Small literary note.

[torrain_circles]

Right.

Anyone who, when discussing Dr. Henry Jekyll as presented by Mr. Stevenson, makes statements along the lines of "deliberately created the elixir so he could get away with horrible perverse things" or "didn't feel bad about it at all" (or "only stopped being Hyde because he was afraid Jekyll would be tried for murder", dear ghad that one especially annoyed me)?

No longer allowed to have the statement "I read the novella" carry *any damn weight whatsoever* when it issues from their mouth or keyboard.

*fume* *snort* *hmph*

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[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

You know I'm only familiar with the story from the musical, and I can tell those first two statements are false...

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Also no longer allowed: "You know, you could change the story so that he *didn't* change back into Jekyll when he died..."

Heh. It's a pet peeve. It's a weird pet peeve, I know.