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The devil is easy to cheat

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Olrox = Quetzalcoatl

In honour of the upcoming season I decided to finally make the post about the reasons why I believe Olrox either has Quetzalcoatl's powers (like Erzsebet has Sekhmet's) or possibly even is Quetzalcoatl. Some points might just be some neat thing I noticed about him. So there

Red gem

Both Olrox and Erzsebet have gems embedded in their bodies. Admittedly, it's a weak argument, since it's in Olrox's serpent form and in Erzsebet's human form, while as Sekhmet it's more of just a red dot rather than a gem. But it still stood out to me so I chose to include it anyway

Blunt fingernails

I don't think this has a particular connection to godhood but it is interesting that only Olrox, Erzsebet and Alucard don't have sharpened nails

Walking in sunlight

I know it's not direct sunlight, and that seems to be the thing doing the trick to the vampires, but he seems particularly uncaring of it. He doesn't have an umbrella on hand like Drolta does in case he needs it

He's absolutely unimpressed with Erzsebet's eclipse orb in the gardens

I'm pretty sure everyone has solar eclipses in the back of their mind when thinking abour Aztecs so perhaps this is a nod to that. Perhaps he's used to this sort of thing and doesn't see anything special in it while all of her followers immediately bow. Perhaps he can make one himself

He's impervious to magic, like Erzsebet

The night creature choosing not to fight Olrox

All he does is give it a side eye and it immediately cowers and leaves

He wants freedom

Personally, I like to think he is Quetzalcoatl who somehow was put in a human body or changed into a human and then turned into a vampire, thus getting trapped

In his fight with Julia, we see his blood dripping just before he lands in it, moments before she attempts to burn him, which leads to his transformation. Perhaps his blood is the catalyst that unleashes his godhood for a brief while

The demons and gods talk

When talking with Mizrak after their tryst, he seems dead set on finding out which demon the order gave their souls to. He makes it pretty clear he's thinking about bargaining for or demanding Mizrak's soul from it

and on top of that, the whole "gods are still around" thing, said in a pretty self-assured tone

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“Most of what’s wrong in the world is because of stupid old men!!”

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sorry he caused your tragic backstory but his swag level is off the charts so we've decided to forgive him

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Castlevania nocturne really said music is an act of rebellion. Love is an act of rebellion. Staying alive is an act of rebellion. Also that vampires are really hot but that's unrelated.

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Some historical context for Olrox

Okay, let me prephase this with one important message: Castlevania Nocturne made me really happy by making the plot all about colonialism, as colonialism and its fallout and how it influences us to this day is a topic that I am very passionate about. We do not talk enough about it. The US does not talk enough about it because it could make white people feel uncomfortable. And here in Germany we do not talk about it, because we act as if this had nothing to do with us at all.

But the show talks about it and I love it.

And I honestly also gotta say that I love that the BI_PoC character have a concrete cultural heritage. Olrox is Aztec, Annette is Yoruba, and Drolta is Egyptian. Other shows: Please take notes!

But let's talk Olrox, because he is so fucking interesting and amazing!

We know about him that he is Aztec and also that he is 250 years old. Or roughly that old by the time he kills Julia. Which would put either his birth or his turning somewhere around 1530.

Now, the fall of the Aztec Empire has a very exact date: August 13th, 1521. But you should keep in mind that this does not mean that on that day the Aztec's are extinct. To this day there is still 1,5 million people speaking Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and preserving some of the Aztec cultural traditions. It was just that on that day the empire construct fell to Cortez and the Spaniad conquistadors and a lot of Aztecs went into exile to flee the genocide that Cortez was bringing upon them.

The question of course is: Was Olrox still human at this time or was he already a vampire? From his dialogue it is clear that he was at least alive and grown enough to remember the fall of the empire and the distruction Cortez and his men brought upon them. But you can bet it was very traumatic.

