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“I could fix him” yeah well I could slit his throat in the church
Valid
I, like Renfield, show up to my therapist refusing to talk about anything but my undying love for Dracula.
i need more people to know that canonically dracula was killed by an american cowboy with a bowie knife
“maybe the curtains are blue because the author just liked the color blue” set human critical thinking skills decades back
Hrrm, on the one hand versions of Dracula, Frankenstein etc that deviate from the source in egregious ways can bug the heck out of me (such as Dracula Untold, which while trying to create a superhero origin for Dracula somehow whitewashes the actions of the historical Vlad the Impaler to do so… Or Dracula 2000, which while having some good ideas kinda tripped over its own feet by saying that Dracula is literally Judas from the Bible, hence his adversion to Christian imagery and silver)…
…But on the other hand, using public domain stories as a source of material to take and remix in interesting ways is fun, and it’s interesting to come up with extended versions of stories from elements that were hinted or referenced in the original story but weren’t elaborated on because they weren’t the focus.
Such as…
- Mina’s journey across Europe to visit Jonathan in the nunnery he’s recovering from after escaping Dracula’s castle.
- Van Helsing’s dead son and his wife who is in a mental institution.
- What Elizabeth Lavenza and Justine Moritz were up to in the literal years Victor Frankenstein was away at university creating life.
- What reaction did Elizabeth, Henry etc. have to Victor’s actions if they ever actually found out about it, he’s explicitly an unreliable narrator, and a self-obsessed one at that, so we aren’t really aware of what he knows.
- What happened to those kids Lucy was eating after being turned into a vampire? What would a story be like from their perspective, dealing with the horrors of being a poor kid in Victorian London and then literal monsters start coming to get you?
- Dracula mentions being related to Attila the Hun, a historical figure who notably bled to death on his wedding night. While Dracua’s implictly plans of conquest certainly could be read as him trying to emulate his ancestor (just as Attila attacked Rome, Dracula attacks London), it could be interesting to tie things into Atilla’s wife (who IRL may have poisoned him) being a vampire maybe? Food for thought.
- What happened in between the death of Elizabeth and Victor’s pursuit of the Monster into the Arctic? Did they attempt to revive her using the techniques he knew worked (like in the Kenneth Branagh movie)? If so what was her reaction to it?
- In Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, it was implied that an unknown impurity in his chemicals enabled him to bring about the change in appearance. Was this the same chemical impurity responsible for the personality change in a character in the Arthur Machen story The Novel of the White Powder (although he ends up melting while transforming into something evil)?
- What did Dorian Gray do while travelling around the world being hedonistic for an several years long stretch in his book? Could you make a story about people interacting with his strange but unsettlingly hot British kid that seems to suck people into his orbit and promptly destroy them? What would happen if he were to meet Dr Polidori’s Lord Ruthven, a character who predates Dracula and notably exact in a similarly destructive manner to Dorian when it comes to folks that he takes an “interest” in.
- Ruthven doesn’t actually die at the end of his story, and he escapes to continue “ruining“ and eating people. He could conceivably show up in a story where he meets Dracula or Carmilla, with his more free-wheeling, hedonistic approach to vampirism constrasting with Dracula’s interests in sorcery and domination and Carmilla’s whole deal. …That actually could have legs, with a vampire from the 1700s interacting with vampires from the 1600s and 1400s respectively, with all three instantly loathing each other.
What’s up I’m Victor Frankenstein
And this is another unboxing video
*opens coffin*
All the cute nicknames Victor Frankenstein called his son throughout the book:
catastrophe
miserable monster
demoniacal corpse to which I have so miserably given life
an ugly mummy
a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived,
the filthy daemon to whom I have given life
no human
the wretch whom I had created
sight tremendous and abhorred
unearthly ugly being
too horrible for human eyes
miserable head
vile insect
abhorred monster
wretched devil
you, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world
too horrible for human eyes to behold
the filthy mass that moved and talked
wretch whom I dreaded
villain
monster of my creation
fiend
figure most hideous and abhorred
+ bonus - all the cute ways captain Robert Walton described Victor’s son on 1 page:
a form which I cannot find words to describe
never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness
tremendous being
scary and unearthly in his ugliness
Tag yourself I’m “the filthy mass that moved and talked”
Can we go back to mistaking Frankenstein's monster for Frankenstein please. Imagine how pissed Victor Frankenstein would be over his creation having his family name. How fucking funny is it to imagine him just losing his mind at the very thought of his son creation just being casually called Frankenstein like it is so hilarious to me. Please it's what he deserves.
