#meeks and pitts' radio

[indeedagod]

name a more iconic duo than a twink and a redhead

[idlegore]

really love how pitts and meeks are the nerds and, (in some parts of the fandom) seen as goody-two-shoes only slightly less proper than cameron but if we're taking the deleted scenes as canon they get demerits on the first day of school and don't even seem to care? like idk i feel like in some fanfics meeks specifically is shown as a type of person who plays by the rules and cares and about grades and his permanent record and shit but like first time he actually talks in the movie (again, in the deleted scene) he just seems so unbothered by the fact that his school record's getting fucked b4 the school year's even properly started

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Let there be a day that Spaz isn't sick

Let there be a day that Stick actually speaks

Let there be a day that people call him Nuwanda

Let there be a day that Meeks dances to the radio while getting dressed

Let there be a day that Knox kisses Chris

Let there be a day that Pitts throws a paper airplane in class

Let there be a day that Todd confesses to Neil's grave

[desire-mona]

rip meeks and pitts you wouldve loved troy and abed

[stevenmeeksfreeamericaradio]

Date idea: We build a radio in our study group, hide said radio from our teacher and then put the radio up and dance together!

[jamroses]

true love is building a radio from stratch with your best friend

[lesbicosmos]

idk if anyone's said this before but just pointing out that the polaroid camera was invented in 1948 so it's plausible for at least one of the poets to have had one at welton

imagine if they did tho, their dorms would all be covered in the most random photos of each other just being stupid

[pencileraser1]

if i wrote a insanely nerdy fanfic about meeks and pitts meeting and talking to eachother exclusively over radio waves in the universe of disco elysium where they both live on different isolas would any of you read it

[bartyssimp-riley-1602]

to be honest,my favourite scene in dps that NO ONE talks about is Meeks and Pitts radio scenes

LIKE LOOK AT THEM TF

theyre such fuckin nerds omw

[the-words-forever-unwritten]

Favorite Meeks and Pitts moments is just when Pitts does the "duh" thing at Meeks. Little "duh" while they make the radio and he slightly forcefully shows the thing they have to plug into the radio. Neil brings in the God of the cave and Meeks asks what it is and Pitts is like "Duh! It's a lamp Meeks"

[waywardkinoko]

yk what my roman empire is? meeks dancing with pitts at the rooftop of the school with the music from their illegally-made radio. but pitts is the one wearing the headphones and hearing the music, and meeks isn't but meeks is still dancing with pitts with the same energy and joy pitts has. i could only wish to experience something like that...

[perksofbeingpoet]

i saw the dps play!! these were the biggest changes:

• neil gets the gun from his father. it's a sort of welcome back to school gift. it's on neil's bedside table throughout the whole play.

• todd is black. he's also the only poc in the whole play - make of that what you will.

• charlie getting spanked. yes they left it in, yes it was extremely uncomfortable to watch. but it was so well written and very effective for the plot: they added the poets not only having to watch charlie(!), but they are the ones who have to count while it happens. also, charlie has to pull down his pants and there's this heartbreaking scene afterwards where he's alone in the spotlight, the poets still all watching him in the background, and charlie clumsily gets dressed again. best scene in the play if you ask me.

• cameron is much more likeable throughout. they made him into a sort of awkward theatre kid? there's a brilliant scene where he reads a poem in the cave but does it so very awkwardly while acting out every word? he's like "we're swimming! (mimes swimming) and sitting down! (sits down) we (sings) sing! we SHOUT!"

• the deleted scene with neil and todd practising lines was back in. they practise in their room instead of at the lake, and neil's father comes in to tell neil to quit the play while todd is still in the room, listening. after mr. perry leaves, todd slowly goes over to neil and hugs him, and neil breaks down crying in his arms.

• the "i'm trapped" scene. neil says he's trapped and then leaves mr. keating's office, and keating is left shouting "no you're not! mr perry, you're not!" after him - but neil is already gone.

• the birthday scene. todd's birthday is on the day that neil gets the role, so he comes into school all excited like "i'm gonna play puck!!!!" and then bumps into todd with his desk set. neil awkwardly sings happy birthday for todd, and there's this bit where todd has gotten the desk set four times already, and they keep being like "funny thing is, i didn't even like it last time" "well, i think-" "or the time before" "todd, it seems to me-" "or the time before" "..." "or the time before THAT"

• there's a point where neil dances the macarena.

