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dead poets as kiel james patrick christmas sweaters
todd - this sweater practically has his name on it. it’s perfectly todd in all shapes and forms.
neil - the thing that sold it for me is the sleeves. look at the little tree sleeves. it’s like neil’s puck costume.
charlie - ok this was a tad hard. halloween is DEFINITELY his holiday, but he owns red. red is HIS thing.
pittsie - ok this is kinda the christmas version of the halloween sweater, but patchwork sweaters just Work for pitts
meeks - certainly squirrel sweater adjacent, but still. i saw this and thought meeks
knox - he likes twucks :))))
cam cam - i feel like the blue would look really nice on him!!! and the lil pattern would look great
keating - ok i need to admit something, this sweater is called “the mcallister”
chris - white looks amazing on her, and she’s matching todd.
ginny - green looks amazing on brunets fight me. AND the little trees r adorable <3
#dead poets society#dps#neil perry#todd anderson#richard cameron#ginny danburry#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#john keating#mr keating#steven meeks#stephen meeks#chris noel
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I always think of Neil whenever I read this
And it hurts me to the core how his death was inevitable
#dead poets society#neil perry#dps#dps boys#todd anderson#charlie dalton#richard cameron#knox overstreet#steven meeks#gerard pitts#john keating#dps quotes#poetry
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a collection of things I notice upon a rewatching of dead poets society + some analysis if I feel like it
first shot is on a painting of past students - highlights the school's focus on tradition (also the boys do kinda look similar to the poets so that's interesting)
cameron holds the tradition banner, knox holds discipline, neil holds excellence - does what banners they hold and the fact its only these three say something? perhaps
not cameron pointing out buildings to his parents like a tour guide lmao
cameron watching from the opposite room as mr perry talks to neil - okay headcanon but I think cameron sees a bit of himself in this interaction. you cannot tell me he doesn't look at mr perry and just think, even just a little, of the adults in his own life pushing him for more and more accomplishments
I feel like those shots of a massive flock of birds flying away says something but idk what
keating does not give them a seating plan I think do they just choose to sit like that? away from their friends? huh? (idk how american schools work especially in 1959 forgive me)
however stick does sit next to cameron and also can be seen around cameron relatively often so I headcanon they're friends
the banner for tradition isn't in shot when keating leads them outside but the rest are - hints at keating being the breakaway from tradition
charlie just standing behind the rest of the group with his foot on the chair - his lack of respect for authority (even keating rn)
friendly reminder that neil is shown whenever the topic of death comes uo
lmao cameron just judging keating's whispering (I would too, icl)
todd has a picture of like a rowboat pinned up beside his desk and yk that cut scene about how he would prefer rowing so uh yeah!
cameron writing and ripping with a ruler says a lot about him (also using a ruler to rip a book page out will only make it worse cameron wtf are you doing)
love how neil immediately stops and turns around when hager tells them to be faster
charlie doesn't wear the typical pyjamas I think and again, defiance
again the image of the old students - breaking tradition!
not something interesting but the running through the forest scene brings me so much joy
neil goes back to his desk after standing on keatings and spins his pen in his left hand and it may be people just spin pens with their non dominant hand but I choose to interpret this as left handed neil (however the way his things are laid out suggests left handedness to me) (keep in mind I am right handed)
neil keeps that blanket over his shoulders when he's excited about the play and drops it when todd mentions his dad and does that say something
charlie already has the drums before cameron comes in lmao
also is that stick I see joining in (more evidence for the cameron-stick friendship theory)
no see when cameron looks upset after charlie says he hated the clarinet and the poets laugh this is one of the moments that he will remember when they're asking about the dead poets society and the rest won't remember but he will
love anderperry just being gay in the background
stick is short (like me)
aww we love the cave making an appearance when charlie brings the girls
when charlie get the phone call from god he appears to be sitting away from his friends (to not get caught, probably)
when keating tells the class to keep their heads about them you can see cameron saying something like “yes sir” and only when everyone else says “yes captain” does he look around and say captain and that's just more stuff about he sees keating
“I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow night you are through with that play” - ow this hits after neil’s death
neil shaking out his hands before he speaks to keating because its nervous
I think it says a lot when you see neil is a lot more comfortable and loose around keating than his own father
also something about that scene gives the idea before neil was crying even before he went to keating like just something about how he acts and talks
that reminds me there are quite a few moments in this film where imo it looks like neil is about to cry but he doesn't and that also says something about his character
keating telling neil about he loves teaching and I bet neil was thinking about how he loved acting
neil is usually quite confident but like he's so unsure with his words in these few scenes
also neil lying to keating and he's fidgeting and also that tiny moment where he acts like his dad and also also I think keating knows he's lying
todd trying to mess up camerons hair and now I'm so proud of how confident he is when he's with his friends
oh I love the poets (especially meeks) just staring at knox and chris in utter awe
hang on why are cameron and charlie sitting next to each other in the play I thought they didn't like each other (chameron propaganda time)
