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80. The subtleties of what happens here are so good, the shifty glances from the creature, because he knows Victor is watching and probably won't like this activity, and then the little groan and hiding his face in contrition.
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
80. The subtleties of what happens here are so good, the shifty glances from the creature, because he knows Victor is watching and probably won't like this activity, and then the little groan and hiding his face in contrition.
79. Since first viewing, this has always read to me as deeply frustrated with his own lack of means to communicate, as well as maybe a little overstimulated. I wish they'd had a way to include the angle that I spotted in the making of, where William jumps when the creature shakes the chain.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
79. Since first viewing, this has always read to me as deeply frustrated with his own lack of means to communicate, as well as maybe a little overstimulated. I wish they'd had a way to include the angle that I spotted in the making of, where William jumps when the creature shakes the chain.
78. I still can't pinpoint what it is that has made Jacob Elordi look so much like Nicholas Hoult at times (especially here), but my mom and I both noticed it, as did @clownfectionary.bsky.social , it's so weird. They don't look similar at all, normally.
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
78. I still can't pinpoint what it is that has made Jacob Elordi look so much like Nicholas Hoult at times (especially here), but my mom and I both noticed it, as did @clownfectionary.bsky.social , it's so weird. They don't look similar at all, normally.
77. From a quick search, it looks like Elizabeth is painting green scarab beetles. The size and the distinct triangle shape where the elytra meet the rest of the body make that basically the only option.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
77. From a quick search, it looks like Elizabeth is painting green scarab beetles. The size and the distinct triangle shape where the elytra meet the rest of the body make that basically the only option.
76. If nothing else, the fact that the creature woke up, got himself unbound at waist and wrists, removed himself from the table and the metal spikes in his back, pulled bandages down so he could see, and then descended some number of stairs and found Victor, is all pretty impressive.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
76. If nothing else, the fact that the creature woke up, got himself unbound at waist and wrists, removed himself from the table and the metal spikes in his back, pulled bandages down so he could see, and then descended some number of stairs and found Victor, is all pretty impressive.
75. This line is another callback to the novel's secondary title; "The Modern Prometheus". Zeus tasked an eagle with plucking out and eating the Titan Prometheus's liver each day. And I know it turned out that Substack sucks, but this was a good read. michaelszollosy.substack.com/p/i-will-be-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
75. This line is another callback to the novel's secondary title; "The Modern Prometheus". Zeus tasked an eagle with plucking out and eating the Titan Prometheus's liver each day. And I know it turned out that Substack sucks, but this was a good read. michaelszollosy.substack.com/p/i-will-be-...
74. If Harlander has secondary syphilis, he doesn't really show visible symptoms, although Wikipedia says secondary is known for the multitude of ways it can manifest. Mercury was indeed the only "solution" during the mid-1800s, and was used for nearly everything.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
74. If Harlander has secondary syphilis, he doesn't really show visible symptoms, although Wikipedia says secondary is known for the multitude of ways it can manifest. Mercury was indeed the only "solution" during the mid-1800s, and was used for nearly everything.
73. Again, I don't know what most of these things are for except to look cool as hell. I hope the artbook clarifies things, but it'll be a bit before I can get it, I expect.
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
73. Again, I don't know what most of these things are for except to look cool as hell. I hope the artbook clarifies things, but it'll be a bit before I can get it, I expect.
72. Victor's ivory, multi-piece model of a pregnant woman is a very real thing, though they're fairly rare. I was able to find a cool article on their history! artsci.case.edu/dittrick/201...
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
72. Victor's ivory, multi-piece model of a pregnant woman is a very real thing, though they're fairly rare. I was able to find a cool article on their history! artsci.case.edu/dittrick/201...
71. This room would smell so bad, I don't care how much ice you have brought up. I expect, in theory, Victor and Harlander were applying something like menthol or clove oil under their noses, as morticians and coroners do.
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
71. This room would smell so bad, I don't care how much ice you have brought up. I expect, in theory, Victor and Harlander were applying something like menthol or clove oil under their noses, as morticians and coroners do.
70. As with the novel, much of the creature's creation is kind of glossed over, because it is, ultimately, fiction. What little I know about organ transplants and bone marrow matches, it would take a truly phenomenal immune system to not just go "aaa every single blood type!!!" and die. Alt text.
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
70. As with the novel, much of the creature's creation is kind of glossed over, because it is, ultimately, fiction. What little I know about organ transplants and bone marrow matches, it would take a truly phenomenal immune system to not just go "aaa every single blood type!!!" and die. Alt text.
69. And while this is some incredible imagery that was so cool to see in the trailer, the frozen horse and soldier could not actually happen. Alt text.
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
69. And while this is some incredible imagery that was so cool to see in the trailer, the frozen horse and soldier could not actually happen. Alt text.
68. This, this is what I might've expected the head and arm at the college to be like, but whatever. Given that I think this is the fellow from the hangings with the strong back, I don't know what happened to his face. Or, for that matter, why he's not rotting; I guess the electricity helps.
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
68. This, this is what I might've expected the head and arm at the college to be like, but whatever. Given that I think this is the fellow from the hangings with the strong back, I don't know what happened to his face. Or, for that matter, why he's not rotting; I guess the electricity helps.
