#The Pictures of Dorian They

[uhohitsdorian]

Them! Them! Them! They have taken over my brain!!!

[Image: a digital drawing of all nine of the Mechanisms, in a simple style with an emphasis on shapes and vibes, playing their instruments. Nastya stands playing her viola and stares judgmentally off to the side. Tim strums his guitar energetically, with his hair and coat flowing behind him. Jonny crouches with his legs and arms spread out, holding his microphone and glaring forward with a wide smile. The Toy Soldier stands tall and salutes, with its mandolin strapped to its chest. Marius grins and stands with his arms spread out as he holds his violin and bow. Brian stands and plays his accordion, with his face mostly hidden behind the instrument. Raphaella stands and plays her keyboard, with her wings outstretched and her hair flowing behind her, her eyes closed in a serene expression and her head turned to the side. Ivy sits cross-legged crouched over her flute, which she is playing. Ashes stands with a chill and unbothered expression as they play their bass. End ID.]

ID by @fivesevenseveneight (with minor alterations)! Thank you very much for the addition. Accessibility should always come first! I’ve left the original silly ID under the cut for posterity and for those who found it funny.

[Silly ID: a digital drawing of all nine of the Mechanisms, in a simple style with an emphasis on shapes and vibes, playing their instruments. Nastya looks like a judgemental capital A. Tim is going hardcore on a wonkily drawn guitar. Jonny looks like a raccoon about to cannonball into a dumpster to feast. The Toy Soldier looks like a pencil that stood up and put clothes on, saluting. Marius has his arms outstretched charismatically. Brian is a good boy. Raphaella is probably the most abstracted, which makes sense because she’s also the most science. Ivy is curled up like a little flute-playing egg. Ashes is just chilling and playing the bass. End ID.]

#The Mechanisms #The Mechs #Art #Cute #Shapes #Nastya Rasputina #Gunpowder Tim #Jonny d’Ville #The Toy Soldier #Marius Von Raum #Drumbot Brian #Raphaella La Cognizi #Ivy Alexandria #Ashes O’Reilly #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #17.8 #2022 #Psspsspss reblog this updated version

[heinous-bitch]

the picrew of dorian gray

#picrew #is this anything #the picture of dorian gray #oscar wilde

[nedlittle]

it drives me bonkers the way people don't know how to read classic books in context anymore. i just read a review of the picture of dorian gray that said "it pains me that the homosexual subtext is just that, a subtext, rather than a fully explored part of the narrative." and now i fully want to put my head through a table. first of all, we are so lucky in the 21st century to have an entire category of books that are able to loudly and lovingly declare their queerness that we've become blind to the idea that queerness can exist in a different language than our contemporary mode of communication. second it IS a fully explored part of the narrative! dorian gray IS a textually queer story, even removed from the context of its writing. it's the story of toxic queer relationships and attraction and dangerous scandals and the intertwining of late 19th century "uranianism" and misogyny. second of all, i'm sorry that oscar wilde didn't include 15k words of graphic gay sex with ao3-style tags in his 1890 novel that was literally used to convict him of indecent behaviour. get well soon, i guess...

#the picture of dorian gray #lit #this is a pointless text post #guess what i read for the first time in the year of our lord 2023 #and yes this is a real review on storygraph that i took a screenshot of. you people are so stupid god bless #girl he literally censored it himself did your edition have 0 introduction or background at all #greatest (s)hits #book discourse

[burningvelvet]

#the picture of dorian gray #dorian gray #oscar wilde #literature #english lit #gothic #gothic literature #halloween #funny #bookblr #books #academia #dark academia #lgbt #gay memes #memes #twitter #discourse #wilde #ben barnes #aesthetic #beauty #youth #philosophy #writing #library #bookworm #drama #gay literature #queer

[alexandria-burning]

Okay but if you put R.M. Renfield, Dorian Gray, and Victor Frankenstein in a room together who is winning that fight?

#the gay agenda #I just wanna know #I think I’d be funny #they might just weird each other out #victor frankenstein #marry shelley #bram stoker #dracula #the picture of dorian gray #oscar wilde #classic literature

[gerardwaygirlmoments]

Picture of Dorian Gray AU where he's a celebrity in the modern day (broadly speaking) and his stans post pics of him looking the same through the years on Twitter and caption them "How you age when you're unproblematic 💖💖💖"

#i'll write something like this at some point #i still need to show people my Dracula AU screenplay where Jonathan is an influencer #the picture of dorian gray

[luciferslilith7]

Death whispered,"I'll love you more than life ever can."

