#viktor frankenstein

[whichgreathousewouldtheybepartof]

character: victor frankenstein

show is: penny dreadful

If Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Penny Dreadful) was in Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, which Great House of Westeros would they be part of or at least the most affiliated with?

House Targaryen

House Stark

House Lannister

House Baratheon

House Greyjoy

House Tully

House Arryn

House Martell

House Tyrell

Voting ended onJul 7

Ways to approach the poll if the character isn’t a royal:

If you think they’d be from a smaller house, go with the Great House that that smaller house is sworn to (ex: House Manderly —> vote Stark)

They don’t have to be a nobleperson, they can be someone working for the house or being ruled by them. Roles could be a sworn-sword, a septa, a butcher, a blacksmith, or even a lowly peasant.

You can consider the region itself. For example, if you feel the character would be from Dorne, pick House Martell.

You can consider the personality of the character. For example, if your character is all about honor, then consider either House Arryn or House Stark.

Last, but not least, be creative with it! For example, there was a comment I read that the character who was the subject of the poll would be pulling a Littlefinger, so they went with either Lannister or Tyrell as that would be that character’s target houses.

[the-rainbow-meme]

in honour of recent doccy who news I bring these drafts into the light

[combustable-head]

You know books can have more than one interpretation right? Especially as stories evolve over literal centuries? Ignoring that, Frankenstein is literally subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"

You know you could just leave a comment under my original post instead of coming all the way to my askbox, right? Then you would've seen how many people left some kind of variation of this response there already and the debate that's still ongoing.

I kind of gave up trying to clarify my post about gothic literature to people because it's a huge waste of time but to reiterate: yes, literary works can have more than one interpretation. Actually, it's preferable that they do. However, tere's such a thing as a wrong interpretation. Like with Frankenstein, you COULD interpret this book as "ambition bad" but it's kind of like if people read the Great Gatsby and only saw it as "you should not chase unavailable people". Like, you COULD do this, but it's very simplistic and surface level. "Ambition bad" is what Viktor takes away from what happened, and the author doesn't super strongly support him in this with the Creature's story. Viktor's message is this:

"Learn from me, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature."

The Creature's main statement, however, is this: "I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? You, my creator, would not even call it murder if you could destroy my frame. Why should I pity man more than he pities me? Shall I respect those who condemn me?"

You compare it and YOU tell me which one is the more compelling lesson and then tell me which one you saw adapted on screen a million times.

[potato2601]

What is not talked about much in Frankenstein is the horror of being born. Imagine being born and realize you are hated for things you don’t know about. Imagine having zero choice in your existence. Imagine being alive because someone wanted to prove they could give life. Being left alone to fend for yourself in a world that would kill you on sight. Hiding. The loneliness. Imagine wanting a partner and being denied. The rage. The desperation. The search for a purpose. The need for revenge. The acceptance. I believe if Frankenstein’s monster could die he would. And I don’t believe he would find much joy in life. Maybe peace but not happiness.

[plastic-axee]

The first picture of the color challenge

Victor Frankenstein

[l0c4lw3ird013]

I haven't touched the Frankenstein fandom in a while, so I wanted to share how I personally would interpret Frankenstein into a film (not saying Guillermo Del Toro's was bad, I just didn't like how it was so different from the book)

1. Make it a short tv show!

A book like Frankenstein has a lot of complicated parts, and likes to over-explain itself, which is a perfect fit for a tv show with maybe 8 episodes.

2. MAKE. IT. GAY

I feel like a lot of us saw romantic tension between Henry Clerval and Viktor in the book, so I want to be able to explore that, I love a queer historic romance.

3. Elizabeth's character

I want to keep her extremely similar to the book, so the traits we are given, I'll amplify (her motherly personality, her love of her country and the landscapes, ect) and I would give her hobbies that are touched on in the show, it mentions in the book her love of her countries landscape (like said above) so I might make her interested in painting, and I think it mentions her love for poetry, so I might make her read/write poetry!

4. Viktor and Elizabeth's dynamic

I wouldn't want to change their dynamic to much from the book, but also remove the incest-y part of it. My idea was to make them love each other like brother and sister, and have Viktor tell Elizabeth he loves Henry, and have them agree to get married to keep Viktor secret. But of course, I would still have them be extremely close.

5. ACTUALLY MAKE VIKTOR 19-20

It always annoys me how in every rendition of Frankenstein, Viktor is always made into this old man, when in the book, he's in collage when he makes the creature! It's also a very important to his character, as it adds to his naivety about what creating life really entails.

6. Give him a healthy relationship with his family/father

Viktors love for his family and father is a very major driving point for his character, so I really want it to show.

7. Make both Viktor and the Creature morally gray

We all love the creature, but I want to show how both Viktor and the creature are very flawed, and have both done horrible things.

[highlordofkingdomhearts]

"If you are not to award me love, then I will indulge in rage."

Absolute bars. No notes.

[actaviya123]

Some memes now 🤭