#the name is nuwanda

[homopoetsociety]

the meaning of the name charlie being “free man” and “warrior” is something that can be so personal like how did they find a name so perfect for him????

insp

#I saw the other post that is linked and I just started thinking about names #I didn’t have much time to do proper research but one. day I want to properly look at all the poets’ names and just think #but for now this is enough #dead poets society #dps #dead poets #charlie dalton #nuwanda #original post

[akifandom]

the accptance it's what's killing me i was really good. he says, no remorse no maybe's, no second thoughts. he was really good, that's what he says, what he thinks he did. he has the courage to mutter those words out to an angry father and a frightend mother he thinks he was good, that's the problem maybe, if he had a doubt, maybe i wasn't as good as i though, maybe it wouldn't have ended up this way on the carpet, gun still fuming. maybe then he would've belived his father. but he didn't, he accepted it and knew that it was his doom. he would have lived in a world where he was going to be a lawyer, unsitisfied and with a dream. and he could not bear it, not when he had a taste of heaven, of happiness, not when he knew he had been really good. he would have ended up dead either way, inside or the outside. and he chose to let the inside live. to hill himself but not his creativity and talent. cause he has been really good

#dead poets society #dead poets fandom #hello people #neil #i'm crying #the name's nuwanda #dps #neil perry #dps fandom #have fun with this one #thoughts #probably already been said buut #don't caaareee

[billsbae]

I have watched dead poets society with my sister today, and she’s a quiet watcher, but the second she saw meeks and pitts dancing together she screamed “THEY GONNA BE TOGETHER!”

I’m so proud of her :’)

#dps #dps fandom #dps tumblr #dead poets society #steven meeks #gerard pitts #what is their ship name #mitts? #mitts #dps hcs #dps headcanons #dps movie #anderperry #todd anderson #neil perry #nuwanda charlie dalton #charlie dalton #richard cameron #knox overstreet

[poetrybypuck]

I introduce you: the faces of the new (and modern) generation of Dead Poets Society.

#no names #just faces #but you can tell whom is neil here #dead poets society #dead poets au #dps fandom #dps #neil perry #todd anderson #nuwanda #knox overstreet #steven meeks #gerard pitts #richard cameron

[rockymintscollective]

Oh my god more Dead Poets Analysis

Holy fuck holy fuck holy FUCK PEOPLE

SPOILERS FOR DEAD POETS SOCIETY AFTER THIS.

I just realized that whenever it's revealed that Neil ended up kicking the bucket you can *see* how everyone else reacts. You can tell how they feel whenever you realize the stuff that went down with everything.

like especially in the scene where they're all singing. (pardon for the shitty quality if it looks bad)

Like... You can tell how they're all feeling in this scene alone.

Charlie isn't even singing. He's not even participating in this. You see Cameron in the back participating but it seems like he's thinking about something and you can tell it's probably not something good. Same thing with how you see how torn Meeks is.

Like of course they all are close in their own ways. Not even a few seconds later you see the light hitting Todd's face just right to show that there's snot on his upper lip (showing that he's still been crying) and how Knox and Pitts are singing with their full lungs and chest.

There's such a vast array of emotions in this it's literally suffocating?? In an odd sense. Like it feels like there's too much and not enough emotion in it at the same time.

Also??? When you see keating??? A few frames later and how sad he is??? Oh my god??? /lh /aaughgh???

You see him looking away. Not even at Mr. Noland like the other teachers and administrators are, but he's actively looking away and almost in a dissociative-like state. Like oh my god??? Holy shit???

Adding onto this, the scene afterward where Charlie chews out Cameron for finking??? I love to imagine that the reason Cameron said "Nuwanda" instead of "Charlie" (like his actual name is) is because of the fact that he's genuinely putting his foot down this time. Like they did when Charlie outed out this DPS to begin with.

You see it in his eyes that he genuinely means what he says here. Like when he says "You just signed your expulsion papers, Nuwanda." you can tell that he's just pissed.

ALSO. A SMALL DETAIL I NOTICED EARLIER. Could be an entire coincidence and I could be so SO wrong, but look at this.

I want you to focus on Pitt's signature for a moment. Stay with me here.

You see that?

Remember what the the DPS "signature" looked like?

If not, here's a reminder:

Now I could be so very wrong. I could be so off. But I do imagine Pitts had more of an attachment to the DPS than we saw because of this. You could at least tell in the signature (in my eyes at least) that he clearly cared a lot about this shit.

