Latest Posts by zilpilled - Page 2
TW: medical malpractice, dangerous use of electricity, blasphemy
.
.
.
holy fuuuuuckkkk... i’m going to sleep
Victor Frankenstein trying to explain why he's been cutting up dead bodies for the past few months
Have him taking a nap on a bench.
Just your local 8ft tall stitched together homeless man.
What really went down in the pink pony club
some headshots I did for a Frankenstein assignment
Oh No! Pre-2000s Sad Wet Man turns Perfectly Neurotypical 21st Century Teenager into a Mentally Ill Faggot. Tragic!
Do you see my vision. (Adam Sandler has to play just the most regular guy known to man while Kermit is absolutely gobsmacked horrified at his abhorrent existence and What He’s Done)
In electromagnetism, inductance is the tendency of an electrical conductor to oppose a change in the electric current flowing through it. It has units of Henry, and for small inductance it can be denoted in units of microhenries (μH). So, the entire time we were covering this in my physics class, i was suffering from my severe frankenstein brainrot, and this is the result lol
Also this
I had to do it.
Victor secretly wanted a mini Henry.
(Trust me)
Original:
Clervalstein you are so special to me
Art creds: saggitacaeli, katabay, freysai, internetwerewolf, can-of-w0rmz, respected-coconut
Creech doodles
as i was reading the 1818 annotated text of mary shelley’s frankenstein, i noticed that one of my favorite lines, “Clerval was a being formed in the very poetry of nature”, had an annotation by Shelley connecting it to The Story Of Rimini by Leigh Hunt.
i obviously checked it out, and found out that that line was describing PAOLO from dante’s inferno… as in paolo and francesca… THE star-crossed lovers… francesca was in an arranged marriage (familiar?) and sinned by falling in love with paolo… and theyre together in hell and regret nothing…
i’m actually weeping over this being a canon parallel. go stream francesca by hozier one billion times
Elizabeth’s letter at the start of chapter 6 is fascinating to me. What do you mean “I figure to myself that the task of attending on your sickbed has devolved on some mercenary old nurse, who could never guess your wishes nor minister to them with the care and affection of your poor cousin.”
Has Henry not told you even a single detail besides just hey victor is a bit sick but he’s getting better don’t worry
Henry this is not what “he spared them this grief by concealing the extent of my disorder.” is supposed to mean. What are you afraid of. Are you afraid they’ll find out you abandoned your studies to take care of your dear Victor. Are you afraid they’ll find out you’re gay. Is that why you’ve omitted every possible detail.
FRANKENSTEIN, Mary Shelley | WISHBONE CLASSICS FRANKENSTEIN, Micheal Burgan | THE ROOM WHERE THE CORPSE LAY, Bernie Wrightson | FRANKENSTEIN, Alexander Utz | FRANKENSTEIN, Director Kevin Connor | THE MODERN PROMETHEUS, Nicole Mello | FRANKENSTEIN, Deborah Tempest | | FRANKENSTEIN, Mary Shelley.
victor's grief for henry
I am begging tumblr to discover this
so I finally got around to reading bram stoker's dracula (1897)
So apparently the version of the "Isn't It Bromantic" interview that gets passed around isn't the full thing
So after seeing a tumblr post I can't find, about two and half hours of intensive internet digging, and one purchase from a sketchy second-hand site later (full story under the cut, I promise it's interesting, but also long), I got the physical magazine and scanned it
So here you go: the full "Isn't It Bromantic?" TV guide interview with Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie
Feel free to repost wherever you want- I want people to be able to find the full thing
SO, as for how I found it:
I saw this tumblr post forever ago that I can't find anymore because tumblr is just Like That with a cropped screenshot of an interview with Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard. In the interview, they're asked about the "bromance" between their two characters. Leonard makes an annoyed comment about how "everyone [is] obsessed with homosexuality", followed by the interview apologizing and Laurie immediately jumping in with, "No, no, let's talk about it. Wilson and House have an unusual relationship so you have to explore…" and the screenshot cuts off there. Cue funny comment from the OP about the interaction, roll credits.
