#i love how dracula is like

[petitelappin]

"For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it. Then as the cloud passed I could see the ruins of the abbey coming into view; and as the edge of a narrow band of light as sharp as a sword-cut moved along, the church and the churchyard became gradually visible. Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there, on our favourite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white."

Mina and Lucy in the kirkyard at Whitby, August 11th.

#my art #dracula #mina murray #mina harker #lucy westenra #digital art #i realized as i was finishing this up that they look very much like how i draw donna and laura but yknow what? #thats not a bad thing! a lot of parallels! a lot of themes! a lot of trying to save the best friend you are incapable of saving #once again I spent too long looking at old clothing catalogues bc i love the little references mina and lucy make to idea of the new woman #and they def talk about it like an Other but also w a bit of awe and im sure theres a lot to unpack there #but it made me wanna put mina in something new-woman-adjacent #lets get her a little bit leyendecker yknow?

[atmothart]

Wouldn't lizard fashion be something like spikes and scales and a frilled lizard collar?

Like so?

(Bonus art under the cut)

#thank you anon I've been wanting to draw proper lizard fashion for a while and this gave me the motivation I needed #dracula daily #re: dracula #dracula #lizard fashion #The colours I chose here make Drac look like Harry Du Bois - which is appropriate given how I tend to depict his personality in my shitpost #bonus under the cut featuring Dracula's Weed Smorking Girlfriends #personally I really like the theory that the three vampire women are actually dracula's wife and two daughters #since the book never actually calls them his wives and the two subordinate girls are specifically described as looking similar to him #the idea that he turned his family but is no longer capable of loving them (or being loved by them) adds a whole extra layer for me #because he still goes through the motions - goes out to get them food (babies) and provide for them/fulfil the role of a patriarch #but its hollow and loveless and done out of strange obligation/habit - like an echo of being alive #BUT for the sake of comedy I will always draw them as his three weed smorking girlfriends because it's just funnier #or rather as I like to think of them - his three weed smoking EX-girlfriends who spend all day making fun of him and and freeloading #I'm going to tag any art with them in it from here on out as #the ex-wives of dracula #he's going to england to escape their ridicule

[samberrybay]

I DON'T SEE ENOUGH PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS NEW MASTERPIECE BY PAN4-NIM????

Like HELLO????? THIS IS SO OUT OF POCKET BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY NOT COMPLAINING!!!!

#LOOK AT HOW CUTE RAON IS #his little evil grin like omg omg #CALE'S OUTFIT????? #he looks like dracula #CALE'S WAIST!!!!!! #*does grabby hands* #this man will be the death of me #the day pan4-nim will draw cale with long hair in the manhwa is the day i will DIE #also pleeeaseeee Raon looks so SMOL i love itttt #tcf #trash of the count's family #lcf #lout of the count’s family #cale henituse #tcf cale #lcf cale #raon miru #tcf raon #lcf raon

[pyomatic]

ms mina my love 

#dracula #dracula daily #mina harker #mina murray #my art #i do so love doing before and afters of characters!! especially when their appearance is physically and irrevocably changed by their ecp #(esp when hair turns grey so as you can imagine i loved jonathon's makeover) #I'm planning on doing these before and afters for the jonathon and lucy tooo and i have ideas!! #i just wanted to do mina first because the whole book i havent worked out how to visualise her #but i think ive got it! #also her first outfit is heavily inspired by the image on the wikipedia page for 1890s fashion #but the woman looks like her imo!! idk #also yes this is basically the same thing I posted last night just more refined I have a Love

[hecatesbroom]

something something both mina and lucy describe their love for each other before and during the time they spend talking about the men they love. lucy frames her exclamations of how much she loves arthur between a description of her love & longing for mina. mina begins her letter by telling lucy (in a very poetic way for an otherwise relatively pragmatic person) how she longs to be with her & talk freely, before she moves on to her plans for the future with jonathan

#i have 0 motivation to be coherent about my thoughts today but!! they're so!! #(i can and will ship mina with both lucy and jonathan) #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker #lucy westenra #that's not to say neither of them love their men by the way #i'm sure mina is smitten with jonathan!! #but you can clearly see just how important the relationship she has with lucy is to her too #& the same goes for lucy #going 'i love arthur but also i wish we could be undressing by the fire as i tell you this' #like???

