hi there! i’ve been writing a critical analysis of the glass scientist for a couple weeks now and i want to ask those who are prominent members in the jekyll and hyde tumblr fandom their thoughts on the glass scientist. unlike some other blogs, i haven’t seen you talk about the aforementioned comic so you can ignore this ask if you want but i have to ask my question:
if there was a single aspect of the glass scientists you have to criticize or appreciate what would it be?
I’d be more than happy to answer!
I used to be big into the Glass Scientists back in its early days, I loved the style and I enjoyed the additional characters included; however, my main criticism lies within the story itself and its overall pacing.
My interest focuses on the original novel, that being the version I’m most familiar with- and although it’s my favorite, I am always open to seeing different versions and iterations … however, Glass Scientists feels more like a spinoff story inspired by gothic literature as a whole, rather than just J&H like I had thought when I first started reading it. Of course that is completely a-ok, however it sort of drove me away as the story progressed and the focus started to shift elsewhere. I found the pacing to be a bit difficult to follow along with as well, I never understood what the main “plot” was meant to be. I picked up on the small side-plots and enjoyed those for what they were, although I just couldn’t understand what it was all trying to build up to.
The characterization of most of the MC’s are fine, nothing to really write home about. If I remember correctly, most complaints about the characters resolve on the “woobification” of Hyde, and whilst I agree with that to some extent, it’s not much of a big deal. Being as obsessed with the original as I am, I will always have some sort of small dislike with each version.. but I do like the stories that aren’t just a 1-1 copy! All in all, I just wish the story was a bit more coherent and less all over the place (in my humble opinion)
I’ve written this while out on a walk, so I apologize for any possible grammatical mistakes ^^;