67. Finally, the thing that inspired the plausibility rewatch: flush toilets! The history of toilets is lengthy, but in the 1850s the flush toilet was becoming more wide-spread in Britain, with the rest of Europe following later in the century. They were mainly for middle- or upper-class folks.
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
67. Finally, the thing that inspired the plausibility rewatch: flush toilets! The history of toilets is lengthy, but in the 1850s the flush toilet was becoming more wide-spread in Britain, with the rest of Europe following later in the century. They were mainly for middle- or upper-class folks.
66. This is entirely too familiar a gesture for this time period and it being a woman engaged to another man, especially in full view of so many people. Harlander had absolutely every right to follow up on it in the very pointed way that he did.
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
66. This is entirely too familiar a gesture for this time period and it being a woman engaged to another man, especially in full view of so many people. Harlander had absolutely every right to follow up on it in the very pointed way that he did.
65. I understand about these spikes being the conduction points into the lymphatic system; what confuses me is the lack of anything on the creature showing that he was at one point speared by them. I guess it's that he healed once he was off them, and his "scars" are really more like seams.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
65. I understand about these spikes being the conduction points into the lymphatic system; what confuses me is the lack of anything on the creature showing that he was at one point speared by them. I guess it's that he healed once he was off them, and his "scars" are really more like seams.
64. I was prepared to find out that Victor was just being really picky, but it looks as if anything under about 98% silver has a reduced amount of conductivity. An alloy would still probably get the job done, but not as well. Alt text.
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
64. I was prepared to find out that Victor was just being really picky, but it looks as if anything under about 98% silver has a reduced amount of conductivity. An alloy would still probably get the job done, but not as well. Alt text.
63. From that topic, I couldn't find much about Victor's apron save that it's a moderately old design traditionally favored for butcher's aprons. It looks very much like it's designed for right-handed people, for the exact use of wiping one's dominant hand that Victor does.
December 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
63. From that topic, I couldn't find much about Victor's apron save that it's a moderately old design traditionally favored for butcher's aprons. It looks very much like it's designed for right-handed people, for the exact use of wiping one's dominant hand that Victor does.
62. Wax figures have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years, and wax anatomical figures really took off in the 18th century. Victor has several in his Edinburgh lab (some of them are circled in more than one screenshot). Alt text on images 3 and 4.
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
62. Wax figures have been around for hundreds if not thousands of years, and wax anatomical figures really took off in the 18th century. Victor has several in his Edinburgh lab (some of them are circled in more than one screenshot). Alt text on images 3 and 4.
61. Without knowing specifics, the fact that Victor just popped over to the tower and then went back to Edinburgh speaks to his money, if nothing else. Edinburgh to unspecified point near Vaduz is 1k+ miles, including a Channel crossing and several days on the road. Alt text.
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
61. Without knowing specifics, the fact that Victor just popped over to the tower and then went back to Edinburgh speaks to his money, if nothing else. Edinburgh to unspecified point near Vaduz is 1k+ miles, including a Channel crossing and several days on the road. Alt text.
60. Noticed this statue in Harlander's memento mori setup; it's a maiden, mother, and crone statue, figures that appear in many religions but primarily in Celtic paganism. It's fitting for that context, as it illustrates the cycle of life.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
60. Noticed this statue in Harlander's memento mori setup; it's a maiden, mother, and crone statue, figures that appear in many religions but primarily in Celtic paganism. It's fitting for that context, as it illustrates the cycle of life.
59. The accompanying documentary talks a great deal about Elizabeth's visual motifs, which are nearly all natural in origin; insects, gemstones, cell structures and x-rays. Her necklace and bracelet in this first appearance are actually small carved beetles! Alt text has a link with more info.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
59. The accompanying documentary talks a great deal about Elizabeth's visual motifs, which are nearly all natural in origin; insects, gemstones, cell structures and x-rays. Her necklace and bracelet in this first appearance are actually small carved beetles! Alt text has a link with more info.
58. Real talk, though, it's all well and good for us all to be fans of GDT's imagery and how cool stuff looks and seems, but this scenario, of this partial human being animated by two small batteries (and whatever the other thing is), at that point in time, would be HORRIFYING.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
58. Real talk, though, it's all well and good for us all to be fans of GDT's imagery and how cool stuff looks and seems, but this scenario, of this partial human being animated by two small batteries (and whatever the other thing is), at that point in time, would be HORRIFYING.
57. Without actual knowledge, the thing by the battery seems to be a small reciprocating engine (per a reverse image search). I don't know what purpose that would have in this context, but perhaps something to do with moving the electrical current through the experiment.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
57. Without actual knowledge, the thing by the battery seems to be a small reciprocating engine (per a reverse image search). I don't know what purpose that would have in this context, but perhaps something to do with moving the electrical current through the experiment.
56. Genuinely do not know how many times the creature might have died and revived in a row, to get this far from the ship and to a place where he stood any chance of breaking through the ice. Alt text on the second image.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
56. Genuinely do not know how many times the creature might have died and revived in a row, to get this far from the ship and to a place where he stood any chance of breaking through the ice. Alt text on the second image.