#that they aren't spoiled about the couch or episode 23 yet either

[hellsingmongrel]

You know, one of the funniest things after 20 years in this fandom is being so used to the character designs that I often forget just how Just Like That some of the elements are. And then I go to watch the original anime with my 16 year old cousin for the first time, after they sat down and watched Stampede with me and we decided to watch the old one, too, and we get to the episode where Nick shows up on the bus.

And then we got to the shot where he's leaning against the bus, reaches into his coat to pull out a cigarette and it's just a closeup shot of his chest when he reaches in, and the cousin made a weird little wheezing noise and I looked over to see them gawking at the screen and just kind of laughed. "Were you expecting him to take out something else or something?"

"No, I just wasn't expecting to just have his tits in my face! They're just all out there!"

Lemme tell you, when I fuckin' cackled until I was wheezing! I was just like "Yep! That's our slutty priest! There's a reason the fandom draws him with his tits out constantly!" They were laughing and so gobsmacked at the same time, it was great. XD

Sometimes you really do have to rewatch it with a newbie to the series to really remember just how memorable parts of the old shows really were.