[heatherfield]

♪ Dearest Lucy, I'm having second thoughts. Things with Jonathan have me tied up in knots. Did I rush in to this too soon? I long for a reason to swoon. Dearest Mina, I know just how you feel. When it comes to Jonathan, I don't see the appeal because my man is where it's at. Last night he turned into a bat! ♪

Friends 'til the End [x]

#friends til the end #draculaedit #perioddramaedit #dracula #shipwrecked comedy #userthing #femalecharacters #usercreate #mary kate wiles #sinead persaud #dylan glatthorn #mina and lucy #mina murray harker #lucy westenra #ftteedit #my edits #IT'S ALMOST DRACULA SEASON!!! #i love this song so much #i can't believe how well the parallels turned out #like the fourth pair where lucy jumps closer to the camera and mina backs away from it #esp since it started because i couldn't fit everything in my last ftte set

[ethereal-maia]

you don’t understand I haven’t listened to ANY of re:Dracula yet cause I’m silly and idk I just haven’t but I just went to listen to the sea shanty and HOLY ME OH MY it was everything I wanted

this is it btw

#literally started tearing up at how haunting it was by the end #definitely go listen to it if you’ve the time and you haven’t yet #re: dracula #dracula daily #edit: why do you guys like this post so much im genuinely confused #you do you i guess but this was meant for like 4 mutuals and instead it gets reblogged by literal Dracula daily tracker ;-; #love you all I’m just standing confused and watching silently

[count-skribula]

Jonathan is getting better, Lucy is getting worse

#the duality of the worried fiancé’s checking on their love #and Mina finds Jonathan safe and recovering #while Arthur finds Lucy ill and getting worse #and minas happiness beside Lucy trying to be brave for her sake but revealing how hopeless she feels #agfhdbdudn #also sorry I haven’t drawn in like two months haha #summer is wild #dracula daily #dracula #lucy westenra #arthur holmwood #jonathan harker #mina murray #mina harker

[vickyvicarious]

seeing ppl go "lol jonathan why are you admitting you found them hot what will mina think of you when she reads it!!!" has me go "*shakes you* you are going against the thesis of the book!!!"

I know some of why is dependent on knowledge of future events, and so people new to Dracula Daily won't be aware of it. But to be honest, Jonathan admitting his attraction to the vampire ladies is so, so important to me. On several different character levels, even outside of the entire book proving over and over again that sharing knowledge is absolutely vital (and is also an expression of deep love/trust/support).

Let's just stick the quote in here for reference:

There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the same time some deadly fear. I felt in my heart a wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips. It is not good to note this down, lest some day it should meet Mina's eyes and cause her pain; but it is the truth.

Firstly - he needs to keep an accurate record. This is his only place to speak freely, his only opportunity to be precise about what he is going through. It is vitally important for him to keep his sanity intact that he be clear and try to remain logical in this diary. We see him fact-checking again and again. We can extrapolate from other statements that he doesn't always mention everything he suspects unless he feels it relevant or possible to prove. For example, repeatedly noting Dracula himself doing things before ever getting around to voicing the theory that the Count has no servants (he collected evidence first, didn't speak his suspicions until they were proven). Or putting the crucifix above his bed and taking the opportunity to sleep elsewhere, thus pointing to feeling unsafe and possibly experiencing bad dreams in his own room (he mentioned what he does about it, but not the feeling on its own or whatever nightmares he may be having). Jonathan works very hard to keep his diary focused on a few things above all: what the Count/ladies are, what everyone does, what Jonathan observes or learns, his actionable plans. He of course expresses his fears and emotions at times in his diary, more than he can out loud, but never going all the way down the rabbithole of fear, hopelessness, etc. He tries to calm himself by sticking to facts (all the harder when something strange is happening), which is in itself a soothing process for him so that's helpful too. His goal is to make this diary useful to himself and to others, if he ever gets the chance to share it. There is a goal here.

And what that means, is that the things Jonathan writes in great detail are things that feel relevant to him. The entire encounter with the vampire ladies was extremely important. It revealed a ton of new information to him, as well as being a truly horrifying and traumatic thing to go through. Jonathan's feelings are as relevant as his observations/actions here, because both are directly affected by the presence of the vampire women. Jonathan can't move. He feels dreamy. He feels attracted to them. He cannot resist and in the moment a large part of him didn't even want to. These are all effects they are causing, at least to some extent. I know mileage can vary a lot on how much of Jonathan's attraction is just coming from him, but honestly, I can't agree with any version that doesn't have a natural attraction at the very least being exacerbated by supernatural vampire abilities somehow. If not caused or called forth by them in the first place. The way he narrates, with so much obvious fear and revulsion mixed in with the desire, makes that clear to me. He sounds like he doesn't fully understand his own feelings at the time, at least where they all came from or why they were so strong. It goes along with all the other symptoms he is experiencing, and the other abilities they demonstrate. And so, to keep his record accurate - it has to go in. He cannot leave it out. It might become very relevant later.

