Of Wolves And Bats*...

Of wolves and bats*...

*actually I'll do two posts because otherwise hello novel-length musings.

Anyway. Wolves. I'm puzzled. That's an understatement.

First of all, I love wolves so I was never very happy with their association to evil in Dracula. Imagine my pleasant surprise when Mr. Bilder and the count were chatting about them and Drac said that wolves *wouldn't* like him.

This is so interesting to me.

It made sense for Stoker to cast them in the role of evil children of the night. I'd have been more surprised if he portrayed them positively because there's such a long history of fear of wolves in all corners of Europe. Just consider the fairytales! Of *course* they'd be vampire familiars.

And now, they're not?

I think this is Stoker's way of saying that all natural animals hate Dracula on sight. I wonder if bats and rats hate him too?

Then Dracula mindcontrols them. *He's* the one choosing animals that creep humans out. There's nothing inherently evil about wolves, it's Dracula that chooses to make them evil!

Honestly Stoker really exceeds all my expectations if that's the case.

What do you all think happened to poor Bersicker ? Speculation only, please, no spoilers.

You don't win D&D by pissing off the DM, you win D&D by having a good time with your friends. <3

Catch me SCREAMING in the subway for a PLOT TWIST from a 1897 book. NOT THE FLOWERS C'MON!!!

Help. Someone quoted a letter from Mina for September 18, but I didn't receive it. I got two emails for September 18... Am I missing one or did the blogger get the date wrong?

Also, tangentially, y'all are either a lot smarter than me (likely) or this potentially missing email bridges some gaps bc y'all are putting stuff together I am missing.

me hanging out with black people in the summer: “aye, yall don’t forget to put on sunscreen”

them: