#vampire academy 2014

[adaptations-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[vampireacademyshow]

Training

Show Vs Comic Vs Movie

[kajaono]

How to present Dimitri on screen vs how not to

Vampire Academy meta

One thing the Vampire Academy show heavily struggles from is how it presents Dimitri. In the movie Dimitri is respected, he THE Dhampir Guardian. Everyone knows him, most people are scared of him and the last thing people want is meeting him an dark ally.

And the movie makes sure to remind us of that fact, really often:

And again:

And again:

Because the audience is dumb and obvisouly not paying attention lol... no the repetition is actually important to show that it isn’t just a throw away line from a teenie but a common agreement in the Vampire world. And to make sure we do not forget about that.

In contrast to that the show only mentions once that Dimitri is special - in the very first episode - and from there on treats Dimitri like he is just a random dude.

This is best shown in how the movie places Dimitri on screen VS how the show places Dimitri on screen... which is an ENORMOUS contrast! And already gives away what the show gets wrong about Dimitris character. let me show you:

1. Dimitri always sticks out.

Look at this scene. He is super tiny in the background, right? But he sticks out. Why? Because not only is he the only Dhampir we see from the front, we are also able to directly spot him because, in contrast to the other Guardians, he wears his dumb dumb leather coat. Which makes it easy to spot him, even in a mass scene:

Again super tiny but you are immeditaly able to spot him. Also how he moves and stands, his whole posture, its different to the other guardians. Now let us look at the show: Sorry Itunes doesn’t let me take screenshots

*cries a tiny bit* Dimitri just looks like everyone else. He gets completly lost in the mass, because he dresses like everyone else. Yes, he is maybe an inche closer to the camera then the rest of the guardians but honestly... you miss him easily. And that shouldn’t happen.

Dimitris dumb dumb leather coat is also a really clever practical effect. Because it is so long and red/brown, like this the viewer is always able to easily spot him. But treating show Dimitris coat like an achievement the audience has to unlock (like the show does), it makes it hard to spot him and so, you miss him most of the time

2. Dimitri is important and people listen to him

In the movie Dimitris doesn’t has a boss, because he IS the boss. He is the leader of the Dhampirs. He always has the highground. Literally.

And people listen to him and care about his judgement:

In the show we get cursed shots like THIS!

Dimitri doesn’t stick out (as he should), he doesn’t has the high ground and he is also not leading the team. Looking at this shoot alone! Now you hopefully understand why I say that the show treats him like a random Dude. He looks like everyone else, he has a boss and- whats the worst - he is hardly taller then his boss. And has less muscles then Michael. There is nothing in this shot that makes him special.

3. Dimitri makes his own decisions.

When finding out that Lissa is kidnapped he jumps right into action instead of asking an authority figure for permission:

In contrast to that show Dimitri is most of the time not allowed to make his own decisions, he has to follow the will of his boss. He does what he is told to do, no matter what. He is not even allowed to run behind a traumatized girl who just had to kill her best friend:

In the movie, the person who is standing in Dimitris way and stopping him from doing what he wants to do, is himself. In the show it is his boss and the system, Because in the show he might be one of the best guardians but at the end of the day, he is just a dude. ... How can you get a character so wrong? Not his behaviour btw, but the position he is in.

TL.DR: The show takes a character who is supposed to be THE BEST and SUPER SPECIAL and makes him into a guardian who is like everyone else because the show doesn’t has a single clue how to use costumes for clever storytelling and how to let a special character appear special. No offence to Kieron but from his bodytype he was the wrong casting. How to fix that? make him stick out. But the show never did that. hence: Just a dude. And Dimitri isn’t “Just a dude”

[fanaticloser]

Teenage Dirtbag of the Week

Christian Ozera - Vampire Academy (2014)

[vampirefilmreview]

Vampire Academy (2014)

Date Watched: 6/23/2023

Gay: 8/10. Fuck you, they are real

Twilight Influences: A lot. Also Harry Potter?

Enjoyment: 9/10. I really enjoyed this movie which is ironic because I've avoided it for as long as it's been out. I wrote this off as another Twilight or Vampire Diaries but it's not. This is a good teen movie in other ways. I'll admit I was confused by the magic system and strange politics and a lot of the plot (mostly because I read the book directly after watching the movie) but it was fun. I haven't felt this strongly about a lesbian ship since fuffy and I think this sereis kinda lacks the lesbians it needs because of the same reason I never wanted to be a part of it. It feels twilighty but it's not and Zoey Deutch is amazing as my bisexual wife ~Rose Hathaway~

Vampires: Ok, to be honest they're pretty mid. It's all focused on "classy" and "civilized" vampires who would never kill AND blood whores are looked down on? Lame. The strigoi are cool but they're barely part of this one and the designs are boring. 1/10. Natalie was cool

No sire rule and vamps can be born

Representative of 2010s? Yeah

Relative Popularity? Most know about it

[angelstills]

Vampire Academy (2014)

[sagecinemas]

whoa.

