Does anyone want to talk about the theme of repression in regards to vampires and how that relates to Morbius's character??!?!?!????
It's not exactly that he thought of himself as a monster when he was human but I think being othered for something as personal as how he looked, in combination with his own morose introspection and self awareness, would create a person constantly aware of the ideal of what a "normal person" (e.g. a masculine man) was, yet afraid of moving too close or too far from it. Too far pushes the line from tolerable to disgusting. Trying to get too close would force him to confront the fact that he will never fully fit that standard. In his middle age he has accepted that many things are too trivial to worry about -- and it's not like he's an insecure teenager; he's an accomplished scientist, something he took pride in and was greatly admired for. But that self awareness still clings to him. He talks about his perceived "ugliness" like it's a small simple thing and not something that massively affects his self esteem (to the point that he just brings it up unprompted in conversations). As if societal standards didn't equate his ugliness with unattractiveness, making him accordingly adjust his expectations for life, friendship, romance, and sex.
He was repressed, man. The void society opened in him where his pride for his looks & his experience with love and sex was supposed to be was instead filled with his pride for his accomplishments in science. He only ventured into love (into sex and marriage, ~like all men should~) when he was past his "prime" (very unlike ~the man he should be~). Even with Martine there were things he hid from her like his terminal illness. (I think Martine helped him with becoming less repressed, but she couldn't erase how he developed as a person.) And his repression becomes a tangible condition when he becomes a literal "monster", so outside of society's standards that he's not even human. Now his entire being revolves around repressing biological urges that feel so good, that he would die without... but also fills him with shame, fear, and self-hatred when he indulges or thinks about indulging in the future.
Hello it's so dark in here. Hello
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Hiiii I was going to finish my next comic but I accidentally deleted all the base panels and need to restart, sorry I'll try to post it soon ^^u
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saw a callout post today where at the top of the list of their many crimes was "liked an nsfw photo of a minor on twitter" which made them sound like a closeted sex offender and not like someone who liked one suggestive DRAWING of a teenage cartoon character. Come on man.
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