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somebody had a marcia two-bit and ace ship but I literally cannot find the post to even who it was and im dying

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BABY BEAR

it’s been two weeks since i last read a darbit fic and i’ve been infected. wdym every fic i read regardless of the ship, darry calls two-bit honey in my head ?? im read the dialogue and i auto add the pet names.

you’ve ruined me adrian

HELPPP. They are such dorks!

They will have even lamer pet names as we go…!

“Baby bear” Darry says unconsciously on very rare occasions and will never say again for MONTHS if Two-Bit calls him out on it.

“Bubby” they both say as Darry imagines washing his mouth with soap after actually using Two-Bit’s stupid pet name.

Free you 💔

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thinking about a bob sheldon who probably asked permission to go to parties or the movies or anywhere at all in hopes that his parents would say this time

bob sheldon who has a new car every three months because he “randomly” asks for a new one in hopes of them responding with a “hell not, your car works perfectly fine as is” but instead he gets a yes and has to backtrack with “no i was just joking, i don’t really want a new one i like my car” (every time without fail he still wants up three days later to his dad jingling the keys to whatever hot new car is out there)

bob sheldon who stays outside a little later each night before going home, hoping to find the time when his parents start to get upset with him

bob sheldon who never finds that time because as long as he comes home alive and well his parents don’t mind

bob sheldon who starts fighting at 10 because coming home with bruises had his parents worried about him. bob sheldon who continues getting in fights because when he comes home bruised it’s the one time is parents look at him disappointedly. bob sheldon who starts picking fights with greasers who have broken bottles and chains and knives and bricks because lately instead of being worried his parents ask how the fight went as if they were interested and no longer minded the fights

5 year old bob sheldon who begged his parents to go on a trip for spring break and they said yes if he got all a’s. bob sheldon who continued to get straight a’s afterwards, 13 year old bob sheldon who previously begged for another trip but he got a C in that one class so no way will they go. bob who’s fairly confused when he’s helping load the car for the trip even after showing them his report card. 18 year old bob sheldon who doesn’t even bother bringing his report card home anymore because it evidently does not matter if he has As or Fs

bob sheldon staying up late talking to his parents when he’s 16 and on a whim he says he’s been thinking about asking cherry to marry him because he knocked her up just to see their reaction. bob sheldon who decides to call it a night when they react with nothing but joy and excitement

bob sheldon who’s drunk every night because when he’s drunk he’s a little less perceptive and when he comes home late she’s they help him to bed he can pretend they’re fixing to ground him.

(bob sheldon who as he holds ponyboy curtis under the fountain only has one thought in mind: if i hurt him bad enough, ill get arrested, then mom and dad will have no choice but to be angry with me)

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happy birthday!!!!

THANK YOU

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hey guys you’ll never guess who turned 21 nine minutes go

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thinking about a bob sheldon who probably asked permission to go to parties or the movies or anywhere at all in hopes that his parents would say no this time

bob sheldon who has a new car every three months because he “randomly” asks for a new one in hopes of them responding with a “hell no, your car works perfectly fine as is” but instead he gets a yes and has to backtrack with “no i was just joking, i don’t really want a new one i like my car” (every time without fail he still wakes up three days later to his dad jingling the keys to whatever hot new car is out there)

bob sheldon who stays outside a little later each night before going home, hoping to find the time when his parents start to get upset with him

bob sheldon who never finds that time because as long as he comes home alive and well his parents don’t mind

bob sheldon who starts fighting at 10 because coming home with bruises had his parents worried about him. bob sheldon who continues getting in fights because when he comes home bruised it’s the one time is parents look at him disappointedly. bob sheldon who starts picking fights with greasers who have broken bottles and chains and knives and bricks because lately instead of being worried his parents ask how the fight went as if they were interested and no longer minded the fights

