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#149501 Badwolfwho Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:58:44 PM from Stardust Road

Oh, Frankenstein and Vampires? Did the vampires turn into bats?

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#149502 storyyeller Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:58:59 PM from Appleloosa

> implying Equestria has coherent physics.

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#149503 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 6:59:48 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Ilse: What if Victor hadn't abandoned his creation? Would it have developed differently? Talk about how the monster could be a statement on nature vs. nurture or something.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:00:54 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#149504 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:00:32 PM from Austin

I can't remember if the Vampyre turns into a bat. It's a really short book. I just need to analyze something about it that's not predictable and that is fun to write about and analyze

That might be a good one. I would need to develop the prompt a little bit to make it fit Vampyre too. And we can use Lolita too, now that I remember. So maybe more like: "What truly created the monster?" Although the vampire doesn't really have an origin. I should ask my English major friends ><

edited 7th Apr '12 7:01:46 PM by ilsemmr

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#149505 deathpigeon Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:00:40 PM from ▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬

Hey, ils!

@Old Yeller: But it does! There also happens to be a lot of Dark Matter in it. I mean, there's Dark Matter Butterflies, Dark Matter Ponies, like Applejack, and other Dark Matter things!

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#149506 latenight Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:00:59 PM from moonburnt

What about instead of the monsters talk about people who kill monsters? Are they monsters for killing monsters?

Hi Pigeonreaper.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:01:44 PM by latenight

#149507 Chadaman 99 Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:01:03 PM

I'd say go deep into the vampire mythos.

Ah yes Nosferatu.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:02:02 PM by Chadaman99

#149508 deathpigeon Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:01:52 PM from ▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬

Hey, earlymorning!

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#149509 The Freeman Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:02:13 PM from Hialeah,FL.

Hello death.

Aaaand I'm tired. Goodnight.

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#149510 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:02:40 PM

,

lol timezones.

#149511 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:02:40 PM from Austin

@Chadaman Only problem with that is that it's supposed to be 2-3 pages long double spaced. So around 750 words or so. Otherwise I would write a historical paper about the evolution of monsters...

And good night ^^

edited 7th Apr '12 7:03:05 PM by ilsemmr

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#149512 Badwolfwho Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:02:43 PM from Stardust Road

Are people who hunt monsters, the true monsters for murdering people just for who they are?

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#149513 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:03:12 PM from Meinong's jungle

Goodnight, Freeman.

I'm not gonna lie, I've always thought that vampires were overrated. I didn't really mind them until Twilight kickstarted the trend, but since then I tend to think that they're overused, even in good literature and stuff.

@Ilse: What, not even going to explain why my suggestion got skipped?

edited 7th Apr '12 7:03:50 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#149514 Applelight Limited Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:03:20 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Night Freeman!

Yeah, no love for Mummies.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:03:58 PM by ApplelightLimited

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#149515 Chadaman 99 Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:03:43 PM

Ooooh ooooh Lovecraft abominations are fun too.

#149516 deathpigeon Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:03:54 PM from ▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬

Hey, Gordon! Bye. Gordon!

@Crow: earlymorning is my nickname for latenight.

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#149517 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:04:19 PM from Austin

@Badwolfwho The problem with that prompt is that Frankenstein's monster never gets killed and is instead a murderer.

But this essay is difficult because it's supposed to be short.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:05:16 PM by ilsemmr

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#149518 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:04:35 PM

@bad: Depends on the setting and the kind of monster. If it's sentient then it becomes iffy, but if you're dealing with something that is essentially just a powerful and aggressive animal, then not so much.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:04:57 PM by Crowfall

#149519 storyyeller Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:04:35 PM from Appleloosa

Well you can still use them if you do something original with them.

If there is anything that you are alone in thinking, it's "thinking that you're alone in thinking of your theories".

#149520 gingerninja 666 Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:04:47 PM from Aboard The Damocles

I'm not terribly fond of vampires even at the best of times

we need more Creature from the Black Lagoon

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#149521 Japanese Teeth Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:05:47 PM from Meinong's jungle

EDIT: Nevermind.

I'm going to get a snack. Be back in like 20 minutes.

edited 7th Apr '12 7:06:25 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#149522 Badwolfwho Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:06:50 PM from Stardust Road

@ JT: There's a response below your post.

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#149523 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:07:10 PM from Austin

@ J Teeth: The thing is that only F's monster is created. The vampire already exists within the story and we have no idea about its origins. I was thinking of writing a cliche paper on how each monster represents the writers' fears about society. Like F's monster can represent Shelley's fears about a patriarchal society. Or something. Vampyre is easier to analyze.

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#149524 Crowfall Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:07:24 PM

Frankenstein was a massive jackass. He should have just made the creature a bride like he wanted and let them run off together. If he was so worried about them reproducing and overrunning humanity couldn't he just not give her a uterus or something? Idiot.

#149525 ilsemmr Sat, 7th Apr '12 7:09:02 PM from Austin

We talked about that in class! And then we were wondering WHY the monster was so scary. In the book he's actually not an ugly monstrosity. We concluded that his monstrosity had something to do with the Uncanny Valley

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