#jekyll and hyde quest

[taxidermybymail]

I am on a quest to experience EVERY PIECE OF JEKYLL AND HYDE MEDIA EVER MADE--and I need your help!

Is this impossible? Yes. Do I care? No.

I've watched, read, and listened to most of the easily accessible Jekyll and Hyde media, including many of the movies, the musical, and The Glass Scientists. I am on the hunt for weirder, more obscure J&H adaptations that you can't find with a cursory google search. If you've found anything, anything at all, in any medium, please send it to me! I must continue my quest!

[theknucklehead]

[kursed-curtain]

No need to sound salty!

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I wanted to do something a little jokey ;p and Saltin is the best candidate seeing as he is horrible at flirting and extremely blunt-

[greyhavensking]

the fact that Jonathan and Mina name their kid after Quincey is everything to me

[fandom]

Books

Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years. This list is brought to you by Tor Publishing Group, which you're probably familiar with, given what tops the list this year.

The Locked Tomb series +3 by Tamsyn Muir

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1 by Rick Riordan

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Six of Crows duology +3 by Leigh Bardugo

Dracula -3 by Bram Stoker

The Warrior Cats series -1 by Erin Hunter

A Song of Ice and Fire -1 by George R. R. Martin

The All for the Game series by Nora Sakavic

The Discworld series +7 by Terry Pratchett

A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3 by Sarah J. Maas

The Silmarillion -1 by J. R. R. Tolkien

Pride And Prejudice -3 by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Raven Cycle series +3 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Wings Of Fire +9 by Tui T. Sutherland

The Secret History -7 by Donna Tartt

The Trials of Apollo series -4 by Rick Riordan

The Iliad +10 by Homer

The Odyssey +24 by Homer

The Folk in the Air series -8 by Holly Black

The Animorphs series +5 by K. A. Applegate

The Stormlight Archive +8 by Brandon Sanderson

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Moby Dick +24 by Herman Melville

1984 +6 by George Orwell

Fables by Bill Willingham

The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka

The Song of Achilles -10 by Madeline Miller

The Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare

The Simon Snow series -10 by Rainbow Rowell

The Throne of Glass series +13 by Sarah J. Maas

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6 by Rick Riordan

The Bell Jar -15 by Sylvia Plath

The Dreamer trilogy +6 by Maggie Stiefvater

The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15 by Cassandra Clare

The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Captive Prince -1 by C. S. Pacat

The Twilight Saga -7 by Stephanie Meyer

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Deltora Quest series by Jennifer Rowe

Romeo and Juliet -8 by William Shakespeare

The Far Side by Gary Larson

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2 by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

The Picture of Dorian Gray -31 by Oscar Wilde

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

[bedbabayka]

Quest: You see Sir Danvers Carew ahead. Your actions:

(X): Small talk.

(O): Break his knees.

Jekyll and Hyde is, ultimately, about the twin human desires to have alt accounts and be able to dash irl

[perplexingly]

Ok so you like self destructive tragic characters right. Self inflicted trauma on top of external trauma type stuff. (I've been thinking about Anders lately and you described him this way and I. can't stop thinking about it.) Can you elaborate on this type of characterization and what exactly makes a character written this way successful and not come off as just incompetent, frustrating or pure evil? I've found myself keeping an eye out for more characters like this but I haven't found any more that aren't shoved squarely in the "evil villain" box both by their source material and their fandom. As a character creator myself I'd love to write more characters like that and given how much you seem to appreciate them I'd love to hear your input. (Hope this ask isn't too weird, I just love well rounded characters that don't fit the status quo and I'll take that wherever I can get it.)

(Also, I've been replaying Skyrim recently before getting back into DA and once again our gaming interests have somehow realigned and all your posts about Enderal are tempting me to try it myself. I'm curious what mods you use, if any beyond Enderal itself? Your posts are the first I've heard of it so I'm not sure if it's even recommended to use mods lol, but I thought it was worth the ask)

Hello! Yes I love characters like that, but I’m afraid I won’t give you the analysis you need, I don’t have many thoughts in my head…

I think that characters like these do come off as all these things you mentioned (just look at all the Anders discourses around, or how Hamlet is perceived as indecisive and pathetic, Captain Ahab as insane, and Victor Frankenstein as “the real monster”), but regardless are still compelling, maybe because they often have very strong convictions, embody that “road to hell is paved with good intentions” proverb? Some of them are also just straight up charismatic (and often kind too!) and it’s easy to like that, though I don’t think that’s a necessary trait to find them interesting. (Anders came off as charming in Awakening as well, but then again, I liked the way he acted in DA2 more). Oh another thing is that they’re almost always the thing that moves the story forward.

