Lavenzastein

Lavenzastein is the het ship between Elizabeth Lavenza and Victor Frankenstein from the Frankenstein fandom.

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus - Mary Shelley
Recounting his childhood, Frankenstein remembered how his father found him playing with a child "fairer than a pictured cherub", going into further detail how radiant and graceful she was to him. Soon the child was introduced to the rest of his family and they all loved her immediately as they saw her. Under the blessing of the village priest, Elizabeth became a permanent part of the Frankenstein household, with Victor calling her his "more than sister". Before unveiling Elizabeth as a surprise for Victor, his mother called her his "present" and child Victor took it literally, believing Elizabeth was his until one of them died. In public, the Frankensteins referred to Elizabeth as their cousin, living with them.

They were particularly close to one another since they were the same age. Throughout the years, Victor and Elizabeth grew closer and the Frankensteins permanently settled in Geneva upon the birth of William Frankenstein, Victor's younger brother by seven years.

Eventually, Victor's brilliance allowed for him to be the only member of his family to be allowed to go to university, meaning he would have to say goodbye to his family and Elizabeth when he moves to Ingolstadt. Overcome with hubris, Victor decided to create a living being from scratch, but his sight of his creation moving had him flee from it, with Victor ending up with a nervous fever after it escaped. His friend, Henry Clerval was his constant companion in that time, allowing for Victor and Elizabeth to communicate via letter while Victor recovers from his illness. However, bad news of William being found dead delivered by a letter of his father had him forced to return to his hometown and meet Elizabeth again face-to-face.

Elizabeth is heartbroken not only for William's death, but also for her friend Justine being the primary suspect of his murder. Victor suspects that his Creature is the true culprit, but he refused to tell Elizabeth or anyone, allowed for Elizabeth to defend Justine in court and get into the belief that Justine would be spared by her word alone. He promised that he would prove Justine's innocence, but then got second thoughts when everyone would declare him a madman if he told them the truth or believe him to be the true murderer. Thus, Justine was sentenced to death, robbing poor Elizabeth of her innocence.

Victor is eventually reunited with his creation, who confesses the murder of William, telling him that it was driven mad with revenge against Victor for abandoning it. The Creature threatens that it won't stop plucking the lives of his loved ones one-by-one if he doesn't comply with its request. The Creature wants a wife to be with and procreate, wanting to feel the joy of companionship and fatherhood. Worried for Elizabeth, Victor at first complies, but then destroys the Creature's would-be bride before awakening her. Furious, the Creature tells him that there's nothing stopping it from putting its plan into motion now.

Victor had the foresight to flee the country, taking Elizabeth with him to England on their honeymoon. However, the Creature finds them there and for a moment of Elizabeth being out of Victor's sight, he hears her scream of terror. His worst fear came true, Elizabeth was dead at the feet of his creation. Soon enough, the Creature claimed Victor's life as well, before taking its own life.

Fanon
Lavenzastein has support for being a canon couple, being considered one of the quintessential examples of a tragic romance. However, few people consider it to be a healthy relationship, thus it is often overshadowed by fanon couples like Clervalstein or Waltonstein for Victor and Morenza for Elizabeth.

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Trivia

 * In the original draft of the book, Victor and Elizabeth were indeed cousins related through blood. Though both drafts are still in print, pretty much all adaptations ignore this.