Currently watching Nightmare Before Christmas because spooky season is my favorite and had this thought
Modern ponyboy is a Tim Burton FREAK OH MY GOD
(I ramble in the tags sorry)
#His favorite artisticly is Corpse Bride#He loves the contrast of the black and white living world vs the bright and colorful afterlife#and the blue butterfly in the begining#he thinks life actually feels like that sometimes#Artistically he also really likes Coraline#but Coraline is mostly henry selick#(hope i spelled that right)#He likes Frankenweenie simply for the whimsy#And He loves art so he also LOVES 9 for the robot designs#he thinks theyre so cool and he likes to draw them cause theyre so intricate#James and the Giant peach was one of his moms favorites so ofc he loves it now#even if the french dude freaks him out lowkey#He also likes Edward Scissorhands#bc he gets it#he knows what its like tk be an outsider#(HE SAID IT HE SAID IT)#also that movie's main conflict at the end is so outsiders core#His guilty pleasure for sure is Nightmare before christmas thlugh#THE SOUNDTRACK#THE VISUALS#THE STORY#he can quote that entire movie#<- not projecting in the slightest#But yes i can quote the wntire film whoops#the outsiders#ponyboy curtis#tim burton#the outsiders headcanons#modern au