This is all copy pasted from discord os im sorry if it doesnt make sense 💔💔 pls dm me and ill be glad to explain it
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lore under cut
Hal's snippy, avoids emotional responsibility, treats Ace like an obligation rather than a person. Not abusive, not cruel just like checked out, sarcastic, annoyed in that very Hal way. And Ace like immediately clocks it. He has that dry, unimpressed, arm crossed attitude with him, wont ask for him unless absolutely necessary and matches Hal's sarcasm beat for beat and refuses to be grateful for being tolerated.
Its not like loud fighting, more like constant low grade friction, like hal says "dont touch that" and ace is like "I wasnt going to" while actively touching it.
What really sells it is that Ace isnt trying to win Hal over. hes not begging for approval. hes like "Okay brother irdc" And that gets under Hal's skin more than if Ace was like constantly begging for his approval.
Because Ace isnt a helpless kid. hes capable. hes scared but he keeps going. He makes good calls. He takes hits without whining. he moves forward even when Hal hasnt taught him how yet.
And like another thing is that Hal calls Ace kid or brat, never by his name and that like ragebaites him and that lowk makes Hal giggle, but then when Ace finds out about Hal being unemployed he announces to everyone that green lantern is a bum (for a second everyone thinks hes talking about himself and then he has to specify the other lantern). And like they quickly grow close. they click in the field first, argue like equals. They trust each other’s instincts. but they still argue and never like be honest till ace almost dies. And thats when Hal actually calls him by his name
This is like Early Hal, when hes around mid 20s, just got the ring almost a year ago or smt idk
Also the ace almost dying happens the the "Tales of the green lantern corps" run, if you dont knoe ehat happens here is the wiki link, it gives a quick summary of each issue
If I explain tge comic lore it would be too long I fear so im just sharing the parts where ace pulls up., Going back to copy pasting from discord...
Also thinking about how Hal calls arisia little sister in The tales of the green lantern corps when they meet and like Ace sees it happens and side eyes Hal like "Wow. you never call me little brother 🙄 😒 , you call me kid, brat, pain in the a-" "Because you are 😐 " "😧 " And then he has to sit on the corner watching the other green lanterns Glaze Hal (also during this ace and arisia become friends). And then while fighting Nekron and his army in the final battle he gets his neck sliced where he almost dies one of the minions managed to slice aces neck, hitting him straight in the artery. when Ace realizes what happend he tries to look for hal but goes down fast. The only reason he survives is because the ring reacts instinctively, refuses to let ace die. So while ace is unconscious and dying the ring locks his vitals. It cauterizes his wound just enough, slows his heart rate, and keeps flowing oxygen to his brain. Hes not fine, hes dying slowly instead of immidiately.
Later when Hal wakes up from defeating nekron. he's surrounded by his comrades apart from ace, when he realizes that ace isnt there he starts panicking and arisa shows up with Ace's limp body in her arms.
Back in Oa They immidiately put ace in a medical center, thanks to the ring he manages to survive, the Guardians offer Hal Jordan a place as the Corps leader, but Hal declines, saying that he was just doing what any other Green Lantern would have done, and that he is just "one of the gang." (But at the same time he feels guilty for letting that happen to ace).
and that is where the comic ends, but since this is my shit. every other lantern has returned to their sector apart from hal. whos patiently sitting next to ace's medical bed thing. Hes overrriden with guilt like it eats him alive. he's wrecked emotionally. He thinks about how its only been a year since ace got the ring, this was his first crisis level mission at 14 years old. when hal stands up to leave for the night ace wakes up, his voice is horse and his struggling to talk, to even stay awake. He groans Hal's name, barely a whisper but Hal hears it and runs back over, Hal jumps him with questions asking him if hes okay while helping ace sit up. and ace looks at him and starts crying. This is the first time Hal sees ace cry, no matter how bad things had gotten before ace still had that stupid smile on his face, so finally seing him breakdown made Hal feel like he got shot.
"i-i was looking for you... And- you werent there." He painfully swallows "I was so scared- " he winces "and you werent there-" and ace starts bawling even more, like basically hal doesnt hear "i almost died" he hears "i trusted you" and right now he feels like he failed him. And like the "you werent there part" hits him the hardest because because ace isnt acusing him, he isnt yelling or angry either. Hes just… a kid who expected someone to be there. And that hurts Hal more than blame ever could.
Hal tries to reassure him "Ace, im here. im here now-" But ace is already shaking his head, tears falling faster than he can come up with words. Even tho Hal's a fixer, hes powerless here. It ends on stillness. Hal thinks of giving him a hug but hes not sure if ace even wants it. Hal wants to make a promise but bites his tongue, he stays there frozen while ace continues to cry.