[minisinmedia]

Lucy Fry as Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir and Zoey Deutch as Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway both wearing black mini skirts with pantyhose on Vampire Academy (2014)

[ramon-tikaram-love]

from Vampire Academy

[babieken]

The new Vampire Academy show is pretty garbage but its the kind of garbage tv show id watch dkdkkd does that make sense?

[bluewaterhigh2005]

vampire academy tv show actually being Good And Fun is so bad for my mental health because last night i literally dreamed a fully formed short story that richelle mead dropped with no warning and it was about SYDNEY AND ADRIAN set post va but pre bloodlines (which is kinda funny because them hanging out then lowkey retcons all of bloodlines skfjskfj) where they teamed up to go undercover on big brother australia. adrian won <3

[thyme-in-a-bubble]

a list of some autumnal movies/series 🍂

i am nothing if not an organised little goblin who can not stop themself from making a good list. this is just in case you want something with that fall vibe but can't think of any. just close your eyes and point somewhere on this little list, or even put the numbers in a generator and go with whatever the result is ♡

winter | spring | summer

🥧 ‧₊˚ ⋅ movies ⋅˚₊‧

nosferatu (1922) 

sabrina (1954)

the creature from the black lagoon (1954)

psycho (1960)

rosemary’s baby (1968)

the rocky horror picture show (1975)

halloween franchise (1978-)

friday the 13th franchise (1980-)

an american werewolf in london (1981)

dark crystal (1982)

a nightmare on elm street (1984)

ghostbusters (1984-)

ronja rövardotter (1984)

clue (1985)

princess bride (1987)

the witches of eastwick (1987)

elvira mistress of the dark (1988)

dead poets society (1989)

when harry met sally (1989)

ghost (1990)

the witches (1990)

death becomes her (1992)

hocus pocus (1993)

addams family values (1993)

interview with a vampie (1994)

the craft (1996)

the first wifes club (1996)

the scream franchise (1996-)

halloweentown (1998)

practical magic (1998)

you’ve got mail (1998)

the blair witch project (1999)

sleepy hollow (1999)

chocolat (2000)

amelie (2001)

the lord of the rings franchise (2001-2003)

scooby doo (2002)

school of rock (2003)

mona lisa smile (2003)

peter pan (2003)

pirates of the caribbean franchise (2003-2017)

north & south (2004)

pride and prejudice (2005)

the descent (2005)

just like heaven (2005)

the devil wears prada (2006)

the lake house (2006)

penelope (2006)

el orfanato (2007)

juno (2007)

ratatouille (2007)

bridge to terabithia (2007)

the edge of love (2008)

twilight (2008)

the curious case of benjamin button (2008)

julie & julia (2009)

jennifer’s body (2009)

dorian gray (2009)

coraline (2009)

true grit (2010)

the cabin in the woods (2011)

jane eyre (2011)

wuthering heights (2011)

perks of being a wallflower (2012)

the odd life of timothy green (2012)

hotel transylvania (2012-)

the conjuring franchise (2013-)

what we do in the shadows (2014)

the riot club (2014)

as above so below (2014)

john wick (2014-)

the age of adaline (2015)

the witch (2015)

far from the madding crowd (2015)

the edge of seventeen (2016)

paterson (2016)

20th century woman (2016)

the love witch (2016)

mary shelly (2017)

murder on the orient express (2017)

get out (2017)

a quiet place (2018 + 2020)

the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society (2018)

on the basis of sex (2018)

knives out (2019)

ready or not (2019)

the lighthouse (2019)

little women (2019)

the gentlemen (2019)

emma (2020)

ammonite (2020)

the dig (2021)

fear street trilogy (2021)

good luck to you, leo grande (2022)

the batman (2022)

fresh (2022)

bodies bodies bodies (2022)

mr malcom's list (2022)

totally killer (2023)

slay (2024)

🧦 ‧₊˚ ⋅ series ⋅˚₊‧

moomin (1990-1992)

twin peaks (1990-1991)

x files (1993-2018)

buffy the vampire slayer (1997-2003)

gilmore girls (2000-2007)

supernatural (2005-2020)

criminal minds (2005-2020, 2022-)

vampire diaries (2009-2017) / the originals (2013-2018) / legacies (2018-2022)

downton abbey (2010-2015)

the walking dead (2010-2022)

once upon a time (2011-2018)

american horror story (2011-)

teen wolf (2011-2017)

peaky blinders (2013-2022)

outlander (2014-)

how to get away with murder (2014-2020)

the magicians (2015-2020)

izombie (2015-2019)

poldark (2015-2019)

critical role (2015-)

stranger things (2016-)

ghost files / buzzfeed unsolved (2016-)

lucifer (2016-2021)

shadowhunters (2016-2019)

anne with an e (2017-2019)

the good fight (2017-2022)

riverdale (2017-2023)

manifest (2018-2023)

killing eve (2018-2022)

succession (2018-2023)

you (2018-)

a discovery of witches (2018-2022)

the chilling adventures of sabrina (2018-2020)

dickinson (2019-2021)

virgin river (2019-)

carnival row (2019-2023)

the witcher (2019-)

the umbrella academy (2019-2024)

sanditon (2019-2023)

the haunting of bly manor (2020)

i’ll be gone in the dark (2020)

queens gambit (2020)

the great (2020-2023)

shadow and bone (2021-2023)

the nevers (2021-2023)

wednesday (2022-)

interview with the vampire (2022-)

vikings valhalla (2022-2024)

lessons in chemistry (2023)

my lady jane (2024-)

[kajaono]

I waited for rose and Dimitri to dance at the party since 2014 and it finally happened 😭 this show keeps on giving and giving.

