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"Um, actually..." (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 95 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I mean.... Just, wow.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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] 11 points 8 months ago

Authors are all sadists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

All this time, I thought the real villain was Percy Bysshe Shelley.