Victor and William will visit their mother’s grave on the anniversary of her death every year. They leave her favorite flowers and sit for a long time, talking to her and telling her about their lives.
Sometimes when speaking, Victor will suddenly be so overwhelmed with emotion that he can’t speak and William will finish for him.
Victor tells Claire all about his son, so proud of him and full of love that he tears up when describing him.
Victor once brought Adam so Claire could meet him. Adam is very respectful and talks to her as if she were there. His papa tells him later that Claire would have loved him dearly.
William, having never met his mother, depends on Victor to tell him about her, which he gladly does. Victor never tires of talking about her.
Sometimes William has blue days, grieving the mother he never knew. When he does so, he reads her favorite poems to feel close to her, imagining them together and her speaking the lines to him.
Victor has mostly healed from the anguish of his former life, but his heart will always carry some wounds.
His family knows to look out for him when he retreats too much, but they are careful not to aggrieve him with too much attention.
Adam can comfort Victor in a way no one else can. He will kneel at Victor’s feet and put his head in his father’s lap, and Victor will rub his son’s shoulders.
Adam feels his papa’s tears falling onto his hair, but he never indicates this.
Adam will occasionally wake with nightmares from the lives of those that formed him. It is deeply distressing to him, and Victor will hold him all through the night when this happens. It is the least he can do.
Elizabeth has little to no relations outside of the Frankenfamily and is sometimes overcome with sorrow at this, as well as over dreams deferred and profound questions unanswered.
She tries to hide her tears from her boys, but they always know.
Sometimes they will enfold each other in a group embrace, allowing bittersweet tears to fall during the coming together of grief and joy.
Oscar Isaac accepted "The Visionary Award' on behalf of the cast and crew of Guillermo del Toro's movie "Frankenstein" during "The Palm Springs International Film Awards", 2026
There are sooo many brilliant fics in the Oscar world (some of you write them!) But sometimes, the older stories get lost in the shuffle, especially if that writer has written less for whatever life reason.
So! I am going to rec some mutuals that all OI fans should know!
(please lmk if you would like to be removed)
This will be tricky because I will inevitably leave someone out, but I don't mean to. Also, I am not the authority/gatekeeper of this info. I simply want to share the ✧ ancient wisdoms ✧ I have personally attained.
Some of these people post a lot and some don't. Some of them have thousands of followers and have been around for a long time.
Of course you all know @reallyrallyauthor and @my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction - they write and post frequently, and have been around a while. Can't say enough about these sweetie pops.
@missdictatorme is around too so make sure you check her out, especially if you want the best banter, strong/sassy reader characters, humor, wit and scalding hot stories.
For beautiful prose and lots of yummy Poe and Santiago content, go see @campingwiththecharmings
For some incredible anguished beauty and all manner of amazing stories for OI, go see @moonknightly, who was definitely married to Marc before I was. Just read her new Santiago story and it got me good.
If you ship Rey + Poe from Star Wars, go see @virtie333. She also has a Moon Knight story (still on my list) and a Triple Frontier story (freaking amazing), probably others. There's one where Rey and Poe survive a snow storm that I'm still in awe of.
@whatthefishh - there aren't enough Rydal Keener fics in this world, but you can find them here, among others
@brandyllyn has a wide variety of stories, but lots of Poe and Santiago as well, including a story in my top 5 of all time, Alabanza.
@eyelessfaces - treasure trove of fics
@felix24601 - writes for a variety of fandoms, but has a lot of Triple Frontier stuff and some Moon Knight stuff. Amazing world builder and has some dark stories if that's your thing. Changed blogs, so message him if you need links/help
@howellatme -I consider howell the authority on Richard Muñoz, but that's not all she writes
@faretheeoscar - yes, the OI news sharing artist is also a writer!
@backp0rchpoet - everything is hottttt and i love their sick banners
I know there are more writers, I'm sorry if I missed a great one! Not all of the ones I've read have honored me with mutalism. And this is a moots list. Also, some of you may write, but I might not be aware if I couldn't find your masterlist, and believe me, I did a deep dive on a lot of people!
Please feel free to add to this list. I want to be following all the OI writers! And please lmk if you want to be removed.
i think a lot of people internalized the misogynistic idea that “men are rational and women are emotional” and just went “that’s true… but it’s a good thing!” instead of saying “that’s obviously bullshit and we shouldn’t perpetuate this belief in any form”
here’s my vision , here’s my aim
here’s my address and the ones i blame
while you’re sitting taking names
i just want to belong
here’s my lonely serenade
here’s a gun , and here’s a blade
here’s a picture that i saved
before you were gone