#frankenstein's creature

[uhhh-ghouls007]

Something I always thought was cool about the Frankenstein story is the details of Victor creating the creature, like he’s doing it just to prove he can- haphazardly stitching and stapling limbs of strangers together to create a bastardized monster. In every movie the creature is so gnarly because he’s not meant to loved, even by his creator, and he has scars and bolts stuck in his neck (sometimes) to show it

AND something I really love in Lisa Frankenstein is that while Lisa didn’t physically bring the creature to life she dedicates all of hers to protect and nurture him back to humanity. She loves him. And she’s a professional seamstresses so when she replaces his body parts—with those of people who have hurt her, ending their lives to further resurrect the creature so he can become the partner she longs for— it’s done delicately and purposefully and intimately and lovingly. Oh my god. In this essay I will

[soft-n-hobbit]

HELLO AGAIN FRANKENSTEIN NATION

comms open !!

[dross-the-fish]

Sketch

Frankenstein’s Creature

[rozenmarchen]

"Remember, that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed"

Frankenstein's Creature based on The Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel

[toaster-trash]

Creech doodles

[klqdraws]

Last two!

[victorfrankensteinapologist]

The puppet of the Creature used in Frankenstein, at the Hamburg State Opera. Photographed by Christian Charisius.

[mushr00m-collective]

“I can fix him!” That’s cute. I can break him. I can make him a shell of a man.

[frankengrlz]

it's immediately clear that both the creature and victor find some of their greatest comforts in nature and that's one of the key features that connects them and proves they're not so different from each other, but i've also noticed that they tend to admire different TYPES of nature

victor tends to amaze at "the high and snowy mountains [...] immense glaciers [...] the rumbling thunder of the falling avalanche [...] the supreme and magnificent mont blonc" (65), typically finding the most comfort in the "savage and enduring scenes" (64) which tend to be colder and rougher yet unchanging; while the creature found that his "chief delights were the sight of the flowers, the birds, and all the gay apparel of summer" (94). there is probably something to be said about the creature's affinity for spring and summer, the seasons of rebirth, of NATURAL and beautiful life, a direct contrast to his unnatural, coldly scientific, "wretched" rebirth that he abhors so much

i was discussing this idea with a friend, who added that victor finding solace in the frozen and dead beauty of wintery environments, a typically less-favoured season, could reflect how victor often refuses himself the typical joys of life. throughout the novel, he struggles with his self-worth because of the guilt induced by his creation of the creature and the deaths that then followed, and the only reason he even desires peace and comfort is because he knows he needs to present himself that way to his family in order for them to be happy ("i [...] wished that peace would revisit my mind only that i might afford them consolation and happiness" [62]). i built on her idea by noting how the creature acknowledged that he "required kindness and sympathy; but [he] did not believe [him]self unworthy of it" (94), a completely contrasting stance from victor, who finds himself undeserving of the many comforts offered to him by his family

furthermore, it seems that victor finds beauty in glory & majesty ("[the scenery] spoke of a power mighty as Omnipotence--and i ceased to fear, or to bend before any being less almighty than that which had created and ruled the elements" [64]), while the creature finds beauty in warmth & growth. both characters seem to find what they desire(d) in the versions of the natural world that they admire most

to reference what i said in the beginning about the connections between victor and the creature, this observation only contributes to my understanding that victor and the creature are incredibly similar, and many of their identical traits involve a rejection or a reversal of the other; they both ardently wish for each other's destruction, they both ruined each other, they're the reason that the other is simultaneously a victim and a villain in their own sense, they both hate themselves but for reversed reasons (victor hates himself for what he's done rather than what he is, while the creature hates himself for what he is more than what he's done), and now this--they both find solace in nature, just opposing kinds. like father, like son

[saffricatrice]

how adam frankenstein thinks of the bride/female creature

[jester-lover]

Can The Creature from Frankenstein cuddle me?

Yes. Yes he can. He can cuddle all of us (particularly me, I need it)

All the fluff, a little warning for self deprecating behavior from our boy

The Creature Cuddle Headcanons!

First of all, this is a very touch starved boy

And also maybe a little bit scared of touch

The creature fears he may hurt you anytime he gets near you, so to have you request his attention? It seems like a dream come true for him.

He lays down next to you at first, heedlessly looking at you and placing a shaking hand on yours, engulfing it completely

The next move must be yours, hold him, caress his beautiful black hair, run your fingers across his scarred skin

“How can you stare at my horrific form as if I am something beautiful?”

Show him how stunning he is!

The creature will get the hang of it by that point, wrapping his arms around you with the utmost gentleness and pressing you up to his chest

His clumsy fingers will draw lines and circles on your back as you feel yourself drifting off into a comfortable and warm sleep

And when you do fall asleep, he will stare at you in awe and wonder

A human being trusting him enough with themselves to fall asleep on top of his ghastly form?

It means so much to him that you would trust him so deeply

Deep enough that you wrap yourself around him and trust him with your safety

The Creature can feel a sense of protectiveness bubble up in his chest, as he wraps his arms around you and drifts off

“A spirit of benevolence lives within you like nothing I’ve seen before…”

[tickfleato]

hi i forgor to post art. adam be upon ye

[s3janus]

It's crazy to me how people criticise Victor for making the creature without any thought of the consequences, but then also criticise him for not going along with creating a second one after considering the potential consequences

After being given life, the creature became his own person, developing his own identity. If Victor created another one, they would also develop their own identity and it is reasonable to imagine that their values would be different and they may not want to go away with the creature, or agree to live in solitude away from humanity. I think Victor stopping to realise that shows an amount of character development that people don't really acknowledge

[dross-the-fish]

angsty creature art

[emo-toaster]

The Creature ! Yay . I like drawing him (〃ﾟ3ﾟ〃)

:D 👍

[aquariiium]

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