This changes their relationship permenently. Hal can never treat Ace like “just another Lantern”
Ace can never fully trust “you’ll be there” without fear
Their bond becomes real instead of hypothetical
Hal stops seeing Ace as an obligation
Ace stops believing he has to be unbreakable
(ONFGHG THIS IS SO TERRIBLY WRITTEN, IT MAKES MORE SENSE ON DISCORD I SWEAR, IF SMT DOESNT MAKE SENSE PLS LMK AND ILL EXPAND MORE ON IT)
Okay chat, thinking about how kyle only got his ring because he was in the correct place at the right time and he was the first person the guardian found after the whole Hal thing. from the guardians perspective, Ace is the correct choice on paper for the last power ring. He’s disciplined enough to listen, compassionate enough not to abuse power, powerful enough to endure, and already proven he can operate at a legendary level (as in like can keep up with Hal as a kid while most of the corps struggle). If the Corps hadnt fallen the way it did, Ace was being groomed as a longterm investment. Not immediately, but like eventually. The kind of Lantern you shape carefully and slowly.
But then Hal becomes Parallax and suddenly Ace’s greatest strength becomes his biggest liability. Because like Ace doesnt worship the Corps, he believes in people, in hal. And to the guardians thats lowk a liability since they might not like his awnser. Not because Ace would become evil or reckless, but because he would hesitate. He would question them. He would try to save Hal instead of stopping him. And to the Guardians hesitation in a crisis like this is very risky
Theyre standing face to face.
Hal still looks the same, wearing his casual clothes with that fuckass pilot jacket he wears with everything.
Ace doesnt even realize what he's doing, muscle memory kicks in before thought and his forehead presses into Hal's shoulder.
His breath hitches one, then twice before crying. not sobbing, not breaking down.Just the quiet wrecked kind of crying, the one that comes from holding your tears in for too long.
"Im sorry" Ace mutters quietly his voice muffled. "I didn't mean to-"
Hal snorts, his arms already around his back "Kid. You said the exact same thing when you were fourteen" he said it warmly and amusingly. Hal's tone painfully familiar.
Ace lets out a weak disbelieving laugh through the tears "I did not."
"Oh you absolutely did" he squeezes Ace's shoulder "Every time. Like crying was something you needed to apologise for."
Ace exhales shakily, his shoulders dropping as he leans more of his weight into Hal. He's taller now. Heavier. Broader. but he still fits the same way he always did. like Hal's shoulder was made for crying.
Theres a pause before Hal adds, quieter but smiling even wider "Only difference is... I had to crouch back then"
And that does it. Ace laughs, real this time. wet and broken and tired, still crying but no longer fighting it.
Hal doesnt move, doesn't rush him, just holds him there steady as gravity. like he always had.
once ace pulled himself together Hal asks if he wants to go get a sandwich. From the same place he took him the forst time they met
IMBSORRY THIS IS SO LONG AND CHOPPED GUYS, I SWEAR I RIGHT BETTER THAN THIS, IM JUST TO TIRED TO TYPE IT OUT PROPERLY
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Little Sister - Ace's Perspective on when Darry nearly went soc
This fic is inspired by some tags left on my post by @specific-dreamer! I have grown to love Ace so much! I also have no idea how old Ace is in comparison to everyone else. Alas! Enjoy!
The first time Ace had been to the Curtis house she had limped inside, leaning heavily on her half-brother Steve with blood dripping down her face. He had set her gently on the couch, the others around her saying things she couldn’t hear through the buzzing in her ears.
Things were getting bad around town again, so bad that Steve and her had been jumped just trying to get home.While they were walking a soc’s mustang had rolled down the window and started yelling terrible things. Things Ace didn’t even want to repeat, the kind of stuff that nobody would say to those soc girls. When Steve had dared to yell back, four soc’s had poured out of the car and started running towards them. She’d barely had time to fumble her blade out of her back pocket before one of them had tackled her to the pavement. She’d taken about four punches before she’d screamed.
“You want to be a boy so bad? Why don’t you start by taking your punches like one, huh?” The soc had sneered before hitting her again.
She doesn’t remember much after that, too many hits to the head will do that to you. The next thing she does remember is Two-Bit touching her face after they’d chased off the last of those socs.
“You look okay kid, let’s get out of here.”
