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1. In Dreams by calcifiedheart

   Fandoms: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Henry Clerval/Victor Frankenstein
   • Henry Clerval
   • Victor Frankenstein
   • Frankenstein’s Creature
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • As a metaphor for… love? Obsession? The Eucharist?
   • No Actual Cannibalism Occurs
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Guilt
   • Author Is Not Religious
   • Author Is Not Catholic
   • But! Author spent 6 years at Catholic school
   • Brief(ish) Discussion of Hetero Sex
   • Possibly Unrequited Love
   • Mentioned Frankenstein's Creature
   • Frankenstein’s Creature’s Presence Is Alluded To But Not Explicitly Stated

   Summary

   A queer subversion of Victor's Oedipal dream before the Creature comes to life, in which he struggles with homosexual feelings for his best friend and decides to be metaphorically cannibalistic and ex-Catholic about it.

   (Title is a Roy Orbison song.)

   Language:

   English

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   1,082

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