Of the top off my head I can think mostly of self destructive characters in classic literature but I’m sure every media and every time period has plenty. Besides previously mentioned I’d also consider characters such as Captain Nemo (by the end of the story at least, for the most part he’s presented as noble and high-functioning), Jekyll of Jekyll&Hyde, Marlowe’s Faust (this one is 100% self inflicted without much external tragedy), any protagonist of any Dostoevsky book, maybe Balladyna (she’s a villainess akin to Macbeth though), maybe Orestes and Electra

Oh for modern works, definitely Captain Flint from Black Sails, Tolkien’s Turin (though there is a literal curse on his family line), Mrs Danvers from Rebecca, maybe Fitz from RotE (though he is more passive than any other character I listed here). I’m sure there are much better examples, it was all off the top of my head though :D

About Enderal, yesss I recommend it highly!! I didn’t use any mods, but there’s a bunch on Nexus (it has a separate page from Skyrim, though I believe Skyrim mods should work as well??). Enderal is more akin to a stand alone game than a mod though, for me it took 60hrs to beat and I didn’t do all of the side quests/didn’t meet all of the named npcs 🥹

Also, good luck with your endeavors!!

[scarletgemstone]

scalene au songfic

(Scalene is seen holding a bottle of water in some kind of lab)

scalene “it happened one cold night a stranges blade and failed defenses (an image of ford is seen) I headed towards the light (she looks away and destroys the image) but I rejected its call and came to my senses (looks through a window) something tagged along and from time on our bond keeps growing strong “

(Euclid’s shadow appears)

Euclid “from the depths of hell I came alive (takes scalene’s hand) with the prettiest girl i helped revive but a formless shadow needs to survive had to eat a few souls from which I’d derive (dances with scalene) a body some features too all in the quest to help me love you can a girl really fall for a demon inside Guess you’re the Jekyll and I’m your Hyde “

(They stop dancing and scalene takes her husband to a book)

scalene “Euclid “

Euclid “scalene “

scalene “just cast their judgement aside cuz I don’t wanna reisde in a world where you don’t exist “

(Euclid places his hand on her cheek)

Euclid “I need you”

scalene “you’ve turned into my muse and I truly refuse to go on living without your kiss (they are in the past kissing) “

Euclid “and you won’t “

scalene “and if the price you pay to live another day just means there’s more to slay “

Euclid “a ways to go”

(A human is seen)

scalene “do what you need to do I won’t be stopping you I’ll help see it through “

(Scalene seen talking to ford and Fiddleford) (she is then seen talking to Euclid)

Euclid “got parts to steal and soul catch gonna need to make a portal then we’ll lure them in all sweet and nice (pulls a pie out of the oven and gives it to scalene)splice in a pie slice so they don’t think twice turn away if you don’t like the sight (takes her hand) but I know you might delight cause we share the same plight there’s nothing I won’t do to keep a girl like you so keep bringing on the souls and I’ll see what I can do “

(Scalene is having tea as she looks at a family photo and something brings to manifest in the chair next to her)

scalene “it’s true I fell for you and than I knew all the wrong I’d do for souls to make you whole a quid pro quo (Euclid apperes) for the love that you bestow so cast their judgement aside (they dance) cuz I don’t wanna reside in a world where you don’t exist (Euclid dips her) “

Euclid “and you won’t “

scalene “you’ve turned into my muse and I truly refuse to go on living without your kiss “

Euclid “your lips to mine”

scalene “and if the price you pay to live another day just means there’s more to slay “

Euclid “we’re almost there “

scalene “do what you need to do I won’t be stopping you I’ll help see it through “

Euclid “fords brains and smarts are a starte”

scalene “coat mane”

Euclid “hey there bud I need a part do you have a minute ms gleeful?”

scalene “maybe I’m insane “

Euclid “cuz you have something I just got a get “

scalene “for you “

Euclid “that juronal real neat dear sir plus your soul was so sweet and pure “

Euclid “then there’s pine tree’s book too”

scalene “Euclid I love you”

Euclid “now I got the words to say I love you “

(Euclid is whole and stands in front of scalene)

Euclid “we did it this is me “

(Scalene hugs him and kisses him)

scalene “Euclid your finally complete all the screams have ceased now we’ll enjoy some “

Euclid “silence

[astrovian]

Richard Armitage's Recommended Reading List from the official Geneva paperback release promotional material sent to book retailers/libraries in 2024

Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

I narrated this for Audible, and I love the fact that the format feels like a case study of a psychologically compromised patient, rather than a traditional novel. It made me question whether it was a true story or fiction. I also love Stevenson's obsession - one shared by many authors and psychologists - with the alter ego. It's been suggested that Stevenson was subversively writing about suppressed sexuality (which was at the time considered unacceptable in social circles). His Mr Hyde was perhaps something that was literally 'in hiding' and forcing its way out.

