. . Phil the Shark . . I post The Outsiders content w/ a sprinkle of the Newsies ! ! —> Found on all social media under the same/similar username ! <— . . Stay ☀️ Gold . .
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Last post talking about ships, and now I'm going to name off my favorites, with or without reason.
i'm a multishipper, obvs
Disclaimer : I do not ship Ponyboy with anyone, I do not care for shipping him, but I seriously cannot see him with any of the characters whether it's age difference or not.
STEVE
Steve x Dally : Stally : Fix it with Fire
Do not care that the two do not speak directly to each other in any media (minus the musical) , but I feel like their personalities don't crash as much compared to Dally's other ships. Dally is an extreme while Steve is a neutral. — I think, even if they don't last long canonically, they'd at least last a few extra months compared to Dally's other relationships..
Steve x Johnny : Stonny/Jeve (?) : Hot Wheels
Again, don't care they hardly speak to each other in canon. They'd be CUTE. And their personalities also don't crash too much, minus Steve's anger. I think if there was a world where Johnny lived, they would've lasted quite a while.
Steve x Sodapop : Stevepop : golden tool
Now, not my absolute favorite in sense of a romantic relationship, but I do think they're more in a qpr. I think of them less of lovers and more just best friends because I think it suits their dynamic.
Steve x Evie : Stevie : Biker's Mechanic
They are indeed canon, and I love thinking about Evie's personality and how these two would work. I get the most creative freedom with these two, and I think they're the cutest ! They ARE end game.
TWO-BIT
Two-Bit x Dally : Dal-bit : Stolen Cigarettes
I love them. I don't think they'd be healthy for each other nor do I think they'd last. They're more each other's flings than anything. — In a universe where Dally isn't Dallas. Maybe they'd manage to actually BE together.
Two-Bit x Darry : Dar-Bit : Warm Drinks
Now this is a relation that could last ... somewhat... maybe.! Their personalities clash but in a way that it perfectly balances each other out. They'd be able to function as a couple as long as their maturity matches when the times calls.
Two-Bit x Marcia : Mar-Bit : Stolen Heart
I could see it but they're long from end game. I think they could make cute partners (especially considering the musical) but I think they'd end up crashing and burning after a few months. But I love them☹️🤍
Two-Bit x Kathy : Kat-Bit : Laughter Dances
Not endgame, but would last for a time. I again, like the idea of my creative freedom to see how these two would work out. If anything, I believe they match each other's strengths but differ horribly when it comes to their weaknesses.
Can we please change Two-Bit's ship names, why do they all end with bit, oh my DAYS.
DALLAS
Dally x Sodapop : Dallypop : Lucky Shot
They would work only for as long as Sodapop can deal with being a middleman. Love them dearly, but I think over time their relationship would be the leaning tower of Pisa with how much Sodapop would be pushing for the relation.
Dally x Tim : Tally : Tarnished Jackets
Shout out to my goat, Angel, for getting me into Tally. Out of most of Dallas' ships, these two would be end game in the sense that they'd last up until Dally's death, LMAO. They're toxic and don't care each other, but also care so deeply that it makes them both seethe.
Dally x Sylvia : Dalia : Wrecked Love
LOVE THEM And hate them. They're so incompatible that even THEY'RE shocked they lasted for so long. Minus the cheating and breaks, they would definitely be the longest lasting relationship in both of their lives. And for the third time, I LOVE MY FREEDOM.
Dally x Johnny : Jally : Flaming Bullet
QPR sense, not romantic. — Truth be told I don't ship these two, I don't care about them in that sense. And I don't think on any planet that the two of them could be in a reasonable romantic relationship. However, QPR wise, they're darling.
DARRY
Darry x Tim : Tarry : Old Bounds
I love them so much that I want them to explode, honestly. Do I think they'd be the perfect couple? No. Yet, I think if pushed enough, they'd be able to be good together. Maybe not end game, but definitely close to it.
Darry x Paul : Parry : Forgotten Stars
I like them in the sense that they're exes from high school. I don't think they would've ever lasted outside of high school (evidently). — Not my fav Darry ship as I don't like Paul.
Darry, Two-Bit, Tim & Paul : Pid-Bit
The almighty polycule. I fuck with the idea of it, and I have moots all over it. I think they're all cute together and could even each other out. I also like the idea of Tim and Two-Bit despising Paul. Only ignoring him for the sake of Darry.
