#castlevania 3

[niklos-draws]

Sypha Belnades - Castlevania

#castlevania #sypha belnades #fanart #castlevania netflix #castlevania 3 #It's her NES color palette!

[edude-makes-comics]

And so my friends, our grand adventure comes to an end.

For now at least.

#castlevania #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #alucard #castlevania alucard #isaac laforeze #hector castlevania #castlevania 3 #CV3

[howlingdemon13]

I miss them so much, but I’m gearing up to do more with them very soon, so look at my children!!!!!

This is oldish art, but I love their designs so much!

#Castlevania #castlevania 3 #Dracula’s curse #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #alucard #we were robbed on several levels in the animated series #fuck you im reviving it #my concepts #howie’s art

[simonsquest]

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #trevor belmont #ralph belmont #castlevania: curse of darkness #castlevania iii: dracula's curse #castlevania 3: dracula's curse #castlevania 3 #castlevania iii #my second favorite belmont after simon :)

[gears2gnomes]

AGDQ 2024 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

"Climbing up the Clocktower."

#gdq #agdq #agdq2024 #gamesdonequick #castlevania #Castlevania 3 #Sypha #medusa head #castle #clocktower

[cinemamind]

Album Cover art for Blood Curse - A Tribute to Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse

#cinemamind #horror #dracula #Castlevania #album art #artists on tumblr #castlevania 3

[wyverncult]

anyway i'm almost done with curse of darkness

#castlevania #castlevania game #trevor belmont #curse of darkness #castlevania 3 #castlevania iii #cviii #cv cod #castlevania curse of darkness #cv3 #cv #my art

[maximkischin-e]

a request for the colour palette/expression meme, maybe trevor in 4 and 1d?

SUPER CUTE ONE! thanks for sending! :D

[ done for the palette meme! ]

#these r gonna vary in quality a bit hope that is ok! #castlevania #curse of darkness #castlevania curse of darkness #castlevania 3 #cv3 #cv cod #cviii #akumajou dracula #akumajou densetsu #castlevania game #trevor #trevor belmont #mine #ask #anon #cv #going to post the sketch separately too because i liked both!

[lune-redd]

Castlevania III gang

(Trevor, Grant, Sypha & Alucard)

#castlevania #castlevania iii #castlevania 3 #akumajou dracula #akumajou densetsu #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #alucard #art #my art #traditional art #sketch #colored pencil #fanart #see i told you i'd make more castlevania art!!!! #kinda like how some of them turned out here #trevor i feel i got the hang of bcuz i've been drawing him for a bit now #grant turned out pretty goofy #not a bad thing btw #i love grant #i kinda like that one artwork of sypha where her hair covers her eyes so i did that here as well #thought it looked cute #alucard was kinda hard for me to figure out #wanted to mix his cv3 and sotn design sorta #not a lot of good references for cv3 design personally #castlevania's designs were a bit all over the place back then lol

[ignix191]

Trevor Battle Ready!

#castlevania #castlevania fanart #castlevania artists #castlevania art #akumajou dracula #castlevania 3 #castlevania draculas curse #castlevania curse of darkness #curse of darkness #trevor belmont #castlevania trevor

[alpaca-clouds]

The Church in Castlevania

Okay, folks, I need to get this out of my system. Because this is always such a bad faith argument and... yeah, I just need to get that out there.

Now, I think most of us can agree that a lot of the game fans, who hate on the series, are just... looking for reasons to hate on it. Because in this time and age it is apparenting not just okay for people to say: "This wasn't for me" and move on. No, folks need to make up reasons why actually the thing they don't like is the worst thing ever.

In terms of Castlevania that comes with people idealizing the games (and quick reminder: I like most of the games, but... their storytelling is still very lackluster) and of course making up issues with that.

And one of the made-up hate reasons they found is how the church and religion are depicted.

They will claim: "Religion is a force of good and such an important part of the games and the Netflix series made religion a bad thing!"

And I am sorry. This is bullshit. Especially as someone who has been raised Catholic - aka the flavor of Christianity that Castlevania features.

Let me explain.

How the Games depict Catholicism

Now, I am no longer Catholic. Because of all the bullshit the Catholic church did to kids, and also their stand towards queer people. But I can tell you: If I still was Catholic, I would probably be offended at the games.

Look, this is how religious characters like priests and nuns look in the games.

And, I am sorry, this is all bad.

Now, let me start with Tera, because she is probably the least offensive in there. Because her dress per se is alright. That is what a habit of a nun would look like. Most probably St. Thomas or Ursuline. But... there is one glaring issue: She is not wearing a head scarf. And that is an important part of being a nun. Like, really. nuns are usually allowed to drop the rest of their habbit. If you live somewhere with an abby (or go to a school where nuns are the teachers like me) you might see nuns running around in normal clothing... But never without their headscarf. The hair has to be covered. It is kinda part of the point.

