i’m sorry everything i post about dps is sad AF but i’m thinking about charlie as he reaches for todd to wake him up and tell him the news. his hand is so fucking shaky, yet he’s so gentle with todd, rubbing him gently so he doesn’t startle him. he’s trying so so hard to hold it together for him because he knows how the news is going to impact todd and !!!!!
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dead poets society theater au headcanons
so for context, i'm a stagehand, i've worked for events as well as in community theater, so this is mostly based off of that. doing my part to add dps to the dps tag, and this was what i could come up with
ok they're all involved in a small community theater production of the tempest over the summer
neil is an actor, he's playing ariel, this is one of the first roles he's landed. he'd done theater in school as puck, which didn't go so well, but it's been a while since then. he's graduated college recently after studying medicine and is finally somehow at a point where his father has less control over him. despite this, he's somewhat unsure what he wants to do now, if he wants to continue with medicine cause it's what he knows, or try to make it in theater.
todd is the assistant stage manager, he was really unsure about taking the job, but the stage manager, cameron, who he was pretty good friends with, and who he'd worked on a crew with before, specifically wanted him. despite this, he's worried that he's too anxious and not assertive enough to do it
cameron is the stage manager, and a bit of a hardass, which means the crew loves him and a decent chunk of the actors hate him. he's good at his job, he's very organized and really good at getting shit done and people together, but he'll also chew you out if you fuck up
meeks and pitts are lights and sound respectively, they've worked on a ton of shows together before and are pretty close. every show they work together, they bring a bag of snacks with them for the crew to eat during performances
charlie is the prop master, and a stagehand. he has a knack for finding weirdly useful shit in random places, and is brilliant at constructing props. despite this cameron is constantly having to bug him to get his stuff finished on time. he and cameron have a sort of love/hate relationship, they clash really bad at times but they both understand that the show would not be as good if either of them weren't there
keating is the director! he works really well with newer actors, i'd imagine he's pretty similar to peter weir in a lot of ways. he can take a little too long to reach deadlines, as getting the show perfect is a lot more important to him, which annoys cameron a bit
knox is also an actor, he's playing ferdinand and is convinced that he and chris, who plays miranda, are destined to be together or something. chris doesn't see him like that though
chris is miranda, she was originally interested in the tech/design aspect of theater, but a while back they needed more actors, and she ended up volunteering. she started as crew when ginny first started acting, because ginny was nervous to do it alone
ginny is iris, she has more free time this show since her role is smaller, but is always at rehearsal whenever chris is there, so she ends up sitting around and watching a lot. she quickly becomes friends with neil, who is similarly always around todd
anytime he's not busy, neil is hanging around todd. he's started doing parts of todds job for him, getting batteries, taping doors, sweeping the stage, doing other miscellaneous errands. he spends so much time with todd that he somehow ends up as crew in the program in addition to ariel. he starts getting to the theater early when the crew shows up just to spend more time with todd. cameron has started treating him as an extra stagehand
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Dead Poets Society and what their favorite 80s movies would be pt. 2
including my reasons for why :))
Neil Perry / Weekend at Bernie’s
I strongly believe that Neil would watch this movie and picture it as him and Charlie and never stop laughing.
Todd Anderson / E.T.
I know what you’re saying, another movie about a random creature but they are all just so Todd coded. He could relate to being in an unknown place too.
Charlie Dalton / Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
A movie about a guy who’s popular and kind of skipping class. Sign Charlie the fuck up
Knox Overstreet / Say Anything
Knox too would stand out of a girls window with a boombox above his head playing her favorite song
Richard Cameron / Heathers
He would pretend to hate Heather Chandler but she’d actually be his favorite character
Steven Meeks / Little Shop of Horrors
you cannot convince me that Meeks doesn’t love musicals. on top of the fact it’s about plants that come to life, he’s overjoyed
Gerard Pitts / Revenge of The Nerds
a movie about nerdy guys who are sarcastic and and do what they want, he’s all about it
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The poets favourite food (I'm bored :] )
Neil - Soup! Any soup! He mainly has Tomato soup because it is the best soup and is the only soup Todd likes.
Todd - Bread. With butter, if he's feeling fancy.
Cameron - I've said this before, pasta. Any pasta is fine with him but he loves Penne with parmesan and tomato sauce
Pitts - Grapes. Crunchy grapes. Just. Crunch
Meeks - this man LOVES chicken. Idk what to tell you, he just really likes it.
Charlie - pretzels
Knox - chocolate or smth idk
(thank you @neonlollies for helping me with this ily 🫶🫶)
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Quick dead poets headcanons without context pt. 7
What gift would they give their partner?
Neil - a massive teddy bear and a desk set
Todd - poem(s) dedicated specially to them
Charlie - some jewelry/perfumes scented like their favourite thing
Cameron - something that they mentioned before
Meeks - something related to their shared niche interest
Pitts - vinyls.
Knox - some cliche shit like chocolates
Stick - home-made candles
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