#Tragic charactors

[ladysyrabellarouex]

Thoughts on Tragic charactors.

I've been think of all the tragic fictional males from different genre's who lost their one true love.

Erik Destler. (Phantom of the Opera.) This sad fluffly little baby did nothing to the whole of the humanity who treated him like garbage, and his scarred face he was a genius who wanted his music to be know the world over and falling in love with his muse Christine Daae. she betrayed him for her rich old sweetheart Raoul hurt him in way i dont think one can be hurt.

Vampire Lord (Slaughter of the vampires) he would of had Louise forever and ever if he did not come across that idiot boy and that vampire hunter! his only mistake was not takeing his mate and leaving the mansion immediately one the sun set.

Maxamillion (Vampire in Brooklyn) He tried so hard to have his one true mate his Rita. He almost had her but she betrayed him and killed him destroying the bloodline of her vampire nature. ( Really who would choose humanity over vamperism???!)

Severus Snape ( Oh boy this is gonna be rough) First thing this FLUFFY baby did not do anything wrong!!!! He just happened to be put in the worst magic school in his universes existance! He did not deserve bullying he did not deserve being nearly murdered by the four bullies the mauraders. and most of all his beloved Lily who USED HIM! she wanted James Potter's money i dont give a damn if she loved potter they make me sick. dumbledore was a dick and a monster and evil fuck to boot. He hated Slytherin house and dont tell me he did not because he did. and he is suppose to be this great guy. he made severus take a vow to keep Remus lupin's werewolf identiy a secret and then be in debt to the fucking demon potter for what they almost killed him! and that cruel name. awful Severus Snape had a terrible life and made bad mistskes but he changed his ways. he was the last Prince of his bloodline he died a grey man. not pure good or pure evil. A true hero of Slytherin house.

[epigaea-repens]

I continue my ~Turtle bender: Tom and Myrtle with babies in Croydon! I am just swimming in obsession with this ship right now, and I've been thinking about why, because it's turned out to be an unusually niche yet lasting interest of mine. I think there's something really compelling about Voldemort, who is almost by definiton evil within the context of the original narrative, just living an ordinary happy life. There's a lot of stories about him being variously malicious and dysfunctional in all sorts of scenarios and I love them!

But I really love taking this charactor who I think was intended to be quite a flat villain, and taking all of the little details that suggest a whole person, and subverting the narrative presented to us by Dumbledore and by the whole framework which posits him as a sort of source of truth by having Tom Riddle not be someone essentially evil from birth, but someone who happened to be funneled into the role he took in the story by a particular, unjust, set of circumstances, and who could have been almost unrecognizably different in slightly different circumstances, without losing anything about who he essentially was.

I like the fluff but what makes it soo compelling is I think involving a character who is just totally doomed in the original narrative of Harry Potter, and exploring how Tom Riddle's personality and position in life can lead in all different directions. It adds a wonderful layer of complexity to an otherwise rather simple happily ever after, because every bit of it is a refutation of the idea that comes through again and again in Harry Potter that a poor, offputting, unpleasant child will never grow past that, will in one way or the other carry that with them, ever magnifying, through life. We have a lot of stories about orphans who are sweet and good and are rightfully rewarded for it and orphans who are secretly princesses and attain their inheritance, and Harry Potter is that sort of an orphan. One who had loving parents, has a background to be proud of, is embraced by the wizarding world, and ultimately rises to the occasion and saves it. Tom Riddle is the product of grimy, tragic, profoundly unromantic circumstances, and carries the marks of early neglect, and it's so wonderful and fun to let him stay kind of weird and a bit sinister and ultimately happy and normal not by birth, but by choice.

Anyway I guess this is sort of preemptive Subluxation fanart @saintsenara

Salazar Riddle is a Ravenclaw in my heart because I just think it's sooo funny and he's gotta be his own person

[lansolot]

Dracula is one of my favorite books, it's really awesome My favorite charactor is Renfield Dracula's Slave/familier. I love Tranz Der Vampire that play is soo sexy! Phantom of the opera is my favorite tragic romance story.

By the way do you write fanfiction? your blogs are impressive!

it’s one of my favorites too! renfield is also my favorite. tdv is great too! it was actually my introduction to other european musicals. i love the phantom of the opera as well!

i do, yes! i’m just a bit too shy to post it, but i promise that i’m writing some things to upload to my very empty ao3 account 🫶

[temesgenworkubaro]

Expression of grief😥

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I'm really saddened and shocked when i hear the tragic and unexpected death news of this young Ethiopian Film actor,director and producer named Birhanu Tariku(Baba).

