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C. Thomas Howell Radio Show
Tonight, on Tommy's show, S.E. Hinton will be on. Tommy's trying to get as many "Outsiders" alumns to call in/attend as possible. It promises to be a really cool show, with lots of "Outsiders"-related chatter.

You can listen here: http://www.971freefm.com/

Hey everyone!
There's a third season of Wrong Side of the Tracks awards up now with some stories already nominated, so get reading some decent stories, nominate some more and cast your votes!

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/outsidersawards/home.html

wow, the last entry in here was back in March? woah. I have to rehaul some bits of this place over so it'll have a new layout soon and hopefully some new entries!

Or do I have to start badgering people for Halloween fics again? :-p

(is totally happy she found this comm)

Well I found like two comms, but the one was kinda uptight and no slash. Like whats up with that? lol.

At any rate, I want to make icons. Anyone have picture links for me? or are they hard to come by?

I want to draw pictures too.

I read the book way back in Gr.8 for English and loved it. I recently bought the book at a book sale and it was missing a page?! But reading it again made me love it.

I really want to do a doujinshi actually, but my friend wouldn't draw it for me >: (i'll work on her X3 and will share any doujinshi if i manage to get it out of her) But I have the story idea, I just need an artist (or I could just do it myself I guess...)

I would love to read some Dally/Johnny stories *_____* so please direct me towards them XD Or write them for me :3(you would recieve so much love from me if you did)

Also, if anyone has the movie and is able to get it to me (like upload it to "you send it" or something like that), I would totally make a MV. That would rock!

(can hardly contain myself *jumps up and down*)

Current Mood: enthralled
Current Music: everlong ~ foo fighters

Hurt

Title: "Hurt"
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG-13 to R for drug use
Main Characters: Steve Randle
Pairings: None
Spoilers: Not unless you don't know about what Hinton said would happen to Soda and Steve
Warnings: Drug use, mild language, alot of sad stuff
Short Summary: "What have I become, my sweetest friend? Everyone I know goes away in the end." Songfic from the Johnny Cash/Nine Inch Nails song. Don't sue me... It belongs to Trent Reznor.

( The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting )

Greasers=brothers

Title: A Friend Sticks Close Like a Brother
Genre: General
Rating: PG
Main Characters: Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis... pretty much everybody
Pairings: None
Spoilers: Nope
Warnings: None.
Short Summary: The gang makes a day special for Ponyboy. Pony's POV

( That's what friends are for )

Cuts like a knife
Johnny has a knife, we all know that. But what we don't know is how did he get the knife?
Rating PG
Characters - Johnny and Two-Bit
( cuts like a knife )

Dally Fic

Title: Loved and Lost
Genre: A touch of everything... Romance, tragedy, drama, angst
Rating: PG-13
Main Characters: Dallas Winston
Pairings: Dally/OC (very brief), Dally/his mom (family relationship, not incest), Dally/Johnny friendship
Spoilers: Everybody should know about most of it.
Warnings: Character death abounds. Much tragedy. Mild language.
Short Summary: "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Well, Tennyson... I hate to break it to ya, but a certain greaser just doesn't agree. Dally's POV on losing everything he loves. (Italics are flashbacks)

( If you're tough like me, nothin' can touch you. )

Current Mood: sick
Current Music: DOH soundtrack

Title: As I Lay Dying
Genre: Tragedy/Deathfic
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Main Characters: Sodapop Curtis
Pairings: Soda/Steve friendship... non-slashy
Spoilers: Not unless you don't know Hinton's post Outsiders plans for poor Sodapop
Warnings: Violence, character death, not my best fic, but I wanted to post it anyway.
Short Summary: Soda's POV. Based on S.E. Hinton's post-Outsiders timeline on what happened to Sodapop Curtis.

( I open my eyes, try to see but I'm blinded by the white light... )

Current Mood: sick
Current Music: "Untitled" by Simple Plan

Dear Me, I was Bored!
Outsiders Anti-Drug icons!

One for all 7 greasers... Comment, credit (Me for icons, and

angelcakescaps for caps) and enjoy... But don't hotlink... *tries to think of creative way to tell you not to hotlink* Just don't do it, OK?

Teasers:
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( Brought to you by the Partnership for a Greaser-Friendly America. )

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Current Music: "Photgraph" ~ Nickelback

Wow... I don't know why I didn't post these here... I'm not sure I even knew this com was icon friendly. lol.

