part 10 of assiggning every Dead Poets Society ship a flower! Feel free to suggest more ships for me to assign
Part 9 (chetknox) | Part 11 (pending)
*Note I will be referring to the sick kid as Arthur for this post
Arthur and Cameron's flower is Blue Asters! Blue asters symbolize trustworthiness and faithfulness (From this website) as well as being associated with balance, patience, and love (From this website)
I imagine the two of them bonding while being the quieter kids in class who tend to be pushed off to the side. And I think this flower fits them because I imagine because of that they would have a very strong relationship. Whether that relationship for them is romantic, platonic or something else I imagine that being built off of a strong trust for each other.
And I think the Faithfulness part fits them because I think faithful toward each other and they have each other's backs, like the scene in the movie where Cameron tries to block the paper ball Knox threw at Arthur. (There is no in movie example of the other way around, but I believe it happens)
and then with balance, patience, and love. I just think that is an overview of the way their dynamic is with each other. They have a peaceful balance with each other, where they pretty easily fall into line with one another. I'm sure they may have some problems in some points but I think those problems will end with a very patient and peaceful love.
The name Asters comes from the Greek work "asteri" which means star.(Source) This isn't based on anything canon but I feel like these two would like to learn about the stars together.
if y’all look at the people that the dead poets tend to be friendly with that’s outside of the dead poets society, the two people that stand out are stick and spencer
they’re the only two characters we see interacting with the dead poets the most- like i know y’all remember when knox threw a paper ball at spencer, when stick was the first person waiting as charlie was walking out of nolan’s office after his punishment for the “call from god” stuff he pulled, and stick is even in the background acknowledging the conversation and smiling when knox broke the news to the dead poets that he read his poem to chris
to add onto this, stick and spencer are the only two other people that sit at the same lunch table as the dead poets meaning that they were there when the dead poets found keatings yearbook picture and questioned what the dps was. they were the only people that we know of that heard about the dps but never actually joined it- if they really cared to, they could’ve been the ones that pieced the puzzle together from the article that charlie published in the school paper that those seven friends were the dps and they secretly knew it the entire time but probably didn’t question or care for it until it was brought up
edit: y’all see the two people walking in the background right behind the dead poets cause i know you do-
• neil only has problems with reading in one eye and still to this day cannot figure out why. he assumes it’s genetic atp
• meeks and pitts do not like excessive gore in movies although pitts is more prone to dislike body horror— they won’t get physically sick from looking at gore they just generally don’t like it and get easily squeamish from it
• pitts likes pink lemonade simply cause it’s pink
• whenever knox gets a fortune whether from a fortune cookie or one of those mechanical tellers, he takes it so seriously for the next two weeks
• meeks and todd are slow eaters
• neil is the pickiest eater out of all the poets although he’s slowly learning to get over it and try new foods. cameron and meeks try to encourage him little by little since they used to be picky as well but got over it
• todd has sensory issues when it comes to texture. if he feels something he doesn’t like for a long period of time, he could possibly get anxious and start crying from it. example: he absolutely hates the feeling of shedded snake skin and will never ever stick his hands in those “guess what you’re touching” boxes at those wilderness exhibits— bro is traumatized from it
• despite popular belief of neil hating roller coasters, i think he has a neutral opinion on them and there’s some he can tolerate and some that he does like. although he’s very picky with roller coasters and there’s some he absolutely refuses to go on even with todd
• cameron actually likes trains a lot and hyperfixates on them (and yes there’s a bittersweet story behind it from his childhood)
• pitts loves anything s’mores flavored
• stick knows how to bake really well and the dps always ask (more like beg atp) to be his personal taste testers cause they know the finished product will be delicious
• meeks cannot eat spicy food for the life of him. he tried cajun food once and he loved it but some of the cheyenne peppers knocked him tf out- like his face was redder than his hair
• knox loves rooftop dining (rich bastard)
• charlie has a personal barber that he always goes to even when he becomes an adult
• todd’s mom is a lesbian (( i wanna post my dps family headcanons so bad cause this deserves context😭 ))
