#neil perry/ todd anderson

[snowydeskset-ao3]

They chatted idly as the microwave whirred. One of Todd’s favorite things about his husband was his voice, the way he spoke. Every sentence was smooth, rich, put together. It was like the poetry he had first read them all in that cave so many years ago. Now though, words were bouncing off of him dully. All he could hear was his own head, counting calories and worthlessness. --- Todd deals with his eating disorder, confronting the fact that relapses happen when you least expect and recovery isn't always linear. Neil is there to lend a helping hand. --- title from prom queen by beach bunny iykyk

[joytri]

neil perry would've loved folklore

[elle8n]

This movie changed my live <3

[neilperryismine]

yes everyone should watch dead poets society it’s totally not devestatingly sad and it definitely won’t ruin your life :))

[glorious-destruction]

the feminine urge to become fluent in every language on earth so I can read literature in poetry in their native tongues to get the full effect

[arrr-im-a-dead-poet]

Okay, but Todd jumping into Neil’s arms when they won the game 🥹

[comfortablynumb]

Okay, so let me see if I understand correctly:

Boys wanting to write poetry is a metaphor for boys wanting the freedom to make out in the back of old bookstores and to wear lipstick while reciting Shakespearean sonnets without having to hear the constant disapproval of others

Men running away to become pirates is a metaphor for men running away from the safe, heteronormative lives society forced them into in order to start a more genuine, albeit more dangerous, life for themselves

Nerdy teens fighting monsters together is a metaphor for teens who were once outcasted by their community for being different helping each other to confront their trauma and to become the heroes of their own stories

And women playing baseball is a metaphor for women reclaiming their femininity after spending most of their lives being told they’re “not real girls” because they don’t fit the mold the patriarchy wants them to fit into

But ultimately all of them are just metaphors for a friend group being gayer than the fucking fourth of July

[from-the-stars-to-the-moon]

Mr Keating.

Fucking.

Knew.

He knew full well that the anxious poet and the depressed theatre kid were unbelievably gay for each other.

God I’ll never get over these two-

[sleepy-gee]

what they say: im fine

what they mean: there's a deleted scene from dps where todd reads a poem in the cave for the first time, fully confident in his abilities. he's breaking out of his shell and has found his voice thanks to the poets, thanks to neil. this scene was supposed to be shown in between the cuts of neil's suicide, followed by a scene of the poets dancing and reciting poetry with mr. keating by a frozen waterfall. todd gains his voice at the exact same moment neil loses his forever. what the fuck. todd and the poets celebrate their life while neil loses his.

[post-modern-prometheus]

me when im trying to tell someone about the deleted scene in dead poets society where todd helps neil with his lines for the play and theyre laughing and joking and heading towards the dock, which makes the end of the film all the more meaningful and emotional when todd runs to the dock screaming neil’s name

[yellowjackets96]

just father figures staring at their surrogate sons with all of the pride and admiration and affection in the world

[slugtowns]

I need everyone to watch this right now how has no one ever noticed this I can’t

[helluvabook]

The Tortured Poets Department in question

[cardiganloser]

robert sean leonard your homoerotic little friendships have ruined my life

[nixxieie]

My man knew something

[glorious-destruction]

“Tortured poets department?” Back in my day it was dead poets society