#so what i'm a poet

[cerulean-cries]

Okay, I might be kinda insane but hear me out:

Neil looking out of the window is a symbolism for him yearning for his dreams.

At first when his father made him quit the school annual, he stared out to the school ground through closed windows. It's like he could see what he wanted but could not reach it.

When Neil got the part as Puck, we see him rehearsing his lines at dawn, glancing out of the window again. He was still unable to actually follow his dreams, yes, but now he could see the first glimpses of what's it's like to be free. He could see the beginning.

And finally, right before Neil's death, he looked out to his dreams one last time. This time, however, the window was opened, but it's snowing outside. He could go out if he wanted, but he would freeze. He could continue pursuing his passions, but he would ultimately meet his demise.

[deadpoets]

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) dir. Peter Weir

[noweakergirl]

I keep these longings locked (the shoe) in lowercase inside a vault (his book)

part 1 in my Hilda Furacão series of edits

credits for some of the screenshots: x x x

[star-crossed-planet]

Imagine if instead of reciting poetry in a cave in the middle of the night, the poets pulled elaborated pranks on everyone around welton. Oh shit my bad those are the marauders sorry.

[gayerthebetter]

The "your dad doesn't understand you but that's ok because I do/I feel like everything about me is worthless yet you make me feel like I mean something" ship.

[kiisuuumii]

@kiisuuumii (big age)

[good--merits-accumulated]

it's wip wednesday!

The context for this is essentially:

Todd: What even is self-care, really? Approximately everybody around him: Jesus fucking Christ. Would you like us to look after you a little bit Todd: ... Todd: No. What the fuck is wrong with everyone here.

Also this is a fun and EXTREMELY maddening A/P to write because I usually tend to go down the "mature and communicative and pretty sure of their feelings about each other" route, but this Neil and Todd bloomed of their own volition into the two most ridiculously oblivious people my pen has ever met. This particular draft of the fic has two comments on it and both of them are me screaming at Todd to understand the words which are being said to his face.

(Also: this snippet cuts off right before Neil starts calling his car the Neilmobile and refuses to stop.)

[very-gay-poet]

Suzane Collins whispering in my ear: write write write write write

me crying: I WANT TO SLEEP.

Suzzane: SHUT UP and write about propaganda techniques so people can recognise it in real life

Me:…propaganda techniques…

Suzzane, shaking my shoulders: YES and rework the worldbuilding so it painfully reflects real life and make sure the government falls and make up an entire species and make a group of magical creatures gets trafficked on the regular but no one in the world cares about it and point out how fucked up that is (this is resolved by the end dw) and how it happens in real life but everyone justs excepts to as apart of life and how the cops (or your world equivalent whatever) gets bribed and looks the other way and everyone knows that but doesn’t do anything about it and make all of the non human characters be oppressed by humanity because for some reason thats humanities nature right now but it isn’t at the same time and-

Me: but…sleep…

Suzzane, wiping my tears: AND THE FACT THAT THE MOMENT YOU CONSIDER SOMEONE LESS THAN YOU, YOU FORFEIT YOUR HUMANITY AND THAT A TRAGIC BACKSTORY DOESN'T EXCUSE SHITTY ACTIONS

Me, cracking open my 4th can of pop of the night: GIRL I NEED TO SLEEP

Suzzane: what about a death tournament that directly points a finger at the audience for consuming similar media and how betting on human life is BAD BECAUSE EVERYONE SEEMED TO MISS THE POINT OF SQUID GAMES hM??????

Me: So…I write the Hunger Games?

Suzzane: yes but no also why are you fighting me on this Hunger Games inspired you to write this

Me: oh shit yeah so...death tourament?

Suzzane visably shaking: FUCKING DEATH TOURNAMENT!!!!!