5 year old bob sheldon who begged his parents to go on a trip for spring break and they said yes if he got all a’s. bob sheldon who continued to get straight a’s afterwards, 13 year old bob sheldon who previously begged for another trip but he got a C in that one class so no way will they go. bob who’s fairly confused when he’s helping load the car for the trip even after showing them his report card. 18 year old bob sheldon who doesn’t even bother bringing his report card home anymore because it evidently does not matter if he has As or Fs

bob sheldon staying up late talking to his parents when he’s 16 and on a whim he says he’s been thinking about asking cherry to marry him because he knocked her up just to see their reaction. bob sheldon who decides to call it a night when they react with nothing but joy and excitement

bob sheldon who’s drunk every night because when he’s drunk he’s a little less perceptive and when he comes home late and they help him to bed he can pretend they’re fixing to ground him.

(bob sheldon who as he holds ponyboy curtis under the fountain only has one thought in mind: if i hurt him bad enough, ill get arrested, then mom and dad will have no choice but to be angry with me)

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dre ace audio...anyone i beg...willing to trade my life

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NO OLEASE NO I JUST CAUGHT UO OMG PELASE

If no one comments on my outsiders fanfic mayhaps i shall abandon it lol

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brent and mckenzie kurtz going ig official my jaw dropped

mine did too i’m so happy for them

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she misses the curtis parents so much — they were so kind to her and always so welcoming and supportive and cool

then she names her baby josephine, josie for short, and when josie turns three months sandy starts writin to soda/answering his calls and everything goes perfect after that and they live happily ever after the end ❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💛💛💛

idk just having many thoughts about soc!sandy who for a while like everyone hates… but also loves ??? + because why the fuck is she dating a greaser…???? (+ some pics for the vibes — so i am going to yap about her (below the cut ofc!))

— Sandy who just wants to love the nice Eastside boy that makes her laugh and doesn’t pressure her into doing anything or doesn’t really want anything from her??

— Sandy who has to hide her relationship from her parents because even if she’s seen with a greaser her parents throw a fit — they have been wanting her to date her best friend trip since literally forever… and neither her nor trip want that shit, they love one another sure, but not romantically. they both know they are just too similar, too much, too reckless, too emotionally unstable enough on their own (even as friends) let alone in a romantic relationship it would be hell on earth and it would never last — but honestly Sandy can see the appeal (from her and trips parents pov) both her and trip are attractive and both from rich families and he’s the boy next door and they are always comfy around one another — and she loves trip but he’s also an asshole.

— she genuinely doesn’t care that her boyfriend isn’t a soc — she just loves him and his wild eyes and the fact that he knows so much about cars and cowboys and horses — she’s always thought horses were real pretty — her and Cherry used to ride em when they were little. Sandy stopped — Cherry never did, — her and soda have rodeo dates where they watch saddle bronc and bareback riding and all the other events and yap

— she knows he flirts on the job but she also knows it’s meaningless — hell she does the same thing for tips at the country club when the old men come to her cart to buy alcohol while they golf — so she gets it. Money is money — and well, soda needs it so if he has to doe eye and smile pretty at some girl while he pumps her gas?? Sandy knows her man is loyal— just as she is.

— she always pictured life with soda, she just didn’t know what — maybe kids? Maybe they have dogs or help stray cats? or they’d be the cool aunt and uncle for Steve and evie if they decide to have kids? She didn’t care what her future held — as long as soda was apart of it.

— she knows that guys look at her and she loves that soda doesn’t get mad about that at parties — not because he likes it — it’s because he gets it. She’s one of the baddest girls he’s ever seen — he knows she’s the catch of the relationship — so yeah if some random starts flirting he gets it, I mean it’s not like Sandy entertains it — but sometimes, rarely, she’ll give soda that lil glint and smirk and he knows she’s silently asking permission to flirt for one reason only: alcohol. If some guy wants to buy her a drink? Soda knows her pretty ass is walking straight back over to him and finding her spot in his lap — he ain’t one for drinking but he can’t say no to Sandy’s puppy eyes (she knows this🙂‍↔️) — Sandy is the same way — sure if some girl is getting touchy she’s gonna say sum but she knows her man is fine as hell just as he knows she’s beautiful

