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• A Knockout Pony by Tragically_Alive

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  16 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Steve Randle
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Tim Shepard
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis/Curly Shepard
  • Tim Shepard/Dallas Winston
  • Sodapop Curtis/Steve Randle
  • previous Sodapop Curtis/Sandy
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Character(s)
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Steve Randle
  • Dallas Winston
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Darrel Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Tim Shepard
  • Curly Shepard
  • Angela Shepard
  • Original Characters
  • Sherri "Cherry" Valance
  • Bob Sheldon
  • Socs (The Outsiders)
  • Greasers (The Outsiders)
  • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
  • Autistic Ponyboy Curtis
  • Ponyboy has Synesthesia
  • Ponyboy Curtis Has Burn Scars
  • Protective Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade is aro/ace
  • Protective Johnny Cade
  • Dallas Winston is Bad at Feelings
  • Dallas Winston is a Good Friend
  • Dallas Winston has Dyscalculia
  • Protective Dallas Winston
  • Bisexual Dallas Winston
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. is Doing His Best
  • Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. Needs a Break
  • Good Brother Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Darrel “Darry” Curtis Jr. is Bad at Feelings
  • Protective Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr.
  • Good Brother Sodapop Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis Has ADHD
  • Sodapop Curtis has dyslexia
  • Protective Sodapop Curtis
  • Queer Sodapop Curtis
  • Steve Randle is Gay
  • Steve Randle is a Good Friend
  • Steve Randle is Occasionally a Dick but he gets Better
  • Two-Bit Mathews is a Good Friend
  • Two-Bit Mathews is a Menace
  • Dallas Winston is good with kids
  • Curly Shepard has ADHD
  • Curly Shepard Being a Little Shit
  • Period Typical Bigotry
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Cultural References
  • character exploration
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Ponyboy Curtis Centric
  • Vigilantism
  • Crime Fighting
  • Reverse adoption? Somehow?
  • Minor Injuries
  • Serious Injuries
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Chronic Pain
  • Found Family

  Summary

  Ponyboy is tired of not being able to fight back like everyone else, so he seeks out the help of someone else to learn how to fight. He wasn't expecting to make a new friend out of it, and he definitely wasn't expecting all the things he'd face either.

  (In this fanfic Johnny never gets the chance to stab Bob. Things turn out a lot different because of it.)

  The NEW AND IMPROVED version of a knockout pony.

  Series

  • Part 3 of The Outsiders: Ponyboy Learns How To Fight The Fic

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,169

  Chapters:

  5/?

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  264

  Bookmarks:

  43

  Hits:

  4,189

• A Knockout Pony (OLD) by Tragically_Alive

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983), The Outsiders - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi, Other
  • Complete Work

  15 May 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Two-Bit Mathews
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Dallas Winston
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Steve Randle
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Tim Shepard
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis/Curly Shepard
  • Tim Shepard/Dallas Winston
  • Sodapop Curtis/Steve Randle
  • Ponyboy Curtis & Original Character(s)
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Steve Randle
  • Dallas Winston
  • Two-Bit Mathews
  • Darrel Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis
  • Tim Shepard
  • Curly Shepard
  • Original Characters
  • Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston Live
  • Johnny Cade is aromantic
  • Johnny Cade is asexual
  • Bisexual Dallas Winston
  • Dallas Winston is good with kids
  • Darrel Curtis tries his best
  • He loves his gang but he swears they will be the reason he dies of a heart attack
  • Queer Sodapop Curtis
  • Sodapop Curtis loves his friends
  • Queerplatonic Relationships
  • Two-Bit Mathews is the stereotypical straight of the group
  • He uses it for jokes
  • Steve Randle is a gay gay man
  • AKA
  • Gay Steve Randle
  • Curly Shepard Being a Little Shit
  • Curly Shepard is unlabeled in his sexuality
  • But he jokes and says he's Ponyboy-sexual
  • Curly Shepard is very awkward
  • Curly Shepard has ADHD
  • Dallas Winston cannot do math
  • This is but a fact
  • pansexual ponyboy curtis
  • Autistic Ponyboy Curtis
  • Because the man has book smarts but has a harder time with people and that is relatable
  • harmful stimming
  • non-harmful stimming
  • Vocal Stims
  • tics
  • Paranoia
  • Ponyboy Curtis Needs a Hug
  • written in 3rd person
  • ponyboy centric
  • Minor Injuries
  • Serious Injuries
  • Tim Shepard is a Good Brother
  • Darry is a good brother
  • Damn all these parental figures be popping up
  • The Curtis parents weren't the worst but they weren't great either
  • Period Typical Bigotry
  • Sodapop has dyslexia
  • No beta we die like Dallas and Johnny in canon
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Ponyboy Curtis has Synesthesia
  • Me slapping the gang: these bad boys can fit so much trauma-
  • Weird upload schedule
  • Vigilantism

  Summary

  Ponyboy is tired of not being able to fight back like everyone else, so he seeks out the help of someone else to learn how to fight. He wasn't expecting to make a new friend out of it, and he definitely wasn't expecting all the things he'd face either.

  (In this fanfic Johnny never gets the chance to stab Bob. Things turn out a lot different because of it.)

  Series

  • Part 2 of The Outsiders: Ponyboy Learns How To Fight The Fic

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,332

  Chapters:

  7/7

  Comments:

  50

  Kudos:

  413

  Bookmarks:

  39

  Hits:

  10,350

• The Fountain Incident by Tragically_Alive

  Fandoms: The Outsiders - All Media Types, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1983)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  09 Jan 2022

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Darrel Curtis & Ponyboy Curtis & Sodapop Curtis
  • Johnny Cade & Ponyboy Curtis
  • Bob Sheldon
  • Darrel Curtis
  • Ponyboy Curtis
  • Johnny Cade
  • Injured Ponyboy Curtis
  • Slight Comfort
  • hurt/some comfort
  • Almost death
  • Johnny doesn't stab Bob
  • This is the fountain incident in my other fic "A Knockout Pony"
  • Drowning
  • Blood and Injury

  Summary

  The Fountain Incident that occurs in "A Knockout Pony"

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Outsiders: Ponyboy Learns How To Fight The Fic

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,934

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  1

  Kudos:

  490

  Bookmarks:

  46

  Hits:

  7,233