#dracula bbc

[black-ak9]

"Drink as much as you want

I'd like to join you but I don't drink ...wine."

[queerholmcs]

ii. blood vessel // bbc dracula (2020)

aka the most unhinged opening scene of all time.

[moremoveslessannouncements-blog]

Agatha: …. do you?

Dracula: wouldn’t you like to know?

[picspammer]

Claes Bang as Dracula

[darklinaforever]

I don't understand the problem people have with rewrites of Dracula that humanize him. Yes, Dracula in the original book is a pure representation of evil. But like Carmilla he is a fictional and almost mythological figure at this stage who evolves with the times. The myth of the vampire has changed, so it is logical that Dracula himself follows this model. The book will still exist, so what's the problem ? The same goes for offering him a romance, whether or not it is with a rewriting of the character of Mina or an another invented female character, or sometimes a woman linked to the Van helsing lineage, or even Van helsing changed directly into a woman !

Even Jonathan himself for exemple in order to explore a homosexuality or bisexuality in the story of Dracula ! Strangely I never see people revolting when Jonathan is placed as a romantic interest. I totally see where that's coming from, but the fact is that their relationship isn't good in the original material either.

As for the problem of Mina, a strong female character, apparently having her strong characteristics erased when she is made Dracula's lover... I don't agree.

After all, it all depends on how the thing is done. Yes, the Mina from the 1992 film is not the one from the book (which is far from being a flawless representation of a strong woman... Yes, for the time when the book was released, it works, but in our time modern era, there are flaws apparently, as with most works dating back a certain number of years), but she still remains a strong female character in her own way and morally ambiguous in this adaptation. It's just a different version. I particularly liked the version of Mina in the canceled series of 2013. These 3 versions of Mina are all strong women on different levels.

Don't make me say what I didn't say. I love the original version of Dracula, and I really hope one day to have a more or less faithful adaptation, but the rewritings of the characters of Dracula and Mina are not to be demonized. I also think that we will surely continue in the future to have versions where Mina and Dracula are associated together as lovers, as other times not. Maybe one day we'll even have a version with Dracula and Jonathan officially partnered as lovers. Who knows ? And everything will simply depend on the writing of the characters. On the other hand, yes, I am a little exasperated by the tendency to make Jonathan a character either bland or an asshole in certain adaptations. Give me the adorable Harker from the book for a change please... Anyway, these are my thoughts on the various adaptations of the Dracula myth !

[argyleheir]

Dracula’s signet ring (2020)

[poet-to-none]

Dracula and Jonathan (2020 BBC/Netflix

Series)

A collection of each and every image of Dracula and Jonathan gazing together like this. All I could possibly find. Because their terrifying, awe-inspiring relationship, from the moment they begin small talk to Dracula's proposal to Jonny have a kink grip on me. See the collection below the keep reading line, BECAUSE SPOILERS.

And Jonathan stayed and became his finest bride. The End. Happy honeymoon to them, happily hereafter to us the monster fuckers, and happy halloween, day fifteen.

[greenisms]

~Upon arrival at the convent~

Dracula: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FANGS OUT DICK OUT! I'M GOING TO SCARE EVERYONE BECAUSE I'M BIG SCARY VAMPIRE

Agatha: Big scawy vampire? Want blood treat? Like a good little boy?

Dracula: Waitwaitwait-

[agir1ukn0w]

listen up freaks, I will enjoy my interpretations of Dracula as a truly monstrous creature representing disease and abuse and terror AND as a cunning, drop-dead gorgeous, bitchy sex god

[0nelittlebirdtoldme]

Speak your mind

Inspired by @perfectflowerdestiny's prompt and the Princess Mononoke scene <3

[datbatrat]

This man is so and wtf? I'm actually inlove and obsessed.

[black-ak9]

You are a monster!!

And you a lawyer, "nobody is perfect" 🩸🦇

[queerholmcs]

ii. blood vessel // bbc dracula (2020)

for @victorianpining ♟️🍷🪞

[moremoveslessannouncements-blog]

Having way too much fun with these 🤣

[anncanta]

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As I said before, what is obvious is often not noticed. Dracula's confession in the second episode (‘Agatha, you're exquisite’) seems so natural that we don't think what it's about.

And it is about expectations and reality, from three sides, – Dracula, Agatha, and the viewer.

Agatha expected that when she offered herself to Dracula, she would be torn to pieces. Instead, she received a chandelier, a wine cellar, an interesting conversation, and an admiring look. There may be something else, but they don't show it to us.

But there's something much more important. When Agatha realized what was happening and where she really was, Dracula stood up and suddenly made this confession. Doesn't anything about it seem strange to you?

Yes. He talks about her. The psychopath and narcissist (as the viewer expects him to be) would be talking about himself. He would celebrate the victory. If Dracula were who he wanted to appear and who, perhaps, up to a certain point he believed himself to be, he would say something like the following. ‘You were here with me. You loved it. You ate out of my hands. You couldn't take your eyes off me. If I wanted, you would have allowed me everything.’

But he says something else. He talks about how beautiful she is. And thereby reveals both his personality and the secret of what is happening between them, and the degree of his confusion in the face of his feelings and the woman he fell in love with.

It's incredibly beautiful.

[alma37]

When I saw this, my first thought was : "Ahah! Proof that Agatha was is an immortal!"

And, from here, my mind kind of flipped...

So, she didn't die on the Demeter;

Zoe never existed. She was her 21st century cover identity;

The cancer was fake and she wasn't really dying. It was a very elaborate plot to entrap Dracula (obviously). Don't ask me how and why : I am not in Agatha's mind!

Oh dear! Now that I have this story in my mind, it won't leave me alone! Someone has to write it!

¯_(ツ)_/¯ Can't help it.