holy fucking idiots

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOP
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    2 months ago

    Rejected on account of inhumanity though - it’s more like a racial spurning than him being a malcontent. Initially, he tries to be kind, even though he was been brought into the world lacking a real parental figure.

    Frankenstein himself was much more of an entitled shitlord.

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      2 months ago

      I think the incel theme is reinforced by the whole “build me a woman who will have no choice but to be my wife” situation

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOP
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, definitely true, but that’s after the majority of his troubles. For sure though, Shelley was commenting on male ownership/entitlement to female bodies.