- Neil Perry -

Most people, if they're lucky, live about half an unexciting life. I say carpe diem; sieze the day!

[deadpoetperry]

~ INTRO POST ~

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not.”

-Henry David Thoreau

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~ WELCOME ~

This is a character roleplay blog for Neil Perry (portrayed by Robert Sean Leonard) from the 1989 film Dead Poets Society.

The film takes place in the year 1959, but that won’t be acknowledged for the sake of this blog being well past that point in time.

Neil is an eighteen year old student in his junior year of high school at Welton Academy, an Episcopalian all-male preparatory boarding school in Vermont. His parents want him to go to Harvard and be a doctor, but his dream is to act.

His friends are Todd Anderson (@sweaty-toothedpoet), Knox Overstreet (@yawp-knoxious), Richard Cameron (@r-cameron-tradition), Steven Meeks (@mr-ill-try-anything-once), Gerard Pitts (@gerardjpitts) , Charlie Dalton (@dxltons), and Sterling Spick aka Stick (@pinnesasong).

(If you’d like to be a character, please message me; we could be mutuals and roleplay together! Keating, Ginny, and Chris are still available)

Keep in mind that none of these blog posts are canon and that they are for entertainment purposes only. That being said, headcanoned content will be incorporated.

Note: This blog will recognize Neil’s birthday as RSL’s birthday, February 28th.

~ ROLEPLAY RULES ~

- Don't be rude. Just because the mod (@cosmicbobatea) is an adult, doesn't mean they're going to tolerate rude behavior.

- No explicit NSFW. Some mild or innuendo content is fine.

- Cursing is fine for the most part, but please refrain from using slurs whatsoever.

- Homophobia, transphobia, racism, pedophilia, xenophobia, etc. will not be tolerated.

- If you want to interact as a character, use anonymous ask. Character blogs are perfectly fine.

- If you want to send art in asks, please do, by all means, but keep it SFW.

- Do not spam asks!

- For any OOC (out of character) asks, please specify in your ask or send an ask on the mod’s blog.

- I am allowed to ignore any ask or DM if it makes me uncomfortable or goes against my rules.

~ TAGS ~

#askneilperry - used for asks on this blog

#neilsayscarpediem - used for any in-character posts on this blog that aren’t asks

[lowkeyluminary]

REBLOG IF YOU HAVE AN RP BLOG I CAN SPAM WITH ASKS

perferably WITH the blog but you guys do you

[deadpoetperry]

[deadpoetperry]

"There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is. It is the sadness of understanding that life is not a grand adventure, but a series of small, insignificant moments, that love is not a fairy tale, but a fragile, fleeting emotion, that happiness is not a permanent state, but a rare, fleeting glimpse of something we can never hold onto. And in that understanding, there is a profound loneliness, a sense of being cut off from the world, from other people, from oneself."

-Virginia Woolf

English Writer ~ 1882 - 1941~

[deadpoetperry]

I found this in a book I read recently. It’s really got me thinking back over all of the lectures from Mr. Keating.

[deadpoetperry]

Seize the day? More like sneeze the day!

Here’s a manul 

I…don’t really know what to say to this.

All I can think of is a day full of sneezing—that wouldn’t be fun.

[deadpoetperry]

Hello! It’s finals anon, how are you Neil? How was the show?

Also I’ve discovered 154 songs total this year!

Hi!

I’m doing alright—as much as I can, anyway. I’m trying to take things day by day, one at a time. Taking more time for myself has its benefits, haha.

I never really talked about the play since it happened, did I? Well! It was great, I’m happy to have been a part of it. The cast was fantastic, everyone was super nice and fun to work with. :)

154 songs sure is a feat—I bet the playlist you’ve got is diverse. That is, if they’re not all various songs in the same few genres…Not that there’s a problem with that. It’s good to know what you like!

[drpeppercreamsodaa]

he's gonna explode any minute now

[deadpoetperry]

I have my first day of rehearsal today for the spring play. For some reason, I can’t tell if I’m feeling excited or jittery. Maybe it’s a mixture of both?

[of-aurora]

Reblog if you're not homophobic

Every url that reblog’s will be written in a book and shown to my homophobic dad. 

[deadpoetsandlivinglegends]

We’ve determined Neil’s color is green and that being said now I can’t help but think of him as those little green glow in the dark stars you stick on a childhood bedroom ceiling

[deadpoetperry]

I would very much like these.

[deadpoetperry]

Speaking of which, I bought some like a week ago.

[rubylaurus]

ode to the ladybug i found on my walk:

i saw you and i loved you and i wish now that i had moved you to safety before someone less observant and kind took you away. i’m sorry. if i could go back, my carelessness wouldn’t have been so disastrous. 🐞❤️

[deadpoetperry]

Oh, to be as carefree as that of a ladybug. Some believe ladybugs are guardian angels. Seen as a sign of good fortune, love, and rebirth, I wouldn’t mind bringing joy to those whose paths I cross.

I strive to inspire my friends and peers to pursue their dreams, to let them know that in some way their hopes are not lost. I hope you all see me as that kind of person.

Should something happen to me, I wouldn’t want it to just mean that something in life has ended. I’d want it to mean that something negative, something toxic, around me has ended.

[deadpoetsandlivinglegends]

We’ve determined Neil’s color is green and that being said now I can’t help but think of him as those little green glow in the dark stars you stick on a childhood bedroom ceiling

[deadpoetperry]

I would very much like these.

[poetsdeadhonor]

[deadpoetperry]

It happened one time. I haven’t done it since!

Also, I’m not dead! At least, not physically. Mentally, maybe, but who isn’t these days?

[deadpoetperry]

Today I found out that I’m going to be in the play!

We don’t have a lot of preparation time so it might be a bit challenging, but I’ll take what I’ve got. Hopefully I’ll like the role I get!

[deadpoetperry]

Once of my friend on discord said your name remind them of perry the platynus

Well we’re both Perry’s, aren’t we? He’s a lot cooler than I am, though! I mean, he’s a secret agent and everything.

[too-much-toulouse]

❓

⁉️

[deadpoetperry]

I guess I’m Agent P now! Haha.

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

M.S. (via coffee-crinkled-pages)

[deadpoetperry]

A day like today is one I never thought I would reach. Now that it’s here, it’s…unremarkably just like any other day.

Not that I really care. I didn’t expect a lot of fanfare, to be honest—especially not from my parents. Sure, I might get a call from my mom, but that’ll probably be it.

Regardless, happy eighteen years to me.