— Sandy who was pissy because trip is a fucking freak when it comes to greasers — like she’s begging him to get over himself and fucking loosen up Who Cares!!! They are just people like them!!!! (I hc this attitude switches once she gets pregnant because she’s so fucking scared of her parents)

— she knew she was never meant for Tulsa — is anyone really??? but she wished it didn’t have to be because of her pregnancy that she’s leaving… she’s never been ashamed of her boyfriend before but now she is and she fucking hates herself for it. She maybe wants kids one day but she’s fucking 16 and soda thinks it’s because he’s a greaser and it’s not but it is ??? But it’s not truly — her head is so messy at this point she needs to disappear forever — it’ll be like she never existed — it’s not like anyone in this fucking town likes her anyway ???? — wrong!!! but she’s in her head and sad ):

— Sandy Hates Bev. And Bev hates Sandy. I’m sorry I want them to get along but Sandy is genuinely Bev’s biggest opp and Sandy literally has no idea why — and Bev doesn’t really know either (kinda like similar to why trip gets pissy with her but it goes even deeper than that) (something something about how Sandy can proudly love a greaser and be open about it and Bev can only dream to do something like that — oh sharkcard you haunt me)

— Sandy’s parents continue to live in Tulsa even after the fact because her dad has his law firm there and the business is good in the inner city and he’ll be damned if his whore of a daughter is going to mess up his livelihood (I’m sorry her dad is def awful and misogynistic) so ofc he sends her off to Florida to live with his wife’s mother

— she misses the curtis parents so much — they were so kind to her and always so welcoming and supportive and cool — and like mrs curtis felt like her mom more than her own mother does ): and she feels so guilty about feeling sad when soda is literally a fucking wreck after they die because it’s not like they were her parents — but they were but they weren’t?????

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lowkey anything by @/thegetou

can ppl give me their outsiders fics they like live and die by pls

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"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

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I hope Black girls with anxiety have a good day today.

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just left the state fair and here are my thoughts

darry ? waits all year for the state fair. he loves it so bad.

his favorite rides are the ones that go all the way around, yes please flip him upside down

two-bit spends all his money on the rigged fair games. his favorite are the ski ball and basketball games but he’s also oddly rly good at the ring toss games

despite winning (and losing) the fair games he has to be bribed to go to the fair. so far his main incentive is the lemonade (specifically the ones in the tupperware/plastic container) those are his absolute favorite

dallas is really scary and refuses to get on rides. every year he’s like “no i’ll get on all the rides, watch” but the first ride darry drags everyone to is the one that slowly lifts you up to the top then you plummet down and dallas hollers the whole time

all you hear is “oh shit oh shit fuck you darrel fuck!” and next to him is darry laughing his head off then they drop and darry is screaming right along side him

ponyboy goes on three (3) rides then decides he’s too big for them (he starts feeling sick and dizzy bc he refuses to eat fair food) and leaves to find the petting zoo and animal shows

soda HATES when pony finds the animals bc he hates the zoo smell. he loves horses yes but the petting zoo reeks and soda can’t stand it.

soda is also darry’s partner. they go on every ride together bc soda is the only one who can keep up with darry wanting to go on every ride at least twice

johnny follows two-bit around because he too is oddly rly good at the rigged games and two-bit always gives him enough money to win everyone at least one oversized stuffed animal

johnny also wins like two goldfish every time they go to the fair. (the goldfish don’t live very long bc they always forget to buy fish food and they think if they make crumbs of human food small enough the fish can eat it. spoiler alert the fish can’t it)

steve goes on five rides then gets bored and goes to watch the truck show. it’s his favorite part imagining all the tricked out things he’d add to his own car (sometimes he gets so caught up he’ll talk to randoms and ends up getting new customers for the dx)

now the socs

cherry bob randy trip and marcia absolutely adore the fair. they don’t wiat all year like darry but once the fair comes they’re so excited

it’s the one time everyone is drunk, not just the boys, and they have the time of their lives

cherry and randy love the fast and scary rides and throughout the night they vomit no less than five times

bob goes on one (1) fast ride and is immediately sober. he’s in a funk for like thirty minutes because ofc they didn’t bring any liquor inside the fair so now he’s the only sober one.

