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My sexy mad man villain is back in this Moon Knight deleted scene!!😍❤️ https://youtu.be/f37cJulK0uo?si=1u01qh0yw7lPt-U-

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Texts From Superheroes

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hickey is captain crozier’s silly rabbit

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A piece I made for @netamashii once upon a time

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I sort of also like to imagine that the Harkers eventually modify their shorthand from standard Pitman’s to something only the two of them understand, because that seems like a thing they would do.

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As Dracula Daily 2024 approaches, have a pre-horrors Jonathan! As a treat. I’m sure his business trip will go well this time. :)

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"That Black Water Creep"

Sorry had to… loved Qi Rongs "Nicknames" in the english dub of the donghua. So well, this is Shipsinking Black Water Xuan. I just finished reading all of the books of Heaven Officals Blessing and I am a little bit hypt about it. I liked it so much and the pictures it painted in my head. Very powerfull images were the four Calamities. So… well this is my first ghost king. Hope you like it. If you want to talk about the story - happy about any DMs to talk.

Please leave a like and/or a comment. Thank you very much.

https://www.deviantart.com/milui87/art/That-Black-Water-Creep-1034360507

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THE CHOCOLATE GUY HAS DONE IT AGAIN ☕️🥐

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i know tumblr is going to destroy the quality but have a lil hand drawn animation of wangji blinking just because 💙

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Regarding sympathetic portrayals of Dracula:

I hate 90% of them, like the rest of you. But the one I *can* get behind are the ones where Dracula is conflated with Vlad Dracul, and specifically when we're talking about Romanians reclaiming the narrative.

The thing is, Vlad Dracul is a national *hero* in Romania. He's known for having united the country and wresting territory back from the Ottomans, Hungarians, and Germans. Most of the accounts of his brutality are propaganda from those sources -- Romanians regard him as a stern but just ruler, one whose actions were necessary to root out corruption and ensure stability.

Combine this with the notion that the first official Romanian translation of Dracula was published in 1990, nearly a hundred years after the fact. There's some evidence that unofficial translations were floating around in the 70s. Even then, it was sort of an obscure quaint Western horror novel about English people. You had a lot of Western tourists coming in going "VAMPIRES" and Romanians going "uh, what?", questions about demonic solomonari ("you mean the weather wizards???")

I think one could have a version where Dracula was corrupted much like Lucy -- once a stern but just ruler of his people, of staunch faith, who sought to stamp out the parasitic and debauched minor nobles who exploited the people... Only to be twisted after death into a monstrous version of the very thing he was trying to destroy.

Hell, I think the text even supports this interpretation. Dracula's attempts to be a Good Host to someone who is, essentially, a foreign dignitary, mirroring Lucy as the lost bride and never-mother, both clinging to might have beens but twisted and lost by time and the black things now riding their flesh.

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Vid Rec: I've Got A Theory

Back when I was reccing vids I was saving the best for last and then lost steam. Just know that this vid is just as funny yet also as poignant as the original song from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Even if you know nothing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it's a great vid. And even if you know nothing about The Untamed--well, I feel a little sad you don't get to have that in your life but I guess it's not for some? Seems fake but okay

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Rooftop activities are forbidden in Gusu!

(But not for Wei Ying)

Commission for @blue-posey 🤍

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“Alcohol is forbidden in the Cloud Recesses.”

First time ever trying digital! One of my favorite scenes in the novel 🍶