#Nina Harker

[ladyannelister]

Currently watching The Invitation (2022) on Netflix.

*when Evie Jackson escapes the blood-drinking Yorkshire family estate and runs to the nearest local’s house*

The local wife answers the door: “Jonathan! There’s a girl out here.”

The local husband: “Yes, hello. Mr. Harker here.”

The local wife: “Hello. [I’m] Nina Harker.”

Me, the book nerd:

[spilladabalia]

Nina Harker - l'affreuse

[ninadove]

Nina reads Dracula 🦇

October 17th

Everything is pretty well fixed now, I think, to welcome the Count on his return from his tour.

This is giving “If you think it’s funny to call my wife’s blood a ‘refreshment’ I’m about to be hilarious” and I love this for him

Godalming told the shippers that he fancied that the box sent aboard might contain something stolen from a friend of his, and got a half consent that he might open it at his own risk. The owner gave him a paper telling the Captain to give him every facility in doing whatever he chose on board the ship, and also a similar authorisation to his agent at Varna. We have seen the agent, who was much impressed with Godalming's kindly manner to him, and we are all satisfied that whatever he can do to aid our wishes will be done.

Ah yes, Arthur’s superpowers:

Being universally liked

Being an English lord

The Professor says that if we can so treat the Count's body, it will soon after fall into dust. In such case there would be no evidence against us, in case any suspicion of murder were aroused.

I appreciate Van Helsing’s commitment to not getting the gang arrested.

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[scarlet-came-back-wrong]

Humanity triumphs when Van Helsing becomes a more overbearing patriarch than the vampire. He disposes of the other human men almost as easily as he stakes Dracula, for Seward is a cipher and Jonathan a fool. Unable to imagine a heroic human lover, Browning's adaptation consigns Jonathan to romantic parody, breathing such lines as "My, what a big bat!" and {to Mina as she is manifesting vampiric tendencies} "You're so—like a changed girl. You look wonderful!" Such a silly man might become a husband when the vampire is dead, but he is no use to heroes. Browning drops the corporate ethos that makes the vampire hunt possible in Stoker's novel. Van Helsing brooks no collaborators; he saves humanity by barking out the Dracula-like demand, "l must be master here or l can do nothing." The affinities of Transylvania fall away; the question of Browning’s film is which is to be master. Once the movie concludes that humanity needs a leader, Dracula becomes surprisingly vulnerable, allowing himself to be staked with scarcely an offscreen grunt. Does he refuse to fight for his life because he misses home and Renfield?

Our Vampires, Ourseves by Nina Auerbach

[undaughtered]

Kinda want to get into horror and erotism. Do you have any essays, film, or book recs?

some very quick and dirty suggestions, certainly by no means comprehensive, and i highly encourage people to make recommendations in the comments/rbs:

non-fiction books:

erotism by georges bataille

literature and evil by georges bataille

powers of horror: an essay on abjection by julia kristeva

stigmata: escaping texts by helene cixous

the pleasures of the text by roland barthes

theology and horror: explorations of the dark religious imagination by brandon r. grafius & john w. morehead

gothic by fred botting

our vampires, ourselves by nina auerbach

dangerous bodies: historicising the gothic corporeal by marie mulvey-roberts

pretty much all of the non-fiction books on this list

essays:

the horrors of catholicism: religion and sexuality in gothic fiction by george haggerty

gothic and horror heroinism in the age of feminism by xavier reyes

gothic mirrors and feminine identity by claire kahane

beast's triumph over beauty in gothic film by kathy justice gentile

a turn to the center: the gothic spinster and erotic solitude by emily banks

the aesthetics of fear by joyce carol oates

from bluebeard's bloody chamber to demonic stigmatic by marie mulvey-roberts

women in the cut of danger by christopher yiannitsaros

mothers and other lovers: gothic fiction and the erotics of loss by ge haggerty

fiction:

the bloody chamber and other stories by angela carter

the letters of mina harker by dodie bellamy

varieties of female gothic edited by gary kelly

wuthering heights by emily bronte

frankenstein, or the modern prometheus by mary shelley

dracula by bram stoker

the vampyre by john polidori

carmilla by joseph sheridan le fanu

the hellbound heart by clive barker

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

salt slow by julia armfield

piercing by ryu murakami

film/tv:

interview with the vampire (series)

penny dreadful

bram stoker's dracula

suspiria (both original and remake)

the first omen

lisa frankenstein

possessor

the witch

the silence of the lambs

stigma (1977)

house (1977)

rosemary's baby

blood on satan's claw

crimson peak

hellraiser

possession

candyman

[nausikaaa]

Female Character Poll Tag (?? idk what to call this)

@hurremsultanns since you said you tagged anyone who wanted to do this, don't mind if i do!

