Dracula: written in the hopes that Stoker's gay crush Henry Irving would notice him
Moby Dick: written in the hopes that Melville's gay crush Nathaniel Hawthorne would notice him
Frankenstein: written in a desperate attempt to not hang out with Lord Byron
we're cancelling each other over the secret name of the ninth veiled lord today. post the s̴e̷c̴r̴e̷t̸ ̴n̶a̶m̶e̵ ö̴͚́f̵̧̕ ̶̞́t̷̺̐h̵̝̿e̶̪̍ n̵͍͕̒͋i̵̢̛͘n̵͉̰̾͊̀t̸̜͉͌̆h̸̢̅̑ ̴̡̺̈́v̸̮́͛͑e̴̹̿i̴̦̹͇̐͂͊l̷̩̤̦̈́ė̵̾ͅd̶̟̳̕ ̴̠̗̕͠ͅl̸͖̬̰̒͝ȏ̵͙̼̚r̷͈̦̲̔̔d̸̲̒