#i like darry

[ponyhasapepsiaddiction]

I feel like I've posted this picture before but generally how can you not fall in love with this man!

[math-is-math]

“The next thing I knew I had him around the waist and was squeezing the daylights out of him…”

I’ve been rereading the outsiders and I shit y'all not I've been waiting 6 YEARS to draw this exact image. This vision has been in my head ever since I read the hospital scene for the first time 6 fucking years ago and I kept waiting until my skills were good enough to take a crack at it and I finally did it. Never give up on your dreams kids.

Anyway I love a good hurt/comfort moment this moment reigns supreme forever 💪

[hellonearthtoday]

CURTIS GANG LINEUP🐺🐺🐺🔊🔊

immcryinnn yo since they're an uneven number PB had to be banished alone down there😭😭I was literally staring at just him for so long bcz he looks so out of place like go do ya algebra homework😑

[paul-ster]

Ponyboy learning ASL and trying to practice.

Sodapop (trying to be supportive): Hey honey, I think it’s great you’re learning gang signs. Just be careful because that one means you want to jump the old man down the street.

Darry: Soda… we’ve been through this. Five times.

[coquettejohnny]

people who say that darry would be like old people (tech illiterate, etc) kinda missed the point of his character, the entire idea was that he was forced to grow up too fast when he was still a kid. he's not 40 leave him alone he's 20, he's not much older than ponyboy

[deflated-leaf]

these will never not be funny to me

[newtdrawz]

Them: it's ok, emo Ponyboy isn't real he can't hurt you

Emo Ponyboy:

(Just a little warm up before I start on drawing requests in my inbox 🙏😭)

[hood-ex]

Soda stroking Pony's hair and calling him "honey" is something that can be so personal actually.

[tallassloser537]

hate when people are like “Oh, SE Hinton said the characters are straight-“ Yeah? Well she’s also a racist so stfu and let me ship in peace

[getyourjollies]

Dallas HCs cause i love him!!!!

• illiterate

• new york accent gets heavier when he’s tired

• robs little kids

• burnt a few toes in NY in a fire he made and he can’t feel them anymore (the gang tried to get him to feel pain in them and he literally cannot)

• sells weed to socs for way higher prices cause he knows they are too rich to care

• is farsighted and does the old man holding the object far away and squinting at it

• big fan of the sonics (the band, not the hedgehog 😭)

• everyone in the gang is a pyro, but dallas is the worst.. except for johnny who is an extreme pyromaniac and lights everything on fire

• if he was alive during modern times he would definitely hate fortnite- steve and soda would try to play with him and he would scream at them to go away

• no self confidence but acts like he’s the best thing since jesus

• i’m sorry but he would not!!! say “where my hug at” i just don’t see it

• he is a horrible hugger and doesn’t like full body contact- only side hugs

• only person he would hug is darry and maybe johnny

• super sensitive skin- he would get red at just people touching him and would burn sooo easily

• probably has scandinavian parents- would explain his paleness (hair, skin, eyes)

[tending-the-hearth]

i think about how dally and two-bit and johnny and soda all tried SO hard to get ponyboy to realize that yeah, darry doesn't show it well, but he loves ponyboy more than anything, and it isn't until ponyboy sees darry in the hospital that he realizes.

it isn't until he sees how his disappearance has affected his older brother, sees how small darry is making himself (because GOD darry probably thinks ponyboy is scared of him, so he hunches his shoulders and makes sure he looks as non-threatening as possible), sees the dark circles beneath darry's eyes, until he sees darry crying, something he didn't even do when their parents died.

which is why i think that the "i thought we lost you like we did mom and dad" line is one of the most heartbreaking in the entire book. because now we, along with ponyboy, understand why darry is so protective, and how his protectiveness can sometimes manifest as just darry being overbearing and upset all the time.

because darry is still only twenty. he hasn't even had a chance to properly grieve his own parents, and just when things are starting to settle, his younger brother disappears with his best friend, leaving nothing but a dead body in his wake. and of course darry can only think the worst, so it's not until he sees ponyboy safely wrapped up in sodapop's arms that he finally is able to let his guard down and admit to himself and his brothers why he's been so tough on them.

the ponyboy and darry reunion is just so beautifully written, because you have darry letting his walls down, and you also have ponyboy finally understanding his older brother.

