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wylldebee · 4 months

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Castlevania AU where Taka and Sumi were better written and respected and didn't fucking betray Alucard, and they and Alucard and Greta and Trevor and Sypha become this big poly relationship who protect their home and fight monsters together.

#castlevania #castlevania animated series #castlevania netflix #netflix castlevania #castlevania sumi #castlevania taka #castlevania alucard #trevor belmont #sypha belnades #castlevania greta #Sypha and Greta and Sumi are the bosses no question #taka would be a huge fanboy for Sypha you can't tell me differently #the moment she kills a man with her fire flamethrower he'd be all heart eyes #the Belmont family becomes big and some leave to settle down in Japan and provide a part of the clan there #Alucard lives the happiest of his long life with his baes #and then his parents come back but that's a story idea for another time

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tingedwithstarlight · 3 months

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Tears of Blood

This rage that bubbles under my skin,

White like foam, frothing at the mouth,

Seeps endlessly through every pore,

Slow and steady, sizzling, filling me from the inside out.

My eyes glazed red with blood and brimmed to the tip.

There is a stench in the air, foul and nauseating

That fills my nostrils and the only thing left to do

Is breathing it in until it burns my lungs to ashes,

And squeezes my throat until my face is contorted and my eyes are bulging out.

There is poison in my veins, the colour of it purple like stale, dried blood,

Or maybe the misty evening sky of a cursed city

Waking up from its afternoon nap, drooling from one corner of its mouth.

And it drips... drips... drips…

Slides down excruciatingly slow

With my eyes fixed on it like a hawk circling its prey.

There is calm,

But also urgency,

Like a man gone mad, I watch the poison pooling at my feet.

My fists clenched tight, my nails drawing blood

Just one thing.... one more thing,

One last, simple, little thing to tip me over the edge

To push me violently through the gates of hell.

And I will unleash the night-crawling, flesh-eating beasts I had locked inside all those centuries ago.

I loved you...

I loved you more than God loved his children when he sent them away,

Haggard and pale and crying, begging him to spare them a drop of his mercy.

I loved you more than the rose is red, the snow white, the sky blue,

The night black, and the stars bright.

I loved you like the dusk sky loves the horizon

And gently falls on its welcoming lap and goes to sleep.

I loved you like the pearls adorning the eyes of a mourning mother.

Endless like the Universe, deeper than the Ocean,

My love tip-toed through the gates of heaven,

Even as I sit here as a sinner, with a face even God is averse to.

But You...

Ever beautiful You,

Kind and full of life like a growing sapling.

Wild and chaotic like the storm that rages on the Sea.

Peaceful like the spring evenings I loved so much,

YOU loved me.

And your love was a warm pool of melted light.

Golden like your hair, Golden like the Sun.

It twinkled in your eyes and reflected in mine,

And the creases around cupid's lips testified.

I had forgotten how the winter sun felt on bare skin,

But in the comfort of your embrace and your lips mapping out my skin,

I felt its balming warmth a thousand times over.

No more do I hear your playful giggles,

No more does your sweet voice wake me up from slumber

And remind me of the little blessings to be grateful for in life.

No more do we sit by the Garden and weave flower crowns for our boy

Or make him toys and talk about alchemy.

No..... They took that from me.

No more do I care for this pathetic little life they call 'God's mercy'.

He snatched his hand from mine centuries ago

Even when I pleaded down on my knees,

My feet swollen and my bruised hands joined in silent prayer.

Now all that is left is the blood and the rust

And all this dust that is collected in the corners of my heart.

The birds do not sing and the sun never rises.

The eternal night is almost as disgusting as me.

And the flowers never bloom and our son never smiles.

Our rooms are cold, our hearts colder.

And yet the people in town, carefree as ever,

Make jokes and laugh and drink their nights away.

The world is rotten, eaten from the inside by maggots,

Parasitic creatures crawling under the surface, sucking it dry and dead.

And this rage, Lisa...

All this rage... it gnaws at my chest and peels the skin off the bones with its devilish teeth.

The pain is unbearable, Lisa...

Yet not nearly as painful as the void your absence left in my soul.

And I wish not for it to end.

I crave this pain instead.

For there is nothing more to be had.

Nothing more this world has left to offer.

Nothing to look forward to, nothing to live for.

Only death and blood raining down the skies.

I think I quite understand now,

What God must have felt when he called on the flood.

— AP

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Author's notes: This poem is written from the perspective of Vlad Dracula Tepes (central antagonist of the 'Castlevania' animated series) as he mourns his late wife.

#Castlevania #poetry #spilled poetry #poems on tumblr #Vlad Dracula Tepes #Lisa Tepes #spilled thoughts #Castlevania animated series #Dracula

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headlesshorsemanxiii · 4 months

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To be filed under "It's about bloody time!"

Coming to the UK next year. At last.

(Still nothing about Macross Plus though. . .)

#anime limited #all the anime #uk anime releases #venus wars #Venus Senki #yoshikazu yasuhiko #80s anime #classic anime #castlevania #castlevania netflix #castlevania anime #castlevania animated series #castlevania season 3 #its about damn time #2024 home video releases #uk blu ray releases

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demifiendrsa · 8 months

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Castlevania: Nocturne | Main Trailer

Castlevania: Nocturne will premiere on Netflix on September 28, 2023.