[pencileraser1]

things i noticed/thoughts about most recent rewatches of dps (plus laserdisk deleted scenes):

whenever theres a group scene i've started watching the characters that the story isn't focusing on to see what they do and i've been having a fun time with that. pitts and cameron specifically seem to almost always be doing something interesting in the background.

hopkins!!!! my favorite minor character who somehow got character development despite having like 2 lines!!!! the last guy to stand on the desk but he did it!!!

sometimes i do like to think about what the rest of the students thought about the dead poets society, esp in alternate timeline neil lives dps keeps meeting universe. like yeah theres this guy in their class whose one of the most credited students in the school and we think he maybe started a cult. idk though. but that group runs out into the woods every few days to do god knows what and one of them keeps talking about "dead poets honor" whatever that means and holy shit welton star student neil perry started a cult.

i watched the movie with headphones. and maybe it's because ive seen this movie Far too many times and mabe i'm listening too hard but it was Really obvious sometimes when audio was added in post production. llke in the sweaty toothed madman scene when you can hear laughing and to be fair the camera is behind their heads. but it does Not look like anyone's laughing. my favorite is at the end of the phone call to chris scene where knox is like i'm gonna seize the day!! and runs up the stairs and the poets are cheering him on and neil is sort of yelling "carpe!!!!" and i could be wrong but i'm like 75% certain that the person singing is Also rsl so now neil is just speaking two times at once somehow. anyways it didn't ruin the experience for me or anything it was maybe just a little bit funny to notice but very sorry if this did ruin anyone's viewing.

people talk a lot about how rsl and ethan hawke really made their characters what they are but i have to add dylan kussman to that list. I get the impression that older versions of the movie didn't really give as much depth to cameron and watching dylan kussmans performance is like. he Knew who his character was so fucking well and it shows!! like the deleted scene of them getting clubs assigned. like i could tell So Much about cameron from that scene

for how little she actually appeared, there is an emphasis put on the fact that neil's mom smokes pretty frequently. and i think that's interesting considering neil is one of two poets shown actively smoking. neil's mom doesn't appear for very long in the movie but during that time it definitely seems like the movie is intentionally making parallels between the two, particularly in the last argument with neil's father. neil and his mother are both sitting for almost the whole time, which contrasts with his father who is standing. they are both almost powerless in this scene. they stand up at almost the same time. anyways there's a couple different possibilities for what this could mean? that i've though of? 1. to show that neil's mother is in a similar situation to the one neil is in in regards to neil's father and 2. maybe a stretch here but the theory that neil inherited his mental illness at least partially from his mother. i'm pretty sure 1 was fully intentional on the directors part, not entirely sure about 2 though

unmanned flying desket scene: it's probably cause he and ethan wrote the scene themselves but the way rsl talks in this scene feels more like the way he talks in general than the rest of the script. like briefly neil perry is talking in rsl's voice. one of my absolute favorite scenes though the sarcastic dialogue is so good.

the light of knowledge at the first shot of the film vs. todd standing on his desk at the last shot of the film paralel

[pencap]

By Sylvie (j.p.)

[annispillowfort]

The Invisible String

A string of lights, a golden thread,

moons and stars above your bed.

Softly tangled, faintly spun,

glowing quiet, one by one.

The moon pulls tides, a lover’s plea,

the waves rush in, then break, then flee.

But even when the shore is bare,

the ocean’s heartbeat lingers there.

The sun wakes up and kisses you,

leaves freckles where its light shines through.

A touch so soft, a trace so light,

as if to say, “I’m here. I might.”

And when you lift your eyes to see,

the stars blink back, they call to me.

A secret glance, a fleeting spark,

a quiet love inside the dark.

They say we’re tied by unseen strings,

by whispered words and trembling wings,

by hands that brushed, by hearts that knew,

by every road that led to you.

I do not pull. I do not stray.

But if you turn, I stay, I stay.

For distance bends but won’t erase—

if you are lost, I’ll find you…

Always.

[solaestial]

The Sweet Escape - Poets of the Fall

bonus version with fewer color tweaks

[questionable-idea]

I've been writing about genocidal all-powerful supercomputers designed for endless war and they're gay for each other in a weird tense rival way. btw.

[youchangedmedestiel]

Favorite shot of Dead in the Water (1x03):

Dean sort of looking at his young self, scared and voiceless. Either because he's not talking or because nobody is listening, but Dean does listen here. He's being the ear and comfort he needed when he, himself, was young.

[charbroiledchicken]

reading my writing is like playing 'spot the reference!' because i keep subconsciously sprinkling in little nods to my favourite things. its not obvious or anything but if someone knew anything about the media they would be like:

"why the fuck are you referencing crimson rivers people are dying...yep, and there's the shrek quote. "