#gothic literature

[luneemeritus]

Let's be honest. Trauma aside, loneliness aside, mental illness representation aside, unrequired love aside... THIS is the most relatable and realistic aspect of Erik's character 😭 the first fanfic writer, rip Erik you would've loved A03

Erik: Writes beautiful, passionate, deeply erotic songs about sex and lust and giving in to one’s darkest desires.

Also, Erik: Is a total virgin who has never been kissed in his whole life and panics at the slightest touch*

*this refers to Book!Erik and Stage!Erik only. We all know that Movie!Erik was totally dtf 😂

[kusnechik]

Hey now play nice, at least you both have a taste for capelets!

[laceandlament]

. "The rest is silence."

(Act V, Scene II) Hamlet

[romanology]

i actually need you to write the james is dead x regulus is an insane mortician fic please it is so so. SO important

AYE AYE, CAPTAIN!

I'll start working on it when I've got the time. I have to study some gothic fiction to get into the mindset. Maybe I can use this as an excuse to finally read Frankenstein.

[diaryofaphilosopher]

"The shift from the Afro-Caribbean zombie to the U.S. zombie is clear: in Caribbean folklore, people are scared of becoming zombies, whereas in U.S. narratives people are scared of zombies. This shift is significant because it maps the movement from the zombie as victim (Caribbean) to the zombie as an aggressive and terrifying monster who consumes human flesh (U.S.). In Haitian folklore, for instance, zombies do not physically threaten people; rather, the threat comes from the voduon practice whereby the sorcerer (master) subjugates the individual by robbing the victim of free will, language and cognition. The zombie is enslaved."

— Justin D. Edwards, "Mapping Tropical Gothic in the Americas" in Tropical Gothic in Literature and Culture.

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[can-of-w0rmz]

Goth girls love trains

[mysharona1987]

[pigeon-princess]

“There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.”

I've had this vision in my mind for ages so I finally decided to take a stab at drawing a cover for one of my favourite novels⚡

[panthermouthh]

“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?”

[polturn]

Weird thing enjoyer found another weird thing to enjoy

Various Frankenstein doodlings. Abt half were from reference half from imagination.

Most of these are related to the Royal Ballet version which I watched a video of the other day. So good and such a wild combination. The elegant medium and the grotesque subject matter.

I also had to draw that amazing puppet version that was made for the Hamburg state opera. lil cutie he is

[xxrrisxx]

Sometimes I'm terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. The way it stops and starts.

Edgar Allan Poe

[beastlyartblog]

do you think catholic priests are irresistible to vampires? virgins, covered in crucifixes (inherent allure of the forbidden,) access to their throats limited by those sexy little collars, etc.

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[laceandlament]

"There was no answer, except the beating of their two hearts; hers, faint and broken, like the dying embers of a fire; his, heavy and strong, like the march of a relentless army. The room was dim, the light pooling in warm tones of amber and brown, yet neither could see anything but the void between them, and the bitter taste of all that had been unsaid hung like coffee on their tongues."

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

[romanology]

Writing the first chapter. It probably won't be very eventful, just Regulus opening "shop" and going to retrieve his newest cadaver (our darling, lovely James) and then falls in love like the psychopath he is.

(help me I don't know what to write after this at all)

Since I can tell that Winston Morgue / gothic Starchaser-Jegulus fanfic is getting the most attention and i don't have (m)any ideas, if you're one of those who WANT me to write it, what would you like to see or happen?

this can be scenes, plot, ending (i'd suggest if you want it to end a specific way you should message or ask me because uhhh spoilers or smth idk) or whatever else.

[visionsofnightfall]

Edinburgh yesterday.

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