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Now, some years later that I am no longer a closeted pissbaby who’s too afraid to speak the truth: 

This is your reminder that Abraham van Helsing is Big Gay and loves everyone in the crew of light with his whole damn life thank u for coming to my ted talk

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REBLOG IF YOU ARE A DRACULA ROLEPLAYER

You can be from the NBC show or Bram Stokers. I’m compiling a masterlist.

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Peter Cushing as Dr. Van ‘I’m-Not-A-Model’ Helsing from the Hammer series.

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//GUESS WHO’S BACK. OR I HOPE I’M BACK? Nevertheless, I have settled here at uni and so far I have

Seen many dead things for SCIENCE

Said dead things have been copied with pen and ink into my lab book, this is the expected way of doing things

Found a creepy library full of law case files I have access to? I can become the otter

Ruined both knees and immune system by doing fieldwork too enthusiastically

Gone to Whitby and reached critical nerd levels

Maaaybe secured a spot for viewing a cadaver dissection? I made a biomed friend who says they can possibly shuffle me in…

NOW TO SUTFF YOU NERDS ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN IF YOU’RE STILL AROUND THAT IS:

REPLIES

I’m gonna do as many as I can tonight, and I’ll post when I think I’ve caught up, which is a free invitation to prod me if I owe ya something! I am horribly forgetful and a month of travel stress and illness hasn’t helped it I’m afraid. All this said, I’ve missed RPing terribly, so here we go!

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Oh hidy ho officer! We’ve had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around this big castle, when aristocrats started killing themselves all over the property.

Van Helsing, to the police (via dr-jack-seward)

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// so uh here at 1 am o clock i finally finished packing for moving countries for uni. To say I am exhausted would maybe be a slight understatement. I’m traveling tomorrow, and i suspect prolly won’t be able to get much out in the sphere of replies until I settle down and figure out everything.

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“I don’t wish to bring you any harm.. But yet you are no man either. ”

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     ‘ I am not a specimen to be examined, man! Put down thy tools! ’

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fromgallowsandgraves

If the reanimated man was expected to relax his own posture, his reaction would have been disappointing.  He remained tense, and quickly glanced to the side, as though contemplating whether to run away rather than answer that question. But after a moment, he looked to the man in front of him again.  There was a possibility here for a cautious, civil conversation.  Those were too rare for Adam to reject the opportunity lightly, even if he would have preferred to avoid this subject.  

“I do not have a name for what I am,” he said, after a few moments of silence.  There were days he might have wanted to say he was human, but this was not one of them.  Not when he was certain this man wouldn’t believe him, anyway.  Few were willing to consider him a fellow human being, and how could he hope to convince them when he had yet to convince himself?  “I’m the only one of my kind.”

That was the simplest explanation for why ‘his kind’ didn’t even have a name.  While he feared the stranger might take courage from the fact that the reanimated man couldn’t call in reinforcements, and summon a group of villagers to join in attacking Adam, it was safer than telling the old man (what an absurd way to think of someone who was probably more than fifty years younger than himself!) all about Victor Frankenstein.

The strange creature, this husk of a man, must have been a man, could not surely have been created from nothing, yet he seemed also distorted, deformed and wrought into something entirely different. Helsing was aware that the being had not ceased his own coiled tenseness, and wondered if he had made a grave mistake in relenting has he had. There was a glance, measuring odds? thinking of words? He spoke unexpectedly well, better than the Dutchman, so there was hardly reason to complain or mull on that point.

A unique creature. Or simply so isolated as to think himself unique? Then he must have originated from a source unknown, or one different to himself. A ghoul seemed the most likely explanation, yet only fit in the most loose of characteristica. Too many differences to shove in a strict categorization, but he was definitely intrigued.

“You are undead, are you not?”

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Auditorium of the Royal Surgical Academy. Used from 1787-1942.

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fromgallowsandgraves:

Though Adam didn’t understand many of the words, the prickling in the back of his mind made him think that perhaps he would have once, in his first life.  He could tell that this man was trying to ward off evil, but no image would protect God’s creatures from the horrors of the world men had built for themselves. No symbol would save humanity from itself.  Or from him, if he’d had any inclination towards violence.  