He have left and pass something special in the heart of many Ethiopian movie lovers including in me by acting on above 40 Ethiopian Movies.

He had an amazing talent of playing any charactors as needed. It's a big pain for his fans to lose him while they were expecting something new as usual.

I really want to express my deepest and heartfelt condolence for his beloved family,co-workers,fans and the whole Ethiopians🙏

TW®

[sallylovesjackx]

I love this movie 💜

[asagimeta]

The time has come again to remind everyone that good queer representation does not necessarily equal morally good queer characters

I’ve heard that apparently there’s a renaissance of anti-Hannibal going on lately? And that + the rise in popularity of media like Helluva Boss and Killing Eve, and the addition of more openly queer charectors in existing media- from comic book based media to long-running shows like American Horror Story- I feel like this needs to be said again- not necessarily by me but I posted about it way back when Hannibal originally aired it’s finale so I figure, what the hell

Good representation =/= morally good characters

You can have both, absolutely, but you can also have them separate, and you can have all combinations of the reverse too

Ofcourse, to be clear right in the beginning, what counts as “good” representation vs “bad” reputation is going to vary from person to person, everything from life experiences to media exposure to personal opinions will dictate where you land on the sliding scale of “good” or “bad”, someone who’s consumed quite alot of queer-focused media, for example, is going to have a very different opinion than someone who’s only seen one background gay in a TV show that one time, and someone who’s a really huge fan of horror is going to have a much different opinion than someone who’s only a fan of lighter-hearted fair

With that said, in my personal opinion, the measure of good vs bad representation relies less on the character and more on the presentation of said character- less, not entirely

To get what I mean, here’s the best example I can think of:

Castiel from Supernatural is, objectively, a good charactor- if nothing else he’s morally good by most standards, certainly by the time season 15 rolls around, but his canonically queer presentation is just.... horrible, horrible representation and I’ve only met literally one person myself who disagreed with that

Cas is presented as being a really tragic figure right from the start of his coming out- the one thing in the world that would make him truly happy for even a single moment is confessing that he’s in love with Dean, even if Dean rejects him, just saying it is enough, that is..... sad

If it had been framed differently, it actually could have been very good representation, in a “I don’t need you to validate me, I’m being honest about who I am for the first time in my life and that’s enough, I’m enough” way, but it wasn’t, it was framed as pining, as “Even if you don’t love me, my acknowledging openly that I love you is enough to make me happy”, and again that could have worked if framed differently but.... it’s followed up by the infamous “Gay angels go to Super Mega Turbo Hell” thing and like.... no....

Cas is a good character who is queer, he is not a good queer character, because his existence as a queer character lasted less than five minutes and was immediately followed by literally going to what’s worse than hell for expressing his queerness

There is no way I can express the amount of levels of Bad that is, to say nothing of how Dean treats the entire experience for like.... ever... from there on out

But now let’s look at Hannibal, who is objectively a pretty bad character morally- he’s stupendously written but yeah I mean look the dude eats people there’s just no getting around that

But I would argue that he’s excellent queer representation because of how he was presented

Hannibal’s sexuality is never defined, for starters, there’s never a “very special episode” moment where he has some long-winded coming out speech, in fact we don’t quite know how he identifies but because he’s written so artfully we don’t really need to, his exact sexuality doesn’t feel like it needs to be known because, frankly, not much personal information is known about Hannibal anyway, and sexuality feels like one of those arbitrary things that he wouldn’t really care about defining

And that’s the other thing- he’s far from sexless and yet he places no emphasis on sex, he isn’t hypersexualized but he also isn’t being kept as a Ken doll to preserve the message of gay purity (because I don’t know apparently there’s a Thing some people have about how gay people aren’t allowed to be sexual???) he’s just... a person

And that’s really what it comes down to that makes him great, he’s a person first and queer second... or third.... or fourth or fifth.... it never defines who he is, it’s just part of who he is, and regardless of your opinion on Hannibal specifically, I think that is something most queer people strive for in representation

It’s great to have stories that are focused on queerness but it’s equally exhausting to only be able to have characters who’s lives revolve around their sexualities, it’s nice to go into media and go “Oh that character that I already like for these reasons is also queer, that’s so cool!”

