#that's one hell of an intensely dandy way to smell some flowers. and the contrast with this one. i'm going to faint

[mizukiko-kun]

the moving image i'm seeing in my head from these two lines is choking me to a pleasant death

#this is what happens when a gay dramatist writes a novel. he KNEW what he was doing and which action came at a which specific beat #also the first line sent me back to that time he practically drinks in the perfume of some lilacs in a pre-corruption chapter. like. #that's one hell of an intensely dandy way to smell some flowers. and the contrast with this one. i'm going to faint #the picture of dorian gray #boy (man at this point but still) sure knows how to use his charms #both ​to enchant and to murder