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#Castlevania Nocturne #Castlevania Netflix #Castlevania #Powerhouse Animation Studios #Frederator Studios #Netflix #television #cartoon #animated series

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sleepynegress · 9 months

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Everything about this... I scream.

I think this is the first Indigenous vampire I've ever seen?!

They made Olrox Indigenous and he's voiced by Zahn McClarnon, whom I adore:

Elizabeth Bathory (voice by Franka Potente) is a vampire up in this bitch?! (but of course) The animation is top-tier... giving me all drama and delicious beautiful violence I need... And baby, Annette is voiced by Thuso Mbedu?! I am. shaking. NETFLIX PAY YOUR ANIMATORS, WRITERS, AND VOICE ACTORS!!!

#castlevania nocturne #castlevania #they are doing even better with the diversity in the castlevania franchise every iteration <3 #castlevania: nocturne #I am excite!#quick reminder that if you missed castlevania because anime isn't your thing...I think you should give it a try anyway.#it's still the most satisfying complete series arc for me in recent years

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ribbitrrrbitxhs · 2 years

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A compass my friend and I made of media we have consumed. Feel free to add to it. The rules are that it has to fit this specific genera of weird fantasy or fantastical elements.

Also if you add to it I wanna see plz

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gebo4482 · 7 months

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Castlevania: Nocturne

Artist: Samuel Deats / Katie S / memento mari

#samuel deats #katie s #memento mari #castlevania nocturne #castlevania #animation #action series #fantasy series #concept art #character design #creature design #artwork

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imafraidoftomorrow · 4 months

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Rewatching Castlevania and look at how much bigger Dracula was than Lisa lmao I bet that dick was INSANE good for her like honestly

#maddy gets drunk and watches castlevania part one #just gonna be watching this and making funny commentary to myself #i love this show #castlevania #castlevania series #castlevania anime #dracula #vlad dracula tepes #vlad tepes #castlevania dracula #castlevania lisa #lisa tepes

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whoishotteranimepolls · 28 days

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"Who's Hotter?" Battle of the Evil Dilf's

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howlingdemon13 · 9 months

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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

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crimsontangerine · 10 months

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Happy Monday.

Stay cool in all this heat.

Check out my other links: https://linktr.ee/crimsontangerines

#castlevania #castlevania fanart #fanart #dracula #vlad dracula tepes #vlad tepes #castlevanianetflix #dracula tepes #anime fanart #vlad the impaler #fan comic #comics #netflix animation #netflix castlevania #netflix series #netflix #vlad dracula

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arcanemadman · 7 months

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The Castlevania franchise feels like it's getting more and more divided since Netflixvania started and it's getting really bloody frustrating to the point that while watching Nocturne I've felt disquieted, and I think I've realised why that is.

It's the fucking DmC:Devil May Cry white hair fiasco all over again.

For those that don't know, when the DmC reboot was revealed people had a lot of criticism, including turning Dante from a cool but likeable hero into a foul mouthed smoker, the dumbing down of the gameplay, the antagonism towards the fanbase, and turning his iconic white hair black. Of all these criticism, only the hair colour change was given any attention, painting the fan base in a very negative light and side stepping the real issues people had by only focusing on the cherry rather than the whole sundae.

All this attention directed towards something that in the grand scheme of things is very minor but it gets all the attention while the bigger stuff is ignore.

Yes, there are people mad about the show for racist reasons and they shouldn't be listened to, but there are genuine complaints that are being swept up with that.

The character changes have a sort of domino effect on everything. Maria being a serious revolutionary is interesting, but I saw someone put it best that what made her special was the fact that she was a little girl in a world of classic horror that believed she was in a fairy tale and had the power to force that reality on everyone else. Netflix Maria is good, but lacks the charm of Maria.

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The second example is Juste. When I saw him I was very excited, but that was mainly because it was acknowledgement of the original canon than anything else. His magical prowess, the thing that makes him stand out among the Belmont linage, is mentioned and then brushed aside, and the worst ending of his game is what is taken as canon. And once Richter gets his magic back, Juste is gone. He feels like a plot point rather than the character. I sympathise with people who's favourite game was Harmony of Dissonance.

Annette was a compelling character with a well developed story, but anyone that says her original characterisation would never work are being disingenuous because they literally did that, except that did so with Tera. The connections to Richter and Maria, the damsel elements, the fact she gets turned into a vampire, all from Annette. Swapping them around wouldn't work for multiple reasons and I'm not going to say I can do better than people you get paid to write when I don't, but I feel I can say that if they had wanted to they could have done something closer to the original while still touching on the themes and narratives they wanted to.

Olrox... honestly the only criticism I can really think of is the removal of any reference to Count Orlock.

There's an elitism with both sides of the fanbase here. On the Netflix side, there's the feeling that since theirs is more popular that any criticism is because people are just nostalgic, and game fans feel that since theirs is the original foundation that anyone that doesn't agree with them is just a new fair-weather fan. And honestly, I'm more sympathetic to the game fans.

