#Hetty Merton

[ibrithir-was-here]

Little sidecomic/flashback for “Rosemary is for Remembrance “—originally Rosemary’s mom was just gonna be a random OC, but then I had a thought…

[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

Things that I would sell my soul for and kill a man in an attic to see in a tpodg adaptation (and still probably won't ever see ;-;)

Henry played by an actress. Despite the lack of analysis of it, tpodg has some great openings for the nature of gender and gendered roles. If Henry is played by an actress, WITHOUT changing the gender of the character and simply presenting the actress as masculine I think there could be some very interesting analysis to be had especially because of the character’s weird relationship with women (see previously list about henry). Also it would be kinda neat imo!

An adaptation set in 1930s hollywood. Tbf this exists and it’s called real life. But there’s never not a good time to call out the scummy ways young, beautiful (and queer!) people are abused by the establishment.

An adaptation where instead of Henry being adapted to be some weird conservative mouthpiece he’s adapted to be as cynical as he is meant to be. People often forget that underneath the misogyny is some actually very interesting dialogue, such as a call for individualism, disbelief in the establishment/his own country. All I am saying is that if you get past the edgelord bs, you can actually see something that makes sense.

An adaptation set in 1960s England. Out of all the periods one could pick, the 60s feels like the most fitting for the novel’s original story. The 60s was when youth culture became the dominant culture of the Western World, it was a break from traditional norms that were literally inspired by Victorian sensibilities. It is the first time we start seeing traditional masculinity challenged through Mods and the Peacock Revolution. Also the fashion would be fun.

Basil not dying somehow. Idk how it would be done without ruining the climax, but I would love an adaptation that doesn’t kill Basil for once.

Basil being a cat owner. (PLEASE)

Hetty Merton’s part not being adapted into a redemption thing for Dorian.

Actually pretty sets that match the beauty of the written setting. Stop with the dark academia bullshit— this book does not have the vibe of a stuffy academic and dark dorm room (that’s Frankenstein, yall). Give me bright gardens of roses and sickly yellow laburnum. I want to be able to smell the lavenders because their purple hue is so abrasive to my eyes. Give me the color palette of Utopia (UK ver—the US ver is so bad ;-;), dammit!

If someone does a period adaptation of the 80s again, can Henry please be a modern rock star and Basil as his friend/designer/manager–idk. It would be very fun and give Henry an actual connection to something that got a moral panic. Also England’s rock and pop tended to be quite queer in this era—ie “relax” by frankie goes to hollywood.

Can someone smarter than me figure out how to create an adaptation where Basil lives please? Ty ily <3

[meerawrites]

10 songs, 10 people

Thanks: @csb-writes 💙

For this WIP. 

Rules: Put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs that come up. Describe how they relate to your WIP and/or worldbuilding.

1. The Devil’s Trill by Giuseppe Tartini

2. Chambermaid by Emilie Autumn

3. I want my innocence back by Emilie Autumn.

4. Lose Your Soul by Dead Man’s Bones

5. Let The Record Show by Emilie Autumn

6. Icarus by Bastille

7. Illicit Affairs by Taylor Swift

8. Fight Like A girl by Emilie Autumn

9. Shalott by Emilie Autumn

10. Poet by Bastille

Analysis: I am not entirely sure what to say, if I am being honest expect me meta analyzing it when it’s edited and published (etc).

In any case, this WIP is a gothic horror about a cycle of narcissistic abuse against the backdrop of 1890s London where everyone, yes, even Sibyl and Hetty is queer. Dorian Gray is obviously the bi bastard (derogatory and affectionate) of all time. But, in small homage to Wilde, who I have complex feelings about, make the queerness undeniable to the audience. I suppose you could call it a morality tale but that requires their to be justice in the end and some degree of black and white morality. Here, even Sibyl is selfish and human, and complicated. To explain the abundance of Emilie Autumn, the reason I wrote this was to give Sibyl Vane a voice she never had and simultaneously deal with my own past dealing with gaslighting and abusive partners. Hetty Merton and Victoria Wotton are permitted the same nuances but they aren’t the tragic figure Sibyl is. Basically, I really wanted to write a gothic horror that holds misogyny, classism, etc to account and have an analytical retrospective on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Why Wilde’s novel still resonates with people.

Tagging:, @mjjune, @jiya-jale, @covenofthearticulate, @no-depression-for-vampires, @how-absurd23rd, @quinnharperwrites, and @saintmachina.

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Making memes is more important than homework right

[badlydrawndoriangray]

Random doodles of Dorian Gray characters I made while watching a movie during class. Alan is my favorite character in the book so I tried to draw a few things with him

[roomeight]

does the picture of damien grey have anything to do with the portrait of dorian gray except for the name and the homoeroticism? i’m sorry if i phrased that meanly i’m just wondering

No, it’s okay! <3 Yes, but very loosely. It has more to do with the symbolism than the moral in the Wilde story. Damon’s past is an allegory to the hideous portrait Dorian hides. When Graham meets Damon he thinks Damon’s very attractive and amazing, but Damon knows the “truth” of what he’s done and thus doesn’t feel worthy of Graham’s love because of what happened with Jude. It’s why Damon keeps saying, yes Graham loves me but he wouldn’t if he knew the truth.

