randy and pony who re-meet and become friends in college and all their mutual friends think they're exes because clearly something went down between them but both of them refuse to talk about it.
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id love to hear your thoughts on randyboy and dally/johnny/pony!
EEEEEEEEEE OKAY LETS START WITH RANDYBOY!!!!!
They are just so similar in my mind. First off, they both go along with their friends due to wanting to fit in, and they go along with their friends despite not comprehending their actions or the reasons behind them. We see Ponyboy wanting to fit in when he's talking about how the gang says real nasty things to girls they don't see often and how he does the same, but we also see his lack of understanding why when he says that he doesn't know why, that's just how it is. From the little we see of Randy, I could also see him having this mindset of wanting to run with Bob and his crew even if he has the sense he's doing something wrong, and at the same time not quite understanding the reasons behind these actions, just that if he doesn't follow along, he'll get left behind. They also strike me as very avoidant. Ponyboy shies away from people and truths that are too 'real,' like how he didn't really like Dally, and how he tends to put people in boxes to understand them better. Randy had to have gained some avoidant tendencies, because he just doesn't seem like the kind of person who could face the realities of what him and Bob were doing and still think he's in the right. Not to mention that there's a lot of better ways Randy could've redeemed himself, like publicly owning up to his mistakes and sharing his realizations about the world like Pony did with his theme, or speaking out about equality and non-violence, but instead he chose to go the hippie route.
And of course, their relationships with Bob and Dally. Narratively, Dally and Bob are literally just each other just with different reasons for being the way they are. I believe the same thing goes for Randy and Pony, both are shown/hinted to have done some shitty things - on different levels - in order to fit in, or simply because they didn't know any better in the moment, and by the end of the book they end up with very similar perspectives, and an understanding of each other. This means that Randy and Bob's relationship parallels Dally and Ponyboy's, and while there are many differences, the core idea is the same: they're close in their own way, they'd never abandon each other, they see sides of each other that few others see, and one follows the actions of the other in an attempt to fit in or gain their approval.
I think that these similarities could either create a very healthy or very toxic relationship, where on one hand they could understand each other and share their similar experiences and collaborate to create a more well-rounded point of view and grow as people, or they could end up just parroting the other's ideas back at them and have very little growth due to how similar they are. This along with the few differences they have, like money, friends, and behavior, could either create a healthy relationship where they see their similarities and differences and grow, or they fight and disagree on their differences while staying firm on the things they do agree on with no change or polishing of their ideals.
Now DalOhNy (I love this name because it sounds like baloney >w<).
One of the main reasons I like this ship is because of how each character fulfills something the others lack. I've touched on in a previous post how Pony is the representation of the hopes and dreams of the greasers. He is the version of themselves they all want to be, where he sees the realities of the world, but has people who care enough to soften the blow, and he also has the ability to make it out of Tulsa. Johnny and Dally lack the hopes, dreams, and ability for more, that Ponyboy has. Johnny is more optimistic and open than Dally is, but we still see that he has very little hope for the future up until his death. What Pony brings to the relationship is a certain lightness; a sense of 'things are not hopeless and we will be okay.'
Johnny brings a balanced view-point to the table. Pony runs from things and people who are too 'real' so he can make sense of things and protect himself, while Dally runs from the idea of pureness and goodness in the world and that's how he protects himself. Johnny is a perfect balance of these things, being able to accept the harsh realities of the world and toughen himself to survive them - unlike Ponyboy - while also being able to see the things that are good and pure in the world - unlike Dally. Johnny, narratively, is the 'perfect person,' being moral but not black-and-white in his viewpoint, realistic but not pessimistic, hardened but not cold. He balances out the extremes of Pony and Dally.
And finally, Dally. What he brings to the table is the selfishness and willingness to do hard, immoral things, that the others lack. Where Johnny killed Bob and sees it as something necessary but also regrettable and haunting, Dally only sees it as necessary. He knows that Johnny had no choice, and he knows that people like Bob don't grow, just escalate. Logically, Johnny shouldn't have to hold any blame and Dally knows that, whereas Johnny simply can't shrug off the guilt. Dally saw the burning church and thought of him and his, whereas Ponyboy saw the church and immediately thought that it was his fault and his problem to fix - an idea that was never resolved in the book. While it was morally right to go and save those children, Ponyboy has a clear problem with putting others first, whereas Dally only ever puts him and his first if he thinks they're in danger. He adds logic and necessary selfishness, where the two younger boys lack it.
All this to say that these three characters sit on wildly different ends of the spectrum, and because of that, their relationship has countless possibilities! Maybe one of them influences the other two to be more like him. Maybe post-canon if they all survive, Johnny teaches Dally how to see the good in the world but Dally's words to Pony after the rumble affect him, and they have to handle a Pony that's more like how Dally used to be. Maybe their differences spark a lot of conflict and misunderstanding and anger, or maybe it sparks learning and growth and healing for all of them! Not to mention that I just like the little we get to see of these three's dynamic.
But yeah! I could round this out with a nice conclusion but I just spent 30 minutes to an hour typing this up and I have another ask I wanna answer, so I won't XD thank you so much for asking me about my thoughts, I had the best time writing this!!!!
The third thing he notices, when he finally looks at the teacher's face--
Randy? Randy fucking Adderson?
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Ponyboy and Randy meet again in fall of 1978.
sooo...it's my first collaboration for a fic with @veggiesforpresident! its the teacher!randy/uncle!ponyboy fic! im beyonddddd excited for this I think its soo fun. we r too powerful with google drive access. <3
Had the privilege of beta-ing @veggiesforpresident’s wonderful fic Something Solid and got inspired to make yet another moodboard! I hope it convinces you to give it a read, because it’s insanely good! 🙏
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oooh thats a good question. im gonna have to say randy/pony. its not a ship i thought about the first few readthroughs but i love how randy is like a little obsessed with pony and how pony, despite kinda not giving a fuck about randy, is nice enough to humor him and isnt self-conscious around him like he is around most people. plus the class divide and being the only other (alive) queer person they know... i just think theres something there! that should be explored! and its a bit more interesting than just "childhood friends to lovers" which is what... a lot of outsiders ships are.
Tbh I feel like when people handle ships of teen characters (Steveboy, Randyboy ETC) with a slight age gap by aging one of them up/down and keeping the other the same it kind of misses the mark. Like I promise you, you don’t have to alter canon in that way to make it work, when instead you can set the story in the future when both are in their 20s or older. And I think you’ll also get more interesting stories out of adult characters, because teen life and perspective is just so damn limited. No shade just an observation
