Not tagging this one but since someone asked @matriioshkaa (hi) I offer my rant on why I dislike the glass scientists
I will probably update it later lol
This part is just a more polished one of smh Iāve said before but first: the story
Simply, it isnāt quite interesting
As in. It feels like it really lacks conflict + unpredictability and if there is conflict, thereās little weight to it. Whenever Hyde or Jekyll are in trouble, they always get away with it without any overarching consequences, which just makes the story feel less meaningful and the ending undeserving. Hyde fucks stuff up in the beginning so Jekyll has to hide him. Sure okay no big deal because other than the mental torture that will be inflicted onto Jekyll there arenāt any issues . He gets chased after for going to the bazaar once and then near the end but thatās it
Adding onto that, I feel like they skip over characters processing stuff(Jekyllās death, the reveal) and the. Reaction doesnāt rll hit that much. Because there thereās no long term effects, in the end everything is fine and no one is hurt nor cares. Same with the whole nightmares chapter,, Hydeās cruelty just kind of gets swept under the rug for the sake of his happiness for the lack of better phrasing.
And they also donāt really do anything without other characters. Rachel, Lucy, Frankenstein donāt. Really have any development. It would be under
The comic also erases both Jekylls and Lanyons flaws to make them more like able. I donāt think I have much to add on that but it makes both of their characters less interesting, same w their dynamics . Itās like the story wants to be sure that you like those characters so much that it erases the traits that made them interesting. Also not a huge fan that they just replaced Utterson with Lanyon.
Iām not even gonna speak on it but I find it humorous that they made Lanyon, the more conservative leaning character a black man. Just that itās ironic. And they gave him a lame white man name. Robert. Fucking Robert
On the topic of the designs, theyāre also prettyā¦ generic. Most characters are just skinny , young and conveniently attractive. Which. I dislike more so in the context of Jekyll. Him being fat is also a part of his character since he is well.. a rich white man . A rich white man in the 19th century wonāt be skinny
Hydeās characterization and the message that comes with him . Tgs Hyde is more like a bunch of traits that seem Hyde-ish (his weird asf mischievous and prankster nature and all the spooky shit) thrown together rather than an actual character with essence and personality and their own choices who doesnāt just rely on blorboified character stereotypes . He is a concept of a Hyde he is not Hyde as a character. Heās like puddle level but heās not even like able heās just horrendously mischaracterized. And puddle level doesnāt even have to bad bc like. Frankenhole Jekyll. Even though the glass scientists had so many pages the only thing that changes about Hyde is that he isnāt an annoyance to Jekyllās anymore, nothing about his character changes because his personality consists of a few traits mashed together. And even that doesnāt feel earned because even though itās somewhat talked about the story never build itself a sense of meaning that cannot he easily taken down and because the story cannot decide if it wasnāt him to be a separate force that talks to Jekyll of a part of him. And the message again . It annoys me because thatās the whole reason everything in the book goes down. Jekyll cannot accept how he was made because the Victorian society lacks this things called āAWARENESS OF MENTAL DISORDERSāso therefore just considers himself abnormal and drowns in his own hate. Itās what leads to him seeking an outlet to his desires instead of seeking help. Because there is no help for him, he cannot trust anyone and itās not like he has resources to deal with it better. Tgs just throws all that in the bin . Itās like Jekyll and Hyde but he did have supportive people and the real him wasnāt that bad and Jekyll cannot do any real damage because his crimes are self defense or whatever the fuck and they all shit rainbows and throes up butterflies
Hyde does also get horrendously woobifief because of that whichā¦. Might not be the best choice considering that that is a violent man who takes out his emotions on others while also coked up I guess .
Also I didnāt like the sex implications because the art style and themes make it look like itās meant to advertise to younger teens. Yeah.
