Carpe Diem, A Battle Cry (Are We All Too Young To Die?) (Dead Poets Society)
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Hold Your Breath While You Watch Me Fall by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
25 Nov 2018
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"The first time Neil Perry said he wanted to die was in in sixth grade."
Or, Neil's relationship with death through the years.
Title taken from The Rhyme by Scratch21.
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"Everything leading up to it had sounded right."
Or, an exploration of Neil's attempt.
Title taken from Dust and Ashes from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812.
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To Live A Life Where Nothing's As It Seems by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
24 Dec 2018
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"Just one more time," Neil promised. "I swear, and then I'm done. I'll stop."
Charlie sighed. "That's what you said last time."
Or, Charlie doesn't want to be the bad guy, but sometimes his best friend leaves him no choice.
Title taken from Role Of A Lifetime from Bare: A Pop Opera. (Because the song fits Neil so well wtf?)
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Carpe Conspergunt Adipem (Seize The Grease) by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
05 Mar 2019
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The DPS squad go on a late night McDonald's run. It's never just that easy.
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"It's not fair, he realizes, any of it. It's not fair that these people died, and it's not fair that he's jealous. That's when the thought appears; he's not jealous, he doesn't want to die, not really. It's a scary, foreign thought, a statement he'd never even considered. Neil Perry Doesn't Want To Die. It's not right."
Or, Neil comes to a realization in the middle of a song.
Title taken from 1-800-273-8255 by Logic.
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Time Will Pulse On (Or At Least I've Been Told So) by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
28 May 2019
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John smiles warmly at him, and George can't help but think 'oh, that's just not fair'.
Or, the story of the original Dead Poets Society, including how Keating became a poet.
Title taken from Two Strangers by Kerrigan and Lowdermilk.
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You Came Out Of Nowhere (And You Cut Through All The Noise) by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
18 Jun 2019
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"It was 4 in the morning. It was 4 in the morning, and Todd was asleep, and Neil wanted to be, God, he wanted to be, but he had been stuck on #12 for how long?"
Or, Neil is spiraling and Todd helps him through it.
Title taken from Ease My Mind by Ben Platt.
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I Do My Best To Hide It (But My Friends All Know) by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
25 Jun 2019
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He remembers when Charlie asked. He'd tried to make light of it, a teasing "Drugs, Anderson? And you're not even sharing?"
Cameron still hasn't said anything, clearly curious but trying to be polite. Knox and Pitts smile warmly when they see him taking them. Meeks once raised an identical pill and said "cheers", which was cool in a weird sort of way.
Todd tells them all the same thing; "It's just medicine I have to take." Neil's the only one who hasn't asked yet.
Or, Neil and Todd both take pills.
Title taken from My Life Sucks by Scotty Sire.
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When Your Breaking Point's All That You Have by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
30 Jul 2019
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**This is an old version of a chapter from the first story in this series, There Will Be Light.**
"Todd presses a hand against Neil's body and he can feel the ribs. "You're so thin..."
Neil jerks away as if he's been hit."
Or, Neil punishes himself, Todd worries, Charlie talks them down, and Neil makes an important decision.
Title taken from A Soft Place To Land from Waitress.
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Would You Lie With Me And Just Forget The World? by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
29 Mar 2020
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Todd tilts his screen so he's closer, biting his lip. "Can I say something stupid? Like, really stupid?"
"Yeah. Course."
"I can't remember what being hugged feels like."
Or, Todd and Neil are quarantined and neither of them are doing too well.
Title from Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.
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The universe has clearly decided it's their fate to die tragically, but Neil's let fate control him once, and doesn't plan on letting it happen again. Neil is determined to save Todd. The only trouble is, he's not sure he can save himself.
Also known as an incredibly angsty reincarnation AU that got way more ~philosophical concepty~ than I planned on. On the brightside, it's pretty gay.
Title taken from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard.
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I Want Your Complications Too, I Want Your Dreary Mondays by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
20 Sep 2020
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Neil squeezes his eyes shut and takes a deep breath. "That's great! I'll be there in a minute."
Easy. All he has to do is get out of bed.
That's all.
Or, Neil has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Title from Paper Rings by Taylor Swift because don't judge me.