Next up would be Vincent. And that dress is just like... Okay, I am gonna give them some points for giving him the right hair style that would made him Capucian. But the rest of his design? What is even going on there? That is not Catholic, that is just some fantasy priest design. It absolutely makes no sense. Even less so under the entire "well, technically he should be a monk" idea. The design is bad. Really bad.

And then we have the nameless Priest of Moonlight Rhapsody. Who... looks like you crossed a Capucian monk with a freaking druid?! Like... What?!

Not to mention, of course, that while Sypha in the games is not technically a nun (though she hides as one) she hides as one and also is said to have a close tie to religion, being a woman of faith and all of that.

Now, the CV3 design is not even that offensive.

Like, sure, the blue is a bit weird, but... You know what? Hair is covered. The clothing is very conceiling. Yeah. It is not ideal from a Catholic point of view. So, that is okay.

But then we have the Castlevania Judgement design.

And... Do I really have to explain why this design is offensive on so many levels?

Like, you cannot just put a female character in this super sexy outfit, put so many fucking crosses on it and then go like: "Yay, religious character!"

Ironically the character who has the best religious design in the games is fucking Zead.

Outsie of that, let us look how religion gets depicted within the text... Well, no, let's not do that, because it isn't. Religion is not there in the text. At all. Because it is just a purely aesthetic thing that happens within the games. Charakters have religious affiliations, you will regularly find a chapelle in Dracula's castle with all the pretty stained glass and all that. But... It is not really there.

I think Alucard is a very good example of this. In Japanese artwork he gets depicted with a rosary or cruzifix from time to time. Like on the cover of Symphony of the Night.

But there is nothing religious about how he acts. There is no prayers. Nothing in terms of how he speaks. Really nothing. It is nothing but an aesthetic.

And... that is basically the whole thing going on with the games.

The thing folks miss, when it comes to the depiction of Christianity in the games, is that the games are first and foremost Japanese games made by Japanese games for a Japanese market. And in Japan only 1.5% of all people are Christian. And to Japanese people, Christianity is a very exotic. It is about as exotic as Shintoism is to European and American people. So, the Christianity within the games is very much that. It is basically the same like an American game in which some characters run around with Kitsune masks, or where you run through a shrine with nice torii in front.

Is it offensive in a horrible way? No. Or not that much, and be it just because Christians over here love to feel offended, but actually rarely are because they are the majority. It isn't that bad. But is it a good depiction? No, definitely not.

How Religion gets portrayed in the Castlevania series

So, let me talk about how the series - both the one from 2017 and now Nocturne portray Christianity and how this is related to their historical contexts. Now, let me first get one thing out of the way. The bishop and the Catholic church.

Yes, the bishop is clearly wearing the vestments of a Catholic bishop. Stylized, yes, but this is clearly Catholic vestments. And I have no heard several people claim that this is ahistoric because of Romania in general being mostly Eastern Orthodox.

But here is the big issue with that is, that... Yeah, Eastern Orthodoxy started to spread in Wallachia about a hundred years early. And it was from all we can say (look, there is little of written information that survived on the exact distribution). And I will not do it to you and myself to go deeper into the entire chasm between the Orthodox and the Catholic church.

Something that just needs to be said: The late 15th and the early 16th century in this area was a lot of religious turmoil. Which also had to do with the one historical detail that is not quite adressed in the show: Wallachia was just at the border to the Ottoman Empire, who tried to conquer Europe from there. (Again, the entire historical Vlad Tepes was so closely tied to that story. He got killed by the Ottomans in 1476.)

But that is also the aspect the show rightly brings in in one regard.

See, generally speaking one of the reasons that we got the Spanish Inquisition (which, again, was not about witches!) and the witch hunts just after the middle ages ended, so in the late 15th century was the conflict within the Church. There were suddenly several Christian religions and they were in conflict with each other and with that came a lot more push for the Churches to have power. The witch hunts were a way for them to clear up their power.

And yeah, that was a horrible thing they did. But... it is historically accurate. In fact, I would find it kinda offensive to look at the church of this time and show them as these nice people. Because that is kinda fucking with the pain and trauma of all those killed in the name of the church.

Now, Sala and his men are clearly Eastern Orthodox. While the clothing is not an exact match, the stuff they wear and also how they wear their hair and what not... That is Eastern Orthodox design.

Admittedly, the Priory is a but... bland for that. The Priory looks almost like Protestant. But than again it is a priory in a little town, so I guess it is somewhat understandable that it is not quite as fancy as Orthodox churches would be.

When it comes to the depiction of them... Well, I mean, they are not crazy because of their religion, they are crazy because somehow the night creature has brainwashed them.

That is honestly all I have to say.

