I have so many headcanons for The Outsiders so here's just a handful of the ones that I always tend to look back to.. (3 hcs per character lmao)
1 . . Pony always needed glasses, but he never wore them. His vision isn't HORRENDOUS... I mean, unless you hold up your hand a few feet away from him, then yeah, maybe it's worse than he thought. — Pony just never adored the thought of rough housing and his frames snapping or something of that sort. He especially hated the thought of the gang teasing him whenever he wore his big-bulky glasses around his residence...
2 . . This boy tans so damn much in the summer that sometimes it's the only way to tell him and Darry are related. — The two of them look identical during the summer. ESPECIALLY because of the tan lines.
3 . . He claimed number 79 in track the first time he joined, never realizing it was the atomic number for gold. In fact, he never realized it until Steve made the connection one night in the kitchen. — 79 was Sodapop's favorite racer.
1 . . Sodapop has both freckles and vitiligo. His momma used to call his white spots his sweet spots. — His vitiligo doesn't frequently change locations or spread as much as it used to, but growing up, for an entire 3 weeks his forearm to his palm was depleted from his usual melanin. — Additionally, he has spots in his hair that are completely white. He didn't realize it until Steve pointed it out one day.
2 . . Soda has a knack of staying stuck in his ways. He overthinks and complicated a lot of situations, especially verbal instructions. It used to drive Mr. Curtis nuts with how confused he'd make Soda by simply telling him that he needs him to head inside to his tool box that's near the small drawer near his dresser
3 . . He definitely has AuDHD (likewise, his brothers do too🥹) however, he never realized that his fixations were so intense until one night where he genuinely didn't sleep for nearly 37 hours because he just couldn't figure out something about that one engine he was working on at the DX. — & — His stims are horrendous too. He doesn't openly stim as much as he used to, but even with the stims he doesn't mask down, they're still loud. Usually he's jumping in place, or slapping his hands against his thighs. Teeth grinding as well. He likes the noises as much as he likes cars. — Lastly, he doesn't have tolerance for high pitched buzzing & has almost quit the DX several times because of the freezer section. He HATES IT!
1 . . Darry cares TOO MUCH about his hair. Not to the extent that Steve or Sodapop, no, but he needs it to be neat. He HATES his cowlick and it's the bane of his existence, because no matter the length, the damn thing is ALWAYS sticking out. — Mr. Curtis used to tease him by calling his cowlick his antenna because of how often it'd point straight up..
2 . . He is horrible at friendships. Like if you're not in his life everyday, you're forgotten about. That could stretch to people that he works with, even. — It's not that he doesn't care or anything, it's just he's already so stressed out with his career & family that he believes that people outside of the gang just aren't really there. If you aren't bothering him everyday, you don't exist.
3 . . He has a horrible habit of popping literally any joint of his body. His knuckles especially. You'd hear him pop his knuckles across the damn house with every door from his bedroom to the living room shut. — He picked up the habit during football.
1 . . Steve is overly blunt in tone. He doesn't mean to sound rude or inattentive but sometimes he just cannot put emotion behind his voice. Whenever he does, it sounds even more sarcastic compared to when he doesn't.
2 . . He has autism but never was officially diagnosed (60s). — He has a horrible time with identifying emotions or tone, just as much as he can't play it. — Also, he cannot stand textures touching his hands. He wears these thick gloves all the time at the DX and swears it's just to prevent gas or oil from getting under his nails, but in truth, most days he can't even stand something like water on his hands because of the way that it sticks. Stickiness is what he hates especially. Transitions too.
3 . . He has a bad leg. (In most instances I make him have a prosthetic leg, bcz 1. I just like the design, and 2. It's fun.) — Always had problems getting up and down because of his knee pain, but walking is what kills him best. He doesn't necessarily need a cane or anything, and would probably refuse it if given, but some days it would definitely be more effective than dragging a limp limb.
1 . . Two-Bit has diabetes, no, not bcz he's bigger in my interpretation, it's type 1. He received it from his dad. — He wears an insulin patch on his shoulder (in more modern-ish interpretation, but accurately, he'd need shots. Which in that case, he'd always have a bit of supply stored at the Curtis' for safety.)
2 . . His sister, who I call Sarah-Anne, and him, are only half related (different dads), but Two-Bit loves that girl more than he'd ever care about anything else. The number of things he's 'bought' for her to keep a smile on her little round is ridiculous. — Talking about them, Two-Bit is the one who does her hair, from braiding to beads, it's always him. (As their momma is always busy.)
3 . . He takes over for Darry in the oldest brother role. Being the 2nd oldest means that he's the next in charged majority of the time. Of course he's goofy and doing anything to get his friends to laugh, but if he needs to get something through to someone, he ain't scared to yell. He knows when to lock in ^_^!!
1 . . He ain't good at words. In both a reading and talking sense. His reading and writing skills were horrific for someone his age, as he never realized he was dyslexic. — His speech was never all too good either. He doesn't necessarily have a stutter, but he stumbles a lot. He's continually pausing mid sentence to string together his thoughts before he resorts to mumbling as he'd get embarrassed.
2 . . Johnny is no morning person and is salty whenever waken up by the gang. He's been awaken a hundred times over whenever he sleeps in the lot, usually by someone like Steve or Dally, and each time he bites some insult their way. "You look about as homeless as a stray, Dal, don't tell me where to sleep.."
3 . . He's scarily good at sneaking around. The Curtis' don't realize whenever he comes over in the night. Majority of the time whenever he did show, nobody would realize until he walked into the kitchen outta nowhere and get a surprise yip from Darrel.
1 . . He knew Darry growing up, before he moved to NYC, where he lived from ages 8 to about 12 years old. — He was born in Tulsa, moved about seven and a half, and came back when he was near 14. — The two of them used to be closer than they are now.
2 . . He'd never do anything in art, because he doesn't give a rats ass about it, but he's drawn out quite a few of Tim Shepard's tattoo ideas. — On that topic, he also has tattoo that he doesn't much talk about or bring attention to (shockingly.) and it's a wilted rose on his right (back) shoulder blade that has a date underneath it.
3 . . He has very few things from NY and doesn't talk about it, ever. Though, he has this aged, purple hair tie that's either holding up his hair or around his wrist that he got from his momma in NY. Likewise, his bomber jacket is basically a relic that already had holes from a previous gunshot. — A gift from his old gang, is what he calls it at least.
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