#regarding Dracula

[lady-dulcinea]

Everybody is applauding Ben Galpin for his impeccable performance as Jonathan (as they should), but I would like to call attention to Ioana Adăscăliței as the Romanian Woman. That "For your mother's sake" was genuinely so gut wrenching I had to pause for a minute before continuing.

[kitkat-the-muffin]

As we enter a short hiatus waiting for the next Dracula Daily update, I thought I’d compile the beginning of every Re: Dracula entry released so far in order to display Jonathan’s degrading mental health over the course of the past two weeks (not including Mina and Lucy’s letters)

He’s really going through it 😔

[weirdpolis]

The further we get in the Dracula Daily, and the more I realize all of the discrepancies between the Original Text and every single one of its adaptations, the more I think there must be some weird vampire quirk at work here. Some spell, or a curse, that prevents the faithfull translation of the original story. Some combination of "Vampires don't have reflections in the mirrors, and their likeness cannot be captured on film or photograph" and "victims cannot speak directly about the Vampire because they are put under their spell or in a trance". I have not yet figured out all the details of how this peculiar vampire quirk works, and wheter the wild mistranslation of the "Dracula" onto Islandic language also occured under this spell, but you must agree with me, that it's weird it happened this many times.

[cyberr-v0id]

Oh so when they eat chicken, a dead bird, it’s ‘ok’ and ‘a healthy meal’ but when I, Renfield. M. Renfield-

[ifwebefriends]

I first started reading Dracula Daily about a week or two into May 2022 because everyone and their mom on tumblr were talking about it. Breaking the novel into smaller bite-sized pieces occurring in real time really helped me to digest it better and helped me to get a better idea of how the story was actually paced out. I got caught up on a few entries and kept up with it until around late September/early October when a lot was happening in my life and I couldn’t keep up.

I tried again this year and I also listened to the Re: Dracula podcast which helped me a lot since I’m a visual-auditory learner and I’m not the best at reading. I listened to every entry and usually read the corresponding email at the same time. The podcast was also helpful since I knew about how long it would take to get through each entry so I could plan my time around it. I had a much easier time this year reading the novel. I’m proud to say that this time around, I saw it all the way through to the end.

I’ve had a lot of fun reading and listening to Dracula, telling my loved ones about it, and talking about it with everyone here online! I’ve loved the art, memes, and discussions we all had around this old classic book. The book is so unique and compelling and it doesn’t get as much appreciation and respect as it should.

Thank you so much to Matt Kirkland and the @re-dracula team for providing such a wonderful, immersive, and well-made experience and bringing together a bunch of nerds online. I don’t think I would have ever read this book without you. And thank you to all the other readers and listeners who helped make the journey as much fun as it was. We laughed, cried, cheered, and talked together and I’m so glad that I was a part of it all. I’m sad that it’s over but I’m happy that it happened at all.

[mushroom-punk]

figuring out my designs for the suitors. wonder what they're looking at

[randomfangirl330]

Whenever I get to Lucy's death/burial, all I can think about is this line from Red

[jenjensd]

How many podcast Jon/John’s are there?

Jonathan Sims (voice actor)- The Archivist, Jonathan Sims (character) (The Magnus Archives)

John - Entity fragment of the king in yellow (Malevolent)

John Peters (you know, the farmer) - resident of Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale)

Jonathan Sims (voice actor) - Doctor Jack Seward (Regarding Dracula)

Jonathan Harker - protagonist (also Regarding Dracula)

John - Some dude Mike Walters used to date, the one he called to say he doesn’t forgive him, which started Mike’s time travel journey in the first place (Woe.Begone)

It seems like there’s a lot of Jons/Johns in podcasts these days. Did I miss anyone?

[annah-the-compozer]

Idk what to do with my life now that @re-dracula reached its final episode. That was one hell of a badass experience I don't recall from reading the novel, it only enhanced my love for Dracula!

And Quincey singing to tAKE HIS HEART BACK TO TEXAS OMG

(I could picture the whole gang at his funeral and both Arthur and Jonathan taking care of the papers to bury him in his homeland)

At least I just bought Carmilla to get ready for the miniseries. Congrats to this amazing team! 👏

[creepsmcgavin]

The October 3rd episode of @re-dracula was phenomenal. I loved every second of this episode, and the absolute shrill of pain that Isabel uttered during the waifer scene was brilliant.

My favourite character in all versions of Dracula is the good doctor John Seward, and Jonathan Sims plays the role beautifully. The exhaustion with which he opens the episode is palpable and heart-wrenching.

Karim Kronfli was terrific during the closing song, "Inside You," and I need this as a song to have for always, along with all the other songs the production has recorded because they're just *chefs kiss*

[chesacakeripper]

Happy third day of Kinktober, so far we've got:

> Mina Harker suckling blood at the Count's breast whilst Jonathan gets cucked in a trance right next to them

> Jonathan pledging to turn himself into a vampire to be with Mina forever, if that's what it takes

> Dracula singing about taking Jonathan against a wall

[lady-dulcinea]

Giving Madi Opincaru all the flowers for her single line in today’s entry that absolutely wrecked me. Once again, I applaud the team of Re: Dracula for the impeccable casting of every single character.

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Hey uh Dracula’s Disney Villain ballad freakin terrifies me more than the entire rest of the episode

[theriseofthesea]

So I was talking with my dad about my plans for school. One of the short term career training programs is for a phlebotomy technician. (I’m not doing that because blood and needles is a big nope for me) Because I’m silly, I was like what even does phlebotomy mean?

phleb (blood)

auto (taking something out of something else)

So… Technically speaking, vampires are phlebotomists. Therefore, Dracula is a phlebotomist. A really bad one with absolutely terrible manners.

[un-monstre]

I saw a poll going around that said something to the effect of “What other fictional universe should we send Jonathan Harker to?” Well, I want the opposite of that. I want Jeeves and Wooster to deal with Dracula.

[ifwebefriends]

We can do it y’all! I believe in us!