#vlad+draculea

[elizabeth-halime]

Vlad Dracula

[theconjurervfx]

Vlad III Drăculea

[skeysesil]

în urechea cui mai urlu eu acum despre Daniel Nuță care o să-l joace IAR pe Vlad Țepeș?!?!??

because bestie-

[usergreenpixel]

So, it’s not Frev or Napoleonic, but I recently found out that a pipeline of Literature ->adaptions of “Dracula” -> historical Vlad Draculea exists 🤣

For context, I have a class twice a week and we spent October analyzing “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (far from a good movie btw and not a faithful adaptation so don’t be fooled) as an example of adaptation vs. original piece.

I’m not going to spoil anything for the movie but basically it meshes Dracula the vampire with Vlad III Basarab, Aka Draculea, Aka Vlad the Impaler if that makes it easier to get who I’m talking about.

I knew about this particular Wallachian Voivoda (royal title in the past) before but was never all that interested until I saw that particular movie. Perhaps the habit of making the real Draculea a vampire came from the fact that this is the name of the fictional count, even though Bram Stoker doesn’t originally mesh the real man with the fictional count aside from just picking the name.

I don’t know why watching a boring adaptation got me interested in a controversial historical figure (bloodthirsty monster in pop culture but a national hero in Romania) whose reputation is sullied by myths almost as much as the reputation of the Jacobins and Napoleon, but it’s clearly becoming a pattern 😂

Guess I just enjoy learning about controversial people and looking beyond the stories! (Special thanks to @maggiec70 for teaching me to ask “cui bono?” whenever I encounter sources and/or legends)

Anyway, yep, I found yet another historical figure to be interested in. I’m still into Frev and Napoleonic stuff too obviously, but I’m going down the Vlad Draculea rabbit hole too… so yeah.

Thanks for coming to my rambling post about the recent events in my life 🤣

P.S. I say Draculea because apparently that’s the correct spelling in Romanian.

P. P. S. My health is still not completely back to normal but I’m getting there so stay tuned for reviews and updates!

[wolviestars]

Antony Starr as Vlad Dracula🩸🧛‍♂️

[dark-ethereal-visions]

Wait until he discovers shish kabobs!

[lorei-writes]

Heyyyyyy💖💖💖

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Vlad Țepeș de Dan Ianoș

[edgelord-of-the-day]

Edgelord of the Day #64:

Alucard, as portrayed by Kouta Hirano

From: Hellsing by Kouta Hirano

[elizabeth-halime]

Vlad Dracula

[staticymaticyyourlifeisatravesty]

So I was recently looking into Vlad the impaler as I sometimes do, I found this really cool article on him that was a deeply fascinating to read. Apparently there are stories of the dude crying blood, and this article based on proteins found in papers written in 1475, and 1457, respectively, support that claim that he probably did indeed have a condition known as Haemolacria, which is the crying of bloody tears.

Interestingly, from my perspective, haemolacria seems to be more commonly found in women who are fertile due to hormones inducing it. Absolutely Brilliant. As if periods weren't already horrible enough, there is the very minor chance of crying bloody tears. God I love being a woman.

Anyway! Back on topic! Another cause of haemolacria is a tumour in the lacrimal apparatus or eye ducts. Also can be caused by a bunch of other enviromental factors and stuff. Super cool, and very fascinating stuff!

Anyway here's the article about Vlad the Impaler I was talking about

[skeysesil]

them: hai că nu e dracu' atât de negru

Vlad:

[weirdghostboi666]

I finally have them 👹

[lunarcatrena]

Actually I wanted to give Vlad a make over, but I got carried away. Here is my Vlad III. Draculea, son of the dragon, aka Dracula, aka Vlad the Impaler.

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Did Vlad knew about the propaganda about him ?

Of course, he already had the nickname "The Impaler" while he lived and when he covered he adopted the more famous "Draculea" name from those chronicles. As a Warlord it was more important to be feared than loved and The more feared you were the more stable your rule was since you don't get as many enemies, Vlad outside the propaganda was a very skilled military ruler but he never broke a law of the country. Take for example Boyar Albu "The Great", an old enemy of the Draculesti, prayed for Vlad's father to never come back alive from the ottomans in letter, tried to take the throne in the past (almost did it too) and most likely was involved in Vlad's older brother execution.

When Vlad took the throne he had every reason to kill him but by law he couldn't do that, so he took his proprieties and donated them to a church and also lowered his rank. Albu as a response to that he burned one of Vlad's churches and gather an army to attack Vlad, committing a sacrilege which triggered the wallachian law "Desugubina" which means all of Albu's blood relatives and slaves must be executed, and as per law, by decapitation not by impalement (Or buried Alive in case of Vlad's brother, which Albu didn't care that much) Vlad's military skills in combination with the propaganda that was going around made him look like a stronger ruler and had fewer enemies, which in his case gave him time to make newer enemies.