#mina harker née murray

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

I just love The Drama (and unexpected comedy) to have this tense moment between the men broken by Mina suddenly rising from her trance-like slumber with, "You forget—" *anime villain snort of derision* "—that I am The Train Fiend."

#and she would be wearing glasses for no other reason than to have them glare dramatically at this exact moment #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker supremacy #mina murray #mina harker: vampire hunter #mina harker née murray #mina harker

[nekoprankster218]

Jonathon when he thought he was gonna die back at Dracula’s castle: *final thoughts are of Mina*

Mina when she’s worried she might die today: *final thoughts are of Jonathan*

#dracula daily #dracula #jonathan harker #mina murray #mina harker #mina harker née murray #jonmina #the harkers

[cyrannus95]

our dear friend jonathan, after his fears have been proven to be true but he realizes he has mina's and van helsing's love and support:

#dracula daily #dracula #jonathan harker #mina harker née murray #abraham van helsing

[kforkourtney]

I'm gonna pretend I posted this on Friday the 13th😅. Taking inspiration from Dracula, this scientist, which one could interpret as Mina Harker (née Murray), has become a master in Chemistry and Hematology. Her clothing echoes the dark suits that scientists and doctors wore in the 1800s. Whether she has gone insane in finding a cure to her vampirism, or is obsessed with blood's scientific properties, one only hopes that her husband hasn't become a victim in her insane experiments! Happy Inktober!!💕🦇

#digitalart #illustration #fanart #digitalillustration #art #vampire #vampire art #vampire girl #mina murray #mina harker #count dracula #inktober #inktober2023 #spooktober #spooky month

[thethirdromana]

Dracula characters based on how likely they would be to eat a worm

Jack Seward There’s scarcely anyone in this story more likely to eat a worm than Jack Seward. As an experiment? Yeah, sure. When he was bullied at school? Almost certainly. Because a somewhat overbearing father figure suggested it? Without question. This man has eaten a worm before and he would do so again.

Arthur Holmwood Arthur is the son of a Lord, the Victorian 1%, one of the most wealthy and privileged individuals in one of the most wealthy and privileged countries in the world. Until the events of the novel, do we think Arthur Holmwood, future Lord Godalming, ever had to do anything he didn’t want to? Even in the horrors of the Victorian public school system, rank has its privileges. He would not eat a worm.

Quincey Morris An adventurous type like Quincey? He wouldn’t just eat a worm, he’d fry it in a little butter and cayenne pepper and do his best to enjoy it.

Lucy Westenra as a human I was going to say absolutely not. Surely she would be horrified at the very idea. But equally, Lucy is by far the biggest people-pleaser in the whole novel [edited to redact unreasonable slander of Jonathan Harker]. If she thought eating a worm would make someone she loved happy, she’d dig right in.

Lucy Westenra as the Bloofer Lady Small children have been known to eat worms, and Lucy has been known to eat small children. So indirectly, yes, she would eat a worm.

Jonathan Harker It strikes me that we don’t know much about the eating habits of any of the characters in this novel – for instance, we know which pub Jack Seward likes, but not what he eats when he’s there.

But we have a wealth of information about Jonathan, and we know he is the kind of man who will have an unfamiliar paprika dish for dinner, have “queer dreams”, then go down for breakfast and have even more paprika.

Jonathan Harker would eat a worm.

Mina Harker née Murray Mina would do anything for her friends and loved ones, and that includes eating a worm. But come on guys, really? You would force Mina to eat a worm after everything she’s been through? You monsters.

Van Helsing Van Helsing thinks astral projection is real and parrots live forever. He’s the first person to consider the possibility that Lucy is being vampired. This man has the most open mind in the entire novel. He is a deeply weird individual and he would definitely eat a worm.

Mrs Westenra Mrs Westenra is a respectable Victorian lady of the upper-middle or upper-classes, and under no circumstances would she eat a worm.

Unless it was the last-ditch treatment for her ailing daughter, I guess.

Dracula You know the song you might have sung as a kid – “nobody likes me, everybody hates me, think I’ll go and eat worms?”

We know Dracula eats solicitors and Lucys, he doesn’t eat worms. But he should.  

Renfield Do I even need to answer this one?

#dracula daily

[guanine-the-worm]

Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray) MY BELOVED

#im so excited to hear from my darling mina! #re: dracula #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker #mina murray #may 9th #may 9th 2023

[abrahamvanhelsings]

story aside i enjoyed bram's little oc description moment there. it's like he realised that he forgot to say what his most favourite character looks like when he was first introduced so now he has to take a full paragraph to explain it in excruciating detail even though it makes no sense for mina harker née murray to write all that in her own diary as if she can't see what the man looks like with her own two eyes every time she meets him

#i guess she inherently felt he is part of the polycule or something. lmfao. #dracula daily #we stan a ginger king with tits!