Graham is loosely Hetty Merton, the young girl that Dorian has a brief dalliance with at the end of the novel. Hetty (Graham) represents to Dorian (Damon) the hope of redemption, that he can actually love, and that he can somehow escape his past. For instance, if he is moral and good, if he is able to love purely and to treat Hetty Merton (Graham) with that love in a way that is scrupulous and self-sacrificial, then maybe he can reverse the scarring of his soul that he witnesses in the portrait (Damon’s past).

Basil is loosely Jude, being in unrequited love with Damon (though Damon does love Jude, he just refuses to continue the relationship) and being killed by him.

But that’s about it. It’s pretty loose but I just liked the idea of there being a character with a terrible past finding love with someone who wants to redeem him.

There’s also some small Lolita references but not much at all aside from the age gap. Thank you for asking, that’s a great question.

[winterhelps]

-------------- masterlist of names that were in the harry potter series.

hey there! i don't know how this idea of masterlist popped into my mind, but i wanted to make something different and since there are lots of characters in the harry potter series, i thought it would be fun to make this list. the names are in alphabetical order because i like things some way organized - hope you like it. please, give a like or reblog this post to spread the word (i'd really appreciate that) !!

 female

agatha, alecto, alice, alicia, amelia, amy, andromeda, angelina, apolline, arabella, araminta,  ariana, arsenia, astoria, audrey, augusta, aurora, bathilda, bellatrix, bertie, bertha, bridget, cassandra, catriona, carlotta, cedrella, celestina, charity, cho, daisy, daphne, demelza, dilys, dolores, dominique, dorcas, doreen, doris, druella, eileen, eleanor, elladora, eloise, emma, emmeline, eunice, euphemia, fleur, gabrielle, galatea, gertie, ginevra, ginny, gladys, gormlaith, greta, griselda, gwendolyn, hannah, helena, helga, hepzibah, hermione, hestia, hetty, ignatia, iolanthe, irma, isolt, jane, jean, katie, kendra, laura, lavender, lily, lisa, lucy, luna, lysandra, mafalda, mallory, mandy, marietta, marjorie, marlene, mary, meghan, merope, millicent, minerva, mirabella, miranda, miriam, molly, morgana, muriel, myrtle, narcissa, natalie, nymphadora, olive, olympe, orla, padma, pansy, parvati, patricia, penelope, perenelle, petunia, pomona, poppy, porpentina, queenie, rionach, rita, rolanda, romilda, rose, rowena, roxanne, septima, seraphina, susan, sybill, tina, tracy, valentina, veronica, vicky, victoire, walburga, wilhelmina.

male

aberforth, abraxas, adrian, aidan, alastor, albus, algie, alphard, ambrosius, amos, amycus, andrew, antonin, anthony, archer, argus, armando, arnold, arthur, augustus, bartemius, barty, benjy, bertie, bertram, bilius, bill, blaise, bob, cedric, charlie, colin, cormac, cornelius, credence, cuthbert, darren, dean, dedalus, dennis, derek, devlin, dirk, draco, dudley, eddie, edgar, elphias, eric, ernid, ernie, euan, evan, fabian, fenrir, fergus, filius, flavius, fleamont, florean, frank, fred, gelert, geoffrey, george, gideon, gilbert, gilderoy, godric, graham, gregory, hardwin, harold, harry, harvey, heathcote, henry, horace, hugo, ignotus, igor, jack, jacob, james, jimmy, joey, justin, justus, kenneth, kevin, kingsley, kirley, lancelot, lee, linfred, louis, lucius, ludo, magnus, malcolm, marcus, mark, marvolo, merton, michael, miles, morag, morfin, morgan, mundungus, neville, newt, nicolas, nigellus, oliver, orion, otto, owen, patrick, percival, percy, peter, phineas, pierre, quirinus, rabastan, ralston, reginald, regulus, remus, roddy, rodolphus, roger, rolf, ron, ronald, rubeus, rufus, salazar, scorpius, seamus, septimus, severus, silvanus, sirius, sturgis, ted, teddy, terrence, terry, theodore, tibirius, tobias, tom, vernon, viktor, vincent, walden, walter, william, willy, xenophilius, zacharias.

note: you may think some of these names weren't in harry potter, but some were just mentioned once or twice in the books or on pottermore (most of them are mentioned in the books/movies, but there are some exceptions).

[shoegazekid]

@sbleaves #shoegaze

[showmeahero-a]

remember how dorian gray spent 18 years committing all manner of vices, including blackmail & MURDER, & he genuinely thought that dumping hetty merton before he had a chance to ruin her life was a good deed worthy enough to make all of the bad ones inconsequential?

