#sucking the marrow out of life?

[toindeedbeapoet]

not to get deep on the dashboard but i don’t think i’ve ever related more to neil saying he feels trapped than right now

[lineffability]

sometimes I see people calling Aziraphale selfish in an accusatory way, as if it's a flaw that needs to be smoothed out, as if it isn't a trait that is at once defiant and emancipating, as if his selfishness isn't mostly wielded in an empowering and kind way, as if it's categorically bad to want things for yourself, to enjoy them, to have and keep them, as if selfish isn't the most revolutionary thing an angel can be

[balladofthe101st]

"Everything is going to be all right" WRONG. In 1961, David Webster went out on the ocean alone, and was never seen again

[charles-simmons-fanfiction]

Art, romance, love

That's what the dead poets are all about and I love seeing it in them

Todd with writing and finally being able to get words out, Neil with acting which was his favorite thing ever, Charlie with presentation, being dramatic and the center of attention, Knox with being a very hopeless romantic, Pitts with music, Meeks with not just studying but constantly helping others with everything.

And most importantly, how passionate they are about each other, and how they never fail to show that love in such a genuine way. It's so refreshing and so beautiful, and probably what made me even fall in love with this movie to begin with

[2009editingtips]

need someone to ask Phil at a pre-show if he still wants to live forever

[lightyaoigami]

everyone should be very proud and clap and cheer that i didn't make an insane post about the fact that i got my bachelor's TEN years ago today

[charlie-why-do-they-swoon]

I got a cookie pie birthday cake slide unholy amalgamation thing, as the poets would want

[old-movies-stuff]

Dead poets society - 1989

[langernameohnebedeutung]

not blaming Lowell as a character but I think his arrival in the show & his popularity as a character is part of the reason why Flight Of The Living Dead is not remembered as one of Liv's most bi-est episodes.

[deviant-nomad]

"getting older has only made me more batshit feral in fandom. if I'm going to pay bills and get a full-time job and be responsible for keeping myself alive, then I'm going to use my free time to talk about how I want my fave fucked dumb and how"

[balladofthe101st]

life is meaningless, hollow, and empty = liebgott and webster never got to see each other again after the war, and liebgott never knew that webster died alone in sea

[smokeandhubris]

rewatched dead poets society. i SHOULDNT kill myself.

[yourfavvgal]

@lv3buzzz @wilsons-three-legged-siamese

you guys come to my cave and we can do this 😔😔😔

therapy isn’t enough, i need to go to the woods because I wish to live deliberately

[hamletthedane]

I hate the “Thoreau’s mom did his laundry” criticism so much, it drives me crazy.

Henry Thoreau did not go to Walden Pond because he thought it would be a fun adventure. He went into the woods because he was deeply depressed and burnt out. He was running from the horror of his brother and best friend recently dying in his arms, and the haunting memory of causing the Fairhaven Bay fire. His friend Ellery Channing literally gave him the ultimatum of either taking some time off to write and think, or else be institutionalized.

I think Thoreau’s mother saw her depressed son choosing to retreat into a small cabin in the woods, and was worried about him. Of course she did his laundry - just as Ralph Waldo Emerson probably brought him firewood and bread. These were not chores of obligation to support a “great” man, but services of love to help their deeply depressed 28yo son and friend.

And if you ask me, there’s a lesson in that - to “suck out the marrow of life” and “live deliberately,” one must also accept help offered from the people in your life who love you. There is no true transcendentalism or individualism without love and friendship behind it.

[teagic]

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