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[stone-cold-groove]

Front cover of Arthur Murray’s Let’s Dance - 1937.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Arthur Murray and Louise Brooks (no, not that one) demonstrate his new "Recovery Dance" on August 2, 1933. In this step, they're doing a slow left turn to demonstrate prosperity rounding the corner. Murray dedicated it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Photo: Associated Press

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[ctweddingdj]

The Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast #80: Insider Secrets for a Stress-Free Wedding: The Best of Wedding Tip Wednesday.

The Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast #80: Insider Secrets for a Stress-Free Wedding: The Best of Wedding Tip Wednesday. Insider Secrets for a Stress-Free Wedding is the first in a series of The Best of Wedding Tip Wednesday. Continue reading Untitled

[justawanderer]

Y’all wanna see an award winning routine?!?!

Husband and I got Best Presentation at or Ballroom Competition!!!!

[tiffycat]

Made this with much consideration (worked off vibes)

[illmissthecrowning]

Dracula Daily hive it’s time to wake the fuck up!

[moonsun2010]

Made an animatic summarising the entire book as a tribute to Dracula Daily and @re-dracula ! English subtitles provided, with translation by me and @ignitingthesky.

if you like this, do check out my kofi! there's a free pack of every single frame

[wiliecoyotegenius]

"They are upper class" the only one who is upper class and still alive is Arthur "Lord Godalming" Holmwood.

Jonathan and Mina "we thought that owning a business is beyond dreams of avarice" Harker are not upper class just because they have a solicitor's firm now. Class very much does not work that way.

[see-arcane]

I have been possessed by a stronger than average craving for tinkering with Jonathan Harker's genders (Jonders). Jonathan Harker is undeniably and forever my favorite gothic heroine. But, being that there is so much to chew on regarding his potential fluidity when it comes to gender roles within the story--the classic damsel, the willingly submissive half of the couple, the vengeful berserker, etc--it's got me thinking.

Let's take the metaphor out. What would happen to the Dracula narrative if Jonathan Harker was...

First thing's first--she almost definitely gets shouldered out of the Important Solicitor's position due to reasons of Being Girl. But she still has to get to Transylvania to be menaced by Count Bat Bastard. How?

Hawkins! Johanna is working at the firm as a secretary and personal assistant to a still very paternally mushy old Peter Hawkins. When Dracula's request comes around, he can't give up such a lucrative client over his gout and there's no one he trusts to pass it to. He has to go. And it'd only be right to treat his surrogate daughter to a paid scenic vacation have his aide along on the business trip. Especially when she hunted down Carfax Abbey herself! What a lovely outing they'll have.

...or not.

True to form, Count Dracula is very much not to be trusted around pretty young things of any kind. Considering his canon habits, things aren't about to go any easier for Miss Harker. But at least she has Hawkins watching out for her in-person! It all makes for some very tense talk when discussing anything other than the estate purchase; which Hawkins seems as keen to rush as Dracula is to dawdle over. But at least they'll be out of here soon. What's a couple of awkward nights, right?

One in particular has Johanna nervous as she goes to bed. Hawkins had taken Dracula aside with a hard smile, insisting there was a 'delicate matter' he wished to speak with the Count about. The last time a 'delicate matter' was brought up was when he nearly lobbed a typewriter at one of his ex-solicitor's heads for some distinctly unseemly behavior in her direction. She hopes there isn't a storm brewing under their host's roof. She hopes harder that tomorrow they'll be heading back to the Borgo Pass.

Instead:

Oh.

Oh no.

Between this and one requisite nightmare-week in which the joys of womanhood come and go--let's leave it unspoken whether her set of bloodstained cloths stay in her possession or not--Johanna gets put through the wringer. Per usual. But eventually..!

Yeah. No shock there. Deep calming breaths, Jack. Don't let the wonderful diary concuss you.

Part of being one of two (gasp) G I R L S in the Scooby Gang, Van Helsing and company vote Johanna and Mina out of the dirt hunt. Except. Well. Johanna is still necessary to have on the ground here. She's the only one with the location intel--and a surprise willed gift of inheritance and the firm from poor Hawkins, who the Transylvanian locals all vouch for as being 'slain by wolves,' leaving Johanna free of blame--so she's still running around for the crew.

Even so, odds are high that she initially gets sidelined with Mina. Which isn't overly awful. It is good to be side-by-side in this timeline! No needless sequestering from each other! Johanna is already planning to see Mina back to their new house before they have to sleep another night in an asylum.

And then comes the 3rd of October.

Van Helsing: "Madam Harker, is it not somewhat attention-catching to wear trousers in public? We are meant to be unremarkable while we wait on th--"

Johanna, has already smoked through two cigars, kukri in her lap, playing a game of chicken with God: "Do you think I scaled a mountain in three layers of skirts, Professor? No? Then I will not do the same if the rancid bastard tries to escape out the window."

Van Helsing, aside: "Friend John, can you speak sense to her?"

Jack, melting off the side of the bench: "I think I hauve consumption"

Anyway. She very much does get to the Dracula head chopping. And there will be much rejoicing. BUT all that grimdarkness aside, there are other, more hijinks-flavored opportunities to think of with this particular set up. If only because I genuinely believe that Lucy and Art, having two spare best friends on hand and a general vibe that radiates 'ooooh what if triple wedding???', would come up with the following master plan. Some truly Shakespearean folly kind of shit:

Thankfully, Johanna and Mina nix the idea pretty quick. Case in point:

And, last but not least, my final word on the range of Jonders that exist within my very best gothic heroine friend:

ha ha I do that

[stone-cold-groove]

Back cover of Arthur Murray’s Let’s Dance - 1937.

[the-illustrative-interloper]

It's a love song

It's a tale of a love from long ago

It's a sad song

We keep singing even so

It's an old song

It's an old tale from way back when

And we're gonna sing it again and again

[lithiumseven]

Incorrect Dracula Characters

Jonathan:

Mina:

Lucy:

Arthur:

Seward:

Quincey:

Van Helsing:

Renfield:

Dracula:

Bonus Bram Stoker:

(part II) (part III)

[oldshowbiz]

[ctweddingdj]

The Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast #79: The Dance of Love: Mastering the Art of Choreography For Your Perfect Wedding First Dance

The Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast #22: Tipping Your Wedding Vendors

The Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast #79: The Dance of Love: Mastering the Art of Choreography For Your Perfect Wedding First Dance Choreography is in today’s edition, with guest Todd Russell from the Arthur Murray Dance Center of Guilford sharing his insights about how couples can make their first dance special and memorable. Continue reading Untitled

[tiffycat]

The love we shared for her...