#classic novels

[fabtastic123]

Confession time: the only reason English teachers teach The Great Gatsby is so we can continue to fuel the Nick/Gatsby ao3 tag. It is our lifeblood.

[garlicscreeb]

So I’ve gotten back into Dracula recently. Vampire Johnathan Harker was taking up space in my brain and I had to get him out.

[soulrestinginstpetersburg]

[badwolf-gallagher88]

Yes, having a crush on a fictional character is bad. But have you ever had a crush on a fictionalised version of a vaguely problematic historical figure??

[aliciavance4228]

There's a very fine line in the way you depict Adam Frankenstein in art. On one hand, you cannot make him conventionally attractive or less monstruous; he's supposed to have a disturbing appearence that scares people, probably due to the fact that he resembles a human, learns, thinks and feels like one while his physical aspect tells your brain that he isn't one (perhaps the Uncanny Valley effect?). On the other hand, you cannot give him major deformities such as making him noseless or erase half of his jaw. Victor wanted him to look perfect and tried his best while creating him.

My ultimate take is that one of the best ideas is to give him different skin textures and thicknesses for each sewn portion, giving the impression that they do not quite match. It's a better choice rather than just making him sickly pale and giving him dark circles under his eyes.

[lazy-chocolate-witch]

Fellas is it gay if your best friend is able to cure years of mania and hyperfixation just by appearing?

Fellas is it gay to fall in a stadium between life and death for two months after your best friend's death and being sick for the rest of your life, which you spent chasing his murderer?

Fellas is it gay?

[petaltexturedskies]

Johanna Spyri, Heidi

[takemetodragonstone]

is there a war and peace fandom i need to talk about how smitten rostov is with tsar alexander. where are the war and peace yaoi accounts

[xxdrowninglessonsxx]

“Animals don’t behave like men,” he said. “If they have to fight, they fight, and if they have to kill, they kill. But they don’t sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures’ lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.”

- Richard Adams

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[schweizercomics]

SWASHTOBER #1: Scaramouche! I'm gonna do SWASHTOBER this year! Here's the first, from what might well be the best swashbuckling novel (it's VERY good), SCARAMOUCHE, by Rafael Sabatini. He's a centrist shaken from his political apathy into a path of revolution, swordfighting, and improv comedy by the cruel machinations of the aristocracy (I wasn't planning to do an October drawing challenge BUT If I keep them under ten minutes and let them be sloppy, it might be fun. I'll use them as roughs/pencils for a set when my schedule frees up a bit)

This is one of the few (only?) Sabatinis that have been kept reliably in print, and there's also an excellent audiobook narration by Simon Vance, if you're looking for a good read!

[urlocalbone]

When your school booklist is crazily classical and this is just 1/7th of it

[scandalousadventures]

Raskolnikov comic

[logophilist1982]

Jane Eyre

[goodhairbadmanners]

Just finished the 2024 french adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo and it was so cunty and just a little phenomenal. As a fan of the book I was excited that they took more from the text than any other adaptation I've seen and, this might bug some fans, I didn't mind the deletion of certain characters for brevity's sake. It's A LOT of ground to cover and it makes sense why they might have skipped over some of the build up and combined characters that could serve multiple plot purposes. The costumes, set design, direction, and editing were all stunning! And I really appreciated how much they lean into his costume obsession. This man is so ťĥèâţřę about it all. It almost reminded me a little of Phantom of the Opera at times because of how much his book self shines through(I will say the multiple masks that were basically just his normal face with varying degrees of facial hair took my the fuck out😅).It's probably the most faithful adaptation I've seen tone wise. Overall I would definitely recommend it if you have eyes and like sad french men in cunty leather coats with snake skin cravats.

Before I die I want them to make an adaptation that incorporates punk sensibilities and maybe takes place in an undetermined century and ends with Come Sail Away by Styx playing as he goes off into post lady whistledown style murder party bliss. But that's just me.