Then she was at the Curtis home. It was like she had never known comfort before that house. Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Curtis had been gone that night, but everyone else was there. That’s the first time she met the gang, except for Two-Bit of course.
It was Darrel Curtis that had set right to cleaning up this random kid on his couch. Darry always had to be doing something and right now the only thing to do was fix her up. It was at that moment she was sure he’d delegated himself to be her additional older brother. Soda had fallen in love with her immediately, something Ace liked to tease him for but Darry… Darry had taken it upon himself to be her protector. And he had, since then, Darry always protected Ace. In fights, from mean boys at school, even from unsuspecting comments made by the gang. One time Dallas had made a comment about her making him a sandwich and Darry had nearly clocked him into next week.
“You don’t get to say that shit to her, ya hear Dallas? Not in this house, not anywhere.” Dallas had rubbed his jaw glaring at Darry before storming out of the house angrily. He hadn’t said sorry but he hadn’t done anything like it since. It was the closest she would ever get to an apology from Dallas Winston.
All of this was before Darry had gotten his new soc friends. To be fair, he’d always had to be closer to the socs than the rest of them. He was in the smarter classes at school and he was on the football team. Both areas in which there are typically more socs than greasers.
The only difference was this year, he had actually become friends with them instead of just tolerating them like he used to. It had gone so far that he was spending the night at their houses, going to their parties, and sometimes even wearing their clothes.
Ace knew it hurt every member of the gang to see Darry buddying around with the enemy, but for some reason it had cut her deeper. Now he was friends with those same boys he used to protect her from. The same boys that still found time to beat her up and call her slurs. It just hurt to be betrayed by one of the people she never thought would betray her. She carried that anger right at the bottom of her throat, as if waiting for a moment to yell and release it all.
The worst was when Paul Holden and some of his friends had gotten ahold of her after school one day. Soda, Steve and Two-Bit had skipped, probably to get some lunch with their girlfriends. Johnny and Ponyboy weren’t in high school yet, still at the middle school. Ace was barely older, young and small for a freshman. She’d started the walk home to her grandparents house when she was passing the corner store. Paul Holden and his friends had strolled out of the store.
She’d barely had time to count them all before they attacked her. Two of them dragged her by the arms to the ground. She’d gone down kicking and screaming, trying in vain to get herself free. It hadn’t been enough though.
“Have we found ourselves a little boy fellas?” Paul sneered.
“Naw, I don’t know what this thing is, Paul.” Another one had answered, punctuating his statement by kicking her ribs in.
They left her there once they had finished. Ace laid there for a minute, still seeing stars before she’d all but dragged herself to the Curtis household. Nobody was home and so she’d gotten out the first aid kit and started cleaning up before collapsing on the couch.
Later, everyone had filed in and Ace told them what had happened. She’d left out the part that it was Darry’s friends but Dallas was still fuming. Darry still wasn’t home. He was the only one Ace dreaded seeing anyway. How could she tell him that his brand new buddies had beat the shit out of her? They had nearly killed her outside the corner store after school! How would she tell him the horrible things they had said? The names they had called her and nasty comments that still made her sick to her stomach? She found herself hating him. Darry hadn’t been the one to beat her up but he might as well have. He had betrayed her with the company he kept.
When Darry had walked through the door that night, finishing out his long day of school and work at his part time job, Ace had been fuming, shaking with a mix of fear and fury. She had been so distraught that she could hardly look in his direction.
“Let's go.” She had whispered to Steve sitting next to her. Soda gave her a confused, almost concerned look. He had always been good at reading people and Ace was no exception. She had to look away, fearing her face would betray her true feelings. Then Steve helped her up and they started home.
Ace heard later from Steve who heard from Two-Bit who heard from Ponyboy that Dallas had really laid into Darry about the company he was keeping. Apparently Ace getting jumped had really gotten to Dallas. So much so he started yelling at Darry. He hadn’t said anything about what happened to her but he had said more than enough about Darry wanting to be a soc. Darry hadn’t taken nicely to that and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis had walked in on the two boys fighting.
The next Monday at school Ace had seen Darry with Paul and the rest of those boys and that had hurt her more than anything. More than the busted ribs and the black eyes she was still carrying. Seeing Darry look at her and look back at Paul acting as if he hadn’t even seen her cut deeper than any knife.
The person that was supposed to be her friend had become an enemy. Indistinguishable from those who had jumped her and called her names a day earlier.
She’d skipped school the rest of her classes that day, having half a mind to drive to light his football jersey on fire. But she didn’t.