[see-arcane]

This made me realise that Mina uses "my __" a lot (my Jonathan, my beloved husband, my dear one) compared to him doing so no wonder she'd be not pleased if someone tried to snatch him away

The thing about Jonathan and Mina is that they are both very much more than the standard 'in love' with each other that you'll see in a lot of Mandatory Love Interests in media. They're not just in love.

They're in crush.

They're in infatuation.

They're in 'my beloved is all that matters and dear God I don't know how I got lucky enough to win the romance lottery to convince them I was worthy, but I will spend every second of every day trying to earn that love.'

The main difference lays somewhere in--sigh along with me--the gender politics of it all. Because the thing is, even if we barely squint at the time period (and, sadly, even at our modern relationship pitfalls), Mina is very, very aware that, by partner standards, she is the one who got the 'luckier' pull. Specifically because Stoker wrote Jonathan as the rule-breaking, love worshipping, refusing-to-other or abandon champion of a Prince Charming out of the whole cast; and possibly out of most male romantic leads in the era's literature, Period.

Meanwhile, despite Mina being very much her own breakthrough of early feminism and interesting traits--again, sighing over the New Woman commentary, but still--when we look past the unique/strong/smart character facets, we really see a lot of the Classic Darling Female Love Interest formula at her core. She is sweet and caring and loving and loved.

As all good non-hag non-femme fatale characters were at the time. You can't throw a rock in Victorian and earlier lit without hitting a similarly winsome young lady. They pop up like charming weeds.

It's Jonathan Harker who stands apart. Jonathan Harker who loves unconditionally, who does not conform to classic masculine heroism, who would fight God and the Devil to hold his beloved above all harm, who would damn himself, who would kill and die to keep his beloved safe and happy. Who would--gasp!--rather be equal with his partner, even preferring to let her take the lead!

Which was un-fucking-heard of at the time. Even if she/Stoker weren't really caught up on what New Women actually stood for, I'd bet money that Mina knew exactly how rare a prize like Mr. Harker was in a sea of brutes and cheats and general misogynistic louts looking for a housemaid they could imprison with a wedding band and belittle on a daily basis before they go out to meet mistresses 1-3.

Mina is not an idiot. Jonathan is not either, but I think he is blessedly naïve enough to think there was anyone else in the world who would champion Mina as much as he does, as much as she deserves. She's Mina, for crying out loud! An angel! A goddess in and of herself! Who wouldn't adore her as he does? And to Van Helsing and the Suitor Squad's credit, they do come close, risking what they do...

But they do make that murder oath.

And for that, Mina is grateful. She did ask for it.

But though she never writes it, maybe only rarely dares to even think it--such a blasphemous, selfish thought!--she is doubly grateful that Jonathan never swore with them. Proof positive, that. Somewhere in her, a secret proud voice whispers:

Look, Mina Harker née Murray. Look at the paragon among lovers you have tricked into loving you and being your knight. You have wed Eros himself, lucky Psyche that you are. He does not even realize what a treasure he is. The one treasure that matters. The one which evil powers have tried so hard to steal away. Do not let them, Mina. Let them have gold and magic and your own blood if they must, but never, ever him.

So yes.

All this in mind, it is very little wonder that she enjoys referring to Jonathan as my husband, my love, my darling. My, my, my, mine, mine, mine. Hearing and saying it is a reassurance that she has not woken up from this sweet dream. Just as I'm sure Jonathan saying the same--or else repeating Mina's name like his own prayer--reassures him. They are real, they are in love, they are each other's.

And so when someone like Miss Helen Penelosa comes along and Mina catches wind of her plans for Jonathan, I can't not see her loading that revolver.

#Mina: Normally I quite oppose violence. #Mina; loudly undoing the safety: HOWEVER-- #The Harkers: Do Not Separate (or Else) #mina harker #jonathan harker #holiest love #helen penelosa #dracula #the parasite #bram stoker #arthur conan doyle

[the-countess-vampira]

• Bram Stoker 🧛🏼‍♂️🍷🕯🦇

• Bram Stoker, byname of Abraham Stoker, (born November 8, 1847, Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland). Was an Irish writer best known as the author of the Gothic horror tale Dracula (1897). Due to disease, Stoker could not stand or walk until he was seven years old. He went on to become an outstanding athlete and football (soccer) player at Trinity College, very famous in Dublin, where he earned a degree in mathematics. After 10 years in the civil service at Dublin Castle, during which he was also an unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail (later the Evening Mail), he made the acquaintance of his idol, actor Sir Henry Irving.