Secondly - Jonathan is honest with Mina, specifically. I love this about their relationship. I don't think it's so much 'I noticed they were attractive' that he fears might hurt her, because Mina isn't particularly shy herself about noticing both women and men as good-looking, and even admiring their looks while on a date with Jonathan (poor Pretty Girl in Piccadilly). He also called local women pretty in his first entry as well (though he did say "except when you got near them" so it felt a bit backhanded to me), so again it's not the noticing that's an issue either way. It's more that he felt actual desire to act on an attraction, or rather for them to act. This is unusual, this is a separate matter from noticing people are hot, this is something that comes much closer to cheating or at least wanting to, and he feels very guilty about it. There's no real sense that he is worried Mina will be angry at him, and there's no sense that he will ever outside of that one moment ever want to act on any attraction he feels for someone other than Mina (or someone Mina also approves of, varying depending on your polycula headcanons). I personally do kind of tend to view Jonathan as some form of demisexual so how much he even tends to feel attraction to other people is often a little wibbly to me, but that's kind of irrelevant for the point of this. We can also set aside the shared language of "kiss" between Jonathan and the vampire ladies, and how this may point to a desire to become available for being drunk from, rather than necessarily sexual desire specifically, even if that's the type of language used. With regards to Mina: he's not worried about being caught, because he is choosing not to hide. He feels bad talking about the attraction because it might hurt her feelings, but he'll admit to it regardless because it's more important to him to be honest with her. Jonathan hates hiding things from Mina. This actually becomes plot-relevant later on. Even when she herself expressly forbids him from telling her stuff, he feels anguished about it and is certain to ensure that records are kept which she can read later. He trusts her completely. Embarrassment, shame, bad behavior, or whatever else - he will still share that with her. The only times he doesn't confide in Mina are when he's trying to repress everything because he thinks he was crazy (and possibly may even have some PTSD-related memory loss as well), or when he and the other men are trying to make sure she isn't exposed to danger (which is wrong in several ways but this post isn't about that so I won't get into it), and of course when she tells him not to. Every single time he feels upset about it. So yeah, he's going to regret that she may feel hurt, but deliberately hiding things from her would be worse.

Thirdly - Jonathan admitting his attraction here is a huge comfort to Mina later on. I truly believe this. I've talked about it before actually, but let me try to rephrase a bit to keep it on the same post. By being open about his own attraction and experience with nearly being drunk from, he provides precedent for Mina's October 3rd trauma. It makes it easier (though obviously still not easy) for her to admit to the same kind of desire:

"I was bewildered, and, strangely enough, I did not want to hinder him. I suppose it is a part of the horrible curse that such is, when his touch is on his victim."

Mina never blamed Jonathan for expressing such thoughts. She wasn't concerned about the issue being another woman when she came to him in the hospital, and when she read his diary she never mentioned any hesitations or misgivings about this scene at all. But even if she had secretly felt upset before (I personally don't see her thinking that way at all, but for the sake of argument), I think that experiencing something similar would make her grateful for Jonathan's candor. In a moment when she's already feeling deeply unclean and complicit, Jonathan's earlier honesty here relieves her from a little bit of the guilt she is feeling. It lets her recognize her own lack of desire to stop Dracula as something he did to her, just like Jonathan experienced with the vampire ladies when he couldn't/didn't want to move away. It's possible even that Mina felt more explicit desire for Dracula's 'red lips to kiss her' but didn't feel comfortable saying quite that much - even if so, again Jonathan's account would be a comfort.

And having that account written down long ago means she has already internalized this. If Jonathan had kept it hidden only to try and ease her mind later, well... first off, Mina too might have kept her reaction hidden out of guilt. And even if she didn't or he told her then, a confession at that time wouldn't mean nearly as much or carry the same kind of weight, I don't think. It would feel like he's making excuses for her, like he didn't trust her enough to tell her earlier, just... bad stuff mixed in, which are all avoided by having Jonathan be truthful from the start.

#dracula daily spoilers #dracula daily #jonathan harker #mina murray #jonmina #anonymous #replies #my meta #sorry anon i feel like you were wanting to talk more about the 'sharing is caring' thesis so to speak #but this is where my thoughts went for now #obviously also though the book demonstrates again and again that concealing the truth (whether well-meant or not) is NOT HELPFUL #that trust is demonstrated via laying oneself emotionally bare and GIVING INFORMATION even when it isn't in your favor #that dracula specifically thrives on confusion and hidden fear and a lack of communication and that the key to his defeat #is to work together. to show love through being open about everything that is happening to you no matter how shameful or scary #to support one another. and to admit when you need support. #sorry i probably shoulda added a readmore. didn't think about it till later

[wyverncult]

JUST NOTICED I NEVER POSTED THIS ISAAC? i'm so sorry for keeping him from you

#castlevania #castlevania curse of darkness #curse of darkness #cv cod #isaac laforeze #akumajou dracula #my art #I REALLY LOVED HOW HE CAME OUT SO IM SURPRISED I NEVER POSTED HIM. #hes from like 3 months ago! #EDIT: I FORGOT THE VERSION WITH HIS TATTOO IM SORRY. if you reblog this version you get a cool looking butterfly :) #its a mourning cloak! the outside of its wings look like tree bark. very awesome

