#liveblogging castlevania

[foxstens]

yo i just got to the point where you do the thing and im fucking dead

[vassothmercar]

"you cannot enter the house of god" "god is not here, this is an empty box" wyll's first meeting with mizora in which he still believes on the gods, but the one that answers his prayers is the devil instead "your god's love is not unconditional" gale begging mystra for help after the netherese orb has found a home on his chest, but silence is the only answer he gets "(s)he does not love us, and (s)he does not love you" shadowheart discovering the truth of her time with shar, the knowledge that all she has ever feared was born from the goddess she worshiped "i have done his(her) bidding, my life's work is in his(her) name" "your life's work makes him(her) puke" lae'zel, discovering that she has been raised like a lamb to a slaughter, that every time she grows stronger vlaakith watches her with wariness in fear of what she could become, salivating for the sacrifice she could be "lies? in your house of god? no wonder he has abandoned you" astarion praying for all the gods in baldurs gate for an escape, tongue heavy with the lies he used to deliver cazador's next sacrifice "we couldn't be here without you" karlach coming to terms with the fact that she was zariel's greatest weapon on her crusades, that gortash selling her out is what helped him get where he is today

[simonsquest]

Chapters 1 and 2 of The Requiem for Simon Belmont are now published on AO3. Follow the link above to read. :)

CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THESE CHAPTERS: none

CHAPTER 1 SUMMARY: In the present day, Simon begins his solitary quest in the town of Jova, where he finds refugees who have fled from Aljiba seeking sanctuary in the church of Jova.

CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY: Taking place eight years earlier, Simon meets his arranged wife-to-be when she visits the Belmont estate for the first time.

Updates weekly. Comments are deeply appreciated. Thank you very much! :)

[disordercinema]

How's it possible that every Belmont ever except for maybe Leon is just the most pathetic piece of grumpy shit ever?

[raidouversusthesoullessarmy]

Fictional clans in video games when they see an untraumatized child:

[wolfywordweaver]

I'm sorry, but did we just watch two episodes of Annette crying and reminiscing and processing her trauma and then watch as she immediately bitches and moans when Richter has a PTSD reaction and panic attack?!

[monkeydlesbian]

she’s too sexy for me i’m too lesbian AUGGHDHRJRJ

[macgyvertape]

Castlevania Nocturn s1 thoughts/liveblog

This season more like Castlevania: colonialism, and power structures that support it

For a Symphony of the Night adaptation the inclusion of symphonic and operatic music was fantastic, especially the attention to the times the music was diegetic vs nondiegetic

Really enjoyed how many outfit changes characters got, I really want some meta about the Emissary's costume changes because she has a wide range of outfits from modern to 2 different historical ones.

Favorite plotline: the whole Orlox/Mizrak relationship and both characters (it probably seems obvious based on what I focused on), least favorite plotline Richter gets his mojo/magic back based on processing grief aka vibes

Felt much more like a coming of age story line for the protagonists, and (without checking a timeline) them a few years younger than the series 1 Trevor/Sypha /Alucard

This show really balanced well the introduction of the cosmic threat (cat goddess filling Dracula’s place) vs local threat (Emissary here vs leader night creature s1 of main show) in a way I haven't seen since s1 of the original show

more liveblog notes below cut

I knew going in Olrox was gay, a fan favorite favorite of blogs I check, and had gifs portraying him sympathetically. Funny how that probably influenced my initial impression of the opening

Lmao of course the abbey is on the evil vampire side considering I saw gifs beforehand of one of the guys with Olrox. (edit: funny that Olrox isn’t with the main vampire group at that time in the season, so I was right about the alliance for the wrong reason) 

I like how the Emissary's clothing is so modern I can't tell if she's wearing hoof heels or has cloven feet

Edouard’s singing sounded super awkward without musical backing, sure the fact its Dido's lament is foreshadowing. 

Edouard has a tailcoat, I didn’t expect to see it during this time period considering this is before the Regency. Olrox is wearing a frock coat, that’s older style?

Oooh wish they had done the fight to Vivaldi’s summer presto instead and made it nondiegetic music vs generic action music

Devil forgemaster automation!? Note to self check when first steam engine is and the Victorian times which is when I usually thing steam/magic punk

Also lmao Olrox gets the last word again

Ok so they have the French aristocrat vampires doubling as confederate vampires with the explicit colonialism slavery

Do we get more evil lesbian vampries with a take over the world plan?

I’m glad night creatures are a thing here too, its such fun monster designs

Real inversion of Castlevania’s Isaac having forge mastering be freedom from slavery and here it be a process used by the institution of the church as a method of slavery

How does “we need a plan” mean “children with no experience of the world and no experience of the hard choices adults make” in Annette’s response and not have a response because the subject changes??? Like Richter has a point about snapshot moral decisions, 2 or 4 doesn’t have experience so they should really work out any difference of opinion

Oh no the last alive mother figure keeps being helpful that’s a death flag 

Damn lol Olrox and abbey sword guy were dtf Grindr quick. Ass shot!! lmao having that final conversation about demons and Olrox is doing it leaning back, legs spread, dick out 

Can’t wait to see how it goes paying that price, what demon and Olrox’s seemingly invested question “will you [pay the price]” edit: season 1 seems to have ended demon consequence free

The world building this season seems so much richer and broader than the previous Castlevania series, all these different types of demons, magic users, gods, and spirits

