Danielle Binks
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People peeved at the Lord Byron quote at the end of Frankenstein, instead of something written by Mary Shelley … Look - the two are just inexorably linked. That in itself is such a profound commentary to mirror the story!
Even ‘Byron: a Life in Letters’ begins with a Mary Shelley epigraph!
Even ‘Byron: a Life in Letters’ begins with a Mary Shelley epigraph!
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Mary Shelley - then a teenage girl - *invented* modern science-fiction by writing the first non-religious creationist myth in FRANKENSTEIN. That a female director hasn’t done a straight adaptation doesn’t bother me - I’m happy that they’ve seemingly preferred reinvention, inspired by the story.
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Mary Shelley - then a teenage girl - *invented* modern science-fiction by writing the first non-religious creationist myth in FRANKENSTEIN. That a female director hasn’t done a straight adaptation doesn’t bother me - I’m happy that they’ve seemingly preferred reinvention, inspired by the story.
Were they lovers?
… Worse.
… Worse.
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Were they lovers?
… Worse.
… Worse.
Yes! I don’t think it lessens anything to acknowledge the men in Mary’s life who got her thinking and creating the ultimate tale of male hubris …
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Yes! I don’t think it lessens anything to acknowledge the men in Mary’s life who got her thinking and creating the ultimate tale of male hubris …
I think it’s a real “in” quote that head-nods how much they were begrudgingly, and then thankfully, in each other’s lives.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I think it’s a real “in” quote that head-nods how much they were begrudgingly, and then thankfully, in each other’s lives.
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BUT more because Shelley’s was a story borne out of grief, repeatedly; she and Byron really shared tragedy, with the loss of Percy (whom I believe they both loved very deeply)
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November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BUT more because Shelley’s was a story borne out of grief, repeatedly; she and Byron really shared tragedy, with the loss of Percy (whom I believe they both loved very deeply)
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