SODAPOP
Sodapop x Cherry : CherrySoda : Sickly Sweet
I love these two and I think they'd work out beautifully if it wasn't for Cherry's reputation. I think out of ALL of these ships (minus for all of Steve's) these two are my all time favorite. I see them working out. Endgame.
Sodapop x Marcia : Marpop : Sun's Moon
These two would also be darling, and I could get behind a chemistry between these two ! They'd be so different yet so alike at the same time, and I just can't explain how they'd be so dear.
Sodapop x Sandy : Sandypop : Broken Hearts
I love them as exes as well, and I love thinking of how these two could've been before it all got thrown away in canon. I think they worked but it began falling one-sided. They're tragic but lovely. — also want to mention, I hate the fact the fandom treats Sandy as a villain as if we even get to know her side. She broke his heart, yes, but she's not evil. Maybe to the gang she is, but shouldn't be to the reader.
Sodapop x Johnny : JohnnyPop : Golden Stray
I love the idea of them so much. They would've been endgame, they should've been endgame. These two might clash in terms of communication, but they'd absolutely be willing and able to work things out. KILL THEM. Or just the one.
Sodapop x Chet : ChetSoda : Distant Worlds
Exes that continue to cross paths. A past that extends to present and a constant yearning to be together, yet reputation intrudes.
Why is Soda's love life so tragic with the Socs..
JOHNNY
Johnny x Cherry : CherryCake : Bruised Cherries
Another all time favorite, they're darling in every sense of the word. No more to explain besides that they'd be gut-wrenchingly cute.
Johnny x Marcia : Mary, Jarcia : Shy Laughs
These two don't get enough credit or attention, they would be a cute duo. Romantic or not, I feel like they have a chance of being together for a while if it weren't for someone burning.
Yk, I know why people would think the Curtis parents would be homophobic, as yk, it's the 60s. But you also have to be joking, right?? Right??
You mean the folks who named their youngest boys: Sodapop and PONYBOY. Aren't any sort of woke?? They're the most unusual couple of Tulsa, with the uniquely named children, and you're telling me they'd draw the line at their boys being queer? YOU'RE JOKING??
All of this to say, shipping in the outsiders shouldn't be so demonized, people were gay in the 60s, people are gay now. Queer people have always existed, and i'm sorry you don't see the world in a similar way as me, but you can grow the decency to keep your mouth shut when the time calls for it. Stop crying over Steve and Sodapop, or Darry and Paul, stop screaming off the rooftops about: "it's the sixties!!!" As if the Stonewall Riot didn't exist.
The whole point of the Outsiders is to accept your own individuality, to be exactly who you are no matter the challenges you face. It teaches you the lesson of how everyone, at the end of the day, are people and should be treated as such. If you get upset over something as small as fandom shipping two boys or two girls, I don't think you understood the messaging of the book. — That's not to say you can't like something, no, but to leave deliberate hate comments and posts videos and rants about how much you hate a MLM or WLW ship or how someone sees a character as trans (MTF, FTM, Nonbinary) , I think you have bigger fish to fry.
S.E Hinton never stopped shipping of her characters, she doesn't care for it, and sure, she didn't write her characters to be queer, it doesn't mean that queer people cannot project or relate to her characters. Queer people exist. Love exists.
Stop being scared of the one commonality between all of us. Stop being scared of LOVE.
Ok anyways all 3 of my favorite outsiders fanfic writers are moots with me on this app and sometimes thats all it'll take to brighten my mood. Anyways! Hi mutuals !!
steve mooties you will be Fed but i have a question ... steve and coping mechanisms/self soothing techniques ... what are our thoughts and feelings about this
For Steve's self soothing I feel like he'd tap his fingers together, as it'd give some form on consistency in the motion. — Or, he'd rub his hands down his arms, keeping them strictly crossed.
Additionally he'd probably get finicky with his jacket, adjusting it, or buttoning/unbuttoning the jacket repeatedly. Basically all his self-soothing involve his hands doing something.
However his coping mechanisms get to the extreme of unhealthy, as when he's real upset he can't focus/do anything until the issue is dealt with, whether by argument or by patience, it eats him alive. — Feel like he grew up coping with a lot of his issues by lashing out onto himself and others, or keeping everything deep inside him until the weight in his throat gets too heavy.
You think you’ll ever draw Tim Shepard and his siblings one day? Whether a yes or a no, do you have any personal head canons for the Shepard siblings?