Anyway rant over my bad I got really passionate here this time. But oh my god I'm in love with this movie

#dead poets fandom #dead poets society #john keating #charlie dalton #analysis #character analysis #implied depression #tw death #tw violence

[rocknluvy]

charlie headcanons !

i like to think of him as half-native, specifically apache

"nuwanda" still racist tho

was never a ‘good’ student but got decent to good grades until like ? 7th grade bc adhd

started smoking around 8th grade and feels like he can't stop bc oral fixation

oldest and only son. has a younger sister 

also his mom was teen pregnant with him and thats why his parents had to get married x

his parents weren't really into the emotional part of being parents

writes a ton of sappy poetry he never shares with anybody

genderqueer and or gnc (i still like to use he/him bc pronouns ≠ gender)

also bisexual 

LOVES flirting n making out n all that stuff . it’s his favorite pastime

gets in fights every now and again bc hes a hothead, but other than that he is basically everyone’s best friend

or at least he makes everyone feel like theyre bestfriends 

switches to a first-name-basis with keating

loves music and has a talent for playing just about any instrument he picks up 

except the piano he hates pianos for some reason 

i really like the idea of him becoming a musician or artist of some kind

love language is physical touch. followed by quality time n words of affirmation

he says almost everything that crosses his mind

the type of guy to say incredibly sweet n profound shit without realizing

it gets drowned out by all the dumb shit he says tho

coffee drinker, but the kind of pretentious one where he only really drinks espressos and other ‘authentic’ coffee.

not his fault he was raised by pretentious assholes 

around the time of graduating welton he got disowned by his parents and was homeless for a while. 

hes DESTINED to be a single teen girl dad. at least for a little bit then he can get a coparent boyfriend but for alteast it’s just him and his lil girl

gets hyperfixated on random things often so has a bunch of random skills varying in usefulness 

like cooking ? good, he should know how to cook. piercing ? not very useful and kinda expensive 

etc etc

gets a couple piercings (and tattoos) himself bc ofc he does

likes giving his friends piercings and thinks it’s a great flirting ‘hook’

imean it worked with meeks so ig hes right  ...

i take headcanon and one-shot requests btw 

#he pierced meeks' lip btw #dead poets society #dead poets fandom #dead poets headcanons #live now #charlie dalton #steven meeks #ch: for years i've been risking nothing #starlie #if you squint

[spamming-is-a-love-language]

Charlie saying "Dammit Neil! The name's Nuwanda" is my Roman Empire.

#charlie dalton #dps #dps fandom #dps boys #dead poets fandom #dead poets society #neil perry #todd anderson

[ayyko-rona-yoo]

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐱 𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐑!𝐟!𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: none. 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: Remember that the Soviet Union is not only Russia. 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

First, let’s figure out how someone from the USSR could have ended up in the States. There were only two options: either you were stripped of your citizenship or you fled the country. Let’s take the first one - suppose your father was a writer and he was stripped of his citizenship because he was writing literature that was against the country’s ideology (I won’t go into details because in reality things were more complicated and scary). You don’t know how your father had connections there, but pretty soon your family got invited to the United States. The person who invited you was Mr. Noel. He also allowed you to stay at his house until you find a place to live.

He’ll probably see you for the first time when he goes to Chris with Knox to give him moral support, and if he’s hesitant, kick his ass.

You didn’t go to any school because you didn’t have the proper documents for enrollment yet, but every morning you walked Chris to her school.

"Where is she?" Charlie asked.

Knox looks at the crowd for a few seconds and points to Chris walking next to you. You stop at the entrance and she goes inside. You wave your hand at her and turn around to walk away. And Charlie stunned.

"Well, this is… Chris? You certainly have less chance than Denburry."

"I know… wait, who are you looking at?"

The next day he’ll try to get to know you. Like… It’s Charlie. I don’t think he’d wait long if he was up to something. The only reason he didn’t do it yesterday was because he didn’t want to hurt Knox’s feelings. He was quite sure that charm you would be as easily as possible. However, he did not expect that you would not be very talkative. And one more thing. Obviously, your English isn’t the best at the moment, and that complicates things, too. But the other problem is that his manner of speech and his behavior… scared you off a bit.

'I’m not serious at all, and I pass no skirt by' - that’s what you’d expect from a guy like that. In the society you grew up in that kind of behavior was discouraged and considered suspicious.

So the only thing you could say when a guy you didn’t know stopped you on the street with a playful grin was quick 'Sorry, I have to go'.

And now Charlie stunned again. How is that even possible? Back at Wellton, he didn't say a word when the poets asked him how it had gone. He told them so confidently that you won't be able to resist him. So how can he now admit that you ignored him?

Of course he’ll be teased about it, especially by Cameron. "Our Nuwanda can’t pick up a girl, huh?"

