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[starz-lolz]

I think Ponyboy's view on his relationships with the other Curtis gang members is really interesting because I believe two things:

1.Ponyboy doesn't truly see how much the others care for him because of his insecurities.

2.Members of the gang may just not like Ponyboy...and what he says about them in the book may not be as far from the truth as the fandom likes to believe it is.

I am a youngest child who has been teased my whole life and I can definitely say that I have been convinced that people hate my ass when they most likely don't. Ponyboy isn't trying to be unreliable in his narration it's just what he believes based on his experiences. Steve is an dick to him, and whether or not you believe that he secretly has a soft spot for Pony, it makes sense that Pony would hate Steve and think that the feeling was mutual. I love Steve & Pony fics that explore their relationship but like...dude I have been in Pony's position!! It sucks!!! I get why he thinks Steve hates him because, in a way, Steve probably does!!

And with Darry, I can 100% see why Pony thinks Darry hates him. I love Darry with my whole chest but he is kind of an ass in the book to Pony, and there is a definite difference between how he interacts with Pony vs Soda. Even though we, as the reader, can see why, but Pony cannot cause he's 14 and insecure and still getting used to the shift in dynamic between him and his brothers. Maybe I'm just biased cause of my life but idk man.

I had examples for all the other characters but none of them made sense so...I hope you guys understand what I'm saying.

Also being the youngest in a group (esp when the group consists of your siblings and siblings' friends) is awful. 0/10 do NOT recommend. You think everyone sees you as a bother or whatever or that you're just tanging along with the big kids because your older siblings are forced to. You are never fully convinced that they aren't just waiting for the right chance to kick you to the curb.

Or something like that.

All I'm saying is that, if I were in Pony's position, I would also be convinced everyone (minus Soda and Johnny) hated me and didn't want me around.

[elusivelucien]

discussion time

everyone gather round

enlighten me as to what would happen if ponyboy died instead of johnny and Dally.

(Dally and Johnny doodle under the cut)

And ominous Dally.

[greaser-b0i]

I love the whole, ponyboy has a gang thing. But we extend it. Nobody knows who exactly they are, but everyone knows what they are.

Cherry is 'the soc who tells all of the other socs secrets'

Curly is 'the hood from the shepherds gang'

Mark is 'the drug dealer'

M&M is 'the baby of the group, but the others will beat your ass if you so much as touch him'

Johnny is 'the softest one of the gang, but he is the leaders favorite'

Ponyboy is 'the leader, he has the. All wrapped around his finger'

And this group just goes around trying to make sure no one figures who they are. It would be even funnier if ponyboy had no clue, so the rest are just trying to make sure ponyboy doesn't find out because otherwise he'll freak out.

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Ponyboy Curtis except he's paralyzed by the constant fear of saying or doing the wrong thing.

A teacher kindly tells him after class that she's not mad but he needs to give the other students a chance to talk and he doesn't speak in that class for the next 3 months.

Someone asks for his opinion on something only to be given a weird look and told that his opinion is wrong, and for at least the next 6 months he carefully thinks about everything he says and does lest he make another wrong opinion.

He tells a funny story only to be told that he's over-sharing and for people to take his story as him being upset, so he refuses to interact with those people again and he gets scared to share stories or funny anecdotes in fear he'll overshare again.

He's constantly running through past interactions in his mind trying to figure out if he really was speaking too much, or why his opinion was wrong, or why his story was TMI. The thing is he can never figure it out so he just keeps his mouth shut and stops speaking as much because he doesn't want to be Different and disliked, and the next time his mouth gets ahead of him and he speaks up about something, he feels so ashamed and guilt that he doesn't look anyone in the eye for weeks.

[curtisgang4life]

anyone else ever thinking about how when pony was in the church in windrixville that it was the longest darry and soda had gone without him? like ever? before then, in ponyboy's whole life, from the moment he was born, he had never gone a single day without seeing his brothers. darry and soda had never been apart from their baby brother, and they were thinking they might never see him again. just wanted to put that out there.

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Ponyboy Curtis except everyone in the gang makes fun of him for everything because he's The Baby and that's not always a fun position to be in.

