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I keep going back to Gulliver – but have to admit little to no evidence backs it up.
It probably is some melt of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster (possible reason for the green sleeve on the arm) or he’s just Dr. Frankenstein and Red’s ripped off his arm….really like that option! 😀
I don’t think Whale is Frankenstein though I could be wrong. All the other characters featured so far are from other worlds (Enchanted Forest, Wonderland or in Hook’s case Neverland. Not forgetting Midas who is from Greek myth). Frankenstein is from our world, science instead of magic.
I think The Doctor is just referring to Whale like how The Stranger referred to August
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix@PriceofMagic wrote:
I don’t think Whale is Frankenstein though I could be wrong. All the other characters featured so far are from other worlds (Enchanted Forest, Wonderland or in Hook’s case Neverland. Not forgetting Midas who is from Greek myth). Frankenstein is from our world, science instead of magic.
I think The Doctor is just referring to Whale like how The Stranger referred to August
Good point. The episode title could simply be referring to Dr. Whale’s Storybrooke persona. The same thing was done with August for “The Stranger.”
alright, maybe I am a bit over attached to the Frankenstein theory but I have to disagree with you, Frankenstein is not from “our” world. Dr. victor Frankenstein is from a world where you can sew different body pieces together (without prior DNA testing) and bring it to life by harnessing the power of a thunderstorm (like magic!). Like fairy tales, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” is a work of fiction therefor making it impossible for it to happen in our world.
What I meant by “our” world is that he’s not from a land of magic or from a mythical place. He’s from a world that is very similar to ours albeit with some highly improbable occurences. Though through medical advances, sewing “different body pieces together” could be seen as organ transplants such as taking a kidney from one person and sticking it in another person. Bringing someone back to life “harnessing the power of a thunderstorm” whilst that is an exaggeration, when people go into cardiac arrest, they are given the defibulator to restart their hearts. The defibulator sends a jolt of electricity to restart their heart making them appear they have come back to life.
Frankenstein is still about science rather than actual magic.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix@PriceofMagic wrote:
What I meant by “our” world is that he’s not from a land of magic or from a mythical place. He’s from a world that is very similar to ours albeit with some highly improbable occurences. Though through medical advances, sewing “different body pieces together” could be seen as organ transplants such as taking a kidney from one person and sticking it in another person. Bringing someone back to life “harnessing the power of a thunderstorm” whilst that is an exaggeration, when people go into cardiac arrest, they are given the defibulator to restart their hearts. The defibulator sends a jolt of electricity to restart their heart making them appear they have come back to life.
Frankenstein is still about science rather than actual magic.
of course Frankenstein is considered to be about science… in 2012. It’s all about context.
the book was published in 1818 and written by an 18 years old girl (who had little actual education). there were no organ transplant and no coming back from a cardiac arrest (If someone was declared dead and suddenly came back, they blamed it on sorcery or God). my history lessons are failing me right now but *I think* the first successful transplant was at the beginning of the 20th century. For the people who first read Frankenstein, it was not a scientific allegory, it was magic masquerading as science.
After all the alterations the OUAT team has made to different fairytale putting Frankenstein in a different world or even in FTL would not be that far fetched (even if DR. whale does not turn out to be DR. Victor).
Following your logic, greek mythology also happened in “our world’, all that godly business was happening at the top of mount Olympus and yet we still had an appearance by Midas.
… I am rather enjoying this verbal joust
I sort of think they should keep into the mythical realm as well and not get into the science arena. I don’t think Frankenstein fits with what they are doing here. I also think it would feel laughable and the show needs to keep itself from feeling that way.
Also i am not trying to be a jerk, but defibrillators do not start your heart beating when it stops, that is a tv thing, they actually can only work when your heart is out of rhythm and the shock can help your heart return to regular rhythm. If your heart is not beating then a defibrillator would do nothing.
Werewolves are not fairy tale characters and they’ve incorporated them into the series. So why would Dr. Frankenstein be such a stretch? Frankenstein is part of Marvel Comics and Disney owns Marvel. They said we could possibly see Marvel characters showing up. It’s story book characters and not just fairy tale characters. Dr. Whale has a history with EQ. I’m sure EQ would love to have her father Henry & Daniel back.
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