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I’m going to a new school soon and the only thing keeping me going is the delusional hope that maybe I’ll find a friend group like them
Dead Poets Society and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower....
I know that they are different yet they are the same...in a way atleast....
Carpe diem!
Have a good day!
AHHH the snoopy cookies are SUCH a good idea!! we love pittsie for bringing the snacks.
i hope you don't mind me adding my own thoughts to your headcanons, they're just so good and i wish to add more to them :)
todd loves the horror movie/s they put on (the orphanage and the human centipede) while everyone else dislikes/hates them. they're all clinging to todd like a lifeline during the orphanage because they're scared and todd's just laughing at them like 'this isn't even that bad!' (they would beg to differ). human centipede goes a lot worse because meeks and knox have very weak stomachs and they both nearly throw up multiple times. todd offers to watch something else but they know he loves the movie so they just smile through the squeasiness
neil and cameron would definitely spend so much time organising the whole thing - clearing their schedules, lining up everyone's off days, figuring out whose house to use, assigning who brings the snacks/laptop/blankets/etc, what movies to watch... also, despite the name, movie night lasts from ten in the morning up until two in the morning the next day since they just want to watch SO many movies. these usually happen at todd's since he has a projector and he's the only one who can convince his family to go out for the entire day. everyone gets to pick out one or two movies to watch. though, these big movie nights/movie days usually only happen during the holidays, and if they're at welton they have actual movie nights (10pm-1am) in someone's dorm and they watch it on meeks' laptop.
imagine some of the modern! dead poets having overbearing/overprotective parents who they have to call everytime a movie ends (cough cough neil and meeks cough cough). they're so embarrassed about it and it's like that 'my mom's calling... hi mom' meme except without the sexual noises because they're either scared of the parent calling or like them too much. meeks accidentally falls asleep during a movie and no one wakes her up because she needs the sleep, meaning she wakes up to ten missed calls and fifty unread messages from his mom and all of his sisters
if they were to watch a really sad movie they'd think they'd be able to tough it out, but by the end all of them are BAWLING. they have to take a twenty minute break to calm down from that. meeks and knox have it especially bad because they're crying so hard they genuinely can't see past the tears (real) and one of the other poets (also still crying) has to hold their hand and hrlp them navigate around the house to get them what they need like water or tissues
they'd all complain that's charlie's hogging the blankets/the couch, but my boy literally HAS to be laying down to watch a movie. in the end they make a compromise - all the other poets sit down first, and then charlie just lays down across all their laps - everyone loves it because it's like a free weighted blanket, especially neil and todd. how they're not sweating under all those blankets i don't know
cameron tries to enforce the 'no talking during a movie' rule but charlie just keeps breaking it, and in the end everyone's talking during the movies. cameron tries to act annoyed but he loves to hear their input or hear them explain something about the movie he previously didn't know
i feel like pitts would be an avid enjoyer of cartoons and sci-fi (like charlie brown and the great pumpkin as you mentioned) and hr and meeks would make a joint effort to make everyone else watch atleast one star wars and tmnt movie, and everyone ends up actually liking it!! they're a little confused from all the context they're missing but they enjoy it nonetheless - besides, pittsie is all too happy to explain tmnt/star wars lore.
meeks would also love sci-fi, but also historical/war films. she would convince everyone to watch forrest gump and i just know some people started crying during that movie (knox). later she talks about this awesome film she saw and everyone's excited to watch it, only to find out that meeks, the polyglot, was hyping up a movie that simply does not exist in english/a language they can all understand. she offers to provide real-time translations but no one trusts her to be accurate/not lie (that last one is based off of a real event at movie night with my friends!)
