#castlevania s3

[iamthemoonsdaughter]

I’m watching season 3 of Castlevania (so no spoilers pls) and I firmly believe Lenore could start a cult of her own. I find her character so fascinating and interesting, I want to see more of her

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[maglorthecrab]

Poor Alucard…

[taymartiart]

Whoever told me to watch Castlevania recently was a genius.

[misarumis]

so ive finally started watching castlevania and i love my son alucard someone give him a hug

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[seoafin]

my alucard x time traveler!reader wip is calling to me.....

[moonnette]

ok i just finished s3 of castlevania and maybe i am gonna be insane about it

[leighsartworks216]

LET THIS MAN HAVE FRIENDS AND BE HAPPY!!!! FUCK

[chewbokachoi]

takeda/jacqui!

I can't help but say I am feeling like I must now go "I ship them in spite of canon" RIP

[starsstillshine]

do i actually like castlevania? what a question. will i keep watching it? yes.

[thelordofshrimp]

what i wouldn't give for alucard to reintroduce himself with his human name at the end of the series

[beevean]

Having thoughts again about N!Hector and the pathetic excluse of a plotline he was stuck in during S3.

One of the many, many ways it could be fixed is one of the simplest one: Lenore is actually believable in his quest to manipulate Hector.

In short, she'd pretend to be the Rosaly of the show.

I read many times that N!Hector isn't stupid for falling for Lenore, because poor little thing is a manchild starved for love. I say that yes, he is stupid, because Lenore doesn't do anything different from what Carmilla did one month prior. One month! That he spent being dragged through the snow! He had plenty of time to realize his mistake. Why would he trust Lenore, when she employs her same tactics of being a condescending bitch to him and also insult Dracula in the meantime - even worse, at least Carmilla waited until the end to beat the shit out of Hector; Lenore did that first thing to flex!

(this show's writing is so, so very unsubtle, and it goes past the lack of show don't tell)

So. Instead of Lenore being a smug piece of shit and spending most of her screentime in S3 treating Hector like a dog. How about actually pretending to be falling in love with him?

Actual compliments. Actual appreciation. Actual sympathy. Unconditional sympathy.

Hector being love-starved is canon. The game version and the show version went through the same thing: first, being rejected by their own parents, to the point that their own mother regretted giving birth to them; then, working for Dracula and with Isaac, which is where the two versions differ, because in the mangas Dracula appreciated Hector for his work and Isaac respected him but was also jealous of him, while in the show both of them shat on him and made clear they don't respect him one bit.

Were things more similar to the mangas, I like to think that Hector hoped that Dracula cared about him a little bit but it became obvious that he only saw him as a useful servant, while Isaac (who totally had a crush on Hector and yes I believe it's canon) always put his Lord above him.

In short, their appreciation was conditional. Be a good boy for us, Hector dear. What's that? You want to regain your agency? Well, then you'll have to die, you understand.

Then comes Rosaly who loved Hector unconditionally. She didn't care about his past or his sins: she only saw a good-hearted man and accepted him in her home despite everything. No wonder Hector declared undying loyalty to her, no wonder he cried when she said something remotely kind to him.

Imagine if Lenore did the same, but only to betray him in the end. He'd be gutted. And it would be believable! Because all the circumstances would be there for him to desperatley grasp to the one person who seems to actually respect him! I wouldn't think he's a complete dumbass for sticking his dick inside someone who said in the span of one minute "I can't betray my sisters by letting you go" and "we can run away together"!

Now, here we can go through two routes.

One, the sex scene happens and it's the same as in canon: Lenore simply uses the opportunity to slip the ring on his finger, her plan from the start. Hector is crushed. Lenore calls him her pet, and we actually see consequences of this (not necessarily other rape scenes because no thank you, but even simply the ring hurting him). During S4, Lenore starts to genuinely like Hector, but he never forgives her, betrays her in the end (you decide whether she suns herself for the guilt or he destroys her face with the hammer <3 but eh tbh in this scenario she doesn't even need to die, she can live alone in shame for all I care), and then... I don't know, I think he'd become very jaded at this point, but he could regain some hope from N!Isaac, if he doesn't act like a total patronizing dick in his final scene.

Two, the sex scene doesn't happen. Lenore actually falls for Hector, and she's torn between her loyalty to her sisters and her fondness for this poor human who maybe can understand her more than she thought. Maybe at first she chooses her sisters (she puts the ring on him but in other circumstances?), which hurts Hector, but then she changes her mind and pulls away from Carmilla's insanity - basically think of Zuko betraying the Gaang in Book 2 and regretting it in Book 3. Lenector actually looks like a viable ship and a much more organic "enemies to lovers" situation (for lack of a better word), instead of looking like rape apologism.

tl;dr: stop jerking off to vampire mommy and pay respect to the characters

[fionainlove]

Tbh as much as i loved the fight sequences and a few moments funny moments, on a whole nocturne felt kinda flat story wise. I absolutely would've taken 4 episodes of build up over 8 over stuffed episodes of hype bc i didn't really share most of the emotional beats the show was throwing down to the point where I'm more nervous than I am hype about season 2. And I wanna be hype!! I love this show!! But idk if the writing is on the same level as season 1 then 🤷🏾‍♀️

[oscargender]

The Castlevania fandom’s hurt/comfort fic game is insane

[shivasdarknight]

I got tagged by @mxkelsifer to take a uquiz for my wols about what's inside their chest

Tagging @hyllhund @lordguru @morgmot and honestly anyone who wants to do it .o.

Hilariously, both Surkie AND Melisande got the same result:

Alt text available. What's funny to me is that it way fits Surkie more than it does Melisande. While Melisande is definitely burnt out and scarred from all that has happened to her, it's not really because she burnt from personal connections. Sure she's upset about Laniaitte and the people she managed to connect with, but she's more focused on herself and puts herself above everyone else.

It's Surkie who's that way because of reaching out and getting hurt. Ysayle's (seeming) death is what fucked with her the most, and in AUs where Surkie is not the wol and Ysayle does die, it's borderline irreparable damage that fucks her up even more. Her relationships with Estinien and Aymeric are very much so built on that idea of soothing the pain through time, trust and forgiveness - Aymeric in the immediate fallout, Estinien in the long run - but this only applies if she's the WoL. If she isn't, it doesn't really get resolved. Somewhat through Cylva, but they're both chasing people they shouldn't be.

Gwen's is...

Idk. I'm not really sure with Gwen. She's also a loner type who looks out for her own interests, though she's more charitable than Melisande. She wants to help, but she doesn't want the personal connections that come from it so that she doesn't wind up attached. Her becoming a WoL is what threw a wrench in that.

She's not just a pretty face or pleasant song to most; like, she's someone who's very firm about her boundaries and establishing what someone's relationship to her is. Being unsure if adoration or love being sincere absolutely is a factor, but she's just reasonably suspicious of everyone. Too much goes wrong in her field to begin with (since she built her conjury skills on healing those the Elementals denied), but once she's a WoL her cautious attitude about people (not necessarily the illegality of her research, though) becomes an asset. She does need someone she can trust, but it's not so much a soulmate situation and more having to build that for herself. And that's honestly found in her Warrior of Light companions, and especially in Surkukteni. For her, bonds are harder to form for her own safety, and watching Surkie be destroyed by bonds only firmed her stance on the matter ever further.

[saturnshari]

full offense i miss sypha. she should've at least given Alucard a smooch on the cheek.