Except, as these things tend to do, it ended up becoming a bit of a brain worm, and I wanted to find it again. But I couldn't find the tumblr post. I looked absolutely everywhere, and in the process of looking everywhere, I found what I thought was the original interview- a blog post with the full quote from the actor. I didn't think too much about it, I figured it was just a short quote given to a popular blog in 2008. There's a magazine cover above it, but I don't think too much about it, because I'm focusing on the quotes in the article instead of the rest of it.
So I send screenshots to a couple friends to make jokes, and it probably should have died there.
However, late at night I end up thinking about that interview again, because of course I did. I start to think about how it's weirdly formatted for, what I assumed at first reading, was just an entertainment news blog reaching out for comment and getting a response. So I pull up the screenshots of the article (because weirdly enough, the old-ass blog only loads on mobile) and look at it again.
This is when I realize that this isn't an original piece from a blog interviewing these two after reaching out for comment. This is a blog post quoting and commenting on a full interview from a magazine, which I had originally thought had just been the inspiration for the piece.
So naturally, I go looking for the magazine.
Luckily, the name of the magazine is displayed on the cover, and so is the title of its main piece. This should be easy to find, right?
Wrong.
This is an interview in a physical magazine. From 2008. October 13th, 2008, to be exact.
I know this exact date because searching the article title and magazine name leads me to an archive on the TV Guide website.
Of covers.
And nothing but covers.
I spend like forty-five minutes searching everywhere I can think of on the web. Internet Archive, the TV Guide website, any search result that comes up when I search any combination of the words "House" "Interview" "Bromantic" "Bromance" "TV Guide" "Archive" etc. Over and over, all that's coming up are that original blog post and the cover from the official gallery.
The only things I could find online were:
The cover and date of the issue on the TV Guide website
The original blog post that was screenshotted in the original tumblr post
Another blog post that had a much shorter version of the quote, references something Leonard says from later in the article, and makes a comment on the nature of his reaction to the term "bromance"
An entry on Leonard's IMDB page's "interview" list mentioning it in title only
And:
5. A single listing for the issue on what seemed to be a second-hand site that looked like it hadn't had its UI updated since the mid 2000's, with a listing with no date or additional information besides what issue it is.
This is the only listing anywhere. I checked every other second-hand site I could think of, and then some that only came up through google searches. There's not a single listing for that issue on any of them. There were plenty of listings of TV guide magazines, including one that seemed promising because it included issues from that year, but it was missing all of October.
It seemed like the only listing for this issue on the entire internet was this one copy on this one obscure website. For all I know, this was listed in 2008 and abandoned, and just never got marked inactive. It could also be a complete scam.
A few quick google searches show that that website seemed to be legit, albeit a bit loose on quality control (which makes sense, this website seemed like the kind of thing you'd have to use the Way Back Machine to access). It also had an option to pay via PayPal, which meant I could file a chargeback if need be.
It was $11.50 when you include shipping.
So at about half past midnight, I bought the listing.
Naturally, about an hour later, I manage to actually find a scan of the interview. I had to follow a link in the comments of a post on FanPop, taking me to an old wordpress blog, and I'm sitting in front of the damn interview at last.
But something doesn't make sense. Why would their cover story only be two pages of text that aren't even full pages, and why would it cut off so strangely? There was no concluding sentence or paragraph, even though it started with a fairly long lead-in. It also led right up to the edge of the page, which felt like there should be more to it. There were more images in the interview than text, and the fact that there are so many of them and they clearly did a whole photoshoot indicated that they had them on hand for a while. The silly string one, for instance, I imagine probably had to require a couple takes, which means cleaning off Wilson's hair and face, adjusting makeup, etc. for it. Meanwhile, the conversation itself seems like it could have taken ten minutes total. I could have been totally wrong and that was where the article ended, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there might be more.
So I hold tight. A couple days pass with no update, and then the PayPal purchase gets updated with a tracking number. Promising, but it could still be a scam. Whether or not I get the actual magazine becomes a source of anxiety for the next week.
Until today, when I get told it was delivered. And when I opened the envelope it was sent in: there it was.
When I tell you I was happy stimming in my bedroom just holding the damn issue in my own hands... And then opening it and finding out that I was right, there was a missing page... I was elated. I still am, just typing this.
So I spent half an hour getting my scanner to work, and I give you the above issues.
Like I said above, feel free to repost however and wherever you want. I want all this to mean something.