Pony trying to read only for Two-Bit to steal his books and tease him until he stops reading them outside of his room.

Pony trying his hand at baking like his mom only for Soda to make an off-hand comment about him being like a housewife so he gives up there and never tries again.

Pony having a stuffed horse that his parents gave him that he carried with him everywhere and loved more than anything up until Steve started telling anyone who would listen that Ponyboy still sleeps with stuffies so Pony throws it away and refuses to have anything soft in his bed other than a blanket and pillow.

Pony testing out how sweaters and cardigans and such feel during the winter until Dally calls him weak for not being able to handle the cold and Pony takes all his soft clothes and tells his parents/Darry to sell them because he doesn't want them any more.

Pony watching a 'girly' TV show with Johnny until Steve walks in and makes fun of Pony and when Pony looks to Johnny for defense Johnny is staring at his feet so Pony never watches anything even slightly 'girly' again.

Pony taking a minute to brush his hair and make it soft because he wonders how it'd feel only for Darry to tell him to hurry up and stop preening and acting like a girl so Pony greases his hair and doesn't consider going a day without grease again.

And none of the gang realize this until he absentmindedly mentions how childish and lame stuffies and soft clothes are. Until he sees that 'girly' TV show come on and calls it stupid and boring before anyone can say anything. Until Darry asks if he turned in all his library books and Pony gives him an odd look and tells Darry that he hasn't gone to the library in months and all the books he has are the ones he's had for years and were bought for him. Until Soda is baking and Pony passes by and makes an offhand comment about how baking is 'for girls' and they should just start buying cakes instead. Until Dally finally takes a minute to do his hair properly and Pony gives him an odd, judging look and jokes about Dally being a secret girl.

[sodapopcrtis]

sodapop curtis who physically cannot sleep without hugging something. in his childhood it was his teddy bear, or on nights when he had nightmares, he would crawl into bed with his parents and hold onto his mom for dear life. after an especially long day at work, he would sometimes fall asleep on the couch while still tightly holding onto sandy. every night after their parents’ deaths, sodapop clung onto ponyboy. with soda’s company, ponyboy was finally able to sleep through the whole night. and it felt nice to be beside his little brother.

after darry had hit ponyboy, and he dashed out, sleep was obviously a lost cause. if he wasn’t pacing around the house, waiting desperately with darry for a phone call or somene to walk through the door or anything, he would finally fall asleep with his arms wrapped tightly around ponyboys pillow, the smell of his shampoo still lingering. the younger boy’s lack of presence was obviously still notable, but it helped for sodapop to fill the absence with something.

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Ponyboy 'thinks no one loves him unless they can show it in a straightforward and honest way he can understand' Curtis vs. the 'will not show they care in a straightforward and honest way due to societal expectations and not understanding Ponyboys need for that' Curtis gang

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Can we just talk about how it's not entirely Pony's fault for seeing only the best/worst in the gang, and having a one-dimensional view of them?

To start from the very beginning, Pony is younger than everyone else in the gang by at least two years. By the time he started developing memories, the gang was learning how to hide the vulnerable parts of themselves in order to survive on the East side, and that hiding extends to each other! So chances are, Pony just doesn't remember them without that act they always put on - Johnny making himself smaller so his parents don't get him, Steve making himself quiet and moody to hide his fear and hurt, Two-Bit using humor to cope with the loss of his dad and the reality of his situation, etc. And don't say 'they were just kids they aren't capable of that!' Not consciously, but they're capable of it. Like, say Pony started developing memories at 5. Johnny and Soda are 7, Dally and Steve are 8, Two-Bit is 9, and Darry is 11. As someone who works and has worked with kids ages 3-13, these kids are old enough to know how to put up a front. Maybe not one that would work on people their age or older, but one that would work on little, oblivious Ponyboy.

And then as they grow older, it becomes more and more obvious to them that Pony is in need of protecting! One of the first things we see in the book is Pony getting so lost in thought that he doesn't notice he's being followed by a bright red car, and then immediately after getting jumped he's drifting off again. He literally said he was thinking about if greaser girls cry when their boys get arrested, from after he was jumped to hours later! And everyone tells this boy that he doesn't use his head. And he's the youngest? Yeah, everyone sees that boy as 'needs to be protected.' And that means that the gang is gonna put up fronts and refuse to be vulnerable with him because they want him to rely on them! They want to be strong in his eyes! They're his protectors, his older brothers, of course they're not gonna act vulnerable around him and trust him with their problems.

