#when in actual academia that would indicate not unusual genius

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The way Seward describes collecting a sample of Lucy’s blood after she accidentally cuts her hand makes it really hard to tell whether he told her that was what he was doing or whether he did it, like, furtively while appearing to give first aid. It also seems strange that he would need to be so opportunistic about taking a blood sample, that he didn’t expect to get one except for the chance occurrence of her getting an accidental wound; would the equipment to do that in a normal, medical way be too difficult to carry in his pockets?

I mean, we know he’s always got a lancet.

Also, “he sucked the gangrene from my wound” is absolutely The Worst “how we became friends” story I can conceive of right now. I bet you did, you little freak.

#dracula daily #i also enjoy how - okay you know how in comic books when they want us to know a character is Very Brilliant #they tell us they have doctorates in a bunch of different subjects #when in actual academia that would indicate not unusual genius #but an inability to stick to one subject enough to study it at a truly advanced level #dr van helsing seems to be if not the origin of that trope then a significant early example #and it’s so corny #also I like how Stoker emphasises that he’s a foreigner by giving him odd English grammar #right after making a big deal of what a super genius he is #and by ‘like’ I mean I think that’s corny too