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I suddenly feel compelled to talk more about this (ty @qprpbj for this)

the CURTIS gang is only the curtis gang bc it’s sodapop CURTIS’ gang. It’s not Darry’s, because Darry isn’t in the gang. Sure he goes to rumbles, and hangs out with all of them but part of that is because 1. It’s his brothers friends and 2. he’s a greaser, what else can he do? It’s stated in the book and confirmed by S.E Hinton that Darry isn’t in the gang at all, nor does he want to be. He didn’t “go soc” in highschool, he just hung out with socs. Even if he was a greaser, he didn’t wear that title with pride. Soda fully embraced the title, wore it right next to his heart on his sleeve. I would bet money that the gang wasn’t even like, a thing until Soda kinda looked around at his friends and went huh. we’re kind of like a gang. and everyone ran with it. It’s also Soda’s gang because everything circles back to the kid. For example, I don’t think Steve would’ve voluntarily hung out with the rest of the group had it not been for Soda. Neither would Ponyboy. I also like to think that everyone met Johnny through Soda, even if it’s Ponyboy he’s closest with. I just have a feeling they were in the same class along with Steve. Not entirely sure how Dally got there, but it was probably Soda. Soda honestly could’ve just seen a kid his age chilling by himself and invited him over for dinner bc his mom makes GREAT spaghetti. Two-bit was just a neighbourhood kid Darry used to hang out with until high-school, where he got different friends and such, but Two-bit was still around and ended up mixed in with the group, not that he’s complaining. I don’t think they ever made themselves known as a gang but that’s how others saw them anyways. “it’s the curtis gang” “who’s gonna be at the rumble?” “the curtis gang” “that kids from the curtis gang.”

idk if this makes any sense but thank you for coming to my ted talk.

people i wanna know better! thank you for tagging me mala (@mala--draws), i know we've been like dancing around each other in notifs LOL !!! :))

last song: i'm currently listening to the outsiders musical soundtrack so...

last movie: the karate kid. idk how i made it this far in life without watching it. it was incredible.

last tv show: the last of us and young royals!! my friends and i did a favorite tv show swap-watch-party thing so both LOL

sweet/spicy/savory?: savory but i most definitely have a sweet tooth

relationship status: single!

last thing i googled: ...if sweet tooth was one or two words...

current obsession: the outsiders. it runs so deep. but also getting back into hadestown after seeing it at a high school a few days ago! and formula 1 season is back :)

looking forward to: i have a college interview this week and an audition for my final high school play! (Alice in Wonderland), so some pressure but more excitement than anything!

i honestly don't have many active moots on tumblr so i have like nobody to tag 😭

kind of an interest check! if i was to make The Outsiders/The Outsiders musical linocut prints, would anybody be interested in buying them? i'm still working on designs, but they'd probably be roughly $10 a piece?

my obsession with Solangelo walked so my obsession with Parry could run

this 110%, especially after playing him in the play

unpopular opinion that “The Outsiders Musical” (2023) takes inspiration from “The Outsiders Play” (1990) by Christopher Sergel which were both adapted from S.E. Hinton’s 1967 The Outsiders novel.

I know there have been many of these posts already but guys, please don't ask AIs to write fanfiction for you or finish a fanfic for you.

I've seen posts where people have been desperate to read fanfic to the point that they've asked ChatGPT to write them some fanfic.

I am making this post to gently remind people that there are fanfic writers who take fanfic requests. There are fanfic writers who have probably already written what you are looking for.

So please, instead of supporting AI and robots writing fanfiction, support the humans who write and create things for you to enjoy. And let them know you enjoy it. Positive feedback can be really motivating for writers.

Sodapop Curtis who loves too hard and doesn't get loved hard enough in return.

He has to love too hard because he doesn't, who will?

Sodapop who offers to move into his baby brother's room to help with his nightmares. Not just for Pony's sake, but for Darry's too. so that Darry can get more sleep and go do his job better rested. Sodapop who drops out of the school that made him feel so stupid for years, but not for himself. No, he drops out so that he can help Darry afford the house. He drops out so that Darry doesn't kill himself trying to pay for everything on his own. Sodapop who will come home from working his own long shift and sit down to give his brother a massage so that he doesn't injure himself. Sodapop who needs to be the constant mediator between his brothers. Sodapop who separates them and then listens to them each individually. He'll listen to Darry's vents about work and money and will offer his support. He'll listen to Pony's fears and reassure him that Darry doesn't hate him, but loves him more than anything. Sodapop who doesn't really have that for himself. He's the family's heart and soul.

So, even when Sandy leaves, Soda knows they have bigger things to worry about than his "silly breakup". He refuses to make it a big deal. Because he knows that Darry is worried sick about the hospital bills and how they're going to afford those while also having food and heat for the fall and winter. He knows that Ponyboy is mourning his best friend and is never going to be the same. So, Soda reassures them and comforts them. But he can't do it forever. Some nights he cries. And not his usual, loud sobs. These are silent, heavy tears that fights their way out of his eyes and glide down his face slowly. It's when he's in bed, late at night, usually after he calms Pony down from a nightmare. Then, he lets himself break. And he cries. He cries for Sandy and what she did to him, for Dally and Johnny and all their suffering, for Pony and the pain he's experiencing, for Darry who almost had the life he wanted, for the whole gang who are never gonna be whole again. And he does it alone. Because he doesn't want other people to worry about him. He can handle it himself, they have bigger problems.

Soda, who knows he's loved, but wishes that someone would tell him or show him a little more often.

Ponyboy “I would leave if only I could find a reason” Curtis

And

Sodapop “I got dreams but I can’t make myself believe them” Curtis

And

Darrel “Spend the rest of my life with what could’ve been, and I will die in the house that I grew up in” Curtis

in doing fine guys!! (ao3 is down and im losing it.)