Gabriel Utterson - Blog Posts

Mr. Utterson the lawyer.

One reading of what Mr. Utterson suspects the possible relationship between Jekyll and Hyde, and the 'ghost of some old sin', might be is that Hyde is his illegitimate son, but between Hyde entering through Jekyll's back door (literally and metaphorically), Utterson having a nightmare of Hyde breaking into Jekyll's bedroom while he's sleeping and forcing him to do his bidding in the middle of the night, and thinking of shenanigans around Jekyll's bed a second time, another theory he might have is that Hyde is Jekyll's secret lover, either estranged or ongoing, and between those two possibilities, the latter would be far more dangerous to Jekyll in social and legal terms if it were to be discovered or used to blackmail him.

For historical context, the novella was published in 1886, though as we will later find out, the only information we are given about the temporal setting is that the story is set in the 19th century, though it can't be any earlier than 1850, if you do the math based on Jekyll's age. Homosexuality between men in the UK in the form of sodomy was punishable by death until 1861, during which the Offences Against the Person Act was passed to amend the penalty for sodomy from death to a minimum of ten years in prison; later, and just prior to the novella's publication, the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 criminalized any and all acts of homosexuality between men (not just sodomy), including those done in private with no witnesses — even a mere affectionate letter would suffice as evidence for prosecution — to the point where it became known as the Blackmailer's Charter (source); this would later be the act under which Oscar Wilde would be found guilty of 'gross indecency' in 1895 and sentenced to prison.

Meanwhile, it wasn't uncommon for upper-class men to have illegitimate children, and while potentially scandalous, it would not necessarily be life-ruining — though of course, the concern in that case could be that Hyde has other information he is holding over Jekyll's head as blackmail, including possible relationships with other men that would be both scandalous and illegal during this time period.

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guys my jekyll and utterson hyper-fixation comes back stronger everytime

listening to “disease” by lady gaga and all i can think about is jekyll, utterson and hyde.😞

what if instead of Gabriel Utterson it was FREAKY utterson...

Fellas is it gay to describe your victorian scientists friends hands frequently enough for them to associate it with you ??

I think it's a damn shame that most adaptations of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" give Jekyll/Hyde a girlfriend because if you read the original it's very clearly a book about Gabriel Utterson trying to dig up dirt on what he thinks is his boyfriend's new side hoe. Only to discover he's actually some weird alter ego created from a science experiment gone wrong.

Gabriel John Utterson from my mind's eye

best trope and you can fight me over it (i abuse this so hard with my ocs)

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dni: zionists, homophobes, racists, etc (the basics) byi: this account is mainly used to literature, poetry and majority of my interests(most are queer) so if you’re not into that, i’d recommend you don’t interact.

my main fandoms + favs

- jekyll and hyde (utterson) - the picture of dorian gray (basil hallward) - sins of the cities (justin lazarus). - whybourne + griffin series (griffin + maggie). - smosh - yt (shayne + spencer + tommy). - kpop (jimin, lia, yeosang, winter, txt). - marvel (loki, deadpool, thor, etc) - films in general (mainly queer)

my hobbies

• reading • painting • writing • watching yt and bed-rotting

i hope you all grasp more about who i am through this post!!

my fav song rn: fantasmas by humbe + to be alone by hozier

“utterson isn’t homosexual!” well..!

i am an emotional person. i cannot hold emotions in. but those fucking classic literature books where the characters have repressed emotions *cough cough* jekyll and hyde *cough* drive me insane. yes. give me no emotional expression, no communication and make the characters MAD as the emotions build up. give me no emotional scenes but tense madness. i ADORE it.