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modern!two-bit would use dally's mugshot as a reaction pic

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You know what? Appreciation for Jerry! He didn’t have to come to the hospital, but he did. He saw how hurt these kids were and what they did for the children and came along. He saw how scared Pony was and talked soothingly the whole way to the hospital and stayed with him! Even after his brothers came he stayed a little longer and was kind and encouraging.

An adult taking the time and showing concern like that (who wasn’t his parents) is entirely alien to Ponyboy. And I imagine a lot of the guys he knows, it’s another big moment that shows the world is a bit bigger and more forgiving than he’s known/been shown.

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They are a group of tough greasers but they call their friend Johnnycake

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boy of the year darry who tries so hard to be a soc like his friends??? a greaser???

every so often I think about Frank Sinatra n the fact that he was so heavily involved in the mob the fbi had a 2000 page file on him n how when people found out they were. rightfully. gagged. cause like Frank Sinatra? the guy with the stupid sappy love songs? anyhow. choosin to beleive that like. at one point or another like half Darrys school had that EXACT realization. can you imagine. this is Darry. star football player. boy of the year. real well known n liked. n then he comes into school one day all beat up. n everyone's like. omg! were you jumped or somethin? God those greasers! n Darrys like. uh

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as a little treat for public dress rehearsal of the outsiders at my school, heres some doodles of the cast as stuff we've said in character

(this is a reupload cause my phone is stupid and posted it without tags)

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Maybe ZUKO is JET’S abusive ex. Ever think of THAT

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Fanfic is a free hobby.

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

Some of us need it.

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Turns out, Wilson thinks he’s gay.

He drops that bomb on a Thursday night, sitting on House’s couch, where they’re splitting a greasy pizza and a large order of onion rings. Wilson’s not nearly drunk enough for it to be a joke, is the thing. His hands and voice are steady when he explains how it’s haunted him since he was a teenager, how he ran from it and into three failed marriages, how he cheated because he liked the thrill of the chase but was always unsatisfied with the outcome. He wants to tell the important people in his life to ask them for support in this new era, and House is the first one to know.

And yeah, it could explain things. A lot of things. Like the haircare routine, the regular mani/pedis, the shoe collection. This wouldn’t surprise many people. But House isn’t sure he believes him.

Still, Wilson is his best friend, so he tries.

He doesn’t interrupt the first time he sees Wilson getting a little too close and smile-y with a male nurse. (He interrupts the second time, because he knows that nurse is a vegetarian, and House can’t have that influencing Wilson’s cooking and takeout habits.)

He doesn’t sabotage Wilson’s first date with another man. (He does steal Wilson’s phone the next morning and delete the guy’s text asking for a second date, because anyone asking so soon is desperate, and Wilson can do better.)

He tells Wilson which shirts, ties, and pants make him look gay, only this time, he means it positively. He starts TiVoing Queer as Folk for them, instead of The L Word. He offers Wilson poppers one weekend, then has to explain what they are, and how he came to find out about them in the first place (he used to rave in the 80’s, so what?).

House is being supportive, really. Even if he still doesn’t totally buy that Wilson is actually gay.

Mostly, he doesn’t think Wilson is gay because nothing changes.

Wilson still comes over most nights to watch trash TV and drink beer. He still dutifully drops his responsibilities at work, albeit briefly, to provide a diagnostics consult, or to assist in some borderline illegal scheme. They still hang out, and argue, and laugh, and bicker, and celebrate wins together, and are there for each other in the quiet aftermath of loss. They’re still the same.

Maybe Wilson is just confused because he expected to have a wife and kids, and to live in the suburbs by now. Maybe he thinks the reason for this heteronormative failure is that he’s been chasing the wrong kind of tail, instead of the fact that he spends half his time at work and the other half with House, leaving no room for anything or anyone else. And maybe House should feel guilty about that, about robbing Wilson of the life he deserves and forcing him into a fake midlife sexuality crisis, but he doesn’t.

He sort of feels bad about that part, though—the fact that he doesn’t feel bad at all.

But he’s forced to acknowledge his faults when Wilson approaches him in his office one night, trembling before he can even get the words out, I can’t hide how I feel anymore, I need to tell you the truth.

House accepts that he’s selfish because he lets Wilson kiss him breathless, knowing Wilson will never be able to kiss anyone else like this again, knowing that when he tells Wilson to take him home, he’ll never be able to leave. Now he gets it all, the early mornings and the late nights, the warm beds and the cold shoulders, the biting words and the gentle apologies, and every jagged edge left will be weathered by time.

He understands that he’s greedy because he drinks up all the praises and pleading, every filthy word Wilson moans into his ear and whispers into his skin. There’s a lifetime of hunger behind it, a cosmic collision of pain and joy and grief and devotion. It’s a wine aged for twenty years between them, bottled want and yearning, poured into an overflowing glass.

He recognizes that he’s possessive, because he knows he’s got him now, and it's for good. There’s no more sharing attention, or waiting his turn, or swallowing the bitter bile of jealousy. Wilson will stray from any map to follow his true north.

So, whatever, maybe Wilson is lying about being gay, but at least House is honest about being worse.

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reblog if you ship a ship that's unhealthy, toxic and fucked up

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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Dating James Wilson headcanons:

He cheats on you with House <3

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actually no the headcanon of Ponyboy having a needle phobia is so valid

especially considering it was the 60s and they would’ve used glass syringes 😭 those things were HUGE

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the gang when pony passed out

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dallas has been on a boys home before

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LIFE STYLE TIPS: if you’re ever having a bad day you should start pocketing random stuff that doesn’t belong to you and leaving with it. You will feel better

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i hate being a perfectionist, i wanted ponyboy to be watching hitchcock on the tv in my fanfic, but hitchcock presents/the alfred hitchcock hour aired from 1962 to 1965 and the fanfic is set on 1966

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What a nice day last week playing who am I with @smilypukeko

I love drawing silly doodles