#c: jonathan harker (dracula)
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Forgot just how much I love not only Jonathan's return to his journal (hooray!), but also just how immediate the turn from 'absolute wreck of self-doubt' to 'Oh, the unholy supernatural peril is real? Cool, that means I get to break out Vendetta Mode (tm) and finish what the shovel started :)'
Sometimes all it takes is knowing you can kill your demons (literal) to vastly improve your mental health (✿◡‿◡)
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to me it is evident that jonathan already knows that his situation is precarious at best and actively dangerous at worst. all the "he doesnt see the red flags" stuff that people used to say about him is utter nonsense.
he recognizes that drac is purposefully keeping him awake at night and, while he doesnt remark upon his suspicions, his wording and choice of details to include (e.g. drac going "you must be less interesting, so i don't keep you awake", which is more a reflection on drac being a bad host than on any fault of jonathan's) makes it clear that he understands that this is done on purpose and not by accident.
he keeps taking note of situations in which he would expect to see other people, but doesn't. he is aware that he is isolated and alone with a dangerous man (he took special care to highlight drac's unnatural strength and cold skin, the nauseating feeling he got upon being too close during that first supper, and he keeps taking note of any incident in which drac makes him feel uneasy - the nasty smiles, the way drac comes and goes without letting jonathan know when to expect him).
he is wants to be the model picture of an english gentleman guest, trying not to snoop and wander about the castle, when he doesn't have his host's permission. still, he can't help himself but try the doors, and the second door he tries is already locked (which is, of course, important in conjunction with the fact that drac tells him that he wouldnt wish to go anywhere that was behind a locked door, anyways). additionally, he notices that there are no mirrors, which he tries to frame as "oh, i am lacking one of the comforts i am used to, haha, sure weird that these transylvanian people don't have those", but it gives him pause - especially, considering the obvious wealth and opulence he is otherwise surrounded with.
to me this all reads as a continuation of that sentiment from may 4th where he already penned down that if he doesn't make it back himself, he hopes that his journal does (and that one of the last sentiments he wished to convey was his love for mina, i am still not okay about that). obviously, he isn't yet at the point where he wants to give shape to his fears by outright writing them down, but he is meticulously keeping track of all those red flags people joke about him missing. if he wasn't, he wouldn't be writing them down. their inclusion in his journal shows that jonathan knows what's going on (with the limited information he has, obviously), shows his wariness of his host, and shows that he isn't sure if he will safely return to mina.
#dracula daily#c: jonathan harker (dracula)#i am not okay about this boy#quick somebody give him more garlic flowers and crucifixes
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The subtlety of gothic horror today is brought by a caring old lady trying to save Jonathan from what could be a certain death.
Because, here is what we have to understand. The readers know that count Dracula is a vampire, and we have a general idea about how they work, and how they feed, but Jonathan doesnt.
This is the first time that Jonathan traveled outside of his home country. It's the first time he encounters other people who are culturally different than the English. This is exemplified with Jonathan knowing what the date is, but not caring enough about the meaning behind it, and him not knowing how important a crucifix is in these lands.
Specially since the old lady is practically warning him to not travel today because he is in danger. Both the readers, and the old lady know the actual danger, but again Jonathan doesn't. Even if he knows that the warnings are serious, Jonathan can't simply wait for something that is framed as a very important duty.
Jonathan can't be convinced, so the old lady cries for him. This poor old lady is just truly trying to save a young man who just started his life, and the horror sinks in when one thinks about the possibilities of how many times she has done this.
"Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?" - Old lady, may 4.
How many times has she fruitlessly tried to protect young people with a single crucifix as she sends them to what could be their doom?
#I have to remark that for what we read today Jonathan is very serious about his duty#If he has to go then he must go#So Jonathan simply can't wait#But at least the poor lady tried#Also another Mina mention! Jonathan must really like her if he is writing for her C:#dracula daily#dracula#jonathan harker
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ah… my concern with signing up for dracula daily this year after missing out on it last year was that there wouldn't be as much draculaposting since everyone got it all out last time around, but now it has been displaced by the concern that a good chunk of this year's draculaposting is just going to be reread commentary with the well-meaning but slightly alienating energy of that one friend who's already seen the show you're watching and keeps making Unsubtle Pointed Remarks during every scene
#dracula daily#the “hee hoo i hope nothing happens to my pal jonathan on his trip! :)c” genre of posts is a fun bit of silliness#but i think it is extra silly as some kind of DD reader inside joke for the fact that It Is Dracula My Guy !#i do not think you need to have become pals with jonathan last year to know that something happens to him on his trip#anyway mr. harker is caught in a time loop To You#i have just met the guy and all i know about him so far is that he collects recipes and judges women's appearances
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2 days since we last heard from our good friend Jonathan Harker.
