The Outsiders musical has combined my two favorite things: The Outsiders, and musicals. But would it have killed them to have one Curtis brothers hug in the musical? Darry Curtis is my favorite, since I too am an eldest daughter.She/her
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what do you think happens to the soc girls after canon? when do you think cherrycola get together?
I’m just going to talk about the musical-verse, since that’s the only version where cherrycola could get together. The musical is definitely the wish fulfillment version. Book/movie Soda and Cherry would never date.
Musical Cherry breaks ranks with her class and changes as a person more concretely and thoroughly. I wrote my headcanons about the progression of cherrycola’s relationship here. They definitely wouldn’t get together right away, they’ve been through far too much. Cherry is mourning Bob, Soda had his heart broken by Sandy, there’s the whole rival-gangs-on-opposite-sides-of-a-murder thing. It might even take years. Maybe Cherry goes off to college and they lose touch for a while, and then she comes back and they realize their feelings are rekindled and enough time has passed since everything. Cherry’s parents would be apoplectic. They might even disown her or write her out of their will. But she would stand firm and make a life with Soda. And that life is harder without the money and luxuries to which she’s accustomed, no doubt about it, but she has love in her life that she’s never had before.
This is also the version where Marbit could get together. Watching Cherry would give Marcia the courage to stop following the crowd, break up with Trip, and start a relationship with Two-Bit.
#asks#tumblr asks#anon ask#cherrycola#marbit#cherry valance#sodapop curtis#marcia the outsiders#two bit mathews#the outsiders musical#the outsiders broadway
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Darrel Curtis may not show his love like Soda or Pony, but he shows it in other ways,
The way he checks Ponyboys math homework every night to make sure he gets a good grade on it.
The way he subconsciously takes the jelly out of the fridge in the morning bc Soda likes it on his eggs.
The way he always makes sure Johnny has a full stomach even if it means missing a meal himself.
The way he leaves the door unlocked in case Steve's dad kicks him out and he needs a place to sleep.
The way he switches the beer bottles for a glass of water when Twobit drunkenly passes out on the couch.
The way he bails Dally out of jail even though hes struggling to pay the bills.
Darrel Curtis may not give hugs and massages, or draw pictures and write poems for his favorite people, but he does show his love. You just have to look.
#darry curtis#darry haters are all bent out of shape at the hc of Darry bailing dally out of jail 🙄#so naturally I had to reblog this 😊#because I’m petty#also because it’s a really beautiful post that encapsulates Darry’s character
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breathe from in the heights is soooo darrel coded, but also inútil is extremely throwing in the towel coded
Yeeeeeeeesssssss
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ponyboy’s the kinda guy to act all pouty/mad because he wants you to ask what’s wrong, and if you don’t, he starts progressively acting more angry/pouty until it’s just painfully obvious he wants someone to ask him why he’s upset because he doesn’t wanna say outright that he’s upset.
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“Soda kinda looks like your mother did, but he acts just exactly like your father. And Darry is the spittin image of your father, but he ain’t wild and laughing all the time like he was. He acts like your mother.” - Johnny, chapter 5
Thinking about the parallels between Mr and Mrs Curtis / Soda and Darry.
It makes me wonder if Mrs Curtis was the disciplinarian. Or more specifically, if Mr Curtis preferred to be the “fun” parent, and if that bothered Mrs Curtis because it put her in the position of having to be the bad guy. If when the boys got into trouble she always had to be the bad cop because he never wanted to relinquish the role of good cop. If he’s the one who would say “aw honey, go easy on’em” and she’d harshly whisper later behind their closed bedroom door, “I need you to back me up. Someone’s gotta discipline them sometimes. Why’s it always gotta be me?”
If they were one of those heterosexual couples, more common in older generations (but still too common today), where the husband thought he was being helpful by telling his wife to relax and not stress herself out, but the reason his wife was more stressed out is because the lion’s share of the load managing the kids and the household fell to her. If he was the husband who said “you don’t have to worry about every little thing” and she was the wife who responded, “yes I do because nobody besides me is taking care of those ‘little things.’”
Thinking about how this connects to Darry and Soda; to the way Darry gets frustrated with Soda for always siding with Pony (at least from Darry’s perspective.) Maybe Darry overheard some of his parents’ arguments, so now when Soda tells him to go easy on Pony, Darry sees himself in his mother, feels pigeonholed into her role, and unconsciously slips into talking to Soda the way their mom used to talk to their dad. You think I wanna be the bad cop all the time? But someone’s gotta be, and lord knows you ain’t never gonna do it. It’s easy to be the good cop when the buck don’t stop with you.
(I am NOT saying “oh I bet the Curtis’ actually had a bad marriage that Ponyboy didn’t see.” No. I think the Curtis’ had a wonderful marriage and were madly in love. But nobody is perfect, no marriage is perfect, no parent is perfect, nobody is immune to the gender roles of their time period, and I like fleshing out the Curtis’ as multidimensional, flawed human beings who have their issues like everyone else.)
#mr curtis#darrel curtis sr#mrs curtis#darry curtis#sodapop curtis#the outsiders#the outsiders headcanons
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For this years Sicktember I'm smacking the Curtis brothers with seasonal allergies. They'll each get their own chapter of suffering.
