#this is not a dracula quote

[winter2468]

The Dracula ballet shows the aftermath of Dracula's harm in such a clever way.

After he returns to England, Jonathan needs a cane to walk, and he can't dance. He clearly wants to dance with Mina, but he's too ill, and Van Helsing dances with her instead.

After being fed on by Dracula, Lucy tries to act like she's fine, and tries to dance with Arthur, but she quickly collapses, unable to dance.

Being fed on by Dracula means that the characters can't dance - they can't perform their expected behaviour with in the medium of ballet. It's a really clever way of showing the isolating effects of the trauma brought on by Dracula's abuse.

[classichorrorblog]

Dracula (1931)

[kindlythevoid]

Guys, guys, look, guys, I know that Dracula is terrible. But I unironically want to start greeting people with his "Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring!". I want to find a sign that says this and hang it on my front door. I need to incorporate this in my every day speech. I'm 65% of the way to making it my lock screen on my phone. I am actively adding it to my blog as we speak. This is by far my favorite line of the whole book. I just.

[inky-sun]

[daily-spooky]

[jaggedcliffs]

Dracula: now you shall come to my call. When my brain says "Come!" to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding

Mina:

Mina: yeah okay, I'm crossing land and sea to come right the fuck at you

Mina: bitch

Dracula: no wait not like that

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

I'm listening to @re-dracula again now that it's all out, and Dr. Van Helsing has so many good quotes.

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)

[characterssaythedarnestthings]

"We are going to defeat Dracula with two things: Garlic, and the ✨Power Of Friendship ✨💕💫😻😽😸🥳🫶🤩🥰🥰. Here, I made crucifix Friendship bracelets! 🥰✝️📿" - Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula

[mournfulroses]

Bram Stoker, from The Collected Prose Works of Bram Stoker; “Dracula,” wr. c. 1897

[black-ak9]

"Drink as much as you want

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

[winter2468]

Once again I'm thinking of the whole 'If Mina must be a vampire' passage. Because it's clearly established that, while Stoker's vampires retain some aspect of who they were as living people, it's only an aspect.

The vampire Lucy can do an imitation of the living Lucy, but it's not her, the behaviour looks wrong, and it repels Arthur, Quincey, and Seward, men who loved Lucy and knew her well. The person's soul is still in there (and is freed after the vampire is killed), but the vampire is Not the same as the living person.

But if Mina becomes a vampire - if Mina becomes a monster that walks and talks and acts a bit like the living Mina, but isn't her because her kindness and her intelligence is gone, then Jonathan will become a vampire too. He's willing to become the undead corrupted imitation of Jonathan Harker, because Mina's soul will still be in the vampire Mina somewhere, and he wants to be with her no matter what.

[classichorrorblog]

Dracula (1931)

[shisasan]

Bram Stoker, Dracula originally published 1897

[lithiumseven]

Incorrect Dracula Characters

Jonathan:

Mina:

Lucy:

Arthur:

Seward:

Quincey:

Van Helsing:

Renfield:

Dracula:

Bonus Bram Stoker:

(part II) (part III)

[a-true-janian-reply]

What is more lovely, after all, than a monster undone by wanting?

- A Dowry of Blood, S.T. Gibson