[rabbit-hearted-girl]

Van Helsing is like that weird uncle that doesn't know how to tell a story without spending ten minutes walking around the point

#i love him #but omg is he irritating with his long as metaphors #sometimes even the other characters don't understand what he's trying to say #and he'll spend three pages with convoluted imagery and saying that dracula has an infantile brain #and going on and on about how the gang has adult brains and is smarter then him #and I'm like I get ir dude just go straight to tne point for once in your life #dracula #re: dracula #dracula daily #abraham van helsing #jonathan harker #mina harker #quincey morris #lord godalming

[chibishortdeath]

Haven’t drawn him in his CV1 era design in a while. I think his neck is a little long lol, but otherwise I’m pretty happy with this doodle :3.

#castlevania #castlevania games #simon belmont #art post #akumajou dracula #castlevania nes #my art #fanart #castlevania fanart #doodle post #yeah not a whole lot today but it’s something #I keep telling myself that I’ve gotta get more comfortable with just posting one image every so often #sometimes one doodle is enough methinks #anyway hehehe I love drawing Simon hehe #I always give him this air of anxiety everytime idk why but it just happens #maybe cause like being brave implies being scared #I would LOVE to go on some long rant about how I usually characterize him but like #I gotta get all of the ideas together and making sense first 💀💀💀 #I have sooooo much to say tho I just #I could write so many YouTube video essays about this little guy who doesn’t speak my god—

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

is it weird that i find jason segel's dracula puppet musical love anthem the most beautiful romantic ballad i've ever heard, or is it just a sign of (i like to think) magnificent taste??? 🧛💓✨😭🙌

#i used to watch/listen to this CONSTANTLY and then i forgot it existed for like 10 years #and then i randomly remembered it yesterday and now it's all i care about again #the banger of all time!!!!!! #usually i'm not a dracula-as-a-romantic-figure person but i want this lil' earnest puppet dracula to live happily ever after with his love #(also let's not even talk about how 'ed loves stede'-coded this is to me. let's just not go there.) #(jk let's go there i love it. it's perfect. someone tell djenks!) #dollsome's deep thoughts #good things #puppet dracula the musical #AND WHEN I SPEAK YOUR NAME I COULD SWEAR I JUST SAID SOMETHING SACRED #WHILE SAINTS PRAY FOR HEAVEN I THANK GOD I'M ALREADY THERE

[renfieldmyfriend]

so there’s this guy who eats bugs

#so happy i finally did this i wanted to for awhile now #kinda not sure if i’m satisfied because this isn’t all renfields obviouslyyy just a handful of onscreen appearances but #i chose the ones that seemed like they would be fun to draw. and i’m too tired to draw more rn #i could tho. i should ! i will perhaps #renfield #i’ll tag all the movies later i guess i’m abt to sleep #never mind fine i’ll tag them. pls be real niceys🤞 #dracula 1931 #dracula dead and loving it #bram stokers dracula #renfield 2023 #don’t know how to. tag spanish language dracula sorry er

[senadimell]

So I’m aware of the long history of vampires-as-a-sex-metaphor, and I’m not denying it, but Dracula daily has made me aware that the underused metaphor is chronic illness.

which. that is not groundbreaking, especially not when a lot of real-world history involves attributing what we currently understand as disease to vampiric feeding. so literally the most unoriginal take. maybe even an undead take.

But still, I would really like to see an adaption that focuses on chronic illness, but specifically the unsexy and non-terminal kinds, aka the kind of chronic illness that people just have to learn to live with. Especially the bit about the world generally being in disbelief about what’s going on. YOU know what’s going on, but you’ve somehow got to convince everyone

#dracula daily #chronic illness #disability #idk yes i know about consumption aka TB #but i'd like to see the narrative shifted just a bit #maybe a bit more symbiotic if you know what i mean? #something that shows how it can be draining and lead to these missed opportunities and low spoons #but also acknowledges the living and loving life part?

[mvsic0]

monster high g1 lore: draculaura’s name comes from the fact that when she was a baby, her father was at battle and sadly passed away; his good friend dracula ended up stepping in to take care of his wife/draculaura’s mother, camilla. in honor she named her new born after dracula himself

monster high g3 lore: well why WOULDNT my new born daughter want to be named after THE ONE AND ONLY,

dracula

,AKA ME?!

.. (probably)

#and i love both #monster high #monster high g3 #monster high g1 #dracula monster high #monster high dracula #how do i tag for dracula ??? #do you think dracula fans would like g3’s interpretation #cause im not sure if they would… #i’m the most famous vamp in world #i am pfft #AAAANNDDDD I’m a movie star!