Gregory's ServerMe: "#Frankenstein ... wow, what a monster."
Them: "That's a popular misconception, Frankenstein was the scientist."
Me: "That's a popular misconception. Frankenstein was the classic #techbro who didn't give a damn about the consequences of what he did and ignored all common ethical considerations. By all reasonable modern-day measures he was indeed the damn monster."
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@backupbear  @jerrej @backupbear and the people who have read the book can go and read it too cus it's not that long and it's great every time @jerrej @backupbear although I think the game of the pinball table of the film of the book achieved what Shelley really set out to do: @davey_cakes @backupbear I really should re-read it. It's been thirty years and so much has changed!  @backupbear  I think a real techbro Frankenstein wouldn't get sick for half a year because he discovered something like a conscience. It would be more like "harnessing the power of electricity, every gentleman can now own a mindless slave". @backupbear In the novel Victor did give a damn and cared about the consequences. His one monstrous act was to reject his creation. The image of the mad scientist ignoring consequences was created in the first movie adaptation which is the basis of all other movie adaptations and spin offs. @MartyFouts @stekopf @backupbear Yes. Thatโs the start of the rejection. The climax is when the creature tells Victor that Victor should think of the creature as Adam, but sees him as Lucifer. (Another deviation in the movie was to make the creature mute rather than articulate.)   @backupbear This is the flaw in reading literature from prior periods while employing a lens of modern values... You might reach the correct interpretation, however it's likely you will just not understand what the author was aiming at. @backupbear Or: "No. It's not a common misconception, people use the name for the monster, which means that is in fact the name of the monster as well as the creator because that's how names work. Also everyone hates you and you'll die alone unless you stop with these petty uninteresting "corrections"." (Talking to the person in the hypothetical, not any actually real person. Obviously. That would be insanely rude.)  @backupbear Intelligence is knowing Frankenstein wasn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing Frankenstein was the monster. @backupbear He was absolutely wracked with guilt and made it his lifeโs mission to hunt down his creationโฆ @backupbear On old saying I'm fond of: Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein IS the monster. |
@backupbear Exactly