#algernon charles

[clairyclue]

i don’t know if this fandom is even still alive but i need the tuck everlasting fandom to know next to angus’ talk with winnie about life in the boat, i wrote “garden of proserpine” when he’s talking about the flowing of water and everything without realizing the irony of that poem (which is one of my favorites)

here is the second to last stanza:

From too much love of living, 

         From hope and fear set free, 

We thank with brief thanksgiving 

         Whatever gods may be 

That no life lives for ever; 

That dead men rise up never; 

That even the weariest river 

         Winds somewhere safe to sea.

you guys get the irony right.

[rdr2gifs]

Arthur’s artist boyfriends 🎨

[dame-de-pique]

Algernon Charles Gifford (1862-1948) - Morning mists in the Lyvia Valley from Deep Cove Hut, n.d.

[makingqueerhistory]

Poems and Ballads by Algernon Charles Swinburne

There is a demand for queer people to be respectable, please the dominant society, conform, and hide that which is seen as other. They draw contempt from inside and outside of the community. However, it is those queer people who abandon respectability who provoke change. Algernon Charles Swinburne was not one to hide who he was, nor was he quiet about his beliefs—or sexuality. Swinburne often related to the "taboo", and it is understandable why, as a disabled gay man. Disability, especially that which requires caretakers, makes people uncomfortable. Addiction makes people uncomfortable. Swinburne dealt with the taboo in all of his work, and throughout his life. This book of poetry, one of Swinburne's many, discusses many taboo topics and figures.

He was an openly gay man during a time when that was a crime, and he was admonished for it even by those who should have sympathized. Swinburne did not strive for respectability, and we honour him for that.

You can learn more about Swinburne, his life and his work in our article here. You can find Poems and Ballads and the rest of the public domain catalog here.

[themajesticmanatee]

one thing I love about Arthur Morgan is that he enthusiastically volunteers for the “silly gay man protection” task force! Like… Albert Mason, Charles Chatenay, Algernon Wasp, Mr. White and Mr. Black? Get this man a medal for his service!

[key-cat]

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

だんだんと花が咲き、春が始まる。

Algernon Charles Swinburne アルジャーノン・チャールズ・スウィンバーン

[the-evil-clergyman]

St. Dorothy, from Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Harry Clarke (1928)

[weirdlookindog]

Harry Clarke, 1928

[strawberrymilkcart]

(first ever comic <\3)

arthur ACCIDENTALLY goes to a gay bar and finds someone - expectedly.

this is all modern au.

edit: i think bill is embarrassed when hes vulnerable to other people [alden]

from left to right: Algernon, Charles C, a Gay NPC, Albert, Bill, Alden, Mr Black and Mr White.

[brujahinaskirt]

arthur morgan hears a soggy little queen shriek for help and comes barreling through the wilderness guns out snorting like a bull moose i love it

[nobeerreviews]

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

-- Algernon Charles Swinburne

[thefugitivesaint]

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), ''The Springtide of Life'' by Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1918 Source

[dame-de-pique]

Algernon Charles Gifford

Mt Earnslaw from Glenorchy, Mt Alfred on left

Bold Peak and Mt (Mount) Bonteland from Glenorchy

[greeneyedvamp]

I saw a post the other day wishing there were more queer ships with characters who are good people, and began thinking about why I'm drawn to queer characters who do fucked up shit instead. tw: internalized homophobia

My family and friends, to whom I've been out for a couple of years, have mostly been accepting and nice. However, I can't easily discuss my queerness with anyone in my life because it is entirely centered around masturbation and sexual arousal. I don't have crushes, I don't date and don't particularly want to, I've never had sex and I doubt I'll ever build a family the way my relatives seem to expect. As a result, I tend to see myself as a pervert whenever I'm attracted to someone irl, and I avoid mentioning that I'm gay to people who don't already know for fear of either being perceived as a freak or as fake because I have nothing to show for it.

Romantic queer fluff to me can feel good at first, but often eventually transforms into fomo and self-loathing for not fitting into the story: not experiencing romantic feelings the way the characters seem to, having poor social skills and not looking the part.

But within stories (and fandoms) like Hannibal that feature queer love that doesn't fall within the mainstream framework of romance or ethics, set on a background of murder, I find every corner of my mind to be acceptable and true. They provide me with a vast alternative mental space to engage with, discover or observe aspects of my psyche (not limited to queerness, as the need to single it out vanishes, though it remains inherent), free of the need to mold myself into a predetermined image. In relation to this media, the secrecy is reframed from that of alienation to that of uniqueness, and with narratives to fall back on, I feel more able to face the world.

The following screenshots also articulate my feelings wonderfully:

[boundsoffateandfamily]

Sam Winchester // excerpts from "Phaedra" by Algernon Charles Swinburne