a small thing i learned from my sister dying is that i really would rather the people i love be a burden than be whatever the hell else they'd be if they weren't. yes even if it's messy and not always fair and hard and completely inconvenient for everyone involved. even if it's weird. even if i'm rolling my eyes a bit inside sometimes. i just want you to bother me. please always bother me
the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive
Hi fellow Young Dracula fans, after going through the series again I am looking for videos I remember from watching the show as a kid as well as a few i find interesting that show the history of both the show and the fans. I thought it would be a good idea to share as many things I've found to the community just in case they don't know about some of these things or you know where they are. If i have missed something you think deserves to be on here please let me know.
The young Dracula files: COMPLETE
Young Dracula Files
Found a playlist with all the episodes on not the best quality so if anyone has a better version I can link to let me know.
Lessons for a vampire: INCOMPLETE
Lessons for a Vampire: Knowledge is Power (Young Dracula)
CBBC: Young Dracula - Lessons for a Vampire 'Biology'
Lessons for a Vampire: Gender Studies - CBBC
CBBC: Young Dracula - Lessons for a Vampire 'Art and Design'
CBBC: Young Dracula - Lessons for a Vampire 'Mythology'
I have managed to find 4 videos which i cant make into a playlist cause most of them are age restricted but here they are in order. I'm still searching for the rest if you have any of the videos shown below please dm me. I remember so many of these videos so clearly and I'd love for the new fans to see these extra bits
BBC - CBBC - Lessons for a Vampire Webisodes
ADDENDUM:
I found gender studies! its on the cbbc website, ill probably upload it to youtube at some point to preserve it. International fans please let me know if you can access it. please let me know if you can find anymore episodes.
Interviews: INCOMPLETE
Young Dracula - Gerran Howell profile
BBC - CBBC - Young Dracula's Fangtastic Interview
Young Dracula: Interview with the Vampire - Gerran Howell
Here are all the interviews I've found but if people have more let me know
Hacker Time: INCOMPLETE
Gerran Howell & Clare Thomas Dancing on Hacker Time
this wont make sense for anyone else but if anyone has season 2 episode 5 of Hacker time where they interview Gerran and Claire. I remember a few things like them being made to drink tomato juice but having a full episode would be amazing.
ADDENDUM:
TikTok - Make Your Day
Found some more of it on TikTok, only the intro but still progress!!!
Quest for the Chosen One: COMPLETE?
Quest For The Chosen One | Young Dracula Promo
I saw this on the wayback machine but it wouldn't load and I found it on youtube as a reupload. Is this related to hacker time possibly i cant remember? For international fan Hacker T. Dog was the face of CBBC in the early 2010's at least for me.
12 again: INCOMPLETE
Gerran Howell And Clare Thomas Interview CBBC 12 Again
Here is the 12 again episode with just the Gerran and Claire clips. If i find the full episode I'll add it as well.
ADDENDUM:
12 Again - End of Summer (2012)
Thanks to @minnownox another 12 again episode has been added which has led me to change this to incomplete. Gerran and Claire are only credited for 2 episodes on IMDB and well we have all the the Gerran and Claire clips now but I would like to have the full season 2 episode 2/3 for the sake of preservation.
Vlad's Guide on How To Spot A Vampire: COMPLETE
Vlad's Guide on How To Spot A Vampire
BBC - CBBC - How To Spot Vampires
Thank you @minnownox for sending this to me. Seems to filmed on the same set as What makes your family unique and most likely the same day. I'll add the wayback page as well
What makes your family unique?: COMPLETE
Young Dracula: What makes your family unique? - YouTube
BBC - CBBC - Young Dracula: What makes your family special?
I'm pretty sure this is the full video, seems to be linked to the message boards going off internet archive.
Blue Peter bake sale: COMPLETE
TikTok - Make Your Day
Once again thank you @minnownox for sending this in. This is so cute and also the same set as the interview with a vampire interview!
What has been your favourite bit of Young Dracula?: MISSING
BBC - CBBC - Young Dracula: Vlad - Favourite Moment
the video link like most things on internet archive doesn't work. If this is a flash issue please let me know as Ruffle which hosted the majority of everything for Young Drac was flash based (RIP) so if i need to download an emulator give me a head up.
ADDENDUM: I've done some messing around with ruffle and I gained a copy of flash thanks to a friend and we have come to the conclusion that the files must not be supported anymore. I put this video into flash and it came up with the same error message and same with the games. (also ruffle is a flash emulator I've discovered so yeah I'm feeling less good about recovering stuff lost to flash)
Games: INCOMPLETE
BBC - CBBC - Staring Contest: Young Dracula
BBC - CBBC - Young Dracula - Dust by Dawn game
Both Staring contest and Dust by Dawn are currently unplayable. If anyone has a playable version or any footage please let me know.
