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"um, actually, Frankenstein is the doctor's name"
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"the sin of Frankenstein was not that he created life, but that he abandoned his responsibility to that life. this has entered the public consciousness as 'the monster was inherently dangerous because it was unnatural,' which is, um, actually, the doctor's sorry excuse"
"Frankenstein abandoned his responsibility, victim blamed about it, and immediately had his excuses accepted as fact"
that's how you know he was a doctor
Have heard that this being the intent was actually even more obvious in the original draft, before Percy went over it, but can't confirm.
the "Frankenstein is the monster" to "Frankenstein is the doctor" to "Frankenstein, the doctor, is the real monster" pipeline, if you will
Frankenstein was Adam's last name because he was the scientist's (abandoned) son. Also the scientist wasn't a doctor, he was a med school dropout.
