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I don’t like being referred to as a boy

Here’s a little storyboard project I’ve been working on, a scene from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, chapter 13 🎩✨ I had a lot of fun drawing these angsty, dramatic men starting to spiral 😂 Plz excuse my voice, imagine I’m saying all these lines in an impeccable British accent 👌

dorian gray wasn’t even that vain, he was just 20. everyone has a moment in their 20s when they realise they’re actually kinda hot, that’s a part of life and it’s totally Normal. it’s not dorian’s fault that all these sexually repressed men are obsessed with him, nor is it his fault that he’s exclusively attracted to red flags. this is just what happens when you’re in your 20s </3

basil: henry don't fuck this up for me ok? this guy is special DONT ruin him henry I am begging

henry: loud and clear 👌

dorian after having one conversation with henry:

One of my Dorian Gray hot takes is that there was absolutely nothing in Dorian and Basil's relationship that was healthy. I keep seeing posts like "Basil's love for Dorian was so pure, that's why the portrait was so pretty and the real villain of the story is Wotton because he corrupted it"

As I see it, yes, Wotton did corrupt him, but saying Basil's feelings for Dorian were pure is simply inaccurate to the story. Basil says himself he merely sees Dorian as an artistic ideal [Dorian Gray is to me simply a motive in art. I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. That is all; ch1] and admitted he (a 10 year older man, who had power over him) tried to isolate him from other people and "keep him to himself". Furthermore, Basil also plays a big role in the way Dorian sees himself and his beauty, by painting him everyday and not maintaining any conversation with him, he's indirectly reaffirming what Wotton tells him: people only care about you because you're pretty and young. There is also this scene from the second chapter:

Dorian Gray turned and looked at him. "I believe you would, Basil. You like your art better than your friends. I am no more to you than a green bronze figure. Hardly as much, I dare say.

The painter stared in amazement. It was so unlike Dorian to speak like that. What had happened? He seemed quite angry. His face was flushed and his cheeksburning.

"Yes," he continued, "I am less to you than your ivory Hermes or your silver Faun. You will like them always. How long will you like me? Till I have my first wrinkle, I suppose. I know, now, that when one loses one's good looks, whatever they may be, one loses everything. Your picture has taught me that. Lord Henry Wotton is perfectly right. Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself."

Hallward turned pale and caught his hand. "Dorian! Dorian!" he cried, "don't talk like that. I have never had such a friend as you, and I shall never have suchanother. You are not jealous of material things, are you?-you who are finer than any of them!"

Dorian is even dealing with a suicidal ideation over what Wotton has told him and the way Basil sees him, he needs emotional validation, he's asking to be told there's more than him than that, and Basil's reaction is just─ no. You're prettier than any other object (indirectly comparing him to one, too).

Basil's view of Dorian influences how he sees people as much as Wotton's. For example, to Dorian Sybil was only what she pretended to be, he loved her performance, her acting, how she did exactly what the public wanted (which can apply to Dorian himself), not the real her. She was only an artistic ideal to him, she meant to him exactly what Dorian meant to Basil. He ignored her desires, pain and everything not related to what he wanted to see, since that's what he's been taught he must appreciate.

I also disagree with the interpretation of the portrait as a "pure" reflection of Basil's love (I would personally rather describe it as an obsession, though) and Dorians soul because it's not. At least not entirely. Part of the point of the book is that everyone only saw the part of Dorian they wanted: the portrait represents Basil's idolized version of him, what he wanted to see and how he refused to see Dorian as a person instead of an artistic ideal. That's why he tried to make him redeem himself, because he hated seeing his version of Dorian shatter into pieces. It was never Dorian entirely, not even after aging terribly because that's the result of Basil and Wotton's influence. The portrait was not his real soul, it was a modified version of it other people played with because nobody cared about the whole thing, and the influence was so big those parts became his whole being. It was just an idolized, molded version at first but turned into his real self with the time and the sins. Dorian's soul (the portrait) was constructed upon what others appreciated about him, so when Wotton motivated him to sin, because Dorian's potential to be terrible was what mattered to him, it became ugly and terrible. There was absolutely nothing pure about that portrait since day 1.