Hannibal also skillfully side-steps stereotypes, despite falling into the category of being “polite, thin, and neat”, despite loving fine wine and fine art and fine culture, he never feels like a flamboyant theater kid with a decoration-diploma, wich is how alot of queer characters in this category can feel

His story is about alot of things and his relationship with Will is at the center of much of it, but that relationship didn’t become explicitly queer until the show was almost over- not because it was sudden or poorly written but because it was a slow build up, wich is also refreshing, as alot of times it feels like queer characters are made as explicitly queer as they’re allowed to be as quickly as they’re able to be on screen so that the show can grab those important Representation Brownie Points from episode one and either introduce a Manwhore or a Uhaul Lesbian right away and just kind of leave them in that trope until “someone comes along and changes that” or whatever, I don’t even know what straight writers do half the time, but Hannibal- as a show and a charactor- doesn’t do that, he’s just allowed to exist and tell his story, and THAT is good representation

With the heavy-handed example over with though, I want to tackle the biggest part of this entire “debate” that makes me interested in it:

Queer people are allowed to be bad people

Queer people are allowed to be lazy and unattractive and non-political and angry and jealous and yes, “bad” and evil too

Wile I DEFINITELY prefer to have morally good characters- especially after literally a century of rarely getting more than The Evil Homosexual stereotype and all it’s kin- I also don’t like the direction some people are taking this where queer people are only “allowed” to be 100% morally flawless and good and righteous at all times because it’s just so unrealistic, and because it does the exact same thing that the opposite stereotype does: Puts queer people in a box, makes us a decoration for the straight cast so that the creators get Representation Brownie Points and can’t get yelled at on Twitter, and treats us like we’re some other species (and not in the cool way like werewolves but more like... well, decorations, as I’ve said before)

And if you’re worried about the way straight-cis people perceive us due to seeing evil queer characters, you should be equally worried about how they perceive us seeing nothing but morally flawless ones

I could get into An Entire Thing about the history of Straights trying to turn queer people into what they want us to be and present an inaccurate depiction of us to their brethren for their own benefit but I’ll make it relatively simple

The old way of keeping The Queers away from their Innocent Straight Children was to turn us into villains so that we would be ashamed of who we really are and hide ourselves and pretend to be The Good Christian Folk nextdoor and not get overly political or loud or different

The new way of keeping The Queers away from their Innocent Straight Children is to turn us into sexless Ken & Barbie stereotypes so we can be ashamed of who we really are and pretend to be The Good Christian Folk nextdoor and not get overly political or loud or different

By sterilizing queerness into something they find more “acceptable”, they’re doing the same thing they used to, but now through a lens of “Aren’t you happy you get what you want? You can get married now! You can hold hands in public! Just make sure not to do any of that other crazy stuff you people get up to and you can stay at the Civil Rights Table :)”, we’re still not “allowed” to be sexual human beings, it’s just framed in a way that makes us feel like the people shunning us are on our side wile those same people are still in the corner going “Just don’t kiss in public ok?”

And I could go On about this for some time but let’s get back to the point-

Queer people are three-dimensional people and we should be allowed to be so, we should be allowed to have characterization outside of The Gay Love Interest and The Gay BFF and The Gay Butler and so on, outside of the stereotypes being imposed on us

That’s one of the main reasons I love Yuri On Ice so much, and love Batwoman so much.... and one of the main reasons I love Hannibal and Harley Quinn and Helluva Boss and Killing Eve so much, all of these things star queer characters and queer relationships to different degrees (Batwoman, for example, makes a MUCH larger point and political stance about queerness than, say, Hannibal) and they’re all about something other than queerness too, the charecters are three-dimensional and they’re not built around their sexualities or side peices for straight people

And none of them are PUNISHED for their sexualities either

Going back to Castiel earlier, stereotypes are hardly the worst of our worries when Burry Your Gays, Gayngst Induced Suicide, and Gay Guy Dies First are still alive and well- among others

From Frank N’ Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show to Tara in Buffy The Vampire Slayer to, oh look, it’s Supernatural again with not just Cas, but also Charlie, and even arguably Dean (but that’s a much longer story for a much different time) and many many more... sometimes just having any gay charecter live through a franchise is enough on it’s own- setting the bar awfully low there but it’s still hard for a shamefully large amount of franchises to step over

In some cases like Tara, it can be pretty decently argued that the death has little- if anything- to do with queerness, but in examples like Cas and Frank, it’s pretty blatantly obvious, especially when the other queer characters in their respective franchises didn’t exactly fair well either....