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Do you have ao3?
Yeah, I'm EarthGirl. :)
#I don't know what fandom you're from anon#The C/Fe first time isn't there#though some other C/Fe fics are#if you're from the Dracula Daily fandom#I'm the one who wrote Gothic Heroine Jonathan Harker
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In honor of Dracula Daily starting again, I thought I'd share with you ...
What you need:
6 chicken drumsticks (or an entire chicken)
3 onions
4 garlic cloves
3 paprika peppers (of any color)
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
800g (1,6 lbs) peeled tomatoes
Chili powder (as you like)
100 ml (a little less than 1/2 cup of) cream
3 tea spoons of sweet paprika powder
3 tea spoons of hot paprika powder
2 tea spoons of (corn)starch
a pinch of sugar
salt & pepper
What to do:
preheat the stove to 150°C (302°F)
meanwhile, peel the onions and garlic cloves, and cut them into cubes.
Wash the paprika peppers, remove the pips and cut them into cubes as well.
Wash and dry the chicken, then sear it. Add the onions and paprika peppers, then the garlic and roast them for two minutes.
Add tomato paste and peeled tomatoes.
Add paprika powder, salt, pepper and sugar.
Add chili powder (a little, a lot ... depends on whether or not you want to have the Jonathan Harker experience of chugging water all night)
Put it in the stove in a closed pan for 2h and let it simmer.
Then take it out, add cream and make it boil while stirring.
Bind with starch.
If necessary, flavor with salt, pepper and chili powder.
Goes well with:
rice
potatoes
a salad
Have fun trying it out! Oh, and please note: the garlic used in this dish could be effective against vampiric attacks, so it's better to use too much than too little. For your safety.
(source)
#dracula daily#dracula#minas paprika hendl#jonathan harker#I hope I translated everything correctly#recipe
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There's something about Sister Agatha's letter that just gets me. Jonathan asking her to write to his boss to apologise for the delay after he's been held captive by a monster for two months is just. Ugh. It's lowkey sad to know that part of him is still that earnest young man, always trying to do his best, but then his encounter with Dracula has changed him forever, giving him what is probably PTSD/C-PTSD and a lot of damage. He'll never be just a young lawyer striving for his family, part of him/his identity will be tied to Dracula (being Dracula's victim), but he's already trying so hard to move on, already thinking of his job. It's not necessarily a good thing? You're having a brain fever, Mister Harker. And you worry even more about the state of mind he's in, to try and hurry on even when it seems like he still has a long way to go in recovery.
But then, you have that part where Agatha says "oh he's told me everything about you Ms Murray" and where even she admits Jonathan has "won all hearts by his sweetness and gentleness". And you think, oh, the old Jonathan, the sweet kind man we've all come to know and love is still there despite all the pain he's been through, and maybe there's really hope for him and for everyone, that things will get better slowly but surely.
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As promised, here’s my Hungarian great-grandma’s chicken paprikas recipe for anyone who is interested! This is the same “paprika hendl” dish that Jonathan Harker eats at the beginning of Dracula.
Chicken:
1 lg yellow onion, chopped
2 T. shortening or oil
1 1/2 T. Hungarian paprika (we use “Budapest Best”)
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
Approx. 3 lbs. chicken, cut in pieces (boneless thighs work really well)
1 1/2 c. hot water
1/2 pint sour cream
Saute onion in shortening or canola oil; add salt, black pepper, paprika, and chicken; saute about 10 minutes (5 on each side). Add water, cover and simmer slowly until chicken is tender--about 1 hour. Remove chicken and debone. Add sour cream to pan sauce and mix well. Add dumplings and chicken. Heat through and serve in bowls. Serves 4-6.
