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elysiuminfra · 1 year

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hi anon i love you. thank you for thisi question (i just woke up) you have no idea how excited i am to talk about this. had to make a post since it didnt wanna publish ur ask :( in the ideal world AMPHIMAL (all capitals for silly) is a 14 episode 2D animated tv show (heavily inspired by gennedy tartakovsky's work - particularly with samurai jack and primal, as well as mike mignola's work on hellboy) (AND SERGIO PABLOS!!) (wait edit: AND the old animated batman movies) HOWEVER. i have had many many thoughts about its ACTUAL format as a webcomic. i think it works best in this format cause the internal dialogue is important and you'd lose that in a show (i have many many thoughts about how media format influences tone/overall storytelling) particularly i'd like to execute it as a webcomic set with unconventional format - im very inspired by indie comics such as quinn - a horror webcomic made by moby, tumblr linked here, an artist who's work ive followed for a while and who's work first piqued my interest in breaking "traditional" webcomic format. yugo limbo and mike mignola (there he is again!) are also huge inspirations. (and another webcomic im too embarrassed to say) im in love with the idea of using the website itself as a backdrop for your visuals - it would be a mix of script, prose, intermingling with cinema-like stills as visuals - this is because traditional comics are difficult for me, i THINK in camera angles and shot layouts, not necessarily comic panels. i also plan on having annotations throughout the story, for secrets and descriptions of certain era-specific objects as fun optional facts - although when i actually put it all together on a website, this feature could be toggled. ideally it would be non-intrusive - think the note system from pentiment. the biggest inspirations i draw for AMPHIMAL though is Hellboy full stop in terms of palettes, visuals, and style. i plan on further solidifying and developing the "look" of amphimal as i do more research on victorian cultural and architecture motifs (they don't even know about the henry jekyll architecture associations) and also because i am the world's most unnecessarily detail-oriented person. my current work reflects moreso how i plan on amphimal looking when its published, with stark shadows, black shapes taking forefront, limited and striking palettes with heavy emphasis on color, shape, and object motifs. i am putting an unnecessary and frankly embarrassing amount of thought into literally every single detail (AND striving for semi-historical accuracy) (which is extremely difficult due to the lack of primary sources / bias in papers and the lack of accounts of certain aspects of victorian life, such as lgbt history and london’s underbelly of the era. particularly because many primary accounts are rife with racism, bigotry and inaccuracies - and they don’t paint a complete picture, so much of what i show WILL be speculation and not historically accurate) as for SCRIPT? behind the scenes its pretty rough - i have my charts and notes, but they're all pretty disorganized and i don't think i could share them without 1. spoiling a LOT of stuff (it doesnt differ from the original plot in any way, it just has far, far more depth into the characters - and some stuff i want to keep a secret!) 2. exposing just how deranged my note-taking skills are. amphimal currently exists only in pages and charts and key visuals i've made for myself that i MUST compile in a clean format for personal use (and sharing among those who can take peeks behind the scenes) as for key points oh boy. my favorite chapter and the one i'm most excited to write is utterson's search and first meeting with hyde. second favorite is utterson's scenes involving lanyon's death (he does die in amphimal, that i'm not changing - i thought about it at first but scrapped it) these moments show off utterson's character at key points OUTSIDE of jekyll (an absolute necessity!) - and he is, by far, my favorite protagonist out of all my projects. and i love him your honor ANYWAY ummm i dont really have much else to write other than thank u for sending this question!!! artistic format / experimentation is one of my favorite things to talk about. as for WHEN amphimal is gonna be a thing, it'll be in the future when i'm in a better living situation (and when the full amphimal theory bible is compiled - i'm obsessed with consistency between scenes and background motifs, so this will work as a reference for me once the project gets started however this will and is currently taking a LOT of research) ETA? later. possibly next year if i'm not too busy adjusting to the city im moving to. dont know yet but it'll happen. i'll make amphimal before i die promise because if i dont my spirit will never sleep peacefully

#answers #amphimal #sorry you activated my special interest (MEDIA FORMAT)#as well as victorian architecture. also had to edit cause grammar mistakes that *I* could not let slide

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chemiicalformula · 2 years

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Ok bc of your doctor jekyll and mr hyde post I am now extremely curious. What's your favorite interpretation of the original story?

ah! hello anon!! sorry i took a while, i usually don't get asks and this honestly made me very happy!!! 🧪 buckle up because you've just opened the flood gates