"Just shut up."

Again, this is Charlie. I believe he wouldn’t give up so easily. So now you meet him almost every time you walk Chris to school. And honestly, it was pretty creepy.

But then again, he didn’t do anything… outrageous, right? He wasn’t stalking you, you two were always out in public, so if you needed help… I think it’s clear what I mean.

At first, he just said hello and asked how you were doing. Then, when you didn’t answer, he said something about himself, about how his day was, complaining about Mr. Nolan. And even though you didn’t understand half of what he was saying, over time, you got used to his company. It took a long time, but Charlie was on cloud nine when you first answered him, "Not too bad… You?"

He was so proud of himself, so that night he wouldn’t shut up. Even after Cameron threw something at him for the third time in a row, so that he would stop talking and let him sleep.

Charlie finally got your name. You’ve had no contact with any of the locals other than the Noel family, so you’re not sure how anyone would react if they knew who you are and where are you from. What’s your name got to do with it? Well, it sounds unusual at least, so… easy to guess. Anyway, Charlie only knows your first name. So far.

Before you knew it, you were waiting for him to show up. Soon you even began to answer him with short simple phrases and laugh with his jokes, if you understood them.

Poems. Well. It’d be weird if he didn’t come up with a few poems about you, right? But you’re not used to the sound of English poetry. Although it’s better to say poetry in English.

I’m not sure how to describe it, but poems in Russian are very rhythmic, they hold a permanent rhyme. They sound different. So when Charlie first read you a poem, you didn’t even get what it was. Congratulations, this is the second time you’ve broken his heart.

One day you offered to walk you home. You’ve known each other for almost two months, and you’re in a good mood today. Why not spend more time with him? And, of course, Charlie could not refuse such an offer. While you were walking, you were talking about yourself more than usual, and even though you were still afraid to tell Charlie the details, you were very eager to give him a hint.

"Was it a poem again?" you said, standing at the front door.

"God, don’t say that, you’re making my heart bleed!"

"The only thing that bleeds is my passport," you opened the door and entered the house. "See you tomorrow, Nuwanda."

The next day he’d walk you home again. You said you had to hurry somewhere, but he insisted. Actually, Mr. Noel was supposed to be taking your family to the embassy today, so when you came, everyone was getting in the car.

You wanted to say goodbye to him, but he asked, "What you meant by 'the only thing that bleeds is your passport'?"

Should you tell him now? You looked him in the eyes for a few seconds, then sighed and took your passport out of your purse and handed it to him.

"I guess now you see what I meant," you muttered with a shy smile.

Its cover is red. Yellow letters, two words – 'СССР ПАСПОРТ' (In fact, red passports were introduced only in the 1970s, but it's not an archive document and I’m not here to teach a full history lesson. So let’s pretend that in 1959 it was already red, not gray).

"Are you coming with us, miss?"

"Yeah, I’m coming." You grabbed your passport out of his hand and went to Mr. Noel’s car, waving goodbye to Charlie.

Well. When you’re a guy from a wealthy American family who goes to a prestigious private school and lives a quiet life, the chance that you meet someone from the USSR… Is there even a chance?

Anyone would be shocked, maybe scared even. But Charlie… Of course he didn’t expect it and he’s surprised. But given his personality and character, I think he would rather be pleasantly surprised. Perhaps even excited.

Now it all makes sense. That's why you avoided him at first, why you spoke rarely and why you seemed to have a slight accent. Turns out he was right about the last one.

He’s definitely gonna be proud that he’s the one who got such an unusual girl like you. He’ll tell the dead poets about it as soon as he gets back to Welton. Cameron will be the only one who won’t believe him.

After that, you became more open with him. You’re still embarrassed by your poor English, which Charlie secretly likes. You told him why you live in the Noel house and about your friendship with Chris. You didn’t tell him the details of how you got here. He asked you a lot of questions, so you had to say it is very painful memories and you’re not ready to talk about it.

Charlie wouldn’t be Charlie if he didn’t ask you to teach him Russian swearing. He literally begged you to, so you had to give up. Now it's the best way to shut Richard up when he does something annoying. He also mutters the curses under his breath when Mr. Nolan gives a speech.

You grew up in the Soviet Union, where a working woman was a normal thing (it's a myth that there was full equality of men and women in the USSR; but again – it's not a history class). So when the question arose of how to renew your visa, you immediately began to think about how to get a job. And Charlie sincerely does not understand this. You can just get married, can’t you? It’s the simplest and seemingly obvious option.

