Since all the Percy fans are slowly finding my account, I’d like to publicly say that people hate Shelley for the wrong reasons. Especially on tumblr, seriously, some of you guys are pointing at the wrong thing.
And so some of you can hate the write thing, I made a list: he was a gradual abolitionist because he viewed Africans as too savage (which is a belief Mary also had and is incorporated into Frankenstein), left his wife, supported Byron way more than he honestly should’ve, the whole situation with Claire Claremont, being a bit of an absent dad and finally being a bit of a self righteous twat (like most tumblr users).
Now here’s a list of the good aspects: was a feminist and a big fan of Wollstonecraft, supported Mary so much in publishing Frankenstein, never made fun of Byron’s disability because he’s just a chad like that, vegetarian, bisexual, polyamorous, believed Ireland should be independent, anti-colonialist, a photo-Marxist, critiques the riches treatment of the working class SEVERAL times and was an atheist who rejected the churches influence.
Now, as much as I would encourage people to like Percy (he was THE poet who made me like poetry), it is ultimately peoples decisions, but I will highlight one thing…
HATING HIM FOR HIM AND MARYS RELATIONSHIP IS STUPID.
First off, you don’t know EITHER of them, so I’m tired of people treating Shelley as if he’s your friends toxic bf, because people are parasocial af with Mary and don’t want to admit it. Second, they both lacked a proper sense of communication and that was due to them both having poor mental health for numerous reasons.
In conclusion, please hate Shelley for actually reasons instead of making up scenarios (like the whole “editing Mary’s Frankenstein was wrong” thing) and actually call him out on the bad things he did like being indirectly responsible for his wife’s death
Thank you for coming to my ted talk about my incredibly niche interest
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