Jun 19
It’s not “I can fix him”
It’s not “I can’t fix him, but I can make him worse”
It’s “I can’t do anything, I’m powerless”
#dead poets society#dps#neil perry#dps boys#everyone -> Neil Perry#Todd and Charlie and Keating and Meeks and Knox and Pitts and Cameron and everyone else that knew him#that wanted him to still be there#they couldn’t do anything to stop him#their friend one of the most joyful people they knew was so incredibly trapped within his life that they could not from where they stood ge#him out#bc what could they do against his father??#realistically#nothing#Keating can’t fight a parent that’s overstepping his bounds as a teacher#and the rest of them were just kids#they couldn’t argue with an adult who has full power over Neil’s life#Neil’s father was the only one with the power to stop Neil from killing himself#and he squandered it with every opportunity he got#the rest of them just had to sit around and watch it happen