• After misters Irving death Stoker published Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving [1906], a biography of Irving that includes a great deal of biographical detail about Stoker himself.). But his most famous work is definitely Dracula, it was published in 1897. The story was written chiefly in the form of diaries and journals kept by the principal characters: Jonathan Harker, Wilhelmina (“Mina”) Harker (née Murray), Dr. John (“Jack”) Seward, and Lucy Westenra, Mina’s friend and a victim of Dracula who herself becomes a vampire and, of course doctor Van Helsing. The story is that of a Transylvanian vampire who, using supernatural powers, makes his way to England and there victimizes innocent people to gain the blood on which he survives.

• Dracula is still a very popular gothic horror novel and people read the books even now. Vampires like Dracula are very popular characters, with their unique features, such as charming, beauty and intelligence.

• Bram Stoker died in 1912.

• I hope you guys read Dracula since it's spooky season, I'm reading it now and there's a book review coming soon. Goodnight, vampires. 🖤

#Instagram

[specialagentartemis]

Had a dream last night that Mina Harker née Murray was writing in her diary complaining about how TERFs say they oppose vampires but everything they do just supports them

You heard it here first, Mina Harker supports trans people and hates TERFs, it was revealed to me in a dream

#Dracula Daily #dream diary #also there was a boat involved somehow #my brain just confidently churning up Dracula plot points as if I���ve been keeping up for the last few weeks

[yallemagne]

The DD polls are looking to be coming to the same conclusion as last year.

Folks, Mina's never gonna lose. I think it may very well be impossible. We need to accept our Eternal Sexyman Mina Harker née Murray. She's inevitable.

#dracula #dracula daily #dracula daily bracket 2 #these fucking went FAST #it's already semifinals?? the third day of daily?? #but i guess we had no shenanigans to add the count back in after his defeat this time #this post ain't even voting propaganda #i was genuinely interested to see if anyone would beat her this year and have come to the realization that she can't be beat #which is :/

[arbitrarity]

Predictions for the Dracula Daily Bracket!

To start, I agree wholeheartedly with the qualifier results: the zookeeper and the correspondent are both top notch. For some of the others, I think it might depend on if we're deciding on a favourite character/popularity or actual 'sexy' status.

Count Dracula vs Arthur Holmwood: right off the bat (pun not intended, but I'll take it!) we have a fight that depends on what the vote is for. I think Drac wins for sexiness (in the tumblr definition) since Arthur is more sweet, devoted, but a little bland. His appeal is mostly in his relations to others than in his own right, while seeing Drac getting bumped out of the contest so quickly would be surprising since he has serious Character status. So while I in no way find him sexy, I think Drac is the best bet

Jack Seward vs Captain of the Demeter: ooo, the captain is pretty awesome and his death was heart rending, so I think he'll get a chunk of the votes. but Jack, while hated by some, is both pathetic and highly shippable. So my bet is on Jack

Mr Swales vs First Mate of the Demeter: no contest - Mr Swales. there is no sexiness to him, but I can't imagine the sus first mate beating him!

R. M. Renfield vs Thomas Bilder: Renfield, for sure. Thomas Bilder was the obvious choice in the qualifier but won almost assuredly because of Bersicker/Berserker (and my housemate points out that maybe the wolf himself could be a contender for sexyman), while Renfield has so much more to him, as a character and in the story

Jonathan Harker vs News Correspondent: again a little bit of a tough choice. Jonathan should win for sure if it's an 'I love him, your honour' situation, but does he have sex appeal?? the correspondent, with his speedy running and unhinged method of reporting on weather/murder, has more 'i want to kiss you on the mouth' energy. we haven't seen how Jonathan might react to Drac's return yet though, and i feel like theres a lot of potential there. so.... gonna predict Jonathan

Quincey Morris vs Abraham van Helsing: it's gotta be the cowboy, right? he's got sexiness all 'round, despite barely entering the story so far. Van Helsing sure is something and has got to have more discourse about him, good and bad, but can anyone deny Quincey P. Morris as sexyman? I feel like he's got the best shot at winning the title on his own merits out of everyone

Mina Harker née Murray vs The Brides of Dracula: PFFT! Mina! Oh course!! those weed smoking girlfriends have nothing on our beloved protagonist, sweet smart and strong in one!

