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I can't believe I'm having to say this but here we go!

You cannot judge a character from a different time period by modern standards. That should be common knowledge, yet it doesn't seem to be. All these "woke" 12-year-olds calling Two-Bit, Dally or Steve shitty people would be correct if those characters existed in 2019. There's no question about that, their behavior absolutely wouldn't be tolerated or accepted.

But here's the thing, they don't exist in 2019. They existed in 1965 (and even before that, since they're teenagers and adults during the story), and there were different standards back then. Would Two-Bit get the shit slapped out of him if he pulled a girl's skirt up during a movie in 2019? Abso-fuckin-lutely. But in 1965? Nobody woulda given a damn, much less enough to intervene. He would've just been a teenage boy doing what teenage boys do. Is that shitty by today's standards? Of course! But again, in 1965, sexual harassment without repercussions was the norm. It sucks to say it, but nothing would've happened to Two-Bit, simply because sexual harassment wasn't such a hot button topic in 1965. Men raping their wives was barely becoming a topic of discussion, do you really expect a teenage boy to get the electric chair over pulling a girl's skirt up? Get real, folks, he got off scott-free.

On the topic of Dally, I don't get the lack of understanding of trauma this fandom has. Yes, I understand Ponyboy has a hard life, having to walk on egg shells around Darry and constantly worrying about being snatched out of his home by the state if one thing goes wrong, but please don't ignore the fact that Dally raised himself, alone, on the streets of New York with no one to watch out for him. Literally his quote "get tough like me and you don't get hurt" reflects his adopted view on life because of his childhood. He doesn't show emotion because to him, emotions make you weak and being weak gets you killed. His advice to Ponyboy before he dies is the idealogy he grew up with: caring about other people gets you hurt, so you should only care about yourself. Dally's story is horrifyingly tragic, but everyone just paints him as the jailbird, shitbag, emotionless asshole that he is at face value without even attempting to think how or why he ended up that way. I'm not saying to baby him the way the fandom babies Sodapop or Darry, but at least view him with more than a one-dimensional magnifying glass, please.

On to Steve. I'm not gonna lie, Steve isn't my favorite character simply because he's hardly involved in both the movie and the book, and while that blame lies solely with Hinton, it's disrespectful to his character (what little of it there is) to act as though he's the only asshole to ever exist in the world. Tell me, truly and completely honestly, that you wouldn't be annoyed if your friend's younger brother wanted to tag along everywhere. Y'all act as though Steve was beating the shit out of Ponyboy, when in reality it was probably shoulder punches and sarcastic banter. Ponyboy is 14. 14-year-olds are dramatic.

- Sodapop was never happy. he only acted like it only because he knew his family was already in deep enough shit and dealing with their own problems that he felt he had to set aside his own in order to be a crutch for his two brothers.

Stop what you’re doing right now and go write 3 sentences of your story.

Every time you see this, write 3 lines.

according to s.e. hinton, july 22nd is ponyboy’s birthday! him being a leo-cancer cusp makes so much sense. he was born in 1950, so he would be 69 this year, and two-bit swears that he won’t stop laughing about it until pony hits 70.

Of course!!

Tim:

• a lot taller than you

• and you better believe he takes it to his advantage

• “hey y/n, thanks for being an armrest”

• he thinks it’s so cute when you’re mad

• “awww, is the little baby mad”

• you have a dog, and Tim loves him so much

• for your birthday he got you a silver necklace with your name on it

• and you loved it

• and for his birthday you got him a knife

• and he was so happy and you thought it was so cute

• Tim is seen as really tough to everyone else, but he’s a big ole’ softie for you

• when he’s sleepy, he gets really cuddly

• you steal his clothes

• he loves when you play with his hair

• he’s actually a good cook, so he cooks for you sometimes

• loves to kiss you

• he also likes to hold your hand

• you get along really well with Curly and Angela

Angela:

• she says she loves you a lot, and she really does

• so sweet and nice to you

• will fight another girl for talking bad about you

• she fixes you up after rumbles

• she’s really big on cuddling, like she loves to be around you

• she feels safe with you

• you teach her how to drive

• you buy (or steal) her gifts sometimes

• you throw her over your shoulder a lot

• she rants to you

• loves to hug you

• you’re really good friends with Curly

• you take her on cute little dates (going to the movies, taking a walk, star gazing)

• Angela is really innocent in a way, and you love that about her

• you’re overprotective of her

• Tim didn’t like you at first

• but then he saw how happy you made Angela

• so now he’s good with you

Don’t worry Bro , Black Tumblr got you and your Sister.✊🏿

my sons!

Dally: [Hands the officer a card]

Officer: This is a get out of jail free card from the game monopoly.

Dally: Mhm

Cherry headcannons

* she has only ever dated Bob

* She’s never even kissed anybody

* For being real pretty she has a very low self value

* She acts all tuff but is really scared all the time

* She has a very hard time trying to love guys who actually love her back

* She stares in her mirror in the morning for almost an hour because she hates who she is

* Cherry ALWAYS pays no matter what it is

* She knows she’s privileged and feels bad about it

* She pretends she doesn’t but she secretly loves when guys (especially hoods) hit on her

* Her window is always unlocked and her curtains are always open ;)

* Her parents are out of town a lot so she and Marcia have a lot of sleep overs.

* She wears her cheer uniform A LOT

* She has a darker colour of red hair and soft grayish blue eyes

* She has never gotten in trouble

* She is 16 (she was skipped up a grade)

* There is no limit on her spending

* She can’t stand fights due to her parents constant fighting when she was younger

“Hai hai!!! I’ll request something! How about Dallas as a husband???” Here ya go @thatnon-binarybitch

Dallas Winston as a husband

Now, you’d think that Dallas would maybe be a cold husband

WRONG

when he saw you walk down that isle

OOF

like, how can a person look so gorgeous???? wtf

now, the honeymoon

he was soooo soft during it

Like, “baby you looked so beautiful tonight”

you guys went to some beach outside Tulsa

if you guys had a babygirl

he’d make sure that he goes to all the tea parties, play dollies with her, everything

and made sure no boys came around ya know

if y'all had a babyboy, he’d teach him football, how to flirt, play with his toys

YOU ALREADY KNOW HE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW Y'ALL MET

“Y'alls momma was a hard broad to catch”“ yeah well, your daddy was a big flirt too”

here are some links.

Shahd Khidir uses her platform to spread awareness 

Nahid Jabrallah tells DW about the sexual violence 

Authorities Are lying about the death toll

Government is killing people during an internet shut down

Central Committee of Sudan Doctors confirms that it’s still going (i linked their whole facebook for updates. these doctors are sided with the protestors) 

Dally: