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peggysthetic · 5 months

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Ewan McGregor is Dan Torrance in DOCTOR SLEEP

#ewan mcgregor #doctor sleep #film gifs #movies gifs #the shining #dan torrance #ewanmcgregoredit #useraurore #tuserpris #userewan #horror movies

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lightning-struck-thrice · 1 year

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I just want to say that there are so many tragic things about Dan Torrance in Doctor Sleep. But the one that really stands out to me is that his "inner library" is The Overlook.

Rose the Hat has a beautiful and extravagant mansion; it's as old, gorgeous, and well maintained as she is. Abra has her room, the only place that she really possesses and has control over at her age; the ceiling filled with stars and the promise of expansion as she grows up.

And then there's Dan's library, his mind is shaped like The Overlook, every thought, memory, and experience is stored in a place that he fears, hates, and cannot forget. Specifically, in the room where his dad would work. Possibly a room he liked before 'the incident'. But now the typewriter is eternally waiting and no one is coming back to it.

The hotel traumatized him so completely that everything he knows, every experience he's had in his life from before, during, and after the events of The Shining are stored neatly away in its terrifying halls. Every good memory must be revisited inside that sprawling, predatory, beast of a place.

His version is tamed, sure, but even without blood flowing out of an elevator or the twins at the end of the hallway, every time he turned a corner, surely he'd remember that at one point they were there.

Dan's mind is not a palace, formed in reverence for the things he knows and the years he's lived. Nor is it his safe space, that he can customize and manipulate to his liking, filled with possibilities. His mind is decorated with trauma and terror. And it frames his thoughts and all of his future experiences.

His mind is his personal hell, or was until he tames it, sobers up, and turns it into a place that he can walk through every day. Telling himself that he has changed it and made it different. That as long as he maintains control, he's safe walking the halls.

What a tragic glimpse into his life.

#doctor sleep #Dan Torrance #Danny Torrance #the shining #stephen king #mike flanagan #the overlook hotel #Abra stone #rose the hat #libraries #mind libraries #i'd love if anyone who read the book could tell me in the replies does the book goes over that in more depth #it is that a movie add-in?#either way hats off to whoever thought that up it is a true gut punch #tragic characters #sad boi #ptsd #mine

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fencecollapsed · 5 months

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horror stuff I've enjoyed recently

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embrassemoi · 2 years

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“Man takes a drink. A drink takes the drink. And then the drink takes a man. Isn't it so, Dad?”

EWAN MCGREGOR as DANNY TORRANCE in DOCTOR SLEEP (2019)

#danny torrance #doctor sleep #ewan mcgregor #ewanmcgregoredit #dan torrance #I’ve been on such a doctor sleep kick so you know I HAD to gif him. also don’t you dare say anything about the quality ik it’s horrible 💀#doctorsleepedit #the shining #stephen king #mike flanagan #flimedit #horroredit #moviegifs #filmgifs #tvandfilm #emcgregoredit #userava

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aq2003 · 2 years

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my favorite part of the doctor sleep director's commentary

#mike flanagan #ewan mcgregor #doctor sleep #dan torrance #my edits #considered not posting this here but then remembered 'oh yeah i put a little bit of effort into making this!' so here it is ig #also on another note pre timeskip dan just looks like obi-wan from rots but he got transported to earth and hasnt showered in a week #which makes this image just a little bit funnier to me . thats fuckin obi-wan kenobi.jpg

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gravesrising · 3 days

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Wendy Torrance, my beloved. A passage from Doctor Sleep that I liked a lot.

#GravesRising #Wendy Torrance #Dan Torrance #Doctor Sleep #The Shining #Stephen King #horror #horror art #illustration

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spock-smokes-weed · 1 year

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I’m very calm and normal about Dan Torrance

#the shining #doctor sleep #dan torrance #danny torrance

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pedroam-bang · 3 months

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Doctor Sleep (2019)

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peggysthetic · 5 months

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He deserved better

#dan torrance #doctor sleep #He deserved a big hug #ewan mcgregor #the shining #I love him so much #Tagged

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thornsinmycrown · 7 months

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DISCOVERING YOU | HEADCANONS

YANDERE!DAN TORRANCE x GN!READER

warnings: [ MDNI +18 ] exhausted headspace, self-deprecating thoughts (reader), isolation, yandere, obsessive, mildly-stalking behavior, gaslighting, savior complex. word count: 1,302 k.

summary: after coinciding with you, dan learns you were always bound to find each other.

When you have an ability like the one Dan has, you start to believe everything stops being coincidental at some point — and you did have it.

Unbeknownst, you shone. A shine as bright as the lamp on your bedside table now, but shining still.

Therefore, your life was ordinary, you loved your quiet life, working at a coffee shop everything seemed to go slow, at your pace, no more pressure from undesired people — that was until he arrived.

He had tired eyes, his hand movements were awkward but his smile seemed charming enough for you to give him the shadow of a smile and move on — but he didn't, he couldn't move on.

The moment he steps in, he can hear the gentleness of your thoughts, slowly gliding in tune with him.

Finding the kindness of strangers was a rarity in his life, the crumbs society let his torn soul feed with, moments he treasured when everything went downhill in every new place he went. Except, you weren't crumbs.

It didn't take him long to realize you had the shining when he heard your first thoughts —genuinely gentle thoughts— by mistake.

They found a way to lure him, and replacing booze with coffee he found the reason to justify his constant visits to your workplace so often.

It wasn't uncommon for you to attend regular customers, it was a small town where everyone knew everyone, thus you didn't give him relevance, soon he wouldn't be a new face.

He lived disappointed at your lack of conversation, greeting you with 'good mornings' and wishing you a good day, the enthusiasm he puts in every 'please' and 'thank you', attempting to make small talk but always getting the same insipid answers. But he couldn't blame it on you, he wished he had more to say than broken childhood memories or tales about ghosts.

He secretly wonders if you lived it too, the horrors and distress. Shy about intruding your mind at first, he expected the moment you could warm up with him and talk about yourself — it never occurred.

You had always been this shy persona, secluding yourself and guarding any piece of yourself, not wanting to expose any of your most vulnerable self.

One way or another, he ends up drowning into the sea of your mind, drinking your most inner thoughts in, sipping them like a good wine, and when he gets to the horrendous parts oh! how could you live like that this whole time without him?

Now he admires you. After everything you’ve been through and how much you had to endure, but you couldn’t live like that forever fearful, insecure, anxious, upset. That wasn’t a life, he knew it himself.

Closing his eyes, there's only you in his mind, thoughts of you slowly invading his day-to-day, a love worm eating his heart like a buffet, and he allows it nonetheless, convinced that he had found you for a reason — a greater purpose in each other's lives.

He doesn't believe in those kinds of fantasies at first, that until one day you finally give him more than a timid glance, he thought he had messed up when you looked at him in horror. Was he thinking too loud? Have you heard how beautiful he thought you were?

Without realizing, he collected every piece of information scattered around town, he hasn't met anyone who doesn't love you yet, however you didn't seem to notice how you affected the people around you with your shine. You're so lucky!

He discovers you don’t live too far away from each other, and on your walk home, he gets to see you through the blinds, guarding you, making sure to be ready to go to your rescue if you're ever in need, he's ready to be your hero.

When he finally decides to ask you out, he’s surprised you accepted.

He knew that in the back of your mind you always had second thoughts about everything, but he had set himself in motion to impress you, to clear any doubts your blurry mind could create, to convince you of the certainty that you belonged together.

Your smile is sweet and your face is lovely, he can’t stop looking at your every move, from the way you tilt your head when you’re embarrassed or how you cover your mouth when you laugh, so vulnerable, anyone could hurt you, stain you, he needed to protect you. He was now more sure than ever that you deserve someone who could take good care of you.

Who better than him? He knew you better than anyone. He took it as his responsibility, his oath. Taking advantage of his ability, he can know your most intimate inner desires, without you realizing it, you have no idea of your shine and he knows well how to make the best of it.

With your favorite flowers in hand and sweet praises, he slowly paves his way to your heart.

He's a demanding lover, looking for constant reassurance from his partner, to feel his attempts of demonstrating affection are not in vain or absurd, he wants to change, he wants to be good for you.

He disguises his obsession and isolating behavior with walks through the park, movie nights and romantic dinners.

But don't let him be misunderstood, he's a fair lover, he doesn't spend any of his time with any others, why would he have other friends when he has you?

You can’t even tell when his desires started to become your own.

“Move in with me, there’s enough space for us”, “It’s closer to your job, I can walk you there”, “I miss you so much when you’re gone”, “We can decorate together”. You slowly fall into it, indulging in all of those promises of forming a loving home with a good man by your side, because he was a good man, right?

At first you feel uncomfortable, as much as you try it, you feel like you're taking up space into his life, and you miss the loneliness of the early morning coffee, absorbed by Dan and his consuming affection.

You wake up wrapped in his suffocating embrace, the same way you went to sleep the night before, little by little your routine adjusts to him and his schedule.

You start arriving late to your job, so improper from you, distracted with feelings and thoughts heavily inserted inside your mind, and though clients have no complaints about you, your boss absolutely has and eventually fires you.

You get home, upset and tired, thinking of what was wrong with you, why were you so disconnected from your life? What happened to what you used to be? You weren’t always sunshines and rainbows, you knew, still you were better than this!

When he gets home and you explain what happened with what used to be your ‘work’, he shows himself supportive, but on the inside, his heart bursts with joy. He would have you for himself, waiting for him to come home every day now.

And as he hugs you and wipes your tears, he speaks words of resignation and how you don’t have to worry about anything because he can take care of you, you don’t have to deal with those hideous people that don't know how to treat you right.

He convinces you that you didn’t need that job. In fact, they didn’t deserve you, no one did, did you even like it? He’s sure you didn’t as you are now, you’re better off without them, you had him! And he had you, and you had him and he had you.

Any trace of the life you had before him vanishes, but, what else could you need? He has you where he wants you, just the way it should be.

Author's note: Okay, I understand he's the good guy dilf, got it, but... I am not unaware nor can ignore all the potential this character has for yandere! stuff, I mean, just think about it for a sec!! anyways, i hope you enjoy this treat.

#dark content #dan torrance #yandere!dan torrance x reader #dan torrance x reader #yandere dan torrance x reader #yandere ewan mcgregor #ewan mcgregor x reader #ewan mcgregor #fay writes

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oddlyworse · 6 months

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guys mr. king wants me to kms i think

#doctor sleep #danny torrance #dan torrance #the shining

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owchie-wowchie · 6 months

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If I had a nickel for every time Ewan McGregor had a role that was a lonely and sad man with telekinetic powers that he must hide for his own safety and then helps another person figure out to use similar but much strongerpower and then sacrifice his own life to save the person, I'd have 2 nickles which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

#star wars #doctor sleep #obi wan kenobi #dan torrance #funny ain't it?#ewan mcgregor

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misstwisted · 1 month

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does this movie want me to cry because I will