Dorian Gray

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

— Oscar Wilde

I wrote this fanfiction if anybody is interested!

Chapters: 2/?

Fandom: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray (2009)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Dorian Gray/Basil Hallward, Dorian Gray/Henry Wotton, Basil Hallward/Henry Wotton, Dorian Gray/Basil Hallward/Henry Wotton

Characters: Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward, Henry Wotton

Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Friendship/Love, Love Triangles, Jealousy, They’re such a weird trio they're all into each other, but also all jealous of each other, Basil is in love with Dorian, Henry is in love with Basil, Dorian is in love with himself, Dorian admires Henry a lot, Dorian wants Basil’s approval, Dorian feels guilty, he's still a bitch though, There will likely be smut of some kind at some point

Summary:

“You will make the place smell of smoke,” Basil warns them, as Dorian takes a drag on his cigarette, leaning forward to purposefully blow the smoke at Basil, who tries, and fails spectacularly, not to blush. Henry has seen that look many times before, and takes a certain sadistic pleasure in watching Dorian torment the man. He cannot help but think about how entertaining it would be to watch Dorian tease Basil in a much more indecent manner; to watch Dorian, on all fours, lean down to brush his ruby lips against Basil’s, only to leave him wanting. To then taste Dorian’s lips for himself, to discover if they really are as soft as they appear.

Basil Hallward, Lord Henry Wotton and Dorian are great friends; there is also a chance they may one day be more. After Dorian breaks down one evening, and Basil and Henry stay to look after him, they each realise that their bond is closer than they would ever like to admit. After that night, their feelings grow, and Basil must come to terms with a side of Dorian he was never sure he wanted to see

as someone with anxious attachment, if you disagree you’re fucking yourself over

Avoidant attachment is just a bad as anxious attachment but it seems no one is ready for that conversation.

trust in chanse to start singing reba at any given moment

pretending i'm okay with a situation when it's actually shattering my heart is the worst

It's a shame that Oscar Wilde didn't exist at the same time as Grindr.

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.