#goth lit

[cry-ptidd]

Lucy Westenra

[can-of-w0rmz]

Goth girls love trains

[kleinergeist]

I like to imagine that Victor Frankenstein and his Creature look absolutely nothing alike at the beginning of their narrative, but as the story progresses, they become more and more visually similar. As the blood pumps through the Creature's veins and his stiff muscles loosen up, he begins to look a little more.... alive, for want of a better word, than the twitching corpse Victor first saw him as. Secretly living with the De Laceys, he copies their facial expressions, practicing them again and again until they almost come naturally. Almost. He even has some of his creator's clothes. Meanwhile, as Victor's health deteriorates, his skin becomes sallow and transluscent, revealing the blood vessels underneath. His hair grows long and wild. His lips turn purplish black and shriveled with frostbite in the harsh Arctic. And maybe, in the dimness of Walton's cabin, when the candlelight hits them just right, Victor's dull, watery eyes appear almost yellow.

[phantasyadopts]

this color palette actually amazes me but I don't know how I got here lmao 💗💗💗

[aiiidoneus]

[sloanesmortuary]

first book this year🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️

[treesaspen]

Sister Agatha (named after the patron saint of assault survivors) tells Mina that she cannot share what Jonathan has told her.

But she emphasizes that he must not be blamed.

"I can tell you this much, my dear: that it was not about anything which he has done wrong himself'': What happened to his mind and his body were not of his instigation, or his consent.

Then she assures Mina,

"he hasn't forgotten you": Well obviously he hasn't! He sent her the letter. What Sister Agatha means is Jonathan never forgot Mina for a second to "stray."

"or what he owes to you": He owes her loyalty/marriage, so Sister Agatha says that he never was disloyal. This doubles as an assurance that the bride-to-be has not to worry about any disease he might have caught from infidelity, as he has no such symptoms.

Mina focuses on these parts, telling Lucy (delicately) about Jonathan not "falling in love" with "another girl being the cause of trouble," keeping her thoughts about what truly happened to Jonathan to herself.

Ironically, we know it's not a girl that is the cause of trouble.

[astrowitch]

My roommate sent this to me and I have never felt more seen