holy fucking idiots

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    15 hours ago

    …did they read the book?? You cant really help but feel bad for Adam (he called himself Adam at some point, been a while). He was absolutely right to wanna kill Frankenstein, Frankenstein created him and then was fucking awful about it

    • RION [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      10 hours ago

      Iirc the phrasing is like “I ought to have been thy Adam,” so more of him evoking the biblical theme than advancing it as a name he’d like to go by

      And also… Bro did kill one child and two adults that had absolutely nothing to do with his anguish. Definitely pitiable but not exactly in the right

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      15 hours ago

      orphaned child rejected by society and parents

      this says a lot about science and creation of life over-your-head

      (i also remember feeling very bad for the guy)

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOP
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        13 hours ago

        Rejected on account of inhumanity though - it’s more like a racial spurning than him being a malcontent. Initially, he tries to be kind, even though he was been brought into the world lacking a real parental figure.

        Frankenstein himself was much more of an entitled shitlord.

        • RION [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          10 hours ago

          I think the incel theme is reinforced by the whole “build me a woman who will have no choice but to be my wife” situation

          • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOP
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            39 minutes ago

            Yeah, definitely true, but that’s after the majority of his troubles. For sure though, Shelley was commenting on male ownership/entitlement to female bodies.