Thinking about how it's a running joke in gothic horror lit that there are a lot of important characters named Henry, specifically Henry Clerval in Frankenstein, Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray, and obviously Henry Jekyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but Dracula notably doesn't have a Henry in the cast, not even among the one-off minor characters, but then my late-night galaxy brain was like, wait, if Stoker most likely drew heavily from Henry Irving as his inspiration, then Dracula himself is arguably a stealth Henry 🧐

writing these are addictive

Occasionally forget people genuinely think capitalism is thousands of years old

There are characters you like but then there are characters you end up thinking about in the middle of the night with a cosmic ache in your chest because they resonate with you so much

my biggest fear is making a whole rant post about my favorite character or show and then completely fucking it up

like what if what i say about my blorbo isn't right. what if i missed the point. what if i took the symbolism a little too literally or didn't even catch it at all. i'd lose my shit

Pov you're on Cater's magicam after book 7

I'm in love with this color change brush omg

Act of Gratitude

This is hella ANGST. I was actually hesitating to post this comic due to my hc about Lilia 'letting baby silver wander in the forest' (made it before last chapter of Book 7). But I think it's still on par with the story.

Act of Gratitude

This is hella ANGST. I was actually hesitating to post this comic due to my hc about Lilia 'letting baby silver wander in the forest' (made it before last chapter of Book 7). But I think it's still on par with the story.

spill thine AGGTLM headcanons, knave

well…. if you INSIST…… :)) 

Here’s the thing: I want to see Sibella Hallward, young and pretty, flirty and too good with the men, grow up in a family that barely makes enough- an only child whose parents do their best to spoil her with what they have. She asks for a gown and they give her something they picked up at a market, it’s gaudy and the fabric isn’t too expensive, it’s got a garish pattern on the back and it has gauze, but it’s pretty, like her. It’ll do.

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I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY BUT NEVER KNOW HOW TO PUT IT INTO WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS PROBABLY SUCKS TO READ. but again plssss hear me out. talking more about hydes impulsiveness cuz its not just 'murder kill drugs violent kill sex murder'

im not a doctor in any way but i do wanna say that impulsive thoughts do have some reasoning for being there, though it may be extremely stupid and dangerous. ((btw im not talking about what causes the lack of self control, im talking about why the impulsive thoughts are that thought.)) most impulses come from either the seeking of some feeling (most often hysteria, thrill, or humor) or experiencing things you havent (such as what does this feel like? what happens to me if i do this? you may already know by common sense, but the curiosity isnt calmed by that) but other impulses like stealing not only come from the possible thrill, but the reward of it. the entire reason stealing is such a strong and common impulse is because you know the item youre stealing has some value to you, its instinct to take what can benefit you. even when blurting random shit out, theres a reason your brain thought of it in the first place. but most of the time impulsive thoughts are from craving thrill or curiosity. !!!importantly: what the brain perceives as having somee sort of reaction depends on how disordered and nurtured the mind is. its unique per person

this is not only why hydes impulses arent the same 4 things over and over, but why a lot of impulses are really strange and unusual. because of jekylls stress of maintaining an extremely respectable and gold hearted genius rep. and the amount of hours he spends working on this, it makes sense for his and therefore hydes impulses and desires to be the opposite, something risky and dangerous and frowned upon. to get some form of euphoria or freedom he typically doesnt get but craves ohhhh he craves it so bad. but this can be literally anything, not just violence and drugs. it can range from physical or psychological self harm to breaking furniture to eating unsanitary and inedible things to mocking people to literallylyly anythinggg!!!!

this man is not only here to have sex and do 1886 drugs he is here to be everything jekyll wants to be but cannot without serious backlash and consequence!!! he is the traumatized animal instincts of the mind!!! do not limit this man to 4 actions. edward hyde does stupid shit like throw glass at birds and then eats the bird and also the glass bcs fuck you and also im hungry!!!!1 he pisses in peoples drinks probably in front of them cuz thats rlly fucking funny!!! Love The Guy.

to be fair if the potion that was supposed to free men from the chains of evil turned me into some ugly fucking thing who does every fucked thought that pops into its damn head id probably kill myself too

I’m not bitter

Americans don’t wear cowboy hats all the time? What’s the point then?

Care for a ramble card? Ramble about anything and everything and anything you want for as long as you want

