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YUP, TOXIC VAMP-DAD 4SS

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THAT'S ME LOOOOOL, I'M LUCY

Just drac and his wife

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LOVE IT

watched a lot of movies this week with franken ppl & I felt like putting them together like this was my mission

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The Zing

So, I finally finished my article, as promised. It's under 1800 words, I tried not to write too much. I hope you have time to read it sometime. I don't mean to offend anyone with this, since this is only my opinion, and you can hold a completely different one. Please let me know if there are mistakes!

❗If you have any questions, pleasepleaseplease send them in the ask box!❗ This is the most convenient way for me to answer them separately, and I appreciate it! 💚

What is the Zing?

The Zing is love at first sight, occurring only in a monster couple or in a monster-human couple. These are like soulmates, but without any special marks and stuff. The lovers immediately realize that this has happened, and from that moment on their lives change one way or another.

The generally accepted concept of 'the Zing' has existed for a long time, and it is used by everyone who is not human species.

How does it feel?

The description of the sensations from Zing depends on a person. But here is the most common characteristic. When looking at someone (or when looking at each other), a heaviness appears in the head, darkens in the eyes for a couple of seconds, and rings in the ears. Actually, according to the latter, the Zing was named so. Also, the lover's heart begins to thump wildly, even if it's a vampire, whose heart, in principle, rarely beats. All these sensations are very vivid, so a knowledgeable person will not confuse the Zing with anything else.

Who can feel it and when does it happen?

The Zing can only occur in adult monsters. If the betrothed met each other in childhood, they cannot zing until they grow up. Otherwise, there are no restrictions, everyone has a chance to meet their mate until they die. Cases when it happens in teens under 200 years of age are very rare. The Zing may never happen, and that's normal too.

Love at first sight is literally what it is, either one or both fall in love at once after seeing their love interest. It's okay, even if the second person feels the Zing later, it's just their peculiarity. The circumstances of the meeting don't play a special role. Although all sorts of bumping into each other are common, as happened with Martha and Dracula, then with Mavis and Johnny.

Zing vs Romantic love

I'm of the opinion that the Zing and ordinary romantic love are two different things. And for me, this is the most convenient and logical explanation. Why can't someone just fall in love, find another person attractive, show signs of attention, flirt and generally enter into a romantic and/or sexual relationship, and all this without a Zing? Special love at first sight is not something worth waiting for if one wants to find a partner to have a child together or doesn't want to spend their days alone.

Knowing about the existence of the Zing, those monsters who decide to start a relationship, perhaps even get married, treat it easier. They break up as friends when it becomes known that one of them has zinged, and their marriage is dissolved without unnecessary hassle. But still, their feelings for each other are real. They can quarrel, break up and get back together, build a life together, while not forgetting that this relationship is likely to end someday. Therefore, former lovers don't devalue or hate each other. If everything was good, they are grateful for this stage of life.

Why does the second Zing happen? And why I don't believe in Martha's reincarnation

„a Zing only happens once in your life“

Okay, it's very difficult for me to argue with the fact that in the first movie they claimed one thing, and in the third they already refuted it. But maybe these Martha's words meant that the Zing is a unique event for a particular couple, and not for just one person? The Zing of Dracula and Martha is not the same as the Zing of Dracula and Ericka, right? Drac had first met both women in different places and time, in different ways, with Martha, the zing was immediately recognized, and with Ericka it took time. I can quite build other theories, but for now I'm sticking to this one.

Some people explain Dracula's second Zing by saying that Ericka is Martha's reincarnation. And reincarnation, as I understood from the Internet, is the rebirth of the soul in another body. But then for me it means that Martha's soul is in Ericka's body, and I can't accept that in any way. Let Ericka have her own soul. Martha and Ericka are completely different people, both in appearance and in character. And I really like that the first Drac's love interest didn't repeat the second. It took me a while to get used to Ericka, but she deserves to be liked.

How to recognize if someone has zinged?

The simplest and most obvious way is to look into the eyes of this person. They are bound to have a special sparkle. The behavior of someone who has fallen in love changes to very awkward (especially when others don't know about it yet) or too energetic. Young monsters (like Mavis and older) are more likely to be the most confused. At first, when they see their love, their heartbeat quickens, and if it's a vampire people can't help but notice it. It's also difficult to keep it a secret for a long time.

Zing issues

Lovers can seriously quarrel and split to take a break from each other, even if it's the Zing. In the case of vampires, who can live for several hundred years with their spouse, this is not surprising. The time of separation makes them realize how much they miss and become more attentive in the relationship.

Unfortunately, the unrequited Zing can also occasionally occur. But this doesn't cause suffering for the rest of one's life and passes after several years, although it leaves the person with sad nostalgia.

Canon couples examples with my headcanons

Drac and Martha – They met in Hawaii in 1889, when Dracula was 412 and Martha was 397 (I don't think Martha was 118 when they met, she was still a child to me). You know exactly how it happened if you’ve watched "Love at first bite". The following year they married and lived happily until Martha's death on November 1st, 1894. It left an indelible mark of grief on Dracula's soul. In the very first days, he took revenge on the village from which the mob came, burned down all the houses and killed indiscriminately most of its inhabitants. This was his very last time murdering humans and drinking their blood. As a consequence, he most likely has PTSD, which has become easier to bear after meeting Ericka. But he still dreams about Martha, and these are very bittersweet dreams.

