Stay Gold Bitches

•pls understand that he still loves pony, rlly he does truly, i dont think thats the thing in question here and dont think that ever rlly will b. HOWEVER this does make pony worry that he has to b perfect everywhere else to get darry to love and see him the same again

•he fully pretends it doesnt exist, he doesnt ask questions about curly and pony at all he pretends pony just doesnt have a love life at all but u can just tell he has SOME questions

•even if darry wouldnt hurt pony and pony makes that clear, curly would get pretty protective. i could see him being down to hide pony somewhere or even run away some place w him though pony would always turn that idea down

•pony chooses to sleep over at two bits house sometimes to get away. wether or not two bit tells darry is up to pony, all two would do is ensure darry that hes safe and he knows where he is, thats enough for darry but not for soda!!

•darry overcompensates in some areas to show that he still does love pony even if he doesn’t fully support him. maybe he tries cooking ponys favorite foods more often, giving him a lil more allowance, shows up at his track races more enthusiastic

•pony would hesitate to show more affection towards curly. whatever point curly and pony was at affection wise when darry found out anout them, theres a cap on that, pony doesnt wanna do more than they already do. he’s wondering if what they do together is right and or “worth it” to lose family over. this is a whoollleee different issue curly and pony argue about

•curly automatically hates authority figures but here he hates darry on a personal level for this one, he interacts w darry in ways he hasnt w others before, probably maybe could count as a hate rime some of the things he does

•w bisexual pony, darry is more lenient on him bc there is a chance he could end up w a girl. so when pony comes home w curly, darry is hoping it wont last much long and ponys only doing it for the fun of it now before he grows up and life gets more #serious. AND TO B 100% FAIR, darrys homophobia is coming from a place of worry for pony. if anyone finds out hes dippin in the pool of the same gender, brother it is wraps for ur future

•darry would call and say any other sayings before calling pony gay, bc of that it takes a while for pony to admit to himself too!! interessttinnngggg bc curly doesnt call himself gay either, partly bc of homophobia as well but also mainly bc he doesnt see the point in labeling himself. anywho both darry and pony doing that would also get under his skin bc it feels like ponys starting to not take what they have serious either, which ofc hurts curlys feelings even if he doesnt wanna admit it

“Hey. Who’re you?”

“Oh, hey. I heard this was a safe place to spend the night.”

“Heard from who?”

“A buddy of mine, his girl gets her hair done by a broad whose boyfriend was in the cooler with a hood who runs with Tim Shepard’s gang.”

“Right.”

“………..”

After Dally and Pony leave the hospital, the doctors manage to resuscitate Johnny. Thinking Johnny is dead, Dally goes out and gets himself shot à la west side story. The gang learns that Johnny survived only after the fact, and Johnny wakes up to learn of Dally’s fate.

So now we have a Johnny who lives, and who lives when Dally doesn’t. A Johnny who is forever changed by everything he’s been through, for better or for worse. Who found a new appreciation for life but who had made peace with his death. Who rejected his parents so he probably can’t go home and doesn’t want to anyway. Who has to contend with his role in Dally’s death. Who is paralysed from the waist down. Who is now the living killer of Bob Sheldon, although the publicity surrounding the fire rescue and the Windrixville families could help him to be exonerated. Who now has to follow his own advice of “stay gold” which can be easier as a dying wish than a continuous living action. Who has no more time with Dally. Who does have more time with Ponyboy. Who has more than sixteen years now, whatever they may bring.

It’s been about a year, but I’m back on my outsiders kick! Wait another 10 months, and I might make some follow-up drawings. :))

After a year or so new people goin the roofing crew and sometimes not knowing that Ponyboy is Darrys brother get real confused becuse they was swear Darry is in his early 20s but what do you mean hes complainging about having a teenage kid.

These are your mass markets mass market, they were everywhere like the pharmacy, grocery stores, liquor stores- practically inescapable! Small versions of either major books or easy readers for dirt cheap. Your pocket book and transistor radios were basically the ‘phones’ / pocket sized entertainment (pay phones and like regular phones were… also phones.)

They’re actually being phased out this year apparently! Which sucks, I have a ton and they always have the better covers…