Rules: make a poll of your favourite female characters (no limits- as many or few as you want) and see which your followers like the most!

i tag @sunshinesalmon @forabeatofadrum @run-for-chamo-miles @that-disabled-princess @thewholelemon @artsyunderstudy @shrekgogurt @comesitintheclover @bookish-bogwitch @aristocratic-otter @ileadacharmedlife @larkral and @imagineacoolusername

[spaceagebachelormann]

𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬

!!REQUEST REQUIREMENTS!!

-> state the character, romantic or platonic, the format of the request, and a plot

-> do you have any specifics for the reader? blonde, poc, male, neurodivergent, etc? (please keep in mind i will write poc readers but i’m white so they may be a little difficult for me)

-> requests are preferred to be sent through inbox, but i can make dms work if needed

-> PLEASE ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR REQUEST!! ITS VERY HARD FOR ME TO WRITE “____ x reader fluff” GIVE ME A PLOT LINE

!!WHAT I WILL WRITE!!

-> platonic

-> romantic

-> familial

-> any gender x any gender

-> headcanons

-> long fics

-> multi character

-> blurbs

-> poly relationships

-> x reader

-> i will only write cheating if it’s a character comforting r after being cheated on, not a character cheating on r

!!WHAT I WONT WRITE!!

-> smut (i’m 15)

-> yandere

-> most aus, ask about the specific au before requesting an au

-> incest

-> age gaps

-> canonical gay/lesbian character x a man (if lesbian) or a woman (if gay)

-> song fics

-> things about ocs

-> ships

-> sunshine x grumpy tropes, i’m horrible at this trope

character list

keeper of the lost cities

sophie foster, dex dizznee, fitz vacker, keefe sencen, biana vacker, marella redek, maruca chebota, tam song, linh song, wylie endal, jensi babblos, stina heks, elwin hesledge

harry potter

harry potter, ron weasley, hermione granger, neville longbottom, luna lovegood, ginny weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, sirius black, james potter, remus lupin, mary macdonald, marlene mckinnon, lily evans, dorcas meadows, regulus black, barty crouch jr, narcissa black, andromeda black, bellatrix lestrange

the outsiders

ponyboy curtis, johnny cade, sodapop curtis, darry curtis, steve randall, twobit matthews, dallas winston, cherry valance

the school for good and evil

agatha, sophie, tedros, hort, hester, anadil, dot, nicola, rhian mistral, rafal mistral, clarissa dovey, leonora lesso

little women

jo march, amy march, beth march, meg march, laurie

dracula

dracula, lucy westenra, arthur holmwood, john seward, mina harker, abraham van helsing, renfield, quincey morris, jonathan harker, the brides

frankenstein

victor frankenstein, elizabeth lavenza, henry clerval, adam frankenstein, justine mortiz, ernest frankenstein, the bride

dr jekyll and mr hyde

henry jekyll, edward hyde, richard enfield, gabriel utterson, hastie lanyon, lucy harris

phantom of the opera

christine daaé, erik destler, raoul de chagney, meg giry, carlotta giudicelli

the mighty ducks

charlie conway, adam banks, lester averman, guy germaine, connie moreau, fulton reed, dean portman, julie gaffney, ken wu, luis mendoza, dwayne robertson

david bowie

david bowie, ziggy stardust, jareth, thomas jerome newton, celliers

daisy jones and the six

daisy jones, billy dunne, graham dunne, karen sirko, warren rhodes, pete loving/roundtree, eddie loving/roundtree, camila dunne, simone jackson

doctor who bbc

ninth doctor, tenth doctor, eleventh doctor, twelfth doctor, rose tyler, jack harkness, mickey smith, donna noble, martha jones, clara oswald, river song, amy pond, rory williams, simm! master, missy/gomez master

miss peregrines home for peculiar children

jacob portman, emma bloom, millard nulling, enoch o’connor, olive elephanta, alma peregrine

good omens

crowley, aziraphale, ineffable husbands (poly), beelzebub <3, gabriel, ineffable bureaucracy (poly), nina, maggie, nina and maggie (poly), anathema

