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[dps-gift-exchanges]

The Dead Poets Society 2025 Gift Exchange

hi hello welcome! if you're looking for general information about the DPS 2025 gift exchange, you're in the right spot!

you can find an explanation of what a gift exchange is here!

this event is designed to allow the dps fandom to make some cool art, get a fun gift, and connect with each other in the process!

this is my first time running an event, so i'll ask you to be patient with me. this also means there might be some concern that you have that i haven't thought of - please do not hesitate to send me a message if you have any questions!

all communication for this event will take place through tumblr, primarily in dms. please make sure your settings are configured so i will be able to dm you!! please also make sure you are following this account and either have notifications enabled or are checking it regularly so you don't miss any information!

this event will be a commitment, so please make sure you'll have the time to give your best effort to your gift! see here for the rules and expectations of this event, and see here for the event schedule

[deadpoetssocietybigbang]

Dead Poets Society Big Bang Sign up

Hello! This is the sign up sheet for the Dead Poets Society big bang! Please check pinned post for more deatils!

The sign up sheet will be open for a week

DPS Big Bang

This sign up is for Writers, Artists and Betas- Which 1 main section for general information and then each section afterwards is specific for the role you wish to fill. Please go to the section that correlates to role you wish to fill after filling out the first section.

Note for writers:

Fics that feature NSFW themes will not be allowed. Along with that there cannot be fics that include topics like incest or Pedophilia.

Topics discussed in the movie like mental health and other can be included, just please make note if your fic will include that so people are aware of what they are getting into

Check out the Dead Poets Society Big Bang community on Discord - hang out with 6 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

And link to the sever to join for the event :)

[dps-gift-exchanges]

hi folks!! i know this is a bit late, but i just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the gift exchange!! you all produced such amazing art, and for anyone who enjoys it, i thought it might be fun to have a few numbers here about what you all accomplished!!

we had:

31 total gifts exchanged

27 final participants, including 4 superstar pinch hitters

23 fics written

5 works of visual art

1 each of webweave, video edit, and playlist

running this was super rewarding for me, and i hope you all had as good of a time participating as i did! same time next year? 😉

[judasiscarrots]

@good--merits-accumulated Hi Tristan! I was so happy to get to write something for you, here is your gift from me for the exchange, one mildly incoherent Charlie Dalton character study:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I'm sorry I'm uploading so late :') but I hope you like it lol. Happy holidays, love you! <3 And thank you so much @dps-gift-exchanges for putting this event together + being so patient with me lol! It's been so fun seeing everyone's work <3

[wormie0skywalker]

dps gift exchange!

sorry i posted this after christmas but i hope you love it mig! @makeyourwaytofreedom!

@dps-gift-exchanges

it's your birthday? happy birthday!

neil tries to hide his birthday with very little success

[pacificdivision]

sorry this was late ;_; but happy holidays @perried!! i come bearing high school au chrisginny & anderperry as part of the @dps-gift-exchanges, including but not limited to dramatics misunderstandings and incredulous amounts of pining. i hope you enjoy it as much as i did writing it!! ^_^

💫 rumour has it

general audiences | words: 2 907

“You scored big time, Perry! She’s perfect for our captain.” “Yeah, you two look great together!” “I’m sorry-” Neil laughs incredulously, “who the hell am I dating, exactly?” (or; rumour has it that star athlete Neil Perry and cheer team captain Chris Noel are dating. Rumour couldn’t be further from the truth.)

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[perried]

DPS Gift Exchange!

My gift for @sapphicnoel!

time after time

Meeks and Pitts try their hand at matchmaking their friends, Todd and Neil. Although both parties turn down their offers of blind dates, Meeks and Pitts end up inviting them to a charity gala in hopes the two will meet organically (as organic as it can get, at least). However, there’s more to the story than what meets the eye.

Playlist I listened to while writing

Sorry this is after Christmas! I got hit with a bad fever this week, I planned it to be longer but I hope you still enjoy :) Happy holidays and have a happy new year!!! Love ur username btw

Thanks again @dps-gift-exchanges for organizing the event and being awesome!

[2lntteu]

Heyyy @the-words-forever-unwritten happy holidays !!

I was the pinch-hitter for your gift, so I only had time to sketch this today, I hope you like it still

That Anderson brothers prompt INSPIRED me I truly go feral for brotherly bond

@dps-gift-exchanges here it is !!

