It seems to me that all Dracula Lives sequel novels and movies do not want to explore the consequences to the actual main characters and the world at large that such an ending would entail, but to have Dracula as the protagonist and their OCs (and when any of the book characters still are there, they are practically OCs). Personally I'm tired of him returning, bring on other vampires or undead or werewolves and ghouls if you want new monsters in the same universe. But it's time for the survivors to shine, not their tormentor, for once.
No, no, Dracula can still show up! He just has to be in a little dirt jar. With a cape.
But yeah, seriously, there's so much more fodder to work with than just "Somehow Dracula has returned :/." Countess Dolingen's there, the Pretty Girl in Piccadilly, the sailors of the Demeter, the Bloofer Lady-bitten kids (we don't know if all her victims were reported and/or if they lived), other supernatural bogeymen, and oh, hey, yeah, all the implications of Literal Actual Demons hanging around in the mountains giving out sorcery lessons...
But nooo let's just hit the rewind button on Dracula turning to dust, it's cool, it's fine, 11/10 very original
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so about the you are my sunshine ficlet (ouch, btw) have you given any thought to how it would fit with the Kas!Eddie theory? because it feels like more pain to me.
OH no i have NOT 👀 but i certainly am NOW 👀👀👀 (also hehe SORRY)
now i'm just picturing steve, back in the upside down because vecna isn't dead, he's not dead and the gates aren't closed and they have to put a stop to it, to him, once and for all. he's leading the pack as they slowly make their way through the woods, weapons in hand, careful to avoid stepping on the vines or doing anything to disturb the hivemind.
it's quiet, everyone on high alert, eyes wide and ears perked.
and that's when steve hears it.
a sotto voce humming. so quiet he would've missed it if he hadn't been listening so closely. this barely there melody, coming from the trees.
steve freezes in the middle of the trail.
dustin starts to ask why he stopped, but steve holds his hand up, shushes him.
he squints into the brush, and he strains his ears and —
— and then he hears it. the lyrics, the words.
"you are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
an icy chill grips his heart, his lungs. slides down the length of his spine, all the way to his toes.
"you make me happy, when skies are gray."
he can't breathe. he can't blink. he can't move.
"you'll never know dear, how much i love you."
he knows that song. he knows that voice.
only — it's not that same voice he heard all those months ago, hidden away in that shitty boathouse. there's nothing gentle about it now, nothing soft or sweet.
it's harrowing now. haunting. cold and sinister, with a taunting edge to it. sharp and cutting. unsettling.
"please don't take my sunshine away."
steve's heart is in his throat. it can't be true. it can't be true. there's no way.
there's a rustle in the trees then, and a thud as something lands — feet. a body. right in front of him. just inside the shadows.
steve can't help himself. "eddie?" he asks.
the creature steps out of the shadows.
it narrows its wild eyes. laughs something deep and twisted. tilts its head. flashes sharp teeth and a bloodred grin. then,
"who the hell is eddie?"
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