#strange case of jekyll and hyde

[artemisyates]

Mr. Utterson the lawyer.

[prokopetz]

Drinks from an Erlenmeyer flask full of glowing liquid, then immediately clutches my chest and falls to the floor behind a conveniently placed laboratory bench, writhing and shrieking while thunder crashes overhead and ominous music swells, and when I stand up again I'm wearing a magical girl dress.

[elainiisms]

*me at the club* so does anyone wanna discuss queer undertones in classic literature?

[doctormori]

I love this book to death, so here's some things I noticed <3

[susiephone]

anyway if dracula daily made you realize how great the book dracula is, please read jekyll and hyde, it's also extremely good. and the audiobook narrated by richard armitage is EXCELLENT.

[cosmicisbored]

the father the son and the holy fuck

[prettyinaccurate]

jekyll jekyll hyde jekyll hyde hyde jekyll

[linnytheseagull]

A gothic literature hyperfixation has possessed me so I made this

(This took way longer to make than it reasonably should have)

[kusnechik]

You know, I'm somewhat of a literary analyst myself

[wolpatinga]

situation:

you are in your mid forties, and have this friend who's your age that you've known for decades

except you two sort of lost touch a few years ago. he's been busy with work, and now he's kinda famous? good for him!

but now your friend has this... buddy - a man half your age (about twenty years your junior)

your friend tells you he's written a will that says all his estate goes to this buddy. like, your friend is a childless bachelor, so its not like he has a clear heir, but like. this doesn't add up. your friend always was... eccentric, queer if you will, but you didn't expect him to do something like this

and when you finally meet this buddy, you hate him. everyone you know hates him. the buddy is an asshole, and just being around him is enough to unsettle you. something's deeply wrong with him, but you might also just be biased

and also its really vague where this buddy even comes from? neither the buddy nor your friend will tell you. they've asked you to stop asking, and you aren't going to break the law to violate their privacy

also. you keep hearing these weird rumors. your bestie says the buddy is satanic. your friend's staff say that the buddy is nocturnal and doesn't eat. the buddy also seems to be able to travel completely undetected in the city and disappears randomly

[jamiepridejester]

i will show you what kind of man he really is…

[artemisyates]

Edward no! Put that conical flask down right now or so help me!

[prokopetz]

I think we need one of those popular read-along blogs to tackle The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the same way that's been done for Dracula and Moby-Dick. The number of folks around here who appear to be under the impression that reading a queer subtext into Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a subversion rather than being straightforwardly material to the plot is frankly embarrassing, and I'm assuming this is because nobody's actually read the damn thing.

[lukas-broken-bow]

You want me to face the consequences of my actions? The thing that killed Henry Jekyll?

[hjswifereal]

Is this fandom still alive

[kittyypyre]

A Man and His Brewing… 🧪