like on the one hand i have all these high-falutin’ half-baked Notions about like why the jonathan/mina of it all is so wildly uninteresting to dracula adaptors and what’s going on with gender there and yadda yadda. but i also want to be clear that everything about jonathan/mina is so, so hot to me. like just wildly, insanely sexy. among the most erotically compelling fictional narratives i have ever come across in print. and i have an absolutely base and selfish and horny desire for more people, such as i’m just saying people with HBO miniseries money, to get on board with the mindblowing hotness of this thing i think is hot.
i think that people should start using “in poor taste” as a descriptor again given it is often the most applicable and clearest phrase when discoursing about media and analysis; sometimes a piece of art isn’t actually THE most problematic thing of all time is is. just in poor taste (not JUST in poor taste as a reductive take on potential harm but/and as in regardless of intent the impact is this was an offensive or stupid take/choice)
(this is for everyone but especially queer, LGBT+, trans, “cringy”, disabled, fat, BIPOC/BBIMP, otherwise marginalized and/or non “normative” communities, identities, and people. we love you all 💜. ~Nico)
Favorite thing about Dracula Daily so far is that yesterday I read a post that had in-depth, well-researched analysis that could easily be mistaken for a published literary criticism of Dracula, except it casually makes a passing reference to "the polycule" without feeling the need to elaborate
like on the one hand i have all these high-falutin’ half-baked Notions about like why the jonathan/mina of it all is so wildly uninteresting to dracula adaptors and what’s going on with gender there and yadda yadda. but i also want to be clear that everything about jonathan/mina is so, so hot to me. like just wildly, insanely sexy. among the most erotically compelling fictional narratives i have ever come across in print. and i have an absolutely base and selfish and horny desire for more people, such as i’m just saying people with HBO miniseries money, to get on board with the mindblowing hotness of this thing i think is hot.