He’ll ask you to marry him. Many times. Every time you start talking about how hard to find a way to stay in the States is. Maybe it’ll sound like a joke at first. But the embassy continues to reject your application, so he starts talking about it more seriously.

© 𝐚𝐲𝐲𝐤𝐨-𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚-𝐲𝐨𝐨 — 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝.

#charlie dalton #charlie dalton headcanons #dps #dead poets society x reader #dead poets society #charlie dalton x reader #dps x reader #dps charlie

[poetsconstellation]

What I think each poet would do during Halloween

Neil

Ate halloween cookies for breakfast (he brought them because he can’t cook shit)

Was constantly talking about how excited he was for trick or treating

Put a fake spider in Todd’s bed

Pranked Nolan with glitter (it was Charlie’s idea, but when he heard the words ‘prank’ and ‘Nolan’ he was immediately sold)

In his free periods, he read and acted out Macbeth with Todd (Todd was just supportive because he is too shy to act)

He drew ghosts in Todd’s hand

His costume was either Sherlock and Lupin (matching with Todd of course) or uncle Whitman

He trick or treated every house he saw

He came back with a bucket full of candy and a frog

Todd

Stole one of Neil’s cookies

He put an orange sweater on after classes

He drank pumpkin-spice tea

Meeks, Pitts and Todd carved pumpkins together

He probably fell into a rabbit hole of poems about witches

His costume was either matching with Neil or Charlie Brown from peanuts

He only went trick or treating with the poets because he was promised caramel flavoured chocolate

He thought the frog was cute, but would never admit that

Charlie

He pranked each and everyone of the poets + Nolan

Could only talk about those pranks months after the day because “you should have seen your face! You were so scared!”

He interrupted Cameron’s study so many times that he threatened to fight him if he didn’t stop

He didn’t stop

Cameron was too scared to fight him

His costume was just his normal clothes. But when anyone asked him about it, he would just open his shirt to reveal a big drawing of a red lighting and say he was dressed up as Nuwanda

Dared Neil to catch a frog without his hands

Knox

Was invited to a party by Chris, but left in the middle of the night because “it was too boring” (in reality, he just wanted to be with the poets instead of a bunch of drunk people)

Spent his free time pranking people with Charlie

Until Charlie pranked him

Then he realized how bad he felt for the others

And they all pranked Charlie

Dressed up as superman

Named the frog Freddie

Meeks

Spent most of his school day studying with Cameron

As soon as his classes were over he and Pitts (and eventually the rest of the poets) pranked Charlie with a machine they invented

Had the brilliant idea of making a Goldberg machine with the pumpkin he carved

The pumpkin exploded

His and Pitts’s dorm has been smelling like toasted pumpkin ever since

He went as a robot for Halloween

Offered to make a house for Freddie

Pitts

Made bets with the poets to see who could get Cameron to get up faster

Knox won because he got into the room and yelled “I LOST YOUR TRIG ANNOTATIONS”

Cameron got up in less than a second

When Pitts got to his room from a study session, it smelled like toasted pumpkin

To this day, he is too scared to ask why

Helped Meeks with his robot costume, but didn’t have time to prepare his, so he improvised and went as a ghost

Convinced all the poets that it would be better for Freddie if he lived at the lake

Cameron

Doesn’t celebrate Halloween, so it was just a normal day for him

Except the pranks the poets pulled on him

Which made him loose at least 1 hour worth of study

Didn’t think it was a good idea to go trick or treating, so he didn’t go

He studied instead

Never knew about Freddie

#dead poets society #dps fandom #dps #dps boys #dead poets fandom #dead poets aesthetic #dead poets headcanons #neil perry #todd anderson #charlie dalton #steven meeks #Pitts #seizing that fucking day #seize the day #carpe diem #mr keating #anderperry #knox overstreet #knarlie #mitts #neil and todd #gay

[tinadablackthorn]

my thoughts while watching dps:

SPOILER ALERT !!!!!!!

oh my god why do all the guys look the same, i can barely remember movie characters names as is. this is just gonna make it harder 😭

neil is so adorable, i’ll punch anyone who hurts him

fuck neil’s dad not letting him do the school annual honestly i already don’t like him

omg they’re going to make asian parents so proud. neil gonna go to med school. those two other guys idk their names, mr future lawyer and me future banker

mr keating making the students rip the pages j evans pritchard wrote i’m not sure if he has a severe grudge on that guy as if he’s insulted his mom or he’s just a cool teacher

i made my mind. he’s a really cool teacher and i wish every teacher was like that

“poetry, beauty, romance, love.. it’s the reason most people stay alive.”

omg they’re gonna go to the cave that’s for the dead poets society???????

