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Last year I found contemporary photos for each part of Jonathan's journey to Transylvania. This year, I thought I might go one better. Sound on.

Some notes under the cut.

All clips are from the 1890s (mostly Lumière footage) except Exeter and Romania, which are from 1935, as I couldn't find anything earlier. I tried to avoid anything obviously anachronistic in those shots but I might have missed things.

Peleș Castle is standing in for Castle Dracula. It's not in Transylvania but it is in the Carpathians, and I couldn't resist the shot of it peeking out through the trees. It was built between 1873 and 1914 but 1890s postcards show it as mostly complete.

Bram Stoker doesn't specify how Jonathan gets from London to Munich. The route via Brussels was suggested by Cook's Continental Time Table, Steamship and Air Services Guide 1892 and gave me an excuse to include the train pulling into Cologne (#trainfiend).

The music is this version of the Jonathan Creek theme tune, which is an adaptation of Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre.

The title card is from Copycat Films.

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Abbott Elementary – 3.11: Double Date

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I love how deeply pleasant Manny is at every turn. It is so much funnier than if he was a jerk or obnoxious in any way. He’s just unflinchingly nice.

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Me watching the new episode of Abbot Elementary:

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"why can't they just be friends" not in the homophobic way but in the "their platonic relationship in the source material is far more dynamic and complex than the sanitized personalities they gain as a result of shipping" way

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Yall are nuts, I’m 100% cutting paprika 😂😂

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a lot of YA and fantasy stuff has always been a little cringe and silly but at least it used to be cringe from the heart instead of designed in a lab to get teens on tiktok to use a certain sentence from it

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the doctor emotionally monologuing at the daleks and then it cutting to shots like this is one of my favorite parts of dw

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For Americans who are upset with proIsrael ads being aired during Superbowl while a genocide is taking place -

Regarding filing a complaint -

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not burdge posting in 2024 MY GOD

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The way they're acting like "ceasefire" means "go blow yourselves up" is just. A ceasefire is nothing. It's less than the bare minimum. It's not "rebuild what you destroyed." It's not "pay the victims remaining of the families you killed." It's not "rehabilitate Gaza." It's not any of the demands that could be made in this situation. It's just... Stop. Stop killing them. And even that is treated like it's so fucking extreme and if you call for it you must want Jews to die. Politicians with an agenda can really demonize anything.

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When Urasawa gives people smile lines it makes my whole day. No more baby smooth 40 year olds or same faced syndromed teens. People do have creases on their mouths. He makes it look so natural too. Urasawa stylization is so nice. Anyway I've been shoving Pluto down people's throats like a sugar pill.

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thinking about Bunny with all of his faults, and terrible jokes and humour in general, just absolutely loving Henry the most out of everyone in the entire world and him being the one that Henry killed with his bare hands

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“Robert Pattinson showed up with iPhone voice recordings and had already nailed the voice for ‘THE BOY AND THE HERON’ before recording started. It was his first ever voice role and he finished in 2 days.” (source)