Guys I think this is hopeless there’s no way we can defeat the Count—OH MY GOD ITS QUINCEY MORRIS WITH A STEEL CHAIR

CW: Death

Dracula Daily sketches for November 6th.

In which events converge.

ONE LAST TIME….

I knew it was coming but Fs in the chat for our man Quincey. You lived a good life and you did so well to help your friends.

You will never be forgotten, Quincey cowboy-in-a-vampire-novel Morris.

It is so so satisfying to see Jonathan be the one to deal the finishing blow (yes, yes, Quincey too but this is about the parallels, shush).

The first time he tried with a shovel and couldn't do it out of terror (and maybe because of a trance) but now he finally got to do it! He got his revenge, he got his justice, and he ended Dracula's reign of terror over his loved ones.

I'm quite proud of him for finding the strenght.

The rest of the Drac Attack Pack: -clearly struggling to get through the people to get to Dracula-

Jonathan mad-eyes-knife-man Harker:

Dracula's aides, seeing Jonathan advancing with a mad glint in his eyes: NOPE. You can have the Count I'm out!

I love how out of everything this post will probably be my legacy

Also found this which is cute. I don't even drink wine but I want it

October 11th

Feeling my heart break right next to Sewards w every word he writes about how Jonathan's voice broke while reading the rites and promising Mina he'll kill her if the worst comes to be.

Here's the promised posts from the book:

Page 77 Link

Page 259 Link

Page 265 Link

this means I have to start posting again doesn't it?

so much for keeping my hermit ways lol

I found one of my posts

gonna screen them later for the fond memories but for now too busy being excited

THE BOOK IS HERE!

oh my god I'm so happy rn

Guys

Guys I got the book!

THE BOOK IS HERE!

oh my god I'm so happy rn

Guys

Guys I got the book!

By the way, 50-something, strong Van Helsing insisting that skinny wet cat Seward is stronger than him will never not be hilarious.

So we watched "The Last Voyage of Demeter" (2023)

Not gonna lie, we've been looking forward to this one for months now ever since we first saw the trailer. Now as for whether it held out or not...

Plot Accuracy: 7, now honestly it almost was a solid 8 because they actually put some Demeter quotes from the book logs, as well as used correct character names and death order. However, the addition of 2-3 new characters (doctor, mystery lady, and the kid) threw us off a bit ngl. I would have still put it at a solid 8 up until the halfway point despite it though if not for the last 40ish minutes or so. The whole point of the Demeter was that is was a tragedy. These people never had a chance to make it out alive and the start of the movie even comments on that by saying there were no survivors. Whoever directed this movie clearly disagreed with that narrative because guess how the movie ends. But I did love how it captured the horror of the experience and did mostly follow the plot because that part was honestly well done.

Movie plot: 6, sadly. The aforementioned end of the movie is mostly to blame for that. Like I said it does follow book plot quite well overall and it is a well made supernatural boat mystery/horror. I honestly love the cgi, music, and atmosphere. I've seen people say they're put off by the way Dracula looks, and while I do agree to an extend I do love how much it reminds you of Nosferatu (1922) design for Drac. Having him look so gargoyle-like was honestly p neat, even if keeping that design after he came to Britain was... a choice. Very Van Helsing (2004) as Kal would say. Honestly we were very much vibing w the movie up until around the halfway point.

Look the actors gave their best but the movie just fell... flat. I don't know whether it was the dialogue or the very caricature-like characters or even the three added characters but I honestly had a hard time getting myself to care for them. Kal says it's because of the false hope they try to give you with 'maybe they'll live' despite knowing how it ends, but I say it's a bit more than that. Also the 'lone survivor seeking revenge' ending just begging for a sequel? Look, I could forgive the lady lasting that long before turning because of the blood transfusion, we see the same thing happening in the original with Lucy; but I can't explain the sheer disappointment we experienced seeing the doctor survive to the end.

Like if I went into this movie not knowing anything about Dracula I would have made a few jokes about it being cliche and put it under 'cool looking but unmemorable movie'; but as a Dracula fan? Do expect some frustration with it if you wanted it to be a true adaptation.

I'm treating it the same way I do Dracula (2020). Cherrypicking which parts of it I consider canon and ignoring everything else. Just get rid of the new characters and the movie is honestly p neat. Not as good as I expected but we definitively saw worse things that I can tell you.