ADDENDUM:
💬 0 🔁 2 ❤️ 1 · dust by dawn · @cartoonghosty ummm idk if its blocked in other countries but ive been playin this for a while so hope a vid
Thank you @ghost_doodles for this footage of dust by dawn. I am still unable to play it for some reason but I'm so glad to see this game again!! We are still looking for staring contest, keep looking though it looks like people are running into the same problem as me.
An Epic Fail At Dust By Dawn
found this video as well on youtube
Meet Erin: MISSING
BBC - CBBC - Meet Erin
The only proof i have of this this page of the internet archive. If anyone has the full video please let me know. I am also interested if there are anymore Meet [BLANK] videos out there
BTS: INCOMPLETE
Young Dracula Season 3 - Behind The Scenes
Behind the scenes: Young Dracula series 3
Young Dracula: Blue Peter Segment (Spooky Special 2012)
Meeting the Young Dracula Cast
Young Dracula Behind The Scenes Series 4 - YouTube
I've included all the ones i could find but if you have more dm me so I can add them.
PROMOS: INCOMPLETE
Young dracula promos
Here are all the trailers and previews i can find. Most of the ones on the cbbc Young drac page don't work but they are there. The playlist is incomplete currently incomplete partly due to me being unable to find things but also there is a lot to find. I'm interested in more season 1&2 stuff if anyone can find any.
Renfield Confidential: INCOMPLETE?
Young Dracula - Series 4 - Renfield Confidential
I vaguely remember these, this looks like an upload of all the ones from season 4. I cant find anything else online about these so if anyone knows anything about these let me know.
Young Dracula: COMPLETE
young-dracula directory listing
if you want good quality version of the episode here's a nice link (don't tell anyone you got it from me) but also I do encourage you watching the YouTube rips as they have cbbc moments in them which to me is very nostalgic. As of writing this 28/06/26 young Dracula is currently on iPlayer in the uk but it will be leaving in 4 months .
I hope you all enjoy these!!! Also if i missed anything that you think should be on this list please let me know and if you have media that I'm looking for please get in contact. I would hate for the past of young Dracula to be lost for new viewers. I'm constantly updating this post so keep your eyes out. Would it be better to do this as a google doc, I want this to be for us fans so you input is important.
idk what disabled person needs to hear this, but i used a mobility aid in public for the first time last week and literally nobody cared idk why i was convinced people were gonna stare at me or be weird about a young person walking with a cane but literally nobody gave a fuck
PSA if you are a wheelchair user with a partner who pushes your chair sometimes, you NEED to make out with your partner sloppy style in public so that people know ur together. If you dont do this your partner will be mistaken as your support worker for the rest of your life. Able bodied ppl actually cannot fathom wheelchair users and disabled people being in LOVE so you really need to wave it in their face
Adding that as the child of a wheelchair user and an able bodied person they also can't fathom disabled people having children (the amount of campbeds I've slept on in hotels because accessable rooms are never also family rooms...) so I recommend letting your child ride on your lap/pull you along like a husky (my favourite activities as a kid)
And then when they run off and play, make out with your partner to clarify they are not your support worker.
PSA if you are a wheelchair user with a partner who pushes your chair sometimes, you NEED to make out with your partner sloppy style in public so that people know ur together. If you dont do this your partner will be mistaken as your support worker for the rest of your life. Able bodied ppl actually cannot fathom wheelchair users and disabled people being in LOVE so you really need to wave it in their face
it’s always “I understand why you have an autism diagnosis now” and not “thank you for explaining the entirety of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to me, I really enjoyed hearing about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster”
characters who get the "i can fix him" urge not because theyre a saint who loves everyone inherently but because they think "if i can prove there's good in everyone, maybe i can start feeling like i'm worthy or being seen as good too."
if you ever interact with someone who is mentally ill/mad/pathologised or disabled in some way, assume they are trying hard enough. act as if they are trying hard enough. dont even consider it an option that they arent trying hard enough. if they are failing to meet some goal or expectation, it is despite trying hard enough.
The crazy thing is, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, if you asked me on any given day "Would like to see a picture of some genitals?" my answer would be "😰 No, that's... No, thank you. I'm okay, actually." I have nothing but the utmost respect for people who do engage with the penis side of the internet, but personally, I've spent the better part of two decades doing all I can NOT to have pictures of dick and balls or sexy bikini babe buttcheeks blasted onto my retinas constantly. And yet... to be denied the penis? To have a jumped up pile of javascript tell me, a grown adult with an air fryer and an outstanding council tax bill, that I cannot be trusted to withstand the sight of a bare nipple unless I let it scan my drivers' license? I will move heaven and earth to see that fucking nipple, friend. I will walk a thousand miles barefoot on hot coals before I give you big brother bitches my passport number. A thousand miles through the desert with five VPNs just to press my face up against the glass and see the last uncensored picture of two My Little Pony Characters sixty-nining each other, and I don't even want! to look at it! But I will! I must! for the sake of our fucking democracy!
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