Johnny and Mavis – They met in 2012 and had a son in 2013. (I'm confused about this timeline, don't judge me, I just think that Dennis is 5 years old in 2018, it's more fitting for my story) Like Mavis' parents, it all started with the bumping. Mavis didn't immediately realize that it was Zing, and Johnny didn't know anything about it at all. They love each other very much, and they have a great understanding after a while due to the fact that both are about the same age mentally. Basically, their problems are that they became parents too early and they don't have enough experience, plus their child is a dhampir who combines both vampire and human traits. As Dennis grows up, they are no longer so close to him, but they have more opportunities to fulfill their dream of traveling the world. Their relationship is not so perfect, if you think about it, but this is life.

Drac and Ericka – They met on the monster cruise in 2019. Their meeting is different because Drac's zing happened earlier than Ericka's, and he just needed a look at her for that. So he had kind of a second crush on her by the time she admitted her feelings for him and finally zinged too. Meeting Ericka helped him get rid of old beliefs and find his happiness again. Ericka has mixed feelings after learning what the Zing is and that she is Dracula's second love, but stories about the family's past help her feel herself a part of it.

Dracula is the only one of the canon characters who has zinged twice, but I don't think that means that his case is unique.

My own examples without specifics

Since I'm interested in the subject of Drac's mother, I've also always been interested in what kind of relationship Vlad and his wife had. My version of the story is that for several reasons she left him, including because he was too thrilled about his long-awaited son to pay enough attention to her. All this is not fully developed, but somehow they needed a big break in the relationship so that after many years they gradually came together again and forgave each other. And yes, they zinged. Moreover, I even like the idea that they are in some kind of open relationship for a while before they decide that they're ready to return everything to the way it was before. But they really have something to love each other for, to be honest.

Lastly, I have my own original vampire character in HT, who it was interesting to associate the love at first sight topic with as well. Let's call him F, and he is: 1. a 'second time zinged' person, like Drac 2. neurodivergent (BPD). I like to develop a ND character, and I think it definitely affects his perception of the Zing in some way. For example, one of the symptoms of BPD is the fear of abandonment/being rejected, and this probably makes a character feel doubts and anxiety about their Zing. I know that F actually zinged twice (his first love died, like Martha), but he himself is not sure if the first time was a Zing, due to partial amnesia. It takes F quite a long time to sort out the feelings for his new soulmate and begin to take the first steps in the relationship. He feels the Zing much later than his lover. It's also a Zing, and the first sight plays its important role, but the real action spins up only after a while.

Thanks so much for reading to the end!

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“In the shadows, our souls intertwined, with a love that defies time and death...” 🖤🥀

Hello, Tumblr! I have finished this drawing after so long...

I'm satisfied with the result and with the calmness that this drawing gives me, really love It. 🥹🫶 Our love is true, just look at my honey bat... ✨

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It's the solstice!

That means it's time for one of my favorite memes!

It's great because works twice a year in both hemispheres!

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party hat makes it all better :)

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OMGGG, I LOVE THIS ART STYLEEEE *kisses* 💕💗💞✨💞 Wolfram is very pretty, I love him ✨

my hotel transylvania OC wolfram scarbane B). go check vem out on my artfight (snowwoofxd), theres a bit more info about vem there. and im always looking for more AF mutuals!

v more doodles under the cut

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Hi! Do you have any HCs for Martha Lubov, in terms of backstory, personality, interests and so on? I personally like the idea of evil!Martha because I hate the trope of the dead mom who is idealized and put on a pedestal, so giving her a shady and dark past is fun.

Hi! Yess I have a few Martha headcanons that I've been developing for a while.

⚠️They are headcanons based on my tastes, literature, history and some Netflix series :D

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So to achieve his mother's legacy (just like the known story) she committed several crimes against young humans. Yep a Lot.

Unlike Dracula, he had some difficulty starting to kill humans, but Martha had the pleasure of torturing humans quickly. (It's just in her adolescence and part of her youth, later it was something half illegal)

She changed her name to avoid conflicts and sentences for her past actions, and to have a new and more peaceful identity to live something different. And also out of memory and affection for her father.

She can be very changeable, depending on the situation to handle it as she pleases.

She still has certain artifacts, guides and knowledge of black magic, sadism and torture but it's just for fun... 🤫

But since it is a more modern society, she must adapt like the rest, although that does'nt mean leaving the old ways. 😉😏

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Hotel Transylvania 2 – Count Dracula pfp icons ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

Like or reblog if you save (I guess?)

but even if not, I don't know, just check it out, he's handsome ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ

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OMGGGG✨💞✨💕💞 Motel Transylvania!!

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Was watching a clip of Hotel Transylvania 2 and thought the airport lady was pretty so I drew her.

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Where is this artist? I love the art style 😭

What do you mean that’s not a scarf??

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God... 🖤

Look at this dork trying to be evil.

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Dracula 🖤✨

Just a little WIP 😭