Usually when Ace was this frustrated, she would find Soda and talk to him. He could always help her, but she was scared he would defend Darry and she didn’t want to hear any of that. This was the first time she had been jumped this bad in a while and it had left her terrified out of her mind, constantly looking over her shoulder, and nervous. In the past, after she had gotten jumped, she would try to stay as close to Darry as possible, any of the guys really but mostly Darry. She had always known he wouldn't let anything happen to her with those tree trunk arms, but now… now she wasn’t sure what he would do. She was lost, she didn’t know who to go to.
So, she just stuck close to Steve and tried to stay out of the Curtis home. Staying away as much as possible.
Despite it all, the gang seemed to notice.
“Staying away kid?” Dallas found her smoking on her porch one day. “We ain’t seen you around much.”
“Yeah.” She’d said shortly, taking another drag.
“You know, I really don’t blame you. I’ve been staying away myself actually. Damn Darrel and those socs, all the way to hell.” He lit his own cigarette and sat down next to her. The two didn’t say anything else, just finishing their cigarettes and going their separate ways.
That was one thing she had to love about Dallas Winston. He came off cold but he had a level of understanding to him that was deep in a different way than anyone she’d ever known.
Soda had tried to talk to her too.
“You okay Ace?” They were skipping school and had gone to a gas station for lunch. She had popped a piece of her stolen bubble gum.
“Sure Soda.” She tried to sound confused but one look from Soda told her that he wasn’t falling for it.
“It’s just… You haven’t really been around the house much and when you are…” You don’t stay long. That part went unfinished. She didn’t want to see Darry, she thought that if she saw him she’d start yelling and if she started yelling things would get bad again. Like they had before Ace had been welcomed into the gang. Back when she and Steve were alone. She didn’t want to be alone again but she didn’t know if betrayal was much better.
“You ever think I have other friends? Things to do that don’t involve you? You’re so self-centered Soda, it’s all those good looks, they get in your head.” She tried to say it with a smile, even pinching his ear like they used to do as kids. But it seemed Soda didn’t want to play this game anymore. He quickly turned serious.
“You can always talk to me, you know?” He said, knocking his shoulder against hers. “If there is anything that’s troublin’ you, I’m always here.”
“I know.” He smiled then, stealing a piece of her gum and running off before she could kick him.
So that's how it went for a couple more weeks. Ace stayed away from the Curtis home and tried to stay invisible at school, but those boys had singled her out and seemed hell-bent on seeing her dead. They called her slurs and said nasty things to her. Things that would turn her dead momma in her grave. So she tried her best to fade into the background. Don’t get her wrong, Ace was never one to run from a fight but there was a difference between being brave and being plain stupid and Ace had never been stupid. She wasn’t going to run head-first into a fight she couldn’t win and she definitely wasn’t going to run to someone who wouldn’t even bother to protect her anymore.
Soda had definitely noticed something was wrong between her and Darry. Whether or not he had said anything to Darry? She didn’t know and she didn’t intend to find out.
It all happened late on a Friday night. Ace had gone to the drive-in with Steve, Soda, and Two-Bit, she had left by herself. Some of those soc girls had shown up and started making fun of her, calling her ugly and boyish, pretty much the usual. Ace grew frustrated and told Steve she was going to the bathroom, opting instead to start the run home. In hindsight, it wasn’t the smartest decision she had ever made.
She had been a block away from the Curtis house before she had realized where her feet were taking her. Just as she started to turn around, a mustang began flashing its lights at her. She started to run but didn’t get far before Paul and his friends got ahold of her. She had yelled something awful, knowing full well that nobody in their neighborhood would do a thing about it. Maybe that was why the socs chose to jump her on greaser turf, they knew no one would call the cops.
Paul shut her up with a punch to the mouth, she felt her lip split. Two soc boys held back her arms.
“Well well well, what do we have he-,” She spat blood at him before he could finish his growling sentiment. They all stopped, holding their breath as if waiting for Paul's next move. Then they erupted into howling laughter, like a pack of nasty hyenas.
“Do you think that scares me? You greaser scum.” He delivered a blow to her stomach. She lost her breath and would have doubled over if not for the boys holding her up.
“Oh… I think there's a lot that scares you.” She said with a wince. “You soc scum!” Paul hit her several more times, managing to split her eyebrow open, blood pouring into her face. Then they drop her to the ground.
“Say that again you little dyke! Say that shit again!”
“I don’t need to!” She spits back. “You heard me the first time, you know what you are!” She starts to say more but they begin kicking her.
