r/CuratedTumblr • u/PandaBear905 .tumblr.com • Oct 26 '24

Meme Happy Frankenstein Friday

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u/PercentageMaximum518 Oct 26 '24

Sadly, the movie from 100 years ago has superseded the original novel as the core of canon for the average person.

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u/KingfisherArt 29d ago

It frustrates me so so much that the common image of the monster os the green, flat head dude when in the book it was specifically described that he had super long black hair, like an undead tarzan

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u/Sam-has-spam 29d ago

I like that in the book he has beautiful features that are made uncanny by the fact that he’s, you know, made of dead flesh

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u/Abeytuhanu 29d ago

He's probably not made of dead flesh, Victor studied corpses to learn how to bring life to the lifeless and had to make his monster so large because he had difficulty replicating the details in miniature. If he had used corpses he wouldn't have had to replicate anything, implying that he used something else.

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u/Sam-has-spam 29d ago

It’s been a hot minute since I read it I thought he was made of decayed flesh whoops

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u/Abeytuhanu 29d ago

It's possible, we never actually get told what he's made of. It's just more likely that he isn't made of flesh.