Seward: Hey Dr. VH, I'm finally starting to feel not-so-depressed for the first time in this whole novel, what's up?
Van Helsing: Let's talk about the death of poor miss lucy again - how do you think she died?
Seward: I have no idea and I'd really rather not--
Van Helsing: Corporeal Transference! Astral Bodies! Hypnotism! Fine ladies at the opera! Wizards! Methuselah! Old Spiders! Giant Bats! Old Tortoises! THE CORN! *grabbing Seward by the shoulders and shaking him* Do you understand now?!
Seward, near tears: I have no idea what's happening right now.
"He was surprised at my knowledge of the trains off-hand, but he does not know that I have made up all the trains to and from Exeter, so that I may help Jonathan in case he is in a hurry."
wife of the year award goes to mina harker. my eyes are leaking
Last year (until my first tumblog vanished for a time), Dracula Daily inspired me to do something I’d considered before: Lord of the Rings Daily, following the events of the War of the Rings by calendar date from September 23 TA 3018 till the destruction of the Ring March 25 TA 3019. This will be following Appendix B so, like DD, not all days will have entries. And there’s a twist: it’s being done in my triangle figure cartoons instead of in book excerpts, and mashed up with the fandom crossover multiverse featured in my fancomic The Hero of Three Faces. There will be unique elements of both the novels and the movies.
February 26: The Breaking of the Fellowship. The temptation of Boromir (Hawkeye Pierce). Frodo (the Doctor) and Sam (Jamie) head out on their own. Merry (River) and Pippin (Rose) are captured by orcs (Imperial stormtroopers); the death of Boromir.
I don't intend to draw more than one scene for any other day, but then I didn't for this day till I sat down to do it, and I noticed and commented last year that many days going forward have more than one event listed in Appendix B so stay tuned.
as i did last year, this year i've been recording basically everything i did during the year so i didn't forget. anyways, here is my true 2023 experience, it is divided by categories (travels, books, music, movies, etc) and i will bold my favourites of each category. also, if you want more details especially with travelling and music, here's the twitter thread i've been using to record everything down <3
also!! just in case, dates are in dd/mm format !
TRAVELS:
02/01. calp (alacant, spain)
05/04. mojácar (almería, spain)
17-18/04. glasgow (scotland)
18/04. balloch and loch lomond (west dunbartonshire, scotland)
20/06. albacete (spain)
18-19/08. barcelona (spain)
19-23/08. milano (italy)
20/08. lake como (lombardia, italy)
22/08. verona (italy)
08-10/09. valència (spain)
15/10. bari (italy)
15-28/10. metaponto (matera, italy)
22/10. taranto (italy)
13-16/12. vera (almería, spain)
15/12. mojácar (almería, spain)
16-17/12. valència / la pobla de vallbona (valència, spain)
17/01. knives out
22/01. glass onion
19/02. ¡ay, carmela!
25/03. volver
26/03. jojo rabbit
26/04. super mario bros. the movie - IN THE CINEMA
30/04. knives out (rewatch)
27/05. glass onion (rewatch)
10/06. matilda (2022)
21/06. spiderman: across the spiderverse - IN THE CINEMA
28/07. barbie - IN THE CINEMA
01/09. indiana jones and the dial of destiny
22/09. the little mermaid (2023)
24/09. bottoms
11/10. barbie (rewatch)
18/11. mean girls
02/12. marie antoinette (2006)
09/10. the hunger games: the ballad of songbirds & snakes - IN THE CINEMA
VIDEOGAMES:
03/02. simmiland (PC)
03/02. stacklands (PC)
10/02. fire emblem engage (switch)
03/03. crusader kings iii (PC)
09/03. rpg maker xp (PC)
04/05. dice kingdoms (PC)
25/06. harvestella (switch)
27/06. indoorlands (PC)
08/07. humankind (PC)
28/07. the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom (switch)
28/07. lakeburg legacies (PC)
28/08. the yawhg (PC)
08/09. frostpunk (PC)
31/10. lakeside (PC)
24/11. hades (PC)
23/12. cities skylines ii (PC)
TV SHOWS:
18/02. el ministerio del tiempo s1
06/03. druck s5 (rewatch)