(also i use commas like my life depends on it, so my apologies in advance for run-ons)

so, let's see, my favorite interpretation of the strange case of... , that's a bit of a tough one seeing as i like quite a few i've seen around and also my own, sort of, which is...

essentially, what i got was henry jekyll and edward hyde are both henry jekyll. one man, two bodies ; not two men, one body/head/mind, you get me? i don't exactly enjoy how media has turned them into a "split personality" symbol when that's not what the original story was about, and i also don't really enjoy how people try to write off henry as some sort of saint when he was simply going incognito mode by mixing a potion and disguising himself so he could try and just live life until it unfortunately took a turn for the worst

and with that said, i feel i must address that when it comes to the movies (although i absolutely love fredric march's performance as the doctor and mister hyde in the 1931 film) i really hate that most of them try to:

A. make him appear far younger and more innocent/naive than he is because come on, he's written as a large, fifty year old man who is a bit (well actually a lot) unhinged and selfish but knows how to act like he's not (and i love him for it)

B. have him be engaged to marry a woman (most times the daughter of sir danvers carew when that's the dude he literally murdered like huh???) when i'm a firm believer (as a bisexual nb man) in henry jekyll being someone who was forced to hide his sexuality because of the strict victorian society he lives in, so he just never marries and goes on about his life alone out of shame with a hint of fear

C. try to pass it off as some sort of intrusive thoughts or split personality thing because it's not either, and finally

D. don't add in utterson or hastie because!!! come on man, they were in the story too! and poole, and enfield because some of their dialogue made me giggle for no reason (in all honesty, i find a lot of the book very humorous but maybe that's just because i love the characters and feel a strong connection to the premise given personal reasons)

now, i do love hearing theories; one big example is utterson thinking hyde was some sort of secret lover or even more outrageous (a long lost son??!) who's planning to blackmail jekyll. it's really funny to me in a dark comedy sort of way because it's such a huge leap to make seeing as gabriel is one of his best friends, yet he came to that kind of conclusion so quickly after henry said edward hyde was someone of interest to him, but given the time period and the customs, it's not surprising to understand why he could be thinking that (plus i don't think jekyll running down the stairs after waking up as hyde in his hilariously oversized clothes or filling hyde's townhouse with expensive stuff made it any better)

"i can't pretend i shall ever like him." GABRIEL, DEAR SIR, THAT'S JUST JEKYLL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!! and it's so funny!!

i also love the interpretations by everyone who says they head canon henry jekyll/edward hyde as being on the spectrum or/and that he's trans, because hell yeah dude, as someone who is both, i will give all of you a high-five for being so rad and so cool

i feel like there's more i could say but i've rambled so much already and i apologize for that, but thank you once again for the ask and feel free to message me if you ever want to talk about more (anyone for that matter can do so because i really want to engage with more fans!!) 💉

bonus : for reading this far, here's a silly drawing

#the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde #dr jekyll and mr hyde #gothic lit #gothic literature #anonymous ask #mineart

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aliens-took-my-iwa-chan · 2 years

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hey alien!! I wanna ask, since I see you reblog a lot of jekyll and hyde (and tbh the only reason why its familiar to me is bc i watched monster high)

so, explain it to me, whats it all abt??

Hi!!!! wow its been a bit since we’ve spoken! :D nice to hear from you again hehe- oooooooooOOOOOO- okok I would be nothing short of ecstatic to explain it to you ^-^ (also I just recently found out that jekyll and hyde were in monster high hdhfjsjcjenfn love that so much)

ok so I’m gonna explain this in really concise terms because while it *is* a very short book I don’t want to accidentally go overboard lolol

okok! so, it’s a gothic horror from the point of view of this guy named gabriel utterson, who’s a lawyer and a close friend to the friendly, sociable, and proper scientist henry jekyll. He saw that in jekyll’s will, he left all of his stuff to this guy named edward hyde that he had never seen or heard of before. he finds it a bit odd that his lifelong friend would leave all his stuff to some guy he’s never even heard of, so he goes on a but of a stalking spree to find out who he is.

when he does finally find him, he is pretty much the opposite of jekyll- repulsive, mean, and oh yeah also he trampled a little girl on the street. so when he asks jekyll about this guy jekyll changes the topic pretty quickly. eventually utterson falls more and more down this loophole, and then all of a sudden he finds out that hyde had just beat someone to death with a cane. so he helps the police for a but to see if he can get any more evidence as to why he’s in his besties will, he talks to jekyll who tells him that he’s never gonna talk to hyde ever again.