This is just further emphasized after the Curtis parents' death. Darry is his guardian now, and you know what a good guardian does? Not show weakness or vulnerability in front of the kid they're caring for! Of course, that doesn't work for everyone and their kid, but it's the 60's Darry doesn't know that! All he knows is that Pony is stressed, and grieving, and that Darry burdening Pony with his worries would make Pony worse. Pony could think that Darry's too stressed and stop coming to Darry when he has a problem, he could think Darry is struggling with money and start working secretly or stealing, he could think Darry doesn't eat enough and start decreasing his portions so Darry could eat more. And these things are all true, but they aren't Pony's burden to shoulder, and a good guardian wouldn't make it Pony's burden. But Darry can't figure out a way to rely on Pony without also burdening Pony and putting his health (mental and physical) further at risk, so he doesn't show vulnerability at all.

It's the same thing with Soda - even though he should also be able to rely on Darry as a guardian, that's just not how their relationship developed and even though he knows he can rely on Darry for anything, they've become more of a unit that works to co-parent Pony. Darry handles physical and financial needs, while Soda brings in a bit more money and handles Pony's emotional state. And again, if you're in charge of someone and you want to protect them, you aren't gonna be vulnerable with them! Even if you want to be, you'll find other alternatives, because this is someone you wanna protect and help, not burden. You don't wanna seem unstable or incapable in their eyes.

And that gang probably does something similar - acting strong and only showing Pony a specific view of them so he doesn't realize that they aren't as reliable as they look. Of course Pony sees Steve as nothing but an angry yet skilled guy who hates him, that's what Steve wants Pony to see (well, maybe not the hates him part, that's all Pony's insecurity). Pony sees Two-Bit as a funny guy who knows the score and is real smart when he wants to be, because Two-Bit would never want Pony seeing that he struggles! Dally is seen as mean and cold and heartless, because that's what he wants everyone to see! Pony sees Johnny as a soft, quiet, kicked puppy because Johnny knows Pony needs someone that's like him. Someone that understands him and listens to him, and doesn't make him feel lesser-than, or alienated because he's not as strong or tuff as them. Pony needs someone who he feels like he can care for, and protect. So Johnny hides his colder, meaner, more 'greaser/hood-like' side away, because he wants to take care of Pony and this is the only way he knows how. That, and Pony is his best-friend, and if he and Pony can't trust each other then they can't trust anyone!

Ponyboy not being able to see through the fronts people put up is expected, especially considering that it's all he's known. You can't blame someone for believing that the way their brothers act is the way their brothers are.

[juniiperstree]

if you dont like all three curtis brothers i dont trust you

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Maybe I'm just one for the dramatics, but I don't really see people talking and really acknowledging how Ponyboy literally almost died that night in the fountain. Like, if they'd pushed his head under a bit too far he would've cracked his head open, and even though they didn't, he quite literally lost consciousness. He'd gone limp when Johnny stabbed Bob. If his body hadn't automatically coughed up that water he'd be dead, considering CPR wasn't something I imagine Johnny would know or think about doing. Ponyboy was being drowned to death and almost died. Like, I feel as though we just don't focus on how Pony was quite literally on the verge of death. So here are some headcanons of how the gang would react upon hearing that Pony almost drowned.