08/03. druck s6 (rewatch)
13/03. el ministerio del tiempo s2
20/03. shadow and bone s2
16/05. abbott elementary s2
23/06. el ministerio del tiempo s3
21/07. derry girls s1 (rewatch)
12/11. bany compartit
TOP SONGS BY MONTH:
january:
5. la maza - priscila félix
4. la canción más hermosa del mundo - manuel carrasco
3. inteligencia emocional - belén aguilera
2. odio que te quiero - paula koops, noan
1. joker (REPUTA) - zahara, carolina durante
february:
5. liar - paramore
4. you first - paramore
3. running out of time - paramore
2. big man, little dignity - paramore
1. figure 8 - paramore
march:
5. si quieres - cariño
4. inteligencia emocional - belén aguilera
3. música ligera - ana mena
2. me he pillao x ti - ana mena, natalia lacunza (album version)
1. me he pillao x ti - ana mena, natalia lacunza (single version)
april:
5. california friends - the regrettes
4. galgo - belén aguilera
3. costura - valeria castro
2. un clásico - ana mena
1. no me querías tanto - natalia lacunza
may:
5. oh boi - shego
4. c'est comme ça - paramore
3. évidemment - la zarra
2. this is why - paramore
1. zenzenzense - RADWIMPS
june:
5. yo quisiera - alice wonder
4. you first - paramore
3. antagonista - belén aguilera
2. father and son - yusuf / cat stevens
1. tonta - nathy peluso
july:
5. guerrera - valeria castro
4. la vida moderna - veintiuno, love of lesbian
3. vampire - olivia rodrigo
2. i have a dream - amanda seyfried
1. fiebre - bad gyal
august:
5. galgo - belén aguilera
4. nunca llega 05 - natalia lacunza
3. roméo&juliette - olympe chabert
2. discoteka - lola índigo, maría becerra
1. es albacete - rozalén
september:
5. narciso - pipiolas
4. get him back! - olivia rodrigo
3. love is embarrassing - olivia rodrigo
2. vampire - olivia rodrigo
1. ballad of a homeschooled girl - olivia rodrigo
october:
5. vampire - olivia rodrigo
4. hot to go! - chapell roan
3. más colao que el colacao - la la love you
2. vii. cassandra (fillas de cassandra) - fillas de cassandra
1. ateo - c. tangana, nathy peluso
november:
5. novix - maría josé llergo
4. si quieres - cariño
3. maledetta primavera - loretta goggi
2. salvaje - nathy peluso
1. all too well (10 minutes version) - taylor swift
december:
5. san peter - pipiolas
4. ballad of a homeschooled girl - olivia rodrigo
3. deja vu - olivia rodrigo
2. drivers license - olivia rodrigo
1. can't catch me now - olivia rodrigo
THEATRE PLAYS & MUSICAL SHOWS:
05/03. la saga (teatro lara)
07/04. tick tick... boom! (teatro la estación caixabank príncipe pío)
08/10. school of rock (teatro ibercaja delicias)
18/11. mean girls (grupo de teatro amorevo)
29/12. phantom of the opera (teatro albéniz)
BOOKS:
29/01. assembly - natasha brown (2021)
08/04. tartesso y los fenicios de occidente - sebastián celestino pérez & carolina lópez - ruiz (2020)
12/04. daddy - emma cline (2021)
23/04. a thousand splendid suns - khaled hosseini (2007)
29/05. los renglones torcidos de dios - torcuato luca de tena (1979)
03/06. the bands of mourning - brandon sanderson (2017)
24/06. kokoro - natsume soseki (1914)
10/07. miss benson's beetle - rachel joyce (2020)
08/08. the no-show - beth o'leary (2023)
18/08. tales of the alhambra - washington irving (1832)
22/09. the attack - yasmina khadra (2005)
25/09. the lightning thief - rick riordan (2005) RE-READ
30/09. the sea of monsters - rick riordan (2006) RE-READ
02/10. the titan's curse - rick riordan (2007) RE-READ
04/10. the battle of the labrynth - rick riordan (2008) RE-READ
07/10. the last olympian - rick riordan (2009) RE-READ
23/11. the kamogawa food detectives - hishashi kashiwai (2023)
21/12. a christmas carol - charles dickens (1843)
Straßenbahn Dresden in Tatort Dresden: Auge um Auge
Die Straßenbahn Dresden wird von den Dresdner Verkehrsbetrieben (DVB) betrieben.
Eröffnung: 26. September 1872 (1893 erste elektrische Straßenbahn)
Im September 2012 fand anlässlich der Feier für 140 Jahre Straßenbahn Dresden erstmals die Tram-EM statt, die Europameisterschaft der Straßenbahnfahrer.