In the meantime, I have two more House-themed TV Guide magazines coming to try and get articles from.
find it crazy how everyone has managed to picture clerval as browny ginger. like that's literally how I was picturing him before ever looking at him on the internet and then BAM he's there
straight friend groups: (brunette girl) (frat boy) (“the funny one”) (kyle) (blonde girl)
gay friend groups: (The Modern Prometheus) (The 8-Foot Homunculus) (The Beautiful Italian Orphan) (The Poet Boyfriend) (The Falsely Accused) (The Gay Sailor) (Th
my dealer: got some straight gas 🔥😋 this strain is called "frankenstein, or the modern prometheus" it'll have you zoinked outta your gourd 💯
me: whatever I don’t feel shit
5 minutes later: do not ask me, *he* can tell. oh, save me! save meee!!!
my buddy henry, pacing: my dear victor 🥰🥰😍😍😳
What if you had a reanimated 8ft corpse (of which you created) to chase down but god said faggot! You will suffer months worth of illness with only your gay best friend taking care of you. btw your brother dies myseriously straight after
I love reading about pathetic men who fall under the damsel in distress trope and their "friend," who is soft and kind to them when they are sick or hurt.
MY DEAR VICTOR
“My dear Victor,” cried he, “what, for God’s sake, is the matter? Do not laugh in that manner. How ill you are! What is the cause of all this?”
“Do not ask me,” cried I, putting my hands before my eyes, for I thought I saw the dreaded spectre glide into the room; “he can tell. Oh, save me! Save me!” I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit.
Poor Clerval! What must have been his feelings? A meeting, which he anticipated with such joy, so strangely turned to bitterness. But I was not the witness of his grief, for I was lifeless and did not recover my senses for a long, long time.
This was the commencement of a nervous fever which confined me for several months. During all that time Henry was my only nurse. I afterwards learned that, knowing my father’s advanced age and unfitness for so long a journey, and how wretched my sickness would make Elizabeth, he spared them this grief by concealing the extent of my disorder. He knew that I could not have a more kind and attentive nurse than himself; and, firm in the hope he felt of my recovery, he did not doubt that, instead of doing harm, he performed the kindest action that he could towards them.
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley (CHAPTER 5)
ah, to be cared for! the unconditional depth and gentleness of it. also have you guys ever listen to the ost for the korean frankenstein musical. sometimes I think about how musical!victor uses his henry's (dupre in the musical, not clerval, but henry all the same) head for his creation. that's also an unconditional something!!
ngl I considered attempting a full bernie wrightson homage for this, but then I thought about how I like having fun and that would totally ruin my hands for the week and settled for drawing a bunch of lines until I got tired of drawing lines lmao
ko-fi⭐ bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app
Henry Clerval and the creature
Top 5 gayest Emil Sinclair moments
1. Kissing Demian on the lips, that whole last scene of them together was drenched in homoerotic subtext, with their faces being super close to each other and Demian whispering to him (the no homo by saying it was from frau Eva is so funny too cuz in the end he still was receptive asf to be kissed by Demian)
2. Seeing Demian shirtless, boxing and had to call him handsome n talk abt his manly face and thirst over his muscles like ok king
3. Hated dreaming about Kromer abusing him but when it was Demian dominating him he suddenly found it hot
4. Years of pining for Demian (he straight up says 'how i long for Demian') but lowkey being ghosted by him cuz kickstarting spiritual journey or smtn
5. Paints a portrait that represents many things for him, one of them being AN IDEAL LOVER, casually says oh it looks like Demian! Lord Jesus...
HONORARY MENTION: sniffing Demians neck and enjoying the scent
Also the way hes super horny for Frau Eva is rlly funny to me cuz he admits many times she looks A LOT like Demian, so the milf looks like the man u have been pining for since childhood but shes the gender society says its acceptable for you to like...inch resting, also the fact every woman hes attracted to is refered as BOYISH AND MASCULINE (Tho i dont wanna brush off Sinclairs attraction to women, to me he is clearly bisexual, i just found it rlly interesting theres so many layers to this story)
The queen of Oregon has given me her first personal quest! I am rising up the ranks of knighthood!
I need to lower the gas prices!
i was put on this earth to create music and do a full dissection of the lyrics while talking to myself in the shower like an artist being interviewed for genius dot com