#c: dracula

[incorrectdracula2020quotes]

[lucinha-sanguessuga]

.starter fechado com @vampirelord-dracula

Subir até o último andar do castelo era uma tarefa que demorava segundos, mas atravessar o corredor até a última porta era uma demanda árdua. Suas mãos seguravam um leque, parada tal qual uma estátua, debatendo sobre os prós e os contras de entrar nos aposentos do vampiro. Seus ombros se recolheram e seus passos voltaram a seguir seu caminho, portas abrindo a sua chegada antes mesmo que pudesse estender a mão e a expressão antes inquieta se tornou uma de animação, falando mesmo antes de vê-lo. "Milorde, Alucard me presenteou com esses ingressos para o cinema da cidade, com a estreia de um filme novo. Pensei em convidá-lo, isso se não for passar mais uma noite no Fangtasia brincando com a sua comida." Sua voz se abaixou ao pronunciar a última frase, balançando o objeto em suas mãos, ligeiramente insatisfeita com o pensamento.

[futurespacess]

scvereignreigned asked: [ KISS ]: receiver pins sender against the wall and kisses them passionately. (for dracula from aleera)

"Alee--" Before he could even purr out her name he was forced against the closest wall, and for a split second he almost felt as though this could be dangerous to himself. Luckily, he was the strongest of his kind, and could take a simple knock back with ease. He cupped the sides of her face, allowing the kiss to linger for a few moments longer, before he forced her head back a tiny bit to catch his false-breath. "Did you miss me this much, dear one?"

@scvereignreigned

[bribinart]

hear me out hear me out hear me out..... dracopia but it's the dracula (1992) rendition (prints!)

[see-arcane]

Trying to imagine Lucy’s situation right now.

Sleep means nightmares (if you’re alone).

Sleep means your blood is disappearing (if you’re alone).

Sleep means you’re doing worse than dying (if you’re alone).

And it’s all just Dracula playing with his food. The only thing keeping him from getting straight to the conclusion is his own restraint for the sadistic sport of it and practicing stealth in a land where he doesn’t yet rule the whole territory through fear.

But he could get away with it in one go. He could find half a dozen easy ways to pull it off before Van Helsing starts meddling in earnest.

…and that would end the game, wouldn’t it? No, no. Can’t have that. He wrung two whole months of fun out of Jonathan. Your turn now, Lucy.

[wynought]

i think dracula never meant for jonathan to be alive longer than today's entry. sure, he wanted to keep jonathan around for a few days to toy with him - which is why dracula barely bothered to hide his true nature (the calèche ride and being the driver, the lack of servants, the unnatural strength, not hiding that he doesn't eat or drink, the reverse sleep schedule, the pushing of jonathan's boundaries). jonathan was meant to pick up on all of that, he was meant to realise that dracula was not only a dangerous man, but something supernatural preying on him.

then, after playing with his food for a few days, dracula would have killed him and moved on. he drags out the legal matters until today, but seems to have resolved all of them by now. talking about obtaining the services of multiple other solicitors is both something you would ask to tie up any legal loose ends, and to implicitly threaten your current solicitor - the last veiled threat, before putting everything out in the open.

after finishing this conversation, dracula suddenly stands up and asks about jonathan's correspondence. this is the point where he tells asks jonathan to stay for a whole month longer. i believe, this was dracula purely acting on impulse. he has had so much fun playing with jonathan, he doesn't want to end it here.

it is only now that he provides jonathan with the means to contact the outside world, so that nobody comes looking for him too soon. if dracula had planned on jonathan's stay extending for that long, why not ask him to write back home on the first or second day, when jonathan's suspicions might not have been raised as high and the chance for hidden messages was much lower (dracula is arrogant enough to believe that he would catch any attempt of jonathan's to communicate the situation, but he is also good enough at what he does that he would have minimized any potential risk to himself).

my biggest piece of evidence is that, before going to post the letters, dracula finally gives jonathan the warning to "not by any chance go to sleep in any other part of the castle". this is, of course, because of [redacted for spoilers]. up until this point, however, dracula didn't care if [redacted] happened to jonathan.

today is the day that dracula decided that jonathan is his, and his alone.

[immediatebreakfast]

I think it's also notable that her expectations for marriage is "the stenography and typing skills I'm cultivating will be useful for work!" instead of more typical housewife skills and having children immediately. It's 1897 and she can't have a career while married, but she's trying to juggle both.

She wants a partnership with Jonathan as her top priority!

Exactly! This is a noteworthy detail that really establishes a lot of Mina's characteristics for the whole novel.

Mina wants to marry Jonathan, she loves him with all of her heart, but her priorities in this future marriage are quite different from one may expect from a lady of that time.

Instead of writing to Lucy about the transition from schoolmistress to housewife, Mina talks about typewrites and shorthand, and training herself like lady journalists (👀), so she can become adept in basically documenting information (👀!!!!).

Why is Mina doing all of this? Because she intends to work alongside Jonathan in his solicitor job. Since lawyering is a profession with a lot of paperwork, then Mina decides to cultivate similar skills as much as she can in order to take charge of that part of the job.

It's incredible how, while she is sad for leaving her current job, Mina isn't lamenting that she can't work because she is (correctly) expecting to work with Jonathan. Housewife skills, home care, and children are last things in her mind. Mina is ready for marriage life, and all of the stuff that comes when you, and your spouse are working in the same space.

[georgeromeros]

Dracula 2000 (2000) dir. Patrick Lussier

[raingkun]

恶魔城DLC上线正式服喽，爽玩

[weirdlookindog]

Glenn Strange in House of Dracula (1945)

[mewkwota]

Being in this new realm must be a nightmare for Trevor. He lost his weapons, his powers are suppressed...

And he can't even fit in the lockers.

[incorrectdracula2020quotes]

[thefallenmk]

Haven't posted In a while

So... Here's some Seras and Pip

[erosyrup]

—Lamarque est mort!

[dracuhell]

chapter 4: sword dancer

alucard, sir integra, seras victoria & father anderson in ‘hellsing’ manga

[see-arcane]

Forgot just how much I love not only Jonathan's return to his journal (hooray!), but also just how immediate the turn from 'absolute wreck of self-doubt' to 'Oh, the unholy supernatural peril is real? Cool, that means I get to break out Vendetta Mode (tm) and finish what the shovel started :)'

Sometimes all it takes is knowing you can kill your demons (literal) to vastly improve your mental health (✿◡‿◡)