awwww todd is so cuteeee <33333

i swear to god these boys look like they’re trying to start a cult. sneaking out in the middle of the night wearing long black cloaks and hiding in a cave to tell stories and dancing around the fire

“truth is like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. you push it, stretch it, it’ll never be enough. you kick say it, beat it, it’ll never cover any of us. from the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying, it’ll just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.” i swear, who hurt my child todd? i’m gonna kill them

ew i hate party scenes in movies, esp if it’s like a teenage club. it’s a really big ick for me

I SAID I HATE NEIL’S DAD FUCK HIM FUCK HIM neil literally not the lead role in the play that’s the next day, can’t he tell his dad he’ll quit tomorrow????

broooOo neil was so good in the play it was amazing!!!!!!!!

FUCK NEIL’S DAD FUCK NEIL’S DAD FUCK NEIL’S DAD FUCK HIM HE CAN’T SEND NEIL TO A MILITARY SCHOOL AND THEN MED SCHOOL TF DOES HE REALISE NEIL HAS A LIFE TOO

HOLY SHIT NEVER MIND NEIL DOES NOT HAVD A LIFE ANYMORE

IM CRYING

IM CRYINGG.

NEIL WHYYYYYY

YOU COULDVE JUST RAN AWAY

😭😭😭

THEY’RE ALL CRYING PLEASE NOOOO

BRO TODD’S REACTION BROKE ME

HE’S SAYING IT’S HIS FATHERS FAULT. HIS FATHER KILLED HIM

TODD NOO DONT GO

maybe he just needs alone time

mr keating noooo don’t cry

OMGGG CAMERON ACTUALLY WENT AND TOLD THE SCHOOL SO NOT THEY’RE AFTER MR KEATING ????

he actually believed the school???

GO NUWANDA GO PUNCH CAMERON’S ASS

OHMYGOD DID THEY ALL ACTUALLY SIGN THE PAPERS AGAINST ME KEATING??

TODD NO SIR SIT DOWN THAT’S EMBARRASSING

AWWW NO ACTUALLY THAT’S SO CUTE

AWWW

WAIT WHAT NO THAT’S THE END????

THAT CANT BE THE END WHAT

OH WOW

OH MY GOD I WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS

OHMYGOD

#dead poets fandom #dead poets society #dps #dps fandom #dps boys #todd anderson #neil perry #dead poets #dp spoilers

[thiamblogger]

can i just make a point that the whole 'damn it neil, the name's nuwanda' bit came from neil thinking charlie would fink.. now you expect me to be mad at cameron??

could he have handled it better? significantly.

but at the end of the day, he was a CHILD. they were ALL CHILDREN. you saw the harsh punishments given.. you know what happens!!

he was just thinking of his future, which sometimes you have to do. especially in a school like wellton where it's a free for all, every man for himself.

LEAVE MY BABY CAMERON ALONE!!

#richard cameron #cameron apologist #dead poets society #charlie dalton #neil perry

[rrcenic]

dead poets society as things my friends/family have said

huge trigger warning for discussion of suicide

-

neil: fuck fuck fuck

todd: what’s wrong?

neil: my workload was too much so i switched from honors algebra 2 to regular algebra 2 and i don’t know how to tell my dad

todd: you’re still two years ahead in math though

neil: yeah but my dad gets so mad when i don’t take every academic opportunity i can

todd: dude you just got out of the psych ward. i think he’ll understand!

neil: hhhhngg

-

neil: bro i didn’t even realize i had daddy issues til i became unnaturally infatuated with my english teacher

-

cameron: greetings fellow fraternity males. i am not working for your landlord and i simply want to hang out with fellow “dudes.” on an unrelated note are any of you in possession of illegal drugs and/or alcohol?

knox: yeah check under the chair

cameron: alright “broski” i will be simply taking photos of this not for reporting reasons and for personal reasons

pitts: do you have like a fetish or something

cameron: yes um a fetish i am not working for your landlord

-

todd: oh he’s so pretty! it’s so sad that he killed himself

todd: i mean obviously because like. killing yourself is never the answer

todd: but mainly because he was so pretty!!

-

charlie: i call this poem “every day i wake up and dream of olive garden”

-

meeks: this is literally the most autistic group i’ve ever been in and i love it

neil: oh i’m neurodivergent in many ways but the ‘tisim is surprisingly not one of them

-

charlie: shakespeare sucks ass

neil: i will stab you

-

neil: i can’t hang out today, i have therapy

pitts: you? therapy? but you’re so happy!

neil: …

neil: i’ve tried to kill myself like 5 times

pitts: WHAT

neil: did. did you not know that?!?!

