#sybil vane

[aoiraincoat]

Dorian and Lord Henry interacting after receiving the news of Sibyl's death

[thebisexualwreckoning]

TPODG is already a great book but it becomes infinitely more interesting when you read it as a treatise on the continuing cycles of abuse, grooming and victimisation rather than a condemnation of a life solely dedicated to hedonism. I would go so far as to argue that given wilde’s lived experience the message of how bad a life of reckless abandon is is secondary to the underlying theme of how Dorian was a victim of intended sexual abuse and how he perpetuated that cycle through his treatment of Sybil Vane. In fact I don’t even think Dorian was Like That because he pursued pleasure with no care for how it affected others but rather as a form of self harm and self medication. Why am I still thinking about him it has been 2 years since i read the book.

[sinagingan]

Sibyl :)

Reference:

[tornfromearth]

— Oscar Wilde, from his novel “The Picture Of Dorian Gray”, first published in 1890

[i-see-miwi]

This is for an incredibly niche and specific audience im not expecting a lot of people to get this but like.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Byler AU. Gawd I’d eat that shit UP

[artandbeauty71]

okay but why is no one talking about the romeo and juliet/dorian gray and sybil vane parallels omg the amount of stuff that can be said about it

[rika-2383]

u all know the reference

[NO STEALING]

[ivory-and-roseleaves]

My dear Dorian, if you could send a love letter to Basil, how would it be?

Why would I ever do such a thing? I would not write my affections to Basil, it would suit neither him nor me. We are far better in conversation than on paper.

Besides, my earliest attempt at a love-letter quite exhausted my taste for them. One quickly discovers how little such things signify. The world turns on, utterly indifferent to one’s passions. Whether I write, or love, or refrain from both, it remains exactly the same. It seems such a waste to insist upon it.