It’s getting to the point where she doesn’t even register how many times they’re hitting her anymore. Her whole body is pulsating in pain with her heartbeat. She tries again to scream or move or do something but she's pinned. Right as Ace is about to pass out she hears someone shout.
“Hey! What the hell…” The voice fades after that and she feels like her head is underwater.
When she finally comes around, she’s lying on her back. Blood drips from her eye and onto the cracked sidewalk below her. She’s suddenly hyper aware of Darry patting her cheek softly, looking more scared than she’s seen him in a long time.
“...an you hear me? Ace baby… come on…. Can you hear me? Ace?” She blinks dumbly and tries to say something but her mouth won't work properly. Isn’t she supposed to be mad at Darry? It’s his friends who just beat her up. She can’t think straight. “Okay, Let’s just get you home Ace.” He doesn’t wait for an answer before sliding his hands under her head and knees, picking her up as gently as he can and carrying her down the rest of the block and into the house.
She doesn’t even register the walk… or being set down on the couch. Her head is still swimming and she can only feel pain and anger. Darry wasn’t supposed to save her! He was supposed to jump in and help his friends beat her up! She couldn’t believe he’d saved her. Not after everything.
Darry came out of the kitchen with an ice pack and the first aid kit.
“What’s goin’ on Ace? I ain’t seen you around anymore kid. What were you doing walkin’ home alone?” Ace could have answered him kindly, but she had weeks of pent up anger towards Darrel Curtis. He wasn’t going to get off this easy.
“What do you care?” She spat. “Not like you’re around much anyway.” The way his eyebrows rose clear to his hairline told Ace that he had no idea what she was talking about.
“What are you talking about?” He asked.
“Don’t give me that!” She said, flecks of blood spraying from her lips. “With the company you keep, you should’ve helped Paul and your buddies jump me. You damn soc!” She spits out the last part with a conviction that only comes out of weeks of bottled-up anger.
“What? Are you serious?” To his credit, he looks genuinely hurt, not that it soothes Ace’s temper any.
“You know what? I’m leaving, you asshole.” She goes to stand but is overcome with a wave of nausea, suddenly dry heaving while Darry runs for a bowl.
Darry rubs her back as she empties her stomach. Which is mostly popcorn and soda from the drive in.
“You probably have a concussion. Just take it easy Ace.” She wants to relax but Ace is still fired up, she has so many things to say to her once friend and surrogate older brother.
“Yeah, thanks to your friends, real nice company you keep Darrel.” She doesn’t know if it’s the concussion making her honest or the angry bitterness running through her veins but she says it.
“What are you talking about, my friends?” He moves for the first aid kit and starts fixing the cut on her eyebrow.
“You’re tellin me you chased em off and didn’t see who they were? Paul and all your buddies were the ones that jumped me!”
“That can’t be right.” Darry looks almost stricken.
“It is. You think I’m stupid? That I couldn’t see the guys that jumped me? It was all those soc royalty guys you like to buddy around with.”
“You’re making it sound like I have a choice in all of this Ace. They’re the people I’m around every day, they’re on the football team, I have to be friendly.”
“Of course you have a choice in all of this. I just don’t understand how you could betray us.”
“I’m not betraying anyone. I’m just doing what I have to.” Darry says through gritted teeth, he’s starting to get frustrated which is exactly what Ace is going for.
“You hanging out with those socs is betraying all of us. You’d really trade the gang? Your flesh and blood? For what? Some jackals in letterman jackets and nice shoes? You think they give a damn about you? They don’t! You’re betraying us for nothing!.” She scoffs, flinching a little as he adds a butterfly stitch to her eye.
“If you think I’m betraying my brothers or any of you, you’re stupider than you look! I’m doing what I have to do. To live my life right! To get out of Tulsa!” Darry finishes with the stitches and stands up, he’s openly yelling now.
“Being a soc is living your life right?” Ace stands too, nearly two heads shorter than Darry but that doesn’t matter. She’s all spitfire and raw emotion. Darry needs a wake up call anyway. “I don’t understand how you can buddy around them when you protected me! When you stood up for me! You don’t know half the things those boys did to me, half the things they say to me! They’re terrible people and they’re gonna make you terrible too!” The last part comes out like a choked sob, but she swallows it. Ace doesn’t cry. Not in front of anyone.
“What?” He looks like someone has slapped him and Ace is a little scared she pushed him too far. “What did they do to you?” His voice is icy, Ace didn’t expect that response. Ace doesn’t answer, she’s blinking back tears and is still in pain from the fight. “Ace. What did they do?” He emphasizes every syllable in that protective way, the same way that reminds her of how things used to be.