[railwayspine]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Taking this opportunity to start posting on my writing blog, but my main is @zaricats and is what I signed up ;)

Here is my gift for @random---ghost for the 2025 @dps-gift-exchanges! Thank you so much for your patience with me - life got hectic and this was already majorly getting away from me.

Thank you for such an incredibly open prompt - it allowed me to truly run wild. I hope you like it and happy holidays!

[the-words-forever-unwritten]

Just stay with me tonight- An Anderperry fanfic

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Summary:

Todd wouldn't call himself a light sleeper.

So Todd could sleep through a lot. Meaning it wasn't any noise or movement that woke Todd up in the middle of the night tonight. It was completely by chance, and when he opened his eyes there was no light in the room expect for the low shine of the moon. And it was by chance that he was able to notice Neil sitting on the window's ledge, seemingly wide awake.

- Todd wakes up one night to find Neil sitting by the window. It is there where Neil asks Todd to stay up with him that night. This turns into a new habit forming between the two, causing feelings to be unburied between them. For better or for worse.

Tags:

Todd Anderson/Neil Perry

Todd Anderson & Steven Meeks

Characters:

Todd Anderson

Neil Perry (Dead Poets Society)

Steven Meeks

Additional Tags:

Period-Typical Homophobia

references to child neglect

references to Neil and Todd's parents being awful

Mentioned Jeffrey Anderson - Freeform

Characters struggling with their sexuality

Getting Together

Love Confessions

Words: 12,318

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Hello! This is my gift for the @dps-gift-exchanges ! For @good--merits-accumulated ! I'm sorry its a bit late, I just wanted to make sure it was the best it could be !!!

I really hope you like it! It got a bit ahead of me. If there is anything you don't like feel free to let me know, I want this to be something you enjoy! Happy gift exchangeee

(Also I would have made it a gift on ao3 but it said you don't allow gifts)

[random---ghost]

Hi @way-too-indecisive, i got you for the DPS gift exchange! Sorry for sending this late. There's Todd and Neil. I kinda got inspired by the deleted scene where Perry goes on a rant about Hamlet even though he isn't even acting it and Anderson's just really confused but supportive!

@dps-gift-exchanges

[makeyourwaytofreedom]

Here's my fic in occasion of the @dps-gift-exchanges !

Hi @zaricats, happy holidays!!! This was very fun to write, I hope you'll like the result :)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/76231556

[pacificdivision]

happy holidays @burnedtoast77!! some college au mittsie silliness and fluff as a part of the @dps-gift-exchanges ^_^ i had so much fun writing this, hope you enjoy it!! :-)

⚙️ decode my syllogistical heart

general audiences | words: 3 000

"Who are you? Steven catches himself absentmindedly wondering as he gazes at sienna irises under thin eyelashes, and why do you magnetize my attention as though you’re the last man on Earth?" Steven Meeks discovers someone who challenges all he knows of his psychology towards other human beings. But even to this magnitude, his feelings are just an emotional phenomenon. If the art of science is anything to be trusted, with enough experiments, one hypothesis has to fit his atypical circumstances. (or; four labels that don’t quite fit everything Meeks feels for Pitts, and one word that hits all of the criteria.)

[mossycereustea]

hii!! happy holidays @toothpastefossils!! this is my gift for the 2025 holiday @dps-gift-exchanges

i decided to draw young mcckeating (mccallister x keating).. im not sure if it looks like them at all so i’m very sorry about that (aaa ;-;) also i tried out a new artstyle and i have… mixed feelings about it, to say the least..

i hope you like it or at least find it interesting :’) and enjoy your holidays!

tw: smoking depicted / art below cut

[blujellyfish21]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

So yay my dps 2025 gift exchange is finally done! I was the secret santa for @scriptscraps ,  I hope you enjoy this little fic about gift giving!

@dps-gift-exchanges Thank you for hosting!

[bumblee27]

It's not quite a date. It's also not quite not.

Very happy to present my gift for @sdmpmika as a part of @dps-gift-exchanges !! I hope you like it! Was delighted to see we share the same favourite ships, and so I took the opportunity to put together an Anderperry idea that’s been in the back of my head for a while :D

I hope you have a wonderful day/night!

(And thank you to the wonderful gift swap host for putting all of this together!)

[movielp-pany]

dps gift exchange!!

this is my gift for @sdmpmika!!

Hear My Secret - Artemis_deers - Dead Poets Society (1989) [Archive of Our Own]

It's the evening of Neil's passing and Charlie has to get one thing off his chest before anything else happens.

thank you @dps-gift-exchanges to make this happen!!