C.J. Tudor: The Drift

A departure for Tudor into Zombie territory, i suspect conceived during the pandemic, and set across three different time zones. This is a chilling, thrilling genre puzzle about a group of survivors, a bus crash buried in the snow, a stranded cable car and a group of misfits walled up in a dystopian hellish retreat that feels like the end of the world. Lurking in the shadows is something so deadly it feels like an impending apocalypse.

Robert Harris: Act of Oblivion

Harris is one of my favourite authors. He's so immersed in historical detail his stories always feel like documents from an archive rather than invention. Act of Oblivion is the ultimate destination thriller. Set in 1660, during the Interregnum, the novel reminds me of a relentless road movie. Richard Nayler, head of the regicide committee of the Privy Council, is consumed by a quest to find the last remaining fugitives who signed the death warrant of Charles I. It becomes a lifelong, all-consuming obsession that takes the form of an epic journey from London to the New World and the developing colonies.

Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

It's the 20th anniversary of this seminal novel, and it's been very much on my mind as I have narrated a new audiobook edition for Bloomsbury. A spectacular Dickensian destination thriller set in London and the European continent during the Napoleonic wars, I love the array of extraordinary characters (some factual, some fictional) and the weaving of magic into the politics of the time. Dr Strange and Mr. Norrell attempt to restore practical magic to England by convincing the government and the military of its usefulness in war. The rivalry between the two men in exacerbated by the emergence of an older, darker force which, along with Clarke's historical tapestry drawn from factual events and folklore, gives the story a bedrock that is convincing and compelling.

Stephen King: The Shining

Chiller, thriller a s destination; I can't get through the winter without a Stephen King novel. I've read The Shining a few times and as frightening as it is, there is something about the remote isolated setting of the Overlook Hotel in the midst of this brutal winter that intrigues me. The descent of Jack Torrance into madness, and the terrifying consequences of this for his wife and young son, makes for a trembling page-turner. One thing the book does better than the film is balance the fear with the spiritual: the 'shining'. In the novel, Jack's son Danny has a special psychic glow and in a child it feels like an impenetrable power for good in the facenof evil. You've probably seen the film, but the book is well worth a read too.

[spaceagebachelormann]

ok but what about taking care of Jekyll when he’s sick? And just being a doting wife because I’m a sucker for taking care of people.

☆ — taking care of sick jekyll

✧ masterlist — navigation

✧ carmillas notes — okay guys finally writing again 🔥 i love you jekyll and hyde requests . also i am terrible at incorporating gender into these so it’s gn 😞 i apologize

✧ warnings — none other than a few swears

he probably refuses to admit that he’s sick lmao

other than refusing to believe he’s sick he’s surprisingly pretty easy to take care of cause he kinda just lays there and complains the entire time

he lets you feed him and take care of him but he’s still gonna be like “i am NOT sick”

but really with him you don’t have much to worry about

you should be worried about hyde vanishing in the middle of the night if anything but he also kinda just lays there and complains (if it’s after he drinks the potion)

because he’s sick jekyll gets extremely bored and tries to get up and go be weird and make more terrible life decisions regarding potions

he likes to fuck around and find out what can i say

he will only eat soup while he’s sick with almost no expectations

and that little shit can smell soup a mile away. the second you bring it to him he’s sitting up completely ready

soup junkie istg

he’d be pretty annoyed with the amount of things he isn’t able to do while sick so he most likely sends you on random errands with a million side quests

he’d do it himself but like. he can’t!

anyway because he’s kind of a cunt his tasks are really easy but they just take awhile so while you’re gone he tries to be terrible again but instead you find him passed out on the floor

it’s like girl.. what is wrong with you!!

