all things bright

One thing about Frankenstein I don't see people talking about is how the Creature doesn't ask for a wife from Victor, he wants a companion. Victor takes it as him wanting a wife but the Creature never said that. He just wanted a friend.

Yes, and that bullshit Victor says about procreation… Hello, Victor, you’re a surgeon? Procreation wasn’t inevitable even if he made a female. But yes, I agree, the Creature just wanted someone like him. I don’t see him as a sexual being, even in his interactions with Elizabeth. What he desires is understanding, kindness, mutual respect, and a companion in learning and exploring. It’s Victor who twists the Creature’s yearning into something - as Victor would view it - “dirty” and dangerous.

Victor's "I have not slept. Not a Winky Dinky Doo of sleep for me." while exhaustedly pouring out water after shaving his son's head is the most overlooked quote of the film because this grown man is so heavily in postpartum dealing with a newborn and absolutely CANNOT handle it... even though he CHOSE to do this.