And yeah, of course I should mention that we have of course Isaac there, who is a very religious character and who, in the very end, also gets depicted in a more positive light.

Now, compared to the original show Nocturne put in a TON MORE research when it comes to the depiction of the religious folks. Because while I do not consider the depiction in the original show as wrong, there is also not a ton of nuance and neither is there a lot of... details in there.

And compared to that we have now Nocturne and they just get the Knights Hospitaller so right. As well as their role within the revolution and all that. And... you know what? I am just gonna leave this blog here, where I went more into all of that.

But yeah, the entire thing is, that... in the games, Christianity is just an aesthetic. There is no substance to it. It is just to make the setting and the characters more exotic from a Japanese perspective. Meanwhile the show, which is mainly producted for a western audience, is more aware of the historical context it is set in and what role the Church took in it.

#castlevania #castlevania netflix #castlevania nocturne #castlevania 3 #castlevania symphony of the night #castlevania moonlight rhapsody #religion #history #religious history #christianity #monks #priests #catholiscism

[pharantriestoanimatestuff]

Inbetweened Trevor Belmont Castlevania 3 sprites

#castlevania 3 #trevor belmont #remastered sprite #inbetweened sprite #castlevania #retro gaming

[edude-makes-comics]

You're a hero Trevor Belmont.

#castlevania #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #akumajo dracula #castlevania 3 #CV3

[beevean]

Here's a potentially cool writing prompt if you're up to it:

The Castlevania 3 gang faces up with Dracula at the end of the game

Or as an alternative them watching the Castle crumble after their victory

It's over.

With shaky fingers, Trevor wipes his own face, caked with blood and Dracula's ashes. The other hand still clutches his Vampire Killer, warm and thumping in his palm as if it were a creature.

It used to be his only company, a sacred heirloom of a family no one accepted. Not anymore. Sypha brushes a strand of his hair from his wound and tucks it behind his ear; his heart jumping at the touch only means that he's still alive. Despite the hell they marched through... they are all alive.

Trevor takes a deep breath of the fresh air outside, and thanks God that he's able to do that.

"I couldn't have done this without you, my friends," he speaks the first words after Dracula had dissolved into a mist of darkness and hatred.

"Aw, don't be modest, man!" Grant claps his shoulder. "You did all the grunt work. We just cheered you from behind."

"Nonsense. I wouldn't have survived on my own."

"Trevor, man, d'you realize what you just did? You killed Dracula! With your own hands! Just bask in the victory, will ya?"

Trevor smiles and adds nothing else. Yes, he did it. The cruel Count is no more. He had stared at his twisted face, carved with loathing Trevor could not begin to understand nor accept; and he struck it over and over, with the determination of mankind behind each and every blow. He fought in the name of all the people that he had hurt and killed, the terror and despair he spread in the land. And with that, he had prevailed. He even had the marks to prove it.

A gasp from Sypha, to his side. "The sunrise is so beautiful, today."

And indeed, it was. Sweetened by the aftertaste of their victory, the sight of the sun tinging the crumbling ruins of the cursed castle with oranges and pinks is nothing short of breathtaking... only matched by Sypha letting her hood down, allowing her hair to cascade down her back.

"No use in hiding anymore, is it?" he smiles. Something in that mysterious sorcerer had allured him ever since he had freed her from her stone prison, but indeed, she was particularly lovely with her face out to the world. Perhaps she could be free to live as her wonderful self, now.

"Not with you," she murmurs, leaning her head on his shoulder.

But someone is missing from the celebrations.

A few feet away from the others, Alucard does not seem as impressed at the sight. With his cape, he protects half of his face from the sun rays getting brighter and brighter.

Ah, but of course. His vampiric heritage did not matter one whit to Trevor, who only saw in him a noble soul. It did, however, weigh on the prince.

Trevor did not just destroy an evil beast and its lair. All of the sudden, the ruins of Alucard's childhood home and the ashes of his father no longer felt like a victory.

"How are you holding up, my friend?"

Alucard flinches at the last word. A small fang gets caught on his lip.

"... Mother's soul will now rest in peace," he eventually replies, with a hand on his heart.

It's not an answer to Trevor's question, and that alone confirms the worst of his suspicions. But he pushes the turmoil in his chest to the side, not wishing to upset Alucard further. There will be the time to grieve what they had all lost, and there will be time to decide what to do in the foreseeable future. For the time being, they can only rest their weary bodies and souls, and admire the light of the sun washing away the last of Dracula's shadows on Wallachia.

They had won.

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #beev's writing #dracula's curse #castlevania 3 #trevor belmont #grant danasty #sypha belnades #alucard castlevania #a bit rushed but i tried my best

[ulan-bator]

#castlevania 3 #nes #♫

[pinkdonuts-nano-tl]

#fanart #castlevania #castlevania 3