Johnny already knew. He didn't just stab Bob because he was torturing Pony and would go after Johnny next, he stabbed Bob because he was killing Pony. That's why he was so protective and emphasized Pony's age in that one scene (it's my fault for bringing a 14 year old kid along. that one) - because if he hadn't stabbed Bob, Pony would be dead. In fact, I think that before everything with Bob happened, Johnny had never before been outwardly protective of Pony or treated him like he was younger or anything like that. After all, Pony said that Johnny just understands him and gets him without needing to say a word, and with how defensive Pony is about fitting in and not being a baby and such, I can't imagine he would've said that if Johnny had shown a tendency to think of Pony as a kid. Maybe Johnny was secretly protective, but he definitely didn't show it until the fountain, and until he felt the weight of Pony's life in his hands. (and yes, Johnny not wanting to get jumped was a part of the reason he killed Bob, but lets be real - the boy was actively suicidal and watching his best friend get killed right in from of him, Pony was probably at the forefront of his mind at the moment, the way Johnny was Pony's last thought before passing out)

They didn't tell Dally what happened when they went to him for help, but he figured it out after they escaped and he got some sleep. Johnny wouldn't kill someone unless he really thought they would severely hurt him or Pony, the way they did when they jumped him before, but he didn't seem too beat-up. Meanwhile, Pony was soaking wet from his hair to his waist and crying, and Bob Sheldon is revealed to have been stabbed directly over the fountain. Pony also probably sounded different from all the strain drowning put on his throat and lungs. It doesn't take a genius once you put the pieces together. Dally was pissed about it. He almost jumped Cherry when he next saw her (page 93), and went on a rampage around Tulsa beating on anyone who looked at him wrong. If Bob was buried before Dally went to go check on Johnny and Pony, then Dally went to his grave and spat on it or something. Randy probably was in hiding that week due to grief and shame, but Dally got his hands on the rest of Bob's close circle of friends. When Dally dies, some of his last thoughts are about the gang, and especially Ponyboy. He knows the kid could never bring himself to toughen up, and now Dally won't be here to protect him anymore and he wasted his last words on telling the most kind kid he knows to not be kind anymore. It's his final and biggest regret, along with leaving the gang.

The rest of the gang didn't find out until the hearing, and didn't hear Pony's side until after he wrote The Outsiders.

Darry was fucking distraught. If Bob wasn't already dead, Darry (and Soda) would kill him himself. He wouldn't let Pony go out without Darry or a member of that gang being with him, and the fear that Pony could've drowned made Darry develop a fear of Pony being around water. The park? Absolutely not. Too-long showers? Darry's knocking and making sure Pony is alive before he yells about the bill. Fishing trip? Fuck no. Darry lived the rest of his life with the guilt that if he just hadn't hit Pony, Pony would've never gotten drowned and Johnny and Dally would've lived. He also thinks about his potential last words to Pony. He has nightmares where that night goes as it did in real life, but Pony is killed at the fountain and Darry never gets a chance to apologize or clear the air with his brother.

Soda was also distraught. He felt like if he'd just diffused Darry and Pony's argument better, before things got out of hand, his baby brother wouldn't have had to go through that. Any time Ponyboy so much as takes a sigh after a sip of water, Soda is having terrible images of Pony never catching his breath again. He (and Darry) cries about it when Pony is out. Soda hates the park now, he just can't stand it. And any time he sees a fountain or a Soc that used to run with Bob, he's scowling and ready to fight with the next person who so much as pokes him.

Steve doesn't stop thinking about what could've been his last words to Pony because really, he doesn't remember them. He knows he always treated Johnny with his own version of kindness (not that he doesn't wish he couldn't have said goodbye), and that he did what he could for Dally (again, doesn't make it any less devastating), but what did he last say to Pony before that night at the fountain? At least with Johnny and Dally, he can comfort himself by saying he was there for them, and he knows that they knew he cared, but could he say the same thing for Pony? He gives the kid free pepsi and is kind to him, but never outwardly. Never to his face. Never in a way the kid could understand. If he'd died at the fountain, would he have died thinking Steve never cared? Steve is very careful with Pony after that, and his last words to anyone in the gang before they part are always something nice or playful.

Two-Bit drinks. A lot. Sometimes he thinks of literally drowning himself in alcohol to feel how Pony felt. He does a lot of drunken crying at bars, on street corners, and at home when his mom and sister aren't around. He attends school more often, but only to follow Pony around and hang outside his classroom door so he knows Pony is okay. Like Soda, the image of Pony drowning haunts him, so he watches Pony very closely when he's around water. Two-Bit feels that if he'd just made sure that the kids had gotten back to the Curtis house, instead of leaving them to take care of themselves, it would've never happened, and he blames himself a lot for that. For wanting to play pool and poker and get drunk, instead of making sure his friends were okay. He also thinks a lot about his words to Pony that night- saying he would smack him if Pony wasn't Soda and Darry's brother, telling him that Pony would never defend himself with the bottle Two-Bit gave him. If Pony'd drowned that night, those would be some of his last meaningful words to the kid.

