I love (hate) how from the first scene where we actually get to see Jekyll, we see just how manipulative he is.
Utterson brings up the will. Jekyll immediately tries to change the topic to 'Bitching About Lanyon.'
Utterson persists. Jekyll tries to play dumb about the reason Utterson brings it up.
Utterson name drops Hyde. Jekyll looks uncomfortable and asks to drop the subject.
Utterson pushes forward. Jekyll tries to win Utterson's pity without telling him anything.
Jekyll even butters Utterson up, saying that the concern is "downright good of you" and that he'd trust Utterson over anyone else, and it works! Utterson begins to let it drop.
But now JEKYLL starts pushing Utterson, insisting that he promise as his friend to take care of Hyde should it be necessary, and effectively getting what he wants out of the will situation in the first place. And Utterson agrees!
Jekyll took what was initially an uncomfortable interrogation and turns it around so that he finally gets Utterson on his side without revealing a damn thing.
And that's where some of that horror element is supposed to come in - if he was an upstanding guy like Utterson thinks, none of this would feel calculated. It's all a perfectly natural way to behave when pressed on a sore subject. It's why Utterson gives in at all!
But we know Jekyll's selfish as hell. Of course he knew exactly what he was doing.
And if anything, it proves Utterson's main weakness is the blind spot he has when it comes to Jekyll.
"classic literature is too dense and boring for me" you say
if he be mr. hyde i shall be mr. seek is an actual real line from robert louis stevenson's seminal gothic classic the strange case of doctor jekyll and mister hyde
I feel so joyous so it's time to ruin the lives of fictional characters
With more Jekyll and Hyde headcanons
Featuring Einfield bc he's basically been forgotten
SPEAKING OF EINFIELD HE HOOKED UP WITH POOLE ONCE BUT THAT'S A SECRET
Utterson and Einfield have matching bowties. They're pink and sparkly and they never wear them in public but always when they hang out at Utterson's house or smth
Hyde throughly enjoys wearing dresses so he has a lot of those hidden away somewhere
(Like some bugs bunny type shit where he wears a dress and everyone's like 'where's Hyde and who is this lady')
Jekyll sometimes hides in corners at parties and stares ominously at people
Utterson categorized his Halloween candy as a kid by color, how much he liked it, etc
Lanyon and Jekyll kind of just ate all theirs the second they got it
And Hyde beats kids up on Halloween and takes their candy.
Side note-Jekyll's that bitch who hands out toothbrushes and shit on Halloween. Hyde takes over his body and gives out actually good candy. And then beats the kids up.
Lanyon was once attacked by a dog. He acts like it's some big bad pitbull but it was a shih tzu. It jumped out of the purse and tried to eat his face.
The shih tzu was Hyde's. Its name is Princess Badass and it gets along well with Whiskers.
Jekyll had a mullet when he was a kid for like a year or so.
Hyde keeps trying to grow his hair out and then sees something sharp and just cuts it again (like ME)
This turned into half Halloween ranting but whatever I fucking like Halloween. And don't know how to spell shih tzu.