Whatever good the crucifix might have done was due only to Adam’s reluctance to risk shattering another’s faith.  In other circumstances, he might have pretended to lunge, in an attempt to frighten this man away.  Yet the faith of superstitious men was often quite fragile, and Adam had no desire to be the reason some poor creature decided the Creator had abandoned him.        

When the man responded to his statement, Adam interpreted it as a challenge to prove he meant no harm. He could have just brushed past this lone man and run away, but he was exhausted, and had planned to to rest.  If there was any chance at all of convincing the stranger to leave him in peace, Adam would at least try.  The reanimated man stopped in his tracks, hoping that would be enough.    

“I have no intention of harming anyone.  All I wanted was to find a handful or two of berries to eat. Will you not even allow that?” 

The nature of this.. Something held a great interest, greater than it probably should. He was not here on scientific inquiry, and this man could very well be exceedingly dangerous, judging on size alone. But there was a hesitation, on both sides of this confrontation it seemed. There was complete thought and reason, but also seemingly no ill intentions. This was no mindless ghoul, nor was it a scheming demon, yet, now that they stood before each other, it was unquestionable undead. An abomination, by all rights, but possibly not an unholy one.

Abraham lowered the crucifix and loosened slightly in his stance, which had been the tense half-crouch of a man ready to flight or fight. Very unusual, unusual among all unusual happenings was this creature. His thoughts were running at the fastest pace, going through any possible connection, any myth, then any disease, an abnormality of flesh and bone, a base biological reasoning. Half his mind seemed to be on investigative duty, while the other kept him alert, convinced that this was only a temporary lull, and that an attack was imminent.

An attack never came, however, more speech did. It was this that made him falter in his own defense, it might have meant his doom with any other creature, but this something, this doubt, made him more curious than aggressive and terrified.

“I have no intention of harm, either. What manner of creature are you?” It may have been considered rude, but he saw no reason to be polite, driven only by his own regards at this moment, the need to asses the truth of the matter.

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Neuken in de keuken?

“Nee, bedankt.”

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let me teach you guys some dutch. so “hello” in dutch is “hallo”, pretty simple right? now if you want to be a bit more formal when greeting someone, for example when you enter a fancy restaurant, you can say “neuken in de keuken?”, which basically means “how has the day treated you?”. it’s very polite.

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It was rare for strangers to be able to get this close to Adam without the reanimated man noticing their presence, and fleeing before they could see him clearly.  He wanted nothing more than to escape, but he was backed into a corner, so he had no choice but to go past the man.

Adam, never having encountered a true demon before, wasn’t aware that there were creatures in the world that could be harmed by the presence of holy symbols.  Even so, he understood the message the man meant to convey with that crucifix: stay back, Monster.

Which meant the only right move was to get closer.  With any luck, the man would run away, and Adam could leave the area without any more trouble.  Adam slowly walked towards the man; he didn’t want the stranger to decide there wasn’t time to flee.      

“Don’t be afraid.” But he didn’t really expect the man to listen.  People rarely did.  “I won’t hurt you.”        

Helsing stood his ground. This was a formidable creature, nothing he had seen before, grotesque ghoulish features making everything in him second-guess, why exactly he was counting on two pieces of wood and a bunch of silver to protect him. But this was a stronger force, and he derived a courage from it that might occasionally veer into the irresponsibly dangerous.

However, it seemed to have little effect in this creature. It neither attacked, nor shyed away, which was bizarre to say the least, and also slightly unsettling in its own way. If this was no unholy abomination, what was it then? It couldn’t be a man, could it, no, surely not. Still, it was advancing.

“Stand back. Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium,” he continued reciting as he took a half step back, crucifix still obstinately held aloft. The sound of a voice made him stop before he reached Amen.

This was most extraordinary. He did not change his stance, but did soften his expression some, steeled resolve going into skepticism, eyes narrowed and head titled slightly.

“If you intend no harm, do not approach and I shan’t either.”

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FREE HUGS!! *hugs the Abe*

“Oh.. Danke.”

If I pay you will you let me go