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Cameron doesn't like to think of it as rule-breaking. Technically, it isn't. Charlie isn't currently with a woman. Of course, if the staff of Welton knew students were hooking up with each other, it most likely would be frowned upon.
Or, 5 Times Cameron Broke The Rules For His Friends + 1 Time He Didn't.
Title taken from Goody Two-Shoes by Adam Ant.
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"Clearly, the universe hates Richard Cameron. It's not surprising, really. He's always known. The universe is severely lacking in subtly, he's found. But this year. This fucking year. He is being tested."
Or, Neil comes back as a ghost, and Cameron is the only one who can see him.
Title taken from The Whole "Being Dead" Thing from the Beetlejuice musical.
THIS FIC IS PERMANENTLY UNFINISHED. READ MY UPDATE ON DPS FICS HERE: https://www.tumblr.com/considerablecolors/719711975073054720/hiii-i-recently-started-one-of-your-fics-the?source=share
Chapter titles taken from Without You from Rent.
Fic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7IhkOkaFJ9XKtXi9OxPzCP?si=guPKS1MdTXmeUmW6-JychA
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"It's just his shoulder! Call an ambulance, he'll be alright, it's just his shoulder!"
As Neil was pulled into an embrace and voices he couldn't focus on drifted through his ears, he thought, Fuck. Fuck.
He missed.
Or, an AU where Neil survives his suicide attempt and his mental health is actually addressed.
Title taken from Light from Next to Normal.
Russian translation (done by Meridiem/Cosequatur): https://ficbook.net/readfic/9676303
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Rewrite An Ending Or Two For The Girl That I Knew by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
02 Jul 2021
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Your husband begins to respond, and before you can decide what to do, the feeling overtakes you. You're pissed. You're really, really, fucking pissed. Neil- your son, your baby- is crying, and you don't know what your husband is about to say, but you will NOT let him make your child cry anymore.
"Stop, Tom."
Or, how to leave your husband in 10 easy steps.
Title taken from She Used To Be Mine from Waitress.
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When He Loves Me, I Feel Like I'm Floating by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
13 Jul 2021
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"Thou speakest aright!" His eyes squeeze shut as his head jerks again. He wrings his hands once, twice, experimentally. Then:
"Thou speakest aright!" He closes his eyes again and flaps his hands. His eyes fly open again, wide and alert. He's smiling wide. His hands now hang loosely at his sides, still warm and buzzing just slightly from being shaken.
Or, Todd and Neil cuddling and stimming and infodumping and just... Endless fluff.
Title taken from Cloud 9 by Beach Bunny.
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We'll Kick It When I Hit The Ground by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
27 Jul 2021
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Neil has been running one of the most popular blogs on Tumblr. He's idolized. The go-to blog for advice. He's tired.
Todd has been running a small blog with barely any attention. It's just how he likes it. Sure, he's thought about the idea of becoming popular. But it's not going to happen.
Little do they know just how much they're going to change each other's lives.
Aka, a tumblr AU.
(Title taken from Hard Times by Paramore.)
Fic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ABa8yoWGVBZ2qO2lcdHNy?si=w85btLKURtC9yI7Zh0S_MA
THIS WORK IS PERMANENTLY UNFINISHED. READ UPDATE HERE: https://www.tumblr.com/considerablecolors/719711975073054720/hiii-i-recently-started-one-of-your-fics-the?source=share
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The summer wraps him in webbing the way a spider would, but soon enough, September will rain down and he'll fly away. He always does.
One more year until he's free. One last year.
Neil is going to make it through this year if it kills him.
Or, the story of the summer before Neil's senior year, told through The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats.
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When He Smiles That Smile (Avoid Him Or Else Sound The Alert) by ConsiderableColors
Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)
09 Aug 2021
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"God, I still can't believe Todd won out," Charlie says with a smirk. "Middle school me would be losing his shit right now."
Neil takes a sip of his drink. "What do you mean?"
"I used to have a major crush on you, dude."
Neil chokes on his drink. "You what?!"
Or, everyone is in love with Neil and Neil is completely oblivious.
Title taken from The Baseball Game from Falsettos.
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