#oscarwilde

[bobbole]

Nika Goltz, illustration for Fairy tales by Oscar Wilde

[enchantedbook]

'Salome' by Oscar Wilde illustrated by Alastair, 1922.

[vanilla-lavender-espresso]

[quietquillfics]

“E havia algo de sagrado naquele silêncio — como se o som das páginas virando pudesse despertar fantasmas antigos.”

Entre o som da chuva e o cheiro de livros velhos, o mundo parece suspenso. É o instante em que o tempo desacelera, e tudo o que resta é a melancolia bela de existir e pensar.

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde 🌙

[polarity-disturbed]

Historical figures I think it'd be neat for the doctor to meet in the show in no particular order

Emily Dickinson – I’d love for the Doctor to have a poetry-off with her. Plus, I think she’d be pretty blasé about the inevitable macabre elements of whatever story involves her.

Joan of Arc – I don’t want her visions to be explained; I want them to remain mysterious, yet still inexplicably help whatever extraterrestrial crisis has caused her path to cross with the comic hobo.

Edgar Allan Poe – For the same reason as Emily: bonus points if the Doctor’s two hearts inspire The Tell-Tale Heart in some way.

Oscar Wilde – I specifically want Fifteen to meet him so they can have a flamboyant gay-off. The banter would be dazzling, and the outfits even more so. Also, the Doctor quoting The Importance of Being Earnest in the middle of a crisis is non-negotiable. If we got Shakespearean Tennant quoting Shakespeare, we absolutely deserve this.

Hatshepsut – A forgotten-but-formidable female pharaoh who ruled with power and grace? The Doctor would absolutely admire her.

[madamekudo]

I find it odd how, though I have never met them, I find myself deeply missing Chopin and Oscar Wilde.

[deadithurts]

-the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde.

[peakyswritings]

I'm just going to leave this here:

PLEASE. Nice to see them getting along after Winston’s merciless bullying during Hallowinston😂