-

knox: hey dyou wanna watch a tv show with me

neil: what’s it about?

knox: there’s lots of pretty women

neil: …

knox: …

neil: …

knox: and pretty men

neil: i’m in

-

charlie: america is fucked. our society is literally being ripped apart by capitalism. trans people are being criminalized more every day

knox: it’s not that bad

charlie: name one good thing that has happened to the trans community in the past year. i’ll wait

knox: …

knox: well um some politicians support trans people

charlie: THATS NOT ENOUGH

-

keating: *texting to the group chat* so technically since most of you are my former students i’m not allowed to be friends with you

keating: but you all rock so my excuse is we work on creative projects as a group outside of school

keating: however i can’t just chat with you when you’re bored

*that night*

todd: hey i’m really sorry for contacting you about non creative stuff but i just had a panic attack and don’t know what to do

keating: oh that bullshit? nah man you’re fine text whenever

-

cameron: charlie just gave me this plastic spoon and ran away does anyone know what it means

gloria: lucky i wish nuwanda had given ME the spoon

cameron: WHAT DOES IT MEAN

-

neil: i know what we’re gonna do after group therapy. we’re gonna have a poetry contest. we’ll call it psych ward poetry. i’m going to beat all of you with my mad poetry skills

-

meeks: oh and pooh represents… hm, i actually can’t remember

charlie: google it

meeks: yeah but we can’t have our phones

knox: hey mr mcallister? could you use your phone to google what mental illness the winnie the pooh characters represent?

mcallister: what the actual hell are you talking about

#tw self harm #tw suicide #tw sui joke #nics stuff #dps #dead poets society #incorrect dps #incorrect dead poets society #dps incorrect quotes #dead poets society incorrect quotes #neil perry #todd anderson #charlie dalton #steven meeks #gerard pitts #cameron #richard cameron #john keating

[sallymareeq]

Midnight In Her Arms

Summary:

Girls are finally at Welton and Neil is Immediately in love, Fluff and romance ensue. Neil x Femme

Notes:

first fic, im trying but i, like all fanfic writers, wrote this past my bedtime on a school night so enjoy.

Neil still remembered that stunned moment in the cave, Charlie had just announced his article published in the name of the Dead Poets demanding girls be admitted to Welton. A fleeting moment of excitement followed by a rush of panic, of course, it's what every guy there wanted, but still. Charlie certainly got a beating for that one. But looking back now he really took one for the team, his article could have been the thing to spark the formation of the Welton Hall preparatory board, proposing Welton and Henley Hall have merged lessons. Nuwanda’s radical behaviour finally shook Mr Nolan into realizing the distraction a lack of co-ed interaction can cause in teenage boys, and like that, all classes in the high school merged to the Welton Campus.

Even still there was pushback from concerned parents of Henley Hall girls, resulting in a maximum of 50 girls joining the school of 400 boys. Mr Keeting had always been pro-merge, stating that “in order to appreciate beauty we must expand our knowledge and see with new eyes”, Neil had to admit he was happy about the merge. It would be interesting to hear poetry and ideas from a girl's perspective, it would also be interesting to talk to a girl, to laugh with a girl, to kiss a girl.

The first day of the merge only one girl was assigned to Mr Keating's English class, Jenny Maree. She was small and quiet with dark brown hair that had a slight auburn tint in the light, her rosy lips and evergreen eyes stood out against her smooth, alabaster skin. Neil wasn't sure why he noticed her so, it could have been because she was one of the first girls he really got to look at, but it also could have been because she was really quite nice to look at. Neil felt he finally understood what Mr Keating meant about appreciating beauty, he thought he could write an epic about the way he felt as his eyes travelled from her face, down her smooth neck to her chest, her hips, her thighs.

He could never tell her, firstly out of shame but secondly because he was sure she could never find him attractive, why would she go for him when she could pick Knox or Charlie or Todd. Still he couldn't help but smile to himself when he thought he caught her eyes flicker away from his in class, a light pink blush dusting her cheeks.

After months of classes and many easy conversations on the way to class, Neil finally realized not only how beautiful Jenny was but how insightful and profound her writing was. Listening to her smooth song-like voice recite observations of the romanticism of a flower's new bloom, or the tragedy of time, was like nothing else to him. He realized he may be in love when he sat down to write a poem for class and all he could think about was her, all he could write about was her.

