#Peter Hawkins

[yallemagne]

Jonathan: "One passage of it, at least, gave me a thrill of pleasure..."

Hawkins: "I MUST REGRET THAT--"

I felt the exact same thrill of pleasure. I LOVE HIM HE'S SO LOUD. He's got that Mr. Krabs energy jipoegr.

#dracula #dracula daily #jonathan harker #peter hawkins #no wonder jonathan is so determined to do right by him I wouldn't want to disappoint this delightfully loud man either #re: dracula

[thegoatsongs]

On lighter news... the Harkers now have their own house and bed for the first time ever.

Ever since they got married they've been sleeping in/sharing:

-Hospital bed (at least two weeks)

-Train/sleeper train berths (on their week-long way back across Europe)

-Hotel beds (while making stops)

-Ship berth (across the channel)

-Various transportation seats

They probably wept with relief when they saw their own new bed Hawkins had ready, clean and wide and comfortable, when they entered their own bedroom for the first time.

#i just think they deserve some happiness ok! #dracula daily #jonathan harker #mina harker #dracula #peter hawkins

[charonnyxtides]

Earlier this month: "My young friend Jonathan, do write letters to your master and loved ones saying you are staying an extra month, here are three papers."

Dracula receives two, one addressed to Mr. Hawkins, and one to Mina Murray. Oh no.

Now: Dracula reads the letter to Mr. Hawkins. It says "Talk to Mina." On no.

So Dracula knows her name, and infers from the message he can read that she is the receiver of the coded message! OH NO.

#what if he sees her as a threat #A VILE THING #? #dracula daily #peter hawkins #jonathan harker #mina murray #dracula

[gellavonhamster]

The chronological order really drives it home how little time has passed between Mr. Hawkins appointing Jonathan his business partner and Mr. Hawkins dying. I wonder if he, like Lucy’s mother, was diagnosed with some terminal disease and hastened to settle his affairs as quickly as possible, to make sure that his firm stays in good hands and that Jonathan and Mina inherit his property.

(There is also, I guess, the crack theory that Jonathan and Mina murdered him for the inheritance. I mean, I saw someone on tumblr make a post about this before. That person seemed serious)

#dracula daily #dracula #bram stoker #peter hawkins #jonathan harker #mina harker #gella talks dracula #talk talk talk

[soorow]

Tom Ford by Peter Hawkins damnnn

#tom ford #fashion #runway #ss24 #peter hawkins

[atundratoadstool]

How do you think the story would play out if Mr. Hawkins never got that attack of gout and was the one who went to Castle Dracula?

[CW: General spoilers]

There's so little in the text as it stands about Peter Hawkins that it's hard to predict what would have happened. Stoker clearly seems to have contemplated making Hawkins (or some version of the character) have a bigger role in the text, however. I've seen other posts circulating that draw attention to the fact that the Hawkins of the notes originally agreed to sent the Count a clerk who did not speak German, which one might read as giving the character some sense of complicity in what eventually befalls Jonathan, and I recall that I saw one headcanon pre-DD that Hawkins' decision to make Jonathan his heir is informed by some feeling of guilt--justified or unjustified. If you take the notes as a means to read Hawkins a character perhaps a little more willing to ignore some potential red flags with a client somebody else is dealing with (and as somebody who's already been corresponding with the Count and might have a better feel for him), you might be able to envision a different trajectory were the characters swapped. I can see Hawkins, given this characterization, being a little less naive at the onset and a little less willing to defy the Count once things get hairy--somebody a little more likely to adhere to professional distance and make more excuses for the unfolding horrors of the castle as misunderstandings or bad dreams.

This is all an extraction, however, from a page or two of Stoker's abominable scribbling, and another direction in which I think you might be able to take those scribbles is an observation that Hawkins' earlier name was Abraham Aaronson. Virtually every character Stoker writes has some element of himself (Mina's brain/heart division, Seward's workaholic nature, Jonathan's legal training), and I feel that it probably signifies something that Hawkins originally had Stoker's first name... particularly given that the text as completed contains a character named Abraham who also has Stoker's physical attributes down to the phrenological forehead bumps (Van Helsing). If we read Hawkins as yet another Stoker self insert, I think you can end up with a really fascinating story in which the guy being menaced and gaslit by Count "looks very similar to Henry Irving" Dracula is much closer to Stoker's age and position in the world. I can't say what direction, precisely, that would go, but you could suddenly have a text that is a lot more overtly and painfully biographical.

Lastly, if one wants the author firmly dead and to undertake readings that remain only within the confines of the text, I think that Peter Hawkins is a figure--like many of Dracula's parental figures--whose primary skill is dropping dead very suddenly. I think a very boring but very realistic Watsonian option is that he arrives at Castle Dracula and suddenly drops dead, leaving the Count with less cooking to do as he completes his real estate transaction.

