ive got great expectations

or if you happened to have any tour audio i would also trade my life away for it

I HOPE EVERYONE IS COPING WELL ON THIS BLOODBATH DAY

i know i am not

SO MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL!

STAY GOLD

People who got to know The Outsiders by the musical are true fans

People who got to know The Outsiders by the movie are true fans

People who got to know The Outsiders by the TV show are true fans

People who have seen any combination of these or only one is a true fan

You are allowed to like or dislike any of these

Obvi it could be a new thing he just started doing now that Darry’s in charge, but perhaps Pony was just always like this, even with their parents. Some kids hide that kind of stuff for no particular reason, and when you're already the quiet contemplative type like he is, it can be hard for others to notice when something's up unless he himself says something. If we wanna believe the part about him being a good liar, that would help him be sneaky about it too. I think their mom would’ve been good at sensing when he was unwell, but the skill comes less naturally to Darry and even Soda at times.

With their parents gone, Pony mostly does it bc he wants to avoid giving Darry one more thing to worry about and heaven forbid pay for, if he can help it. For a while he reasoned to himself that if anything was seriously, actually wrong, he’d just tell Soda who would tell Darry. Which meant he usually also avoided revealing his ailments to Soda, who would immediately tattle. And maybe at least a tiny fraction of it would be because he’s worried about looking uncool in front of his big bros+the gang.

And if Darry finds out because it's one of those times where something is seriously actually wrong, like Pony’s been walking around with a fractured wrist or strep throat for a week, he'd probably come off as annoyed, maybe downright frustrated when he demands to know what were you thinking, not telling me right away that something was wrong?

And Pony would be very frank with his answer, maybe in a way he’s only able to put into words right then and not even a moment before.

“I was scared you’d yell at me.”

It’s a grade but it’s also an organization of his thoughts— finally getting it all out and feeling through these emotions clearly for the first time. It’s something so incredibly intimate I can’t imagine showing his brothers let alone the world.

- God I Hope I Get It/It's Raining Men (A Chorus Line) - Rumble/Audition bit - Tilly Evans-Krueger, Devin Tyler Hatch, SarahGrace Mariani, Joah Ditto, Hailey Hyde, Cole Zieser, Milena Comeau

- Bad Idea (Waitress) - Marcia & Two-Bit - SarahGrace Mariani, SeQuoiia

- Corner of the Sky (Pippin) - Ponyboy - Eli Talley

- For Good (Wicked) - Cherry & Marcia - Emma Pittman, SarahGrace Mariani

- I'd Rather Be Me (Mean Girls) - Cherry Valence - Hailey Hyde

- I Can Do That (A Chorus Line) - Swing Anthem - Joah Ditto

- The New Girl in Town (Hairspray) - Soc Girl Trio - Hailey Hyde, Emma Pittman, SarahGrace Mariani

- Agony (Into the Woods) - Bob & Trip & Paul - Kevin Csolak, Cole Zieser, Dan Berry

- You Oughta Know (Jagged Little Pill) - Ace - Tilly Evans-Krueger

- Say No To This (Hamilton) - Melvin & Ace 😭 - Melody Rose, Tilly Evans-Krueger, Devin Tyler Hatch, Hailey Hyde, SarahGrace Mariani

- The Jet Song (West Side Story) - Bob (stabbed) & Trip & Paul - Kevin Csolak, Cole Zieser, Dan Berry

- Mr Cellophane (Chicago) - Brill - Devin Tyler Hatch

“Oh I’m so tired I’ll go see him tomorrow”

“The rumble is tonight, and I’m tired from work anyway. I’ll go see him tomorrow.”