#Gothlit

[quitecontrary69]

My friend: You better not be the cunty Frankenstein’s creature from R. B. Peak’s adaptation of Frankenstein

My rambunctious ass:

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Could Dr. Jack Seward survive Castle Dracula?

OH HELL NO

Jack would not accept the crucifix, so he'd be dead at the shaving incident. If by some miracle he survived, he'd be eaten by the Girlies. He'd find some way of making sure of it. It wouldn't be a "wicked burning desire" it would be "girls are paying attention to me." Of course they didn't eat a baby vampires aren't real that's preposterous... but he'd better go back there just in case. You know, for Science.

Jack is already so depressed that I don't think he'd notice the Horrors. It would be somewhere between this might as well happen and My What Strong Hands You Have. He'd become convinced he was mad and get very philosophical about it.

Eventually Dracula would miss a trick in the "rescue my idiot guest from my ravenous roommates AGAIN" and that would be that.

It's okay. He has kisses enough for them all.

Yeah Dr. John "Jack" Seward can not survive Castle Dracula. He's a vampire now. It's for the best.

[supervisionx]

NONE OF YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME THIS EXISTS HELLO???

[electrosweaters-arts]

I FINALLY GOT POLLS

[aroacehanzawa]

i need more classic lit mutuals can u interact with this post if you also wanna be classic lit mutuals pspspspsps

(especially if you're into hermann hesse pls i'm begging)

[h4ise-art]

i cant tell if i wanna title this confrontation or transformation so maybe both??

[galissia-x]

a quick lil sketch of the dusty, dreary, and yet somehow loveable lawyer we all know and love since j&h weekly motivated me to actually bang out a (somewhat) acceptable reference image for ol johnny boy

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

Moby Dick

Gskgdkgdlgdg

Okay.

Moby Dick is immortal. Moby Dick cannot be killed. So trivially Moby Dick would not be killed in Castle Dracula.

But is that the same as surviving in Castle Dracula? Moby Dick is a whale - can he ontologically exist in Castle Dracula at all? Ishmael tells us that not only is Moby Dick immortal, he's also ubiquitous. Does that ubiquity extend out of the oceans into the Carpathians? On the one hand, Moby Dick is a whale, and whales are fish, and fish definitionally cannot leave the water - this is what excludes Walruses from the kingdom of the Cetaceans. But on the other hand, Ishmael also gives us examples of whales coming up onto land to attack cities, a la Porphyros, or devour princesses, a la Cetus. Whales and Dragons are one in the same, and St George was a whaleman - and what place is more appropriate for a dragon than a Castle? Particularly Castle Dracula - that is what the name means.

Hang on though - I have forgotten one crucial piece of the equation: Dracula himself. Anyone attempting to survive Castle Dracula is doing so as Dracula's invited guest. Dracula is not going to invite someone out to his Castle without providing adequate accommodation. Maybe he dug a sperm whale worthy swimming pool down in the crypt. Very fast way to full up 50 boxes of dirt.

I don't think it's likely that Moby Dick would accept the divine protection of the crucifix, but then again, he doesn't need to, he's plenty divine in his own right already. Either he's a God himself or he's the instrument of Divine Judgment - or both! Also he doesn't shave and has no neck. Also you apparently have to get through quite a lot of blubber before any blood comes out. From a vampirism perspective, Moby Dick is probably more trouble than he's worth.

All of that said - I honestly don't think Moby Dick would accept an invitation to Castle Dracula. Dracula has nothing he wants. He doesn't need a two bit satanist to be the Living Embodiment of Material Evil. Honestly Dracula wants what Moby Dick has. And besides, he's got a good thing going with Frankenstein's Creature. He's got his own whale stuff to do.

So in conclusion, obviously Moby Dick can survive Castle Dracula - he's immortal, ubiquitous, and divine. But he chooses not to, because he's got better things to do.

[ten-chocolate-sundaes]

take my quiz? :)

[electrosweaters-arts]

*GRABS him by the throat* I Will babygirl gothic literature character Henry Jekyll to an unreasonable extent and no one can. stop. me.

Gives him a little comfort with Adam bc they are The Gothlit ship ever and Jekyll is so a guy who needs deep pressure when upset to me

[james-vane-stan]

what if basil escaped and made it to paris and then he meets camille des grieux post-teleny's death and inevitably bond over horrible boyfriends. they date.

listen teleny and tpodg should have a crossover

[appljuiceboxx]

i wanted to jump on the train quickly. that's why its so bad :'(

i have lots of projects (especially the barricade day art) so have this thing

[h4ise-art]

my old gothic literature obsession came back and i will start by putting my frankenstein brainrot