but eventually (skipping over a few parts here) jekyll gets really sick and locks himself in his room. utterson tries to ask him why but he doesnt give him a straight answer. he goes to see their other bestie named lanyon who all of a sudden vows to never speak of jekyll again, then dies of shock a few weeks later. istg you can only get this kind of stuff in gothic horror

eventually he breaks down jekylls door and finds hyde on the ground, dead. he killed himself before utterson could break in :”( utterson does a little snooping around bc he’s sure that hyde killed jekyll and he needs to fond his body. eventually he opens two letters that explain everything, one from lanyon and one from jekyll.

lanyons pretty much says that hyde transformed into jekyll in front of him, theres more in it but holy crap this is long- then he reads jekylls and it says how jekylls been suppressing his feelings ever since… ever and he felt like two men, so he found a way to split his soul through chemistry stuff and created my favorite character ever edward hyde!!!! but eventually he lost control and started turning into him without the potion (metaphor for addiction my beloved) and eventually he was more often hyde than jekyll and vowed to let himself rot away in his room so nobody would ever find out.

the end.

ITS SO GOOD-

look I could be explaining to you about all of the metaphors and characterization in this and why hyde is the best but WOW I SAID I WOULD EXPLAIN THIS IN CONCISE TERMS AND I DID NOT THIS IS HUGE-

thanks for the ask!!!!

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nik-the-bik · 2 years

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Hyde Meets Mr. Seek - The Strange Case Fanfic

Hello yes this is the most self-indulgent thing I've ever done by a mile and it's been a draft for months.

Jekyll/Utterson is obviously my favorite ship but what happens when Hyde enters the mix?

Yes 100% of the dialogue exchange is from canon.

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It was a crisp evening, London had turned over to bed, and Mr. Hyde was strutting his way back home himself. Not that he wanted to go in quite yet, mind you. He still had hours of energy left in him—the night air called him seductively to explore the city’s darkest corners and continue to indulge his deepest fantasies. But he had already been kicked out of a couple of bars tonight, although he certainly wasn’t that drunk yet, thank you very much. Still, a few previous nights like this one had shown him that it was sometimes better to cut your losses than press your luck trying to surpass the limits of your sobriety at some other shabby institution.

Not to mention a few fierce looking characters were cross with him tonight after he had let his ruthless tongue get the best of him, and it was probably best if he skirted off now before they had any reason to track his scent back here.

As the nondescript back door to Jekyll’s cabinet came into view, Hyde almost felt like whistling as he reached for the key, another night out complete, another undertaking met with some modicum of success. That’s when he felt a gentle hand suddenly brush his shoulder, and a voice he knew deep in his marrow crashed into him.

“Mr. Hyde, I think?”

The unexpected touch coupled with that voice—this voice, of all people! —sent a thunderbolt through Hyde’s whole system and he took in a sharp, jilted breath in panic. His heart was suddenly beating in his ears as anxiety filled him.

Utterson!

What was Utterson doing here?

He stopped, desperate to calm himself, shook off the hand that gripped him, and coiled inward. The once bracing evening air now stung his lungs, and he didn’t dare turn around. Since his being, Hyde had instinctively known to avoid the friends of Dr. Jekyll. He couldn’t imagine a worse person in that circle to encounter first.

Without turning around, he mumbled, “That is my name. What do you want?”

The man behind him hesitated before clearing his throat, and patiently, as though speaking to a petulant child, said, “I see you are going in. I am an old friend of Dr. Jekyll’s – Mr. Utterson of Gaunt Street – you must have heard my name; and meeting you so conveniently, I thought you might admit me.”

Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Utterson was here. Utterson somehow knew that Hyde had connections with Jekyll. Utterson was looking for Jekyll. Utterson was never going to find Jekyll, not while he was Hyde.

Fuck.

“You will not find Dr. Jekyll; he is from home.”

He thought he heard Utterson sigh behind him – was he disappointed? Sympathy welled within him; some of the anxiety dissipated. Perhaps Utterson didn’t have any unusual suspicions about Hyde, or at least not yet. Still, to be sure…

“How did you know me?” Hyde asked, voice now shaken.

Instead, he found his question returned with another.“

On your side, will you do me a favor?” Utterson asked softly, his voice rising faintly at the tail end of his request, as though forcing through an unseen obstacle.

Hyde felt his heart lurch with anticipation, his eyes widened as he tried to combat the unexpected thrill that overtook him. “With pleasure,” he responded, feeling unsteady. “What shall it be?”

“Will you let me see your face?”

Hyde stiffened, fists clenching as his heart pounded faster than he ever thought possible. His face?