knox would have to get down on his knees and BEG to get them to watch legally blonde - charlie jokes that it looks like mean girls and knox tells him that it would make it even better! The watch it in the end and everyone is pleasantly surprised by the movie and actually end up really liking it!! they thank knox for making them watch it because it was actually super good (i've never actually watched legally blonde but i've heard its good!!) pitts would make pink snacks for the movie and he'd have to actively fight knox and charlie off because they want to eat all of the pink snacks
charlie would recommend superbad and meeks instantly agrees because he knows ALL the lines of that movie, and everyone assumes that means it's a nice, lighthearted, maybe sci-fi movie!! WRONG, by the end of it everyone is in various states of horror (cameron, pitts, knox, neil), laughter (meeks, charlie, todd), or in love with the movie (charlie, cameron, meeks). cameron has a love-hate relationship with the movie because he loves the drama but hates the vulgarity of the whole thing. (SUPERBAD SPOILERS SORT OF) knox accidentally predicts fogell's nickname (fagell) and meeks and charlie lose their shit over it
cameron gets them to watch a bunch of sitcoms/reality shows and they end up watching some episodes of the office too - everyone has a good laugh and it's a good way to calm down after something like superbad. they all poke a little fun at him for liking these kinds of movies but in the end it's all in good fun and he teases them just as much
neil gets everyone to watch romeo and juliet or the three musketeer (you can decide which versions because i haven't seen a single one) and everyone pretends to be annoyed by shakespeare, but they're all leaning forward throughout the movie (and accidentally smushing charlie in the process) because they actually really like it and romeo and juliet is one of the movies that makes them all cry. neil apologises for making everyone sob and they all assure him it's okay through the tears
once it ends no one has the energy to go back to their respective house, so they just go up to todd's room and crash on his bed with him. if they're doing it at Welton, they'll sleepily sneak back to their respective dorms and then not be able to keep their eyes open during class - mr keating, of course, notices and asks them how movie night was and if he 1. can recommend some movies and 2. if he can join next time because it looked like fun. everyone agrees
that's it!! again, i hope you fon't mind my input to your movie night headcanons :)
Dead Poets Society @ MOVIE NIGHT!!!
Inspired by @random-lil-illing 🙏🏻 I love writing HCs for DPS, nto sure if anyone has ever done this before for movie night but! oh well!
Okay first, I like to think that modern?! Knox- his family expecting him to become a lawyer like his father- once saw Legally Blonde, and fell in love with it. He is trying to convince the other poets to watch it one night. He would love Legally Blonde.
TODD LOVES HORROR I'VE SEEN OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS ON HERE- I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO BUT YES!!!!
Cameron loves dramas- I can see him being like "oh- 90s sitcoms are silly and I don't wanna waste my time watching that-" and then he ends up becoming super invested.
I also think Cameron would like reality television, again, becoming very invested
ANYWAY
It was Neil's idea to have a movie night, perhaps Neil's and Cameron's idea. They both organized it! Yippee!
Okay so- how did they manage to fit seven people, fifty blankets, and thirty pillows on one couch? I'll never know.
carpe couch ig
They end up watching a movie that just came out on DVD/streaming services or whatever.
Meeks insists that they could watch any movie, he could pirate it and all that, I've seen people talk about this too, which is so true.
However, they're using Todd's fancy fancy laptop for streaming onto the TV or projector, and Todd refuses to do that- boy wants NO viruses on his laptop!!
Pitts brings all the snacks!! or makes all of them.... he is snack man
thank you pittsie!!!
Would kill to have a movie night with them
Sometimes, if they know ahead of time what movie they're going to watch, Pitts will make treats themed to the movie!
Oh, they're watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin for Halloween? Pitts makes Snoopy cookies. thank you pittsie!!!
If they watch a sad movie, all of these goobers are crying by the end. Especially Knox. Knox is a mess, bless his heart.
Charlie is a couch hog, blanket hog, you name it.
I like to think they'd have monthly movie nights, and they take turns picking the movie
By the end of the movie, someone is snoring.....
that someone is either Charlie or Pitts
Charlie got distracted, Pitts on the other hand got happy with the Snoopy cookies and is now in a food coma. Can't blame the guy though, I'd be snoozin if I had a few Snoopy cookies and a tall glass of milk.
i love making headcanons and, inspired by @blakenation1 making dps headcanons, i wanted to try it out too :)
so, dead poets society going to a mall!!