what we do in the shadows

nandor the relentless, nadja of antipaxos, laszlo cravensworth, colin robinson, guillermo de la cruz, the guide, baron afanas

yellowjackets

shauna shipman, lottie matthews, misty quigley, taissa turner, van palmer, natalie scatoricco, jackie taylor, travis martinez

star trek (tos/aos)

jim kirk, spock, leonard mccoy, nyota uhura, hikaru sulu, pavel chekov, montgomery scott, janice rand, christine chapel

xmen

charles xavier, erik lehnsherr, logan howlett, scott summers, jean grey, ororo munroe, rogue, remy lebeau, kevin sydney, lucas bishop, mystique, emma frost, kurt wagner, hank mccoy, jubilee

miscellaneous characters

sarah williams, bernard the elf, rodrick heffley, varian, lisa frankenstein, the creature (lisa frankenstein)

UPCOMING FANDOMS : american horror story, torchwood, gossip girl, hannibal, sherlock, ghosts, house md, star trek tng, the x files, the big bang theory, dead poets society

[nerdferatum]

Rules: Make a poll of your favourite female characters (no limits - as many or as little as you want) and see which your followers like the most! Thank you @sunshineandviolets for tagging me 💕​

Tagging: @nat-seal-well @cashweasel @brightpinkpeppercorn @unreadpoppy

[bebemoon]

CASTING MUTUALS IN SPOOKY MEDIA FOR HALLOWEEN, PT. I

@interluxetumbra ~ margot (la reine margot) | jareth (labyrinth) | clara webb (byzantium)

@shalott ~ blind mag (repo! the genetic opera) | christine daae (the phantom of the opera)

@vampirkaninchen ~ nadja cravensworth (what we do in the shadows) | mina harker (the league of extraordinary gentlemen)

@ayzrules ~ alice liddell (alice: madness returns {video game}) | kang saebyeok (squid game)

@allthestoriescantbelies ~ edith cushing (crimson peak) | sarah (labyrinth)

@zenibas ~ selene (underworld) | william "spike" pratt (buffy the vampire slayer)

@bienenkiste ~ suzy bannion (suspiria)

@naiadereverie ~ hannah von reichmerl (a cure for wellness)

@konvalia ~ mina harker (bram stoker's dracula) | aya tsukimori (fatal frame)

@wrenling ~ carrie white (carrie) | wicked lady (sailor moon)

@blubbingbeautifully ~ star (the lost boys) | tank girl (tank girl) | diva plavalaguna (the fifth element)

@roseverie ~ mirror queen (the brothers grimm) | frieda gellhorn (twins of evil)

@rosehaunt ~ lisle von rhuman (death becomes her) | maria gellhorn (twins of evil)

@melethrille ~ princess nuala (hellboy 2: the golden army) | fiona belli (haunting ground {video game})

@silkfaun ~ princess lili (legend)

@uneorchide ~ nina sayers (black swan)

@blauestunden ~ dani (midsommar)

@senvive ~ saxana (the girl on the broomstick)

@mermaid-lullaby ~ akari (ghost squad)

[maikamonroesource]

elleusa #MaikaMonroe isn’t scared of #Longlegs. She had to ask her friends if the film was actually terrifying. The star of what has been called the “scariest movie of the year” chatted with @samuel.p.maude about her character FBI Agent Lee Harker, working with #NicolasCage, and how she gets in and out of a dark place while filming. “I listened to a lot of Nina Simone. I don’t know if Lee would listen to that, but I think that there’s a sadness in a lot of Nina’s songs. That feeling sort of worked for me at that time. I also use my own past experiences that can pull me in very fast.” Read more at the link in bio. Photographer: @.myleshendrik

[most-screwed-by-writers-tourney]

Tentative list for best horror and thriller girls:

1. Maria from Mad Father

2. Reiko Mikami from Another

3. Bridget, from the webtoon Nonesuch,

4. Ha-Im, from webtoon Never-ending Darling.

5. Riot Maidstone (from Hello From The Hallowoods),

6. Martha from Ravenous 1999

7. Grace, from Ready or Not (2019).

8. Regan Abbott (A Quiet Place)

9. Ava (Ex Machina)

10. Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)