Plec probably also saw the movie and understood the frustration that Rose and Dimitri never danced during the midsummer prom

[ruanbaijie]

𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰

SELECTED VAMPIRE* SHOWS WATCHED IN THE PAST 15 YEARS for @userphotoshop​ event 6 ✦ halloween

*including dhampirs and it-was-never-specified-they-were-vampires-but-hey-they-drink-blood characters

the lost boys (1987)

forever knight (1992-1996)

interview with the vampire (1994)

vampire hunter d: bloodlust (2000)

queen of the damned (2002)

the league of extraordinary gentlemen (2003)

underworld (2003-2016)

van helsing (2004)

supernatural (2005-2020)

30 days of night (2007)

blood ties (2007)

moonlight (2007-2008)

being human uk (2008-2013)

the twilight saga (2008-2013)

true blood (2008-2014)

let the right one in (2008)

vampire knight (2008)

daybreakers (2009)

thirst (2009)

the vampire diaries (2009-2017)

the gates (2010)

let me in (2010)

shiki (2010)

fright night (2011)

priest (2011)

vampire prosecutor (2011-2012)

being human us (2011-2014)

abraham lincoln vampire hunter (2012)

byzantium (2012)

only lovers left alive (2013)

dracula (2013-2014)

hemlock grove (2013-2015)

the originals (2013-2018)

dracula untold (2014)

what we do in the shadows (2014)

the strain (2014-2017)

blood (2015)

scholar who walks the night (2015)

seraph of the end (2015)

the vampire lives next door to us (2015)

shadowhunters (2016-2019)

eat locals (2017)

castlevania (2017-2021)

devils line (2018)

tenrou: sirius the jaeger (2018)

a discovery of witches (2018-2022)

the passage (2019)

dracula (2020)

noblesse (2020)

blood red sky (2021)

happiness (2021)

mars red (2021)

midnight mass (2021)

the case study of vanitas (2021-?)

first kill (2022)

the invitation (2022)

morbius (2022)

vampire in the garden (2022)

interview with the vampire (2022-?)

vampire academy (2022-?)

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[lexinoctura]

Rant incoming!

Okay, so I apologize for my language in the following post, and I disclaim that I have NOT seen the entire show, but only a compilation on YouTube and read the summarizes on Fandom.com

So, be warned, because this is going to be ugly!

I fucking LOVE the book series Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.

I read them in English and in German, I have the audiobooks in both languages and the comics to it. I recently read the best FanFiction I have ever read about my favorit ship Rose/Dimitri (Romitri) called "The Ties that Bind Us" by @hiccuppedstudio , and it is one of the very, very few books, shows or movies where I don't have the burning need to write a fix-it, because the books are perfect in my eyes.

I liked the movie from 2014 well enough, even though it was a bit faster than the books. I can understand that and I fully accept that.

What i can't and won't understand and accept is that bullshit motherfucking series from 2022 which I just masochistically (otherwise i have no explanation why I sat through those 7min) skimmed on YouTube.

And don't get me wrong, it is not because they decided to cast people that don't look like the characters from the book. I couldn't care less if I can vibe with them and the story.

BUT, and here comes my full-blown inner Rumpelstizken out to play, what I HATE is when they not slightly change a plot, but fuck the entire thing up with no shame or decency or honor or respect for the source material what so ever!

you CAN'T put the content of 5 (i don't know if they added the sixth as well) books into 10 episodes, no matter how long they are.

you CAN'T try to establish characters, a forbidden romance, a stalker and kidnapper, a very traumatic death of your best friend, the murder of your ship, the 'I have to go and kill the man I love', the restoration of that man and the murdering of the leader of that society within 10 fucking episodes, just to end it with a: \(o.o)/ meh

you CAN'T just fuck something out of existence that is as vital as Dimitri's restoration and redemption to the entire plot of the fifth and sixth book because of… reasons.

you CAN'T just kick out a turn of events (Dimitri turning Strigoi and Rose going to Siberia to kill him, and everything that it entails) when it is THAT VITAL to not only three books, but also to the character development of ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS!

I fuck you not, I have another ten reasons on what that shitshow of a show fucked up, but I fear that if I go on, I'll bit into my screen, and I am not even exaggerating!

Now, seriously, who the FUCK decided to do that!? The books are awesome – like I said – and I can only recommend them to each and every one who likes BAMF main character, and doesn't automatically think that vampire means sparkling disco ball!

BUT! The show was not made for the 'normal' consumers; it was made for the fans, because the books are relatively old (2007 was the first volume released) and the producers/directors/screenwriters dared to try and sell us shit on a paper plate and then asked us to clap