Curly - I can see thinking he's a big shit in his brother's organization, but in reality he doesn't even rate lieutenant status and people are just afraid of him because he's Tim Shepard's brother, and deep down Curly knows it. I can see him being a total liability for Tim, doing risky and stupid things to either get attention or try and get power and respect. He'd be in and out of jail a lot because he get caught doing stupid things. Curly would have a drug problem at some point until Tim set him straight. I can see him wanting to get out from under Tim's shadow, but having no clue how to do it. I think ultimately he would also end up in prison for a longer stint, despite Tim trying to keep him out of trouble. Ironically, I think this would be where he would learn to separate himself from Tim and in an odd way, being in prison for a longer stint, without Tim, would cause him to grow up and become more of a leader type of person. He'd get out and be aiming to be the top guy and be better able to do it.

I think it would be interesting if Curly got out and decided Tim shouldn't be running things. I think his ultimate resentment that he wasn't respected would come out and he would blame Tim for it, rather than himself, which goes to show that he only learns so much about the world.

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I created a new C2 community for archiving any fics about Tim, Curly or Angela Shepard. There are over 67 listed in there now (as of Oct 2007), so if you read at ff.net and like the Shepard's, add yourself to the C2 community and you'll get an email every time a story is added to the archive. To see ALL the stories, make sure you use the drop down menu and select Fiction Rating: All so you can see M rated ones as well as K-T.

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Curly Shepard

- 15 years old in The Outsiders
- older brother Tim, (presumably) younger sister Angela
- tough, cool, hard as nails
- Pony says he's Tim in miniature
- once played chicken with Pony, holding their burning cigarette ends against each others fingers until Tim stopped them
- an average downtown hood
- not really bright
- Pony says he could take anything
- broke into a liquor store, got caught, 6 months in reformatory
- hardheaded
- dark blue eyes
- fell off a telephone pole and broke his arm once
* carries a switchblade
* liked to play rough
* considered a dumb hood by Bryon
* mother and stepfather always fight, scream and throw things
* in jail in TWTTIN
* step father drunk all the time
* awed by his big brother
* beat Bryon up for cutting Angela's hair off

*From That Was Then, This Is Now

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