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sodapop's the type of person who has affection attacks. he'll just be talkin to ponyboy n out of nowhere he'll be squeezin him in his arms or squeezin his cheeks while he looks at Darry n begs for help

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“reminder that x character did terrible things” spoken not in like a scoldy or judgemental way or that they need to repent for their sins or whatnot. but as in “i love my guy who sucks. why are you taking the sucks out of my guy. that’s literally the best part about them.”

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do we think blond men are born evil or does some tragic event occur with all of them in their formative years

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ponyboy and johnnys relationship is actually really complex to me

first off, the way pony talks about johnny throughout the book seems kinda callous at times—firstly in his introduction where he regards johnny as “last and least”, and then that part where he tells johnny nobody loves him or cares about him—i’m not saying ponyboy hates johnny or vice versa, but i feel like the fandom can forget how callous pony can be at times. secondly, it wasn’t really johnny who helped pony realize he fit in—pony helped johnny realize he fit in, and then johnny in turn used what ponyboy told him to tell pony he belonged. ponyboy was the one who told johnny to stay gold in the first place. johnny just wanted ponyboy to remember his own words. third, honestly i think that progression from “johnny is the least and last of us” to “fight for johnny” and pony’s whole depressive slip is often overlooked. pony’s own words about johnny in the book go from sharp and unyielding to soft and almost poetic as ponyboy himself undergoes character development from his tough greaser persona to realizing his artistic and more real side wasn’t bad. johnny acted as a source of comfort throughout the book towards ponyboy—from their chat after the move theater to pony going to him crying after darry hit him, to his comforting words to ponyboy right before he died. he did a lot more for pony than pony did for him. that’s not to say ponyboy didn’t do anything for johnny at all, but i think people overlook what johnny did for ponyboy.

i don’t really think johnny and ponyboy were “soulmates”, or even best friends since pony canonically says that johnny is the closest to dally, but their friendship is so unique.

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I love Six of Crows. I wish making the rich pay for what they've done was real.

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creating characters who are terrible people and examining how they benefit from being terrible and why they act the way they do is way more cathartic than a fantasy world that completely blocks off the option to make immoral / bad choices

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Character with little to no empathy being a good person will always be more interesting than them being a bad person

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it’s kind of ironic to me that darry has to constantly worry that the state is suddenly going to come unexpectedly and find something they don’t like and use it as leverage to take his brothers—the only family he has left—away from him, meanwhile, johnny and steve live in—in pony’s words—some of the worst households in tulsa, (which says a lot considering it was the 60s) yet the state never bothers to step in for them. darry constantly has to make sure the house is spotless and that neither of his brothers are hurt or hungry because of the state sees a house in shambles, or two boys who don’t fit their standards of what is “acceptable”, they’re gonna stick them in a boys home so fast it’d make their heads spin. meanwhile, johnny quite literally says “i can’t do this anymore, pony. i’d rather kill myself or something” because his home life is that bad. johnny canonically gets beaten over the head with a 2x4 slab of wood by his dad. and then you have steve who has to sleep out on the streets half the time because his dad decides to kick him out, and then pays him off to “apologize” for it. him and johnny live off table scraps and sleep in the lot just to make sure they won’t be hungry and exhausted. yet, nobody does anything to help when the situation calls for help.

it’s so backwards and it’s kind of just a hit that makes their book feel more realistic. the state rarely steps in when needed, no matter where you are. but they’ll randomly show up if they don’t think you’re a good contender to be taking care of someone. it’s ironic, yet it’s incredibly sad.

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DTIYS for a mutual on Instagram (@/sketchofcrows) 💜🐦‍⬛

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i would explode with joy if you drew some pbj for the community

For you... I love this drawing so much actually it's SO SILLY !?!!

Ref below the cut

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Me when Kaz and Matthias do literally anything at the beginning of soc:

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Johnny’s letter in the modern au btw

“Ponyboy, my Ao3 password is Cadeblade_6969, I need you to finish that fic. Also stay gold ig.

-your buddy, Johnny”

@ratsbanes

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there’s something so violently funny about kaz brekker, a man who has built his entire existence on vengeance and cruelty, being allergic to matthias’s goodness. not just wary of it. repulsed in a “what the fuck is your problem?” way, like he’s being sprayed in the face with febreze: moral edition.

matthias isn’t even trying to be good in a performative way. he’s fundamentally that way. that is what drives kaz up the walls because matthias would choose goodness even if no one is looking. especially if no one is looking.

matthias is over there trying to redeem his soul and kaz is just trying not to choke on the fumes of it. and it all boils down to this,

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Sleeping in the pile tonight because the metal ony bedframe is broken and I don't wanna put all my stuff back on my mattress

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Darry comes up with a code for when the Curtis’ are expecting a visit from the state. He learned very quickly that he needs to signal the gang when today is not the day to fuck around. Verbal reminders don’t work because it goes in one ear and out the other.

He can’t exactly hang a sign on the front door saying “STATE VISIT TODAY - STAY AWAY” because that would tip his hand when the social worker does show up, adding a whole new set of suspicions like “who exactly are you telling to stay away?”

So whenever someone from the state is scheduled to come by, Darry sticks a sign on the front door that says “PAINT KITCHEN.” It’s a chore they’ll never actually do, so as not to confuse it with a real chore like “buy groceries,” and it’s innocuous enough that the social worker will just walk right past it, allowing it to stay up until they leave.

Sometimes he’ll provide advance notice in the form of a sign that says “PAINT KITCHEN THURSDAY.” That translates to “Darry is turning the house upside down before the state visit on Thursday, which means if you’re not a Curtis, you have until then to collect all the junk you’ve left in the house before it gets tossed. And don’t even think about setting foot in here unless you’re gonna help clean - actually clean, not just bum around eating our food and making jokes about how you’re ’helping clean out the fridge.’”

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All cookie dough is “edible cookie dough” if you’re not a fucking pussy