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* FridgeBrilliance: Why would S.E. Hinton put so much HoYay into the story if fans weren't meant to see the characters as gay? Well, the book ''was'' written by a teenage girl in the mid-1960's, who in all probability had little to no firsthand knowledge of how straight male bonding typically works, and had to extrapolate based on what she knew of the much more touchy-feely way women usually comforted and cared for each other.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why would S.E. Hinton put so much HoYay into the story if fans weren't meant to see the characters as gay? Well, the book ''was'' written by a teenage girl in the mid-1960's, who in all probability had little to no firsthand knowledge of how straight male bonding typically works, and had to extrapolate based on what she knew of the much more touchy-feely way women usually comforted and cared for each other. It's not intentional homoeroticism so much as it is WriteWhatYouKnow from a less-than-worldy perspective.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why would S.E. Hinton put so much HoYay into the story if fans weren't meant to see the characters as gay? Well, the book ''was'' written by a teenage girl in the mid-1960's, who in all probability had little to no firsthand knowledge of how straight male bonding typically works, and had to extrapolate based on what she knew of the much more touchy-feely way women usually comforted and cared for each other.
* FridgeLogic: In Johnny's last letter to Ponyboy, he says "I'm going to miss you guys". But why would he say that? He knew he was going to die from his injuries and meant "I'll miss you in the afterlife".
* FridgeLogic: In Johnny's last letter to Ponyboy, he says "I'm going to miss you guys". But why would he say that? He knew he was going to die from his injuries and meant "I'll miss you in the afterlife".