Dumplings (Gombo):
3 eggs, beaten
3 cups flour
3 T. sour cream
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. water
Mix eggs, sour cream, salt, and water. Beat in flour. Drop batter by teaspoonfuls into boiling water (careful of splashing boiling water!) Cook about 10 minutes. Drain. Rinse with cold water before adding to paprika chicken mixture.
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🦇Preorders for Jonathan Harker’s Adventures in Castle Dracula are officially OPEN 🦇
Happy October everyone :D
Preorder’s will be open Oct 1- Oct 8 which should give me enough time to ship out before Halloween.
🦇$10—physical copy (with $4 US shipping—DM me if you need a non-US shipping rate calculated <3)
🦇FREE—pdf digital download
🦇$1 and for a buck I’ve decided to let you guys have access to a copy of one of the only five remaining original psd files from 2017, allowing you to remove our good friend Bram Stoker’s head and reveal Jonathan in all his silly cartoon glory lol.
Plus I scribbled out a bunch of these little bastards, so everyone who grabs a physical copy will get at least one, completely unique, little Count sticker stowing away in their package hehe >:^)c
I am susceptible to bribes for more stickers. I am susceptible to bribes for a specific sticker. I am susceptible to bribes for a different character as a sticker
Love and thanks to everyone who has enjoyed these little comics and encouraged me to have them reprinted 💕✌🏼
🦇Reblogs greatly appreciated🦇
#dracula#daily dracula#dracula daily#zines#I feel like I need do a little disclaimer re: these files are from 2017– the print quality is not going to be stellar on these books. which#I think you guys are aware of already? but yeah like 21/26 of these are low res jpegs that got transferred between at least three flash#drives and two comupters lol. I didnt even know I still had the few psds until like last week when I rediscovered them#tried my best to clean them up before uploading them for print but there is only so much one can do#a couple of the ones I posted are actually screenshots from the 2018 print pdf lmao cuz I couldn't even find the original jpegs at the time#BUT I will give you stickers to make up for it <3 and my love <3 and access to jonathan's cartoon penis <3 lol he has like one ball#jonathan harker's adventures in castle dracula
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I mean. Don't let other people tell you what to think. Your reading is very valid that the Romani man DID try to help Jonathan.
Only one person truly contradicts this, and that person (Dracula) is a known manipulator and liar.
Oh trust me, as the years have gone by and I've learned more about all the xenophobic nonsense Stoker carried with him into his book I am willfully committing to the interpretation(s) that:
A) those guys had no idea Dracula was a vampire and thought they were helping this silly foreigner out
B) Dracula somehow sniffed out the letters the head foreman/mover-guy/whatever-the-job-title-is was carrying and took them by force (or by lying and saying that they were meant for him)
C) maybe these guys knew Dracula was a vampire, but when the vampire who's held the region in the grip of terror for centuries taps you on the shoulder and politely asks you to hand over a letter you're carrying from his prisoner guest, you wince and hand it over. Sorry mate, but I've got family at home, I'm not sticking my neck out for a complete stranger. Looks like you're on your own.
Anyway regardless of which interpretation you pick I will forever stand by the fact that those Roma gents had no malicious intent towards Harker (or non-fear-based allegiance towards Dracula) whatsoever. They're just a bunch of guys hired for a job and desperately telling themselves "not my circus, not my monkeys" while the Gothic horror happens around them. Any insinuations Stoker makes otherwise are strictly a product of his Victorian British prejudices.
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Something that's a consistent trait of Jonathan's is that when he's got a "target", he's laser-focused.
He's got to be the boss once his own passes away? Doesn't matter if he's gravely ill, he will go into workaholic mode if it's what will keep the business afloat.
He's got to find 50 boxes across London? He'll put on blinders for everything else until he's completed the assigned task to perfection, even if he must do a thing he hates.
He loathes someone? His hate is wholly clasped onto them like a pit's jaws. He is not taking it out on anyone else, no matter how mad he is, he'll quietly seethe alone, because his hate is not to be shared with anyone but his enemy.
He's in love with someone? His romantic love and desires are hyper-focused on them. So is it any wonder that he won't relent to allures, even vampiric ones?
