a "look babe, i finished a new book" gf and a "tell me all about it" bf
which ends up making people think that i’m not enjoying myself for that i don’t want to be there
Ultraviolence>>>>>>
this summer is gonna be a hot girl summer !!!
might be the realest thing i’ve ever heard
literally nothing makes me wish i was a boy more than dps, like when is it my turn
thinking about the parallels between the famous “I can take care of myself just fine.” // “No.” and these greek play quotes:
“I’ll take care of you.” // “It’s rotten work.” // “Not to me. Not if it’s you.” [Pylades and Orestes, Orestes, Anne Carson’s translation.]
“I fear to stain your clothes with blood.” // “Stain them. I don’t care.” [Theseus and Herakles, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides, Anne Carson]
“Let go of me.” // “Never.” [Eurydice and Orpheus, either from Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, or Orpheus & Eurydice: A Verse Drama by Edward Eaton.]
like do Neil and Todd even know the tragedies they’re echoing????
right. can we talk about the fact that the dead poets CARRIED neils coffin to his burial place. i think that kind of experience would alter them completely.
how cruel must it be to have to carry your dead friend to his grave, knowing only a few days before you were celebrating in the cave at his triumphs? that kind of shared experience between the dead poets i think would be a collective trauma only they could understand.
idk how to use this but i’m reblogging so i can look back on it if but WHAT THE FLIP
what they say: im fine
what they mean: there's a deleted scene from dps where todd reads a poem in the cave for the first time, fully confident in his abilities. he's breaking out of his shell and has found his voice thanks to the poets, thanks to neil. this scene was supposed to be shown in between the cuts of neil's suicide, followed by a scene of the poets dancing and reciting poetry with mr. keating by a frozen waterfall. todd gains his voice at the exact same moment neil loses his forever. what the fuck. todd and the poets celebrate their life while neil loses his.