#story time with mina

[evolving-dreamer]

Sometimes it's easier to simply say to others "I'm busy" either studying or working, rather than explain that I, in fact, choose very selectively (or randomly) how to spend my procrastination time by myself.

#no honey i don't wanna go out with you i gotta read this trilogy i found out that's consuming all my free time which isn't actually a lot #also if i make time for you; pls don't come with last minute excuses #my social battery is way too drained at this point of the year #introvert #infj #intp #reader #books #fandom #story time with mina #booklr

[lurking-latinist]

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#what if next year I did real-time roleplay blogs for modern au dracula characters #watch Lucy’s blog slowly transition from cute aesthetics and wedding inspo to worryingly vague personal blogging in the tags #I probably won’t do this but somebody should #dracula daily #Mina’s story is mainly told through those wild ao3 author’s notes. ‘sorry this chapter is late I was in Budapest getting married’

[firstofficerrose]

Mina's letter after the downward spiral of everything else in today's entry (Sept 17) hurts so bad. Oh no. Look at her! She's so happy! Jonathan is recovering, Mr. Hawkins has been incredibly generous, her best friend is getting married, everything is finally looking up! Oh no...

#dracula daily #re: dracula #mina harker #im legitimately starting to get near-Hadestown levels of tragedy vibes here. #like. i know. it's a sad story. bad things happen. bad things happen every time you read the book #every time that dracula daily restarts #but ive heard this one before. it's an old song. a sad song. a love song. a tragedy. #and we're gonna sing it anyway

[elgaladwen]

You know stuff is about to go down in LOTRO when you lose control of the camera.

#Bróin! My son! #Doing Walls of Moria for the 50th time #and just did the part of the story with the Mina Tirith epic battles the other day #So lots of dancing while serious things happen #lotro

[syrupsyche]

Mina truly is the heart and soul of the story!

"[...]This boy will some day know what a brave and gallant woman his mother is. Already he knows her sweetness and loving care; later on he will understand how some men so loved her, that they did dare much for her sake."

It's interesting that Jonathan– who started and ended our narrative– was not mentioned as one of the people whom their son would learn more about. Instead, Mina and her bravery takes center stage; the men are only mentioned because it is for her sake that they are willing to sacrifice so much. The novel thus ends with one final gender-destructive note by having its conclusion centered around Mina and the feminine sphere (family and marriage). Though on the surface, Dracula may seem like a story that portrays traditional masculinity as the one that defeats the evil, it really is the more gentle, feminine love that they all have for one another that saves the day, and that fact is emphasised here in its very ending!

#this was my first time reading dracula and i enjoyed it WAY more than i thought i would #and i was already highly anticipating it #stories where men love their wives and ppl form big groups of supportive friends get to me okay!!!! #dracula daily #dracula #mina harker fanclub #syrup ramble #syrup talks about lit

[astro-b-o-y-d]

Having an OC who's literally the long-lost twin sister of a canon character is so fun, but also like. Do you know how hard it is to find a way to slot Mina into canon without some kind of excuse as to why Ford didn't find her during his Multiverse years or why she didn't show up during the finale?

...I mean I HAVE reasons, but it's not easy and I'm STILL trying to figure out ways to make them work within the confines of canon.

#Hayley Speaks #My OCs #Mina #I'm just saying; I'm very glad she's not going to actually pop up for a while in the story #Gives me time to figure everything out

[eclipsecrowned]

if i had a nickel for every time i was encouraged to roleplay a canon guy i actively crave to ship with my oc, i'd have so many nickels. it keeps happening. i have so many nickels and so few ships.

