You do realize that making a female monster was a major plot point in the book, don't you? Like, allllllll the way back to Mary Shelley, "the bride of Frankenstein" has been a reoccurring driver of the story even if she never fully came to life like the OG

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have absolutely no concern with adaptations exploring and reimagining the female monster aspect of the story, but calling that a "major plot point" in the original story is a stretch.

The monster demands a bride, Frankenstein starts to make him one, and then realizes that that is a fucking terrible idea and abandons the effort. That's about it. And most of that gets yadda yadda'd through off page, if I recall. He never makes a second monster at all inthe end. Yeah, sure, it pisses off the monster, but he was already pissed so it ultimately changed next to nothing.

[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

"That's about it"? Bro, it's basically the inciting incident for the latter half of the book. The monster was NOT some blood-thirsty demon or whatever when he originally confronted Frankenstein and ELOQUENTLY asked for a wife (like, the 'narrator' deliberately points out how shocking it is that he speaks with composure and full sentences and shit); he even explicitly said 'Look, guy who made me the horror that I am, just make me a girlfriend so I don't have to be so alone and we will go off and live in the woods somewhere forever, never bothering anyone again.'. But because Franky couldn't do it, the monster THEN goes on a rampage, killing at least 3 people including Franky's fiance and best friend, which leads to him trying to hunt down the monster for revenge, yadda yadda. Again, the bride is not an insignificant part of the story, even if she never sees the un-life of day. Some of y'all haven't picked up this book in decades and it shows