I also am assuming he was turned by a white man. Because so far my assumption is that vampirism is an old world thing that got brought to the new world through colonialism. (Mostly because in Dracula's court we do not see any new world vampires.)

Now, the other interesting thing is what he says about his dead lover. The one Julia killed. So, first the "town in Massachusetts" he speaks about is clearly Stockbridge. Which was the town in which many Mohicans have settled during the colonial times, as well as other people from the Iroquois Nations. Now, it should be noted that the Mohicans were not part of the Iroquois alliance and in fact went to war with the Iroquois, but by the time colonialism really geared up there was some cooperation between the Mohicans and Iroquois.

Due to this they were in an alliance with the Oneida (who were part of the Iroquois) by the time of the Revolutionary war. Now, the Revolutionary War created a lot of conflict between the Iroquois nations, because they did not agree which side they should fight on. Of course both sides promised that they could keep their land, but the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca did not trust the colonists and hence sided with the British, while the Oneida and Tuscarora (and through them also the Mohicans) sided with the Colonists.

And the dead lover clearly was among those siding with the colonists. Now, a quick refresher for the non-Americans (and the Americans who slept to history class, which is understandable). The Revolutionary War lasted from April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783 (which, yes, also means that Julia and Richter probably were in the US during the war the entire time and the "evil" Julia was fighting probably was linked to it). And of course we all know how it ended for the Indigenous people: The colonists won, countless Indigenous folks died on both sides, only to get booted of their land soon after. The Oneida und Mohicans were made to move westwards not soon after the war ended. So, yes, Olrox would have seen that happen.

Now, an interesting thing in his dialogue was when Erzebet said: "We will create a new world." To which he replies: "I have heard that one before." And she says: "This time we are going to make it to last."

And the big question is to what this is refering. Is it refering to the colonialization or is it refering to the revolutionary war? Or something entirely different. In both cases it would be possible. And yes, the American Revolution definitely were claiming to create a new world. But was it that what he refered to or something else?

Well, never the less: Interesting character. Really good writing.

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Maria: most of what is bad in the world is because of stupid old men

Carmilla in hell:

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Rip

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Now WHERE has the love been for her???????

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Olrox!! Olrox no!!! The redemptive nature of love is NOT deontological!!! Your ethic of care has gotten twisted, bro!! It is not enough to do something out of love!!! Your expression of care cannot be successful if the object of that care is not receptive to it and the consequences it brings!! You're repeating the cycle of trauma that brought you here in the first place!! Olrox—!!!

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Dracula and Alucard to their loved ones

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Juste: "I've never understood that vow-of-chastity business, to be honest. Doesn't sound healthy to me."

Mizrak:

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Cannon, I was the mug

Sypha&Belmont: 👻🧛‍👻

Annette: 💀❓

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They better not give Castlevania Nocturne a season 3 I fucking swear. The ending was good, I liked how season 2 ended. Don't risk fucking it up

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So i decided to watch season 2 of Blood of Zeus because I like to make myself suffer and BESTIE-

Spoilers below

I know this show was already fucked but holy shit mass fucking murder of guilty and innocent and it's called a fucking mistake by the judges? No I can't, just no. Like he had a romantic interest, THAT DOESN'T UNDO FUCKING EVERYTHING YALL LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT OUT OF ALL OF THE MORTALS THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU HE HAS CAUSED THE MOST DEATH MAS MURDER ISN'T A FUCKING MISTAKE- BRO

Mythological inaccuracies that are painfully bad at times and how every woman has either parental issues or if shes a mother she either dies or get maimed (in season 1 i'm only on ep 2 of season 2) but bro. Am I going to continue watching because i'm in too deep? Yes but do I regret my actions? Absolutely

Also I didn't bother to look it up before but it makes so much sense that this shit was written by a man- not that everything written by a man is but you can look at this and go "yeah the person who wrote this was defiantly a man"

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i put this on twitter but it feels like the sort of thing i should subject everyone to

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Pretty sure they hype each other up