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YEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH

I did it @marmaladedcroissant @chained-sweater @the anon who asked if he was in a crop top

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Do it.

IS THAT DARRY IN A CROP TOP HOLD ON. HOLD ON

yes it is, and the power is mine to do it again

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He’s had a stressful day.

Darry doodle.

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Anyone got any ideas about the floor plan of the second floor?? I’m finished with the first floor base, and want to move on to the second one but can’t exactly find a good photo.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade

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Building the house out of cardboard bc I fucked up the clay version and I’m abt three weeks into shaping it so to sooth my soul I’m making it again.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade

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YEEEAHHHH

Yes I just went through a time-loop blog, yes I've read many books in that genre, yes I've read outsiders fics in time-loops, and yes

I'm going to write a Darry one.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #sodapop curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #steve randle #johnny cade #time loop

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Hear me out: We stick Darry in a time loop where worse and worse things happen, before it gets to the point he no longer cares about the fact he’s in a time loop, so when he accidentally breaks it he has to relearn how to live not knowing everybody’s next move or words.

Gang thinks he’s a little too mentally unstable and then they all slowly start to piece it together, because they can see small fractures in their own reality, where they can see the loop, but not to a great extent, just small moments.

Then cocoa and blankets and a shitty cheesy movie so they can collectively panic in a somewhat normal way.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade

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Darry doodle.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #my art

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First things first, tackling things one at a time, I’m going to go throught the songs and look at their lyrics, and slowly connect them to Darry, I have yet to watch the show, and I could probably piece things together more clearly if I did go and watch it, but knowing me that would make it near impossible to return to this and it would forever remain as a draft to be expanded on. I highly suggest listening to these songs (If you haven’t already.).

Starting off with Inertia:

I was gonna save the planet, but today I got plans

I guess this is just what I am

Focusing on how Darry works to jobs and hardly has enough time for himself, seeing as all the shenanigans the gang seems to get up to, from Dally getting jailed, to Steve and Johnny abusive parents, and evenhis, Soda’s, and Pon’ys own issues, along with keeping up with the bills and making sure everyone is fed and taken care of. Gonna be honest, I feel like Darry sacrificed some of his own health to ensure that they could keep the house or pay the bills on time or just make sure everyone had food, seeing as how the gang practically lives at the Curtis house.

I'm an object in motion

I've lost all emotion

Darry, from Pony's view, looks cold and emotionless, and according to Pony, he’s “hard as a rock and about as human.” (Page 39, fourth paragraph down)

We know that’s not true, everyone feels something, no matter how hard they try not to, and we get to see Darry start to break down a bit, Sitting in the chair, knowing damn well he has work the next day but staying up late, 2 AM, just to make sure Pony is okay, when he very well could have gotten up from the chair and gone to bed, leaving Soda on the couch to wait for their younger brother.

My two legs are broken, but look at me dance

An object in motion, don't ask where I'm going

'Cause where I am going is right where I am

Darry had plans to go to college, and that was what fueled a good part of his and Paul's rivalry, but Darry was unable to go to college, as his parents are killed and he has to step up and take care of and provide for his younger siblings, effectively cutting off an entire section of his life for them, His parents being these legs that are broken, how he’s and object continuously moving, no time to comprehend what’s happening around him and how to handle it, hell, I don’t think he’s even had time to properly mourn the deaths of his parents yet, or even bother to move their things out of what now qualifies as ‘His room’, intentionally leaving their things in the room to feel closer to them, to have more to remember them by, more things to physically remind him of them, and the collective loss.

I wanna move out of this town

But everyone knows me, and packing is tiring

Inertia

Even if Darry were to somehow find a way back to his plans, it would be incredibly difficult. With the amount of memories stored in the house, and it being a designated hang out spot, Darry probably grew fond of the house over time, becoming more and more attached as time goes on, and not only that, but the fact it was something else to remind him of his parents, of everything good that happened because of them. Sure, he could keep the house, keep his jobs, but go to college anyways, but how would he realistically be able to manage all of that? He’d hardly have time to take care of himself, and in the end it would do far much more harm than good. Working to keep a house no one lives in, while trying to better himself and his own life after throwing it all away in milliseconds just to keep his brothers with him for as long as possible.

I wanna be big like my plans, so why'm I so tiny

And why'm I so mad?

It's inertia

Guess this is just what I am I'm stuck in this life, and I'm stuck in these pants

Darry had bigger plans for himself, to go out and go through college, to figure things out as he went but tackling one thing after then next as best as he could, go places, do things, meet new people, experience things he probably hasn’t yet, and find what makes him happy without something holding him back, without something that prevents him from stopping and turning around when he’s oh so close to that gold mine of his dreams, so close he can feel them, only to get called back for one thing or another.

Darry is stuck in Tulsa. He knows this. It’s been hammered into his head so many times now I highly doubt there’s a chance it could change. I firmly believe that he, as a character, knows he was born in Tulsa, that he was raised in Tulsa, and that he will die in Tulsa.

#the outsiders #inertia #Going to slowly dissect this man more thoroughly later #Just more worried about getting these ideas out there #before I start refining certain details. #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade

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Okay but certain AJR songs are so Darry coded it terrifies me. Inertia, for one, and I think I’ve talked about this before, and I do want to dive into it more and fully dissect both Darry’s character and how people perceive him, and how the song can relate to him because of these things, but for right now, I’ll froth at the mouth simply thinking about it bc I have things I need to do.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade

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Darry! Taking a break from another project and wanted to doodle my sad man. (Gotta love autocorrect wanting me to call him a dad man.)

#the outsiders #darry curtis #my art #the boy #my little silly

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I saw an r/Bossfight thing and got inspired. I’m not done yet and plan another pose, and admittedly the colors are too vibrant, and thus I will (hopefully) mute them so they feel more… olden? Also so the Sun can have it’s beautiful head shine brighter.

#my art #r/bossfight #perishing

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So, I did a thing.

#the outsiders #darry curtis #He

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ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

#spanish or vanish #duolingo literally made a joke misical for it #I’m sobbing

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Grabbing the snacks and then it’s party time, cause imma have a blast doing this-

Drawing Darry being a little… special. Send me fits to stick him in.

@crow2222 I know I couldn’t leave you out, you’d be so disappointed if I drew our boy all spicy and didn’t tag you to add input.

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Drawing Darry being a little… special. Send me fits to stick him in.

@crow2222 I know I couldn’t leave you out, you’d be so disappointed if I drew our boy all spicy and didn’t tag you to add input.

#the outsiders #darry curtis

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I found the fic!

@rileyh20

#the outsiders #darry curtis #ponyboy curtis #two bit mathews #dallas winston #sodapop curtis #steve randle #johnny cade