Linien: 12
Fahrzeuge:
47 NGT6DD-ER -> hergestellt von DWA Bautzen (1998 an Bombardiere Transportation verkauft)
13 NGT6DD-ZR -> hergestellt von DWA Bautzen (1998 an Bombardiere Transportation verkauft)
23 NGT8DD -> Einrichtungstriebwagen, hergestellt von Bombardier Transportation
40 NGT D8DD -> Einrichtungstriebwagen, hergestellt von Bombardier Transportation
43 NGT D12DD -> Einrichtungstriebwagen, hergestellt von Bombardiere Transportation
24 NGT DXDD-ER -> hergestellt von Alstom (vormals Bombardier Transportation)
9 NGT DXDD-ZR -> hergestellt von Alstom (vormals Bombardier Transportation)
NGT steht für Niederflurgelenktriebwagen.
Die Zahl gibt die Anzahl der Achsen an. X bedeutet hierbei zehn.
Steht ein D vor der Zahl, handelt es sich bei dem Wagen um ein Drehgestellfahrzeug. Bei einem Drehgestell sind die Radsätze nicht direkt am Wagenkasten gelagert sondern an einem drehbaren Rahmen. Dadurch kann das Fahrzeug engere Kurven fahren. Radsätze könne außerdem näher beieinander angebracht werden, sodass man mehr Radsätze hat und somit besseren Antrieb. Auch der Fahrkomfort wird erhöht, da Stöße von der Schiene weniger auf den Wagenkasten übertragen werden.
DD bedeutet, dass es sich hierbei um den Typ Dresden handelt.
ER sind Einrichtungswagen und ZR Zweirichtungswagen.
Spurweite: 1450 mm -> Diese Spurweite ist einzigartig (15 mm breiter als Normalspur)
#thinking how sad it is that people rehearsing how to speak to each other in order to not look like an idiot is a trope in tv dramas
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
So I see a lot of bjyx saying things like GG denies all the rumors with li Qin and him dating and all the others but when it comes to DD he doesn’t do that so that automatically means something but in a county like CH it’s very hard for them to deny openly like this a same sex rumor about themselves especially how popular they are now so of course they would never do that even if there were rumors about them dating. And especially now with all the things that are changing there and them wanting to promote even more boy/girl romance and kinds stuff so it wouldn’t be in their best interest to deny them dating so openly like that…
And I just want to know what your thoughts are on the whole thing. Thank you 😊
What do I think, Anon? I think that this logic is so thoroughly contorted that it has a promising career with Cirque du Soleil. 😅
Fake, fan fiction, CPN.
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240 notes - Posted February 11, 2022
#4
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251 notes - Posted August 29, 2022
#3
DD was pictured promoting Yuehua's blind box figurines, and now the supertopics are full of hilarious memes fans have made from the photo. 😅
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305 notes - Posted October 26, 2022
#2
This clip on DD's dancing recently went viral on Douyin.
heyo! i’ve got over 2000 Dracula Daily posts, all tagged by date! so this is my spoiler-free post where all the dates are easy to get to. (and this is my extra ginormous Dracula Daily masterpost WITH SPOILERS and more; and links to fun tags like “dracula meta” and “dracula is a comedy”)
Draculadailytracker, Cattuladaily, ourgoodfriendjonathan, and draculadailyreactions are good Dracula blogs to check out too!
ALSO THO, SINCE THIS IS MY PINNED POST AND I REBLOG MORE THAN DRACULA, BE SURE TO BLOCK ‘#HEAVY POST’ IF YOU WANT TO BLOCK ANYTHING LIKE BODY HORROR, GORE, SERIOUS POSTS, OR ADULT CONTENT
for Dracula Daily posts, the format here is "#dd (date) (month)," (i also use simply “#dracula daily,” but seriously beware spoilers. EVERYTHING is there) so the start of Dracula Daily and a glut of paprika memes would be "#dd 3 may," but on this post, to make things pretty, i'll just list them without the "dd" at the start. September, October, and November only use their first three letters in the tags, though, e.g. #dd 3 oct
(right now as of June 2023, there are a few scattered dates without posts, or with fewer posts than i’d prefer, but i’m working on that! some empty days will get filled when a given day rolls around and scheduled posts get reblogged :) )
you can sign up for the Dracula Daily emails HERE and you can check out past installments HERE!
(please glimpse through my “dracula important” tag to get some information on racist instances in the story as well as other places/ways that may be more convenient to read the story)
BONUS: APRIL
• 21 April • 25 April • 28 April • 30 April (one queued for 2024 lol)
MAY
• 3 May • 4 May • 5 May • 7 May • 8 May • 9 May • 10 May • 11 May • 12 May • 13 May • 14 May • 15 May • 16 May • 18 May • 19 May • 24 May • 25 May • 26 May • 27 May • 28 May • 30 May • 31 May
Rest of months under cut!