He sat at his desk, a cool breeze blowing through the cracked window lightly ruffling his hair, he set his pencil down and hung his head back with a sigh. “what's wrong?” Todd questioned from his bed. “I can't.. Write” sighed Neil dreamily. “Well why not?” “I can't, stop thinking about” Neil stared out the window “Jenny Maree” “Jenny?” Todd smirked, Neil looked at him. “Fair enough, she’s really quite brilliant” “She is” “You should talk to her,” Todd added casually. “I already do todd, we’re friend’s, we walk to class together” “No but like- actually talk to her. Invite her for lunch,” Todd chuckled to himself “ooor a midnight stroll and some poetry reading like Charlie” Neil laughed before picking up his pencil again “you know that's not a half bad idea Toddy, but it still doesn’t help my poem” Neil huffed “stop trying to fight it,” Todd advised “just write your poem about her, then you can talk about it after class” Neil thought for a moment then wrote a title, Miss.

The next Friday in class it was time for the oral examination on their personal poetry piece. Charlie got up and read his short prose on freedom, then Knox with his Haiku on love, then Todd with a brilliant piece about train of thought, then it was Neil. As he stood to read his paper, Mr Keating winked at him and nodded assuringly, he smiled back and took a deep breath in, trying not to look at Jenny and her soft, sweet smile.

Miss Midnight in her arms, A moment to ourselves, Real and full and true. Everything is clear, Evergreen our love shall be.

He looked up as Todd smirked proudly, and Charlie gave him a sarcastic thumbs up from the back of the classroom, but all Neil could see in that moment were Jenny’s evergreen eyes, pupils enlarged with admiration. “A lovely poem indeed Mr Perry” chirped the Captain as he stood “i'm sure we all envy the ‘Miss’ for whom this poem was written” he smiled knowingly, glancing in the direction of Jenny. “Anywhoom, Miss Maree, care to share with us your splendid piece?” Neil watched as she slowly stood and walked, hips swaying slightly, to the front of the classroom. She turned and to Neils Surprise she was smiling at him. Once again her eyes flicked away and she began to read.

Heart Writing poetry is painful, when love is absent, Longing, pining, admiring, Birth writing from the heart, But in doing so they take parts with them, Until the heart is but a half, But if love can be found In another half heart And as they begin to beat as one They give life to something new The most profoundly unique piece of art life.

(ill add more i swear)

#dead poets society #dead poets society headcanons #dps #dead poets fanfic #dps fandom #dps headcanons #neil perry #neil perry headcanons #dark academia #Poetry #fluff #Love at First Sight #Falling In Love #Mutual Pining #Neil perry xfem

[billsbae]

funfact about me: I love the background headcanons (my silly dps headcanons)

andersons being half french? I live for it

meeks having three older sisters? amazing

daltons having a big beach hause? wonderful

overstreets having a golden retriver? absolutely yes

todd having a little sister? cutest thing ever

pitts being raised on country music? hell yes

andersons having a lot of cats with strange names? yes yes yes

I have a lot more of these:)

#i have 'the siblings headcanons’ for all the poets #I’ll share them later #also the cats name would be like #tequila #whisky #kitkat #cheddar #sushi #and things like this #they have also a cat named ’dog’ #it was jeffrey’s idea #dps #dps headcanons #dps hcs #todd anderson #nuwanda charlie dalton #charlie dalton #nuwanda #steven meeks #gerard pitts #knox overstreet #neil perry #richard cameron #dps fandom #jeffrey anderson #I love this silly headcanons #french andersons #anderperry #knarlie #what is pitts and meeks ship name??

[satelitis]

˚ ༘⋆.˚— SEIZE THE DAY — dal’s 200 celly.

rahhh!! okay!!! thank you so much for 200 it means the WORLD to mean and i’m so grateful for all of you!!! ilysm mwah!!!

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˚ ⚓️ ⋆.˚—.2.19 - 2.29

꒰ OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN ꒱ . . . standard tumblr games (cym, kmk, sop, etc.)

꒰ IM BEING CHASED BY WALT WHITMAN ꒱ . . . give me one of your unpopular opinions, and i’ll give you my take on it!

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꒰ CARPE DIEM ꒱ . . . give me headcannons/thoughts about a certain character (can be about me, or can be platonic/ romantic!)

꒰ NUWANDA ꒱ . . . (moots only!) give me a new name and i’ll give you one!!

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tagging mooties: @spaceagebachelormann @mictodii @faerieroyal @stvrlighttgabss @ivyppoison @doyouknowwhoyouare13 @juneberrie @bellybumm @buticanfixhernoreallyican @lunarluvbot @masivechaos (i’m sorry i don’t remember all of you!! ): )

#idle banter (dal’s v.)

[quillkiller]

"Damn it, Neil. The name is Nuwanda."

