Could you do Ponyboy and Cherry (Sherri) Valance for your ask game?
Sure!
Gonna tag @veggiesforpresident (They asked for Cherry) and @xdbug-bob (They asked for Ponyboy)
Cherry Valance
My opinion of her:
I love Cherry. She gets way too much hate and I think it’s completely unwarranted. I think people hate her because she’s a complex character and she isn’t a male. I like the fact she’s morally grey. I like that she can stick up for herself, but also has complex internal thoughts. Like she can tell Dally off one second, but she’s scared of falling in love with him the next. I like that. I think she’s underrated and people should stop being shallow and sexist about her.
My favorite canon thing about her:
Her moral greatness. She’s torn between her reputation and her own morals. She doesn’t want to talk to Pony because it’ll tarnish her reputation, but she helps him pay for lawyers at the end of the book. She likes sunsets and art and movies, but she also loves typical Soc things. Shes complex. Shes morally grey. I love that.
My least favorite canon thing about her:
That she fell for Dallas Winston of all people, she’s way out of his league(/silly)
My favorite headcanon about her:
Lesbian Cherry Valance my beloved </3 Nuff said
My least favorite headcanon about her:
…that she falls in love with Sodapop—I’m SORRY but I just cannot see the vision. This is more so me being a hater than anything but it’s Not For Me. I’m a CherryCola hater i’m sorry (gonna regret saying that lol)
Three headcanons I have about her:
Her favorite season is autumn. She likes autumn clothes and the colors and stuff and it looks real good on her too cause of her hair.
She has an orange tabby cat named Squish that she’s had since she was four years old. Her dad bought him for her because he used to leave a lot and not come back and he supposed it would be “compensation”.
I really like the idea of her going into something with law post book—I think after high school, she realizes that while reputation is importantly to her, it’s not the only thing life has to offer, and she does want to help those that can’t quite help themselves. Much like her being a spy for the greasers while Pony was at the church.
Ponyboy Curtis
My opinion of him:
I like ponyboy a lot—He was my favorite back in middle school and he’s still one of my favorites now. he’s very complex and i like that a lot—There’s a lot you can do with him fanfic wise and i think people should look below the surface with him. I feel like people unfairly call him a brat or ungrateful without realizing he’s a grieving child. he’s complex, and I like that. He’s not unreliable, but he is biased. He feels like a very rounded out character and he feels like a fourteen year old boy. He just feels very realistic and he’s still one of my favorites to date.
My favorite canon thing about him:
I like the fact that he’s somewhat immature. It makes him feel realistic. I also like the difference between how he views himself as artsy and different and stuff but Bryon’s perception of him is that he’s haughty and stuck up and whatnot. I think it’s a good way to round him out tbh and I like it.
My least favorite canon thing about him:
That he likes Pepsi/silly (nah i can’t talk soda’s gross imo lol—i really can’t think of a single negative thing to say about half these characters lol)
My favorite headcanon about him:
Ponyboy was born prematurely and needed a cane to help him walk up until he was maybe nine or ten years old. He was homeschooled for a few years and was skipped ahead from second grade to fourth grade, and he started public school in fourth grade. He homeschooled because he was very sickly and was usually in a bad out of the hospital.
My least favorite headcanon about him:
That he cuts off Darry and Soda or that he actually hates Darry. I’ve seen this scarcely but I still hate it. Pony doesn’t hate his brothers, he’s grieving the loss of Darry. He doesn’t hate him; he’s grieving. There’s a difference.
Three headcanons I have about him:
he becomes an art/music therapist in the future. I feel like the English teacher Ponyboy headcanon is kinda redundant and overrated—I think he’d want to help people who were once in his position, but he’d also like ti keep his more artistic side with him.
His favorite art medium is watercolors. He can make the most stunning paintings ever with them and has a few hung up in his room
Sorta canon but he has weirdly good aim. He loves throwing and catching food into his mouth. Darry and Soda sometimes play along and let him throw things in their mouths too, lol
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