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lilac-liliales · 2 months

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Castlevania Nocture Thoughts

Watching Castlevania Nocture and I am plagued with Thoughts on so many things. I'm gonna ramble about things that Aren't That Deep so be warned.

First I have thoughts on them using Erzebeth Bathory as Main Bad Villain. Like not to sound as a Blood Countess Apologist but all we know about Bathory was speculated slander with no real evidence. I'll add some Wikipedia snipets to illustrate what I mean.

Considering that Castlevania's Dracula gets afforded a humane complexity that wasn't provided by either Bram Stoker's Count Dracula or his historial counterpart Vlad The Impaler, it's strange a villified figure such as the Blood Countess wasn't given the same morally-nuanced treatment.

To add, a deconstruction of the Blood Countess would have provided the perfect opportunity to establish further parallels with Maria Antonia, Olympe de Gouges, and the already referenced Joan of Arc. It would have added more perspective to the Abbot's "revolution is bad!" speech, which at the moment is depicted as fear-mongering nonsence. Even though it did get out of hand.

I suposse it was a creative decision. They wanted to make "Countess Dracula" completely different from Dracula - a bit like he's a poor little meow meow while she's evil incarnate. So they made her a sadist with delusions of grandeur and practically the face of European War Crimes. Which would be ok, if it weren't because I have Thoughts™ on that too!

Why not consider the Marquis de Sade, who lived during the French Revolution, and was the literal creator of sadism? Or if they want to draw parallels with Joan of Arc, why not Gilles de Rais? Or! If we're talking about European Colonization, Christopher Columbus is right there!! I won't make a list but it seems there are so many more suitable candidates than Bathory to play this role.

I must admit my reservations, if taken into consideration, would play a different story than the one we have now. So they're not really constructive- but at least it's out of my system now.

Anyway I really enjoyed the show, and I can't wait to see what the second season has in store!

#erzebet bathory #blood countess #castlevania nocturne #my thoughts #rant

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machinefetishist · 7 months

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album recommendations from bands/artists i’ve never seen anyone talk about [part 3]

and the dreams so rich in color - the sun came up upon the left

infernal shrieks beneath - calugarul

tales of elder forest - eskapism

still as the night, cold as the wind - vital spirit

fata morgana - fata morgana

anti terrestrial black metal - magoth

our journey through forever - ceremonial castings

occulta tenebris - blood countess

drep alle guder - djevelkult

#metal #music recs #black metal #the sun came up on the left #calugarul #eskapism #vital spirit #fata morgana #magoth #atmospheric black metal #raw black metal #ceremonial castings #blood countess #djevelkult #usbm #radio

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uservaulty · 7 months

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im three episodes in and only now i realized that main villain Erzebet Bathory is a play on Lady Bathory aka Blood Countess, the psycho killer from europe who bathed in blood of young girls to keep her youth, and she has been doing it for several years before they arrested her and 'locked' her alive in her own castle or smth

#and by locked i mean they picked a room there and blocked the door with brick wall and left her to rot #and if i google it im pretty sure erzebet is czech(?) variation of elizabeth idk man #castlevania nocturne #lady bathory #blood countess #history

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ambrosethepoet · 3 months

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Die Blutgräfin

Eine Ballade

Ein schatten schleicht im tod der nacht Zum brunnen wo der abgrund lacht. Wen drängt der durst so schmachtend rot Und so weit fort vom sichren ort? Es ist ein kind in höchster not!

Das kind es blickt hinab zum born Und greint vor scham vor angst vor zorn Am blanken hemd: Ist blut und kot Das mädchen zart von seltner art Es sieht das blut das schimmernd rot!

Das kind verkennt die weiblichkeit Sie wähnt sich ihrer sterbenszeit Doch plötzlich sind die tränen stumm Es tönt ein horn ganz tief im born Es flüstert leis um sie herum:

'Du musst nicht weinen · armes kind · Die tränen küss ich fort geschwind So wohl du riechst nach roter flut O mädchen! blut! Ist größtes gut Aus ihm erschwillt die lebensglut!' Das kind es blickt hinab zum schlund Und schluchzt zum dunklen tiefen grund: 'Wer ist's der meinen tod besingt? Das blut rinnt viel! O schweige still!' Ich bin ein ding das elend ringt.'

'O hab nicht scheue liebes kind Das rote blut es macht dich blind Komm reine dich in meiner flut Und gib dich hin · der blutgräfin In meiner hut: Wird alles gut!'

Dem kindlein wird es angst und bang Da schwillt der brunnenschacht im sang: 'O kind! O kind! Nur bis zur wad! Das nass ist warm! Und du so arm! Die gräfin wiegt dich sacht im bad!'

Das mädchen so jung und so fein Es springt in den brunnen hinein Die gräfin schlingt das strömend rot Sie saugt das blut zur düstern glut In ihrem arm das kind zu tot.

by Ambrose the Poet

#poetambrose #deutsche literatur #dichtkunst #gedicht #lyrik #poesie #poetry #poets on tumblr #ballade #blut #blood #blutgräfin #blood countess

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cleopatrachampagne · 2 years

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they call me bloodsucking demon, queen of hell, sadistic killer, a monster tale. will you hear my story?

from the lips of bathory?

#karliene #blood countess #lady gaga #vampirecore #vampcore #countess bathory #ahs hotel #american horror story

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lilgrimmapple · 2 years

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Happy Halloween, y’all~

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deadnburied13 · 2 years

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It's not just that 16th-century Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory may have murdered some 650 young women, it's that she often sewed their lips together, covered them with honey so bugs would eat them alive, and then bathed in their blood in hopes of remaining forever young.

“The Blood Countess" is just one disturbing figure in recorded history, see the photos and meet more of history’s most interesting psychopaths here:

#blood countess #elizabeth bathory #hungary

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thesoulspulse · 2 years

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I think I’ve mentioned this a few times but I thought it’d be cool to base Penelope Spectra on the Blood Countess who is said to bathe in blood to stay young and beautiful. So long story short, I’m making her a vampire rather than a ghost since they can drain vitality from people through touch too which feels more in line with her character. She CAN drink blood and enjoys a good murder now and then, but for the most part Spectra is after young and beautiful people to drain their life energy which she can do in plain sight...

To do that this version of Spectra often hosts elaborate parties to lure in potential victims chosen for their looks and not just their social status or offers them council as a high ranking noblewoman. Beneath that caring facade though, Spectra is a cold-blooded murderer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants, hence the symbolism of her blood-soaked gown almost turning black as her heart from stepping over the lifeless bodies of countless victims.

And yes, the pun was intended!