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That’s a ligit good holup picture

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It’s a silly nitpick anyway. The monster, Adam, calls the doctor, Victor Frankenstein, his father. Surnames are inherited, thus they are both Frankensteins.

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Also, it’s not uncommon to call a creation after it’s creator (“that painting is a Van Gogh”), so calling him “a Frankenstein” works too.

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Kind of a cop-out, since Dr. Frankenstein is referred to as such in the book and the creature never is.

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Of course, Adam isn’t a Doctor.

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He has an honorary doctorate in monsterology from Wharton

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Mary Shelley said herself that there are two monsters in the book and both are named Frankenstein.

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Ah, Ernest and William, the younger brothers of Victor. Of course, it all makes sense now!

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It’s pronounced Ernst

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The monster’s name is literally Adam Frankenstein

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Reminds me of your Winnie the Pooh is named Edward Bear.

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No it isn’t. He compares himself to Adam once (“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed”) but he never calls himself that. And frankly, considering how much Frankenstein and the monster hated each other I don’t think either of them would want to share a name.

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Adam Frankenstein

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relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2799/

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Also relevant: https://xkcd.com/1589/

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Finally, some fucking closure

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