• pitts, meeks and chris are nonexistent. the entire knox/chris plot happens only through phone calls which we can hear knox' side of, the radio free america scene was made into all the poets having a dance party? not sure what exactly it was, they all go wild to disco music.

• cameron and charlie have this slapstick bit where they have to rearrange the props and keep arguing about where to put them.

• ALL THE POETS ARE SO SILLY. it's much more lighthearted than the movie.

• the suicide happens in the theatre.

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

"Just like a radio, life begins to have purpose after some amount of putting effort into it. And like a radio, life eventually withers away, depending on the brand, sometimes earlier than later."

[thiamblogger]

i love how supportive all of the poets are towards each other.

everybody likes to focus on neil in the poem scene, but you can see charlie literally taking the pen out of his mouth, because he's also in awe, pitts and cameron too (you can't really see meeks or knox).

all of the boy's are genuinely shocked at how well charlie can play the saxophone, and they're impressed.

then there's obviously neil during his play where they're all just completely breath taken by him.

i don't think i have to even explain how happy they are when they find out about knox and chris, or when pitts and meeks finally get the radio working.. do i??

they're all genuinely happy for one another in their successes, and i love to see it, especially when they're in a world where they're 'competing' with each other.

[iamgonnagetyouback]

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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ఌ︎. but poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for

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01. tutor 　─　ever since you started tutoring neil in acting, you've been convinced he's absolutely terrible. but when your dad casually mentions neil’s got a play today, you realize you might've been played all along

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01. picture us 　─　ever since you met charlie, people have made comments about how close you two are. you always laughed it off—because you and charlie? never. but when todd mistakes you for a couple, you start to wonder… what if?

02. playing with fire 　─　ever since the argument, you and charlie haven’t spoken. the silence is unbearable, so you do the one thing you know will get his attention—flirt with pitts. it works, but now you’re left wondering if playing with fire was really worth it

03. what are these feelings?　─　charlie dalton flirts with everyone, including you, and you always sass him back—until one day, you blush. now you're confused, todd is no help, and when keating assigns a poetry presentation, you pour all your feelings into a poem

04. s'mores and secrets　─　after neil’s death, everything feels different—especially charlie. he’s quieter, carrying a weight he won’t talk about. but when you’re sitting by the fire, sharing s’mores, you finally get him to open up. grief lingers, but so does comfort, and maybe, just maybe, you can help each other heal

05. falling for you, like leaves in autumn　─　every autumn, charlie dalton gets even more unbearable with his flirting, and you’re definitely not falling for it—or at least, that’s what you tell yourself. but between the golden leaves, crisp air, and his stupidly charming smile, resisting him is getting harder than you’d like to admit

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01. another day　─　ever since you joined welton, your days have been anything but normal. between knox obsessing over chris, charlie’s relentless flirting, and pitts and meeks' never-ending radio experiments, there’s never a dull moment. somehow, you’ve become neil’s partner-in-crime, todd’s quiet comfort, and the only one who can get charlie to shut up—sometimes

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[nectarinesinthesun444]

Changes I would have made to make dead poets society three hours long

1. More Meeks and Pitts dancing and listening to music on their radio

2. Todd and Charlie having more conversations and their friendship developing more despite their differences

3. Neil and Todd kiss around the 2 and a half hours into the movie

4. Charlie and Ginny kiss

5. More in depth look into Charlie’s struggles

6. Neil’s suicide is an attempt and we see his recovery

7. The poets spend Christmas together <3

8. Meeks and Pitts get along well with Todd

9. More Neil and Todd pining (there was lots of pining in the original movie but more especially so it builds up to the kiss)

10. Charlie hosts a sleepover with all the poets at his house in the Christmas break

11. Jeffrey Anderson appears at some point 👀

12. Todd reads in the cave more times and Neil is there to witness it when he comes back to welton when he’s recovered from his attempt

13. Todd being more confident towards the end of the movie

14. Movie ends on graduation day

15. Charlie takes Todd under his wing while Neil’s absent from welton recovering

16. Knox isn’t a creep to Chris