[drgstrcowboi]

Darry x Fem!reader. They go out on a nice date but Y/n is wearing smth a lil revealing...maybe a little spice in there, but I understand if you don't want to write that 😅

i love this idea! thank you for the request!!

i have limited experience/comfort with writing spicier things, but i gave it a go. i'd say it's more a fluffy/suggestive vibe than spicy. i added in some little details about red lipstick, lol. i hope you like it <3

staring respectfully

even a perfect gentleman can be tempted

DarryxFem!reader. wc: 1523. flirty and suggestive date night between established partners. no real content warnings.

“Aaannndd, perfect!” you said to yourself as you finished lining your top lip with red lipstick. 

You had just enough time to adjust your dress and give the mirror a final look before Darry was supposed to pick you up. He said he’d be there at 7:30 sharp. And you knew it would be exactly 7:30 sharp because he’s never late, especially to pick you up for a date night. 

“Keys, wallet, lipstick” you run through the list of items to throw in your purse before the doorbell interrupts you. 7:29pm, of course, he’s running early because he’s excited. 

Regular date nights are not so regular with you and Darry, mostly because he works all the time and money…well it’s not exactly unlimited. But when you two do get the chance to go out, it’s really special. Or as special as it can be on the east side of Tulsa. You guys have a favorite spot, a little diner, that’s more than the Tastee Freez but not exactly the ritz. It didn’t matter though because Darry could make you feel special anywhere. 

“Coming!” you call down the hall, hoping he’ll hear you as you slip on a pair of black heels and start walking. 

You paused before opening the door, just for a moment. You wanted to collect yourself and look a little more poised before Darry saw you. What he didn’t yet know is that you’d gone out of your way to doll up for this date night. It’d been a few weeks since you were able to go out and you’d both been flat broke around his birthday, so you wanted to make it special now that there was the time and money for a night out. New dress, new shoes, new lipstick.

Red. Wine red lipstick. Nothing too flashy, but it would definitely catch his eye. 

“Hey, Y/N—oh shit!” Darry exclaimed as you opened the door, “pardon my french, sweetheart, I’m sorry.” 

Slam dunk, hole in one, mission accomplished. In the first two seconds, you knew he loved it. 

“Is everything alright?” you asked him in a giggly tone. He took a few steps back to let you fully out of the door and turn around to lock it behind you.

“Oh, most definitely,” he said, wrapping an arm around your waist as you twisted the key in the lock.  

“Well you looked like you’d seen a ghost there for a second," you teased him.

“I just—you look amazing, it took me by surprise…not that you don’t always look amazing, it’s just—is that a new dress?” he stammered. 

“Tripping over your words tonight, Curtis?” you teased again as you turned around in his arms, “yes, it’s a new dress. I wanted tonight to be special since, you know, it’s been awhile since we’ve been out.”

“Well…I…yeah, let’s go out then,” he replied, gesturing towards the truck without taking his eyes off you.

All the way to the car you could feel him watching you. He was normally so put together and sure-spoken. You’d definitely taken Darryl Curtis Jr. by surprise tonight and he was not going to waste a single moment’s opportunity to take it all in.

Ever the perfect gentleman, he opened the truck’s passenger door and helped you climb in. You were sure-footed in heels, but he always helped you up into the truck no matter what you’re wearing. Once you were seated, you could immediately tell that he’d put in his own kind of effort for the evening. The truck was freshly cleaned, tools taken out of the bed, seats even looked vacuumed. Soda and Steve must have done him a solid at the DX before he came over. 

That’s not to say his appearance was underwhelming in the slightest. As he started the engine, you admired the curve of his biceps peeking out from the sleeves of a freshly-ironed muscle tee. He was wearing his good jeans, the dark denim that fit him like a glove and had no holes. The best part, though: that one front curl of his greased dark hair fell effortlessly tousled along the middle of his forehead. It always looked, to you at least, like a special flair that someone put on a signature. Anyone could sign the name Darryl Curtis Jr., but could anyone else do that with such perfection? Probably not. 