[ambrosiustheunknown]

Here's how I believe Pony ends up depending on who dies after the church fire:

Canon, the kids survive but Johnny and Dally die. He gets a bit tougher, more confident, still pretty quiet. He tries his best to stay gold, and he eventually publishes The Outsiders and dedicates his life to helping people like Johnny and Dally. He's a good mix of tough enough to survive but soft enough to truly live.

The kids die but Johnny and Dally live. He wouldn't be able to face the guilt of not having ran in to save them, but Dally forcefully brings Johnny and Pony to another state to hide out and start anew - he knows that if Johnny and Pony go back - even if they're found to have killed Bob in self-defense - and people learn that the church was their hiding spot and then kids died there, they'd blame it one the three of them. But again, Pony couldn't handle the guilt. He either killed himself (which, lets be real, Pony was already passively suicidal this was just the final straw), or he's stuck in a depression that Johnny and Dally just can't get him out of. Either way, he's neither tough nor gold, just miserable as fuck.

Johnny lives Dally dies. Dally thought Johnny died but he survived, and Ponyboy didn't know either until after he left the hospital, saw Dally die, and got sick for 3 days. Pony is ridden with guilt for not doing more, as if he could've done something when everyone knows he couldn't have. Pony writes The Outsiders still, and gets it published, but he's nowhere near as confident or calm as he is in canon. No one mentions Dally around him for years because Pony used to break down at the slightest hint of him. Pony distances himself from Johnny both due to depression and guilt for not being able to save Dally. Pony lives his life, but he's neither content nor thriving.

Dally lives Johnny dies. He follows Dally's advice in this one. After all, Johnny said to stay gold but Johnny's dead, meanwhile Dally's still here. Pony hangs with Curly, Mark, some other hoods, and does whatever it takes to ignore the loss of Johnny. That's what Dally's doing and it appears to be working for him, so Pony does the same. He stays pretty distant from Dally and the rest of the gang, their existence a reminder of Johnny and how Pony (in his mind) failed Johnny and let him get hurt. He never writes The Outsiders. It's too hard for him. Maybe he writes something similar but a good bit longer, that midway through starts to focus on how Pony coped after Johnny's death as a way of showing that hoods aren't just plain bad people, but it's only if Pony becomes a healed adult. Dally, at some point, sees the path Ponyboy is on and tries to help him off of it, but Dally isn't the right person to do so. He just isn't. Any help or realization that becoming the new Dally is wrong, probably comes from Steve, of all people. After all, Steve's the one who most understands what Dally's gone through. Not in terms of prison, but being abused, hurt, angry all the time, surrounded by drunks and addicts. Steve understands, but he didn't turn out like Dally. Two people with similar experiences and feelings yet different outcomes. Steve is the one who understands Dally, and therefore Pony the best, and helps him out of it.

[ambrosiustheunknown]

okay, guys, I LOVE fics where Ponyboy temporarily dies and goes to the hospital, or something happens and they aren't sure if he's gonna make it, but something that always just kinda bugs me is how the main focus - outside of Pony - is almost always on Soda and Darry. And yeah ofc they're gonna be distraught and screaming and breaking down and just Not Having A Good Time, but there's kinda this pattern of the rest of the gang not really getting their moments. They support Darry and Soda, run to the house to clean and grab clothes and such for them, sometimes we see a talk between two of them, but we don't really get to see their breakdowns like we do with Darry and Soda. We don't really see where Dally goes when he storms out in a furious panic. We don't really see Two-Bit trying his hardest to keep it together and failing. We don't see Steve, drowning in guilt because he can't remember the last thing he said to Ponyboy but it probably wasn't anything nice and now he may never get to say anything to Pony ever again. We don't see Johnny hiding away and trying to sob as quietly as possible because that's his best friend and he might be dead/dying.