Soda's gonna be fighting for his life with red eyes
Darry's getting a sneeze attack
And Ponyboy's probably going to whining that he has a cold (in which Darry will absolutely refuse and insist it's just allergies)
Last ones not set in stone though, additions for Soda's chapter are welcome
#darry definitely has a dad sneeze#sicktember#seasonal allergies#darry curtis#sodapop curtis#ponyboy curtis#the outsiders
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Soda: “one day pretty much bleeds into the next. Been workin a lot.”
Ponyboy: “that sounds very kafkaesque.”
Soda: “……………uh, yeah. It’s totally kafkaesque.”
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HC that there’s one greaser and one Soc in Tulsa who look suspiciously alike, and everyone can see it, but all their friends know better than to bring it up.
#not any of the named characters necessarily#just one random greaser and one random soc#you know there’s at least one wealthy west side man who’s gotten an east side woman pregnant and completely abandoned her#the outsiders headcanons#socs and greasers
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do you think steves animosity towards pony and darry could be that he see’s the way they put soda in the middle and the effect that it’s having on him?
I don’t think Steve has any animosity toward Pony or Darry. Pony gets annoyed with Steve for treating him like a kid but I think for Steve it’s just a big brotherly behavior, and there’s nothing showing that he has animosity towards Darry at all.
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Some of the fandom way over exaggerates Steve’s “meanness” to Pony. He makes one crack about “no kids allowed” which is pretty common ribbing for younger siblings/your best friend’s little brother who you’ve known since you were in grade school. And in the book he doesn’t even do that, he just gives Pony a “look.” And the rest of the time, Steve 1) celebrates Pony’s return home 2) calls him a hero 3) is ready to back him up in a fight 4) lets Pony sit on the hood of his car 5) hangs out with him on a regular basis. I’m not saying Pony isn’t entitled to be bothered by Steve’s behavior, but some people act like Steve goes around beating Pony with a club whenever Soda’s not looking.
#steve randle#ponyboy curtis#the outsiders#the outsiders se hinton#the outsiders book#the outsiders movie#the outsiders 1983
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Two-Bit who quips that Marcia’s number is probably a fake, because what happens if it’s real? Is he gonna call her fancy house and risk her parents answering? Even if she picks up, her parents will ask who the boy calling her was, and eventually it would come out, and then her boyfriend and his band of Soc goons would hunt him down and beat the tar outta him. If she gave him her real number, then what? He’s gonna ride off into the sunset with a Soc girl?
Better to tell himself it’s probably a phony.
#two bit mathews#marcia the outsiders#marbit#the outsiders#the outsiders se hinton#the outsiders book#the outsiders movie#the outsiders 1983
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Fun fact:
The outsiders characters would be the same ages now as the newsies characters would have been in the 1960s.
Dallas Winston could have lived in New York City at the same time as 70-something Jack Kelly, David Jacobs, etc. The 1899 newsboys strike was probably a thing he heard the old people in New York talk about. He may have known kids whose grandparents or great grandparents had been a part of it.
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Pony’s facing off with a Soc and trying to think of a way to intimidate him. He thinks of his primary reference for greaser/Soc fights - Darry and Paul - and remembers how they trash talked each other at the rumble. So he looks the Soc dead in the eye, fixing him with his meanest, most menacing look, and says:
“I bet you’d look really good wearing my shirt.”
Sure enough, it works! The Soc slowly backs away, then he turns around and runs.
Pony thinks he’s successfully scared off the Soc, when in fact what happened is that Pony gave him gay/bi panic.
#pony’s concept of trash talk in gang fights is seriously skewed after witnessing Darry and Paul#ponyboy curtis#darry curtis#paul holden#the outsiders musical#the outsiders broadway
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Bryon in TWTTIN: “that’s Ponyboy Curtis. He’s a big part of the reason why guys like me don’t get jumped by the Socs anymore. I hate him.”
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Darry who hates being addressed as “Mr Curtis” because it always heralds something terrible. Darry for whom the formal, adult title is synonymous with tragedy and calamity.
“Mr Curtis, we’re sorry to inform you that your parents were killed on impact. We need you to come identify and claim the bodies.”
“Mr Curtis, we will be scheduling regular home visits to evaluate your qualifications as guardian…..”
“Mr Curtis, your payment is past due. This is your final notice.”
“Mr Curtis, we need to ask your brother Ponyboy some questions about the murder of Robert Sheldon…..”
“Mr Curtis, if you’re lying about Ponyboy’s whereabouts, this won’t go well for you or your brothers……”
“Mr Curtis, Ponyboy was brought to our hospital with smoke inhalation…..”
“Mr Curtis, you and your brothers will need to appear in juvenile court……”
“Mr Curtis, the next of kin for Jonathan Cade never claimed his body, and we found your name….”
“Mr Curtis, the next of kin for Dallas Winston never claimed his body, and we found your name….”
“Mr Curtis, we’ve given Ponyboy some medicine to reduce his fever, but he’s very ill……”
“Mr Curtis, if Ponyboy’s grades do not improve by the end of the semester, he may have to stay behind……”
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"I remembered the funeral. I had sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets and that look on his face, the same helpless, pleading look that he was wearing now." - The Outsiders, chapter 6
#I love the bird’s eye view#it conveys the emotions of the picture so well#it’s the only angle that makes Darry look small even though he’s the biggest guy in the room#you can see he’s a big guy but he’s so dwarfed in that moment#it looks like he’s looking up at the viewer and pleading with us#veggies does art#darry curtis#ponyboy curtis#sodapop curtis#the outsiders#the outsiders fanart
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