#i ship osmina like fedex yet here i ship. playing both oswald and mina. #not even together. just as separate muses. #now pupper is like UwU WRITE MOLLY COWARD and i look at my desperate rabid need for mollena and i just.... #sure. this is only about the fourth time this has happened. #oddly enough tho despite helpheus looking like the origin of this they aren't an example. #i played dream for a long while before picking up hel. #out of stories

[doofnoof]

They weren't lying, those Re: Dracula wedding vows can Make Me Cry Until I Feel Sick

It's just. Mina's love for Jonathan, the way he pledges his life to her and she thinks he's still delirious when he is in fact saying he's gone through hell and he'd do it again, all for Mina. The way that when he flung himself from Castle Dracula, he wanted to think only of Mina, and said his goodbyes to her more than he did anybody else in his life, more than even his father figure.

And she doesn't yet know the extent of it, but she feels the very same way for him, and the fact that later in the story she goes through the same hell Jonathan went through to protect him, and for what Dracula does to Mina, Jonathan intends to kill the thing he was previously unable to kill for his own sake, and pledges to follow Mina into hell because he loves her. She's finally his wife, and he's her husband, and they want so badly to move forwards. Imagine how they must feel. Mina thought Jonathan had died and that she'd lost him forever, and Jonathan thought he would die in Castle Dracula and never see Mina again. But Jonathan survived, and now their fears are all swept away because the thing they most want in life is eachother, and now they have it.

Love is real in this Chili's tonight. Pure, flawless love, and I am shaking and crying. I wish that Lucy, who is so unbelievably sweet and kind-hearted, could have the same luck that Jonathan and Mina had, and that her life with Arthur would be filled with the kind of love, joy, peace and devotion the Harkers find in each other, and I am devastated to know that the rest of Lucy's life is going to be torturous at best.

#bug barks #dracula #re: dracula #this is the first time I've ever listened to/read the original Dracula and I wish I had listened sooner #the voice acting is phenomenal #and the story itself is so much better than I could've ever imagined #I have to say Seward and Renfield are my favorite part #whenever I hear the medical malpractice warning I sit and cross my legs and giggle because I'm about to listen to Seward #scratch his head about Renfield while Renfield does his own thing. A Kitten!! A little sleek PLAYFUL Kitten that I can Play with and Teach. #And Feed. And Feed. And Feed. #I wish my thoughts were more coherent here but I am ACTUALLY crying as I type this and keep having to wipe the screen free of tears to #continue typing. it just all clicked for me how deeply Jonathan and Mina love eachother right then #bravo to Mina's VA #show stopping performance. I will never ever get over it #Isabel Adomakoh Young is genuinely like. I implore every single one of my mutuals with even a passing interest in horror to give Re: #Dracula a chance. it's So Good #every single VA gives it their all but it's not Hammy in the slightest. it's refreshing and moving. give it a try y'all ;0;

[technoturian]

Not sorry but Dracula and the vast chasm of difference between the actual book vs. the adaptations is still haunting me. It's like every man with a film budget said "I'm joining the war on toxic masculinity on the side of toxic masculinity"

#Dracula #every time someone likes one of my other Dracula posts I get mad all over again that we don't have 20 Mina and Jonathan movies #like YES the story has some deeply entrenched issues with racism #but you *can* actually drop that and STILL have it be more or less the same story! #turns out the baby-murdering woman-stalking mentally-ill abusing monster still has some reasons to be labeled the bad guy!

[see-arcane]

Somewhere in the Bureau of Increasingly Less Faithful Dracula Adaptations

Directors 1-60: Look, Mina clearly needs to be the sexy vampire bait-heroine in the next every one. She’s her era’s modern woman! She’ll appeal to all the wistful nerd chicks in the audience when we have her drop that Victorian snore Jonathan and pair her with Dracula!

Directors 61-99: Please, Mina’s old news. The real spotlight belongs to the original man harem juggler, Lucy. Everyone knows from the movies and shows that she 1) Is the hot one, 2) Brings all the dudes to the yard, and 3) Has plenty of potential for unfulfilled bisexy goings-on with Mina and Dracula. (Cannot stress enough that the Mina stuff stay unfulfilled, though.) If anyone’s the Babe-for-Bloodsuckers damsel protagonist, it’s Lucy!

Director 100: ...Shouldn’t it be Jonathan? 