Aha thank you, this is a good excuse for me to talk for no reason /lh I suppose I'll discuss one of my theories about Jekyll and Hyde. One of my main theories is that Dr Jekyll lives at 28 Leicester Square. I'm pretty sure most people have this as a head canon but I'd like to go into a lot more detail about it. So, first of all, John Hunter was a surgeon in the mid-late 1700s and he was known for buying bodies and taking them in through the backdoor of his house so that he could experiment and dissect them. This, obviously, caused an uproar amongst the people of England and the debate ensued about whether it was "for the greater good" because the only way we can learn about the human body so that we can treat people is through an autopsy. Now, how does this relate to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Well, at the beginning of chapter 5 it was said that Jekyll "had bought the house from the heirs of a celebrated surgeon" Suggesting that perhaps he had brought the house off of Dr Hunter. There is also a similarity not only in house the house is structured, with the main part of the house being separate to the theatre and cabinet to the point where the back door and the front door face completely different streets, but also on the basis that R.L.S also created a short story The Bodysnatcher 1884 (2 years before J&H was published) which suggested that Stevenson already had knowledge of bodysnatching and therefore must have heard about the tale of John Hunter. Thus leading me to believe that whilst it is not a directly spoken element of the story, Jekyll's House was heavily and consciously implied to be John Hunters house. Another reason why I particularly like this idea of this is that Leicester Square is only a ten minute walk from Soho which is where Hyde lives. I like this because Leicester square is shown to be quite a middle class residence (as shown on The Charles Booth 1898 map) whereas Soho was riddled with a mix of people ranging from those living comfortably and those who lived in extreme poverty. This links to the duality of man showing that despite these neighbourhoods being close, there is still such a difference between them. However it also relates to the profiling theory that some criminals like to stick close to their home base, showing that Jekyll chose a house for Hyde in Soho so that he could easily retreat to his own home if something were to go wrong, hence why Hyde has run of Jekyll's house. So to conclude, Stevenson made a conscious decision to have Jekyll's house at 28 Leicester square because it was John Hunter's house who was an unethical doctor too and also because it's close to Soho. :D So sorry this is very long but nonetheless a fun ramble. Thank you

*falls to knees* Happy for Dracula...no I swear...I am...

Christmas headcannon that Dr. Jekyll thought Santa was real so he stayed being a good boy until much later in life when Carew told him that he didn't exist and the whole Hyde thing was backlash about finiding out.

If I were Dr. Jekyll I simply would have gotten a free sample twice.

Dr. Jekyll:

The interaction:

Dr. Jekyll whenever Mr. Utterson tries to visit:

6 hydes in a bar

(terrible idea)

i wanted to make one of those drawings where you draw multiple designs/au versions of one character together with hyde, because the brainrot is real

designs by/from: (left to right)

hyde from the game MazM: Jekyll and Hyde because me and my friends agree he s way prettier than he has any right to be

@jayizowo 's hyde because i love his crazy hair so much, it was so fun to draw

hyde from The Glass Scientists because that comic is peak!!

@prettyinaccurate 's hyde because look at him?? ginger hyde my beloved?? i hope i did his curly hair justice

@plantsarecooleh 's hyde because i love his drip. those pants are criminal, where can i get some?

and lastly @whimsy-beetle 's hyde, this whole thing started because i really wanted to draw him. i accidentally made him really short, oops-

thank you to all these people for letting me draw their designs of the funny little guy. they were all so fun to draw :D

if tumblr fucks up the quality im gonna cry. closeups below

this thing took me like 4 days to draw. there are 11 hands in this drawing. 11 hands- anyways i m very proud of it

if anyone knows of any other cool hyde designs or has their own, i d totally make a part 2 of this. send me your hydes please :]

We ALMOST Had Lost TGS Media…

Sage’s Confrontation animatic has been RECOVERED!!!

Original description:

" This is a little storyboard challenge I set up for myself. :) I wanted to board something to music, so I decided to go with the track that originally inspired my obsession with the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde when I was in highschool.

My overall thoughts on the musical are . . . elaborate and complicated, but Anthony Warlow's recording of Confrontation has always been the fan favorite. I've had the song memorized for some eight years now, which actually accounts for some of the weirdness of this assignment. The thing is that I've had it memorized so long that I don't actually listen to it much anymore, and I hadn't recalled just how deep Warlow's voice is, especially as Hyde! XD In the years since I had developed my own adaptation of the original Jekyll and Hyde story, which calls for rather different designs for the characters (i.e. Hyde is tiny! tiiiinyyyyyyy) which I fear do not match the voices nearly as well as I would like. :|

Also I'd forgotten just how SLOW the pacing is for this song early on! Please try not to fall asleep! "

Details of the recovery under the cut!

In 2013, Sage uploaded the animatic to Vimeo. There it stayed for a few years until it was linked in the description of Ch 2, pg. 33, where the scene on the page was said to be a partial remake of that animatic.

Around the end of 2024, the link stopped working. The rest of Sage’s work was still available, but the animatic had been completely erased from the site for seemingly no reason.

My first thought was to use the Wayback Machine archive, so someone in a Discord server tried it and managed to get a link! Unfortunately, the site was slow and you could only see the cover of the animatic.

But by MIRACLE, someone had saved it to their phone for years! As of Jan 14 2025, the animatic was recovered in full!

Special shoutout to @jekylls-crippling-depression for her service to the TGS fandom! Thank you! 🙏

I can’t help but wonder ⚔️🦇

Made an animatic summarising the entire book as a tribute to Dracula Daily and @re-dracula ! English subtitles provided, with translation by me and @ignitingthesky.

if you like this, do check out my kofi! there's a free pack of every single frame