you can see neil isn't smiling by the time the curtain closes and dammit I hate mr perry even more for ruining this one moment for his son
but then when he sees the poets clapping for him and the audience covers his dad you see him smiling again and then his dad comes to ruin that too
neil standing on that stage smiling one last time until he has to go to his dad
the fact that the perrys have a black car is reminiscent of a funeral car or something and uh more foreshadowing to neil’s death
the window motif thing is pretty well known but I'd like to add the fact that we see neil looking out the window of the car at his friends and the theatre right before mr perry makes him leave
also todd in the background watching neil go and keating also watching without words and I'm pretty sure he knows he'll never see neil again one way or another
the fact that neil brought his crown home suggests he made it himself (or maybe he stole it but anyway) and that he loved the play enough to put so much effort in it and ow
I think the fact that neil reacts so much to his father telling him he has to be a doctor is because neil didn't know. like his father just told him this out of the blue and expected neil to go along no matter what
the pyjamas on neil’s bed don't remotely match the ones at welton - something about neil getting pulled away in every aspect of his life, something about even his clothes being chosen for him
neil’s so still in these last few scenes too and it's such a contrast from how much he moves earlier in the film
I've talked about this before but why is cameron not there when they tell todd about neil’s death. like he's probably awake you can see light behind the window above their door but charlie chose not to and I don't know why because they seem to be on decent enough terms
todd running towards the docks is so damn sad when you remember that one cut scene
neil’s things are still there in his desk :(
charlie refusing to sing - he's mourning neil, definitely, but he refuses to do it the way the school wants (and ignore the reality of neil’s death)
also cameron is next to charlie again WHY WAS HE NOT TOLD SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME
hey remember when I said earlier that the tradition banner wasn't in shot? guess what's the only banner in shot now that neil’s dead and keating’s done for
when mcallister takes the class outside they're walking on a path with many footsteps. it's an effort, but it's not what keating did
EVEN HOPKINS STOOD lets goooo
the triumphant music is great and yes I am mourning the two desks left empty but triumphant music
this movie will never make me not cry
fun fact we have the names for almost everyone in the class i believe, which you can find in the credits along with their actor, and I'm pretty sure the actors got to pick the names
also in the og script one of the students has the surname priske (which could be headcanon, you pick which ig) and one is called richard watson (I believe there is one name missing in the credits so this is my headcanon for that one)
sorry for how long it is lmao
#can you tell cameron is quickly becoming one of my favs#as a person? nope#but as a character? god he is interesting#what i find really interesting is that lines in the script often sound different in the film#like lines that seem bad are decent when acted#and tone can completely change because of acting#very cool#please note i skipped most of the scenes from knoxs subplot#sorry but i just dont like them#also i love this movie for not having stereotypical nerd characters#john keating#neil perry#todd anderson#knox overstreet#charlie dalton#richard cameron#steven meeks#gerard pitts
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This movie changed my live <3
#dead poets society#dps#robinwilliams#robert sean leonard#ethan hawke#charliedalton#steven meeks#gerard pitts#knox overstreet#todd anderson#neil perry#richard cameron#john keating#walt whitman#tennyson#ilovethismovie
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“Tortured poets department?” Back in my day it was dead poets society
#Taylor swift really gave her new album the Walmart name of dps and I’m here for it#dps#dead poets society#Taylor swift#tortured poets department#dark academia#poetry#literature#todd anderson#neil perry#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#stephen meeks#richard cameron#gerard pitts#john keating
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I noticed something in dps
in film class last year they taught us that when shooting dialogue you show connections by putting the back of someone in the shot or smth i don’t really remember BUT
in the “I’m trapped” scene when Neil is telling Mr Keating about how his dad won’t let him act it shows Mr K, therefore showing that Neil feels like Mr Keating really understands
but right after Me Keating says that Neil should tell his father it no longer shows them together in the shot because Neil feels alone again, because he realizes that Mr K doesn’t fully understand his plight
so now I’m crying
thank you for coming to my Ted talk
#dead poets society#dps#dps boys#dead poets fandom#dps fandom#dead poets#neil perry#dead poets society fandom#mr keating#john keating
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DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) dir. Peter Weir
#dpsedit#deadpoetssocietyedit#toddandersonedit#john keating#todd anderson#dps#dead poets society#useraish#tuserkaren#mialook#usernivi#tusermiles#userrlaura#dailyflicks#*mine#*mygifs#todd is literally so brave for dealing with that#and he came up with a banger of a poem#who is doing it like him ?#like todd anderson is literally my bestie and i love him so much and i love his arc so much within this movie#cupping his face in my hands and giving him a kiss on the forehead <3 <3 <3#also what if i said todd anderson is literally me !#very reminiscent of that time my theatre 101 (or whatever the class was) sub was talking about body language#and he was all like shy people tend to make themselves seem smaller and hide themselves with their body#and he like looked over at me and i was like all scrunched up in the chair with my knees to my chest#also i was like fourteen and it was like a month into the class and i wanted to die right there and then#it was honestly really embarrassing and i still think about it like six years later !
