Halloween Special: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde

Published 2019-10-31
Some monsters are undead creatures of the night. Some monsters are cosmic horror nightmare gods. Some monsters are existential personifications of dread and decay. But perhaps the greatest monster of all… is man.

Have a very spooky halloween! And don't forget the explicit moral of Jekyll and Hyde - that the greatest danger you'll ever face comes from wealthy middle-aged white men who get away with their crimes because society refuses to believe they would ever do such horrible things.
…Hm. Are we SURE this was written in 1886…?

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All Comments (21)
  • @tinyjar7111
    I still can’t get over the fact that Robert Stevenson, the author, wrote, “If he be Mr. Hyde, then I shall be Mr. Seek.”
  • @tomsmurf4225
    Dr. Jekyll: my main account Mr. Hyde: my shitposting account
  • @kyubbikcat2281
    Hyde in pop culture: Psychopath monster. Hyde in the original book: Incognito mode.
  • I love how it's Dr. Jekyll and MISTER Hyde, because even though they're the same person only one of them has a PHD
  • @davidr5445
    "If he be Mr Hyde, then I shall be Mr Seek" -actual line from the book.
  • @susieboo22
    Having read the book now, I can confirm that "Utterson's defining trait is that he's really boring" isn't just Red being snarky. He is canonically so quiet, dry, and downright dull that his hosts actually like him to stay a little late after a party, because his mere presence *sobers people up*. I'm not kidding.
  • @Maladjester
    One thing people seem to get wrong a lot is they think Jekyll is a pure victim. Hyde isn't some noble experiment for the betterment of science. He's a get-out-of-jail-free card. Hyde is exactly what Jekyll wanted to create.
  • @bailey9947
    Red: Hyde is super ugly Also Red: draws Hyde super adorable
  • @cartersmith6628
    So essentially Mr. Hyde’s description boils down to “his vibes were RANCID and kinda short”
  • @miralang8149
    So Hyde is basically the living embodiment of "what if you jumped in front of that train just now"
  • Victor Frankenstein: "Who are you?" Henry Jekyll: "I’m you, but an actually decent scientist."
  • @Nitrinoxus
    "...whose primary defining characteristic is that he is extremely boring." ...Well, he is a British lawyer with three names.
  • "BEHOLD! I have created a substance that allows me to unlock my base desires and frees me from fear!" "Yes, sir. That is whiskey. You're an alcoholic. You have invented the moonshine still."
  • @AllisterNovum
    Something i noticed from this summary, everyone guessed that Jekyll had been blackmailed. However, they never questioned what dark secret Jekyll was hiding that was worth be blackmailed over. Instead they were just concerned with Hyde potentially killing him. Every assumed Jekyll had something bad already and they didn't care. This makes Jekyll's need to hide his dark side even more tragic. As it was less of a deep dark secret and more of a open secret.
  • @Glace1221
    "Unspecified base urges" Pop culture thinks: Murder and rape Victorian era thinks: Murder and butt stuff
  • @Anon26535
    "Without me, you see, Jekyll has no desires. And without him, I have no restraints..."
  • When my siblings’ english class read this book in high school the teacher forbade anyone from mentioning the “twist” to avoid spoilers which is stupid since literally everyone knows the twist. So what are a bunch of bored teenagers to do when asked to discuss the relationship between jekyll and hyde without actually discussing it? Every single class member decided to refer to jekyll and hyde as gay lovers. It made the teacher so mad.