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rosetyler42 · 4 months

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In my opinion, the Hotel Transylvania films were underwhelming, cliché and too juvenile, they simply weren't for me. I didn't find the characters that interesting and so I didn't care about their relationships, the character I liked most was Ericka because of her potential as a goofy villain.

While I know it's a kid's movie, I dislike when vampires can opt out of drinking blood using blood substitutes. Its my opinion that vampires should be scary, and if they don't have to feed from living things then what's the point?

Do you like vampire-themed media in general, and do you like any mature vampire-media? I'm currently into Vampire: The masquerade which is an rpg taking place in a dark, gothic-punk version of the real world where supernatural beings live in secrecy.

I think they were good films, especially HT and HT3. They had alot of untapped potential I think. Transformania in particular did NOT measure up to what it could have been, and HT2 had it's problems too. But I liked the cartoony Addams Family approach and family dynamics. I wouldn't necessarily call them "Juvenile," particularly since there's a tendency to brush off animation - particularly cartoon animation, as being for kids and somehow not as valuable a medium. (You're also talking about something made by a person who was used to doing family cartoons like Dexter's Lab and Samurai Jack, and loved cartoony animation. So it's not surprising it takes a more family friendly spin on monsters.) Along with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, it helped bring cartoony stylization back to modern animation, which it deserves respect for.

I'd say there's something for everybody in the films. Heartfelt moments, funny moments, angst, surpeising depth at times, even some adult humor. But they're definitely not for those that believe vampires should be scary or evil as the big point is the "Monsters are just like us" racism/discrimination allegory. Then again, particularly as a queer neurodivergent and someone brought up on films like Iron Giant, Monsters Inc, Megamind, Shrek etc. I've always liked films that humanize characters we're expected to hate and be scared of and show them in a different light. And I personally found the introduction of blood substitutes and animals as vampire food sources an interesting way of doing that. Particularly now I know how vampire mythos can intersect with blood libel and the HT Drac fam's jewish coding.

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Now, I DO agree Ericka is one of the best characters, and has been at the center of my obsession. Not only is she a fun goofy villain, but she's genuinely an interesting, loveable character too with an interesting backstory who deserves FAR more love than she got. A beautiful mix of feral chaos and charming elegance, who can be just as nuts as the guys, and definitely not the norm for a woman character. Particularly a love interest. And like many in the fandom, I feel she would have made a BEAUTIFUL vampire. But characters like Johnny, Mavis, Dennis, Drac etc are also fun to watch and play with for me.

In terms of other vampire media, I actually have gotten into some of them, particularly with my recent HT obsession! Dracula Dead and Loving it is a recent watch I liked. It has the tongue-in-cheek humor of HT but being more like the book and other Dracula adaptations, it's darker and more adult. Rocky Horror Picture Show's vampire adjacent and is pretty fun, particularly the music. As is Little Shop of Horrors (both versions of the musical film AND the OG black and white one.) And I've been meaning to watch the Van Helsing film. I've also read Dracula Daily and plan to do so again this year. While not exactly SUPER mature depending on how you define that, I've also played some of the Monster Prom, Camp, Roadtrip series which includes vampire characters. Alot of my "horror" stuff tends to be more like Nightmare before Christmas, Ghostbusters, Monster House, Corpse Bride, Gremlins, Addams Family (both Live action films and the TV series, plus I plan to watch the animated film some point,) Blithe Spirit, Bendy and the like. More family friendly type stuff.

Coraline (and Laika in general,) Bendy, Poltergeist (OG), The Twilight Zone (OG and one of the new series') and sometimes Doctor Who are probably the most hard horror things I've really gotten into. I've kind of dipped into FNAF on occasion, Quite a few of my friends are into Undertale, and have meant to watch Supernatural as well. But never fully got to watching either of those.

#ericka van helsing #hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania 3 #vampires #vampire #vampire media #horror #horror media #animation #asks #ask #chinesegal #hotel transformania #hotel transylvania transformania #transformania

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cityoftheangelllls · 8 months

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The Drac Pack is out of whack! REVAMPED

I had a feeling that my first set of redesigns for these guys' human forms in HT4 from way back in January 2022 were long overdue for a redo, especially since I've come a long way with my digital art skills since then.

Also, even though it's August, it's NEVER too late or early for some Halloween themed art IMO.

