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gothlit sideblog of @appljuiceboxx | she/they

[james-vane-stan]

this is the gothlit sideblog of @appljuiceboxx.

i talk about: -The Picture of Dorian Gray -The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -Phantom of the Opera (no musicals!! i hate the ALW musicals) -Dracula -Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus -The Island of Dr Moreau -The Invisible Man

i'm not sure about these yet but they're welcome: -Great Expectations -The Tell-Tale Heart -The Masque of the Red Death -Moby—Dick -Oliver Twist -Nicholas Nickleby -David Coppefield -A Christmas Carol

i know they're not gothlit, but The Great Gatsby, Kidnapped and Catriona are welcome too

enjoy :)

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

[its-funnytwittertweets]

[si-lee-me]

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

[theglowpt2-deactivated20200101]

[pyrlspite]

[starlitartworks]

And with that 2024 comes to an end!

[asoftepiloguemylove]

"A burnt child loves the fire."

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[electrosweaters-arts]

more STUPPIIDD jekyll doodles/drawovers from whiteboard. You WILL be subjected to them

[james-vane-stan]

"endearing" uh ok erik.

(phantom by susan kay - erik 1856-1881)

[flea-palace]

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[whetstonefires]

One of my favorite things is modern adaptations that leave people with the same careers they had in the original material, because unless you’re a cop or a doctor that practically never happens.

Irene Adler’s an opera singer. We still have those! They don’t have the same subtext exactly, but nothing is going to because we aren’t the Victorians. She could continue to be an opera singer. I have never seen this happen.

Jonathan Harker can still be in real estate. That’s a job people have. A modern story that still involves Dracula contacting his firm to help him purchase property sounds amazing actually.

[nudityandnerdery]

A modern adaptation of Dracula where you keep seeing Jonathan Harker’s face on bus stop bench ads for his realtor office.

[daddygrandpaandthebeaver]

#“This client doesn’t seem to exist online; a bit strange. But he’s elderly so it’s not that unusual” -Jonathan about to make a mistake – @capslockdoesntexpressmyjoy

[prokopetz]

I was about to joke about Quincey Morris still being a cowboy, but then it occurred to me that he’s not actually a cowboy in the source material, is he? He’s the wealthy heir of a Texas ranch-owning family who just acts like an Old West cowboy. If anything, that’s even more plausible today than it was in 1897.

[hee-blee-art]

count “no concept of personal space” dracula 

[image ID: a digital illustration in an ink hatch style depicting a scene from bram stoker’s dracula. count dracula, an older man with a harsh pale face, unkempt white hair, a white moustache, and visible fangs dressed in a dark cloak, is standing just behind jonathan harker, a young man with dark shaggy curls and medium-light skin, with a hand upon his shoulder. they are shown from behind, and in front of them is a round mirror hung on a window beside a sconce. the count is leaning in close and saying, “good morning, my friend.” the mirror shows jonathan, who has just accidentally cut his cheek with the straight razor he’s holding, looking startled, and no reflection of the count over his shoulder. end ID] 

[unicornofthemidwest]

Girls will see narrative foils who hate each other but can never be separated and be like "they should kiss"

[therevkid]

i was on artblock and it inspired me, okay? 😾

[largercucumber]

Gifs from the animation 😋 I love animating the little cheek dimples

[starkidlabs]

Dracula and Jonathan’s Tango - from The Polish National Opera production of ‘Dracula’.

With Choreography by Krzysztof Pastor and Music by Wojciech Kilar.

[moonsun2010]

Despair has its own calms.

[jolys-cane]