#Bram Stoker #Dracula #Dracula Daily #Peter Hawkins #Jonathan Harker #Dracula Daily asks #Dracula Daily spoilers

[burekstation]

Alright so my theory on Peter Hawkins rn is that he has always been wealthy, with a very well established firm since the mid 1800s. He got married and had a kid or kids. Wife died, or divorced and took the kids (less likely). He also took in little Mina, and later on Jonathan with the purpose to make him his clerk. Maybe he employed more kids too. He never intended to adopt either of them. Then his descendant/s most likely died. His will originally likely was to leave everything to them. Now partly because he feels guilt for Jonathan almost dying for money and because he himself has been ill for a while since illness is so prominent in this arc, he decides to promote Jonathan to My Son Now level and leave his fortune to the newlyweds.

#at least that's how i see it #rn #dracula daily #peter hawkins #dracula #jonathan harker

[see-arcane]

Dracula making Jonathan bow acceptance by telling him that his "master" Hawkins agreed that Jonathan would see to all his needs. (appealing to sense of duty on top of it all)

Yup. Anything to twist the 'ohhh, but you agreed of your own free will~' faux complicity knife.

Every single choice*** Jonathan makes at Dracula's behest is always under duress. There's never an alternative, feasible or otherwise, but to keep Dracula happy enough to play nice and cordial host rather than dropping the ruse entirely, Jonathan has to bow along to the charade of him being supposedly complicit in everything that happens.

I imagine there have been other menial workers or unfortunate visitors to the castle over the centuries who failed that particular trial, either out of fear or ire or bluster. Their bones are probably turning to dust in one of the locked rooms.

#Count Dracula Get a Better Hobby Challenge 1897 #hang in there Jonathan :c #jonathan harker #peter hawkins #dracula daily #re: dracula #dracula

[general-sleepy]

Building off of @forthegothicheroine's post:

Mr. Hawkins really wrote Jonathan a letter of recommendation that basically said, "Hey, if you were looking for someone to manipulate and emotionally abuse, this is your guy right here!"

#dracula #jonathan harker #peter hawkins #'he keeps secrets and will do anything you tell him to' #then there's him saying jonathan is 'full of talent in his own way' #and to jonathan that's the greatest compliment ever

[ava-does-dumbassery]

Okay, lets do this properly. 

Here is my Very Official, Very Scientific (/joke) Grandpa Energy of Old Man Characters in Dracula Chart

Oh, and because this is something quite a few people are confused/surprised by: That “ætat” that Seward puts next to Renfield’s name when we first hear about him means “at the age of” So, since Seward says Renfield is “ætat 59,” that means Renfield is 59 years old

#Dracula daily #abraham van helsing #count dracula #renfield #peter hawkins #Thomas Bilder #mr swales #dracula #rm renfield #ava has thoughts

[yallemagne]

🎶We just got a letter, we just got a letter, we just got a letter, wonder who it's from!🎶

Peter Hawkins!

"I must regret that an attack of gout, from which malady I am a constant sufferer, forbids absolutely any travelling on my part for some time to come; but I am happy to say I can send a sufficient substitute, one in whom I have every possible confidence. He is a young man, full of energy and talent in his own way, and of a very faithful disposition. He is discreet and silent, and has grown into manhood in my service. He shall be ready to attend on you when you will during his stay, and shall take your instructions in all matters."

This whole paragraph is, of course, important, but why have I bolded that one line? To make a tragic point!

While most of the defence of Jonathan for just doing his job is "okay bitch I would like to see you fuck around and be left on the streets as a Victorian orphan", I will say that Jonathan's primary concern is not that Hawkins will fire him, it is that he will be disappointed in him. A worse fate, if you will believe him, as Hawkins is the closest Jonathan has ever had to a father, and he is desperate to repay the old man's kindness to him and Mina with faithful diligence.

Though he is scared, terrified even, this letter thrills him. He has earned this praise. If he had never reached Castle Dracula, the letter would have gone unopened, unread by him. He's so caught up in the high of "I have done a good job, I have proven myself a "sufficient substitute" by getting this far", he fails to recognize that this letter was written before he left for Transylvania. No matter if he had turned back or not, the words would still be the same, Hawkins would still care for him, he would still consider him the closest to a son he's ever had, and he would still be proud of him.

But no, Jonathan feels he must earn his employer's commendation, he doesn't deserve it otherwise, and he now believes he has or is on the way to doing so.

[That latter half of the paragraph including the praise itself? Uhhh, well, I have been writing an entire fanfiction about how Dracula perverts the original message to serve his own fancy... but Orice shall be spoilers to newcomers until the 17th. After that point, all the chapters have dates assigned to them so you can read them at your own discretion. Yes, shameless plug.]

#dracula #dracula daily #jonathan harker #peter hawkins #dracula meta #may 5 #re: dracula

[thegoatsongs]

Katie/Kate Reed/Kate Lee, the mutual friend of Mina and Lucy from Bram Stoker's drafts

In Dracula, there was going to be a minor character named Kate/Katie. She was a mutual friend of Mina and Lucy, presumably from their school, and she liked romantic reveals, evidently.