Matt Baume put it best when he said that until recently, you had to choose if you wanted your only source of representation to be dead or evil, and most people chose evil

Now-a-days that’s clearly not the case as much but there’s still a heavy enough flavor of it there- and villains are just part of gay culture, dating all the way back to prohibition, queer people identified as outlaws because we literally were, so pirates and cowboys and other anti-heros and villains became a staple of the culture that’s still very much alive to this day, thus leading to another point: Identification

Straight people can identify with pretty much whoever they want- from superheros to princesses to any and every kind of villain

Tony Soprano is a horrible, horrible person but is notorious for being beloved among straight white males because he’s a projection of who they want to be- powerfull (and wealthy)

Stolas from Helluva Boss actually presents a pretty similar power fantasy, he’s part of a family who lives outside the larger part of the law, he can kill (nearly) anyone he pleases, he’s physically and socially powerfull, he’s wealthy, he has a nuclear family, he gets to screw around with whoever he wants with the only one taking issue being his wife, the only real difference is that Stolas is queer (and much more fashionable... and pleasant)

Queer people should be allowed to have those power fantasies as much as straight people are

Speaking as a bisexual female myself, I absolutely ADORE Villanelle from Killing Eve, I really don’t care that she’s a bitch or has killed an uncountable amount of people, it’s fun to project on her, and seeing a very flawed woman fall in love and be vulnerable and open herself up to a relationship and get that relationship with another woman is AMAZING to me, that doesn’t make the relationship it’s self healthy or good, but it’s still fun to watch and plays further into that identification

I love Korra and Asami from Legend Of Korra, they’re a sweet, wholesome relationship between two sweet, wholesome characters and I adore them... but I’m allowed to adore Eve and Villanelle too, even if the relationship is toxic and the characters have baggage and Villanelle is literally a serial killer

Ofcourse enjoying something doesn’t make it “good”, I enjoy alot of trash B rated (and C rated) horror movies too, it doesn’t mean I think they deserve Oscars (if that’s really the measuring stick we’re going to use), but I think when it comes to representation, it’s important to distinguish the difference between good queer character and a moral queer character, they just... aren’t the same

Light Yagami from Death Note, Bill from Kill Bill, and Joker from Batman are all just... horrible, horrible people, there’s no doubting that, they are morally terrible... but my god are they fantastic charecters- they’re interesting, they’re three dimensional (even if only occasionally in the Joker’s case), they’re well written and complex, there’s a reason why they’re iconic and why they’re still talked about decades after their introduction into the world, they are GREAT characters who are morally bad, and characters like Hannibal and Villlanelle are in that boat too, they just so happen to be queer- and there’s what it all boils down to

People being queer, not queer people

Some of the most beloved examples above like Yuri On Ice and Legend Of Korra are praised for being about people who are queer, people who have stories focused on other things and are just allowed to exist without their sexualities defining them, and the same should be said and appreciated for villains who are queer too

In an age where so much queer-focused media is about tragedy (the period lesbian dramas and Gayngst teen media for example), and so much of it is focused on the same exact aspects of queer life (coming out, dating around, getting or being married, but mostly coming out), it’s great to have characters who just so happen to be queer without those things being the center of their storylines- and without them being canon fodder or the Gay BFF, or being a terrible stereotype from the 90s that just won’t die...

And that by no means is to say you have to like these characters- not at all, there are PLENTY of objectively good/well-written queer characters who I don’t like for whatever reason- but to call them bad representation just because they’re bad people is sweeping ALOT under the rug

And I know I’ve harped alot on avoiding queer-centered storylines like coming out stories and relationship dramas, but those are fine, they have their place just like everything else, really, they just don’t need to have the only place- that does a disservice to so many other types of queer stories- for the heroes and the villains, because morality and goodness have nothing to do with one’s sexuality, just like one’s sexuality has nothing to do with morality and goodness

[rosequart]

pearl for the charactor ask?

send me a character!

favorite thing about them

love this tragic sword romantic space revolution lesbian

i love how absolutely and constantly melodramatic she is

her new outfit looks soooo good. her gradual acceptance of her pastel butch mom look. yes god

least favorite thing about them

tricking garnet into forming sardonyx :^(

favorite line

“i’m not a sore loser,”—defeats amethyst in one move—“because i just won the game”

brOTP

steven, connie, peridot (tech friends!), dr. priyanka maheswaran (moms...)

