Today Is October 4th And I Had Forgotten About This Image

A gente vai se privando de viver por medo,

e acaba não vivendo nada.

Maria N.

PERFECT observation

Had Dracula been capable of subtlety instead of lizarding around in front of his human guest, Jonathan would have just concluded he was a lonely, eccentric old man. He could have introduced Dracula to his friends as "this foreign nobleman who's really, really, really into London" and no one would have suspected him of anything because they'd think of him as a harmless teaboo who can't possibly be dangerous

but Dracula had no subtlety.

Dear Dracula Adaptations,

Me and @starlitartworks discussed this, and we both agree: In a universe where Dracula is meant to look like this-

Jonathan Harker is allowed to be sexy. It is possible to be devastatingly attractive and a total nerd at the same time. Stop making Dracula sexier than Jonathan so she'll choose the monster who assaulted her instead of the guy who adores her more than life itself. Give Jonathan the good looks instead.

This is a Gothic Romance - October 11, Dracula

"I believe that neither I nor anyone else in this world could describe the strange scene that followed - solemn, somber, melancholy, terrible, and yet tender." -- this is how Seward tries to show us the affectionate passion of the Harkers

After everyone makes the promise to Mina about her death, Jonathan asks her:

"Must I also make that promise, my wife?" Mina answers him (this part brings tears to my eyes every time I read it) "You too, my love. And you must not hesitate. You are the one I love most, you are my world. Our souls are united forever and ever, for eternity. Remember, my love, the brave men who in times past killed their wives so that they would not fall into enemy hands. Their hands remained steady, for the women themselves begged to be killed. It is a man's duty, in turbulent times, to those he loves! And, my love, if I must be killed, may it be by the hands of the one who loves me most. (…) If that time comes, I count on Mr. "Van Helsing" to ensure that my husband will keep for the rest of his life the happy memory of having been the one to free me from this terrible curse."

The climax of the scene is when he asks Jonathan to recite the Office of the Dead as a way of keeping his beloved's voice in his memory:

"I would like you to do this for me, my love, because I will carry with me forever the memory of your voice, no matter what happens!"

THE LORD OF THE RINGS costumes appreciation: ― Haldir’s armour (costume design by Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)

you ppl love villains/morally grey characters UNTIL they're a woman, then all of a sudden they are annoying, evil and irredeemable

Dracula Returns

I don't know if you've heard the latest news, but it looks like Dracula is going to return to cinema screens, I just saw on my phone that it will be produced by Luc Besson in partnership with Christoph Waltz. I'm shaking, anxious and afraid of repeating the same rereading from 92, I understand those who like the material, but I really wanted a version closer to what is actually covered in the book. My couple JonMina as an ardent couple that they are, Renfield without stereotypes, Lucy without the tremendous sexualization, Dracula as manipulative and megavillain and without romanticizing him as if he were innocent of something, Van Helsing without his caricatured and even exaggerated format, etc.

and honestly, on all sites it only shows the version of a Dracula wanting to find his wife lost in eternity, please show us the story as it truly is! Why distance yourself so much?!

Above all, and from the bottom of my heart, I hope it is at least a good adaptation.

❗️STOP PAIRING MINA W/ DRACULA❗️

My girl does NOT deserve that 🙄

He is nasty 🤢 and gross 🤮

Meanwhile Jonathan and Lucy 😍 love her 😆

Mina clearly 😡 HATES 😡 Dracula 🧛🏽‍♂️ and the only sympathy she has for him 😔😢 is ❗️UNEARNED ❗️ because Mina is so kind 😊

They hardly interact 🤔 and when Mina DOES meet him 🤝🏽 she INSULTS him ❗️❗️❗️❗️

Count Dracula: "Hahahahaha! I will make you my thrall, and you will obey me for all eternity!"

Mina, trembling with rage: "Fucker who I am going to dox right this fucking second says what?"

The Count: "What-"

Mina: "I mean this in the nicest, most pitying and pious way: Die <3"

Dracula: "wh--"

Mina: "Jonathan, darling, be sure to show him mercy when you find him in his little dirt box which is currently at sea and fleeing back to his hidey hole castle in the Carpathians <3"

Dracula: "Hang on,"

Jonathan, kukri out: "I named it Mercy <3" 🔪