remember when herbert tried to fix his posture by stacking books on his face

So, I am continuing my reading of the reanimator novelization and it is wild. I just. I don’t even know.

Dan lies to a cop about possibly having AIDS to go as an excuse for why he is rushing to the hospital

Why was that his first thought??? Why did Dan decide to go with that lie???

And the cop is like “I knew you two where queers”

This whole exchange just caught me so off guard. At least they where aware of the queer coding with the novelization but damn. What a lie for Dan to come up with. This is the third time someone has brought up Dan and Herbert being gay in this book.

Reanimator gay real??? I guess????

hey dan.... dan that's kinda......

The funniest thing about the Re-Animator novelization to me is that it will be in Dan's pov, and it will read like:

"West is self-centered, horrible man who pretend a to be kind to me as an act :[[ "

And then it will be in Herbert's pov and it will be like:

"Dan kind of sucks at being a scientist, but that's okay, also did I mention I am gay and in love with Dan?"

More annotations. Finished the book!

MILD spoilers for reanimator novelization

In absolute shambles I can't do this wtf

Re-animator novelization spoilers kinda

I finally finished the novelization so heres some of my favorite lines

question for re-animator fans: does herbert west believe in god?

your first instinct is probably to say no, which is fair, he goes on a whole tirade against god in bride. his whole thing is to prove that death is a simple, reversible process, not something mysterious and of a higher power!!! except when you actually LOOK at how he talks about god, it isn’t simply to dismiss the idea as unscientific or make fun of faith or anything else you usually expect from an insufferable reddit atheist!

he talks about god like he’s been SCORNED by him for some reason! saying that he’s REPULSED by humanity...! these are weird things to say if you’ve never believed in god and only care about the concept in order to prove it wrong. herbert doesn’t rebuke gruber for bringing up god in the beginning of the novelization, either. 

sure, this could just be that herbert respects gruber enough to not be an asshole for two seconds, but i think it’s worth noting! in beyond re-animator, he tells howard that “religion has nothing to do with this” when he brings up god. again, not exactly a denial of god’s existence, but rather a personal distancing from him. MY theory behind all this is that herbert west was probably raised religious up until his parents died and, while believing in a higher power goes against the type of stuff herbert gets up to, he never managed to let go of the concept. instead, he wages a war with god in his head. god let his parents die, let him grow up in a foster home, let him lose gruber (who he thinks of as a father.) herbert west BELIEVES in god and he hates him for rejecting him.  he realized early on he could never rely on god, so he takes things into his own hands with his research. but he doesn’t let go of that bitterness. god failed him, why should he care about blasphemy? anyways this is all to say herbert west was a catholic school kid. would love to hear ur thoguhts on the matter <3

Finished the reanimator novelization today 💪💪💪💪🏗️💪💪 it was bad but good but terrible but I liked it I think I’ll read it again I feel so normal about it I feel very normal

There was a post on here about the homophobic verse/verses in the reanimator novelization, but I can't find it. If anyone has it that'd be really helpful to me! It had some text, then a picture with some stuff highlighted, but I stopped scrolling there to avoid spoilers. I searched for it in a few tags but couldn't find it.

i read the entirety of both hp lovecraft reanimator and reanimator novelization today. here are my favourite parts that i treasure dearly

FOAMING AT THE MOUTH RN i wna draw dans twink ex-roomie so bad but i hve responsibilities :'(

more reanimator doodles 🪦 read the original book last week

I'm reading the novelisation of the film Re-Animator and...I'm sorry Herbert you STOLE?! The fucking bRAIN

"The young man casually tore a fistful of paper towels from a roll and wrapped the organ inside"

HELLO THIS ISNT A CANDY STORE HERB

alternate universe re-animator

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