Why does that sound like a bad movie advertisement? This is leading me to picture that as a movie, which can't be good. (XD)
I think Maxime might be permanently scarred.
And the sad thing is, all the 19th century historians seem to have adopted the greenness... It would be pretty bizarre to have green blood though. The point of course, is that it's monstrous and they wanted to turn him into a monster.
I think Taine had read too many Gothic romances. Really, one would think you'd know that if you can write something like that it's time to put the novels down. >__>
I know the quote you're talking about, but I can't remember off the top of my head who said it. I'll have to go look through the different places it could be cited...
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I think Maxime might be permanently scarred.
And the sad thing is, all the 19th century historians seem to have adopted the greenness... It would be pretty bizarre to have green blood though. The point of course, is that it's monstrous and they wanted to turn him into a monster.
I think Taine had read too many Gothic romances. Really, one would think you'd know that if you can write something like that it's time to put the novels down. >__>
I know the quote you're talking about, but I can't remember off the top of my head who said it. I'll have to go look through the different places it could be cited...