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anyydidi · 10 months

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i loved hotel transylvania 4. even though i do think that is is maybe the weakest one, its still good. it wraps up the franchise nicely.

but what i would LOVE to see is some kind of series. a cartoon, focusing on mavis and johnny figuring out how to run the hotel and stuff. it would be so awesome.

#hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania 4 #transformania #hotel transylvania transformania

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kittyball23 · 2 years

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When two movies come out the same year with a white-haired girl and her monster lover

(Ok but this edit took me the whole day since A - I haven't worked with photoshop in a looong time, and B - I wanted it to look accurate to the HT3 end credits/Z-O-M-B-I-E-S outfits)

#zombies 3 #disney zombies #hotel transylvania transformania #hotel transylvania #drericka #dracula #ericka van helsing #zed necrodopolis #addison wells #lol i probably won't try and do an edit like this for a long time

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emiemi345 · 6 months

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So I finally watched Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and did they really change Sunny's name to Wendy?? :C

Also she can talk??

#original post #cartoons #hotel transylvania #ht werewolves #sunny werewolf #wendy werewolf #hotel transylvania transformania

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movies-tv-more · 8 months

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Home Video Releases for August 15, 2023

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thenumberfives · 1 year

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#hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania transformania #transformania #frank #eunice #meme #shitpost #video

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awarewolf2 · 2 years

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#pingu the penguin #hotel transylvania transformania #funny #jokes #movies #memes #hotel transylvania #humor

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lovelylivelyv · 1 year

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Happy Halloween, new video is up!

#my videos #hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania 2 #hotel transylvania 3 #hotel transylvania 4 #hotel transformania #hotel transylvania transformania #Youtube

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silentangell95 · 1 year

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Филми и сериали: Януари

#филми #сериали #януари #ДозаЩастие #sisi (2021)#sisterhood #Smecka #Egon Schiele Tod und Mädchen #L'événement #Fiore #Giant Little Ones #Hotel Transylvania Transformania

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rosetyler42 · 1 year

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Was in a protective mood night before last. The first is kind of an image I've had for a while somewhat inspired by Drac stopping Ericka from going into the cave and offering to go first, albiet it kinda morphed into looking more like him defending her in HT3. I just liked the idea of even though he's now the less powerful of the two him still being protective. And of course while I was drawing that the second image came to mind. Any excuse to draw Ericka being the fiercely protective badass she is, I will gladly take.

Also somewhat inspired by a pic of @bees-self-ships Cook/SI ship where Hook defends her SI.

May try one with Johnavis too some point.

Bonus from @lovelylivelyv: Man I love both of these! I headcanon the first is him defending her from people who disapprove of the gorgon look/think she’s ugly that way. And ofc protective/angry Ericka is always great.

@gothicthundra @that-obsessed-gay-girl @thenerdynightprincess13 @neo-storm @twinklecupcake @erickadracula @ericka-van-helsing @erickaanddraculasblog @drericka @drericka-prompts @elenadracula @drericka-is-lyfe-blog @drerickastan @countessericka-blog @thesecreatoroftrans @sine-qua-noon @animatedpixie @chica-chuu @f-mhoteltransylvaniacomicseries @ebevkisk @ericka4ever @transyivania

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#hotel transylvania #ericka van helsing #drericka #dracula x ericka #erickula #dracula #otp #my art #count dracula #gorgon #gorgericka #human!drac #wir-verse #hotel transylvania transformania #hotel transylvania 4 #hotel transformania #transformania au #protective

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kittyball23 · 1 year

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Welp, happy 1-year anniversary to this movie! While not the best, it still exists 🤷 Honestly the best parts of it for me was seeing the Ericka and Mavis moments. I also was kinda hoping there would be a DVD out by now so I could complete the collection I have at home, but I’m sure whatever contract is needed for that is floating in limbo somewhere too. Anywho, I’ve put some of my answers to a 20-question game from the Amino App that was made for the first movie’s 10th anniversary (didn’t see that post until a couple of days ago, lol) under the cut in case you wanna know more about my thoughts on Transformania and also the rest of the franchise! :D

Thoughts on the franchise as a whole

Ah yes, Hotel Transylvania. To have sparked 4 movies, a show, shorts, some video games, and graphic novels, I’m guessing it was popular enough among folks xD For me, the movies are cute enough as they go, and entertaining with its cartoonish interpretation of classic horror icons. There are memorable moments and characters, maybe even good life lessons at times. Overall enjoyable films, and a fun watch :)

