#and i think thats the case bc well. dorian gray's arc is the book is so much more. uncomfortable.

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#ok. dorian gray. finished it. so #it was so much sadder than i expected. i thought it would be like a collection of hedonistic exploits #but i think most of that happened only in one chapter that described dorian's many many purchases of random things #half of the book was dorian being manipulated and the other half was him being terrible #and by the end of the book hes pretty responsible for his own actions but i didnt expect him to be for a lot of the book so. idk. tragic. #the movie seems to depict him as a wolf through and through but i think his um. downfall in the book is so much more compelling. #well to my knowledge dorian gray in pop culture is understood as how he was in the movie. #a cold guy who always disassociated himself from his actions #and doesnt pay for it for a long time because of his looks #and i think thats the case bc well. dorian gray's arc is the book is so much more. uncomfortable. #but is also more interesting because of that #not only more interesting but like #more valuable. i think. #ok thats it thanks for reading this post on my Anime Blog 👍 #tbh i can hardly comment on the movie. since i havent. seen it im just basing this off the changes in dialogue ive seen in clips #like umm when dorian sees his portrait for the first time in the book he gets very hysterical. since it will stay young while he grows old #throwing himself onto a nearby could and crying over it #*couch #which btw. this is a shift in how he views himself caused just recently by some guy who manipulates him for the whole book. #but in the movie hes just like Well maybe i should sell my soul so that this portrait will bear the shame of my sins instead of me. that wou #ld be pretty cool.