents are performers in Vegas (and very neglectful towards Glory :(
Glory has a cat (previously her grandmas outside cat) she named Huckleberry Finn
Grifter used to play Glory’s favorite song for her on guitar
Glory’s favorite song is “Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison but if we’re talking MODERN then it’s totally “Come On Eileen” (also my fav)
Grifter tries to act tuff but all that goes away when Glory tries to participate in greaser activities like rumbles and fights n stuff
Glory is friends with a soc named Dinah and if Grift finds out she’s grounded 4 lyf
Glory wears gardening gloves and boots with little flowers on them. GRIFT wears converse, leather jacket, and white (grass stained) button up. Grift works at a pawn shop and stole (hence the name) a Raggedy Ann for Glory.
(OOC) Honestly never thought I’d post my art on a platform but here it is and I’ll totally draw more characters from the SE Hinton universe but for now it’s just a character of my own! Maybe Cathy is an artist too, she seems like the type.
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yapping about the lore of Lesley Gore songs (no one knows what I am saying)
Lesley Gore should NOT have gotten back together with Johnny after he cheated on her and PUBLICLY announced his relationship with that girl Judy 🤨 AT HER PARTY TOO. He then gave Judy his ring, made the whole party about them when the party was for LESLEY and then dance with Judy. I feel like there’s an entire trilogy too. Maybe I Know was probably about Johnny having a REPUTATION for being a cheater but Lesley is like “ohhh I can fix him 🥺😔🥺😔🥺” WELL SHE WAS WRONG. And another thing, Judy’s Turn to Cry. Johnny was kissing Judy at a party (not Lesley’s original party) so Lesley was trying to enjoy herself after she got her heart broken and kissed a guy and Johnny hit him and Lesley is like “Cuz he still loves me” and it gets me so mad.
(OOC) I’m totally not projecting the music I listen to?? yes, this will mostly be from the decade TWTTIN is set in so 60s music!! (I’m not okay) if requested I will make more of these for other characters so yeah 🥳
Cathy Carlson!!
I do think she would totally listen to Lesley Gore, she’d probably be doing dishes and singing along to Maybe I Know or Judy’s Turn to Cry! She has probs forced M&M to listen to her on multiple occasions. She would also enjoy a few songs from Dion and The Belmonts, like Donna the Primadonna and I Wonder Why. She listens to The Beatles with her brother sometimes, and California Dreamin’ is probably gonna be played if you let her listen to the radio in the car.