• pitts grew up with a compromised immune system and spent his days inside a lot during late elementary school and a little bit into middle school. since meeks was also pressured to do good academically at such a young age and ended up staying inside more often, the two bonded over that and meeks didn’t mind taking care of pitts when he got sick<3
• charlie and cameron are really good at golf
• cameron prefers taking chewable pills whenever possible since he has trouble swallowing larger pills
• meeks can name the 50 states in alphabetical order off the top of his head
• todd and pitts have that friendship where they always support each other no matter if they both know what they’re doing/saying is dumb and absolutely wrong by all logical standpoints
• pitts is better in biology and anatomy. the only reason why he’s passing chemistry is cause he’s good with remembering chemical reactions and organizing his work during lab projects. otherwise stoichometry fucks him up badly
• todd chews on the ice whenever he has certain cold drinks
• stick crochets in his free time— he even crocheted a blanket for spencer and spencer still uses it to this day :(((
• spencer can get really invested in dramas or sports shows and end up having really dramatic reactions at the things that happen on tv— stick has witnessed this once and bro was dying laughing the entire time. every since then, the duo watch tv together and it feels like a therapeutic bond between the two
• ^speaking of spencer and stick, they’re childhood besties!! they have that bond where even when they separate for long periods of time, they’re able to reunite and catch up/have nothing change between them
• because todd loves bird watching and meeks loves stargazing, they invite each other whenever they’re doing those activities and hype each other up whenever they spot something rare (ie. rare bird species or a rare celestial event) <3
• because stick likes to feed hummingbirds around the campus from time to time, todd sometimes joins him so he can also appreciate the birds
• whenever he reads up that an eclipse is coming up, meeks gets all the poets together on the rooftop to watch it
• pitts actually knows how to play a few songs on piano but hasn’t touched a piano in a very long time
• charlie learned to play clarinet in a orchestra/symphony that played for the town and raised money for local charities—that’s right. he’s so rich that his parents didn’t enroll him in private lessons but rather a more professional band class with other kids. he originally wanted to try out the oboe just cause (he also secretly loved the oboe solo in that one tchaikovsky piece) but his parents obviously made him do clarinet instead. he would later teach himself saxophone
• charlie has an immunity to ibuprofen and some other over the counter drugs (don’t ask why. he’s probs the type of person that gets headaches or body aches easily- whether self induced or not- and took so much ibuprofen over the course of a month that it doesn’t work anymore)
• cameron has sensitive teeth and gets toothaches easily from cold foods like ice cream. therefore, he’s careful with his portions when eating certain desserts, takes smaller sips when drinking water at restaurants (or he just asks to have no ice in his drinks), and he prefers drinking room temperature water
• stick is scared of butterflies- like i’m talking bro has a full on phobia of them cause of some traumatic childhood incident- but still thinks they’re really beautiful :(((
• ^because of this- when walking outside, spencer will make sure there aren’t butterflies nearby for stick. he’ll either swat them away or gently pick them up and make them fly away elsewhere like the true best friend he is🫡
• no matter the circumstance, spencer just does not give two fucks about true crime whatsoever. you can make him watch a true crime doc and he’ll either get bored or be like “really? that’s all the killer can do?” “…couldn’t they like- i don’t know- not enter a complete stranger’s home??” “i could’ve beaten up that guy you know.”
• knox and spencer have a brotherly relationship and have known each other since middle school. knox would invite spencer to tag along with him and charlie, obviously tease him in the middle of class, and he’d ask for help on school work. plus knox and charlie have stood up for him on multiple occasions and help raise his confidence in social situations
• stick has hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) episodes from time to time. sometimes they sync up with spencer’s random nosebleeds and they both sit in the nurse’s office together.
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okay now i wanna post dps family headcanons and stick and spencer headcanons now🏃♂️🗣️
if knox was an animal - ANY animal, what would he be?? im trying to draw fursonas/fursuits for all the poets and i can't figure out an animals for knox :((
(suggestions for stick and spaz also welcome!!)
the animals i have so far, in case anyone wants to suggest any other animals:
neil - budgie
todd - cheetah
charlie - possum/raccoon
meeks - african grey parrot
pitts - giraffe (theres a reason other than him being tall, i swear)