I want to talk about the queer coded symbolism and mise-en-scene in Dead Poets Society, and now you're probably thinking 'yes we all ship neil and todd' and yes that's true, but not what i mean.

Nuwanda is a trans woman! Let's get into it.

(i apogolize if my use of pronouns are confusing. i refer to nuwanda as he/him when he's at welton because the boy atmosphere and his part in that creates such a deep meaning to his experience as a person slowly figuring out through poetry that he might be a trans woman. especially in this tight knit friend group consisting of "boys with emotions". that's why i use she/her pronouns when talking about her getting closer and closer to figuring herself out) (also this is my own interpretation of the film so i can do what i want)

First off! When Charlie announces that he's changing his name to Nuwanda, no one questions him. The laddies adapt to it immediately and start calling him Nuwanda, for the simple reason that he asked them to.

Second, Nuwanda invited two girls to the cave and literally all he did was borrow their lipstick and change his name? Nuwanda said he wanted to learn about and read poetry because he 'wanted to make women swoon' but in reality he was a woman who gravitated towards learning about femininity, wanting to compensate for the fact that he actually identifies with womanhood.

For a character saying he wanted to woo women, he shows absolutely no interest in women what so ever. I genuinely think the writing shows such a complex relationship between gender and internalised transphobia/compulsory heterosexuality.

(I personally do believe that Nuwanda is heterosexual, but i believe he's a heterosexual trans woman and he's in the process of figuring that out through poetry and that's so beautiful!!!!)

All the boys hate Welton and they continuously joke about getting themselves expelled, but no one actually means it. Nuwanda was the only one actually risking his place at Welton and he did it writing an article saying that women should be accepted into welton. He risked his place at Welton and for what? Because 'he wanted a girlfriend'?

No! He was the only one who actually risked his place at Welton because he doesn't belong but he desperately wants to, and if women were to be accepted into Welton, Nuwanda will be too. He would rather get expelled, and did in the end, because that's a woman trying to save her own fucking life. Nuwanda really said 'accept women into Welton or i walk'.

There's also a scene where they're all in class, just walking around, literally, on Professor Keating demands, and it holds so much power for the reading of Nuwanda being a trans woman. Professor Keating says they all need to 'walk their own path' and to not follow the paths already made. Everyone starts walking and they all do it differently, except for Nuwanda. Nuwanda stays behind and says "I'm exercising my right not to walk" and Professor Keating looks at him proudly.

All the boys start walking whereas Nuwanda stays behind, distancing himself from making his own path as a man. Nuwanda was exercising his right not to participate in walking through life as a man. it's such a wonderful wonderful wonderful scene and i love her so much.

There's also the way Nuwanda dresses. Nuwanda starts changing his style throughout the film and you cannot tell me he conforms to the societal norms of a boy his age, at welton, meant to get into an ivy league school after graduation. He's slowly experimenting with his gender expression throughout the film, being fascinated by lipstick, changing his hair, trying on different hats, etc. It' so subtle but at the same time it's so big.

There's also the scene where Nuwanda gets punished by the headmaster. The punishment is a spanking and he has to lean over the headmasters desk and pull down his pants, and the headmaster is behind him. There's a clear power imbalance between the headmaster and Nuwanda, almost as if Nuwanda is the woman in that scene while a man abuses him the way he would abuse a woman. The punishment is inherently a feminization of his character, making him lean over and strip him off his power and being at the mercy of a man. The scene draws from female trauma and the power of men, while projecting it onto Nuwanda's character, creating more symbolism as to why Nuwanda is a trans woman.

Another scene, the coach comes into the changing rooms and yells:

"Let's go boys, hussle up in here! That means you Dalton!"

Dalton, Nuwanda, is standing in front of the mirror and combing his hair. None of the other boys do, they all tussle and fix their hair with their hands and then they're good. Nuwanda cares about how he looks and the coach is telling him, specifically, that he needs to man up.

These are the main reasons i believe Nuwanda left Welton and finally could start living her life as a woman. Especially considering the end of the film, Neils fate and how it represents the importance of being yourself and finding your own voice. There's so much in the subtext that indicate a queer and/or trans reading of the film. In the mise-en-scene, in the manuscript, symbolism, etc.

(Image of Nuwanda, showing his chest covered in lipstick, a feminine gender expression. He's removing his tie, which literally ties him to the man people want him to be.)

#i've never posted anything like this #flexing my bachelor's degree in film science fr fr #anyway! #dead poets society #dps #nuwanda #charles dalton #film review #it's not a very formal film review #but a film review nonetheless #also english is not my first language so sorry