he sits there like ☹️ while getting scolded for it and it’s kinda the funniest thing he’s ever done

after that he becomes more easy to deal with

well he was easy to deal with before but now he doesn’t try to conjure shit up while you’re gone

he’s one of those people who’s sick for like a week every five years but when he gets sick he gets SICK

he’s practically dying you might wanna consider calling a doctor

he’d be like “i’m a doctor i’ll be fine” “you’re not that kind of doctor..”

he’s fine but he just has a ridiculously high fever like a loser

anyway as quickly as he becomes sick after a week or so he’s perfectly fine and back to doing his weird bullshit

he’s the type of person where there wasn’t even a proper name for what he had. he just had some alien disease and went with it

he’s fine for the next 5-10 years where he gets sick again

old men istg…

[taxidermybymail]

Jekyll and Hyde Quest Part One: THE BOOKS

So, uh. Yeah! I have quite a few books. I'm going to put a closeup of each cover and a short review beneath a cut. I have another book coming as an Unspecified Winter Holiday gift. I'll add it in a reblog when I get it!

This book... is not about Jekyll and Hyde. It's a fine book, I read about a third of it, and it's just not Jekyll and Hyde. The protagonist is Edward Hyde, which is fun, but he's so different it's not the same story at all. There is a moment early on where a doctor basically looks at the camera and says "being mentally ill doesn't make you a monstrous murderer," which should be the standard for J&H stories. If you like gaslamp fantasy you might enjoy this book, but it wasn't what I was hoping for.

I don't remember where I got this one. It's a comic! It's got a classic comic style. Not much to say about this one, it's alright.

I... haven't read this one. I don't plan on reading this one. It's a college romance, which really isn't my thing. I bought it for the sake of having it.

Another one I bought for the sake of having it. It's nice! Cost me like $8, not too bad.

My pretty boy. My precious darling. She sparkles! I haven't actually read this one, it's too pretty. (And here, tumblr is beginning to lag...)

My other pretty one! Bought this from a very cute young man in a book village. She's a little beat up because I don't have anywhere good to keep my books right now. The cover is soft!

When I actually want to read Jekyll and Hyde, this is the edition I actually read. It's torn from living in my bag :(. I bought this edition at a record store!

This one has a really cool educational insert! It teaches you vocab and has a little bit about R. L. Stevenson's life. There are even scenes from one of the movies, though I haven't been able to figure out which.

My first Jekyll and Hyde book. Hyde doesn't look like that in the illustrations, but he still manages to be problematic.

Not featured is Dr Jekyll, Orthodontist, because that book deserves its own post and I ran out of images.

[sodalitea]

One Eyed Crows (handmade Il Dottore keychain plushies)

Since I played Sumeru Archon quests those little guys got stuck in my head. Since then I'm making more and more of them... Maybe it's time to think about releasing them to other homes? Those little guys are pretty interesting. Their design shows how incomplete Dottore is - instead of having two eyes, they are cyclops. You won't witness birds like that anywhere in the world of Genshin recently. They can symbolize segments or the fact that Dottore has multiple personalities (which I think is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reference), but I also think it shows that all his life he really had his own company. In the deep sadness there are only those little birbs, parts of him that can soothe him or at least understand how lonely he is as someone who doesn't fit in to the societal standards. He probably wants to belong but also doesn't think he deserves it as he knows himself and the darkness he carries.

Don't repost my artworks please! I'll appreciate likes, comments and reblogs. ♡

[starridge]

got an annotated copy of jekyll and hyde as a part of my quest to get nice hardcovers of the books i enjoy and i’m thoroughly enjoying the annotations so far tbh

[spacetrashpile]

DRACTOBER: DAY ONE

The first day of Drac-tober is upon us! I will be upfront with y’all, the likelihood that these will actually be daily updates continues to slim. I am a college student, first and foremost, but the wi-fi in my dorm has also totally shit the bed, and until that gets resolved (and I don’t know when that will be), watching all these films will be way more inconvenient. But, we’ll see how it all goes!

If you missed the update, I decided to use a random wheel to determine my watch order, rather than the chronological order I listed the films in originally. This film, however, was not decided by the wheel, but by the fact that my roommates really wanted to watch it with me, so it got first dibs.

For the first day of Drac-tober, we will be reviewing… Van Helsing (2004)!

As a reminder, I will be rating each film on two 1-10 scales: its accuracy as a Dracula adaptation, and how much I enjoyed it. This is a different scale than “was it good”. This disclaimer is particularly important for today’s film.

