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simon's WOKE bookshelf

ALLY farm THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY the WOKEyssey the RAINBOW letter THE SONG OF ACHILLES TWELFTH NIGHT lord of the BIs THE GREAT GATSBY

“Imagine you were a girl, forced to live in a male body? And if you tried to change your body, a lot of powerful people would get really mad about it, and actively try to stop you? Wouldn’t that be fucked up? Wouldn’t that suck? Hi I’m Rod Sterling. Tonight we’ll experience the existential horror of:

- The Trans Woman”

trust in chanse to start singing reba at any given moment

real life prince on his way to the masquerade ball | for @jinstronaut

guys my jekyll and utterson hyper-fixation comes back stronger everytime

Dorian sat down and let the long, gossamer dressing gown fall from his shoulders, revealing a lithe, youthful body, accentuated by a lacy chemise and bloomers, with a corset that clung to his narrow waist.

Basil felt the vines tighten around his lungs even as his heart hammered at the sight. The perfect, boyish face framed by Grecian curls, the white lace chemise tight against his flat chest, pulled even closer by the corset. Innocence and devilry intertwined in the boy who meant so much to him that he could never speak its name. Basil choked on the unspoken words and into his handkerchief fell a pair of blood red rose petals.

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Hi there,

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A simple share could help it reach someone who might be able to make a difference.

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@nadinfamily

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The Picture of Dorian Gray Ships💋🎨🖼

So my favourite ship from the books is Henry Wotton x Basil Hallward. It would contain so much hope for love beyond one's wishes: Henry, who sees good artists as unable to be beautiful themselves, and who sees beauty as the most valuable good. Basil who, well, is a good artist and detests bad morals, which Henry has plenty of.

Yet Basil also notices that Henry doesn't really act upon his voiced sinful wishes, and so it wouldn't be completely improbable that Henry should love someone he doesn't find beautiful - or shouldn't according to his theory.

Also, the irony there would be if they expressed their love for each other 😍😄: Henry, who voices morally concerning thoughts at every given opportunity to speak, but never actually follows through with his hedonistic (and morally/legally wrong) desires - except in the one case which makes him disprove one of his most classic ideas: that visual beauty of people is far superior to their wit or morals.

Also, isn't it ironic that Oscar Wilde actually wrote a character as gay in a time where this was far more dangerous than today - but today I just look at it and I'm like: "Ok, but he would totally be gay for this *other* guy!"

I just wanted to put this out there to see who shares this ship or what your thoughts are on these characters' relationship.

sorry