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found the post. to be fair to them. not the most egregious thing said on this post, but they did endorse the rest of it so.

ignoring "horny frat boys" being an insane way to describe percy, byron, and polidori, not to mention poor fucking claire lmao. theres a pervasive issue of people really wanting mary shelley's life and career to be a story of a woman being greatly underestimated and silenced by her (male) peers but persevering nonetheless and this idea is generally pushed in popular culture and by some ill informed biographers to the point that it is just no longer reflective of her actual experiences. i think people forget a lot that mary shelley existed in radical circles that, while not devoid of misogyny, had moved past the idea that women shouldn't have opinions and be writing and have lives outside of their relationships with men and who certainly were not discouraging her from pursuing a career in writing. she was deeply admired for being the daughter of wollstonecraft and godwin and then as a writer in her own right, and i think its sad that this idea that she was discouraged from pursuing writing by the men in her life, especially by her husband, is so pervasive because one of the most interesting things about her social group to me is the creative relationships built among them. people joke a lot that percy shelley is just remembered as the wife of the author of frankenstien as a diss on him but everything he is on record saying about her work implies that he would be fucking honored. they had a deep creative partnership and mutual admiration for one another's work that was much stronger than even their romantic relationship and its deeply frustrating how that is often disregarded and put down because people are so fixated on this stereotype of how they think 19th century women should exist that they dont let themselves engage with what her life was actually like.

I was going through the game files and decided to look at the script for the Suchdol scene (this is page 1):

I haven't seen it before and it prompted me to take a closer look at Hans's expression in the scene (because I'm blind and didn't notice that he was actually crying). The look on his face when Henry promises him to come back just sent me, Jesus. Translation (using google translate) and gifs I made from slightly different angles:

Jindra and Ptáček are sitting side by side on the bed in Ptáček's chamber at Suchdol. It is getting dark outside and the scene is lit by candles. Ptáček wipes tears from his cheeks. He almost breaks down in tears. He is afraid for Jindřich, and in the previous dialogue he has told him so. He doesn't want to lose him. He doesn't want to lose him because he loves him more than a friend. He loves him the way Galehaut loved Lancelot - in the story Ptáček has just told Jindřich.

Jindra takes Ptáček's hand in his own. Ptáček looks at Jindra's hand in surprise and lifts his tearful eyes to him.

Ptáček (breathing shakily): <…>

Henry (reassuringly): I'll be back.

Henry (takes his hand): I promise you that.

He gets out of bed, is about to leave. Ptáček looks up at him.

Henry: Everything will be fine.

Henry: I'll bring reinforcements…

He doesn't get to finish his sentence because Ptáček stands up, grabs his arm and holds him back. He turns Jindra towards him, body to body - and kisses him on the mouth. Quickly, timidly.

Ptáček (a quick, passionate kiss): <…>