Halloween Special: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde
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Published 2019-10-31
Have a very spooky halloween! And don't forget the explicit moral of Jekyll and Hyde - that the greatest danger you'll ever face comes from wealthy middle-aged white men who get away with their crimes because society refuses to believe they would ever do such horrible things.
…Hm. Are we SURE this was written in 1886…?
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All Comments (21)
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Dr. Jekyll: Damage control Hyde: VIBE C H E C K
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Jekyll: Aren't you tried of going apeshit? Don't you just wanna be nice? Hyde: Aren't you tired of being nice? Don't you just wanna go apeshit?
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I love how it's Dr. Jekyll and MISTER Hyde, because even though they're the same person only one of them has a PHD
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Hyde in pop culture: Psychopath monster. Hyde in the original book: Incognito mode.
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"I've created a mad magic/science potion that makes me feel like I'm 22 again and lets me enact my base urges while silencing my inhibitions! It's super addictive and hazardous to my health, so I best be careful." "Sir, that's a bottle of Tequila. You're just an alcoholic."
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Victor Frankenstein: "Who are you?" Henry Jekyll: "I’m you, but an actually decent scientist."
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One thing people seem to get wrong a lot is they think Jekyll is a pure victim. Hyde isn't some noble experiment for the betterment of science. He's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Hyde is exactly what Jekyll wanted to create.
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Having read the book now, I can confirm that "Utterson's defining trait is that he's really boring" isn't just Red being snarky. He is canonically so quiet, dry, and downright dull that his hosts actually like him to stay a little late after a party, because his mere presence *sobers people up*. I'm not kidding.
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"Unspecified base urges" Pop culture thinks: Murder and rape Victorian era thinks: Murder and butt stuff
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"If he be Mr Hyde, then I shall be Mr Seek" -actual line from the book.
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"BEHOLD! I have created a substance that allows me to unlock my base desires and frees me from fear!" "Yes, sir. That is whiskey. You're an alcoholic. You have invented the moonshine still."
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So essentially Mr. Hyde’s description boils down to “his vibes were RANCID and kinda short”
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"Unspecified base urges" Me: shaking all the soda bottles in the store
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"If he be Mister Hyde, I shall be Mister Seek" - the absolute best line in this book.
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So Hyde is basically the living embodiment of "what if you jumped in front of that train just now"
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Something i noticed from this summary, everyone guessed that Jekyll had been blackmailed. However, they never questioned what dark secret Jekyll was hiding that was worth be blackmailed over. Instead they were just concerned with Hyde potentially killing him. Every assumed Jekyll had something bad already and they didn't care. This makes Jekyll's need to hide his dark side even more tragic. As it was less of a deep dark secret and more of a open secret.
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“So something happened the other day.” “Impossible.” Just the dry delivery of that from the adorable Boring Victorian Faces slayed me.
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Smol Brain: Hyde is British Hulk Mega Brain: Hyde is a human incognito window for doing Sin
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When my siblings’ english class read this book in high school the teacher forbade anyone from mentioning the “twist” to avoid spoilers which is stupid since literally everyone knows the twist. So what are a bunch of bored teenagers to do when asked to discuss the relationship between jekyll and hyde without actually discussing it? Every single class member decided to refer to jekyll and hyde as gay lovers. It made the teacher so mad.
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If ever there's a proper film adaptation, they gotta add the "Mr. Seek" line. It's nonnegotiable.
