#Oscar Novelle

[weirdlookindog]

Weird Vampire Tales Vol.3 #3 - Eerie Publications, October 1979.

Cover art by Oscar Novelle.

[cryptocollectibles]

Ripley's Believe It or Not Lot (1972-1977) by Gold Key Publishing

Written and drawn by various.

[whereshadowslive]

Source: Pinterest

[deimosatellite]

like idk it just seems actually nefarious to take one of the very few widely known instances of queerness in older history being a symbol to show queer people that we've always existed and aren't alone for CENTURIES and taking away the queerness from it. like. i know some people say that ''the queerness isnt important in the book" which i mean in my opinion i could go off for 10k words in an essay as to how basil's love for dorian is integral to the story BUT EVEN APART from that its really just. having a real explicitly queer character in such an old and widely regarded classic novel is HUGE for queer history and this is just. literally like. its 2024. why are you doing queer erasure to DORIAN GRAY

[wedarkacademia]

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[baicaozhe]

my favorite insufferable twink (Dorian Gray)

[coff33andb00ks]

Oscar + 47 41 ⭐️

47 & 41: holding onto the other’s hand so they can’t run away / loosely holding onto each other’s hand

driver + number = drabble/short fic <3

<this took forever I'm SO sorry>

"I quite like that one."

You narrow your eyes and tip your head, propping your hands on your hips. "Oscar?"

Your boyfriend gives you a gentle smile. "Yes darling?"

Ignoring the way the pet name rolls off his tongue, making your stomach feel all mushy, you huff with annoyance. You know he's only saying it to get the impromptu shopping trip finished. "You've said that for every outfit."

He's unaffected, blinking once, smile still in place. "Yes?"

"You can't quite like all of them."

"Can't I?"

You wrinkle your nose. "No."

He blinks at you, still smiling. "Ah." Rubbing his nose, he looks you over again. Then, with the most deadpan voice, "You look like shit."

"Oscar!"

"Now what?" he groans, smile finally fading.

"I just want you to be honest," you sigh, crossing to where he's seated outside the dressing room.

"Am I ever not honest?" He looks genuinely confused and it hits you - Oscar is never anything but honest. As soon as you're close enough he's taking your hand, lightly swinging it as he looks you up and down. "You always look sensational, darling. You could wrap a curtain around yourself and still be the most beautiful woman in the room."

Again your stomach feels all mushy. Again you ignore it. "Stop being ridiculous."

He stops swinging your hand. "I'm lost," he says. "Why don't you tell me what you want me to say?"

"The truth."

Standing, he tightens his grip on your hand and guides you into a slow turn. Once you're facing him again there's a grin pulling at his lips. "You look amazing."

"Yellow makes me look sick," you sigh.

"Yellow on you reminds me of the sunflowers I got you on our first date."

"Osc..." It's practically a whine.

"I love you in everything. Because - to me, honestly - you look beautiful in everything." He's speaking softly, and when he speaks like this you have a tendency to forget where you are.

"Stop," you mumble, vaguely aware of the other people milling around the shop and he's about to make you cry. He always says the right thing - you think it's because he grew up with sisters and his mom is a gem. Gotta send her a sweet text thanking her. You start to back away but his hand tightens around yours, holding you fast. "Osc–"

"You want the truth? That I can't look at any color and not think how you'd look in it? That I'll see someone else wearing the same shirt or dress as you and wonder why it doesn't look right?" He holds your hand tightly, keeping you from getting away. "Christ. You think I'm just saying bullshit, don't you? I'm not, and I'll keep saying it until you believe me."

"Oscar, you don't–"

"You took my breath away the moment we met. I got it back, but I lose it again every time I look at you." His other hand comes up, cupping your cheek. "I don't care what you're wearing, darling."

"Oh Osc," you whisper, smiling as you fight tears. "I really do love you."

[danmori630]

“i hate you” is so overused and means nothing anymore. “i hope your best friend turns your favorite twink into a bathroom stall wisdom-spouting redpilled alpha male” is better. it’s real. its terrifying. it happened to basil hallward.

[ancientimes]

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde

[ozma-fangirl]

In L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), the Emerald City is the capital of Oz, which was built early on in the reign of the Wizard to be the seat of his power. It is believed by the common folk that everything within the city is green, and they are all made to wear green eyeglasses, supposedly to protect their eyes from damage caused by the brilliance of the city.

By the end of the novel, though, it is revealed that only the outer walls are truly uniformly green, while everything within is “no more green than any other city.” The eyeglasses created the illusion of greeness.

However, partway through the first of the sequels, The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), the glasses disappear, the city seems to genuinely be green, and, to my knowledge, the false-greenness plot point/factoid is never brought up again. The Emerald City is also retconned to have existed before the time of the Wizard, when Pastoria was king.

I get why Baum would have wanted The Emerald City—the capital of Oz, the main color of which is green—to be genuinely emerald-colored. But there was a solution to this that would have avoided retconning this particular charade of the Wizard.

He could have had Ozma magic the city into being green.

The final chapter of The Marvelous Land of Oz makes a point of Ozma’s superiority to the Wizard.

“The Wonderful Wizard was never so wonderful as Queen Ozma,” the people said to one another, in whispers; “for he claimed to do many things he could not do; whereas our new Queen does many things no one would ever expect her to accomplish.”

-L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

Ending the tale with a transformation of the Emerald City would have vindicated this idea very nicely. It would have drawn an excellent contrast between Ozma and the Wizard, and it would have set up an amazing parallel between this novel and the first one. The city of emeralds, which was once revealed to be plain, is now transformed into something truly verdant and glorious- though maybe not so glorious that its denizens have to don protective eyewear. This transformation at the hands of Ozma would have been strong evidence to the people of Oz that her claim to power is “legitimate.”

Pastoria could have just ruled from some other, less urban capital.

It occurs to me, though, that at this point, the idea of Ozma as the daughter of the fairy queen Lurline had not yet been introduced. She was but a human princess, and there was no implication that she had any special latent magical power. Maybe Glinda could have made the transformation- but, then, she believes that transformations are “dishonest.” And it would have undermined the singular glory of Ozma’s ascension.

Someone needs to use this idea (the version where Ozma makes the city green) in some sort of adaption or transformative work. I would say that I’ll do that it if I ever create my own interpretation of Oz, but I highly doubt I ever will make my own interpretation.

[weirdlookindog]

Terrors Of Dracula Vol.1 #4 - Eerie Publications, August 1979.

Front cover art uncredited. Back cover by Oscar Novelle.

[katy71561]

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.”

- Oscar Wilde

[laventadorn]

i am trying a thing where i just write stuff and don't worry too much about it. i tend to fiddle with something to death, which is one reason why i'm (checks calendar) 12 years and counting on a single story ahahaaaa. "everything has to sound Exactly Right!" says the little foreman of perfectionism in my head. can i fire that guy? or give him a different job?

[amvrleig]

rain kissed books! oh how pretty you are!

[inchidentally]

https://x.com/ln4norris/status/1739761082456244645?s=20

It may seem like such an insignificant thing, but it will put a smile on your face <3

bless you anon bc I'm soooo tired right now w work and this was one of those moments I missed from joining fandom so late and it absolutely put a smile on my face

and it makes me think of when out of all his birthday wishes that day he only reposted Oscar's and when the two pics he chose were of him posing beneath Oscar's name and zooming in on the group pic to just him and Oscar. he really said it sure is nice to choose than to be chosen sometimes <3

[beyondthebox]

An aesthetic pleasure to read this book👓📖