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thebibi · 1 year
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It's really funny actually that the guy reminding Jack to write in his diary doesn't seem to keep one himself. Van Helsing King of assigning homework he'd never do himself.
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thebibi · 3 months
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Baby's Day Out but its Van Helsing trying to keep Quincey Jr alive while investigating the local urban legend
Van Helsing: *keeps baby in a carrier strapped to his chest for maximum security*
Also Van Helsing: Ok, I'll put him down behind this tombstone just because it might be dangerous. I won't be gone longer than a few minutes.
Quincey Jr: Ghost is bright and shiny. *crawls towards mysterious floating light*
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thebibi · 7 months
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Things that Adaptions have robbed us from #5829:
Van Helsing having red hair! He doesn't have gray hair yet, which should tell you he's on the younger side of being "old"!
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thebibi · 7 months
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Sucking Gangrene Out of a Wound
So last year, there was this feeling of incredulousness about Van Helsing's little story about how Jack saved his life! People had heard of sucking poison out of a wound, but actual gangrene? Jack must have used medical equipment right? He didn't actually use his mouth, RIGHT??
Unfortunately for all of you lovely readers, not only didJack suck the "gangrenous blood" from Van Helsing using his mouth , but its very likely Bram Stoker really did mean it in earnest! Because SCIENCE. Those sciencifically minded bros were SO OPEN MINDED!!
I had the unfortunate displeasure of reading excerpts from this book on Victorian medical history, about all the ways doctors and surgeons had to be incredibly quick thinking and open minded as to not, y'know, kill their patients. One of the famous examples given is of Eric Erichsen, chief surgeon at London's University College Hospital, who used his mouth to suck out infectious blockage from a woman's throat. Yup you heard that right! HIS MOUTH.
Literally, a woman came in for surgery because she had a blocked larynx, most likely laryngitis that had gone on way too long. And during surgery Erichsen realized even though he cut through her throat, the offending material was difficult to get out. So he just used his God give mouth and OH MY GOD GROSS. Anyway, she survived the operation??? He died when he was 78 so this operation didn't impact his health AT ALL??? Yeah.
So anway....yeah. Do I think Bram Stoker knew of this case? No, although three of his brothers were medical doctors. People have also suggested Thornley Stoker was the direct inspiration for Van Helsing because of implied spoilers. But I think he had heard of enough similar tales of surgery gone wrong that it doesn't seem too out of place.
Of course that's not even touching the thematic and symbolic importance of blood sucking in a novel all about Blood Sucking....Either way, yes it would have been entirely possible for Jack to really save Van Helsing's life from succumbing to gangrene. Everyone say Thank You Jack!
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thebibi · 7 months
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thebibi · 4 months
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One of things I still find so interesting about the original outline of Dracula is the inclusion of the Count into upper class society, particularly related to Jack.
Since Arthur doesn't exist in the outline, Jack is the one engaged to Lucy. And there's a part before she gets bitten, where she feels uncomfortable about the creepy house next to the asylum, and Jack tells her he would need permission to check it out. Later on she still gets bitten, but Jack in the meanwhile invites his new neighbor, Dracula for his dinner party. These two moments strongly imply how Jack is in many ways Dracula's true accomplice in the story. Jack welcomes him as as an equal, even though his fiancee suffers and later dies by Dracula's hand.
Of course we don't know what the whole story would have looked like. For one, it makes Lucy's death more tragic: if only Jack listened to Lucy, then maybe everything else would be different. However, Jack still tries to save her after getting bitten, and later after her death he and the Professor vow to find out the truth. But I can't help but wonder how different the book would have been if this subplot had remained in the final novel.
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thebibi · 7 months
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Yeah sex is cool but has anyone ever dragged you into another room so they could have a safe space to break down, raising their hand above their head in mute despair, helplessly beating their palms together, finally sitting down and putting their hands before their face, sobbing from the very racking of their heart??
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thebibi · 7 months
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To them I say: "Pouf!"' And he snapped his fingers at me and went on: 'But you and I shall show them how wrong they are. How can he'—and he pointed at me with the same look and gesture as that with which once he pointed me out to his class, on, or rather after, a particular occasion which he never fails to remind me of—
POV you are a student in Van Helsing's class and you just saw him point out and tease the foreign exchange student for the 10th time this session
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thebibi · 6 months
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Jack Seward really said he'd rather be in the hit tv show Hannibal and have an older man be psychosexually obssessed with him than be part of the hit novel Dracula's and deal with his crush coming back from the dead
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thebibi · 7 months
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Personally I think its entirely adorable how Van Helsing never became angry at Jack. He softly woke him up with a headpat before going in to see Lucy, and with no urgency or admonishment in his voice. And when he saw how dire the situation is, he doesn't say "you screwed up!", but he says "our work has been undone", implying it is his fault just as much as Jack's.