11. Jennifer from Jennifer’s Body

12. Rozy from the guy upstairs

13. Rachel (Rachel Rising comic book series)

14. Amanda Young, SAW,

15. Wendy Torrance, “The Shining” movie

16. Pannochka - Viy

17. Blind Mag (Repo! The Genetic Opera)

18. Sasha from the magnus archives

19. Mina Harker (Dracula

20. Lex Foster from Black Friday.

21. Charlotte from Hello Charlotte!

22. Carrie White, Carrie

23. Scarlet, I’m the Grim Reaper

24. So Jung-hwa, Strangers from Hell

25. Dana Scully, The X Files

26. Akane Tsunemori, Psycho Pass

27. Mima Kirigoe, Perfect Blue

28. Nina Fortner, Monster

29. Eva Heinemann, Monster

30. Edith Cushing, Crimson Peak

31. Lucille Sharpe, Crimson Peak

32. Ellen Ripley, Alien

33. Clarice Starling, Silence of the Lambs

34. Lisa Reisert, Red Eye

35. Laurie Strode, Halloween

36. Kayo Hinazuki, Erased

37. Hondomachi, ID Invaded

38. Yonaka Kurai, Mogeko Castle

39. Ib, IB

40. Re-L Mayer, Ergo Proxy

41. Kyun Yoon, Bastard

42. Jisu, Sweet Home

43. Lauren Sinclair, Purple Hyacinth

44. Nita, Market of Monsters series

45. Rose the Hat from Doctor Sleep (2019 movie and Stephen King book)

46. Sidney Prescott from the original Scream movies,

47. Jade Daniels, Indian Lake Trilogy/My Heart is a chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

48. Villanelle, killing eve

49. Harrow from gideon the ninth/Locked Tomb

50. Maggie, Everything is Fine

51. Chaerin Eun, Surviving Romance

52. Finn, I’m Dating a Psychopath

53. Rayne Liebert, Homesick

54. Ha-im Yun, Never Ending Darling

55. Ashlyn Banner, School Bus Graveyard

56. Chae-ah Han, Trapped

57. Jeongmin Choi, Dreaming Freedom

58. Frankie, Stagtown

59. India Stoker, Stoker

60. Nam-ra, All of Us Are Dead

61. Ji-woo, My Name

62. Nanno, Girl From Nowhere

63. Emerald, Nope

64. Jessica Jones

65. Susy, Wait Until Dark

66. Margot, The Menu

67. Vera, Just Like Home

68. Rosemary, Rosemary’s Baby

69. Gertrude Robinson, The Magnus Archives

70. Alex, Oxenfree

71. Margaret Lanternman/The Log Lady, Twin Peaks,

72. Audrey Horne, Twin Peaks,

73. Su-an, Train to Busan

74. Ji-a, Tale of the Nine Tailed

75. Cha Ji-won, Flower of Evil

76. Coraline

77. Helen Lyle, Candyman

78. Nancy, Nightmare on Elm Street

79. Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca

80. Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca

81. Shiki Ryougi, Garden of Sinners

82. Kirsty Cotton, Hellraiser

83. Pearl, Pearl

84. Take-ju, Thirst

85. Suzy Bannion, Suspiria

86. Lain, Serial Experiments Lain

87. Asami Yamazaki, Audition

88. Naru, Prey

89. Eli, Let the Right One In

90. The Girl, A Girl walks home alone at night

91. Cecilia, Immaculate

92. Evie Alexander, The Invitation

93. Maren, Bones and All

94. Michelle, 10 Cloverfield Lane

95. Thomasin, The VVitch

96. Emma, None Shall Sleep

97. Contestanta, A Dowry of Blood

98. Brigid O’Shaughnessy, Maltese Falcon

99. Sandra Voyter, Anatomy of a Fall

100. Lisa, Rear Window

[specificpollsaboutbooks]

(Unverified yet) submissions for couples from books (polyamory ships will get their own tournament too later) :

Other :

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)

Tak/Sidra (The Wayfarers)

F/F :

Rosethorn/Lark (Emelan)

Blue/Red (This Is How You Lose the Time War)

Dellaria “Delly” Wells/Winnifer "Winn" Cynallumwynsurai (The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry)

Kyoshi/Rangi (Chronicles of the Avatar)

Sarah Bishop/Emily Mather (All Souls trilogy)

Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham (A Restless Truth)

Snow White/Lilith (Tales from the Kingdom)

Emmanuelle/Selene (Dominion of the Fallen)

Rosemary Harper/Sissix Seshkethet (The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet)

M/M :

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish (The Raven Cycle)

