#bram's notes

[aster-blogging-dracula]

If anyone is interested in knowing about where bram stoker got his information abrout transylvania seen on these past week from, pages 200 to 233 of this edition of bram stoker's notes show an annotated version of what we know he gathered (including the sources he checked) (there's also a few handwritten annotations on these pages about (mostly unused) ideas bram had for the plot (although the first section of the book ellaborates on this much further)

These 33 pages cointain a few spoilers on the editor's annotations below each each transcription (and the rest of the book is obvously full of spoilers for the entire plot), so new redears beware

(examples:)

[spankerella]

Happy Lizard Fashion Day to those who celebrate.

[aster-blogging-dracula]

yup! here are some of the notes bram stoker took from it (see page 140 from this pdf (which would be p129 of the book in it)):

There's something hilarious about how so much subsequent media has positioned Vampires and Werewolves as, like, binary opposite entities, and then you read Dracula (1897) and realize that wolves are that guy's preferred solution to every problem. You'd say something to Dracula about "ah yes, werewolves, vampires' great eternal enemies," and he'd just be like "you mean my subcontractors?"

[caffeinatedcatlover]

More Dracula quotes. It’s safe to say that Dracula has become one of my favorite books.

[catvampire]

Dracula at the Finnish National Ballet: ⮡ Harker & Dracula's first meeting [1/2]

Jun Xia as Jonathan Harker Michal Krčmář as Young Dracula

[gentleman-aster]

via @thegoatsongs

Reminder that in 1897 Transylvania was Austro-Hungarian. More specifically, it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, of Austria-Hungary at the time.

Transylvania will not be part of Romania until 1920.

Transylvania became part of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1002, and it belonged to "the Lands of the Hungarian Crown" until 1920.

[weirdpolis]

The further we get in the Dracula Daily, and the more I realize all of the discrepancies between the Original Text and every single one of its adaptations, the more I think there must be some weird vampire quirk at work here. Some spell, or a curse, that prevents the faithfull translation of the original story. Some combination of "Vampires don't have reflections in the mirrors, and their likeness cannot be captured on film or photograph" and "victims cannot speak directly about the Vampire because they are put under their spell or in a trance". I have not yet figured out all the details of how this peculiar vampire quirk works, and wheter the wild mistranslation of the "Dracula" onto Islandic language also occured under this spell, but you must agree with me, that it's weird it happened this many times.

[omgrandomwords]

WHY DID IT TAKE ME OVER FOUR YEARS TO REALIZE HOW MANY TMA CHARACTERS ARE NAMED AFTER HORROR AUTHORS

[ifwebefriends]

I first started reading Dracula Daily about a week or two into May 2022 because everyone and their mom on tumblr were talking about it. Breaking the novel into smaller bite-sized pieces occurring in real time really helped me to digest it better and helped me to get a better idea of how the story was actually paced out. I got caught up on a few entries and kept up with it until around late September/early October when a lot was happening in my life and I couldn’t keep up.

I tried again this year and I also listened to the Re: Dracula podcast which helped me a lot since I’m a visual-auditory learner and I’m not the best at reading. I listened to every entry and usually read the corresponding email at the same time. The podcast was also helpful since I knew about how long it would take to get through each entry so I could plan my time around it. I had a much easier time this year reading the novel. I’m proud to say that this time around, I saw it all the way through to the end.

I’ve had a lot of fun reading and listening to Dracula, telling my loved ones about it, and talking about it with everyone here online! I’ve loved the art, memes, and discussions we all had around this old classic book. The book is so unique and compelling and it doesn’t get as much appreciation and respect as it should.

Thank you so much to Matt Kirkland and the @re-dracula team for providing such a wonderful, immersive, and well-made experience and bringing together a bunch of nerds online. I don’t think I would have ever read this book without you. And thank you to all the other readers and listeners who helped make the journey as much fun as it was. We laughed, cried, cheered, and talked together and I’m so glad that I was a part of it all. I’m sad that it’s over but I’m happy that it happened at all.

[mildmayfoxe]

tonight i’m watching HIGHLANDER (1986) which i’m fairly certain i’ve never seen before but the parking lot sword fight is familiar to me so i must have watched the beginning once. at one time this was on the shortlist of movies for a prospective podcast a college friend and i were talking about doing back in like 2015 (before everybody was doing a podcast but certainly on the upswing) where we would watch & discuss culturally relevant films that i, a film major, had never seen. of course we never did it and i never watched this movie. but you can imagine my delight when queen started right away

[akuarchives]

Chapter 117

[gvtz-xd]

[toaster-fire-art]

Happy Women's Day!! have some gals! (And izzy, they're just there i suppose)

@belovedknightdraws come get the kids

[anti-dazai-blog]

miniseries -- BSD Characters as Musicals

part 1 -- ADA part 2 -- PM part 3 -- Guild

*standard disclaimer that this isn't meant to be taken too seriously

Part 4 -- DOA + Hunting Dogs

Fyodor -- Death Note

why? -- My guy's really out here saying "I am crime and I am punishment." My guy really thinks he's justice incarnate.

anyway go listen to Death Note the Musical

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Bram -- Sunset Blvd.

why? -- purely for the amount he doesn't wanna be here. He is 100% being held against his will.

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Gogol -- Jekyll & Hyde

why? -- do I have to say. Is there anything to say. 'I'm perfectly sane!! ... OR AM I??'

for the record book Jekyll isn't an innocent victim, he did this to himself intentionally to have an excuse to indulge in his undisclosed 'vices'. Anyway the musical's alright but go read the book, it's super short you could finish it in one or two sittings for sure

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Sigma -- Anastasia

why? -- someone looking for identity and family. obviously very Sigma-coded.

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Fukuchi -- Harmony

why? -- the political struggle. This guy tries so hard and picks the wrong side anyway. Fukuchi 🤝 Bobby who was like "let's go back to Germany, surely the politics can't get any worse :("

guy please. you're trying so hard but your politics are so bad.

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Teruko -- Twisted

why? -- it's really "I love working here :D" "wait.... wait oh no D:"

so sorry your workplace turned out to be not so great :(

sorry you had to turn against your boss who you previously looked up to and respected :(

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Jouno -- Phantom of the Opera

why? -- same as Teruko, so sorry your mentor who you loved and respected turned out to be a bad guy. sorry things turned out this way my guy, you did your best though o7

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Tetcho -- Lizzie

why? -- ok wait did you know that there's a Lizzie Borden musical. Did you know that. It's important that you know that.

I think the classic literature side of tumblr needs to be informed that there's a rock lesbian Lizzie Borden musical. I know that's a combination of words you've never heard before. You're welcome.

anyway. A combination of his willingness to kill and whatever he's got going on with Jouno.

and I do believe that, like Tanizaki, he's on the verge of snapping.

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part 5 and 6 coming later this week I hope. There will only be two more parts I think