“They… They…” She’s struggling for words and rightly so, but once the words start, they don’t stop. Coming out like a flood of terror. “They say terrible things to me at school every day, they call me names and slurs. Everytime I pass them in the hall they make fun of my hair and my clothes and my dead momma. Sometimes they pull my hair and they’ve jumped me twice now. I’m scared, Darry.” She sounds younger than she is and immediately Darry softens, taking a step towards his little sister. “I’m scared they’ll make good on their threats, or hurt me, or even kill me! I’m just scared all the time and I’m scared that you won’t help me because you’re friends with them now too.”
Ace sits down on the couch, the fight knocked out of her. There it is, out in the open. She closes her eyes, ready to hear Darry start yelling again or worse tell her she deserves it but she doesn’t hear anything. Instead she opens her eyes to see Darry pale faced and visibly trembling. His cold blue eyes looking at her with something… pity? Fear? Annoyance? Something.
“Ace… god…” He’s at a loss for words. “I didn’t know it was that bad.”
“But you knew it was bad?” She’s exhausted, she’s suddenly so tired and ready to go to sleep.
“Yeah, I mean, I know that they always have it out for greasers but… I’m gonna kill them for this. I didn’t know they were saying all that, I’m so sorry.” Ace doesn’t say it’s okay because it’s not. What they did will never be made okay. Darry looks up at her again. “Ace… I would never help them hurt you. I would never do anything to hurt you.” Surprisingly enough, Ace can feel a tear slide down her cheek. “You have to know that, okay? I would die before I let them do anything to my baby sister.”
It’s the first thing he’s said all night that Ace truly believes. Darry would always protect her, of course he would. That never went away. He would never do anything to hurt her intentionally.
Darry pulls her into his chest in a hug, his knees on the ground. Ace hugs him back, her quiet tears soaking his shirt as she clutches her arms to him. Then he pulls away and she wipes her eyes, sniffing a little and trying to laugh.
“Don’t go turning soc on us Darry. I couldn’t take it.” But Darry isn’t laughing.
“I’m going to kill Paul and Chet and all the rest of them for this Ace. I swear to god I’m gonna kill them.” He softens when he looks at her. “I’m going to stop Ace, I’m going to stop trying to be something I’m not. For the gang and for you.” She smiles easily, accepting that.
“Thanks greaser.” She says good naturally, Darry grins.
“You sure you’re okay?” He says looking her over as if he missed something.
“Yeah, it just hurts.”
“It’ll be okay, I’ll get you some aspirin. Stay here tonight and try to get some sleep. I’m going to see if I can find my brothers.”
“Okay greaser.” She had a sneaky feeling that he might run into Paul as well but she didn't say anything.
“Good night little sister. Call if you need anything.” She just nodded, sleeping well for the first time in weeks.
Ponyboy - Grey-Blue - This color has many different areas it’s related to, some things include skepticism, intellect, and even feeling burnt out. I think these all apply to Pony more towards the beginning of the musical. He’s feeling burnt out of Tulsa, like Far Away From Tulsa and Great Expectations. He’s very intelligent and also skeptical of certain things that are happening around him.
Sodapop - Baby Blue - Soda is always happy and caring, positive emotions are very prominent with this color. Baby blue is also associated with being trustworthy and also valuing honesty. I think this is true for Soda when it comes to Sandy, he would have rather had her be honest up front. The color also relates to being emotional, and Soda is very much so an emotional character (need I say more??)
Johnny - Light Purple - Light Purple can be someone who is unifying, and I think Johnny is this character. He’s the one, as Pony says, who keeps the group together by being there. The color is also associated with loyalty and trustworthiness, which explains Johnny perfectly. He’s someone Pony can talk about anything with. It’s also a soft, comforting, and gentle color. All of these characteristics explain Johnny perfectly. He is such a gentle and soft-spoken character, he sees people even if they don’t see him.
Dallas - Deep Red - He’s very strong willed and determined in everything he does, which are major aspects associated with this color. He’s always determined to keep Pony and Johnny safe in whatever circumstances. Strength and even negative emotions can be associated with this color. Dally isn’t a negative person, but he does have some strong negative emotions like anger and he is around many negative habits.
Darry - Forrest Green - This color is associated with many different emotions and things, such as strength, reliability, and resilience. Darry is very much so this character, he tries to stay strong for Soda and Pony at all times, while also trying to do everything around the house. It’s also a color of growth. Throughout the musical we can see how he becomes more understanding of Ponyboy, he supports his writing more and even reads it. He begins to show more love towards both Pony and Soda at the end. He grows a lot throughout the story, and we see that more prominently in the musical.