he still has fun tho bc he takes several blackmail pics of every one

bobs favorite thing is to blow money at the rigged games and claim he’s gonna win a prize for everyone except he’s actually really fucking bad at the games and he never wins anything more than the tiny stuffed animals

chet on the other hand is hilariously good at the games. and it’s funny because he does not like the fair.

him and beverly think it’s too loud especially with all the rides having their own music that’s a completely different genre than to the ride right next to it, and twelve hundred people keep pushing and shoving past them, and all the little kids screaming and shouting. ugh my babies they hate the fair

the only thing beverly likes fr is the ferris wheel but even that is a stretch. she like it for forty five seconds then gets bored and complains the rest of the time

marcia is like indifferent to the rides. she likes them enough but her favorite thing to do at the fair is walk around with trip and go “aw look at that stuffed [panda]! aw man that games looks hard, no way anyone could win 😔” then act all surprised when trip insists he could win

(trip spends at least 50$ on every game but marcia goes home with three giant stuffed animals in her arms five more in the trunk)

cherry wants to go on every single ride ever even the little kiddie rides. (it’s the one night where she’s drunk off her rocker instead of bob and she is looser than a goose) she drags bob to every single ride and makes him stand in the long lines for her while she wanders off (paul follows her don’t worry) and gets every sugary treat she can eat before it’s there turn to ride

her favorite treats are deep fried pickles, onions, oreos, twinkies and ofc funnel cakes.

no one in the group is allowed to leave until cherry has tasted all the food and ridden every ride with everyone at least once

more times than not bob has to carry cherry out the fair because her favorite ride is the magnetic anti gravity one and every time she rides it over and over and over again RIGHT before it’s time to leave and she ofc makes herself so dizzy she throws up and is seeing stars and she begs and pleads for bob to give her a piggy back ride

(begs and pleads bc every time bob claims the last time was the last time he would carry her out the fair but he is a sucker for cherrys green puppy dog eyes and cherry knows it)

randy goes on all the rides with cherry (icr if i said that already) but he unlike cherry he keeps bob company while waiting in the lines with him.

randy is really clingy and sleepy when he’s drunk too. um he follows bob around like a toddler and refuses to let him or cherry out of sight. (he likes the others well enough but they can go to other side of the fair and he’d be none the wiser)

brill likes the fair a moderate amount up until he gets there then he remembers he adores the fair. he’s runs around and convinces beverly to take a hundred and one pictures of him

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Brent, we truly don’t deserve you

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Two-Bit finally deciding he's ready to be done with junior year but gets smacked with a cold right before a test that will decide whether he gets held back of not.

Two-Bit finally trying to do well in school.

And he fails.

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My advice to people, but especially kids, who are invested in celebrities, be they actors, musicians, bloggers, youtubers, authors, whatever, is to keep your distance. No matter how happy their content makes you, no matter how strong the pull of a special interest/hyperfixation/obsession might be, it’s important to step back every so often.

Do you find yourself following them on all forms of social media? Do you follow their friends and family, who might not even make content themselves? Do you research their lives? Step back. Just because they are famous doesn’t mean it’s okay to engage in stalking behavior.

Do you find yourself getting anxious if you miss a video, or they upload off schedule? Step back. I know they can help you through dark times but you can’t rely on them all the time.

Would you be devastated if they turned out to be a not-so-nice person? Step back. You can only trust them as much as you trust any stranger. Don’t see yourself up to be shattered if they fall off that pedestal you put them on.

No matter how much somebody interacts with their audience, the relationship is still parasocial. Just keep that in mind. Don’t put all your trust in a stranger. It’s okay to enjoy these people and their content, but keep your distance and step back.