The Haunter of Shrubberies

Clearly I hate Maurice. I also post on Pinterest and AO3 both under the username, @hauntedshrubberies

[hauntedshrubberies]

Alec Scudder’s official list of things to talk about after sex:

• dreams

• boathouses

• whether you can or can’t dive

• cricket

• Archie London

• rich people

• the old bitch who can’t remember his name

• your emigration date

[worthyprnce]

“A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise! I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.” — E. M. Forster (around 1913/1914)

✶— alec scudder & maurice hall from the book "maurice" by e.m. forster (using as a reference a scene from the 1987's movie)

❕ please do not repost without credits :)

— close-ups under the cut ✨

I made this piece for this year's pride month, but I ended up posting for the first time in august, I believe. and here it is! also here is a version without the text:

[hauntedshrubberies]

THE HEARTS IN THEIR HAIR

this is so cute

[filmjunky-99]

m a u r i c e, 1987 🏳️‍🌈 dir. james ivory

[hauntedshrubberies]

The way Maurice looks at Alec and the safety he feels in his arms

These two are so adorable it makes me physically ill

[hauntedshrubberies]

Kitty deserved better :(

[remarkablybuttery-deactivated20]

Alec being kissed and lifted off the ground mid-kiss, his arm wrapped around Maurice.

So many scenes in this gorgeous film I had to go back and view again (and again and again)

[hauntedshrubberies]

Most romantic kiss in gay cinema history btw

[mauriceline-deactivated20231028]

Curled up under the blanket Maurice is so adorable. Look at the little blonde head sticking out of the blanket. I'm so curious about what Maurice's expression was like while Alec was confessing, he must have had a pretty little smile. When the two came to the hotel, of course, because of the hotel owner they would have asked for a room with two beds. But what they chose was to be together in the same bed. I thought that scene showing their clothes thrown on the another bed was the sexiest thing in the film. At first I thought this scene was around late afternoon after they had sex, but it was actually the next day. Of the many things they've shared spending time together while giving up business dinner and abandoning family's expectations, Alec's shy confession was more beautiful than anything that resounding in the rain.

[hauntedshrubberies]

Maurice and Clive: kiss twice during their entire relationship and never have sex

Maurice and Alec: kiss 3 times in 30 seconds and have sex 3 times within a month

[see-y0u-space-c0wb0y]

when doves cry in romeo and juliet (1996) is one of the only prince covers that should exist

[mauriceline-deactivated20231028]

Curled up under the blanket Maurice is so adorable. Look at the little blonde head sticking out of the blanket. I'm so curious about what Maurice's expression was like while Alec was confessing, he must have had a pretty little smile. When the two came to the hotel, of course, because of the hotel owner they would have asked for a room with two beds. But what they chose was to be together in the same bed. I thought that scene showing their clothes thrown on the another bed was the sexiest thing in the film. At first I thought this scene was around late afternoon after they had sex, but it was actually the next day. Of the many things they've shared spending time together while giving up business dinner and abandoning family's expectations, Alec's shy confession was more beautiful than anything that resounding in the rain.

[oscarwetnwilde]

"I've always thought that if you do two jobs with an actor then it's the second one that will confirm a friendship. I did two films with Rupert Graves- we did Maurice together and then, a few years later, we did Handful of Dust.

"We got on terribly well doing Maurice and then we didn't see each other for a while, but after Handful of Dust, it really cemented a great friendship and he's now one of my closest friends." - James Wilby (2003)

.Maurice (1987) .Handful of Dust (1989) .Clapham Junction (2007) .The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells: The Moth (2016)

[hauntedshrubberies]

They’ve kissed, been on top of each other, seen each other naked and still remained good friends through it all. Something about that is so sweet to me. I love them.

[symposiumslut]

For my little queer fellows

[oscarwetnwilde]

"I've always thought that if you do two jobs with an actor then it's the second one that will confirm a friendship. I did two films with Rupert Graves- we did Maurice together and then, a few years later, we did Handful of Dust.

"We got on terribly well doing Maurice and then we didn't see each other for a while, but after Handful of Dust, it really cemented a great friendship and he's now one of my closest friends." - James Wilby (2003)

.Maurice (1987) .Handful of Dust (1989) .Clapham Junction (2007) .The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells: The Moth (2016)

[the-wreck-of-1852]

obsessed with what they had going on in maurice 1987

[hauntedshrubberies]

“And that, kids, is how I met your father.”

I’m sleeping very well after reading this

THEY KISSED WITH TONGUE

[frogandtoadstanaccount]

alec scudder: dear maurice, i miss you greatly and want nothing more than to be with you again, you’re the sweetest thing i know and ilysm!! pls could you come to the boat house so we can be together again? i’ll always be awake and waiting for u here! love u, xoxo alec

maurice hall: do you see this? do you see how i am being blackmailed? 

[burningvelvet]

[saint-starflicker]

Should be gaslight groundskeep girlboss.

[axlhj]

Young And Beautiful

[reanimated-spud]

i need him