OTP

amethyst, garnet, the other pearls, bismuth, mystery girl. man shes a lesbian huh

nOTP

REMEMBER WHEN PEWEY WAS A THING LMFAO? im so glad those ppl piped down

there was also a smaller crowd who was into greg/pearl and i just. no. begone

let’s be real 90% of these people didn’t actually care about the ships they just wanted to piss others off

random headcanon

tea is one of the only human foods she enjoys! she likes how mild it is

unpopular opinion

i used to think that pearl got way more canon material than garnet + amethyst, and i’ll need a rewatch to confirm or deny that—but at this point i’m fine with it thanks to ame’s most recent development, and i think garnet is the only one most neglected development-wise

song i associate with them

no more roses — dario marianelli :^)

favorite picture of them

[lovetobe14-blog]

Graphic Design task 1

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 

Sweeney Todd is the story the amazing story of Benjamin Barker, also known as Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the headquarters for his sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett, Based on the hit Broadway musical. (Anon, n.d. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). [online] IMDb. Available at: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/> [Accessed 4 Jan. 2017]. )

The title sequence was created by Richard Morrison . His vision for the sequence intended to immerse the viewer in the story before it started.  Vlaanderen, R., n.d. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street  title sequence - Watch the Titles. [online] Watchthetitles.com. Available at: <http://watchthetitles.com/articles/0091-sweeney_todd_the_demon_barber_of_fleet_street> [Accessed 4 Jan. 2017].

The text  that shows the credits is a bold white text which stands out amongst the dark shades and colors that stand behind them, the font used to show the credits is sharp in nature and at the end of each letter the point turns into a jagged edge which gives the viewer a hint as to the significance of the story by showing that even in the text there is a dark nature.

 When the text comes on to the screen it is always in a very prominent position in the shot to show more importance, for example when the water is coming out of the drain pipe the text shows up sanctimoniously with the water .The background graphics have a very dark color scheme with a highlighted shade of red in the blood when it is shown throughout the entire title sequence.

  American Horror Story: Season 4 Freak Show

American Horror Story: Freak Show is the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story.  This season the story is about the story of one of the last remaining freak shows in the United States, and their struggle for survival. Anon, n.d. American Horror Story: Freak Show. [online] En.wikipedia.org. Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Horror_Story:_Freak_Show> [Accessed 4 Jan. 2017].

Created by the Prologue company, Kyle Cooper the head of the company has worked with the creator of the show Ryan Murphy since the beginning of the popular TV show. The company has also worked for other films like the Se7en, Men in Black, Spider-Man and much more. The majority of the title sequence is created by stop motion animation to create a more unsettling atmosphere. The rest of the title sequence characters are created by CGI then the characters are placed into the world created by the animator.

The color scheme used in the sequence is vintage due to the fact that we see a lot of light and dark brown  shades immersed in the sequence. Along side these shades of brown we also see a mix and match of color that seems to be in darker tones than we would usually see at a carnival. The text is shown in an off white shade and a type of wood stained white with hints of black or gray mixed in. The font is a classic type of font that The Show keeps using for the viewer to have “a constant” amongst all the changes each season. It is a very unusual font that is a combination of different font sizes and styles that complement the strangeness of the show. Anon, n.d. 'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Opening: How They Made TV's Creepiest Credit Sequence. [online] Yahoo.com. Available at: <https://www.yahoo.com/tv/bp/american-horror-story-freak-show-making-of-the-opening-credits-185526914.html> [Accessed 4 Jan. 2017].

Lemony Snicket's 

A Series of Unfortunate Events

After a tragic fire kills the parents of 3 Baudelaire children they are left in the care of  Count Olaf a stage actor and a distant cousin of theirs who tries his best to steel the children’s inheritance.Anon, n.d. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). [online] IMDb. Available at: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339291/> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].                    Created by Brent Watts of Axiom Design and Jamie Caliri it was originally an idea for a merchandising campaign. They thought of creating a story in the title sequence that was based on Count Olaf and his attempts at killing the children to get their inheritance. 

