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EXU Divergence e2
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Actually I'm not done thinking about Frankenstein sorry
The fact that Harlander only saw Victor's science, his creation, as a means to preserving himself. His own name.
The fact that Victor had only thought so far as the creation itself, and not what comes after. That the perfection in his mind began and ended with the act of creation.
How men only see (pro)creation through the lens of carrying on their legacy.
And when told no, that the creature will not be Harlander and his legacy? He seeks to ruin it all. And when the creature seems too slow, too difficult, too painful for Victor to deal with? He tries to destroy him.
Because to them, if what is borne from that isn't a perfect vessel to carry on their name, if it does not serve them, then the only answer is violence.
While Elizabeth immediately gazes upon the Creature with compassion, wonder, and understanding. She offers him patience, nurturing and affection unconditionally. She accepts him as he is because her concern does not lie in a legacy or what he can do for her but in the miracle of his existence alone.
Because women, the givers of life, appreciate the miracle that is life. She asks and expects nothing from the Creature. Only that he should live and live well.
it's also interesting because it doesn't fully break down along gendered lines, tempting as it would be to leave it at that (also because "woman as perfect nurturing mother figures always" sits ill with me)
the Old Man not only teaches and nurtures the Creature, but also his granddaughter more directly- the only little girl we see in a movie full of men begetting or creating sons, and she's being taught intellectual pursuits by a male relative despite the dismissal we've seen by men of women like Claire and Elizabeth earlier on
I feel like the thesis is less "all men are like this and all women are like this," but more "people who are in some way overlooked, Different, or on the outskirts of the powerful in-group- a woman, yes, but also an elderly disabled man, because gender is just one axis of othering -are more likely to have patience and compassion with others who are Different, too"
that fits better in the GDt Parents Canon, generally, as well. a canon that features a rags-to-riches father loving and supporting his bookish, odd daughter in most things (Crimson Peak), an artistic M/F alternative couple who didn't expect to be parents taking in feral children raised by a ghost (Mama), M/F parents who are both absolute abusive monsters to their children regardless of gender (also Crimson Peak), a mother who murders her son from the stress and isolation of social ostracism (the Murmuring), a father who's initially frustrated with his son but ultimately goes on a quest to save him (Pinocchio), and more
it's less about men in general only seeing children as legacy and more about this specific type of men: wealthy young or middle-aged men in 19th century European high society. like I do think there's something there, but it's not a pat "men are like this in the story and women are like this"
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The Creature imitating expressions and movements
Frankenstein (2025) dir Guillermo Del Toro
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LUCANIS DELLAMORTE in Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024)
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Veilguard Spoiler (Cute!)
Just visited Holden and his daughter Mila in Hossberg and you know what banter I just got?
Holden asks his daughter if they’ve earned a treat that day, she of course agrees and the dad essentially says “Good, cause Rook’s Crow friend brought me some cioccolata calda.”
Lucanis went out of his way to purchase, package and hand deliver luxury coco (you know it’s not cheap, he’s Rockefeller level rich) to a child he met exactly one time in the middle of a battle to thank her for saving their lives. What a sweetheart. What an angel. Pookie bird. Love of Rook’s life.
I can’t not marry this caffeine-addicted bird man.
STOP omg
There’s something really beautiful about a Qunari romancing Lucanis. Maybe this is just me protecting from my Rook but like, it’s way more than just “Short King Lucanis.” Lucanis, when we meet him in the game, has been imprisoned, tortured, and experimented on against his will. He’s deeply traumatized for several different other reasons on top of it. He’s been a killing machine his whole life, his family has fallen apart, and now he’s suddenly thrust into saving the world. And here comes this Qunari—heads taller, muscles bigger than his head is—who treats him so kindly and gently, who’s patient and funny and not only puts up with Spite but is also amused by him—AND could physically hold Lucanis down if Spite took over and tried to hurt anyone (this may be the part where I’m projecting from my Rook lol).
I dunno, there’s just something lovely about Lucanis, a self-proclaimed living weapon, being romanced by a giant Rook who by all appearances should be intimidating to a lesser man, but who treats him as softly and lovingly as he deserves.
I don’t even know if anyone gets what I’m trying to say or if I just rambled 😅
DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE SPOILERS
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Unpopular opinion?
Regarding Gambit: I actually enjoyed Channing Tatum!Gambit and I don’t know why it’s upsetting so many people. To me, casting Channing Tatum made sense, since in the context of the film, the character was “thrown away” in the void and even says that he may have been born there (since Channing’s movie never left early development). So to me it makes sense for him to be this one-off Gambit because he’s not “canon” and isn’t the Gambit that would have been the “main” Gambit in the X-Men movies, since Channing Tatum’s Gambit movie was scrapped. It WAS nice to see Channing get that moment as Gambit, though, given how long it was in developmental hell.
Gambit’s cameo was like the other Deadpools to me in that he’s a variant, simple as that. Idk why some people are so upset about it lol
Did that make any sense??
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"It didn't take much for him to fall back into form"
