• @prime_number_314159
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    979 months ago

    Technically, Frankenstein’s Monster was the author, and Dr. Frankenstein himself was the real Mary Shelley we made along the way.

    • @[email protected]
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      399 months ago

      It takes a deep appreciation of the story’s themes to recognize that the real monster is actually Mary Shelley

        • VindictiveJudge
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          159 months ago

          She created a mad scientist and then put a well-meaning flesh golem through the wringer just for entertainment. That sounds pretty evil to me.

  • @[email protected]
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    229 months ago

    I’ve never managed to convince anybody of this, but… while I think you can’t really say that the monster’s name was Frankenstein, you would be well justified in calling the monster “a Frankenstein,” after its creator, in the same way you’d refer to a Garand (the rifle) after its creator (John Garand). As in, “Frankenstein is a novel about Dr. Frankenstein, who was the first person in fiction to create a freaky Frankenstein, whom he later rejected.”

  • Seraph
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    189 months ago

    A monster writing a book about an author. Now I’ve seen everything!

  • @psycho_driver
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    179 months ago

    Such a mindfuck too. I kept eagerly awaiting the title character’s appearance, but it almost is written as if it’s an autobiography of Mr. Frankenstein.

    • @Cort
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      69 months ago

      it’s an autobiography of Mr. Frankenstein.

      And the evil doctor that created him

  • @infreq
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    69 months ago

    What about the book written by Virginia Wolf?

  • Psaldorn
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    39 months ago

    Medlife crisis also has a great YouTube channel