Van Helsing follows Gabriel (I KNOW) Van Helsing, monster hunter for the Vatican circa the 1880s. Van Helsing, played by Hugh Jackman, is peak 2000s eye candy, tragic but amnesiac past and all. He’s sent on a quest to slay Count Dracula and help Romani (not the word they use) prince and princess Velkan and Anna Valerious lift the curse on their family line. This movie includes most of the iconic movie monsters you can think of in some capacity (Dracula and his brides, of course, alongside Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and various werewolves), and is, to say the least, only barely a Dracula adaptation.

Now, onto our first scale- is this a good adaptation of Dracula?

No. Of course not. But I did not expect it to be, and as far as I’m aware, it didn’t really market itself as such. Just about the only thing this film had down about Dracula was the Count’s horny tension with literally everyone, but that’s just sort of a given for any film with vampires in it, frankly. Easy 1/10 on the accuracy scale. They couldn’t even get Van Helsing’s first name right.

Now, as previously stated, I watched this film with two of my roommates. This greatly upped the enjoyment factor. First of all, watching my roommates lust after Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale was extremely funny. Second of all, the value of being able to shout, together, in complete surprise at the twists and turns of this movie cannot be overstated. My favorite example is when the credits began, and the dedication to the film was to the director’s deceased father. We were flabbergasted.

This movie was also laughably strange, most of the time. The plot moved quickly enough and was stupid enough that I had fun with it, despite the fact that it had absolutely nothing to do with any of the characters involved in the film. Frankly, the most accurately adapted character was probably Frankenstein’s monster, since he was actually fully articulate (though that’s where most of the similarities to his book counterpart end).

There was also the element of the brides, who are given quite a bit more screen time and motive in this film than in the actual novel. They all have names, which is nice, and while their motive of wanting to bring their children with Dracula to life is… interesting, at least it’s there. There was also a wild amount of homoerotic tension between Aleera (the bride who lives the longest) and Anna (the female lead) which I did not see coming, but did appreciate.

That, however, is where my praise for the women in this film ends. While the brides have names and motivations, a step up from the novel, this movie is not good to its women. They are sex objects, first and foremost (and I suspect this is why the lesbian tension is there at all). They are motivators for the men above all else and literally all of them end up dead by the film’s conclusion. I cannot describe the disappointment and anger that was in the room when we realized Anna died.

There is also, of course, the fetishization and misrepresentation of Romani people present in the film. The script refers to them using the G-slur, for one, but all these supposedly Romani characters are played by white people, and are also getting saved by this random white man. The Romani heritage of the Velarious clan is basically forgotten past the first 30 minutes of the film, and thank god for it, because I know it wouldn’t have been handled well.

All in all, was this, by any stretch of the imagination a good movie? No, absolutely not. But it was a great movie to watch with my roommates on a Friday night. 7/10 on the enjoyment scale.

In conclusion, was Van Helsing (2004) a particularly good film, as an adaptation of Dracula or otherwise? No, absolutely not. But you knew that already. I would, however, recommend giving it a watch if you have friends to enjoy it with and maybe a beer or two. I don’t know if I’ll ever be returning to this film, but I had a great time watching it. It’s score may be a 4/10 overall, but it was a great start to the month.

[eksentrismi]

a small quest about your au hyde was he a good owner to beast when she was a puppy if its alright to ask that

Oh yeah, about that, Hyde didn't actually adopt her when she was a puppy. (Though I can still imagine that if he had, he would've still found her cute.)

He actually found her as a lonely 2-3 years old stray in the streets during one night, and decided to adopt her during then, perhaps finding comfort from meeting another lonely scruffy mean-looking being.

He treats her extremely well however and spoils her with lots of tasty treats, fancy meals, raw meat, pricey furniture and pillows to rip apart, new toys etc. Lets her scare off people around in the streets, join him on his several trips to bars etc; even Jekyll (who for obvious reasons is also Beast's owner, though he doesn't admit it publicly out loud) lets her stay and hang around his place, whenever no one else is able to look after her. That scary-looking mangy dog is like a precious baby to him. <3

[feuerscram]

So, I'm still hyperfixated on Gravity Falls, but now also on The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll & Myster Hyde (because of course there had to be two Gravity Falls's animatics that use songs of the musical and I had to fall in love with it.)

I will rambling a lot, and if you want to know what I'm rambling about, listen to the Original Concept Recording of 1994 from the musical Jekyll & Hyde with Anthony Warlow as Jekyll/Hyde.

