That Time Arthur Had Only Known Merlin For About A Week… Then Defied His Father, And Risked His Life

season one episode twelve, "later" / francis forever by mitski / boot theory by richard siken / three women by sylvia plath / making amends by @holly-warbs / the cart by mary ruefle / love as depicted by subwayhands on instagram / season six episode sixteen, "nice while it lasted"

One of the things I did in 2020: I’ve read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein! Long story short - I pretty much fell in love with the story.

Here are some things that popular culture won’t tell you about Frankenstein that I find too interesting not to share:

Victor was never a doctor, but a college dropout.

The monster doesn’t have a name, but at some point he calls himself Adam. Also “Frankenstein” is Victor’s last name, so if you choose to interpret Adam as Victor’s son, “Frankenstein” becomes the Monster’s last name too. The point is, it’s 100% valid to call Frankenstein’s Monster simply “Frankenstein”.

The Monster is described as beautiful - 8 feet tall, his features symmetrical with limbs in proportion; his hair lustrous black and flowing; and his eyes yellow. He’s also super-strong and super-fast, but I think that should go without saying.

Adam is also incredibly intelligent and calculating. And pretty snarky and eloquent in his way of speaking. Oh yeah, and he also speaks French.

Towards the end of the book there’s a scene where the Monster grins and runs away across the Europe, armed with a gun and many pistols and it’s just… it’s great.

The sign language interpreter was feeling it.

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Me watching as Michael Groff’s life is destroyed

PRIDE & PREJUDICE 2005 | dir. Joe Wright

Destinies are troublesome things

the lady from måneskin at the press conference saying the public votes have “much more value than the jury, no offense to the judge(s)” don’t apologize queen you’re absolutely right and FULL offense to the jury

Can I stay on the phone with you at least?

this show deserves an emmy for this scene alone

bojack horseman (2016) / the good place (2018) / russian doll (2019)