#(<- BOOK RENFIELD)

[gellavonhamster]

Very late to the party, but that MA thesis on Jonathan and Mina's gender presentation that circulated on Tumblr some time ago (Jonathan, Mina, and the Holiest Love: Intimations of a virtuous queerness in Dracula (1897) by Viktor Karlsen Hessen) really is so, so good. From a deep dive into Jonathan as a Gothic heroine, complete with step-by-step comparisons with an actual Ann Radcliffe's heroine as well as the other female characters he's paralleled with in the text - Scheherazade and Lenore - to an exploration of how Mina's masculine traits are treated as positive throughout the novel and survive into the ending. Also, the author is very careful and rational when talking about Stoker's personal views and sexuality, neither jumping to conclusions based on a few facts nor disregarding those facts at all.

Also, there's a section comparing Mina to other female characters in Gothic literature who do not act in accordance with the Victorian gender norms but are punished for that - Helen Vaughan from The Great God Pan and Marjorie Lindon from The Beetle, and I personally am 1) always there for some The Great God Pan talk, 2) always there for dragging The Beetle.

[elisavi]

dracula is my most recent source of serotonin so here's part of the gang + renfield

[georgiacooked]

It’s hereeee! It has arrived! My hardback proof copy of the Dracula Daily Sketch Collection! My housemate spotted a few text issues to fix on the back cover, but otherwise it looks so gooood! My tiny Art Child!

Hoping to get a paperback proof sorted next, then onto seeing how best to sell them!

[sewards-phonograph]

Renfield ate a moth and then asked if I’d ever been in love.

I said, "That’s not clinically relevant."

He said, "Then why are you smiling?"

And now I have to either kill him or put that in the chart.

[another-chaotic-bisexual-vampire]

Jonathan: No piteous cry or agonised entreaty would make the men below look at me let alone hear my plea to be liberated from this monster's prison!

Seward: This guy I locked up does nothing all day but study bugs - so I'm gonna study him like a bug! How about that?!

[the-forest-library]

Dracula by Bram Stoker with illustrations by Edward Gorey

[wordwings]

Thinking about Renfield again (of course). I’ve seen several comments on this site saying he isn’t actually a madman, because he was right, and I have to respectfully disagree! He was only a little bit right; power can be transferred through blood and Dracula was a powerful vampire who was communicating with him. That’s not all there is to his ‘madness’ though. He does still seem to have other delusions and other symptoms (it’s hard to extrapolate from the text and it’s not like Bram Stoker was an expert on this). It’s actually more poignant that Renfield is actually Mad, and also has worthwhile knowledge that the heroes ignore because of that.

[unwavering-devotion]

Will ask Dr. Seward to be let out in the gardens unsupervised to hunt. If he denies me then I can bring a hand to my chest, gasp, and yell “DURING THIS MONTH?!” then watch him explain himself.

[corvys-clover]

"I need to get out of a toxic relationship."

Thinking about my favorite guy again <3

(this one's from back in July after I first saw the film)

Commissions open!

@corvys.clover on Instagram

[dracula-sticky-notes]

Why am I the only named individual in your “DNI list”?!

Renfield, real question:

What do you think DNI stands for????

[firefletch]

The main takeaways from Dracula so far:

Communication is good and healthy and important and if you stop doing that everything will go horribly wrong and people will die (based of him honestly and I agree)

Everyone who is smart and intelligent keeps a diary

[honeysticksz]

WORLD DRACULA DAY !!!!

SOMEBODY ASK ME ABOUT DRACULA STAT!!

[faefox9s-incorrect-quotes]

[georgiacooked]

Dracula Daily sketch for August 25th

Lucy has a bad night.

[sewards-phonograph]

you're a doctor, so you will know, but please drink lots of water and eat something after your pub crawl <3 renfield and the other occupants of your asylum need you to be well!

Noted. Water: consumed. Bread: toasted. Renfield: glared at me disapprovingly, so I must be back at baseline.

I am doing my best to remain upright, communicative, and psychologically present.

Thank you for your concern.

[copia-enjoyer]

Here’s a quick little drawing of my Renfield design!!🐞🐛🐜🦟🪲🪳🕷️I’ve never posted anything to Tumbler before so I hope this works. Who knows maybe I’ll post some other drawings. 🧛