I want to defend Utterson in the song How Can I Continue On?. This song may be a tourning point, or at least it results in a turning point, which is Jekyll's decision to use his potion on himself in This Is The Moment and his use of it in Transformation.

In How Can I Continue On? Jekyll is quite desperate because the Board of Governors of St Jude's Hospital refused in the song Board of Governors to give him permission to try his formula on a human (which is understandable). They seem to have effectively prevent him to continue his experience, so Jekyll feels like he can't continue his work and feels quite down because of it.

Utterson, as the good friend he is, tells him not to give up and that he knows he will find a way to be back on his feet.

And it work! Jekyll decides immediatly that fine, if no one want to give him a human test subject, he will just use the one he has at hand: himself. Which leads to Transformation, the appearance of Hyde, Hyde's crimes and all the other problems that ensue.

Some may say then (and they would be right!), that Utterson is at least partly responsible for these problems, and that without him there wouldn't even be a musical.

But!

That's when I want to defend the good friend that is Utterson.

You see, I'm not sure Jekyll would stay well without his pet-project. Remember, what did Jekyll talk about until How Can I Continue On?

His work. (And almost nothing more :)

Let's revue the previous songs!

Prologue: Well it's precisely Jekyll speaking about his goal. We don't know yet that it is his goal, but we have his hypothesis and the expected result of this hypothesis.

I Need to Know: Here we have Jekyll motives, his interrogations. To some it up, why he has to make his experience. (At this point we can already see that he is obsessed with his work.)

Façade: Jekyll says only the last line of this song, but it's again about his goal ("Look behind the façade").

The Engagement Party: In this song, Jekyll comes late to his own engagement party. And why? Because of his work. He is so passionate about it that he even provoks a drastic change of tone and mood in the music!

Possessed: Here is openly admitting that his work means everything to him. He says, I quote "All my life I've been possessed / By one great all conuming quest / And that's my driving reason to survive!" (One day I will make a post about Lisa/Emma because this woman is a real queen.)

Take Me As I Am: This is a really good love song (well at least I like it very much), but once again, Jekyll starts by speaking about his work. When does he need Lisa? When "despair tears [him] in two". So when his work is not working (also good forshadowing).

Board of Governors: Well, I have already spoken about this song, and there's not so much to say. He defends his experiment and tries to obtain permission to use a human living being as a test subject.

Lucy Meets Jekyll: That's the first song where Jekyll doesn't mention his work at all. But, I'm stubborn and would say that Lucy is a clear exemple of what Jekyll is trying to prove and fight: Lucy is obviously playing the seductress when she hates every second of it. And Jekyll probably sees it since he offers her his friendship. So this song is not related to his work, unless it is!

So there's Jekyll in a nutshell: work work work work, ugh why no one sees the importance of my work, work work work, oh this person doesn't seem well, I'm pretty sure my work could help her if people just let me do it.

And there's no way Utterson doesn't know how much his friend his obsessed. So what can he think when Jekyll, his long time friend who is always speaking about his project, his work and sometimes other things, is planning to give up?

Utterson can think that it will literally destroy Jekyll. There's absolutely now way that Jekyll stay in a good state of mind when the only thing that he thinks of is not here anymore. Jekyll is nothing without his work (or at least he thinks). If Utterson lets him give up, Jekyll will not be happy, so Lisa will probably not be happy too, Sire Danvers will not be happy for her, Utterson will not be happy. (Maybe Stride will be, but I don't think Stride's happiness is something that Utterson values.)

If Jekyll gives up his work, he will certainly have a breakdown at best, and at worst commit suicide. And that, Jekyll said it himself. ("that's my driving reason to survive!", remember?)I'm pretty sure that's what Utterson have in head when he recommended him to continue his pet project.

And yes, he changes his mind in His Work and Nothing More. But would you blame him? It's been five songs since the good doctor spoke to someone else (unless you consider Hyde as him, which Utterson have no reason to do at this point) and he isn't even speaking of the progress of his work anymore. He isn't even passionate about it anymore ("You've lost the fire you build your dream on" and "it's like when love dies"). Before Jekyll would show at public events (Engagement Party), now he hides (is thit a pun?) in his house, or so Utterson thinks. But he makes once again the argument of his work ("it could endanger your career"), because let's admit it, that's probably the only argument who could have works with this workaholic of Jekyll.

That's why I think that Utterson is a really good friend, and that even if he wasn't, Jekyll's ending would still not have been a happy one.

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Well, that was sure a lot of rambling. Have a good day/night!