#ben galpin

[forgetyoursingalongsandlullabies]

I have been a Dracula fan my whole life. For some reason my parents let Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) be my favorite movie when I was 4 years old and I have loved the movie continuously ever since despite later realizing Keanu Reeves had a lot to learn about acting back then. I read Dracula at 10 and loved it and have returned to it every few years since then.

The one thing Re: Dracula has given me is a much larger appreciation for Jonathan. I always felt he was a basically boring guy who is doing his best in a scary situation but is still basically boring. Big kudos to Ben Galpin for his performance making me see that Jonathan is funny and a badass who doesn’t just love his wife but is beautifully obsessed with her.

[see-arcane]

I forgot how goddamn heart-twisting Ben Galpin’s performance is at the end of this @re-dracula episode. You can almost see Jonathan stopping and starting with his pen, choking as he tallies the bare meager facts:

He has just finished making his will. (I may die. Mina may die. We may do worse. Our world is so small that the only friends to be heirs besides her are the allies made this very week. We may die. We may die. If she does, I will. No question. We may die.)

He writes because he doesn’t know that he can share any of these things aloud with Mina. His voice trembles with doubt as he says she might read it someday, God willing. (Memory still burning in him like the holy Wafer scarred her innocent brow. He’s seen God’s will in action. Mina wears it like an animal’s brand, set aside for slaughter. Oh yes. God’s will be done.)

All the while Galpin translates that perfect measure of strain trying to disguise itself as hope. And then—She is calling to him. What more is there to say? It’s like punctuation.

Mina calls. He must go. says the pitch.

Just. Wow. Superb audio acting, 500/5 stars

[somnesca]

Jonathan reading the actual burial service rite on Re: Dracula aaaaaAAAhHhhHhhHHHHHHH BEN GALPIN HOW DARE YOUUU

[can-of-w0rmz]

Catching up to Re:Dracula and

Tell me why I started tearing up at this. Tell me why. Ben Galpin I’m going to find you.

Also this GAY-ASS SONG‼️‼️🤨🤨🤨🤨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[bidrums]

Jonathan breaking my heart this episode you can HEAR the despaired resignation in his voice when he realizes he’s trapped and the determination to get out of there alive and he’s so SCARED he’s SCARED and he doesn’t know what to do but he’s going to get out of here I believe in you Jonathan aaaaaaaaaa

[valiantsilver]

that bit in today’s episode where jonathan and dracula said the dates at the same time. the contrast between ben galpin sounding increasingly defeated and karim kronfli sounding increasingly triumphant. the tone of utter despair as he says ‘god help me’ while dracula laughs in the background. god the voice acting in this episode was superb.

[anony-geist]

Shout-out to @re-dracula for Jonathan's voice giving as much an emphasis on Dracula's lips as he did with the blonde lady's, and in general making the mutual homoerotic subtext more textual through such cues.

[lifelinebooks]

Reading dracula daily was literally the first thing I did after waking up this morning. Then I went and listened to the first re: dracula episode.

Amazing experience, I highly recommend. I've read dracula many times, but reading and then listening to it really helps me catch little things I missed.

Plus I just love Ben Galpin's portrayal of him. Top tier experience.

[reallyhardy]

since we've all been spending so much time listening to jonathan via @re-dracula i kind of wanted to know what ben galpin looks like and if he's been in anything i could watch

for starters i had somewhat assumed that his sweet, delicate voice was put on for the character, but idk certainly in his acting reel it seems like he always sounds this way :') what a charmer. anyway this reel seems to be from a long time ago just considering the fashion choices, so i also found some pics of him from various theatre productions...

then specifically these from a children's theatre production called 'the hunting of the snark' (based on a lewis carroll nonsense poem a la jabberwock) in a very fun little explorer number. it's a little steampunk, and he's delightful.

you can watch the whole thing too :')

[chungledown-bimothy]

what the fuck? hey ben and karim? what the fuck?

i swear i didn't take a full breath for the whole episode the grip on my heart was too firm for me to take anything but the shallowest of breaths holy shit

[silelda]

On the October 30th entry:

Ben Galpin! Holy crap, what an amazing performance! Jonathan is portrayed so well by this man. I love it all!

[see-arcane]

Immense shout out to Ben Galpin and the sound design @re-dracula applied to his dialogue for this entry. Never before would I have thought the words:

"We four?"

Could sound so much like a gun being cocked. The same way I never thought the words:

"I want to consult with Mina."

Could sound like someone mentally whetting a knife.

Really, all of Galpin's deliveries--when not addressed in absolute sweetheart mode to Mina--had just the right amount of steadily sharpening ice and steel just under the surface, absolutely helped by the subtle soundscape underneath. The same way Quincey keeps his own little motif, Jonathan is now getting little surges of something cold and taut. Still polite! Still thanking God (note the tension as he says it) for Mina's peaceful sleep!

But you can hear and almost feel that he is one (1) frayed nerve away from getting very, very uncivil with Van Helsing and company if he catches one more whiff of the same bullshit that got Mina put in danger in the first place. Bravo, 5/5 kukri blades.

[spacedemodulator]

I wondered if @re-dracula would go there today, and they so did, and it was so good.

[can-of-w0rmz]

DEAR GOD BEN GALPIN’S VOICE ACTING THIS EPISODE? Jesus Christ that gave me emotions and hit me in the gut. I knew before listening to Re:Dracula that Jonathan Sims is a bloody fantastic voice actor but I’m going to have to look up more stuff Ben Galpin’s been in because his portrayal of Jonathan Harker in this show is hands down the best I have ever seen, not to mention specifically this episode his portrayal of struggles with trauma and panic attacks. Like genuinely, he only had a couple of lines and it still managed to strike a chord personally. The decision to deliver the “my God” lines specifically so high-pitched and shakily after delivering the “if I only knew!” line with so much desperation behind it, like coming to an overwhelming realisation and memory and feeling that fear and anxiety wash over you and your brain turn cold as you go weak from it – especially with the quick repetition of those “my God!” lines, so breathlessly and faintly. I know this is half Stoker’s brilliant writing and half Galpin’s incredible voice acting, but as someone who struggles very heavily with their mental health in honestly a pretty similar way, I was really taken off guard when I put on the episode to listen to and kind of came to the realisation of, ���oh shit, I’ve done that. I’ve done that before. I’ve had very similar reaction like that before in a very similar way. And that’s an extremely close and realistic portrayal of it.”

In short, bloody fantastic work from Ben Galpin again here. I’m definitely going to have to check out more of his stuff.

[bidrums]

BEN GALPIN’S VOICE SOFTENING AS HE IMAGINES MINA SCOLDING HIM BECAUSE HE’S A BIG BOY SOLICITOR NOW HAS MELTED MY HEART AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[imperial-evolution]

Mr Galpin, I love you!!!