Nick pick note: ok the waterproofing can’t be good enough for water to not flow down the staircase into the cellars and give away the secret passage. ask me how I know water loves to travel into basements

I'm enjoying the Emissary's ahistorical fashion in modern club/bdsm gear. Holy shit the “all about sex with you priests, every orifice I have has teeth” holy shit vagina dentata. I literally had to rewind to make sure I heard that correctly 

When Maria’s mother was pushing the stone and talking about being there for people she loves I was thinking “wow considering the hair colors for Maria it  would be funny if the Abbot was her father because it would explain why Maria’s mother, a speaker, would be so defensive of him. But surely they won’t be that tropey predictable” then as soon as the eyes met I was like LMAO

Interesting that Olrox chose then to step in vs letting Mizrak fight Belmont, since maybe he’d be better off letting the Emissary get killed

Love vampires talking with vampires about being an immortal being trapped in the shadows as they power play each other 

“You’re the one with the brand on your forehead” this was such a metal af scene burning the slaver vampire in a cage of crosses. Especially the extremely distorted fisheye focus on the symbol that distort’s the vampries face even creepier 

Oh that’s a good shot of Maria being visually isolated in the black of the Abotts’s cloak when she learns he’s her father, with a bit of visual exaggeration.  The selected impressionism animation in this series is great

The Emissary is now in her second period style outfit (red militaryish tailcoat) the first being the black outfit worn for the funeral/graveyard that looked a lot more rococo aristocratic 

Wait wat, so the vampire messiah look like a white woman with red hair wearing double side petticoats in the European aristocrat style, who has a Russian name and was living in snowy Russia, but she’s talking like she is Sekhmet despite having no Egyptian characteristics at all. Like she looks nothing like the Emissary who is Egyptian. What’s up with that?

Grandpa Belmont is somehow beating “I attacked my son and devastated a country Dracula” in worst hurting a family member reaction to grief IMO

Lacrimosa is GOATed really just best choice to include for this moment especially how they did it with nondiegetic string accompaniment in Edouard’s PoV but that cuts out with the shift to Mizrak/Olrox PoV

“I love everything about adding tension to the relationship and denial of feelings with: "is [turning me into a vampire without permission] what you had planned for me" “Of course not… I’m not in love with you”

Fucking gun axe, and did the vampires just sit around listening to the family drama to know so much 

Nooo don’t hang a lampshade on an ending line be “witty, cunning, and brutal” then say “fuck it” which fits the standard 

Power play the Messiah calling Olrox a dragon when he turned into a Quetzalcoatl in ep1, and then doing a show of force to force him from an insincere bow into a deep on. You can tell he’s fucking pissed off

“Just read the fucking book” and Orlox gets the last word again lmao

Lmao the very on the nose bible verse lines “lift up thy feat” when the birds lift Maria up, the line about slipping after she nearly slips. Wonder what was done first; picking the psalm (Psalms 73:2-5) or the animation direction?

So I thought the vampire messiah was supposed to be an a fraud in identity, but damn she can control the moon. Or was Selhmet not a delusion but a actual magic being waiting to possess her and take over, as seen by the physical transformation to part cat?

I guess Orlox does care enough for Mizrak to get involved awww

Ah the establishing shot visible proof of the limit to the eclipse which doesn’t even cover all of France 

Love the angst breakup, Orlox/Mizrak favorite ship in the whole show

It felt obvious the mother figure character wouldn’t last the whole season but I wasn’t expecting her to be turned

Word Effect where The Emissary is built up as a power threat the whole season then she’s 1 hit KO to show Alucard’s power 

[fandom-panda]

Liveblog-ish of Castlevania: Nocturne S1 Ep8

spoilers under the cut + in order

NOOOOO TERA!!!!!!

but omg that scene when tera was drinking erzsebet’s blood was terrifying the animators did such a good job

ALUCARD!!!!!! HOLY SHIT HIS ARRIVAL IS SO COOL OMG!!!!!!!! also hes so pretty the animators did such a good job!!!

KASHDJDBJDBDKDB ANNETTE DOESNT KNOW WHO DRACULA IS

oh man i cant wait for season 2!!!!

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

and that ladies and gentlemen, is a wrap.

[thelordofshrimp]

i think if a big big spooky flame monster appeared and told me i had one year to get the hell out of dodge i would listen to him. rip to the citizens of targoviste but i'm different

[foxstens]

i might be playing the ps1 version of sotn...

[chucktaylorupset]

Castlevania Spoilers

- I love Lisa strong female character

- nvm she dead ANGSt

- he's crying tears of blood hello Dracula dementia raven way

- don't give them a year goddamit kill them now

[simonsquest]

Chapters 19 and 20 of The Requiem for Simon Belmont are now published on AO3. Follow the link above to read. :) Please note that the Additional Tags have been updated. Please read them carefully before proceeding with the next chapters. CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THESE CHAPTERS: Chapter 19 has: vomit, violence, injury, hallucinations/psychosis

CHAPTER 19 SUMMARY: Back to the present, Simon traverses through the poisonous Joma marsh. He finds a fortress that appears to be abandoned.

CHAPTER 20 SUMMARY: Having ensured Selena's safety back at the Belmont estate, Simon once again returns to Dracula's castle. But what waits for him there fills him with unease.

[hotniatheron]

putting Henry Purcell in an animated series is crazy

[sickeningradiances]

your bf and gf are gone for ONE MONTH and here you are laughing in grass with another couple