Don’t do this!

Utterson – Gabriel Utterson! – he wanted to see him!

What if he recognizes you!?

Is that what this was all about? Was there some suspicion? How? It wasn’t possible—nobody had ever recognized Hyde for who he really was.

But this isn’t just some nobody, this is-- GABRIEL. UTTERSON.

Yes, which is exactly why Hyde needed to turn around and see him for himself!

If ANYONE will see through you, it’s him! And what will you do then?

What does it matter—

Would you be able to face him if he were to hate you like all the others?

--well —

Just go! We can deal with Utterson another time when I am—

--I WON’T BE TOLD WHAT TO DO!

In defiance, Hyde whipped himself around and found himself face-to-face with—

Him.

The sharp flash of anger immediately disappeared as he met Utterson’s eyes. Utterson, on his part, took a near imperceptible step back in surprise, but held his gaze.

Those gentle brown eyes stared at him imploringly, cheeks slightly pink from the cold, his soft mouth turning downward into the most delicate frown.

Hyde was captivated. Enthralled.

Smitten.

Beautiful, sweet Utterson, bless him, was doing an admirable job of biting back the repulsion that all people instinctively felt at the sight of Hyde. Nevertheless, Utterson never lost his composure or broke his gaze, and his eyes pierced him with an intensity that Hyde could never remember seeing before.

At the first sight of him, Hyde was flooded with every fond memory, every tender feeling Henry Jekyll had of his dearest Gabriel Utterson all at once, the strength of his affection now rising tenfold, and he immediately knew to his very core that Gabriel Utterson owned his heart completely, and that, like Jekyll, Hyde was bound to love him for all the rest of his life.

When Hyde finally felt himself soften from the tense agitation he had originally turned around with, melting in the warmth of Utterson’s eyes, Utterson found it in him to blink and clear his surprise. His gaze diverted to the side as he cleared his throat and straightened himself.

“There,” Gabriel said, eyes cautiously flicking back to Hyde’s face. “Now I shall know you again.” Gabriel shook the tension from his arms, eyes now landing on his own feet. “It may be useful.” Gabriel’s eyes darted back to Hyde’s briefly but couldn’t bear to linger before once again searching elsewhere.

Seeing the usually stoic Gabriel Utterson so discomposed roused feelings of affection and pity for this dear sweet man, who was struggling to feign politeness in the wake of, well, Hyde. Hyde, desperate to soothe him, whispered in reassurance, “Yes…it is as well we have met; and a propos, you should have my address.” When Gabriel’s eyes flicked upwards to match Hyde’s again, taking in the details about that shady flat in Soho, Hyde felt himself secretly wishing that the new possession of the address would act as an open invitation. Utterson let out a soft grunt in affirmation at the information, and still looked as though he was ready to turn around and abandon this whole venture.

Before he could, Hyde interjected, “And now, how did you know me?”

Utterson was forced to look him in the eye again, and Hyde did everything in his power to try to appear unprovoking, short of offering a smile. Seeing Hyde calmer seemed to ease Utterson’s own discomfort.

“By description,” he replied.

“Whose description?”

“We have common friends.”

Concern started rearing its ugly head in Hyde’s thoughts again. Common friends? Not likely. His brow furrowed. “Common friends? Who are they?”

“Jekyll, for instance,” Utterson offered.

Seething rage poured over Hyde. What was he playing at? What did he really want, and why on earth was he lying?

“He never told you. I did not think you would have lied,” Hyde spat. Utterson was up to something, and he refused to trust Hyde. He hated him, just like everyone else.

“Come, that is not fitting language,” Utterson gasped, taken aback.

Hyde felt himself snarl out of sheer frustration. How could Utterson of all people so blatantly lie to him, his best friend, his soul mate, his –

Well, he was only Hyde, after all.

The animalistic anger quickly melted into an off-kilter laughter as Hyde began to comprehend just how utterly fucked this whole situation was. Rage now replaced with overwhelming shame, he finally turned, jammed his key into the lock on the door, and marched through, letting it slam behind him.

As the sound of the slam echoed through the passage, leaving him in sheer darkness, Hyde stumbled forward a few more steps on uncertain feet before his legs fell from under him and he collapsed to his hands and knees. He felt more drunk now than he had moments ago, before the encounter.

His head was swimming with more emotion than he had any ability to grasp, contradictory forces of anger, sadness, happiness, betrayal, desire, all jerking him in different directions and colliding back into him once more.

Most of all, there was a deep, powerful yearning tugging him.