- mr keating goes with the dead poets to the mall to act as adult supervision since Welton requires the students to have a chaffeur. he just enables their chaotic behaviour though and literally does not act like adult supervision at all - he tells the dead poets that if any other teacher (especially mr nolan) asked, he was watching them like a hawk the entire time (he wasn't, he was watching them like a mole)
- they manage to run into ginny and chris in the mall and the two just sort of. join their group for funsies
- the group is sort of split into three categories: the ones having fun, the ones who are just here for shopping, the ones who want to go home
- people who are actually having fun: neil, charlie, mr keating, chris, meeks, and todd
- they actually love the mall because of all the places they get to go and the aesthetic in general (like neil, chris, charlie, and a little bit of mr keating) OR they found a store they really like and are just browsing what they have (todd in a bookstore, meeks with casettes/records/posters, and mr keating at a thrift shop). the latter need to be physically dragged away from the stores they chose to be in
- the ones who just wanna get their shopping done: cameron, pitts, ginny, knox
- they don't hate the mall, but they're not giddy or excited about it like the people having fun are. they're still somewhat enjoying themselves because of the people around them or because they found a nice store. either way, they're mostly focused on actually shopping for what they NEED
- the ones who wanna go home: todd, cameron, a little bit of meeks
- they get overstimulated outside of their chosen stores very easily :( the food court is loud and bright (they're just like me fr)
- they mostly split up to go to whatever store they want to, but they plan when they're going to meet up at the food court so they can all go together. cameron, ginny, mr keating, and knox all just regularly check their watches to make sure they're not late to the food court meetings while everyone else has to set alarms to remember (especially meeks and todd, since they're so immersed in their respective stores)
- charlie's running around with neil from store to store, browsing each store and buying a couple things from each. they visit the shops everyone else is in to hang out with them a little and talk about what they're buying. sometimes they go to drag the other poets somewhere else because they're spending too much time in one place. neil spends a lot of time with todd in the bookstore, and in turn charlie talks about different records with meeks
- chris will occasionally join along with charlie and neil to talk with the others, but mainly sticks with ginny and knox, who are happy to follow her around as she browses each store. she usually ends up in stored that ginny and knox needed to go to anyway. they buy each other jewellery and other gifts, and point at couple things or plushies and go 'us'
- cameron came into the mall with the intention of sticking strictly to business and simply getting what he needed, but he gave up pretty quickly when he saw just how unserious everyone was being about the whole thing. don't get them wrong, they still got what they needed, but they let themself be taken places too. they even buy the others a couple of things too
-charlie is spoiling EVERYONE, especially neil and the girls. oh, this costs a little too much for their liking? don't worry about it baby, charlie will pay. they can't justify buying something for that price? charlie can! they're eyeing this thing but know that their parents will be mad if they buy it with their money? buy it with charlie's money! charlie is loaded, and what better way to spend his money than on his partners friends? he himself is mainly buying magazines or books, and clothes too. random trinkets too (he buys a mini sax figurine)
- pitts is mainly trying to buy stuff for the radio, along with other projects he wants to start. whenever any of the other poets come around to the store he's in, he'd ask them to visit meeks next and remind her to drink water or to straighten their posture or to take a break in general (modern au! pitts would just call/text meeks to tell her to do so) since it reminds him to do it himself too. he also buys a couple posters and merch in general of his favourite pieces of media to put in his room back at home, or subtly place around his dorm at Welton
- neil is trying not to spend too much of his allowance, and he's succeeding because charlie's buying everything for him, despite his protests. he can't even buy just what he thinks is necessary either, because charlie eill catch him staring longingly at something he wants and buys it. he buys things like flowers, props and very extravagant accessories for future plays and such. and jewellery, so much jewellery. he's also buying things that remind him of everyone else in the friend group, and he and charlie jokingly buy everyone nail polish (which they all end up loving and, by the end of the weekend, they all have matching nails)
- mr keating is buying the wackiest things from the thrift shop - weird and honestly haunted looking decorations? he's taking them. dad-joke shirts? into the cart they go. random trinkets he knows the dead poets will love? buying. he also buys some subtle pride merch, just to let his students know he's a safe space for them. though, he has a feeling they already know, based off of the way they freely talk about stuff like that in front of him
- todd, chris and neil LOVE the perfume (and scented candle) aisle, and they pass by it multiple times while in the make-up store - it's why todd and neil follow her and meeks into there. though, meeks, while occasionally dipping into the make-up store, avoids the perfume aisle like the plague. her senses are extremely sensitive, especially her sense of smell, and the strong perfumes make her sneeze and breathe weird. she quietly encourages the poets in the perfume aisle from the other side of the store
- chris and ginny dip in and out of women's clothing stores and occasionally drag meeks in with them. meeks feels a little shy there but chris and ginny hype her up so much it's hard to feel nervous. they all help each other pick out clothed that suit them and help them feel comfy in clothes they like but are nervous about
- ginny definitely frequents the thrift store too, she just loves the vibes of the clothes there, and she's in and out of the arts and crafts store too. they spend an absurd amount of money in the crafts store (same), and they definitely have stuff they don't need in their bags, but she's happy and besides, charlie covered half the cost, and chris covered the other half. she also buys any necessities she needs, but mainly trinkets from the crafts store
-chris definitely spends some time in the more 'girly' stores (make-up, women's clothes, jewellery, etc.) but she also buys a fair amount of merch for her favourite shows and games (unrelated but i think modern! chris and ginny would play call of duty together - if they can't beat a campaign mission or online round, they ask chet to help). also she buys 'weird' trinkets that remind her of her friends/partners
- also, charlie, knox, todd, cameron, and meeks, the instrument kids, definitely visit the music store a couple of times. charlie brings up the idea of sneaking a piano into Welton and while it's entertained for a minute ot two, meeks eventually rules it out as impossible
- the food court is extremely overstimulating for cameron, todd, and meeks. throughout an all-day trip to the mall, they have three scheduled meal times in the food court (brunch, lunch, befor-dinner-meal). each time they go there they get more and more worn out and by the end of it they're all one inconvenience away to breaking down. cameron and todd at this point desperately want to go home, while meeks, despite knowing that if she doesn't go home now, she'll be throwing up soon but also she wants to stay at the casette store a little longer. still, it's a breath of relief for them all when mr keating finally announces it's time to go back to the campus
- mr keating drops chris and ginny back off at home since they walked to the mall and, with arms full of stuff, they would have a hard time walking back home or taking the bus. it's... definitely a tight fit in the car, and someone has to sit on someone else's lap or on the floor, but they manage. everyone pretends not to notice that both of them get dropped off at ginny's house, even though chris doesn't live there
- by the time they get back to the dorms, everyone has arms full of bags, and all the other teachers give disapproving looks to mr keating, like 'you were supposed to control them >:(' and mr keating, arms also full of bags, most of which aren't even his, just shrugs with a smile. they had fun, that's what was important!