Picture Credit ~📍 pinterest

@luciferslilith7

#aesthetic #dark academia #chaotic academia #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #classic academia #academia #light academia #classic literature #dark and darker #dark and moody #dark and beautiful #black & brown #dark academia moodboard #my academia #dark Academia aesthetic #escapism #dead poets society #the secret history #the picture of dorian gray #the goldfinch #if we were villains #sylvia plath #fydor dostoevsky #franz kafka #books and poetry #books and coffee #self qoute #writeblr #autumn aesthetic

[leosdooley]

KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER.

when i grow up i want to be a list of further possibilities, chen chen // the picture of dorian gray, oscar wilde // the worm kings lullaby, richard siken // limer3ence // bleuts, maggie nelson // tonight i can write, pablo neruda // the crucible, arthur miller // when i grow up i want to be a list of further possibilities, chen chen // untitled, margaret schnabel // waiting room, phoebe bridgers

#i recently had a friendship breakup that gutted me #so this is me working through it lol #texts are from him and i #web weaving #parallels #word collage #i’m going insane #words #chen chen #richard siken #pablo neruda #oscar wilde #maggie nelson #arthur miller #the crucible #bluets #the picture of dorian gray #phoebe bridgers #friendship #losing friends #losing someone #friendship breakup #on friendship #on loss

[ancientsstudies]

I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.

ig credit: vintagesoul_reads.

#the picture of dorian gray #dorian gray #oscar wilde #english poetry #english literature #english #book art #book review #book #book quotes #books #book aesthetic #book photography #alternative #aesthetic #dark academia #dark academic aesthetic #dark aesthetic #aestheitcs #dark #art #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia #coffe #coffee #coffee aesthetic

[dawnnotfound]

somebody had probably done this before but

#dark academia #romanticism #realism #the secret history #frankenstein #the picture of dorian gray #henry winter #dr frankenstein #lord henry wotton #oscar wilde #mary shelley #donna tartt

[uhohitsdorian]

Couldn’t keep myself from doing one for Ashes too. Mm O’Reilly you could go to set me on fire and I’d probably already have melted from the heat of my gay

[Image: an ambigram that reads “Ashes” in one rotation and “Hades” in the other, with both displayed, one on top of the other. The letters have long descenders and sharp, tilted tips, evocative of flames. Both are coloured in brightly glowing gradients of fire, with “Ashes” in orange and red tones and “Hades” in cyans and blues. End ID.]

#The Mechanisms #UDAD #Ashes O’Reilly #Hades UDAD #Ambigram #Typography #Mm is a nonbinary honorific short for Mistrum it’s the one I use I did NOT just go mmm like a tasty snack. although. #👀 #Eye strain #The Pictures of Dorian They #ID #3.9 #2023 #Also hello I am alive and drawing I’m just slow on posting

[ehlihr]

Dorian gray sketch

#the picture of dorian gray #the portrait of dorian gray #my art #dorian gray

[fang-venkas]

There is something about classic literature that hits different - which is not to say that modern literature lacks depth - there is just something so incredible about reading something and knowing that these same words were consumed by people decades, centuries before you took your first breath. And they loved and felt the stories the way you do& despite all the time separating you you’re still connected…

#classics #classic literature #antigone #frankenstein #dracula #dr jekyll and mr hyde #crime and punishment #the picture of dorian gray #macbeth #hamlet #inferno #the divine comedy #the brothers karamazov #notes from the underground #war and peace #to kill a mockingbird #the great gatsby #the phantom of the opera #the catcher in the rye

[remusjohnslupin]

LITERATURE SERIES: Classic Horror

“The horror genre never dies. It just keeps getting re­invented and it always will. Horror is a universal language; we're all afraid. We're born afraid, we're all afraid of things: death, disfigurement, loss of a loved one. Everything that I'm afraid of, you're afraid of and vice versa. So everybody feels fear and suspense.” —John Carpenter

#horroredit #literatureedit #litedit #booksociety #booknet #litseries #Frankenstein #The Legend of Sleepy Hollow #Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde #The Picture of Dorian Grey #Dracula #The Phantom of the Opera #Haunting of the Hill House #The Exorcist #literature #1k #horrormine

[halleyys-comet]

perpetually torn between:

taking classic literature seriously and over analysing every detail so that I can deeply understand themes, motifs and references and absorb every poetic quote into my being OR treating classics as if they were just silly little stories about silly little gay people doing the most weird, unhinged and out of context shit ever (which they are)

#classic literature #dark academia #the picture of dorian gray #frankenstein #hamlet #Carmilla #books #classics #chaotic academia #shakespeare #gothic books

[luciferslilith7]

Search me in the November Wind Picture Credit ~📍pinterest

@luciferslilith7

#aesthetic #dark academia #chaotic academia #spilled ink #classic academia #light academia #my academia #gloomy aesthetic #dark and darker #vintage #books and poetry #books and coffee #dark romantica #escapism #spilled thoughts #dead poets society #the secret history #donna tartt #edgar allan poe #if we were villains #sylvia plath #franz kafka #picture of dorian gray #november #autumn aesthetic #fall aesthetic #dark academia moodboard #art academia #english literature #writeblr