Arthur Holmwood: oh, so dracula controls rats? i'll handle it
Van Helsing: may I ask how?
Arthur Holmwood, pulling rat terriers out of his pockets and chucking them into Carfax like live grenades: i said i'll handle it
Dracula is NOT sexy. Quincey is sexy. DNI if you think that book dracula is hotter than the gentlemanly cowboy.
do henry and elizabeth know who their murderer was? did they piece together in their final moments that the creature taking their life was made from victor’s hand? did henry put two and two together, remembering the mess that he cleaned up in victor’s dorm and the months victor spent ill raving about a monster, then looking at the creature in front of him and recognizing him from that? did the creature say something to either of them? he specifically mentions to walton that murdering henry was torture to him, but why? did he simply know that henry was a loving and caring person from observation, or did he experience some of that kindness himself? were henry’s last words that of kindness to the creature, or merely screams of terror? and what about elizabeth? she knew that victor was haunted by something, and did that realization of what it was finally come to her as she died? or was she just lost and scared and confused and alone, hoping for someone to come and help? was the creature so heartbroken after killing henry that he didn’t even try to converse with elizabeth?
if they both knew who the creature was, what did they think of victor in that brief moment? were they horrified, disappointed, disgusted? what would the two people who loved victor most think of him if they realized that his creation was the one killing them? what did they think, how much did they know and understand, in their final moments??????
turning lucy westenra into a promiscuous and overtly sexual woman who loves to string her suitors along is not the “modern girl power move” you think it is <3
Fucking loser male protags when being seduced by a sexy lady: I shouldn't, it'd ruin my marriage~ Well, I suppose if she'll never find out...
Johnathan Harker, absolute Chad, himbo supreme, when being seduced by three sexy vampires: AAAAAA Noooo!! I do NOT want to betray my wonderful soon to be wife Mina Murray like this!!! Do not want DO NOT WANT!!!
The long sir Francis Varney post
It’s October, so I think it’s a proper time to write about vampires again (to be fair, vampires can be expected here around the year…). But first, a little rant about a slightly non-related thing; it bothers me when people use the term ”guilty pleasure” to describe something that is actually well made, even high art, just because they are embarrassed to like it. No, Mr. Fragile Masculinity Man, liking ballet does not make it your guilty pleasure just because none of your friends are into it. It’s still art. It’s still something that requires incredible skill to accomplish. In my opinion, guilty pleasure means things that you know are poorly or lazily made and generally not good literature/film/art/whatever, and yet you still like them.
Why I bring this up is because tonight I want to write about my own guilty pleasure when it comes to vampire fiction. No, it’s not Twilight. Or any other vampire romance. If I have to pick a book that is simultaneously among the most poorly written I own and also one I genuinely like, it would have to be James Malcolm Rymer’s massive penny dreadful Varney the Vampyre, or The Feast of Blood.
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dorian to basil: draw me like of your french boys
ruthven is so messy he nursed aubrey back to health after the death of his love for weeks and then got shot and acted like he was gonna die to make sure aburey didn’t tell anyone about him for a year and a day and then went to england and started mackin on his sister while everyone thought he was crazy and THEN got marreid to her on the LAST DAY of his oath and immediately fled the country with his new bride. he could have just killed him but instead he was like lemme make a memory out of this
Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood.
so i found a pitman shorthand translator last night
Jonathan Harker: Why are you putting garlic in your pants?
Quincey Morris: So Dracula won't try to eat my a**.
Jonathan Harker: Why would he try to eat your a**?
Quincey Morris: He won't. The garlic--are you even listening?
Dialogue That Gets Scarier When Trapped In A Hug:
1.“I know what you did.”
2.“Just play along. Please.”
3.“When I let go, run for your life.”
4.“Don’t open your eyes.”
5.“Don’t look.”
6.“You’re right. None of this is real.”
