#I was startled by how unsettled I was when I read Jon's ramblings and didn't see the word vampire anywhere in there

[phoenixcatch7]

Given the most recent update (blorbo is back!) I would just like to highlight the genuine unease that spikes when you read about John's ravings:

- in his delirium his ravings have been dreadful; of wolves and poison and blood; of ghosts and demons; and I fear to say of what -

Ghost and demons and I fear to say of what,

Jonathan, dueteragonist of the world's most famous vampire novel, escaped captive of count Dracula, traumatised and alone in another country with nothing but the clothes on his back and not even a coat, still doesn't know what a vampire is.

Even after all he's been through, he still has no way to name what happened to him, he still has no real reference for what Dracula is. He has not got any explanation for why it happened.

And of course we know, we knew before we even met the count who he was and we could guess at what he was going to do and how and why, but Jonathan has no idea. He hasn't escaped the setting of the story just because he fled the castle. We wouldn't be able to talk to him as an equal authority about what happened just because it's in his past, because there's still so much he doesn't know. In a way, he's still in there. He's still locked in the novel with Dracula.

[hinotorihime]

#I was startled by how unsettled I was when I read Jon's ramblings and didn't see the word vampire anywhere in there#I hadn't realised I was half expecting it#I think I thought he had passed his ordeal and was now on the level of the readers in terms of his portion of the story and then he just#wasn't#He doesn't get hindsight because he's still in the middle of it#He thinks he escaped and we're the only ones who know how much he hasn't

Given the most recent update (blorbo is back!) I would just like to highlight the genuine unease that spikes when you read about John's ravings:

- in his delirium his ravings have been dreadful; of wolves and poison and blood; of ghosts and demons; and I fear to say of what -

Ghost and demons and I fear to say of what,

Jonathan, dueteragonist of the world's most famous vampire novel, escaped captive of count Dracula, traumatised and alone in another country with nothing but the clothes on his back and not even a coat, still doesn't know what a vampire is.

Even after all he's been through, he still has no way to name what happened to him, he still has no real reference for what Dracula is. He has not got any explanation for why it happened.

And of course we know, we knew before we even met the count who he was and we could guess at what he was going to do and how and why, but Jonathan has no idea. He hasn't escaped the setting of the story just because he fled the castle. We wouldn't be able to talk to him as an equal authority about what happened just because it's in his past, because there's still so much he doesn't know. In a way, he's still in there. He's still locked in the novel with Dracula.