Our good friend Jonathan Harker acts at 0 or 100 on all things, there is no in-between
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jonathan and mina deciding together that they want to learn shorthand and cheering each other on and writing little letters to each other is so cuuuute
it's like that thing you do with your best friend of going "let's get our own little secret language that nobody else will understand". i bet they sent each other little messages during the day a la "dear jonathan, little james spilt ink all over his shirt today and it reminded me of that time you were writing an urgent letter for mr. hawkins and in your haste toppled the inkwell right upon finishing the last stroke of your pen. you were so very flustered! please don't forget to take breaks from your studies, yours in love, mina" and "dear mina, for lunch today i went to a delightful little place with mr. hawkins that we simply must visit together soon! can't wait to see you in the evening, yours forever, jonathan"
my little nerds being all in love ;^;
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This entry is so ominous, just like the log of the Demeter yesterday. Both entries have the same "calm before the storm feeling" now that Mina is starting to worry about the two people she loves the most, and how these two people are in a vulnerable position now. It is so unsettling how Dracula isn't even there yet, and the tone changes to worry and tensioned. Everything is preparing itself for the terrifying arrival of the count.
#Mina yesterday: Oh boy nice little town and graveyards and tales about ghosts c:#Mina today: where the fuck is Jonathan and I have to take care of Lucy#dracula daily#mina murray#jonathan harker#lucy westenra#count dracula
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GUYS GUESS WHAT 💥
we now have a bracket! poll times are hit or miss. we'll see
your matchups are under the cut vvv
PART A
Viola/Cesario (Twelfth Night) vs Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Medea (Greek mythology) vs Benedick and Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
Grantaire (Les Miserables) vs Prince Hal (the Henriad)
Enjolras (Les Miserables) vs Clopin Trouillefou (Notre Dame de Paris)
Milady de Winter (The Count of Monte Cristo) vs Don Rodigue (Spanish folktales)
Mephistopheles (Faust) vs Big Brother (1984)
Jean Valjean (Les Miserables) vs Queequeg (Moby Dick)
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) vs Jesus and Judas (the Bible)
PART B
Sherlock Holmes (the Sherlock Holmes books) vs Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)
Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights) vs Jonathan and Mina Harker (Dracula)
Cathy Ames (East of Eden) vs Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
Arsene Lupin (the Arsene Lupin books) vs Eugene Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice) vs Gregor Samsa (The Metamorphosis)
Ivan Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov) vs Frankenstein's Monster/Adam (Frankenstein)
Therem Harth Ir Em Estraven (The Left Hand of Darkness) vs Eugene de Rastignac (The Human Comedy)
Winston Smith (1984) vs Inspector Goole (An Inspector Calls)
PART C
Quincey Morris (Dracula) vs Count Dracula (Dracula)
Annabel Lee (Annabel Lee) vs the Woman Behind the Wallpaper (The Yellow Wallpaper)
the Duke de Nemours (La Princess de Cleves) vs Dorian Gray and Basil Hallward (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet) vs Carmilla (Carmilla)
Hotspur (the Henriad) vs Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Hamlet (Hamlet) vs Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Alyosha Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov) vs Robin Hood (assorted folktales)
Grendel's mother (Beowulf) vs Rodion Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment)
PART D
Dmitri Razumikhin (Crime and Punishment) vs Balladyna (Balladyna)
Benedetto (The Count of Monte Cristo) vs Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
Gerald Croft (An Inspector Calls) vs Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby)
Irene Adler (the Sherlock Holmes books) vs Emma Bovary (Madame Bovary)
Erik/the Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera) vs Gaspard Caderousse (The Count of Monte Cristo)
Woland (The Master and Margarita) vs Nastasya Filippovna (The Idiot)
Henry Jekyll (The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) vs Ruy Blas (Ruy Blas)
Behemoth (The Master and Margarita) vs Anatole Kuragin and Helene Bezukova (War and Peace)
#lesgooooooo#rip beatty he died for the bracket to go up#still mourning his loss tbh#anyways#classic lit sexyperson bracket#tournament poll#let's see if depression holds up i guess??????
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Thinking about class dynamics in the Crew of Light. Some of this is my own headcanon because we don’t have much confirmed information about Jonathan and Mina’s backgrounds
TL;DR: Jonathan and Mina’s lack of self-advocacy could be explained by the rest of the group’s relative superiority over them.
AKA: LET THE HARKERS SPEAK!!