7.“They can hear us.”
8.“Play along or they might take us both.”
9.“I always knew you’d die in my arms.”
9.“Go. Go now, and don’t look back.”
10.“Wake up. Before they get you too.”
11.“You know I’m not real, don’t you?”
12.“Don’t. Move.”
13.“How can’t you see them? They’re right there!”
14.“It’s almost like when you were still alive.”
15.“Wrong choice.”
16.“You’ll be free soon.”
17.“You can’t go back home now. They’ll be waiting.”
18.“Shh. They’ve got your apartment bugged.”
19.”I’ll make it quick, I promise.”
20.”Did you think I just forgot?”
I like it when tybalt tells mercutio to “have at thee boy” because it’s like a really old timey “try me bitch”
Thank you
I know I can't be the only one who just really, unironically loves Romeo and Juliet. Decades of forced readings in English classes and every terrible parody under the sun have ruined it for so many people but it's so good! It's popular for a reason! You're not cool and edgy for hating it! It's gorgeous and tragic and I just. I love r&j a lot.
thinking about this dynamic
some fucking resources for all ur writing fuckin needs
* body language masterlist
* a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does
* a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes
* 550 words to say instead of fuckin said
* 638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again
* some more body language help
(hope this helps some ppl)
Writing a Believable Family: Information You Need
So today I thought I’d help out myself and anyone else who’s writing something where family plays a central role, seeing as a lot of people write about families but I barely see any posts about it!
Families are really fun to read about (imo), but often hard to write, as each family has a different dynamic that you really need to get a hold of. It’s easy to get discouraged because sometimes your fictional family might feel like strangers when they interact with each other. So without further ado, here are some questions and prompts to help you get to know your characters’ families.
Questions
Who is in this family? Are they all important characters?
How big of a role does this family play in the story? The theme of family in general?
Who looks the most like who? What general physical features do they all share?
Who is closest with each other? Who feels more distant?
What is a tradition this family has?
What holidays does this family celebrate? What religion do they practice?
What does this family always fight about?
Are all the relationships in this family healthy? If not, what makes them toxic?
Who is in charge or seems to have the most authority?
Is there a social hierarchy within the family? Who generally seems the coolest to the others?
Does this family travel a lot together? Where do they go?
What was/were the older generation(s) like before the younger generation(s) were born?
Has anyone in this family died? How did this impact the others?
Do members of the family have different politics? How does this affect the family’s relationship?
How much do your characters value their family?
What movies does this family watch on movie nights? What movies do they refuse to watch together?
What role does extended family play in this family’s life? (Ignore if the family you’re writing about is an extended family.)
Who argues the most?
What personality traits does the family share?
What makes this family unique?
What did/does the younger generation do for fun as little kids?
If this family had a vacation home, where would it be?
Who looks up to who?
Prompts
Write a conversation at the family’s dinner table.
What was the most disastrous family reunion/outing? Write it.
Try making a character web (shown in this post) for the family.
How does the rest of the family behave when one member graduates?
Write the script for everyone’s favorite old home video.
Draw a family tree. See how many generations you can go back.
Write each family member’s favorite family memory.
Describe how a family road would trip play out.
This family becomes the family fighting in Walmart. Describe how this happened.
The family is known for their top-notch annual ________ party. Write one such party.
Have a character from the family give your reader a “tour” of the family home.
Who got drunk at the last reunion? What ensued?
A character from the family is going through their favorite family photos. What are they? Why do they like them? What is the story behind them?
Imagine that this family has one huge family scandal in its history. What was it? How did people react when they found out?
A character has been hiding a secret for years, and their family finds out.
Gavin: Alot of people tend to ask me, "Gavin, I don't like you"
Markus: why is it... So... Quiet?
North: *reading magazine* I dunno
*hears loud thumping on roof*
Josh: *busting down door with random pieces of duct tape on him* SHE DUCT TAPED ME & SIMON TO THE ROOF
Markus: Where is Simon?!
Josh: The roof!
Simon: *falls off roof in background*
Josh: I take that back he's in the yard
Markus: Girls are so complicated arnt they Simon...
Simon: That's why I stick to guys- *starts choking* I MEAN FRIES
Markus: Yeah, I like fries to