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I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia. 

Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie. 

And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight. 

SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this. 

And by the way guys, before someone accuses me of being homophobic. I am not. I am a deeply closeted lesbian who is too afraid to come out to her own parents. But I digress.

And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are. 

I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia. 

Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie. 

And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight. 

SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this. 

And by the way guys, before someone accuses me of being homophobic. I am not. I am a deeply closeted lesbian who is too afraid to come out to her own parents. But I digress.

And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are. 

We live in a world where if a high school boy even gives a genuine hug to another guy he gets called gay. Obviously gay is not at all a bad thing (it is actually a pretty beautiful thing). However to be gay you need to be sexually or romantically attracted to your same sex. It is very harmful when people only notice sexual and romantic love and not platonic love. Boys should be able to care for one another and have love towards one another with out it being considered sexual. We are constantly stereotyping men as non emotional, cold, and strong. There is also a lot of competition between men. Boys have committed suicide because they feel like they can’t open up and let out their emotions towards their peers and other guys.

However, you are crossing the line when you attack Hinton for writing the characters the way she did. You are of course entitled to your own opinion and perspective, but so is Hinton. She freaking wrote this book you guys, The Outsiders in my opinion is her masterpiece.

She’s definitely entitled to defending HER book and HER characters. I think some of you are forgetting she wrote the book and not you.

Stop the hate and negativity towards Hinton, and get back to what YOU love writing about. What she does shouldn’t concern you, you should focus on your own creativity and positivity so that you can enjoy the things you write and/or believe in.

You're being aggressive because??? I'm not trying to start anything ((((((:

I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia. 

Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie. 

And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight. 

SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this. 

And by the way guys, before someone accuses me of being homophobic. I am not. I am a deeply closeted lesbian who is too afraid to come out to her own parents. But I digress.

And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are. 

We live in a world where if a high school boy even gives a genuine hug to another guy he gets called gay. Obviously gay is not at all a bad thing (it is actually a pretty beautiful thing). However to be gay you need to be sexually or romantically attracted to your same sex. It is very harmful when people only notice sexual and romantic love and not platonic love. Boys should be able to care for one another and have love towards one another with out it being considered sexual. We are constantly stereotyping men as non emotional, cold, and strong. There is also a lot of competition between men. Boys have committed suicide because they feel like they can’t open up and let out their emotions towards their peers and other guys.

However, you are crossing the line when you attack Hinton for writing the characters the way she did. You are of course entitled to your own opinion and perspective, but so is Hinton. She freaking wrote this book you guys, The Outsiders in my opinion is her masterpiece.

She’s definitely entitled to defending HER book and HER characters. I think some of you are forgetting she wrote the book and not you.

Stop the hate and negativity towards Hinton, and get back to what YOU love writing about. What she does shouldn’t concern you, you should focus on your own creativity and positivity so that you can enjoy the things you write and/or believe in.

I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia. 

Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie. 

And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight. 

SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this. 

And by the way guys, before someone accuses me of being homophobic. I am not. I am a deeply closeted lesbian who is too afraid to come out to her own parents. But I digress.

And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are. 

We live in a world where if a high school boy even gives a genuine hug to another guy he gets called gay. Obviously gay is not at all a bad thing (it is actually a pretty beautiful thing because it is love and all love is beautiful). However to be gay you need to be sexually or romantically attracted to your same sex. It is very harmful when people only notice sexual and romantic love and not platonic love. Boys should be able to care for one another and have love towards one another with out it being considered sexual. We are constantly stereotyping men as non emotional, cold, and strong. There is also a lot of competition between men. Boys have committed suicide because they feel like they can’t open up and let out their emotions towards their peers and other guys.

2. thinking ponyboy and johnny are gay is misinterpreting platonic love. dally shows textbook signs of being closeted.

I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia. 

Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie. 

And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight. 

SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this. 

And by the way guys, before someone accuses me of being homophobic. I am not. I am a deeply closeted lesbian who is too afraid to come out to her own parents. But I digress.

And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are. 

*sighs and rolls up sleeves* here we go

“I can understand where she is coming from, and you would too if you read everything that she has been posting. I don’t see any of this as homophobic. From what I can see the tweets have been deleted but you can still find them on the internet. Look guys, I’ve been insulted and called out for writing a majority of straight fanfictions for the outsiders. And it’s got nothing to do with homophobia.”

people have tweeted at her that there are countries in which you can be punished with death for being gay and her response is “that happens to women too” so dont even tell me she isnt homophobic lmao. also if people have called you out so much maybe you should re-evaluate yourself and listen to them.

also shes literally complaining about “being attacked for being heterosexual”

“Someone wrote it’d be “cute” if Johnny and Dally were together. Cute? No it wouldn’t cute. It’d be disastrous. Let’s think about it. The Outsiders was written in the mid to late 60′s, the whole book is written in that time period. People were getting shot and savagely beaten for being gay, people still are. But it was worse back then. If they were a gay couple in this time period, it wouldn’t of ever been cute. It would’ve been hard. It would’ve been constant lie after lie.”

gay people still existed in the 60s and saying that gay love isnt pure just because of the hardship it faces is homophobic and youre just grasping at straws looking for reasons why they arent gay. next.

“And we are still living in a world were people are being tortured and killed for being gay, people are still feeling ashamed for being born this way. So no, Dally and Johnny being gay for each other wouldn’t be “cute” and she isn’t a monster for writing her characters to be straight. They are her characters. They are her intellectual property. I wouldn’t like it if someone wrote one of my OC into something completely different from who they are. I’d be pissed and we shouldn’t hate her for insisting they are straight.”

if you dont want people interpreting your fiction in their own way then you shouldnt publish it. with such a wide audience her pulling this shit is petty at best.

“SE Hinton is a long term supporter of the LGBTQ+ community, she isn’t doing this to be a monstrous human. She is doing what you and I would do if someone tried to change our much beloved characters. She has said that she doesn’t mind us doing fanfiction, so sure, write slash fanfictions to your hearts content. I have. Just stop sending her messages like this.”

nobody is attacking her for making her characters straight theyre attacking her for arguing with teenagers on the internet. also “long term supporter of the lgbtq+ community” citation please.

“And do we really need to describe LGBTQ+ couples as “cute”. Like really? It’s not cute. It’s what it is. It’s two people who love each other. Would you describe a straight couple as cute? Probably not. So why is it so much more cute to be in a gay relationship? Their sexuality isn’t cute. It’s normal. It’s not cute to be who you are.”