#Dracula content

[patisnothome]

Another day another untreated injury

[theholmwoodfoundation]

A small reminder that the deadline for submissions for celebrations is the 20th April Midnight (Not GMT, BST sorry about that!)

Holmwood Anniversary!

In just a few weeks time, we'll be hitting the one-year anniversary of the Creation of Holmwood! We were sat a convention, looking over our notes about Jeremy and Maddie, and we had that lightbulb moment...

...what if this story was a fiction podcast?

Since then, we've outlined three seasons worth of content, written over twelve hours of audio scripts, cast, recorded, released our pilot (plus bonus minisode) and are on the cusp of releasing Season One in the coming months!

It's been a whirlwind of a year, and we couldn't have done any of it without the support and backing of our wonderful listeners! Including the gorgeous artwork, memes and fics (which we don't read, but wholeheartedly support) some of which we've collected below. Oh gosh you are all so talented.

(There wasn't room for it all, and this is by no means a full list!)

To celebrate the 1st Year anniversary of The Holmwood Foundation being a thing on the 23rd April, we would love to hear from YOU.

Please send to our inbox your fan creations about Holmwood and we aim to share them on the 23rd as part of our celebrations! These can be Memes, a review, whatever you want to help celebrate the show with us.

Please share with us, either here or by email theholmwoodfoundation@gmail.com by 20th April! Midnight GMT

(Also, yes. We really do put them on the fridge.)

[aromanticduck]

I think Jonathan and Mina would be the type of couple to take a photo like this:

[woodland-goth]

"Lucy's Funeral" by @abigaillarson

[fore-seer]

[ayy-junipei]

Dracula, Lisa, and Alucard at Lidl ~ for @gildedrosaly-blog

[tmblr-university]

When you wake up and all your stuff is gone

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[archivedible]

FINALLY FINISHED MY DRACULA CHARACTER LINEUP !!!

this is not how any of them are described in the books I literally just went off vibes I'm being so honest.

also expect to see more of this renfield design bc i cant stop drawing him

SINGLE CHARACTER REFRENCES UNDER CUT vvv

[wheres-hoid]

This is an RE: Dracula (Bloody FM) appreciation post 💕💕

[beevean]

Is the book!Dracula's background as a dark sorcerer who became a vampire at the folkloric Scholomance (think Hogwarts if it was run by literal Satan) ever made mention of or referenced in Castlevania related material? You know given Castlevania actually does something with Dracula's status as a powerful magician on top of the vampire thing which usually falls to the wayside in adaptations.

….Come to think of it I'm pretty sure the only Dracula related work that actually does something with that plot point is the recent Nosferatu remake.

Kkkkkkkkkind of?

The Japanese manual of CV3 implies Dracula is an evil sorcerer who was in pursuit of power, and sold his own humanity to the Evil God. Not only he became a vampire, but he sold the soul of his own son, Alucard, to become even stronger. So yeah, originally, Alucard was born human but turned into a vampire by his own dad sacrificing his humanity.

ドラキュラ公は自らの力を絶大なものにするため、その身を悪魔に売り渡すまでになっていたが、それだけでは満足せず、自分の息子にまで悪魔との契約を行うよう強要したのである。 "Dracula went so far as to sell his own soul to the Devil in order to increase his power, but he was not satisfied by that alone and forced his son into the contract."

It also implies that he was the real Vlad III, since Dracula's Curse takes place in 1476, the year the Impaler died. Much like Dracula's book implies that was the vampire's original identity.

If you look at his appearance in CV3, you can see how he looks more like a sorcerer:

He uses a scepter to raise the flames in the first phase, something he never does again in the series.

Of course, in the most recently established canon, this was all retconned. Dracula was born as a human alchemist who yes, turned himself into a vampire, but not by selling his own soul - on the contrary, he stole another vampire's soul, effectively becoming the devil in this situation. The "borrowing even more power from the Evil God" part is still canon as per the Curse of Darkness manga, though. We don't know if his unique powers, like turning Grant into a monster, are a type of magic or related to his status as a Dark Lord. The Devil Forging that he taught to Hector and Isaac is also described not as magic, but alchemy, so tied once more to his LoI-established backstory.

(naturally this also heavily impacted Alucard's origins too. Add Lisa's role in the lore, and effectively this makes him the biggest retcon in the series. ngl i do like the idea of a father selling his own son's humanity for power, I wish they kept it somewhere)

Strangely enough, he has a sorcerer design in Castlevania Chronicles too, but as it's a remake of the first game, I'm not sure it's relevant:

This answer got too long lol. I guess tl;dr: that was the original plan, but then IGA turned Dracula into a more classic Demon King.

[greenisms]

~Upon arrival at the convent~

Dracula: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FANGS OUT DICK OUT! I'M GOING TO SCARE EVERYONE BECAUSE I'M BIG SCARY VAMPIRE

Agatha: Big scawy vampire? Want blood treat? Like a good little boy?

Dracula: Waitwaitwait-

[fore-seer]

[black-ak9]

Domingo con D de Dracula ❤️‍🔥

Me dejaron tarea y no he acabado jajan't 🥲

[thatdoodlebug]

drac and his ass

[archivedible]

my actual valentines post is going to be late so take this

[arosebyan0thername]

So fucked up that no one on my dash is talking about Once more have I seen the Count go out in his lizard fashion. I'm finally actually keeping up with Dracula daily but it's practically dead on my dash this year :( his lizard fashion used to Mean Something to you guys