#May 8

[clefadrylcanines]

May 8th, Jonathan Harker’s journal

-and opening the heavy window with one wrench of his terrible hand, he flung out the glass, which was shattered into a thousand pieces on the stones of the courtyard far below. Then he withdrew without a word. It is very annoying, for I do not see how I am to shave, unless in my watch-case or the bottom of the shaving-pot, which is fortunately of metal.

Today, Jonathan explores the unique joy of living with someone who has extremely arbitrary house rules. No mirror for Jonathan :(

[shisasan]

May 8, 1922 The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1914-1923 [May 8. Would you call it a conversation if the other person is silent and, to keep up the appearance of the conversation, you try to substitute for him, and so imitate him, and so parody him, and so parody yourself. END ID]

[mostly-literary-memes]

"He grew excited as he spoke, and walked about the room pulling his great white moustache and grasping anything on which he laid his hands as though he would crush it by main strength."

[akasanata]

Today's Dracula manga art was 👌👌*chef's kiss*

First, the mirror incident. The terror in Jonathan's face, Dracula's expression. Perfect.

Of course, one of our favorite lines:

The inconvenience of not having a mirror sjsjsjshhs Jonathan is too cute

Then Jonathan realizing he's a prisioner

And regaining his wits

As a bonus, housemaid Dracula:

[1rabbitdaily]

🐇 May 8 2023

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Otter Civet (Cynogale bennettii)

(Photo from Batu Secret Zoo)

Conservation Status- Endangered

Habitat- Southeastern Asia

Size (Weight/Length)- 5 kg; 60 cm; 20 cm tail

Diet- Mollusks; Fish; Crabs; Fruits; Small birds

Cool Facts- Almost catlike in appearance, the otter civet adores water. Swimming with webbed feet gives them the ability to chase down fast fish and crack open crabs. The bottoms of their feet lack fur and their long claws help the otter civet to grab onto rocks and flip them over while hunting. Oil palm plantations are the largest threat to these civets, destroying miles of rainforest these critters call home. Even the smallest disturbance to their home can result in the otter civet abandoning their territory. There is hope to establish a National Park to protect the otter civet and many other species threatened in southeastern Asia.

Rating- 12/10 (Not stung by a bee, that’s just how they look.)

[count-skribula]

I would’ve had some other questions, Jon

[chalamet-chalamet]

Timothée at the Lakers v. Warriors NBA playoff game on May 8, 2023. ✨

IG credit to lakersscene

[draculadailymemes]

In honor of may 8 I wanted to share this truly spectacular drawing from the osp dracula video

[janedrakey131]

Count Dracula’s Journal

8 May. — A mirror! Can you believe?

I left my young friend Jonathan Harker alone for mere minutes. And I returned to see him consorting with my natural nemesis. For shame!

May have tried to drink his blood and gotten blocked by a crucifix and the jig may be up.

I have removed the source of temptation. My friend suspects nothing. All is well.

How does one end these blasted English things

I shall continue my plans.

[bluecatwriter]

"When I look back after a few hours I think I must have been mad for the time, for I behaved much as a rat does in a trap. When, however, the conviction had come to me that I was helpless I sat down quietly—as quietly as I have ever done anything in my life—and began to think over what was best to be done." ~Jonathan Harker's journal, 8th May

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[dasloddl]

happy 12 years with Josh in the band

[shisasan]

May 8, 1922 The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1914-1923

[May 8. The work draws to an end in the way an unhealed wound might draw together. END ID]

[happybirthday-unusannus]

Happy 3rd Birthday to

“Eating Only Onions for 24 Hours: How Many Onions Does It Take to Kill a Man?”

[yallemagne]

I never talked about this on the 8th, I kinda just reblogged my one post about Dracula digging facial hair, but rereading Three Letters by BlueCatWriter reminded me of this internal connection I made in my head that I never saw anyone else bring up. Maybe they didn't bring it up because it's stupid, but I'm depressed, so I need something.

EDIT: fuckin bluecat wrote another fic where Dracula is being a pervert about the beard and now I'm even more depressed joiegrp

Anyway anyway anyone know about Peter the Great? The first emperor of Russia. He's regarded as "great" for looking at Western Europe and saying "... we should do that". One of the funniest Westernization routes he took was forcing the nobles to shave their beards because it was seen as very Slavic to have big bushy beards while men in the West shaved. Men who refused to shave were either physically forced to or made to pay a tax to keep their facial hair.

Now, Romania was not under the Russian Empire, it was split into Moldavia, Transylvania, and Wallachia, which were independently run for a time. And Romania is not a Slavic country by any means, it is more closely related to its Latin counterparts than to its Slavic counterparts. So, to be clear, I am not trying to make a comparison that is Slavic culture vs Western culture, because it wouldn't make sense.

It's a shaky comparison with my shaky outsider knowledge, BUT! Like Peter policed the nobles' appearances to strip them of their culture and replace it with Westernism, Dracula, by refusing Jonathan the ability to shave, strips him of his culture and replaces it with his own ideals about a man's appearance.

Attitudes towards facial hair are always fluctuating, but particularly after the Crimean War, I believe shaving grew more popular in England when soldiers who had to shave for hygiene reasons returned from the war. In general, if you were to have a beard, it was prudent for it to be more than just a little stubble (men growing moustaches would fill in their moustaches with makeup or wear a fake until they grew in completely) and you simply must keep it well-maintained! Like a little garden hedge on your face. Otherwise, you look like an unkempt slob.

So, apart from clean-shaven-ness being deemed more Western, it's simply a matter of pride for any man to style his facial hair or lack thereof however he pleases as a means of self-expression and personal hygiene. Dracula denies Jonathan that vehicle of self-expression and forces him into a state of dysphoria.

Tsk tsk all because he's into bearded men.

[hey-color-palettes]

hii can you make a color palette with green or smthn and a little pastel pink?

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