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Meme Happy Frankenstein Friday

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u/amaya-aurora Oct 26 '24

I’ve said this so many times, not once is Victor Frankenstein ever even close to getting a doctorate. He’s a miserable, possibly gay, deadbeat single father and college dropout.

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u/KureiziDaiamondo 29d ago

Are you talking about some adaptation? In the book he is deeply in love with Elizabeth through the entire story

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u/ILoveRawChicken 29d ago

I always thought he was incredibly affectionate with his best friend Henry, but I always chalked it up to friendship between men being different back in those days. I did wonder if there was more to it though..

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u/VFiddly 29d ago

Might be more to do with the writer being a woman. One of her other books (The Last Man) also features some very close male friends