Teasers:

( All Under teh cut of lurve! )

Comment, credit me for the icons and all icons with pictures credit

angelcakescaps for caps!

And don't hotlink... I don't like hotlinkers... I just... Don't like 'em. /enddallyaccent

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Current Music: Perfect World ~ Simple Plan

If I had to pick the real character of the gang...
Title: Hauled In... Again...
Genre: General with comic relief all over the place! lol.
Rating: I'd say PG/PG-13ish
Main Characters: Dallas Winston
Pairings: None
Spoilers: Not really
Warnings: Mild language... and I'm not sure if I've quite got Dally's voice down... Tell me what you think, please?
Short Summary: Idea from

marsonfire's FF idea list! Thanks for the good idea! When there's trouble around, isn't Dally ALWAYS involved?

( Innocent? Yeah, right. )

Current Mood: creative
Current Music: "One" by Simple Plan

32 cherry bases, because i love her. *0*

previews:

please leave comments on the bases at the entry in my icon journal, HERE, because it makes my life easier. :\

cross-posted to

theoutsiders &

starshapedcandy. enjoy :D

What do you think Sodapop wrote in his letter to Sandy?

Hey, Pepsi~Cola!

Title: The Truth Won't Set Him Free
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rating: PG
Main Characters: Sandy
Pairings: Sandy/Soda
Spoilers: I hope not!
Warnings: Suggestion of sex, but just barely... a little mushy, I guess...
Short Summary: Sandy tells the truth about what happened between her and Sodapop.
( Talk me out of Tampa )

I wonder why S.E Hinton never writes a mother character in her work, could it be to do with the fact that her mother treated her badly and wasn't encouraging of her writing, all her main characters are from broken families?
In "Rumble Fish", the mother leaves taking the 6 (?) year old Motorcycle Boy with her and leaving Rusty-James alone with the father whilst the father goes off on a bender.
Hmmm.. I wonder why she didn't take Rusty James along with her. Poor boy.

Breaking Point

Title: Breaking Point
Genre: Hrm... I'm not sure...
Rating: PG... Censored language and a touch of violence
Main Characters: Dallas Winston (@ the age of 10)
Pairings: N/A
Spoilers: Nope!
Warnings: Touch of violence
Short Summary: "Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten."

( Gallant )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Smallville on DVD

A Cop's Tale

Title: All In The Line Of Duty
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG-13ish... for violence
Main Characters: Unnamed police officer, Dallas Winston (of course)
Pairings: N/A
Spoilers: If you don't know what happens to Dally in the end, you might be in for a shocker!
Warnings: Death references, violence
Short Summary: He was just a kid. Only 17.

( Those cool ol' guys kinda remind me of Dally )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: "Almost" by Bowling for Soup

Smart Like Me

Title: To Love Somebody
Genre: Angst
Rating: PG Just to be safe
Main Characters: Cherry Valance
Pairings: Cherry/Pony friendship, Mostly Cherry/Dally
Spoilers: Yeah, I guess. But if you haven't read the book or seen the movie, whats the point? lol.
Warnings: Death references, a little violence, might be a little fluffy...
Short Summary: I didn't want to fall in love. Especially not with him. Dallas Winston. He was one of those guys, you know? Ten feet tall and bulletproof. At least, that's what he thought.

( Why do you bother helping people? It doesn't do any good. )

Help meeeee... (And a fic)
Hey, guys? I need a little help here . . . I've noticed that over at ff.net, slash fics are sometimes well-liked, sometimes not. I'm planning on writing an AU Outsiders fic, and the way I'm going to write it, it could easily be either a slash or non-slash story between Johnny and Dally. So I need help on deciding something: do I make it slash or non-slash?

The way it's going to be written, I could also 'end' it (and I mean actually make a good-sounding chapter where you'd think it would end) where they're in the really-close-almost-brothers stage for the non-slash people, tell them that it's about to turn slash, and continue writing from there, but I'm not sure how well-received that would be.

So . . . Any ideas? (And because this is a post-a-fic community and not a bawl-for-help community, here's a fic:)

Title: Black
Rating: PG
Pairings: None
Warnings: None?
Summary: A fic about Dally's favorite color and why it is what it is.

( Black )

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