Gothic literature must be cursed to forever be misinterpreted by mainstream public because how did this happen
Dracula book: an evil count who only sees the world as a resource to be drained for his own pleasure is stopped by the group of people who deeply care for each other
Dracula in media: a tragic romantic hero, main love interest of one of the protagonists who must be liberated from her dull little life
Frankenstein book: any human has capacity for evil when completely abandoned and shunned by the world and the people who brought him into it
Frankenstein in media: don't play God because it's against nature's laws
Jekyll and Hyde book: repression and only caring about external appearances can cause your worst impulses to indulge themselves in dangerous ways if ignored for too long
Jekyll and Hyde in media: what if there was two of the same guy but one of them was evil and gross?
Daily affirmations:
- No one will find the picture in your attic.
- It's not your fault the person made of cadavers you sew together and you revived killed your family.
- It's perfectly normal to enter your house climbing like a lizard.
- The fact that you killed a man doesn't make you guilty, it was just your silly alter ego.
- That raven who won't stop saying "nevermore" is an asshole, don't listen to it.
- Your fiancé is definitely NOT hiding his mad spouse in his attic.
- The big ass dog that killed members of your family isn't real, dw.
- You deserve revenge for having been abused as a child, go back to moors and show them!
- Go and kidnap that singer!
