Two Times Abraham Van Helsing Saved Arthur Holmwood from the Vampire Lucy Westenra
Manga Classics: Dracula | Art by Virginia Nitouhei | Story Adaptation by Stacy King
September 20 - Lucy's deathbed moments before she dies
"Arthur! Oh, my love, I am so glad you have come! Kiss me!" Arthur bent eagerly over to kiss her; but at that instant Van Helsing, who, like me, had been startled by her voice, swooped upon him, and catching him by the neck with both hands, dragged him back with a fury of strength which I never thought he could have possessed, and actually hurled him almost across the room.
"Not for your life!" he said; "not for your living soul and hers!" And he stood between them like a lion at bay.
September 29 - Lucy's tomb after her death and resurrection
"Come to me, Arthur. Leave these others and come to me. My arms are hungry for you. Come, and we can rest together. Come, my husband, come!"
There was something diabolically sweet in her tones鈥攕omething of the tingling of glass when struck鈥攚hich rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another. As for Arthur, he seemed under a spell; moving his hands from his face, he opened wide his arms. She was leaping for them, when Van Helsing sprang forward and held between them his little golden crucifix.
Right?? VH is the one character who gets a full physical description and the mangaka turns into generic moustache man and 24/7 serious馃様 where's my man's whimsy and red hair and struggle to get the local slang and everything else that distinguishes him from the English ppl
((This is related to the Dracula mangaka doing Van Helsing dirty))
Right?? It's such a generic character design. I feel like not many people give him his dues and just strip his personality. Like Jack's design isn't my favourite but it's still inspired, I feel. But yeah what about Van Helsing's iconic dialogue??? He has SO MUCH personality in the book and in the manga it's just like...basic bitch exposition. LOL
If anyone is interested, Dracula has been turned into a manga by Manga Classics!! It鈥檚 an almost perfectly faithful rendition from the novel! It鈥檚 been so fun to go from reading Dracula Daily to reading the manga!!
(The last pic is a bonus because Quincey is hot in it)
Two Times a Westenra Died at the Hands of Dracula in Lucy Westenra's Bed
Manga Classics: Dracula | Art by Virginia Nitouhei | Story Adaptation by Stacy King
September 17 - Mrs Westenra
The air seems full of specks, floating and circling in the draught from the window, and the lights burn blue and dim. What am I to do? God shield me from harm this night! I shall hide this paper in my breast, where they shall find it when they come to lay me out. My dear mother gone! It is time that I go too.
September 20 - Lucy Westenra
Death had given back part of her beauty, for her brow and cheeks had recovered some of their flowing lines; even the lips had lost their deadly pallor. It was as if the blood, no longer needed for the working of the heart, had gone to make the harshness of death as little rude as might be.