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finally that time of year 🍂🤍
Dead Poets Society (1989)
#dead poets society#dps#dps fandom#dead poets society fandom#neil perry#todd anderson#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#richard cameron#steven meeks#gerard pitts#robert sean leonard#rsl#ethan hawke#gale hansen#josh charles#dylan kussman#allelon ruggiero#james waterston#dead poets fandom#dead poets society 1989#john keating#robin williams#chris noel#ginny danburry#chet danburry#mr nolan#mr mcallister#dr hager#dps boys
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at least we still have Neil :,)))
#dead poets society#dps#neil perry#todd anderson#charlie dalton#john keating#nuwanda#knox overstreet#gerard pitts
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just father figures staring at their surrogate sons with all of the pride and admiration and affection in the world
#can’t stop thinking about this parallel#todd defending keating to cameron vs angus defending hunham to kountze…yeah#just sad gay boys and their dads#dead poets society#the holdovers#todd anderson#john keating#mr. keating#angus tully#paul hunham#mr. hunham#found family#anderperry#neil perry
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Thinking about Carpe Diem and the cinematography of falling leaves to falling snow.
Seasons as cyclical as generations. It's tapestries and banners. It’s photographs on the wall. A structure, a system; tradition in the bones of buildings and boys.
There's a choice to be made - Nolan's hollow, ceremonial Light of Knowledge, or Neil's scavenged, man-made God of the Cave?
They’re children living for the future through a lens of past. Fireside stories embraced by woodland caves. They chant, dance, and recite from a sacred book - the heirloom they claim from a father they chose.
The window is finally open, but time froze at Welton lake. Forever winter. Forever youth. A moment in time, a feeling, a community turned to dust.
It's all so fleeting. Carpe Diem. Teenage years, childhood, a lifetime in three months. It’s a tragedy of classical epics.
The tale is old, but this wound is fresh. Falling to your knees. Shouting at the sky, praying and wailing, and clutching at the earth.
But the snow never stops.
Spring is up to us.
#ambivalent endings my beloved#trapped by a story we somehow already know#we are right there with the boys#no closure. only what we make of it#denial or sad edits and angsty fics#/#another thought sprial by the courtesy of ts#who do i have to speak to change the prophecy?#even statues (neil) crumble if they’re made to wait so afraid#tempted and bitten - theatre his snake and apple#someone edit todd crying like an infant howling like a wolf at the moon pls#i’m losing it#and i keep thinking about windows in the movie#so. many. windows.#CO Posts#dead poets society#dps#dead poets fandom#dps fandom#todd anderson#neil perry#john keating
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finally, here are all of the dps moodboards I've made together!! just thought I'd have them all in one post. 🫡☕️🍂⏳️🕰🕯🗝
#todd anderson posting#dead poets society#dps#todd anderson#dead poets fandom#neil perry#dps fandom#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#steven meeks#gerard pitts#richard cameron#ginny danburry#chris noel#mr keating#john keating#moodboard#dark academia
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can’t stop thinking about these moments from the original dps script
#MEEKS AND HIS TRIG PUN. LET HIM BE SILLY#knox proposing to pitts is so#i love them so much you have no idea#dead poets society#dead poets fandom#dps script#script#dps#todd anderson#neil perry#anderperry#steven meeks#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#gerard pitts#richard cameron#mr keating#john keating
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Mr. Keating with the Welton Academy staff
#dead poets society#the dead poets society#dps#dead poets#dead poets fandom#mr keating#john keating#welton academy#welton#fandom#fandoms
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The other poets shipping Neil and Todd:
Just this entire scene, trying to be there for Todd while he’s grieving. Charlie saying “leave him be” is making me want to jump out of a window. Also, when Todd says “It’s so beautiful” idk why but I feel like he’s talking abt Neil OR he’s prob getting flash backs to that one deleted scene. I’m prob just being stupid tho.
Mr. Keating looking at Todd while Neil is giving his performance. He just knew tbh. Mr Keating Supremacy 🛐 Todd was also mouthing all the lines during this scene which just makes my heart explode every time.
Meeks looking over to these two while Knox was being a little simp for Chris. I keep seeing everyone make Charlie the #1 anderperry shipper, I personally do not agree w this 😭. Meeks would def the officiant at their wedding. (Neil didn’t die wtaf are you on.)
Not a shipping moment, but I just wanna say that no one in this fandom can tell me that Todd wasn’t making sure he looked good for Neil. HE WAS.
#fypシ゚viral#idk how to tag this#tumblr fyp#fypage#dont let this flop#fypシ#anderperry#dead poets society#dps boys#neil and todd#todd x neil#neil x todd#todd and neil#todd anderson#neil perry#john keating#steven meeks#charlie dalton#knox overstreet#dps#dps headcanons#dps fandom#dps hcs#dead poets fandom
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I'm bitches too
#dps#dps fandom#the dead poets society#dead poets society#neil perry#todd anderson#dead poets fandom#charlie dalton#john keating#knox overstreet
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