#our good friend jonathan

[msfbgraves]

Mina and Jonathan Harker are such good examples of the fact evil can never really know who it is up against.

Jonathan Harker is a mild mannered junior solicitor. Mina Harker is a former etiquette teacher turned housewife. There is nothing to distinguish them from anybody else but they're this great nobleman-turned- monster's greatest foes. They're ordinary people living ordinary lives, until when confronted with great evil their strength of character becomes all that stands between him and victory. You can't target them in preparation because you'd have to target the whole world. They don't stand out. They're not seeking greatness. They simply stand for love, and they don't stop.

[urgentkettle]

Woke up thinking about “For your mother’s sake” with such gripping sadness. The voice acting in from re: dracula just got me. She is grieving for him in his mother’s stead. She arms him with all of the power of god and love that she has. But the time loop persists, and Jonathan goes to meet the count anyways.

[aotearoa20]

Jonathan: How can I get into Dracula’s room!? The door is always locked! There’s no other entrance except…

Jonathan: except the window…

Jonathan: (contemplating every life choice he made that got him into this position)

Jonathan: (sighing and taking of his shoes) bloody lizard-fashion it is then

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

Jonathan, Day 1 at Castle Dracula - arriving as if in a dream: Such a remarkable place! Jonathan, Day 51 at Castle Dracula - helplessly witnessing someone get torn to shreds by wolves: god i wish that were me

[tmblr-university]

When you wake up and all your stuff is gone

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[frozenbluecookies]

May 12th:

JONATHAN NO

JONATHAN YOU NEED TO KEEP IT ON

IT'S USELESS IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING IT, JONATHAN

It's not his fault, he doesn't actually know how the crucifix works. But the dread I feel every time I read that. Because we the audience know that Dracula can be near the crucifix without apparent ill effect. He's been hanging around Jonathan and making physical contact with him (usually in the form of handshakes or hand touches) this whole time. The crucifix only affects him when he touches it directly, as in the shaving mirror incident.

As long as Jonathan was wearing it around his neck, Dracula couldn't drink.

As soon as he takes it off, he starts sleeping better (at least initially, but more on that at a later date). He sleeps deeply, and nothing wakes him up.

[warrenwaskilledbyadeer]

Dracula literally leaves Jonathan standing on the doorstep and then runs around the side entrance to the castle and quickly changes into his normal clothes to let him in the door like a cartoon character

And Jonathan just stands there politely confused the whole time

[beneaththefloorboards]

Finally got the time to finish my little sketch of our good friend! May he see happier days

[my-name-is-not-kimmy]

[adreamthatsworthkeeping]

[unabridgedisbetter]

Woke up with this meme in my head I hope it hasn’t been done before

[msfbgraves]

The last place where I would have thought to find a study in kindness is Dracula

But Mina is kind and Jonathan is kind and Mr. Swales is kind and Sister Agatha is kind and the people of Bistritz are kind and the Captain of the Demeter is kind and Count Dracula is monstrous because he is a bully who loves to fuck with people and Lucy is kind and Quincey is kind and the people on the train from Klausenberg took Jonathan too, even though he was in a state!

It is Human Kindness vs Monstrous Villainy, this book.

[greypistacchio]

he's truly the scum of the earth

[aotearoa20]

May 11th; Lucy's Letter

I love him. I am blushing as I write, for although I think he loves me, he has not told me so in words. But oh, Mina, I love him; I love him; I love him!

May 15th; Harkers Journal

Here I am, sitting at a little oak table where in old times possibly some fair lady sat to pen, with much thought and many blushes, her ill-spelt love-letter, and writing in my diary in shorthand all that has happened since I closed it last

Something about Jonathan going on about the overlapping of people over the centuries (separated by time and sentiment but in the same place) and the fact that Lucy not two days ago writing her own love letters, albeit about rather than to, (separted by both place and time but some how so similar in sentiment) makes me feels things. It is a comforting thing Jonathan - people be peopling all over the place

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

“Do you know what day it is?” I answered that it was the Second of May. She shook her head as she said again:

“Oh, yes! I know that! I know that, but do you know what day it is?” On my saying that I did not understand, she went on:

“It is the Eve of Dracula Daily. Do you not know that to-night, before the phone chimes with an email from Editor Matt, that we must leave out Paprika Hendl and wild roses for our good friend Jonathan Harker?"

[spiders-rob]

Dear Jonathan,

Let it all out, buddy.

Don't let him gaslight you, this man sounds seriously unhinged. He has crossed so many lines with you, just in this update alone. He has no right to decide if you are allowed to shave, to steal your things, or to lock you in. You are not paranoid, this guy is fucking nuts. I can see why everyone in town was worried for you.

Don't lose hope. You can escape. I believe in you. Keep your wits. Don't show your hand. You've got this.

When you get out of there, we'll go get you a nice clean shave, if you like.

Your Friend,

SR

P.S. What a classist dick that guy is. "What good are peasants without a leader?" go fuck yourself. "Brain and heart" aren't fucking dependent on having money. What a myopic, imperialist douche-bag.