i'm so sorry these are all so long, i love elaborating in my headcanons. and i apologise if some of my headcanons (cough cough transfem meeks) are a little too in your face during this
o/// Finally shouting into the void that is Tumblr. Hello DPS fandom, I just have one question to those who would like to answer, and it's one that i've been thinking about a lot, recently. Are you more invested in Neil and Todd's relationship, or Charlie and Neil's? I tend to find myself leaning more towards Neil and Charlie and their friendship. I have no clue why, I just do. PS: also, huge shout out to my mutuals who followed me back when I had no posts on my blog- you guys are real ones.
and for my next trick, i will delude myself into believing that neil perry lived and thrived and the poets all lived happily ever after
reblog if this is you lol
i know it’s a bit weird but i’m just so in love with writing this fic!! charlie and ray are my absolute favorites right now!
if you want to read more of my writing, feel free to check out my wattpad!! dress gets updated regularly and includes the following tropes:
i’d be so happy if you were in the dps fandom and checked it out!! 🥰🫶🏻
thinking about how pitts practically folded his body to meet meeks’ height & meeks is just standing normally
dps headcanons - at the beach!!
- i felt that because it is the start of summer and well.. i love dps, why don’t i make some hc so here i am!! enjoy!!
(also i apologise if there are any grammar/spelling mistakes!!)
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- cameron and meeks burn. they fry. meeks burns less than cameron but as soon as cameron has spent at least 30 mins in the sun, he becomes a tomato.
—> to sort that situation, cameron always supplies an umbrella for just him and meeks to sit in so they don’t burn.
- meeks and pitts walk along the rock pools, searching for sea creatures - crabs, fish etc. pittsie gets bitten by a miniature crab and pitts being pitts, runs across the length of the beach, screaming like a girl.
- todd doesn’t really enjoy swimming in the sea so he tends to stay on the edge or not go in at all.
—> he’s AMAZING at volleyball though, better than knox and charlie put together (he’s way better on land then at sea)
- charlie will be in the sea, the entire time. he gets bored sitting on the sand so he runs in the sea and splashes everyone.
- neil and todd both build a GIGANTIC sand castle together and decorate it with rocks and seashells that they (and the rest of the poets) have collected
—> meeks helps to build a moat around the castle and fill it with water!! (amazing building skills)
- knox wants (needs) a tan to impress others (chris) but charlie keeps snorting and laughing at him telling him that she won’t care (she really doesn’t)
- the only people who don’t go in the sea are todd and cam but at one point charlie dragged cameron to the shore next to todd and shoved him into the sea. cameron was obviously not pleased.
- water fight!!! the poets totally have a water fight in the water (splashing around) and charlie screams when he gets salt water in his eyes.
- pittsie forgets to wear any suncream and accidentally burnt his ears, nose and shoulders. he complains about how much it hurts and how it feels like he is dying from the sun.
- mr keating agreed to take the boys to the beach and he sat on a old-fashioned deck chair with his sunglasses on (he also provided the cooler with food in)
Why does he kind of look like George Hopkins from dps…
I mean...