[wildesgrey]

Yet it was his duty to confess, to suffer public shame, and to make public atonement. There was a God who called upon men to tell their sins to earth as well as to Heaven. Nothing that he could do would cleanse him till he had told his own sin. His sin? He shrugged his shoulders. The death of Basil Hallward seemed very little to him. He was thinking of Hetty Merton.

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[ibrithir-was-here]

Rosemary is for Remembrance Part 6

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[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

I think if tpodg adaptations want to have a plausible way to 'redeem' Dorian or give him a more 'sympathetic' character arc after he murders Basil, then instead of forcing a love-interest on him, they should force him into Henry's role.

Since Dorian will def make into the 20th century, have him meet someone like him, someone stunningly beautiful, but hopelessly naïve, and then have him serve as their Henry. This gives you at least two options:

The cycle repeats itself- the new pretty person just becomes another Dorian. This maintains the cautionary tale of the original.

The new pretty person rejects Dorian's bullshit - This can be for any number of reasons, maybe the political happenings around them stop them from losing empathy (the 20th century was eventful to say the least), maybe they see the red flags, or (my personal favorite) they have a Basil-figure in their lives who they trust more than the weird ass twink spouting victorian shit. No matter the reason, Dorian will be forced to confront how painfully empty Henry's life was and, because he followed suit, his own life too. This is especially true if the new person has a Basil-figure; Dorian already knew Basil would have saved him, but this rubs salt into the wound and forces him to recognize his own hand in his downfall.

I think forcing Dorian to confront his worldview and then having him realize how awful it is creates a much better foundation for a redemption arc than introducing a new random love interest would.

Hetty Merton (and the subsequent figures who follow) cannot be the one who redeems him, because the whole point about her character is that she didn't matter. One good act and, therefore, one good person is not going to redeem Dorian nor really inspire change in him, otherwise Basil would have been enough.

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(39 Minutes Playlist)

PLAYLIST 01.Apr.2022 9tracks/39:20

https://soundcloud.com/39minutesplaylist

1. Young Legionnaire - Chapter, Verse https://soundcloud.com/young-legionnaire https://www.facebook.com/theyounglegionnaire https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yyJC6LNJPOJWyXXsbwwwO

2. Guards - No New https://soundcloud.com/guardsmusic https://www.facebook.com/Guardsmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Zsp7eS6zZEDnEsZaJtr7U

3. THAT GIRL WITH DARK EYES - We Will Never Be Alone https://soundcloud.com/thatgirlwithdarkeyes https://www.facebook.com/thatgirlwithdarkeyes https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vxhZNb3rVMa7ii9OUYwDd

4. Rökkurró - The Backbone https://soundcloud.com/rokkurro https://open.spotify.com/artist/3H5JhEkJ3IKuNT1elqCxQ4

5. Starlight Girls - Teenage Crime https://soundcloud.com/starlightgirls https://www.facebook.com/starlightgirls https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kOcf9nKyTeGTwiMghLx67

6. SAICS - VICES https://soundcloud.com/saicsband https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UZiZY5tNYiFT3V56bcCGK

7. The Fire Tapes - MIND'S EYE https://soundcloud.com/the-fire-tapes

8. SHAPES - Caterwaul https://soundcloud.com/shapesband https://www.facebook.com/shapesband

9. Sky Between Leaves - Hetty Merton https://soundcloud.com/skybetweenleaves https://www.facebook.com/skybetweenleaves https://open.spotify.com/artist/0er0weQ3LilFWGMWxhhmES

[inflagrcnte-blog]

&&. sometimes i don't understand oscar wilde at all. tpodg is supposed to be a removal of a story needing a moral element, a true look into aestheticism, and while this is partly true, there's still heavy moral themes throughout the book, such as basil refusing to show his art not because of his idolicism, but out of fear of what may happen once he does, culminating in dorian's death after attempting a confession, or if you look specifically at the 2009 film, death at the hands of harry, which is the ultimate moral punishment. for his sins he's forced to confront the painting, and is then killed by the man who guided him into the life he's lead, and dorian just repents and allows himself to be consumed by the flames, accepting the punishment for his misdeeds, and thus creating a cautionary tale that your sins will catch up with you. in a true asthete novel, dorian would never have faced any consequences of his action, and skipped off with hetty merton/emily wotton into the sunset. so honestly, oscar, what were u PLAYING at???

[badlydrawndoriangray]

Request: characters reactions to being told “I love you”

Thank you so much for the request anon!! Hopefully this is what you wanted :)

Since I can only have ten pics I put Elizabeth and Gladys together.

Also if I forgot any characters please tell me, I did all the ones I remembered.

[roomeight]

If Jude is Basil, who is Graham?  

Ohh good question. (Very loosely) Graham is Hetty Merton in the sense that Graham is Damon's redemption.

"Hetty Merton is the young girl that Dorian has a brief dalliance with at the end of the novel. Hetty represents to Dorian the hope of redemption, that he can actually love, and that he can somehow escape the fate that the bargain he made so many years ago seems to be pointing him towards."

But yeah, not completely the same 😅, I just like thinking of those characters in relation to the story.