And when Van Helsing stops him from giving more blood to Lucy, its because he can see just how exhausted the younger man is. Also, if Jack gave the full extent of blood as Arthur had, he would feel guilty later being unable to help for at least a few days. Van Helsing may have assumed too much of Jack previously, but at least he corrects himself now by explicitly telling him to rest and recover. Which is very soft, to me, personally.
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thebibi · 7 months
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Jack Seward: Vampire Coded
I really like the theory of Jack being vampire-coded, not only because he is a foil of Dracula but because it shows how the abuse of power can come from within the house (or rather within the asylum). So here is a list of vampire-like traits he's exhibited so far:
-Has a good forehead and strong jaw, just like Dracula is described as having a prominent forehead and "strong chin"
-Doesn't sleep at night except for the help of chlloral
-Monologues about the "natural order of things". Dracula with his lineage and warrior blood and Jack with his superior rationality over Renfield.
-Jack is described by Lucy as having an intense stare and wanting to psychoanalyze her (later Renfield), which implicitly recalls how Dracula has power over Lucy through his hypnotizing red eyes.
-Uses a lancet, which is a small instrument for blood letting. Speaking of blood, he describes Renfield as having a "sanguine" temperament twice. What's next, drinking blood?
-Feels lonely and compelled to love someone, just like Dracula wants to "love" Jonathan. Now this is pretty interesting -- Jack is more like a gothic brooding hero that Dracula tries to be in a lot of media adaptations. He's in love with Lucy and yet he uses Renfield as a replacement.
-Being alone vs being lonely. Dracula is lonely, even though he lives with three vampire women who are familiar with him. Jack has friends who he keeps at a distance because of unrequited love. Of course this is a bit of a stretch as we tend to think of all three suitors as a parallel to the vampire women, but I'm throwing this in anway.
Again, this isn't like definitive, but I thought it was interesting!
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thebibi · 11 months
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My sister, who got me into Dracula in the first place, has an interesting theory about Quincey Morris. Which is that, he was initially befriended by Arthur/Arthur's family as an entertainer or showman rather than just on wealth and status alone, similar to how Buffalo Bill made his fortune travelling around Europe.
In late Victorian England there were artists, writers, entrepreneurs, etc who the wealthy could give patronage to in return for greater exposure and fame. In this sense, Quincey could be an expert adventurer, who's rubbed enough elbows with the rich since adolescence that no one questions why he's there. Of course this doesn't change how he's friends with Arthur and Jack, and it gives them more of a reason to travel together and rely on his expertise.
This does explains a couple of things that leave Quincey's background vague to me. For example, Quincey's exaggerated accent when he proposed to Lucy, and in general her describing him as a storyteller. If we assume he was based off of the real Buffalo Bill, it makes sense he would know how to turn on the accent and put on a good show when necessary. It also explains why regardless of him being a storyteller, he has none to tell the rest of the Crew, because its part of his "entertainer" persona and not a real part of his personality. But being an adventurer/hunter by profession, he's still quick with a gun and knows how to hunt Dracula.
The only negative side to this theory is his age, because we know Jack groups Quincey, Arthur, and Jonathan together as "younger men". If he was making an independent name for himself he might be older. There's also his monetary support for the rest of the Crew while travelling. But then again most of the things he purchased where related to hunting and travel anyway, including the travellers typewriter he gifted Mina.
Anyway, I have no clue if Stoker had any additional notes regarding Quincey's background, but I know he was originally more of an inventor type character who wouldn't be out of place as a showman. There is definitely room to embellish Quincey's background differently if that means giving him a role in future adaptions.
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thebibi · 1 year
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Obssessed with the idea that Jack missed his phonograph so much and Jonathan was too deep in murder mode and Mina was sleeping that NONE of them recorded any shenanigans that may have happened during this two week period
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thebibi · 9 months
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Jack, sweetie, don't you have any other patients to worry about 🤨
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