Happy Father's Day to Mr. keating!!🎊🎉🎊🔫🎉🎊🎊🎉✨️✨️✨️🎉🎊🥰🎉🎉🎉✨️✨️
babe wake up, an enhanced picture of Stick just dropped
our enhanced photo of the bespectacled blondie and Richard Cameron (Dylan Kussman) in Dead Poets Society (1989)
it's a lifestyle
dead poets' society modern(ish) headcanons
Most of these are school related because I'm going back to college next week. (most of these are things my friends or I have done.)
Todd:
has definitely written fanfiction for his creative writing assignments in English.
definitely has a semi-popular poetry account on TikTok/tumblr
Enters his poetry/writing into competitions and stuff when he gets a little bit more confident
Loved by the dinner ladies
Eats the most heinous food combinations like beacon and fish finger sandwiches, just the most questionable foods.
Neil:
Has walked into the set during a show because he had to perform without his glasses.
His drama teacher's favourite student.
Most popular boy in the class
On the school newspaper
Kissed Todd for the first time during the intermission of one of his plays and was so flustered after he almost missed his cue.
Charlie:
Banned from the library
Ran against Cameron for school council/class president (they tied.)
Him and Cameron actively hate each other but outright refuse to be separated from each other.
Has been kicked out of Assembly multiple times.
Music is his best subject
Banned from giving people dares in truth or dare
Cameron
Debate team captain
On the track team
The kid teachers sit bad students next to, in hopes they behave.
He was sat next to Charlie in every lesson in year nine for that exact reason.
This quickly changed when Charlie started to influence Cameron instead of the other way round.
Goes to homework club.
Meeks
Almost flooded his bathroom after trying to see if he could use oil to plug his sink.
Can’t swim but can hold his breath underwater for 2 minutes
Hates sand
Taught himself and Pitts morse code.
Gets really competitive during kahoot
Loves halloween, plans his and Pitts duo costumes months in advance.
Pitts
Freakishly good at table tennis
Can solve a rubix cube in under a minute
Top set for science
Double jointed
Always being asked to help teachers get things because he's the tallest in his year.
Terrible at Geography, like could not locate Canada on a map to save his life.
Knox
Broke his arm doing a cartwheel for a dare.
Can’t tell the difference between admiration and romantic interest for the life of him
Fully had a crush on Charlie in year ten but just thought he REALLY wanted to be his friend.
Plays football
He tried out for rugby to impress Chris, it did NOT go well.
Gets detention for riding his bike to school without a helmet.
leave a ship or fandom suggestions and I’ll do headcanons for them if you want :)
He Could Never Love You- An Anderperry edit
TW// blood
⭒neil and todd manage mr.perry :) and get their happy ending as god intended!
⭒it was a rainy day when they decided that it's either their love conquers with one life wasted, or the excruciating old man does with two lives wasted.
⭒the plan was easier said than done but love gives strength. neil was the bait, and todd was the executioner.
⭒on the ground the clear water drizzled, in the sink, the cherry red water drained.
⭒love conquered.
(my first edit, hope it translates my vision somewhat accurately!)
The poet’s favorite songs according to me
Steven Meeks:
• Starman, by David Bowie
• Wouldn’t it be nice, by The Beach Boys
• Science, by Niall Horan
• Highway tune, by Greta Van Fleet
• Line without a hook, by Ricky Montgomery
Charlie (Nuwanda) Dalton:
• End of beginning, by djo
• She, by Harry Styles
• There’s a light that never goes out, by The Smiths
• Everybody wants to rule the world, by Tears for Fears
• You’re so vain, by Carly Simon
Gerard Pitts
• Take on me, by a-ha
• Eleanor Rigby, by The Beatles
• Put your records on, by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Dancing queen, by ABBA
• More than a woman, by The Bee Gees
Todd Anderson:
• Like real people do, by Hozier
• Motion sickness, by Phoebe Bridgers
• Vienna, by Billy Joel
• Mr loverman, my Ricky Montgomery
• Forever winter, by Taylor Swift
Neil Perry:
• Fade into you, by Mazzy Star
• Lovers rock, by TV Girl
• The lakes, by Taylor Swift
• You’re gonna go far, by Noah Kahan
• My love mine all mine, by Mitski
Knox Overstreet:
• I love you so, by The Walters
• Hey there Delilah, by The Plain White Tees
• Yellow, by Coldplay
• Enchanted, by Taylor Swift
• There she goes, byThe La’s
Richard Cameron:
• Exile, by Taylor Swift and Bon Iver
• Boys don’t cry, by The Cure
• Bigmouth strikes again, by The Smiths
• That joke isn’t funny anymore, by The Smiths
• Rocket man, by Elton John