Lolazoid

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

Like the fact he grew up poor until he inherited his title later on, or the outright abuse from his mother. Now I won’t go into detail on the alleged sexual abuse of Byron, considering it was debated under the post. But even so; we have to consider more than a handful perspectives when covering Byron, especially those who study his texts and life.

And yes, that includes the ones you disagree with. I’m tired of people thinking Byron becoming a bad person was clear and cut, when it wasn’t. Most of it was down to his family and bad influences in life which led to later decisions. In no way does it justify it, but ignoring how his family made him arguably lose empathy for people like women should really be discussed.

I don’t usually talk about what I cover in English literature but I do want to rant a bit about Lord Byron a bit, someone most of you have at least heard of in some way. I specifically want to cover the relationship with his half sister.

First off, if you joke about it; it’s disrespectful no matter what way you spin it. Even if I find incest wrong on every single level, making fun of it just disrespects all people involved, both victim and perpetrators.

Second, Augusta was a consenting individual. I don’t know where this came from, but a lot of people like to act as if Augusta was younger and groomed when it’s more likely to be the other way around. Augusta was 5 years older and started writing to him when he was in a mentally bad place. He was arguing with his mother a lot and Augusta comforted him through that.

Third, there is no proof of this rumour. It is up to YOU to make the conclusion depending on how you view their bond through what little info we have. This was said by Caroline Lamb, who was a LOVER of Byron and known for stalking him.

Lastly, this is not a surprise at all for not just Byron but his family in general. Part of the free love movement he was a part of did include incest, so it makes sense it wouldn’t be as large of an issue to him, considering he also married his cousin (despite the fact they didn’t love each other).

Overall, I think this was most likely just a rumour to cover his bisexuality (particularly with 15 year old boys, that’s a story for another day on why he did that) but I think people should make their own conclusions instead of basing it off what other people say.

I’ll probs talk about Lord Byron more here in the future but I just wanted to get the ticking time bomb out the way before someone eventually asked me what I thought of the situation.

“But Lolazoid, he likes hunting! He’s overtly masculine” first off, we don’t push sexist views of trans people around here. Second, hunting is a gender neutral sport and more related to Humperdinck’s desire for control, which plays into my main reason I see Humperdinck as a great allegory for a trans person in the closet/egg — his relationships with women in both the book and movie.

In the book, he outwardly hated his stepmother (which might be down to losing his mother) but also jealousy- she gets to live the role Humperdinck can’t. There’s also another suitor he has in the book which he gets along with until discovering she’s bald. This is another case of insecurity but also gender envy to an extreme— despite being bald, she found workarounds in a way Humperdinck can’t with themself. Lastly.. buttercup and do I need to say anything? Gender envy in big neon lights. Only cares about her looks and her making Humperdinck look better.

Overall: Humperdinck is a giant egg waiting to hatch, needs supportive friends and is weirdly good representation