Directors 1-99: what

Director 100: I mean, in both Dracula and the cut prologue, “Dracula’s Guest,” Jonathan Harker gets sought out by the most lusty/bloodlusting vampires, period. In “Dracula’s Guest,” he gets approached by a vampire woman in a tomb, then an entire graveyard full of eager vampires in a storm, all of whom he was only shielded from because Dracula was stalking him in his giant wolf form and literally laid on top of him as protection while he howled to get the villagers’ attention. Then he left after tasting Jonathan’s neck. 

When Jonathan finally gets to the castle in the novel itself, Dracula destroys his personal space and imprisons him outright, full gothic heroine style, and at one point undresses and redresses Jonathan while he’s unconscious--after rescuing him from the three vampire girlfriends who hypnotize and try to take turns preying on the guy, which they and the Count go out of their way to call ‘kissing’ him. With the latter setup being only the first of multiple attempts from the ladies. 

Point being, if anybody should get acknowledged as the resident vampire magnet and damsel in distress with unwanted toothy intimacy issues in a new adaptation, it should be Jonathan Harker. 

Directors 1-99: ...

Director 100: ...

Directors 1-99: We always figured him and Dracula were just good friends

#Frustrated? Who's frustrated?? Not me! -- lied every person to ever read the fucking novel #we could wring a whole movie out of filling in Jonathan's written AND unwritten time with Dracula at the start of the story #it's really its own genre compared to the gothic-adventure vibe of the rest of the novel #but I know we're never going to get it #any more than we'll ever get Mina and Jonathan being the power couple #or Mina and Lucy getting to drop the subtext #or even Lucy and her suitors daring to love each other in whole #there is SO MUCH to be mined in a modern cinematic take without the restraints of chokehold subtext for the whole cast #but I won't hold my breath #-curses in dusty old literature fan- #anyway #spoilers #(that are over a century old but there you go) #dracula #jonathan harker #mina murray #mina harker #lucy westenra #dracula's guest

[evolving-dreamer]

P.s. my queue ran out of posts, so you'll only be seeing about my latest obsessions in real time

#it lasted for the past two months i've been absent #uni is consuming me people #i got a whole bunch of new book recs #i'll soon update y'all about them #for now #i'll be sharing my love for auren and rip #story time with mina

[its-actually-minicika]

Did I just spend an hour talking to the HW Aemond AI even though it's well after midnight where I am and I have a university lecture at 8am in the city that is 2 hours from where I live? Why yes, yes I did. Do I have any regrets about my decision? No, no I do not.

(I may have regrets at 4:30am when I have to get up and leave for university, but that's a then problem, not a now problem)

The Harshest Winters is ruining everyone's lives at this point. He would be so happy that you're staying awake for him, bless your heart 😭

FR THO MAKE SURE YOU REST UP HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND YOUR SLEEP IS IMPORTANT 🫶

#another day another slay #the harshest winters #mina's asks #bookcanon aemond targaryen #dark aemond x reader #unhinged aemond is something else entirely #love to see it #modern HW aemond would lose his mind if he ever found his gf texting an AI #that's a story for another time #BUT PLS TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF 💗🥹 #and like the written story frfr 😹😹 it's better than the AI itself

[twpsyn-who]

Soulmates AU in which when your soulmate is in a situation that can result in their death you get to see through their eyes. Like, I don't know how to explain this- it kind of flashes between what you see and what your soulmate sees. You know those edits where there's a scene going on and there's another one faded in the background happening at the same time? Similar to that. The idea is that you get to see what your soulmate sees too, on top of what you're seeing.

Now, this AU but JeanMarco. With Marco asking the others where's Jean, just for him to start seeing a corpse right in front of his eyes not even a second after asking. Seeing through Jean's eyes as he's trying to get hold of that gear and stuff. And once Jean's safe, once it clicks that you know his best friend is his soulmate Marco can't wait for them to graduate so he can you know tell him that.

