And That You May Contribute A Verse

“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute, we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is filled with passion” (Pp art by me, please do not feed to A.I or use without my permission)

[inkursa]

study of the straightest scene in dead poets society

[itsaplaydummy]

anderperry headcanons (freaking finally)!!!

todd fell first, neil fell harder (I'm talking about the poetry scene - that's when It properly kicked in for neil)

neil has never been more grateful to share a room at Welton in his life

whilst neil gets really hot at night and wants to basically sleep naked with no blankets, todd gets really cold, so they end up having to compromise one night at a time (they settle on having one blanket, the window open, and cuddling).

neil's favourite hobby is watching todd write; Todd's favourite hobby is watching neil run lines. sometimes todd will randomly ask for a synonym of something and neil just shrugs because he's too busy watching todd grip his pencil harder whenever he's stuck on a line.

in the future, obviously neil would be an actor, but he'd keep todd out of the spotlight. todd would be a poet and write under his own (sometimes they're spotted together at coffee shops so there's some internet speculation about them)

they'd be girldads with cats and a dog. (they'd be matching with boydads knarlie btw and have silly playdates). they'd all have theatre-inspired or poetry inspired names (for example, their cat would be Keats I BET.)

surprisingly, todd was the one who confessed to neil, the night of the show: he was feeling so happy from seeing him act that it just flooded out of him. neil looked so shocked for a moment and todd worried and tried to backtrack, but it all worked out in the end.

todd had knox as a confidant, and neil had Charlie; they both knew that they liked each other and would pull all sorts of wingman stuff to try get them together naturally. for example, Charlie would shout stuff like 'boy, neil, you sure do love poetry-writing blonde boys, don't you? DON'T YOU?' and knox would do similar things 😈

when they finally got together, Charlie and knox acted like it was their greatest pulling off of the century (they went on a date to celebrate)

todd writes poetry about neil but never shows him. one time todd left his notebook open and neil had a sneak peek. it was the most beautiful thing he's ever read.

similarly, neil dabbles in screenplays, so he makes the kindest, sweetest characters inspired by todd.

[thetheaterkidwriter]

I’m sorry in advance for some of these

[orffeii]

“O captain! My captain…”

[drpeppercreamsodaa]

it's 😭😭😭😭 a 😭😭😭 family tree 😭😭

[corvinekin]

I LOVE THEM here's art of them being in love

[morgueworker]

[spotspotz]

oh he was freaking out

[wordslikepoisonn]

there was a

“before you”

and there was a

“during you”

but i never thought that there

would be an “after you”.

[deadish-poets-society]

In a one-two-punch I just saw a Neil edit to The Cure and a Todd edit to Cigarette Smoke … alright pack it up boys, it’s time to go the fuck home

[salvatore----girl]

"His father did it. His father killed him"

[megryan]

i close my eyes and this image floats beside me: a sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain; his hands reach out and choke me. and all the time he’s mumbling, mumbling truth — truth, like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. you push it, stretch it, it will never be enough; you kick at it, beat it, it will never cover any of us. from the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying, it will just cover your face as you wail, and cry, and scream.

[thetheaterkidwriter]

the sad reality is that Neil and Todd probably never actually extended their relationship beyond a friendship in canon. They never got to express their love because of the taboo surrounding homosexuality at the time and they might not have even had the knowledge to put a name to the feeling (they could’ve thought it was a “really close friendship”). The reality is that they had four months together. Four months is not a lot of time to become friends with someone, develop feelings for them, trust them enough to tell them those feelings that were illegal at the time, and then potentially pursue that relationship. So yes, Neil and Todd probably could’ve been something if they had more time together. But they didn’t.

[cesarinoou]

Blow it up

[inkursa]

first anderperry drawing kinda nervous

[salvatore----girl]

Is it better to speak or to die?

[m0nt3cr15t0]

the genuine twinkle in his eyes when he talks to Todd here. I am convinced Neil is secretly an anime girl.

[the-sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

I hope I never see what your face looks like going

a face I swear that I could spend my whole life knowing

here’s to hoping