#especially as it's oscar wilde

[thursdaylebeau]

Throwing a wild thought to the wind, based purely on the fact that whenever I hear mention of nightingales, I think of The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde...

No nightingales referring to them singing in Berkeley Square is a sad call to the ineffable husbands shared time together/their song. But if I use the short story for interpretation, then no nightingales (Crowley's love) singing because they've bled themselves to death for a book-smart boy (Aziraphale) to give a gift to an unappreciative love interest (Heaven) is...yeah...

And with Aziraphale, who is woefully out of touch with music but who definitely knows his Oscar Wilde; and Crowley, who doesn't do books, and is much more connected to music... their "nightingales" could both be devastating while not quite mean the same thing...

[daily-hanamura]

[bethanydelleman]

Please watch, read, or listen (all free) to Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance. It's so good! It is about a moral absolutist learning she was wrong. It's about a fallen woman, but more about how men should be held accountable for ruin. It's about society not caring what a man does as long as he serves good dinners. It has a character who is basically a grown up and married Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park). It is so Me Too. It's about people treating crime as interesting gossip.

It ends with a VERY satisfying slap (not a spoiler because I won't tell who!) and a great line reversal:

It gives me such feelings. I love it so much I gutted the entire play and filled it with Austen characters. It's officially my favourite Oscar Wilde creation.

[couldneverhurtusnow]

[chemistry] it's not a word that actors [use]. but you must endeavor a little bit to try and fall in love, in whatever that capacity is. and andrew is a very easy person to fall in love with. he's kind, generous, talented. we shot the film at the perfect junction in our friendship where there was a lot we didn't know about each other, but there was mutual admiration and respect. and a similar sense of humor. (...) yeah, it felt fizzy when we were acting. especially with that first scene at the door -- it's so well-written. you feel like you're dancing through the scene, you can go in loads of different ways, and if i went one way, andrew would go another. if that's what chemistry is, i was aware it was happening.

-- paul on chemistry and whether ‘they (andrew & paul) knew instantly that their onscreen relationship was working’ in all of us strangers, screendaily.com (1/31/24)

[queeringclassiclit]

please send me submissions!

[draculasweedsmokinggirlfriend]

I dont really understand why people are acting like making Basil and Dorian siblings AND still having a romantic feelings is a good thing...

Are we not past the point of making queer relationships out to be perverted and disgusting? Like the og romantic feelings from Basil are with pure intent and very understated. Why bother using incest to turn that into something that is meant to make people uncomfortable and feel disgusted? How is that respectful at all to Oscar Wilde? Their relationship ends up rather uncomfortable without any extra edgy tropes anyway

[hyperisrapidlyapproaching]

God I think I have a type

[lucky-numberme]

[Image ID: a bookcover-style illustration of Zolf and Oscar from Rusty Quill Gaming at a cafe. At the top, the name of the cafe and the fic is prominently displayed as "Coriander". The author's AO3 handle "Queercore_Curriculum" is displayed underneath. Oscar sits at a table outside the cafe. He is writing with a fountain pen in a notepad and smiling coquettishly at Zolf through the window. Zolf stands inside at the espresso machine. He is pulling espresso into a macchiato cup and frowning back at Oscar, blushing deeply. In front of Oscar sit two novels: Persuasion by Jane Austen and Hearts of Fire by Harrison Cambell. Among the internal decor of the cafe is a poster of Judy Garland in A Star is Born. A carving of a green carnation adorns the store front. The artist's tag "lucky-numberme" is faintly visible in the corner. End ID]

This week in fics that fundamentally altered my brain chemistry, Coriander by @queercore-curriculum

[cosmos-dot-semicolon]

my group theory lecturer has the most cultured and funniest set of notes i've ever seen

[drjohnhwatson]

man people just come on here and say whatever about historical gay people and get thousands of notes and it’s utterly wrong. it drives me absolutely batty. no critical thinking just hit reblog or make some inane comment like “omg they were roommates/there was only one bed/that stupid dog image/some people are gay harold”

[dandifiedstupefied]

rip bosie douglas I know you would have loved electra heart

[whiskeyswifty]

I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorrrrrrrry like she’s borderline appropriating our culture at this point is she serious is she SERIOUS???????? I’m kidding but I’m also kind of not like you’re joooooooooooking.

[wilde-shit-posting]

I have so many words and absolutely nothing to say.

[forlorngarden]

Taylor Swift - High Infidelity // Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol

[fagrackham]

oh nothing grinds my gears more when someone quotes or misquotes something i know the speaker of and is like "someone said" gonna hit you with my car. ghost w unfinished business instinct.

[pushkincore]

Happy bday icon ;))