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hey how do you pronounce “Soc”
What?
i mean is it like “sock”
because it looks like that’s how you’d say it
but in my head I think of it as being pronounced “soash”
huh
like rhymes with cloche
I guess that makes sense
why do I even know what a cloche is
what kind of a gang is this
what do you mean
i mean i feel like we’re different from other gangs
different how
i don’t know i guess
we’re just a bunch of regular beautiful guys who like to read poetry and get in knife fights
yeah
yessir
nothing like putting your hair in place
stabbing a rich guy
then talking about Robert Frost in an attic with another guy
if that’s different, then i guess i’m different
no you’re right
man you know who i hate
who
guys with green eyes
or i guess
MOST guys with green eyes
would you say my eyes are greenish-gray, or grayish-green
i don’t know
your eyes are icy blue, so they’re always icy blue
but sometimes my eyes are more greenish-gray than grayish-green
which i think is better
huh
hey do you want to come over and watch the sunset
yeah okay
i guess so
okay great
i mean it’s the same sunset as the one at your house
so don’t expect anything big
i won’t
i really think they’re more grayish-green right now than anything else
yeah maybe
not green like Darry’s anyhow
they’re green like ice, but bluer than that
I really need to update my eye color journal
your what?
see you soon for the sunset!!!
so what did you think
what did i think of what
what did you think of all the drawings of Dally i sent you
oh yeah
do you think he’ll like them?
do you think they’re any good
there sure are
a lot of them
do you think i made his eyes look enough like blue ice
that was really what i was going for
because his eyes look like blazing blue ice
i definitely think you did
oh good
i was kind of worried
that they didn’t look enough like blue ice that’s blazing
no, they’re–
you did a really good job
they’re really nice
well i wanted to do something special for his birthday
and it was either this or a switchblade
and i figured everyone else was already getting him a switchblade
right
what’s a guy gonna do with six switchblades, you know?
yeah
such a thing as too many switchblades
anyhow i’m glad you think they’re good
yeah
you want one?
oh
i think i’m okay
i can draw you one real fast
it won’t take two minutes
no i’m okay
i’ll draw you one just in case
his eyes look like blue ice
blue ice!
you awake?
yeah
what’s wrong?
i had that dream again
oh
that dream where i got the haircut
that was the worst day of my life, the day Johnny cut my hair
remember?
yeah i remember
if a guy doesn’t have his silky reddish-blonde hair that’s just a little redder than Soda’s and swirls just right
well what kind of a guy is he?
i don’t know
plus it was real sad when Johnny died, too
yeah
died before his hair could even grow back
Tags: hats, s.e. hinton, s.e. hinton loves describing dude’s eyes, texts from, the outsiders
This speaks to me. why wasn’t it pronounced Sock? What was Soc short for?
died before his hair could even grow back
best ending line ever.
Wasn’t it short for “socials?”
ahh probably! thanks!
Things I will never understand: why “socs” is pronounced like the first syllable of the word it’s short for, but “Pats” is pronounced like it’s spelled instead of like the first syllable for “Patriots.” We need consistency in the pronunciation of abbreviations, world!
The weird thing is, when I was in junior high/high school, we had the same word, “soc,” or “sosh.” I think it meant the popular girls who were a little more lah-di-dah or stuck-up. “She’s such a sosh!” was the insult. Unfortunately, we did not have any gangs of sexy, sensitive rough boys.
Perhaps fortunately? You might have been overly distracted by their icy blue (or grayish-green! or greenish-gray!) eyes.
I definitely would have been!
Guys the next time you read The Outsiders, highlight every time Ponyboy describes another boy as “lean” or “catlike” or “pantherlike.” YOU WILL FIND IT ILLUMINATING.
Is this a safe space to admit we briefly considered Ponyboy and Sodapop as potential baby names?
😉
To be fair, Hinton was only 16 when she wrote it. I can give her some leeway.
Whaaattt this is the first time I’m learning that S.E. Hinton was both a woman and that she wrote The Outsiders in high school. Amazing!
And now she writes Supernatural fanfic. No lie. Google it.
#accidentallyhomoerotic
Stay gold, Mallory.
eye color journal aaaaaaaaah
In honor of this post, I’m going to rewatch The Outsiders this weekend.
There are a few lines that need to be italicized, but aren’t. I will leave you to find them, though, because I am a cruel man.
(I know, but come on, it’s the Dowager Countess admonishing. Close enough, right?)
No such thing as too many switchblades.
As much as I appreciate Matt Dillon, I am still annoyed at that casting! ICE BLUE EYES!!!!
I mean what about contacts, right? make an effort!
Stay gold, Ponyboy.
I’m embarrassed to admit how many times I read The Outsiders when I was 13.
Have never seen or read The Outsiders, but the idea of a gang of knife fighting poets sounds fun.
“we’re just a bunch of regular beautiful guys who like to read poetry and get in knife fights” Best summary of The Outsiders that could possibly be written.
I had never had even the tiniest inkling of a desire to read The Outsiders before tonight; that one line has changed all that. It is now queued up on my Kindle. Thanks, Obama Mallory!
#accidentallyhomoerotic
I had never had even the tiniest inkling of a desire to read The Outsiders before tonight; that one line has changed all that. It is now queued up on my Kindle. Thanks,
ObamaMallory!… I literally just realized that the reason I fell in love with Dally when I read The Outsiders in high school was that Ponyboy was in love with Dally and it rubbed off.
I have not thought about this book in years, 15 years probably…. anyway, realising now that my youthful infatuation with all things S.E. Hinton was a clear precursor to my current johnlock obsession. Also now realising that Ponyboy was not infact a boy, but girl. A lonely, dreamy, horny girl….
No wonder I felt such a connection with that book what I was 14
I just realized why one of the characters in my novel is named Dallas. Argh.