#dorian gray answers

[doriangrayanswers]

DORIAN!

Was your meeting yesterday okay? Are you okay?

Ah, yes, the meeting. Basil and I had a lovely time, thank you for asking <3

[problematic-faves-appreciation]

You: People should be allowed to make whatever they want!

Also you: Somebody is making an adaptation of a classic literature that has a different interpretation of the story that no one if forcing me to see? Ew gross!

So... Which is it? You either support creative freedom or you don't. You can't have it both ways.

I mainly reblogged this meme post because I agree with the sentiment that it's been a bad year to be a gothic literature fan when it comes to movie adaptations. Because seriously, a YA Phantom of the Opera movie with franchise potential (uh-oh...)? Maybe a 2D animated show version of these properties would be a better idea? And why couldn't they cast a dark-skinned actor as Heathcliff? The 2011 movie managed that.

Look, I'm not against bad (in my opinion) adaptations existing. I'll get over how these particular movies were mishandled instead of joining a hatedom. But I think I'm allowed to complain about them just a tad bit, especially in the case of Netflix's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Really, they made them brothers in this day and age?

[lenathesingingcat]

Explain A Classic Literature Plot Badly (featuring my three favourite tragic couples!)

1. Man defaces a heartfelt handmade gift from his loving boyfriend to stop the natural process of being human.

2. Man is redeemed for stealing by doing more stealing and has to stop his daughter’s boyfriend from dying while two of said boyfriend’s friends hold hands.

3. Gay couple die saving straight couple’s marriage. (This one is a slight cheat because only one of them actually dies IN this book, but we know the other one dies soon after.)

Bonus: the sequel to number 3. Man gets lost.

Try and guess, but answers are in the tags if you get stuck. I’d love for anyone to add their own for me to try and guess!

[klqrambles]

please please talk about henry wotton i want to hear

Blorbo mentioned!!!!!!!!!

I think henry’s fixation on youth and beauty stems from the fact that his younger brothers died likely before being able to experience the life and childhood they should have. along with the fact his older brother is someone he’s (and presumably his father since henry picked up the title of lord) disavowed, he probably also has resentment against those older than him for saddling him with responsibilities that he was never meant to deal with in the first place. Aka to him becoming old means becoming cringe af LMAO

[deadlock]

dorian gray fans how we feeling?

[bluecatwriter]

Tell me about Lucy and Wotton!

This was an idea I'd been meaning to write down for a while, and finally started last week. I believe it was @yallemagne who inspired me in the comments of my "Lord Wotton Gets Punched" fic with the premise of Wotton running into Lucy at some point after she and Arthur are married (it's a Lucy Lives AU, of course) and finds her hanging out with Jack and Quincey. Hijinks ensue. Wotton probably gets punched again. Here's an unedited paragraph:

His first reaction was a sneer; there was the impertinent girl who had dared to punch him a few months ago at the ball, all because he had done a little harmless flirting. However, his instinct to snub her was counteracted by the circumstances: though she was now married to the delightfully easy-to-annoy Lord Godalming, neither of the two men playing croquet with her were her husband. She was out and about, unchaperoned, by two strangers, and seeing the way she laughed and carried on and touched them with familiarity, there was a juicy bit of gossip to unleash. Wotton imagined the look on Godalming's face when Wotton told him what was going on— how fervently he would deny that his pure little wife could do anything of the sort, and yet the seed of doubt would be planted.

(Ask game here)

[moonchild-in-blue]

you, my love, have peak taste in classics (i read Dorian Gray in a single 2 hour marathon and have not been the same since)

Completely understandable, it's SUCH a good book. This is one of the really "big mainstream" pieces of literature I can soo get behind the hype. That bitch is famous for a reason.

On a slightly unrelated note, tell me Oscar Wilde wouldn't love Vessel 👀

[lucifers-mourning]

is dorian a reference to The Picture Of Dorian Gray? sorry if this is a dumb question but i LOVE that book and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it as i look at your malevolent art :) your art style is so cool by the way !!!

I am Dorian Gray wdym /j

(In all seriousness, thank you bestyyy, yea it’s a reference to the book lmao, it’s also my silly little pen name ✨)

[lesbians4armand]

okay now i have polls i can finally ask this.

[opheliaandlaertesbutvictorian]

Oh, ghosts? Who else have you met on your travels?

Well, recently we met this artist named Basil Hallward, who Dorian killed. He told me he was in love with Dorian too. Poor soul.

And recently there was a scientist and a drug addict! I think their names are Alan and Adrian.

Suicide and overdose. They're all so kind. They were all hurt by the same person...

[justastrugglinghotchocolate]

always more vampire Dorian.. I think he should give Basil a friendly kiss

fellas, is it gay to have psychosexual dreams of kissing your scantily-clad host under the moonlight?

(I may actually fully color this once I have more time)

[doriangrayanswers]

I feel quite terrible about what happened last night, so I brought ice cream as an apology. I didn't know which you liked so I brought three.

Additionally, I stol—uhhh— I asked a friend of a friend to uhhhhhhhh replicate the hope diamond for you. Yes, it is a very close replication of the real thing. It's definitely not the real thing, haha—don't check the news :)

If you are amenable, I'd like to simply have a conversation with you. No interrogation, no investigation, just a simple conversation about the well-being of your wonderful person, Mr. Gray.

Hmph. You’re forgiven… though we’ll have to postpone that conversation, I have somewhere to be for lunch.

[samd1o1]

My list of sickly victorian men I stan cus it's funny and I love them (also I relate to them a lot):

Dorian Gray

Henry Jekyll

Jim Hawkins

Jonathan Harker

R.M. Renfield

Roderick Usher

Victor Frankenstein

[doriansredroses]

we’re reading Dorian Grey this year

OMG! WHOEVER YOU ARE, PLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED!!!!

It’s like one of my top favorite books. 😃

[klqrambles]

henry and fluttershy

His two best freinds in the world

[fistfulls-of-basil]

i am stupid and thought this blog was about basil hallward. turns out it is indeed about basil, the plant. i admire your dedication to it. keep it up internet user 👍 may you have plenty of basil to shove into your moutjh

Blessings upon your house! Basil upon your home!

I had to look up who Basil Hallward is, but basil is basil amirite