“Is that new lipstick too?” Darry asked you as he pulled up to a stoplight. He took his eyes off the road and fully took in your face, appreciating it the way he always does but with a glimmer in eye that made you feel like his whole world and then some.

“Yeah,” you replied, “I heard you tell the guys last week that you like red lipstick and I didn’t have any so I picked some up.”

He replied with a deep sigh and a playful smile as the truck lurched forward at the green light. Darry’s always a careful driver, but you could tell it was hard for him to focus on the rules of the road at the moment.

“So you’re eavesdropping on the gang’s locker room talk, huh?” Darry teased. 

“It’s hardly eavesdropping when you’re all scream-talking in the living room and I’m six feet away in the kitchen,” you pointed out, “besides, aren’t you glad I overheard you say that?”

“Very glad,” he said as he put the truck in park down the street from the diner. He raised a gentle hand to your cheek, pulling you in for a soft kiss before getting out.

You got seated in the diner at your favorite booth, the one you and Darry always shared. Your red lips almost matched the color of the leather seats, like a picture in a magazine staged for perfection. Normally, he’s the type of guy who likes to sit next to his date on the same side of the booth, sling an around your shoulder, that kind of thing. But tonight he sat across from you, probably because the view was better.

“You two coming from some big party?” the waitress who always served you guys asked as she approached the table. 

“You’re dressed to the nines tonight!” she added, turning to you.

“Oh no, ma’am,” Darry replied for you, “just taking my favorite girl out tonight.”

“Special occasion then?” the waitress asked in a playful tone.

“It’s always a special occasion with Y/N.” Darry said, making you blush a little. 

He said it with a loving smile, never taking his eyes off you as he spoke to the waitress. If you’d have been on a date with any other man, any less respectful and upstanding man, the look he was giving you right now would have already escalated into a speedy trip to a private location. But not Darry. He wanted you, that was obvious, but he still had his morals. 

“You’re doing a lot of talking with your eyes tonight,” you said to Darry after you’d both placed your orders and the waitress was safely out of earshot. 

He cleared his throat and learned forward, extending his long arms across the table with hands outstretched and reaching for your own, “I could say the same about you. That dress is practically screaming at me.”

“Screaming what at you?” you giggled. 

“I think you know,” he replied with a wink. 

“Well,” you cocked your head to the side with a playful grin, “I think you should clarify because I was always taught that staring is rude.”

“Y/N,” he said slowly in a low tone, “I’m staring respectfully.”

“Oh what a perfect gentleman!” you teased.

“Even a perfect gentleman can be tempted,” he replied, “especially with a dress like that.”

The flirtation continued to escalate as the waitress came back with your food. Nothing special, but you were surprised that Darry ordered a beer. He doesn’t normally do that unless he’s nervous or…well, really wants to make sure he has a good time.

Once the dishes were cleared and the check paid, you two headed out of the dinner and into the fading Tulsa evening. Even the east side of the city could be charming at night, with the neon signs and other couples walking around, probably out for date night too. The Circle Cinema sign caught your eye as you walked hand in hand down the street. 

“Maybe we could catch a movie,” you suggested, pointing at the marquee. The truck was in eyesight now, and his gaze darted from your face to the outline of its fender and back to you. 

“Definitely not, darlin’” Darry replied, “we’re going home.”

“Why’s that?” you asked, “it’s still early, the night’s still young!”

“We’re going home,” he repeated, stopping and placing his two strong, calloused hands on your exposed shoulders, “because I’m tired of just staring respectfully at this dress.”

You giggled and grabbed his hand as you started walking again, “Respectfully, Curtis, I think I know what you mean.”

“Then get in this truck,” he said as he opened the door for you, “so we can go somewhere and get a little less respectful.”

