Dracula Returns

Rereading the Grisha trilogy I find myself wondering, as I go through the chapters of S&S and R&R, would there be a possibility that LB had Zoyalai in mind while creating the first three books? The interactions between both are nothing, we could count on our fingers the times when they are both in the same place or when Zoya asks something and Nikolai answers (and let's not forget when Alina told him who he should marry by putting "a Grisha like Zoya" as an option and he was TOTALLY aware of her presence). Maybe I'm too fascinated with my Zoyalai but I stop every time their names are close together in a paragraph, line by line, on the same page.

Dear Dracula Adaptations,

Me and @starlitartworks discussed this, and we both agree: In a universe where Dracula is meant to look like this-

Jonathan Harker is allowed to be sexy. It is possible to be devastatingly attractive and a total nerd at the same time. Stop making Dracula sexier than Jonathan so she'll choose the monster who assaulted her instead of the guy who adores her more than life itself. Give Jonathan the good looks instead.

i really can’t stress enough how much i recommend regularly engaging with older art– movies, books, whatever. like, “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” and all that, but also, there’s just something really fascinating and kind of beautiful about reading something written by someone who lived so long ago and really connecting with it, recognizing the humanity of people who once seemed like abstract concepts to you

someone recreates an image of nikolai as king and a dragon behind (representing zoya) an epic image

Oxford, UK / 2017

THE LORD OF THE RINGS costumes appreciation: ― Haldir’s armour (costume design by Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)

you ppl love villains/morally grey characters UNTIL they're a woman, then all of a sudden they are annoying, evil and irredeemable

This is a Gothic Romance - October 11, Dracula

"I believe that neither I nor anyone else in this world could describe the strange scene that followed - solemn, somber, melancholy, terrible, and yet tender." -- this is how Seward tries to show us the affectionate passion of the Harkers

After everyone makes the promise to Mina about her death, Jonathan asks her:

"Must I also make that promise, my wife?" Mina answers him (this part brings tears to my eyes every time I read it) "You too, my love. And you must not hesitate. You are the one I love most, you are my world. Our souls are united forever and ever, for eternity. Remember, my love, the brave men who in times past killed their wives so that they would not fall into enemy hands. Their hands remained steady, for the women themselves begged to be killed. It is a man's duty, in turbulent times, to those he loves! And, my love, if I must be killed, may it be by the hands of the one who loves me most. (…) If that time comes, I count on Mr. "Van Helsing" to ensure that my husband will keep for the rest of his life the happy memory of having been the one to free me from this terrible curse."

The climax of the scene is when he asks Jonathan to recite the Office of the Dead as a way of keeping his beloved's voice in his memory:

"I would like you to do this for me, my love, because I will carry with me forever the memory of your voice, no matter what happens!"

Really excited to see a new group of people understand why a lot of us REALLY don’t like Dracmina in general and adaptations after this Dracula daily thing.

Johnathan and Mina did not go through this shit for that. (Believe me I am all for vampire love stories but this one ain’t it. Usually team vamp, this time .. no no.)