Naolin/Brennan Sorrengail (The Empyrean series)

Henry "Monty" Montague/Percy Newton (The Montague Siblings series)

Simon Snow/Bazilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch (Simon Snow series)

Jesper Fahey/Wylan van Eck (Six of Crows duology)

Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana (Aristotle and Dante books)

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood (Ths Shadowhunters Chronicles)

Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey (A Marvellous Light)

Jack Alston/Alan Ross (A Power Unbound)

Dorian/Zachary Ezra Rawlins (The Starless Sea)

Enjolras/Grantaire (Les Misérables)

Jean Valjean/Javert (Les Misérables)

Dogberry/Verges (Much Ado About Nothing)

Nico Di Angelo/Will Solace (Riordanverse)

F/M :

Part 1 -

Blue Sargent/Richard Campbell Gansey III (The Raven Cycle)

Sophie Hatter/Wizard Howl Jenkins Pendragon (Howl's Moving Castle)

Abdullah/Flower-in-the-Night (Castle in the Air)

Lettie Hatter/Wizard Suliman a.k.a Benjamin Sullivan (Castle in the Air)

Lady Amalthea/Prince Lír (The Last Unicorn)

Schmendrick/Molly Grue (The Last Unicorn)

Christine Daaé/Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (The Phantom of the Opera)

Jonathan Harker/Mina Murray Harker (Dracula)

Linh Cinder/Prince Kai (The Lunar Chronicles)

Scarlet Benoit/Wolf a.k.a Ze'ev Kelsey (The Lunar Chronicles)

Winter Hayle-Blackburn/Jacin Clay (The Lunar Chronicles)

Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows duology)

Jude Duarte/Cardan Greenbrair (The Folk of the Air series)

Puck Connolly/Sean Kendrick (The Scorpio Races)

Laia of Serra/Elias Veturius (An Ember in the Ashes series)

Evie/Lend (Paranormalcy)

Margaret Welty/Weston Winters (A Far Wilder Magic)

Emily Wilde/Wendell Bambleby (Emily Wilde books)

Lucivar Yaslana/Marian (The Black Jewels trilogy)

Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)

Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Isaac Bell/Marian Morgan (Isaac Bell Books)

Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase (Riordanverse)

William "Will" Herondale/Tessa Gray (The Infernal Devices)

Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee a.k.a Ani or Isi/Prince Geric (Goose Girl)

Anne Elliot/Capt. Frederick Wentworth (Persuasion)

Finlay Donovan/Det. Nick Anthony (Finlay Donovan)

Francesca Stirling/Micheal Stirling (Bridgerton)

Matthew Clairmont/Diana Bishop (All Souls trilogy)

Penelope/Odysseus (The Odyssey)

Romeo Montague/Juliet Capulet (Romeo and Juliet)

Patricia Delfine/Laurence Armstead (All the Birds in the Sky)

Part 2 -

Nancy Drew/Ned Nickerson (Nancy Drew series)

Princess Buttercup/Westley (The Princess Bride)

Pepper/Blue (A Closed and Common Orbit)

Matthias Hevlar/Nina Zennik (Six of Crows)

Jane Bennet/Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)

Lucy Carlyle/A.J. Lockwood (Lockwood & Co.)

Kell Maresh/Lila Bard (Shades of Magic)

Marisa Coulter/Lord Asriel Belacqua (His Dark Materials)

Celia Bowen/Marco Alisdair (The Night Circus)

Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley/Thomas "Tommy" Beresford (The Secret Adversary and others)

Roran/Katrina (The Inheritance Cycle)

Mo Folchart/Resa Folchart (Inkheart trilogy)

Kvothe/Denna (Kingkiller's Chronicle)

Anne Shirley/Gilbert Blythe (Anne of Green Gables)

Margaret Hale/John Thornton (North and South)

Jane Eyre/Edward Rochester (Jane Eyre)

Cordelia Naismith/Aral Vorkosigan (The Vorkosigan Saga)

Miles Vorkosigan/Ekaterin Vorsoisson (The Vorkosigan Saga)

Hazel Grace Lancaster/Augustus Waters (The Fault in Our Stars)

Alanna of Trebond/George (Tortall)

Commander Sir Samuel Vimes/Lady Sybil Ramkin (Discworld)

Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane (Lord Peter Wimsey)

Faramir/Eowyn (The Lord of the Rings)

Cimorene/Mendenbar (The Enchanted Forest Chronicles)