In Lucy's original letter, she responds to Mina about the rumors Mina heard of Lucy being seen with a curly-haired man:

"Kate Lee has evidently been telling tales. I shall have my eye on that young lynx for the future, so tell her to be very discreet and give her a kiss for me."

In the final, it was changed to "Someone has evidently been telling tales." and the next sentence was omitted.

This wasn't going to be the first mention of Kate either.

In drafts, Jonathan is assigned by Hawkins in March to be sent to Dracula in his place after he locates a suitable estate for him. In April, Jonathan locates an estate for Dracula and writes to Hawkins about completing his first task. The next day, on the 16th, he visits Mina at her school.

The next day, "Katie sends letter to Lucy - Kate Reed to Lucy Westenra telling of Harker’s visit to the school to see Mina Murray & of Mina’s confidence & her story—with postscript telling how she thought after writing it would be well to ask Mina’s permission before telling her story—she knows it all over/dead(word scrawled, debated) long ago & that she goes to stay with her (Lucy) on summer holiday at Whitby"

Unless I'm mistaken, this means that Kate wrote to Lucy about Jonathan having just visited (and maybe proposed to?!) Mina at school, and before sending it Kate says in a PS that she asked Mina (after writing the letter) if she can send it and that Mina told her that it's alright, because Lucy already knows since long ago, and she'll be spending her summer at Whitby with her. Looks like Mina and Lucy had planned that vacation at least since April.

So Kate Lee/Reed had two different last names upon revisions (not rare at all, Peter Hawkins had changed names three times for example) before she got removed from the story. And apparently, she was very sleuth about romantic gossip and what she liked doing was informing Lucy and then Mina about each other's love life.

#dracula daily #jonathan harker #mina murray #lucy westenra #peter hawkins #dracula #re: dracula

[annetilney]

From the Manga Classics Dracula #1 (in no particular order)

Warning: there are spoilers posted below.

Mina and Jonathan with their son Quincey

Dr. Jack Seward

Quincey Morris

A scene with R.M. Renfield and Dr. Seward

The Escaped Wolf

Mina and Jonathan with Mr. Hawkins

Quincey and Arthur Holmwood

And lastly when Arthur Holmwood let slip the hounds of war unleashed the terriers:

#manga classics dracula #dracula #dracula spoilers #arthur holmwood #r.m. renfield #rm renfield #renfield #quincey morris #jack seward #peter hawkins #mina harker #mina murray #jonathan harker #dracula manga #manga classics

[charonnyxtides]

I have a question! When Mina says about Mr. Hawkins:

"and now at the end has treated him (Jonathan) like his own son and left him (Jonathan) a fortune which to people of our modest bringing up is wealth beyond the dream of avarice," she means that both Mina and Jonathan come from lower class backgrounds? And hence they could have never dreamed of things like Jonathan building his own law business?

Additionally, Mina said in Whitby something like that she and Jonathan, unlike Lucy and Arthur, will have to make both ends meet when they get married? It doesn't sound like they anticipated even then to ever gain wealth.

#dracula daily #jonathan harker #mina murray #mina harker #peter hawkins

[carzenriq]

Tom Ford // Spring 2024

#MFW - Milan Fashion Week

#Tom Ford #Peter Hawkins #Peter Hawking #moda #menswear #Sexy #90s #Cool #Gucci #MFW #Milan Fashion Week #Glam

[arquivonuvem]

Weekly Fashion News Report

Peter Hawkings, new creator diretor of Tom Ford will debut his first collection, the Spring 2024 Womenswear Colletion, during Milan Fashion Week in September. (WWD)

With a Y2K touch, Heaven by Marc Jacobs and Blumarine partnered on a capsule collection of 11 pieces including apparel, footwear and acessories. (Hypebeast)

Photography by Petra Collins

After 3 years, Gabriela Hearst will be leaving Chloe. Her last show is scheduled for September 28. The brand hasn't name any sucessor yet (WWD)

Tennis player Jannik Sinner breaks the rules at Wimbledon by wearing a Gucci bag on court. Could this be another partnership among fashion brands and athletes? (The Guardian)

Photography by Getty Images

Melissa and Telfar join in a new collaborative collection. It's inclued 3 sizes of the classic Telfar Shopping bag and slide sandals all in the same color and material such as Melflex, commonly use by Melissa (Highsnobiety)

Photography by Telfar

#Fashion News #Tom Ford #Peter Hawkins #Heaven by Marc Jacobs #Marc Jacobs #Blumarine #Y2K #Petra Collins #Gabriela Hearst #Chloe #Jannik Sinner #Wimbledon #Gucci #Melissa #Telfar #WWD #Womens Wear Daily #Hypebeast #Highsnobiety