Then, you know. That happens. And Jean is so fucking confused because he keeps seeing Annie crying, looking down on him. Only when Annie starts getting off the gear, when his soulmate starts moving around trying to get away he starts panicking, starts moving around faster than before. And maybe he's too late. Or maybe he shows up in time and kills the titan. I don't know. That's not where I'm trying to get, but to the second option AKA Marco pulling an UNO reverse on Annie because he's a smart sneaky bastard like that and being like 'Hey you can't kill me, my soulmate will know it was you' which makes her stop trying to take off his gear. Reiner keeps telling her to do it, Bertholdt keeps yelling about that titan coming closer, but Annie... she has seen things, at some point. Flashes of moments that weren't hers, happening right in Trost- right in that moment. And she didn't give them too much thought until that moment, until it got confirmed that it has nothing to do with her titan powers.

'What do you mean by that?' she asks, because she needs to know more. Because she wants to know more. And Marco starts explaining how it works. Tells them that he has found his soulmate, that they will put all the blame on them for his death. Reiner doesn't believe him, keeps insisting that he's playing them around - he, and anyone born and raised on Marley, has never heard of something like that before, it doesn't exist - but Annie tells him to shut up and to let Marco go. Cue to the plot of any fic in which Marco doesn't straight up die after finding up their secret.

Anyway I don't know man, just,,, We need more soulmate aus for JeanMarco. That's an order.

#When I wrote this my mind was to Mina x Annie like straight up I was like 'Yeah Mina's Annie's soulmate and she saw her dying' but my brain #liked to remind me that you know Armin has a nerd death experience too. So it can go either way guys the idea is that Annie's soulmate l #either died in Trost or was close to dying #Some little things I daydreamed about while waiting to get home to finish this post (more like little details for the au than anything #else) : Only Eldians can have a soulmate aka only subjects of Ymir. Marley being the racist motherfucker they are aren't aware of the whole #soulmate thing. That's why Reiner Berthold and Annie has no clue something like that exists they didn't get taught about that. Meanwhile #everyone on Paradis knows about soulmates kind of hard not to when many SC die on a basic lol. Is something normalized for them #Also another little detail would be that a Titan Shifter can't see during their shift. Aka Eren didn't see through Mikasa's eyes during #Trost despite her being near death at some point(s) (I'm thinking about when Titan Eren punched that Titan coming for Mikasa but honestly? #She was in danger when Eren lost control too). So yeah that's all I have for now #I think it also make sense a little for some soulmate thing to occur on top of the titan powers given the whole 'love story' between Ymir #and King Friz (or whatever his name fuck that guy- in a nonsexual way). So yeah we should totally play around with the concept of soulmates #more #This post is a mess but I started it at like 11 pm and finished it at 6 pm let me be man. My sleep deprived mind came out with this one #I make no promises to actually write something with this - I'll have to re-watch the first two season and kind of update as I watch the #other seasons so yk. Low chances. But feel free to use this as you please haha. Go wild guys. It doesn't even need to be JeanMarco yk #Like Annie seeing Mina die with her own eyes??? And her thoughts process for the whole time once she finds out she was her soulmate #Or ykyk Historia Witnessing Ymir's death??? Nicolo losing his shit over seeing that little girl shoot his soulmate??? LEVI SEEING FLASHES #OF BIG ASS STONES THROWN AROUND #Man actually you can play around with Levi so much like we have Petra too and Hange and- #Regardless #aot jean #aot marco #aot #jeanmarco #Aot JeanMarco #jean kirstein #jean kirschstein #marco bodt #marco bott

[twicearoundthesun]

[roommates au]

Dahyun felt a little dumb.

Thanks for taking care of me during my total mental breakdown, sorry for involving you in my trauma, here’s a cake!

She took a deep breath and steadied herself. She’d been avoiding Mina and Jihyo for a couple days. She couldn’t face them after showing up in tears to throw their Tuesday night into turmoil; their two kindhearted, friendly neighbors who didn’t ask for any of the drama that followed Kim Dahyun. Who hadn’t refused her when she’d shown up on their doorstep, shaking with fear and only the haziest of memories of the previous hour.