Fox | Celeste/Jacob Reckless (Mirrorworld)

Oliver/Celia (Foul Lady Fortune Duology/These Violent Delights Duology/Secret Shanghai Universe)

Rosalind/Orion (Foul Lady Fortune Duology/These Violent Delights Duology/Secret Shanghai Universe)

[horrorgirlspoll]

HORROR GIRL DUOS: THE BRACKET

all match-ups were randomly generated this time around. because i couldn't fit full names in, characters and sources are under the cut! polls will start on the 20th and follow the same format as last time (round 1 is one week, 2 and 3 are one day, 4 and 5 are one week)

Maxine & Pearl (X Trilogy) vs. Sam Carpenter and Tara Carpenter (Scream)

Jennifer Check & Needy Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body) vs. Cindy Campbell & Brenda Meeks (Scary Movie)

Kirsty Cotton & Tiffany (Hellraiser) vs. Carmilla & Laura (Le Fanu's Carmilla)

Amanda Young & Lynn Denlon (Saw) vs. Juno Kaplan and Sarah Carter (The Descent)

Claire Redfield & Sherry Birkin (Resident Evil) vs. Ginger Fitzgerald and Brigitte Fitzgerald (Ginger Snaps)

Sadako Yamamura & Kayako Saeki (Ringu/The Grudge/Sayako vs. Kayako) vs. Lilly & Carley (The Walking Dead)

Nancy Thompson & Kristen Parker (A Nightmare on Elm Street) vs. Lucie Jurin & Anna Assaou (Martyrs)

Melanie King & Georgie Barker (The Magnus Archives) vs. Heather/Cheryl Mason & Alessa Gillespie (Silent Hill)

Jennifer & Fiona Belli (Rule of Rose/Haunting Ground) vs. Pamela Voorhees & Nancy Loomis (Friday the 13th/Scream)

Laurie Strode & Annie Brackett (Halloween 1978 + RZ) vs. Baby Jane Hudson & Blanche Hudson (What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?)

SCP-105/Iris Thompson & SCP-166/Meri (SCP Foundation) vs. Gale Weathers & Sidney Prescott (Scream)

Nina Sayers & Lily (Black Swan) vs. Mandy & Regina (12 Hour Shift)

Sadie Cunningham & McKayla Hooper (Tragedy Girls) vs. Hélène Delambre & Veronica Quaife (The Fly 1958 + 1986)

Christiane Génessier & Louise (Les Yeux Sans Visage) vs. Tiffany Valentine & Nica Pierce (Child's Play/Chucky)

Zoe Benson & Madison Montgomery (AHS: Coven) vs. Lucy Westenra & Mina Harker (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

Sharon & Janice (Possibly in Michigan) vs. Eleanor Vance & Theodora (Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House)

[ninadove]

The band on the pier is playing a harsh waltz in good time, and further along the quay there is a Salvation Army meeting in a back street. Neither of the bands hears the other, but up here I hear and see them both. I wonder where Jonathan is and if he is thinking of me! I wish he were here.

Oh my God... the two bands playing in a distance from one another, but neither able to hear the other... while Mina is wondering if Jonathan is thinking of her while she's thinking of him... She wants him here, to unite their own "songs"...

Like two bands distant from each other, the two lovers think of the other, but cannot hear each other... They are too far away...

Anon you are so right and I am holding your hand as we wait for the lovers to reunite 🥺🩵

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Belligerently, even comically foreign though he is, Bela Lugosi's Dracula is the first authentic transplantation of Stoker's character to America. Paradoxically, Dracula was not notably foreign until he became American. Stoker's Count struggled to pass, perfecting his English accent and idioms, filling his library with British books, newspapers, magazines, reference works, and even, as Jonathan Harker notes admiringly, railway timetables. Once in England, he blends into Piccadilly so well, if so lewdly, that not even Mina notices him. No Englishman, he vows, will say of him, "Ha, ha! a stranger!" (p. 28). Bela Lugosi revels in being a stranger—even a comic stranger to whom we might say "Ha, ha!" His succulently foreign lntonations inspired the legend that he leamed his lines phonetically, scarcely understanding the dialogue of his fellow actors. Whether or not Lugosi knew the language he made his own, his accent became Dracula, expelling Stoker's adaptable invader. After his American transplantation, to be Dracula meant speaking in a different voice.

Our Vampires, Ourselves by Nina Auerbach