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kindness is the new punk rock!!!

based on this superman art

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always great to hear my boss say "we're living through the collapse of the american library system" while I'm at my american library system job

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You may go anywhere you wish in the castle, except where the doors are locked, where of course you will not wish to go. There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand.

Once again, the "Dracula acts as the masculine gothic figure of the suspicious nobleman or the abusive husband" counter starts! Today we have, verbal limitation of space framed in a way that would make Jonathan feel like it's his fault if something horrific happens to him because he was told to not do so, on top of claiming that whatever reaction he could have is not worthy enough since he doesn't have the "correct" knowledge to understand it.

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AITA for throwing my houseguest's shaving glass out the window?

For context I (don't worry about my age M) have a solicitor (22 M) currently staying at my home for business purposes. For for the purpose of this post I will call my solicitor J.

J arrived a few days ago now and has been very well behaved staying in a small section of my home and being more then willing to answer any of my questions about the purchase and his fascinating home country (England).

This morning I went to visit him in his quarters to let him know breakfast was ready when I walked on him shaving. Now for personal medical reasons I will not discuss here have banned all mirrors and reflective objects from my home. It appeared through Johnathan brought his own mirror though. I accidentally startled him when I entered and he cut himself while shaving which set off my prior mentioned medical issues. This resulted in my lunching at him but I didn't actually touch him so it is no matter.

Now here is where I may be the asshole. Once I had collected my self I throw his mirror out the window and down a cliff face into the forest below. It was pure impulse. I played it off as taking revenge on it for making him cut him self and called it "a foul bauble of man's vanity". We moved on from the incident quickly but now J looks a bit uncomfortable around me.

I feel it should have been obvious from the lack of reflective surfaces in my home that mirrors are not allowed, but I technically never said it. I only told him not to go into locked rooms or fall asleep outside of his room. But who even brings a mirror with them when they travel? Anyway what do you all think, was I am asshole but tossing him mirror or just taking care of my self because of my medical issues?

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castle dracula arc my beloved

original:

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May 7: The Count expresses his curiosity and enthusiasm for England

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Jonathan: I’ll just go to my room and get the documents for the house!

Dracula, clearing the table at the speed of light and then running into the library:

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May 12: LIZARD FASHION.

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IT'S DRACULA DAY!!!!

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May 5: An exciting yet questionable trip for our good friend Jonathan Harker :))

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Had Dracula been capable of subtlety instead of lizarding around in front of his human guest, Jonathan would have just concluded he was a lonely, eccentric old man. He could have introduced Dracula to his friends as "this foreign nobleman who's really, really, really into London" and no one would have suspected him of anything because they'd think of him as a harmless teaboo who can't possibly be dangerous

but Dracula had no subtlety.

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Happy Normal Trip East Day!

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I wish jonathan harker a very pleasant and normal business trip

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I've now read the opening to Dracula more times than I can count. What strikes me this time is how very open-minded Jonathan is. He has his prejudices (the women with the "clumsy waists", the grumbles about the delayed train) but they're minimal.

It's not just that he experiences everything with wide-eyed delight, it's that he actively wants more of these experiences:

... the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country

He's almost certainly never left the UK before; it's plausible that he's never left England. But he's so keen to explore the world and learn more about it.

This isn't just an important work trip for him. It's an unprecedented opportunity to visit places he might have thought he would never get the chance to see.

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Have a nice trip! (artzine)

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Lightweavers trying to talk to Cryptics:

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