Let's Appreciate Vampires

[connerys]

Dracula (1931) dir. Tod Browning

[fullofbugs84uy894ujui9]

reminder that this blog, while not politically focused, supports BLM. bootlickers and racists aren’t welcome here, and never will be.

[classicvampiresarecool]

I know this is a blog centered around vampires and stuff, but I feel like I need to post this stuff once in a while. It's important.

[twiddlingthemthumbs-archive-dea]

reblog this if your blog is a safe space for poc

[classicvampiresarecool]

We accept coloured vampires here

[gojiro]

Fun Vampire Fact; the reason that Vampires traditionally cannot see their reflections in a mirror is because mirrors used to be backed with a reflective layer of silver — which, as the metal of purity, would not ‘interact’ with Vampires, who are the Devil’s work.

However, modern mirrors have used aluminum as their reflective backing for many years now — and aluminum is not a ‘picky’ metal at all. So Vampires are able to see their reflections in modern mirrors.

[roseate-rein]

All I can think about is a vampire used to not seeing their reflection in mirrors for centuries, and one day they are just walking along and unknowingly pass a mirror backed with aluminum and THEY NEARLY SHIT THEMSELVES.

[skysinger-musings]

[pleasegivememyaccountback-deact]

reblogging for that gif

[filmgifs]

Dracula (1931) dir. Tod Browning

[alfredsnightmare]

Dracula by Victoria Borisova-Ollas

at the Royal Swedish Opera 

[classicvampiresarecool]

clearly, I’m not well invested enough in my own country or in Dracula to realise that THERE IS A BLOODY OPERA ABOUT IT. 

[lady-of-the-wolves]

You can literally hear this gif.

[moveslikekeithrichards]

[classicvampiresarecool]

Ok, look

I wanted to post a cute GIF of Dracula or something, but I swear. If I find ONE more "count dab-ula" GIF I WILL burn this whole blog down.

(Also, 147 people are following this blog! I have no idea what I'm doing, but thank you)

[thelongvictorian]

Book cover art for Marie Kiraly’s Mina (1994) - based on the Dracula legend. The artist is Robert McGinnis (1926>).

[postmortemmischief]

fun things that tend to get lost in dracula adaptations:

dracula throwing jonathans mirror out the window & leaving; jonathans reaction being essentially “god dammit how am i gonna shave now”

draculas shitty straw hat that he wears during his frantic daytime errands

jonathan trying to whack dracula with a shovel

general respect for lucy & mina

“we should have pity for dracula” “yeah have pity for him when i slam dunk him into hell” “JONATHAN”

quincey quietly stepping out during van helsings long boring vampire lecture & waking everyone up by shooting the fucking window in bc he saw a bat

quincey in general like why would you make the conscious decision to not have a cowboy in your vampire movie

jonathan almost dying bc he ate some spicy chicken

[valtsv]

it'd be nice if people would sometimes try to make normal, polite conversation with me by asking me how my weekend was, or if i'm well, or something, but no, all they ever do is ask me all these deeply personal questions without even trying to get to know me first, like "where's your reflection?" or "why do the lights always flicker when you enter a room?" or "are you going to suck my blood?" and i'm so SICK of it

[beautybeforebrains]

I just had a guy proudly unfollow me because I said mean things about Nazis.

I took a quick scan of his page and he's an underweight, single dude that's obsessed with guns and violence and openly and proudly a pedophile.

Damn, Nazis, you just love comforting to stereotypes don't you?

[beautybeforebrains]

I just realized that any Nazis reading this won't be smart enough to parse that comment so I'll dumb it down for you.

Nazis are only Nazis because they're too stupid and pathetic to get anywhere in life so they blame others for their own failure and resort to fantasies of violence because they're impotent, weak children that are desperate to be strong.

They're also all pedophiles.

[hypdom-deactivated20210221]

The best part about posting anti-Nazi posts is that you get to find all the Nazis following you and either they leave or you get to block them!

#yes all nazis

[classicvampiresarecool]

Dracula wasn't a nazi, so you shouldn't be either

[booxmowo]

Count Dracula in the original novel was so many different things all woven together.

On the “allegory for real evil” side of things there’s:

Count Dracula as a relic from a dark and violent period of history

Count Dracula as an aristocrat sucking the life out of the lower classes

Count Dracula as a sexual predator

And on the “supernatural horror” side of things there’s:

Count Dracula as a disease that modern medicine cannot possibly explain or cure

Count Dracula as an unnatural bestial predator just barely maintaining the mask of humanity

Count Dracula stealing the free will of his victims and causing their personalities to die while their bodies continue to walk about

He’s a multilayered villain where every new layer is just a new kind of villainy.

But various adaptations over the past century have basically invented the idea of Dracula as a seductive corrupting force, decided to make that his whole deal, and then decided that Dracula must not be that bad and people in Victorian England were clearly only scared of him because they were scared of sexuality.

[kayvsworld]

Thinking abt immortality and how meticulously you’d have to keep track of all of your shit so some nosy historian didnt spot your old journal or coat or copy of a book and call an infuriating time-based finders keepers

“It’s two hundred years old” they say. “It’s essentially public property” they say. It’s a letter you sent to your friend and it’s in a museum now and you’re screaming

[galwednesday]

Why are vampire stories always I Want To Drink The Sexy Neck Milkshake and never two vampires texting about the passionate letter one wrote to the other in 1863 but never sent that the other just saw in the Smithsonian’s fall exhibition on Love Through the Ages and what the fuck, Claude, why didn’t you say anything

[classicvampiresarecool]

The word I'm focusing on is "sexy neck milkshake"

[bittersweetsadboi]

WARNING!!!!

People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.

Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I don’t how it is all around the world but I know it can’t just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.

[gallileawinds]

oh my god

[tollhousecookiedough-deactivate]

I HAVE BEEN GETTING THIS TEXT REGULARLY FOR WEEKS

HOLY SHIT THANK GOD I DIDN’T

[imagine-that-one-thing]

I’ve gotten a few of these. Never ever click a link from an unknown number!!!

[thefartshart]

oh yeahhhh, I saw that on snapchat. it’s been freakin’ EVERYWHERE lately. i haven’t been getting the text, luckily, but im still extremely cautious about it. shit’s scary.

not just girls, but boys and other genders have to be careful as well. this could happen to anyone. please be safe, my friends <3

[finninsanelycoolish-deactivated]

FOR ALL THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW. YOU GUYS ARE SMART. YOU KNOW THIS. BUT JUST IN CASE THERE ARE SOME WHO MIGHT NOT. THAT DOESN’T MAKE YOU NOT SMART, PERHAPS JUST LESS INFORMED. 

DO NOT CLICK LINKS IN TEXTS EVER. GO TO ACTUAL WEBSITES FOR ONES YOU RECOGNIZE AND TYPE IN THE URL. OR A BOOKMARK IF YOU HAVE ONE. DON’T CLICK LINKS IN TEXTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES/DMS AND EMAILS. EVEN IF YOU KNOW THE PERSON. TAKE EXTREME CAUTION. 

IF YOU’RE GUTS SAYS EH WOULDN’T DO THAT BUDDY. LISTEN. 

ALSO SIGNAL BOOST THE HELL OUT OF THIS

[67-chevy-baby]

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR BLOG THEME IS!! REPOST THIS TO SAVE A LIFE!!

[classicvampiresarecool]

I never drink...wine

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 movie “Dracula”