He wanted desperately to get up and turn back around, step back outside, see if he was still there—on the off chance that Utterson hadn’t turned and fled—and beg forgiveness. He’d be on his knees, apologize for his rage, his rudeness, insist he wanted to build an acquaintance. And maybe – maybe – he’d pull Utterson into his arms and let his lips trace a path from his ear down his jaw to his neck, whispering “The Doctor has told me all about you, though.”

Would Utterson shove him away in anger? Fear? Disgust? Loathing? Or perhaps – perhaps – there was the slightest chance he’d melt into Hyde’s touch and submit himself to forging a connection with Hyde that had never been possible with Jekyll.

Then there was that cold, loathsome voice in his head again.

You will leave Gabriel Utterson alone.

Rage flared up once more. Why should he? Why shouldn’t he be allowed to create a bond with the man his whole being knew instinctively?

These lives cannot intersect. If you try to drag Utterson into your world, you will bring nothing but regret and misery to us all.

Regrettably, that voice had a point.

You might be comfortable reveling in your own disgraces, but you will not contaminate HIM. I won’t allow it.

No. Of course not.

Hyde would never again be near Utterson.

He wouldn’t dare.

#the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde #gabriel utterson #edward hyde #utterson x hyde #henriel #well henriel implied at least #nikki tries to be a writer #dr jekyll and mr hyde #mr hyde #i said ''Love At First Sight but make it Angsty and also sorta plausible in this moment''#all i ever ever ever want is for Jekyll to be like ''I love this person'' and Hyde to be like ''I'm smitten and would die for them''#Hyde's feelings are just Jekyll Feelings on Extreme Sicko Mode #and i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed more content that explores this plz

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starlene · 3 years

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For the musicals ask (I had trouble choosing, there's a lot of interesting ones)7, 16, 19, 20, 43.

:D Thank you!

7. Favorite overture

I love all overtures!! In my opinion, every show with a proper overture starts off the right way – and every jerk who dares to talk on top of it deserves their ass kicked out of the theatre.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s composed some absolute bangers on that front, but on a personal/emotional level, my number one favourite is the overture to Mamma Mia. I know, it’s cheating, it’s just an ABBA medley... but I do love me a good ABBA medley.

16. Broadway Nordic actor who deserves more recognition

Hmm. I was about to complain that you Swedes don’t know what’s good for you because Alex Lycke is not your national number 1 favourite musical star... but that means I’ve gotten to see him here in Finland in many roles, so maybe I won’t whine about that after all.

So, instead, I’ll go with Finland’s very own Petra Karjalainen. Why Tampereen Työväen Teatteri bothers with producing anything else but vehicles for her to showcase her talents is beyond me.

19. Two contrasting styles/genres you love

Gothic musicals (Tanz der Vampire, Rebecca, Sweeney Todd, Dracula, J&H...) and les comédies musicales françaises.

Weirdly enough, I don’t really enjoy either of the French Draculas.

20. Weirdest/niche musical you really like

In the grand scheme of things, every original Nordic musical I like is weird and niche. But I guess real the question is, what would count as niche inside that subgenre...

I’m really fond of the 2018 original Finnish musical Varissuo. It was built around rap, but also featured everything from schlager to more traditional musical theatre ballads, and it was about people living in a notorious part of the town I live in, and their parent-child relationships.

It sounds rather awful when I explain it like that, and there’s hardly any material online so you guys could see for yourself – but trust me, it was a beautifully constructed, heartfelt and touching show with a cast of genuinely interesting and 3D characters.

It was a very “local” show (set in the town it was performed in and all that) so I don’t hold my breath about it ever coming back... but I miss it. It was good.

43. Show you know the most random trivia about (and include a fun fact!)

Probably either Les Mis or Jekyll & Hyde. Let’s go with the latter here – I researched the early stages of the show quite a bit when I first got into it, and now I just refer to those blog texts whenever I write an article for the programme of the newest Finnish production...

Fun fact: in the first demo versions of J&H in the 80s, it was implied that Hyde was Jack the Ripper, or at least a very similar figure, sneaking around London at night and killing sex workers for the heck of it.

Of course, they rewrote that and replaced the random sex workers with the Board of Governors. In some more recent editions of the script, however, you can still hear a remnant of this when Utterson mentions that the events take place in the autumn of 1888 – which is also when the real Whitechapel murders took place.

Asks for musical theatre stans

#for the record: I know the real victims of the Whitechapel murders weren't all sex workers #but that's the popular stereotype and thus what they went with when writing the first J&H demo #ask games.

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