[callowayjive]

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[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

Ponyboy that was then this is now headcanons

• I’m a big believer in ponyboy continuing to dye his hair blonde after windrixville for sentimentality (also I fuck with the character design aspect)

• so his hairs died blond but it’s also grown out, its the late 1960s and greased hair is becoming even less of a thing than it was before, so his hair is choppily cut above his shoulders and it has the worst grown at roots

• he is the KING of hand me downs, more so than in the outsiders because he fits into more of the clothes that darry and soda actually saved, soda’s flannels, pants, shirts, Darry’s old jackets, he owns his shoes and that it

• okay this one goes more into the au where sodapop is drafted and killed in the Vietnam war because it technically lines up with the twttin timeline. But ponyboy would wear soda’s dog tags literally every day

• more reckless than he was in the outsiders, partially because he’s grown up and partially because of his friends and the people he surrounds himself with

• his friendgroup basically consist of the remainder of the gang, curly and Angela, mark, scout, and two bits sister Brenda I guess

• on the topic of Brenda, ponyboy basically reacreats his and Johnnys relationship with dally with her, they’re so siblings you don’t understand, the brother and sister ever

• very unpopular in school, not in a way of getting bullied but in the way of a lot of kids in his grade being scared of him

“that Curtis kid who helped kill someone”

• the beef Bryon has him is entirely one sided to the point that Ponyboy doesn’t even realize it exists

• despite not having the best reputation he’s finally grown into his looks and if it weren’t for the events of the first book he would be pulling

• Him and Cathy start dating a little bit after twttin, Cathy had been at boarding school during the entirety of the first book so she didn’t have the same stigma against him that the other kids at school

• he actually gets pretty into the Beatles after he starts dating Cathy because they’re her favorite band, he likes the please please me album

• he also adopts M&M into his little gang with Brenda (pushing my M&M and Brenda as best friends agenda)

• in the end all that really means is that he helps M&M with kids picking on him (his reputation from the whole bob incident makes him pretty intimidating), M&M and Brenda also get to tag along on some of Pony and Cathy’s dates to the movies

• honestly I could talk about him and Cathy for hours but as the youngest him dating her and realizing how much she has to do as the oldest makes him gain more of understanding for darry

• also him and Cathy’s song is definitely Do you want to know a secret

@izaacs-notdeadyet because you mentioned you wanted to hear them, sorry it took me thousand years to actually get around to posting this

[nooneiscurrentlyavailable]

I like the headcanon Mark and Dallas are half brothers because that means the Pony, Mark, and Curly trio are just younger versions of Tim, Dallas, and Darry.

Thats just the cutest thing in my mind. Also, Dallas would probably not approve of his drug dealing younger brother hanging out with Pony.

"Where did you take Pony? Did you take him on one of your deals?"

And Marks standing there with the biggest cotton candy cone after hijacking the cotton candy machine: We went to the fair?

Also ponys friends in my mom will always be the breakfast club and Dallas and Tim are impressed that they were able to make detention such a good time while Darrel is horrified.

Downside? Bryon hates Dallas because in his mind Dallas isn't Marks real brother because he was never there, Bryon was. Dallas doesn't care really, but Mark, out of respect for Bryon never calls Dallas his brother. Only of people ask he tells them they have the same father.

Also Makboy on this au, yeah no. Dallas doesn't like it, Darrel doesn't like it. Soda doesn't like it. Bryon especially doesn't like it. Basically no one likes that they're together and that makes it all that much better for them. Their only supporter? M&M. He likes Mark enough but he really looks up to Ponyboy and likes that two of his favorite people love each other.

[penandinkprincess]

laughing about the idea of shane and ilya getting so used to sleeping curled up together that they wake up if they drift apart

mainly because if it's ilya who wakes up first, he shifts over in bed to snuggle close to wherever shane has wriggled off to, curling back up around him and drifting off again, content

whereas if it's shane who wakes up, it's more *bleary, confused searching* *target sighted* *YANK across the mattress to slide ilya back into place next to him* *settles back down while sighing happily like an angel while ilya is still ?!?! about getting AGGRESSIVELY relocated*

[hardlyhinged]

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