[d1sheclectic]

What The Greasers Would Play In Highschool Band Class

(Assigned by a band kid 100% ACCURACY!!😱😱)

Ponyboy curtis

Clarinet Player energy

I’ll bet he’s really good at it too

Breaks his reeds so often

Also in the band extracurricular

Johnny Cade

Saxophone.

hates it but is pretty decent at it

Chews on his reed literally all the time

“What measure are we at??”

Sodapop Curtis

Flute player!!

Used to just flirt with his section when he was in school

Just messes around in class but somehow passes music

Dallas Winston

Trombone LMAOO

leaves it at home half the time cuz it doesn’t look too tuff to lug a big ass instrument to school

or he lost it idek

literally a nuisance during music (music teacher’s #1 opp)

Darrel Curris

Unpopular opinion but concert band bassist

He tries!

Squints at his sheet music😭

doesn’t practice (he’s a sports person guys come on)

Two-Bit Matthews

TRUMPET PLAYERR🔥🔥

Doesn’t remember any of his fingerings

obnoxious fart noises with trumpet omgg who did that???

Steve Randle

Percussionist!!

Mostly plays bells but he drums sometimes too

Not the biggest fan of it but gets it done

Tim Shepard

Also a trombone

HATES it with a passion

Doesn’t even show up half the time

Curly Shepard

Clarinet

Only shows up to class to bother Pony

Doesn’t know how to put it together properly

Dry ass reed

anyways!! lmk ur thoughts :-)

[sleeplessgreaser]

The Outsiders as Animals

wanted to draw Johnny and Dally but I can't draw people to save my life + i love using animals to represent characterizations of people = i came up with the animal equivalents of the gang

also im an animal nerd so i gotta use my knowledge somehow

This is gonna be long because of all the pictures, sorry

Johnny Cade - alley cat

A skinny alley cat of no specific breed, just your basic domestic feline. Likely with black, tuxedo or black smoke fur. He lives almost exclusively outside and is often the target of abuse and bullying, resulting in malnourishment and less-than-ideal hygiene. But, if you feed him and give him a warm place to sleep at night, he might just be your friend. He didn't choose this kind of life, and really he deserves much better.

Dallas Winston - hound

A tall, lanky mutt, with a barrel chest and sharp, pointed features. He's not a specific breed, and definitely not a purebred, but similar to an Ibizan hound. He likes to go fast and enjoys racing, but he also enjoys going out and hunting for some action. His stature might be intimidating, and his teeth sure are big, but he's not so bad once you get to know him... if he let's you, that is.

Two-Bit Mathews - possum

Just your average wild possum, with a goblinoid personality and little grabby hands. He'll show off his teeth any chance he gets, but it's anyone's guess if he'll ever use them. Also, he's surprisingly clean given his lifestyle. (And it's absolutely shocking that he doesn't carry rabies.)

Steve Randle - mountain lion

Lean and muscular, can jump wide gaps and is surprisingly dexterous, and sure he looks innocent enough on the surface (if you didn't know any better) but he would love to beat you up and absolutely will if you give him ANY reason to. You may not be afraid of him, but you should be.

Darrel Curtis - Kodiak or grizzly bear

Big, strong and sturdy. He looks scary, and sounds scary, and yes you should probably be scared, but he'll leave you alone if you mind your own business. Alongside that, he's mostly a loner, definitely wishes he didn't have 2 cubs to look after, but he will provide for them and protect them until his dying breath.

Sodapop Curtis - black bear

A handsome guy, with sleek fur and a kind face. He looks so sweet, and boy is he a charmer, but in reality he is a menace to society (and it's easy to forget that). He will mess with you, and he enjoys being a nuisance, but if you tell him to knock it off he'll probably stop... probably.

Ponyboy Curtis - Gobi bear

Small and dog-like, but still a bear! His kind is endangered and there aren't many like him. He lives in a place that you might not expect, but he's happiest there. He's not much of a hunter, definitely more of a gatherer. He'll defend himself if he has to, especially if he has some backup, but really he doesn't want to hurt anyone.

[motorcycleboy9]

PATRICK SWAYZE MENTIONED (he's the one who played Darry in the outsiders movie)

[blueberyboy]

More of them. Still kind of figuring out what designs I like more for them hehe.