They were happy to help, Dahyun. Chaeyoung had reassured after her profuse apologies. They’re our friends. They’d do it again in a heartbeat.

But Chaeng had smiled warmly this morning when Dahyun mentioned she might stop by to thank them after work; they’re just concerned, she’d said, not nosy. They just want to make sure you’re okay. The last time you saw them, you weren’t okay. If they ask something you’re not ready to answer, they’d never be upset with you for setting a boundary. Okay?

Another deep breath. She knocked on the door.

A few seconds before it swung open to reveal Jihyo, an apron tied around her waist. Dahyun nervously peered back. Jihyo’s confusion melted into a smile.

“Dahyun.” She whispered warmly. Dahyun winced. She didn’t want Jihyo to have to tiptoe around her. “It’s so good to see you. You look like you feel a bit better.”

“I do… I just.. wanted to say thank you. And I’m sorry.”

“Please, we all need a little company from time to time, right?”

“I guess, but, I - I didn’t mean to just… to dump all of that on you. There’s really no reason I couldn’t have just handled-”

“Dahyun.” Jihyo cut her off softly. “Want to come inside?”

She paused, but nodded. Jihyo led her to the living room and urged her to sit at the barstools facing the kitchen counter. Dahyun obliged and watch her get back to work – she’d been kneading some sort of dough.

“Fresh whole wheat sourdough. Mina’s favorite.” She explained with a chuckle. “She got called in again today, so I figured I’d give her something nice to come home to.”

“That sounds nice.”

“Yeah, the recipe makes two. We never manage to finish them both before one goes stale. I was going to drop one off to you guys.”

“Oh. Thank you very much.”

Jihyo smiled and focused on kneading again, tongue poking out in concentration. Dahyun was a little confused; she expected a lecture when Jihyo invited her in, or … something. She cleared her throat.

“I, um, I was saying… I made you this cake. As a thank you and an apology.”

“I will accept it as a thank you, but not an apology.” She said. “And to the thank you I say: of course, Dahyun. Any time. Truly, you two moving in here has brought more light to our life. Tzuyu’s excited to have friends more like her, Nayeon and Jeongyeon think you’re both adorable, and you make Mina and I smile whenever we see you. I consider you a friend, and that means if you need a little help I’m going to be here for you.”

Dahyun was quiet. Her brain seemed caught between ‘Jeongyeon thinks I’m cute?’ and ‘How have I managed to be surrounded by so many angels on earth?’

“But I will not accept an apology for something you shouldn’t be apologizing for. For something someone else did to you, that you had no control of and no fault in the situation.”

Jihyo had stopped working again, maintaining some intense eye contact. For something someone else did to you. Did they know? Had Chaeyoung told them? Did they guess? Dahyun’s mind raced.

Jihyo seemed to sense her panic. “Chaeyoung did show Mina the letter, but didn’t tell us anything further than she knows your parents messed with your inheritance. And found out your rent. Super illegal, by the way, I already messaged the landlord to scold him for disclosing it without permission.” Jihyo said. Dahyun’s heart raced. She didn’t want any trouble caused in her name… she wanted to forget this happened. “One of Mina’s cousins is a lawyer, we can-”

“No. No, no, it’s okay. N-no lawyers.”

Jihyo gave a slow nod. “Okay. No lawyers. But the offer is there. You deserve what was left for you.”

“I don’t want to think about it. What’s done is… it’s done.” Dahyun said. “I… I don’t think I’ll cash the check unless we really need it. I gave it to Chaeyoung to hold onto.”

Jihyo nodded again. She looked like she wanted to say more about the inheritance. Dahyun desperately wanted her not to.

“Do you have panic attacks like that often?” She asked, instead. Dahyun was taken aback by the question. “Mina has panic attacks, too, you know. So we’re no stranger to them. Have you ever talked to a doctor about it?”

