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1. the poet and the pragmatist (there was happiness because of you) by rubylaurus

   Fandoms: Dead Poets Society (1989)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • John Keating/George McAllister
   • Todd Anderson/Neil Perry
   • John Keating
   • George McAllister
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Gale Nolan
   • Neil Perry
   • Todd Anderson
   • Charlie Dalton
   • Steven Meeks
   • Gerard Pitts
   • Richard Cameron
   • First Kiss
   • Canon Compliant
   • (mostly)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • (eventually) - Freeform

   Summary

   a look at john keating's past, present, and future through the eyes of the one that knows and loves him best - george mcallister. an examination of patriarchal roles, belief in god, social order, and fatherhood. familiar faces make appearances and old secrets are brought to light in a race to emancipate the next generation of dead poets from the forces that destroyed the lives of the previous.

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   English

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