Yes, I do indeed plan on drawing them more, especially Tim. In previous posts on Tiktok and here I've posted my design of the siblings though they're pretty outdated 💔.
^ Tim's design updated though :)
As for headcanons!
Curly and Angela are way closer than they are with Tim. Angela was the one there for Curly when he was growing up, and naturally he never realized Tim's sacrifices.
— Those sacrifices being the fact Tim would lock them in HIS room while his folks were hacked off on him , Tim providing food , needed money , etc etc
I've never agreed with the headcanon of Curly and Angela being twins, in my mind Curly is the youngest by ~two years.
Him, freshly 15, angela 16 soon to be 17, and Tim 18-20
Tim's scar came from a drawn out gang rivalry fight between his gang and the brumley boys, he lost but never admits it. — usually he keeps under an eyepatch & truth be told, Angela and Curly didn't realize he had the scar until about two weeks after he received it (& when it was infected).
Tim's done all his piercing on his own and on a whim, like for his eyebrow he did it w/ a thumbtack at two in the morning.. (— Now, is this time accurate, no. I don't include piercings in comics as 1. I never get the placement right twice, and 2. I prefer minimal threats)
Curly has had his head shaved down so many times he resorts to buzzing it off instead of taking care of his hair nowadays. Angela has screamed at him for it before but resorted to silence after he did it for the third time.
They're all extremely loud and don't care about causing a scene in public, they lived in loudness, why should they quiet down the only consistency ?
Tim has been kicked out so many times to the point he doesn't return for weeks to months. He stays at his gang or in his folks' busted truck. He's only resorted to the Curtis' after one particular incident where he was left in the snow for three days.
I don't see the Shepard's ever getting along, maybe some days, but whenever they're all together it's always some sort of argument. — Of course they come together whenever something particularly bad happens (such as Angela's hair being chopped off) yet, most of their gang haven't seen all three of them together since meeting them.
Think of them as the song 23 by Noah Kahan
I could see Tim with Borderline Personality Disorder and/or ASPD that developed as his traumas did.
Angela is Bi-Polar in my mind, and possibly on the spectrum for ASPD (mild, compared to Tim.)
& Curly falling under his sibling's shadows with possible Bi-polar & BPD.
looks at you with joy and whimsy in my eyes (i saw your "send asks" post ten seconds after you posted it LMFAO) ... dare i suggest more stevie or alternatively a few crumbs of the curtis brothers ... i dunno i just think your art is super cool so i wanted to suggest stuff 💝💝💝
I don't know how I NEVER saw this ask, but here's Stevie... out at some sort of take out/diner ... Steve's not having a good time..
-- "The amount of time he spent at work gave him plenty of hours to be filled with thinking. Now, Steve was no Einstein, and he knew that, but what he was was a daydreamer. Working on all those tuff cars, modest paychecks rolling in from Soc after Soc, Steve got it into his head that maybe someday he and Soda could get a car like that. Maybe someday they’d be able to fly down the highway, faster and more exhilarating than any drag race, because they’d be on their way to better things."
Steve daydreaming while working on a Socs car... probably a 1965 Volkswagon Beetle (ignore the sharpness of the hood) , thinking of the life he could have outside of Tulsa.
HOLYSHIT THIS IS AMAZING IM JUMPING UP AND DOWN WITH JOY 🥹🥹🥹 oh my days this is so cool. what the freak. im so yippee about this you are actually my favourite person ever ??? 🙂↕️🫶🫶🫶
-- "The amount of time he spent at work gave him plenty of hours to be filled with thinking. Now, Steve was no Einstein, and he knew that, but what he was was a daydreamer. Working on all those tuff cars, modest paychecks rolling in from Soc after Soc, Steve got it into his head that maybe someday he and Soda could get a car like that. Maybe someday they’d be able to fly down the highway, faster and more exhilarating than any drag race, because they’d be on their way to better things."
Steve daydreaming while working on a Socs car... probably a 1965 Volkswagon Beetle (ignore the sharpness of the hood) , thinking of the life he could have outside of Tulsa.
The idea of Bob being a youngest/middle sibling who got overshadowed by their accomplishments his whole life and brushed off by his parents until his late teenage years is something I can't stop thinking about. Maybe he wasn't bitter about not being told no, maybe he was bitter because he never heard anything but "yeah, okay Robert."