2) Favorite character

Ericka Van Helsing. She’s a bad@ss 😎

3) Favorite movie

3rd movie, hands down. A lot that had to do with how entertaining the Van Helsings were and also for giving us the Drericka ship ^_^

4) Favorite song

3rd movie had a lot of great songs, but if I had to decide my favorite it would be “Love is Not Hard to Find” from movie 4

5) Favorite video game

Don’t play video games, so N/A

6) Favorite actor/actress

Kathryn Hahn ✨

7) Thoughts on the TV series

Well, I only saw a handful of episodes from the TV series… and then stopped xD Idk, I guess it just wasn’t what I thought. Characters felt a little OOC, and just didn’t hold my interest :/ Honestly, what I would have liked would be a show taking place post HT1/HT2 since it takes place in about a 8-year time period give or take and could potentially have stories to tell with humans and monsters getting along, looking more into how they’ve each adapted at the hotel, and also just more of the characters we’re familiar with from the movies themselves

8) Favorite episode of the TV series

Like I said, haven’t been dedicated to watching the TV series, so can’t really say ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

9) Favorite character from the TV series

From the episodes I did watch, I’d say Lydia was most entertaining

10) Favorite graphic novel

Motel Transylvania. I like the concept of expanding the hotel, and Johnny’s efforts in trying to make that happen xD

11) Genndy or Derrick (Director)

Probably Genndy

12) Adam or Brian (Dracula’s voice actors)

They’re both great, honestly

13) First impression of this franchise

The first movie came out when I was in like 6th grade, and I do recall classmates taking about wanting to go see it. But it didn’t really catch my interest, even when I did watch it for the first time in 2018. I felt it was too childish, and the fast movements bothered me

14) Latest impressions of this franchise

I think it’s kind of losing its steam a bit, because plot-wise 4 wasn’t the best it could be (which I guess was also part of the reason that led to the decline of the fandom…) but guess I can still appreciate what we have

15) How did you discover this franchise

My little bro got interested back in 2018 after seeing trailers for the third movie

16) Favorite zing

DRERICKA 💕

17) Favorite moment of all time

Transformania’s smoochy time scene (I mean hey, it’s pretty much the closest we got to an on-screen liplock from Drericka, plus I just can’t get enough of how clearly in love these two are with each other 😍 And how grossed out Mavis is as a result of that xD)

18) Did the finale satisfy you

Err… it was okay. Nothing more, nothing less. I do like the idea of Drac retiring and giving up the hotel to Mavis and Johnny, but the execution of the rest of the film’s plot I felt didn’t do it as much justice as it could have. I guess with all the switching around with the release date for this movie going further and further out, I was anticipating something worth the wait (also, January 14th?? The October release date I think would’ve been ideal since it’s spooky month. Even this January would’ve made more sense since it has a Friday the 13th in it)

19) Do you wish for more

At some point, yes, but maybe in 5+ years as a breather. If it does come back, I think an animated special of some kind would be cool, or a 2D show that takes place after part 4 with the brand-new hotel

20) Would you recommend this franchise

All in all, I would say yes! If you want just some silliness to pass time, with a mostly likeable ensemble of characters, then this is it :)

#hotel transylvania #hotel transylvania transformania

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senkuishigaymi · 10 months

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Just watched Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022). Totally loved it (I love all movies!) but mostly because since Johnny turns into a monster, it felt like he is completely free. All these time, his dork side is always interrupted or tamed somehow but now he is JUST so FREE and even friendlier.

Although he is still better of as himself (human) as the ending approaches! </3

#hotel transylvania #hotel translyvania 2022 #i totally love seeing the human version of my favorite monsters #TOTALLY EXCITED FOR GRIFFIN #also frank????#transformania #dracula frankenstein invisible man werewolf

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mycotoxin · 4 days

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Top sickness activities

1. Deciding between Hannibal or MLP

2. Learning how to cornrow and flat twist

3. Sketching dragulas you may never finish

#it makes me cringe posting my silly goofy drawings #something something kill the creature inside you thst cringes or whatever but BE NICE PLEASW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#or I’ll CRY #I have so many Hotel Transylvania sketched it’s painful #including redesigns of their human and monster forms in Transformania #so so fun

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