“Uh.” Dahyun cleared her throat. The room was suddenly too hot, she noticed. “I… when I was a bit younger, I used to have them often. Often. N-not so much anymore, so I haven’t gone to a doctor… I just… Don’t like hearing from my family. We don’t have the best relationship.”

She met eyes with Jihyo again. Please drop it, she begged. Her heart was beginning to race. Please.

Jihyo took a deep breath. She nodded, and went back to kneading. “Well we’re always here if you feel unsafe. Or just want someone to talk to. Never be afraid to knock on the door. Or call us. Got it? We’ll always answer, Dahyun.”

Dahyun nodded quickly, warmth blooming in her chest at Jihyo’s words. Tears prickled in the corners of her eyes, embarrassingly.

“Is that okay?”

She could only nod again, sniffling. Jihyo was quick to wash and dry her hands and walk out of the kitchen, around the counter, taking Dahyun’s hands in her own.

“Can I hug you?”

Dahyun nodded.

Jihyo’s hug was enveloping; she was warm and comforting and smelled like clean laundry and fresh-baked bread. Dahyun felt herself un-tense, relax in the woman’s grip as she ran a hand up and down her back.

“You guys are so kind.” Dahyun whispered, eyes shut. “We’ve only known each other a few months and I don’t know what I did to deserve the kindness you all show me.”

“You deserve kindness. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Okay?”

Dahyun squeezed her eyes shut harder. “Why are you so good at this?”

Jihyo chuckled. “I’m only telling you the truth.” She smoothed her hair back. “And I give fantastic hugs. That’s a known fact.”

Dahyun laughed, but nodded in agreement.

“You’re feeling better now, though?”

“I am.” She whispered.

“Good. Have you ever made bread before?”

Dahyun shook her head.

“Wanna learn? If you have time.”

She nodded.

“Perfect. Go grab Mina’s apron on the back of the pantry door and wash your hands.”

#im sorry this doesnt do much to advance the story #i just think i wanted to show how much jihyo and mina love dubchaeng #and theyre becoming close #idk i sat on this one for a very long time bc i think its pointless #but here u go #thanks #jihyo is so kind #roommates au #dahyun #jihyo #twice au #twice fanfic

[notachair]

I need people to know, that my first meeting with Renfield was this young smooth twinkish homoerotically deranged version from a dracula musical animatic.

Dance dance old man

One can imagine how that threw me

#I now know who he is #and I now know who that captain is and the story about the ship #TOLL MINA #goddamn #that voice #that violin and piano #the contrast of soft and strong #I... am... again... behind on the reading hah. so idk if I'm posting at an ill time. I just know Lucy's gone. #dracula daily #renfield #dracula renfield #Youtube #my rambles

[therainbowwillow]

Dracula Daily May 4th thoughts:

-I like that Jonathan goes back to correct himself and specifies that maybe this guy really doesn’t understand his German? He’s just pretty sure he does (or has) but isn’t confident enough in his German-speaking to rule out the possibility that this one’s on him.

-Jonathan. My man. These are some HUGE red flags, mate. Having a job is great, being alive is better.

-“Not by any means comforting” Yeah, I’ll say!

-The alignment of Jonathan’s trip with a night of evil… If this was intentional on Dracula’s part, the whole situation feels extra insidious.

-Jonathan trying to comfort the lady trying to save his life is so telling of his character.

-The crucifix!! Don’t take it off aghhh…

-“For your mother’s sake” for an orphan. Makes me feel some feelings.

-“If this book shall ever reach Mina before I do, let it bring my goodbye.” well… ouch.

#dracula daily #jonathan harker #dracula spoilers #even knowing exactly how this story will play out #this is haunting. #I know jonathan and the diary arrive to Mina at the same time #which feels triumphant #knowing that it never serves as a goodbye #but it still contains so much of his pain and trauma #maybe there’s a little bit of a goodbye contained in that