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JUNE
• 5 June • 6 June • 13 June • 17 June • 18 June • 24 June • 25 June • 29 June • 30 June
JULY
• 1 July • 8 July • 18 July • 19 July • 20 July • 22 July • 24 July • 26 July • 27 July • 28 July • 29 July • 30 July
AUGUST
• 1 August • 2 August • 3 August • 4 August • 6 August • 8 August • 9 August • 10 August • 11 August • 12 August • 13 August • 14 August • 15 August • 16 August • 17 August • 18 August • 19 August • 20 August • 21 August • 23 August • 24 August • 25 August • 30 August • 31 August
SEPTEMBER (a busy month!! hold on!!!)
if you want some audio readings to help stay caught up, scroll down the archives of Cryptic Canticles’s Dracula Daily audio readings to get to any dates you may need
(note: in the tags, all months starting here and on use shortened versions with only their first three letters: sep, oct, nov)
NOTE: OCTOBER 3 IS THE LARGEST ENTRY, OVER 50 PAGES. MAYBE START READING AHEAD IF YOU WANT. and again, you can scroll through the Cryptic Canticles archives to listen to any dates you need
• 1 Oct • 2 Oct • 3 Oct • 4 Oct • 5 Oct • 6 Oct • 7 Oct • 8 Oct • 11 Oct • 14 Oct • 15 Oct • 16 Oct • 17 Oct • 18 Oct • 19 Oct • 20 Oct • 21 Oct • 22 Oct • 23 Oct • 24 Oct • 25 Oct • 26 Oct • 27 Oct • 28 Oct • 29 Oct • 30 Oct • 31 Oct
NOVEMBER (NEARING THE END!!)
• 1 Nov • 2 Nov • 3 Nov • 4 Nov • 5 Nov • 6 Nov • 7 Nov • 9 Nov :)
SOME MORE BONUS TAGS
• prep (posts of people hyping Dracula Daily before it starts!)
• after (recaps, epilogue-ish non-November-7-specific posts, etc.!)
• ddn (posts that don’t really relate to any specific day and aren’t spoilery)
• other (Dracula-related posts that don’t directly relate to the story but may be spoilery for people who haven’t read it yet! like The League of Extraordinary Gentlefolks's posts. also basically a “miscellaneous” tag for posts i can’t otherwise figure out huehue.)
#the only thing stopping me from getting the bra is that i don't understand cup sizes and so i don't know if a c/d/dd would look right on me
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
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The second I heard this meme, I knew what I needed to be done.
48 notes - Posted February 1, 2022
#4
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50 notes - Posted March 14, 2022
#3
Do you remember what day it is?
57 notes - Posted September 21, 2022
#2
Now she's just grooming herself 💖
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60 notes - Posted April 26, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
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I was going to make a more serious demo reel of Phil LaMarr as Magnum Ace... But I got distracted when I heard this line of his from some Far Cry game he did. So yeah.
I feel an immense sense of second-hand relief reading Van Helsing's introduction to Jonathan. This poor dude suffered The Horrors and then can't even be sure they were real, and here comes this Dutch Professor who tells him and Mina that YES, what you went through was REAL, and I'm here to help set it all right.
26 September.—Truly there is no such thing as finality. Not a week since I said "Finis," and yet here I am starting fresh again, or rather going on with the same record.
Good to see you again, Jack. May you never leave :)
Last year (until my first tumblog vanished for a time), Dracula Daily inspired me to do something I’d considered before: Lord of the Rings Daily, following the events of the War of the Rings by calendar date from September 23 TA 3018 till the destruction of the Ring March 25 TA 3019. This will be following Appendix B so, like DD, not all days will have entries. And there’s a twist: it’s being done in my triangle figure cartoons instead of in book excerpts, and mashed up with the fandom crossover multiverse featured in my fancomic The Hero of Three Faces. There will be unique elements of both the novels and the movies.
March 26 - November 3: Frodo (the Doctor) and Sam (Jamie) are rescued from Mount Doom and reunited with Gandalf (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Aragorn (James T. Kirk), Legolas (Superman), Gimli (Spider-Man), Merry (River), Pippin (Rose), and Farimir (B.J.). Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor (pictured). The hobbits return to the Shire and with the Battle of Bywater seize it back from Saruman (Darth Vader) and release from imprisonment Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (Harriet Jones).