Created in an illustration design, this was a never seen before idea for a title sequence. The dark shapes of Count Olaf were created by using negative space and the rest was created by using texture to make it look like the viewer is immersed in the story.   Vlaanderen, R., n.d. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events title sequence - Watch the Titles. [online] Watchthetitles.submarinechannel.com. Available at: <http://watchthetitles.submarinechannel.com/articles/0019-Lemony_Snicket_s_A_Series_of_Unfortunate_Events> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].  

The text is written in an off white or yellow tinted white font that is placed in a prominent place through out the sequence. The font stands out all though it is quit small in size. It is a sharp visual.

Skyfall

Is the 23rd James bond film of a British agent on a mission to rid the free world of international criminals. In this film 007′s loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her, Bond must go undercover to find and kill the threat. Anon, n.d. Skyfall (2012). [online] IMDb. Available at: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].

Created by  Daniel Kleinman of Rattling Stick Bond movies title sequences have become a tone setter for the film to immerse there viewer in to the mood and feel of the story after they have usually seen a fight scene. The color scheme for the title sequence is full of different shades of blue with accents of red trough. Anon, n.d. Skyfall. [online] Artofthetitle.com. Available at: <http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/skyfall/> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].

The text in the sequence is white with the font having very round edges to contrast with the background that is giving off a harsher vibe. 

Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride is a British-American musical fantasy film about a charactor named Victor Van Dort who while he is practicing his vows in the woods accidentally marries a corpse who died there waiting for her fiance to run off together. The film flows victor and the corpse bride though victors journey to helping her move on so he can marry the love of his life.  Anon, n.d. Corpse Bride. [online] En.wikipedia.org. Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_Bride> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].

The color scheme is completely black and white this is done to place the viewer in the era of  the 1920′s. The writing changes from black to white depending on the dark background but it is always ether black or white. The words appear along side animation created with CGI and when the CGI moves the words move with it.  Anon, n.d. Imaginary Cinema - Corpse Bride. [online] Imaginarycinema.com. Available at: <http://imaginarycinema.com/corpse.html> [Accessed 6 Jan. 2017].

The animation seems to be focused slowly on showing of the credits while giving the viewer suttle hints as to what is in the actual movie. The text is of a very twisty and turny nature which rarely uses straight lines that usually have sudden bumps in the wording. 

[ladysyrabellarouex]

Dracfield is a tragic ship also Vlad Dracula the Historical man was a tragic war hero.

Yes i do think Dracula and Renfield have a tragic if not romantic love, in Dracula 1931, Renfield 2023. i dont think it was all Rainbows and blood. We are talking about " Vlad the Impailer" The real life 15th century prince who carved his way through his time of horror and fear, a man who was DEDICATED TO his home, family, and his people. The Ottomans were ruthless monsters trying to destroy Christanity forever. Vlad and his armies did win battles and he tragically died under the sword but his spirit and soul lives on in the minds of his people.

I do wonder about the charactor of "Renfield" Bram Stokers fictional lawyer,confadant, tragic victim, and lover of the count. You cant tell me when the novel starts Renfield was not their first. HE WAS I totally think R.M. Renfield came to castle Dracula 30 years before the events of the novel that takes place, he was not placed in the lunatic asylum for nothing... and he does not die at his lovers hands for anything.

God bless Vlad III Dracula in heaven you are a hero forever in your peoples minds and hearts forever and in mine also. a true defender of Christianity, tragic victim. he had lost so much. God forgive him and protect him.

[ladysyrabellarouex]

Was Renfield Dracula's first lawyer to his Castle?

Between book and movies of Dracula it's different. Renfield i truly like to believe did love the count unconditionally I mean R.M. Renfield was possibly the first one to come to the castle in Transyilvania. We are given little to nothing of the charactor of Renfield in the book all we know is that he is an insane man who likes to eat insects he is devoted/possibly in love with Count Dracula.

He protects Mina from the count which tragically results in his death by his masters hand, ( i still think had Dracula just turned Renfield into a vamp he would have been able to protect his master!)

Renfield would have been Dracula's fledgeing and would have been able to protect him.

The count in the novel is a selfish creature by instinct who had lived for 600 years. but when he met Renfield it possibly was a chance to get new houseing in a new land. (while not told by his point of view) Do i think he loved Renfield yes, do i think he he needed a strong aquatance yes, do i think his own arrogance and foolishness led to hs death at the very hands of the "heros" of the novel.

The 2023 Renfield has given us a interesting more sympathetic take on the Dracfield and more perspective of both charctors.

We just dont know....