Lucy Westenra vs “The Bloofer Lady”: omg we just read about the Bloofer Lady today. this is so cruel. too soon 🥺😭 Lucy is definitely the fav for me but I don't know how the rest of the story will play out .... I can only hope Lucy will triumph

that's all for now! hoping to write out my predictions again when we reach the next bracket level

#Dracula daily bracket #is this what fantasy football is like? #that's the vibe I'm getting #excited to see where this goes! and how tumblr chooses its 'seximan' #cuz with the history of that term on here... it could end up being Mr Swales or someone for all I know #or reigan ...... #dracula daily #dracula #ddsexyman #arbitrarity talks

[linguisticparadox]

Iiiit's...Mina Harker née Murray!

(or is it? 😱)

#(sorry for the blurred-out eyes but I don't trust like that 😙) #someday I will make a dress that fits her better lmao #(and fits ME better) #and next time I will not be halfway through fucking around with eyeshadow before remembering I literally bought a bruise makeup set #dracula #dracula daily #mina harker #original

[vigilskeep]

Mina?

i would only ever be able to think of our lady and saviour the train fiend mina harker née murray. that name is already taken in my mind

#also i have a nina and it would get confusing

[thethirdromana]

You have done cheeses. How about dessert.

Ooh, good idea.

See, the thing about Victorian food is that a lot of it sounds pretty unappealing from the vantage point of the 21st century. There were a lot of overboiled vegetables and stodgy meals designed to get you through winters with no central heating.

But Victorian desserts? Much more reliably delicious. So I can restrict myself to the desserts that these characters might actually have eaten. No tiramisu (1960s) or banoffee pie (1971).

Starting off with an easy one, RM Renfield is the traditional Scottish fruit slice (which I already highlighted in my food guide to Dracula) known as flies graveyard. I'm going to trust that one doesn't need any additional exploration.

Lucy Westenra is light (literally: "Lucy" means light), pretty, and appealing to small children. OK, admittedly the eater-eaten relationship goes the other way around with the small children vs Lucy-as-dessert, but I think it still works. She's a bombe glacée, a spherical ice-cream dessert that first appeared on restaurant menus in the 1880s.

I had a fun browse through Dutch desserts before I found the perfect one for Abraham van Helsing. He's the old man of the story, but he's still a little bit spicy and a little bit divisive - much like anise, which flavours Dutch oudewijvenkoek, or old wives' cake.

For Quincey Morris, there could only be one option. He's from Texas, y'all, he is obviously peach cobbler.

Continuing with the suitors, the obvious answer for Arthur Holmwood would be a dessert associated with wealth and privilege - perhaps Eton Mess, traditionally served at the annual cricket match between Eton and Harrow Schools, and first mentioned in print in 1893. But Eton Mess is a light, sweet, inconsequential sort of dessert and that just doesn't seem right for Arthur. Instead, I'd associate him with a rich, indulgent, traditional, solid plum pudding.

Jack Seward is in some ways the most modern of the suitors. Also the most highly strung. He's cherries jubilee, a brand-new dessert in 1897 as it was (probably) created that year for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It's full of liqueur (suitably for Jack, who's full of chloral) and it gets flambéed at the table.

I have to admit that I struggled with Jonathan Harker. Maybe I just love him too much to caricature him, you know? But what I came down is that he needed to be a beloved treat, available on menus across the UK, not wildly expensive, not wildly luxurious. And also, Jonathan goes through a lot of trials and drinks a lot of tea in this novel. Jonathan is a toasted teacake.

As for Mina Harker née Murray, it seemed appropriate that she should be a similar sort of dessert to her husband. So he's a bun with dried fruit and she's a bread with dried fruit. Specifically, she's an Irish soda bread (since Murray is an Irish surname) that is known either as Spotted Dog or - more suitably for Mina - railway cake.

#dracula daily

[puppycheesecake]

What are your top 10 favourit fictional characters? :D

Oh man, that's a hard one. Uhh in no particular order: (broken down by media type because I got overwhelmed, lol)

Books:

1. Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker (née Murray) from Dracula

2. Helen Graham from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

3. Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye

4. Carmilla from Carmilla

TV & Movies:

5. Dana Scully from The X-Files

6. Dee Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

7. Laszlo Cravensworth from What We Do In The Shadows

8. Leslie Knope from Parks & Recreation

9. Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

10. Wendy Torrance from The Shining (specifically the movie version, not the book)

I'm probably leaving off a ton of obvious ones BUT...! Those are 10 favorites that immediately came to mind, if not top 10.

#answers #honorable mention to sookie stackhouse (books NOT the show oh god) and linda belcher #didn't think of them until after I wrote the others whoops