Two-Bit - Golden Yellow - Energetic, happy, confident, vibrant, and social. Doesn’t this sound exactly like Two-Bit? He is always talking and cracking jokes, he’s messing around with Soda or Ace. He’s in it for the thrill, he is always energetic and doesn’t think twice (or at all) about his jokes. He’s also an extremely loyal character, he is willing to do anything for any of the other characters.
Ace - Royal Purple - This color is a royal color, I think that Ace is such an independent and strong person, she’s definitely the queen of the group. She’s tough and loyal, which are qualities of the color. She’s willing to do anything for Steve, Soda, Two-Bit, or anyone in the gang. She’s also very intelligent, she learns from her past and doesn’t let others get in her way.
Steve - Dark Blue - This color is associated with deep loyalty and connection to those around you. Although Steve isn’t a main character, you can still see what comradery he had with the other members of the gang. He’s fiercely loyal to Ace especially. Dark Blue is a genuine color, and I think Steve is a genuine person. Although he may look tough, I think he’s a genuine softy on the inside.
Thanks @kaytheday for the idea! It was fun to look into the characters a little deeper! I hope you guys liked my analysis!!
She said she’s not comfortable being shipped and I can relate to that. Being shipped with your friends, especially when you, and maybe even your friend, is uncomfortable with it, sucks ass and I’ve had too many friendships ruined because of it. So yeah.
Reyna wants to remain single for now? Hell yeah! You go Reyna!
Okay Chat Lore of how Ace got his ring under the cut!!!
Ace is 13 and has no friends. hes not bullied but he is invisible most of the time.
One day a group of kids from his class invite him to hang out at the mall. and bro is exited as fuck. he puts on his best hoodie, cleans his sneakers styles his hair.
Only to find out they stood his ass up 😭😭😭 he stood there waiting for 45 minutes trying to act busy waiting for them only to see a story on his phone of the kids at an arcade thats like 3 hours away from the mall.
He cant just head home now. His parents will ask on why he came back early, and he really doenst want to tell them he got stood up. So he decides to take the long way home. like. really long. like he wanders for a good while.
And then he hears a scream from a nearby alley way. he peeks from the corner and theres 2 men harassing a woman and theres a small child.
His heart is pounding. he knows hes just a kid and how he should just walk away.
And then a stupid, like really stupid like super very much stupid thought comes across his mind
"No but favorite comic book character would NOT let this slide... and I kin his ass. I should alpha up"
And then lil bro picks up and throws a rock at one of the dudes. both dudes turn to look at him and 1 of them has a gun.
And lil bro is like "Oh shit. forgot people have those..." and he is shaking now and now he REALLY wants to run.
But then he sees the little kid and woman shaking and hes like "Shit ho... well im already in deep, might as well commit to the bit. Fuck my stupid chungus life"
And then he starts rage baiting, his voice trembling and as the men come closer something crashes from the sky.
A streak of green light and boom. an alien slams into the ground, barely alive, armor cracked, ring glowing weakly.
A few seconds later a 2nd alien whos larger and seems angry as fuck lands shouting in another language beating the shit of the green lantern alien.
The men seeing this run away, accidentally dropping their gun. the woman grabs her kid and bolts.
Ace is just standing there frozen, his brain farting not knowing what to do as he sees the 2 alien fight in the alley.
He does know that the bigger alien pummeling his fists into the alien who is dressed like green lantern is the number 1 opp atm.
And like hes considering calling the government or something since they usually handle this sort a stuff.
both of them are paying him no mind, too locked in their battle.
and as he looks around in panic he sees the gun the men dropped as they ran passed him.
He picks it up and is like "Ive done like 2 stupid stuff today... 3rd times the charm i guess..."
Ace shoots at the evil alien, and it does like absolutely nothing, does get his attention tho. and ace is like "fuck my chungus life²."
Ace is panicking even more as the big alien is not approaching him and the green dude is trying to stop his ass.
He walks backward trying to create some distance while still holding up the gun, and as hes about to shoot he trips on an empty can. causing the bullet to go astray and hit a nearby fire extinguisher.
It bursts, filling the alley with smoke and foam. coating the bigger aliens eyes, blinding him for a while
The green lantern quickly flies out of there picking Ace up with him. and like ace is yelling as he flies through the air like a sack of potatoes.
Before they can go far, the lantern's injuries finally hit him as he crashes onto a a rooftop.