Jonathan and Mina grew up parentless, their closest person to a living relative being Mr. Hawkins (I know we don’t explicitly get told Jonathan is an orphan, but his parents are never brought up, so I assume he and Mina are in the same boat.) I don’t know how early Hawkins came into the picture providing for them, but it is important to note he hadn’t officially adopted either of them until he was dying. They are well-off now because of Hawkins’ inheritance. Mina mentioning that implies they weren’t before.
Both of them refer to the rest of the group formally: Dr. Seward, Mr. Morris, Lord Godalming, Dr. Van Helsing/the Professor. In a way, it’s kind of implied that they both take a subordinate role in the group.
Jack refers to Jonathan as simply “Harker” and Mina “Mrs. Harker” to distinguish them. That’s a bit more formal than how he calls Arthur and Quincey by their names (later adjusting Arthur to Godalming bc of social rules :/) but it’s more like how you would refer to your coworkers.
There’s a sort of imbalance. I know Seward isn’t exactly a noble, but he does own and run a whole hospital, he’s gotta have cash. Quincey I'm not sure about, but considering he is best friends with an English lord, even if he’s got not a penny to his name, he skips the pleasantries (also the American character of course is not held to the same standards of etiquette as the rest). Arthur is a Lord. I don’t know Van Helsing’s socio-economic standing, but he’s older than all the rest of them and so receives the most reverence.
Seeing as the Harkers arrive late (and their relationship to Lucy is largely undermined by the suitors), no matter how much work they put in, they are not in the position to really fight on any big decisions. Van Helsing calls the shots, and Arthur and Seward are just naturally higher in rank than the Harkers. Quincey doesn’t talk much, but when he does, he’s acknowledged.
Jonathan and Mina have problems being open with the group. Quincey might not talk much, but they don’t talk at all. When Mina is left out, she bites her tongue and stays quiet for their sake (she looks to Jonathan, but Jonathan is worried for her safety as a man who has lived through the worst of it and doesn’t even know that this isn’t a relief to her). Then, later, both are left behind for a day, and when Van Helsing plans the chase after Dracula, he plans to leave them out for that, as well. Jonathan does not argue and only says he’ll talk it over with Mina, but he and Mina are both very much not content to be left behind when they, too, swore to kill Dracula.
But finally, it’s Mina to break the silence. All this time, the rest of the group, however passively, have been undermining the Harkers’s say over how they get to help. Jonathan was being left because Van Helsing decided Mina needs someone to guard her and her husband is the best choice, but also, Jonathan is just the easiest person for Van Helsing to dismiss. Jonathan’s suffering is distant, and in Van Helsing’s eyes, he’s cured already anyway. But he isn’t. He’s still having nightmares and he is the most vicious of their party when it comes to the Count - he wants vengeance. And while Mina’s suffering is recent, Van Helsing is satisfied with leaving her behind for about the same reasons as before: she’s a woman.
Meanwhile, he’s taking his merry band of men because the three suitors have proven themselves to him. They all witnessed Lucy, so they are worthy of killing the Count because they were all robbed of her sweetness (kinda :/ chauvinistic but).
We don’t know Jonathan’s relationship with Lucy (she refers to him by first name but whether that is personal closeness or closeness by proxy is up to headcanon [he would be invited to tea with the girls though, that’s important to note]), but we do know that Mina and Lucy were best friends. They were incredibly close and Mina was so competent with keeping Lucy safe that Jack remarks if she and Jonathan were in London, Lucy might not have died. Arthur acknowledges Mina’s love for Lucy as he does Jack’s and Quincey’s, but his hurt takes priority over Mina’s in that scene. Mina is not permitted to avenge Lucy or her husband or even herself because she is a woman, and for so long, she and Jonathan did not contest it because they didn’t feel like they could speak up.
No matter how much camaraderie develops in the Crew of Light, it always reads as two teams smushed together. Van Helsing and the suitors might know the Harkers from the journals and letters and a few interactions that exemplified their strong characters, but they don’t ever seem to truly understand them. Even till the very end.
#dracula#dracula daily#dracula rant#rant#is this a rant? it feels like an unplanned essay#jonathan harker#mina harker#mina murray#van helsing#abraham van helsing#the suitors as well? they are less focused upon#LET THE HARKERS SPEAK!
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