I've seen Netflixvania fans look at people complaining that the character have changed and go "yeah well the version you like sucks so you should just grow up" As if that's going to make everything better. And all the people complaining about the race changes or posting "WOKE?!?!?!" have poisoned the well for any actual discussion about this, not helped by the social media accounts deliberately stoking the flames in the mistaken belief that all publicity is good publicity, which raised the ire of nexflixvania creators. Unfortunately marketing can often be removed from the intentions of the creators.

Yes, Netflixvania is a great show, with beautiful animation and great storytelling, but it's not perfect and as an adaptation is leaves a lot to be desired. And that's the crux of it! The show is good, really good! But it doesn't feel like an adaptation of Castlevania. It's just a bunch of little details that pile up to make it less of what the game fans liked about the series. It's more grimdark horror than classic horror. It's more crude than it is philosophical. It's more hopeless than it is hopeful. And regardless of what you individually think, that's what people have liked about Castlevania for almost 40 years.

Ultimately I just have to ask, why do people seem to assume that you can't make a faithful adaptation while also making it interesting? They're not mutually exclusive.

#castlevania #castlevania nocturne #castlevania netflix #netflix #animation #adaptation #richter belmont #maria renard #annette #tera #dracula #alucard #olrox #honestly I feel I personally wouldn't be as disquieted if they had just kept dracula the villain #sort of shot themselves in the foot on that one #not because its inherently bad but because it fucks up the rest of the series #but seriously people need to chill the fuck out here #just because the show is good doesn't invalidate people that like the game #a good adaptation doesn't mean it can't also be a good story #probably going to piss people off #but i'm tired of this stupid distraction from real criticism people have #just because something is good doesn't mean people can't criticise it #and anyone feeding the fire is a tar pit #castlevania hot take #apparently that's a recurring tag now #god I hope this doesn't blow up in my face #as someone that's a fan of Devil May Cry I'm just praying that the series isn't messed around with #if they make dante a pottymouth then I'm going to combust #That's Nero's thing leave dante out of it #dmc

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bigbrainbiology · 5 months

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So I watched Castlevania Nocturne over my week off... <3

#fanart #castlevania #castlevania nocturne #castlevania maria #maria renard #digital art #my art #god the animation was so smooth for this series #it's December my dudes

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junior-dono · 6 months

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Hi folks ... and that's it

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demifiendrsa · 9 months

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Castlevania: Nocturne | Official Teaser Trailer

Castlevania: Nocturne will premiere on Netflix on September 28, 2023.

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Cast

Edward Bluemel (Persuasion, The Commuter, The Halcyon) as Richter, the tough young hero who’s continuing the family tradition of vampire hunting

Pixie Davies (The Magician’s Elephant, Mary Poppins Returns, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) as Maria, a natural leader who’s fighting inequality in her country, and also a magic user battling the vampire elite

Thuso Mbedu (The Woman King, The Underground Railroad, Is’Thunzi) as Annette, who used her power and wits to escape vampire-enforced enslavement in the Caribbean, and now wields magic to stop the impending apocalyptic threat

Sydney James Harcourt (I’m Not Gay: A Musical, Hamilton) as Edouard, who left his life as a talented opera singer to aid and accompany Annette

Nastassja Kinski (Inland Empire, Cat People, Paris, Texas) as Tera, a mother and mentor to young vampire hunters and magic users, who has her own share of past trauma to bear

Zahn McClarnon (Reservation Dogs, Dark Winds, Fargo) as Olrox, who killed Richter’s mother years ago and now must decide whether he can stomach teaming up with his sworn enemy in order to stop vampiric world domination

Franka Potente (Titans, Run Lola Run, The Bourne Identity) as Erzsebet Báthory, aka the one foretold. She’s the queen of vampires, and, if all goes as planned, of the entire world. (Her character is very loosely based on the various folkloric stories and contested histories surrounding a real-life noblewoman.)

#Castlevania Nocturne #Castlevania Netflix #Castlevania #Powerhouse Animation Studios #Frederator Studios #Netflix #television #cartoon #animated series

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wylldebee · 4 months

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Gimme a new Hellsing anime that combines the og anime and the ova/manga, and the animation is done by the ones who've done the Castlevania series. The scene of Seras going blood crazy for the first time? Alucard vs Anderson or Incognito? Seras vs The Captain? The attack on Hellsing manor and Seras becoming a true vampire? The attack on London? Everything? Please. Please, I need to see this happen.

#hellsing #hellsing ultimate #hellsing anime #It deserves to be remade/have a remake #combined the best of both series together #The Incognito arc happening first #and then the Millennium arc #wait no better - Millennium arc first then incognito #also I think all us sertegra shippers would very much like to see a certain finger scene happen 👀#Have the nazi's attack London first but Anderson doesn't die nor does Walter betray Hellsing #Alucard still disappears for thirty years #and doesn't come back until well into the Incognito Arc but we occasionally get scenes on him before #he's weaker because all his souls are gone but he's getting better stronger and returns to strength near the end #look I've had Thoughts about this and imagining it in the castlevania animation has been living in my head rent free

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