Cape Crozier With The Lads (GONE WRONG)

me whenever I have to give any kind of book recommendation

I find it so funny how adaptations and pop culture for Frankenstein feel the need to paint “Dr. Frankenstein” as either a batshit crazy old man or a hot mentally unstable guy in his 30s, when in reality Victor Frankenstein in the original novel is just a sickly gay autistic teenager, who does definitely not have a doctorate, written by a 17-year-old goth girl who created the genre of science fiction.

It’s just so funny to me how pop culture is just like, “yeah, Dr. Frankenstein, the ‘ooOoh my peers criticised my science but I’ll show them!’ And ‘it’s alive!’ guy.” when in reality Victor Frankenstein just shows up to class fully “uhm, achtually 🤓☝️” style, then proceeds to rant about his boyfriend best buddy and how hot and amazing he is for pages and pages and pages. What peers? His classmates who probably just know him as “oh, that one.”??? The man is a twink who dropped out of university and due to his avoidance of consequences (not his “whining”, bad character analysis, I see you) by the end he’s driven himself so far to his own demise that he’s just an absolute sopping wet cat of a man. Stop trying to age him up at the beginning or make him hotter or “more mature”, the public deserves to know this twink like we do. And please stop making the creature an inarticulate mess with literally no character to him whatsoever, give us our edgy “i just read this Bible fanfic and Satan is just like me fr” lad we know and love

the king picked the guy with skull shoulderpads for the court magician job, which is exciting

I WISH IT HAD ALL BEEN DIFFERENT!!!!!

if you get deep enough in it you can catch yourself saying insane things like “i know it’s basic but my favorite polar expedition is still franklin haha” and then you get to sit alone in a dark room and think about nothing for a very long time

One thing I like about historical men's fashion is the collars peeking through the cravat

So I made a little compilation

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

tackle box 🎣

A lighthouse keeper made "Trinity House" sewing box, mid 19th century