#jekyll and mr hyde weekly

[bluecatwriter]

He is literally the best.

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[nik-the-bik]

Chapter 9: Dr. Lanyon's Narrative

I've had this meme template sitting on my computer for nearly 2 years and suddenly had divine inspiration strike

[kusokurae01]

novella fans when the J&H adaptation actually has a story and it isnt just 3 hours of Utterson and his cousin harassing Hyde

[artemisyates]

Little drawing of what I imagine Dr Henry Jekyll would wear when out and about on the streets of London.

Featuring very important plot relevant cane that was canonically a gift from Utterson.

[chocolatey-umbreon]

the unexpected comedy in these nineteenth century novels always take me by (delighted) surprise

[carnivorous-toothache]

I definitely think there's Something (TM) to say about the portrayal of "off-human" characters in modern media adaptations as having (particularly facial) deformities and/or learning disabilities.

Robert Louis Stevenson was fully like "this is my OC, Hyde, who represents the impact of a complete apathy toward your fellow man. There is nothing extraordinary about him except that his rancid vibes make people uncomfortable which adds to the core theme of the role of morality in humanity, so its really important that he's physically normal so the audience can recognise that it's what's inside that's most important," and every film adaptation was like "mmkay. Yeah, no, I've got it. We can show that he's evil by using prosthetics and making him non/semi-verbal, which, as we all know, are the True Measures of Evil."

[immediatebreakfast]

Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S.

VS

Abraham Van Helsing, M. D., D. Ph., D. Lit., etc., etc.

VS

Patrick Hennessey, M. D., M. R. C. S. L. K. Q. C. P. I., etc.

FIGHT!

[thegoatsongs]

Utterson: :l

The crowd: *goes wild*

[gabrielisdead]

[mourningmaybells]

Jekyll and Hyde adaptation where they convey his unsettling “non-person (being referred to as ‘an it’ with disgust)” nature by making him realistic cgi in a film full of normal actors

[nemeyuko]

I feel like this is the type of shit Jekyll’s servants had to deal with when Hyde was around.

[bluecatwriter]

Utterson: I incline to Cain’s heresy; I let my brother go to the devil in his own way.

Jekyll: *leaves all his earthly goods to Hyde in the case of his disappearance*

Utterson: ...Nevermind I'm gonna hunt down this devil and tear Henry Jekyll out of its grasp with my own bare hands

[nik-the-bik]

I love (hate) how from the first scene where we actually get to see Jekyll, we see just how manipulative he is.

Utterson brings up the will. Jekyll immediately tries to change the topic to 'Bitching About Lanyon.'

Utterson persists. Jekyll tries to play dumb about the reason Utterson brings it up.

Utterson name drops Hyde. Jekyll looks uncomfortable and asks to drop the subject.

Utterson pushes forward. Jekyll tries to win Utterson's pity without telling him anything.

Jekyll even butters Utterson up, saying that the concern is "downright good of you" and that he'd trust Utterson over anyone else, and it works! Utterson begins to let it drop.

But now JEKYLL starts pushing Utterson, insisting that he promise as his friend to take care of Hyde should it be necessary, and effectively getting what he wants out of the will situation in the first place. And Utterson agrees!

Jekyll took what was initially an uncomfortable interrogation and turns it around so that he finally gets Utterson on his side without revealing a damn thing.

And that's where some of that horror element is supposed to come in - if he was an upstanding guy like Utterson thinks, none of this would feel calculated. It's all a perfectly natural way to behave when pressed on a sore subject. It's why Utterson gives in at all!

But we know Jekyll's selfish as hell. Of course he knew exactly what he was doing.

And if anything, it proves Utterson's main weakness is the blind spot he has when it comes to Jekyll.

[see-arcane]

Utterson, last week: "My best friend is missing and his likely murderer was found dead in his lab with all the doors locked. Where could Jekyll have gone? It's all so mysterious! I can't imagine anything being stranger."

Lanyon's Ghost slamming down the hottest gossip from beyond the veil in his letter: "Bro you will not fuckin BELIEVE,"

[artemisyates]

Mr. Utterson the lawyer.

[yallemagne]

queer men solidarity 2 electric boogaloo

A redraw of @unamusedyams' art of Reigen Arataka and Miles Edgeworth but with Jonathan Harker and Gabriel Utterson instead.

Textless version under the cut because I did NOT draw that hand and that ass only for them to be covered up.