And ace is worried like crazy "Hey dude are you okay?? oh my god oh my god! please dont die here-"
And like the alien cuts him off "This is earth...?" And nods like yeah ts is earth.
And the lantern is like "Find Hal jordan..."
"WHO THE FUCK IS THAT MAN 😭😭"
and the alien takes off his ring and hands it too ace "FIND him... i am too weak to deal with him alone.." Before dying.
Ace is like shitting himself because hes so lost. he doesnt know what to do. so using his pro detective skills. He decides to head to coast city. where the only other GL operates
"Okay okay... Hal jordan. Hal jordan.. Haaaal jordan. Coast city. That's in- thats in california right...? how the hell am i getting to california?? And what happens if The Hal Jordan person isnt even green lantern..." he rambles to himself and then decide to just put on the ring and go on from there.
After putting on the ring his hoodie morphs into a sleep green and black suit. "Oh my god. Im a power ranger."
And then the killer alien from before roars out how he cant hide forever. So ace does what any other 13 year old would do.
He tries to fly away immediately.
He rockets up, zigzaging in the sky. Hitting a build board once or twice and basically just looking like a green flashy Frisbee zigzaging through traffic. And the whole time hes apologising to idk who like "SORRY! NEW POWERS WHO DIS??"
And then when hes finally getting a hang of it and flying more smoother, he gets jumped by the alien from before.
He slams into the ground with the alien on top of him and hes like "I found the other lantern's dead corpse. I had a personal vendetta against him. And since I couldn't see him take his last breath, you as his sucessor will pay the price!"
And ace is like
"Dude, i dont even know the guy! I met him 15 minutes ago!"
"He *chose* you."
"HE WAS DELIRIOUS 😭😭!"
The alien is about to punch his face in and ace is like "Hell nah 😨 !" and summons a crooked shield accidentally that barely stops the punch.
Ace having a better understanding kinda of his powers like beams the Aliens ass away and flies away. Trying to dodge attacks and fly smooth.
At the same time hes getting kinds frustrated, because he would have been at Coast city by now if it wasnt because of that fat fuck.
And after and attack lands on him, crashing into a field with dirt flying everywhere and hes coughing. And hes getting mad as fuck now.
He floats back into the air
"You want a fight? I'll give you a fight!" And summons all his power into one big messy green beam
The beam goes out with this huge sound and and lights up the sky and knocks the alien into the ground and ace is like
"Yeah...That's what I thought... dumb space slug..." Before immediately starting to fall because his ring is now out of energy.
And before he can hit the ground Hal pulls up and holds him by the scruff like a wet sad cat.
"Jesus, kid- self preservation skills of a wet fart"
"thats rude.." Ace mutters half conscious
"You fought an intergallacting felon with training wheels on your ring. Youre lucky I showed up before you turned into cosmic salsa."
"I won tho..."
"You survived, *barely*. theres a difference."
Then Hal lands and places Ace down gently but hes so done at the same time. The alien crawls back up and hal nonchalantly shoots a clean beam to the alien KOing it and he puts a cage around the alien before turning back to Ace.
And ace slumps over, his eyes wide and huge. "Howd you- Teach me that please."
And hal is like
"Oh, no. You're definitely not flying unsupervised again." Hal looks down at ace "What are you? 12?"
"Thirteen. And a half"
"Ofcourse you are."
Hal sighs and is like "Okay kid, lets get you a sandwich, some awnsers and a lesson on how not to get vaporised."
And like ace grins faintly, exhausted but relieved.
"Can I pick the sandwich?"
"Dont push you're luck kid."
And then they get sandwiches as Hal explains the whole lantern thing to him. And the alien next to them like a dog on a leash, but hes in a cage.
One thing I will say about watching the bootleg is how much I love the way Tilly plays Ace. I know that because there is no other material on Ace, she gets to invent her entire character but I think she does a great job. The way she interacts with all of the other members of the gang seems very intentional and comfortable. Like those are her brothers. It’s an incredible acting choice on Tilly’s part. Ace has no problem wrestling with Two-Bit or Soda or hugging Darry and Steve. After the rumble she is leaning/pulling on Dallas and yelling excitedly (if exhausted) right in his face. She has a level of closeness with each gang member that simply isn’t present between any of the boys.
Ace is only girl member of their gang and Tilly plays it so well. She acts exactly like you would have thought the only girl in the gang would act. Like one of the guys but somehow she has a certain closeness and an individual and unique relationship with every single member of the gang.
I simply love Ace. I have so many ideas I want to write for her. Don’t be surprised if I’m a little obsessed with her for a while 😂
