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[relemene]

INTRO POST (Finally.)

BEWARE OF BLINKIE

I'm Relemene. Pronounce it however you like. I myself change it the way I say it in my head constantly (currently, my personal most common is "reh-lah-mee-nah" or "reh-lah-meh-nah." I also get "ree-luh-meen" or "reh-lah-meen" (like the osteoarthritis supplement) a lot). I use she/her pronouns, but I won't get upset if you use something else. We all make mistakes, after all!

I'm aroace, and that's pretty much all I really know about myself for certain. I'm happy about the way I present myself, and fairly neutral in terms of intercourse. The idea of me having it makes me extremely uncomfortable, but hearing other people talk about it doesn't bother me. Romance is a trope I like explored, and I enjoy reading about all sorts of ships, especially when people are extremely passionate about them. But personally, the idea of an OTP has always confused me. I simply engage in shipping material because (unfortunately) it is the only real way to find meaningful fan content that explores the intricate dynamics between characters more often than not. As such, I don't care enough to engage in ship wars or anything of the sort. If I find a ship I really like, it's usually more in a 'this is a natural extension of a preexisting bond' (which is occasionally all in my head) way than anything else. I could go on, but that's probably not what you're here for.

I like Doctor Who, Danganronpa (mostly into the Another series of Fangans right now + Danganronpa Zero, though), Shakespeare, ESOTERIC EBB(!!!!!), Classic Lit, DC comics, and so, so many other things that it would take forever to list it all. My interests tend to change fairly often, and this is something of a collage of all of them. I try to tag things, but that's more for my own organization than anything else. Sorry in advance!

Beyond that, I'm not anything special. So. Welcome! Try not to be an asshole, pretty please.

I have no DNIs. They don't do anything, and I don't really care enough to make a specific list of 'banned people.' I block who I block, and that's that.

[relemene]

Someone had to do it.

[paperbackparadise]

[princescar]

sketch for Future Foundation Ryoko

scraps from dr0 month im to tired to redo, canon divergent au where junko is kept alive and forcefully kept in her ryoko state as a form of punishment. Hajime being her new doctor and constantly on the verge of a panic attack bc FF sucks

[cubclean]

Some recent fanart of Peko 'John Danganronpa' Pekoyama

[voivode-dracula]

Do you speak to any other people who currently reside in England right now, who's last name starts with an R, and also happens to contain the letters E N F I E L D ?

None of my solicitors, or others now in my employ, are named either Renfield, Reinfeld, Rienfeld, Rinefeld, Refnield, Rendfiel, Relfined, Relfinde, Redflein, Rifelend, Rendifel, Reindfel, Renfidel, Relenfid, or Rifelned.

[sepublic]

I do think it’s interesting how the novel Dracula is meant to be a modern setting from its perspective. It’s very much that genre of story about an ancient fantasy archetype finding itself in a modern setting, complete with the rules-lawyering that often comes with modern parodies (that isn’t to say the stories of Olde didn’t have fun with loopholes either though).

Except Dracula is a story that plays itself straight. The vampire himself is not stupid. He’s possibly the oldest vampire of all which means he upgraded from animal instinct and mindless echoes of past memories to someone who’s regained his critical thinking skills. The story begins because he’s already adapted to how the modern world works now by hiring a solicitor who understands modern laws.

He knows now that he doesn’t have to march into London with an army like he used to; He can just buy property and the laws of London are forced to respect that. Similarly he’s already experimented in and discovered loopholes to vampire rules and limitations; Vampires are bound by the permission of owners so he simply uses his solicitor to buy and own a bunch of properties. If he needs to be invited in, Dracula hypnotizes someone to let him in.

Vampires need to return to their grave every dusk/dawn (whichever comes sooner), which causes their coffin to act as an anchor that limits how far from it they can travel? Dracula simply rations the earth of his grave into fifty coffins and spreads them across London so his range becomes exponentially larger.

All of these things make the story almost come across as a deconstruction and it might just be! It’s just that Dracula the novel became such a trendsetter that people nowadays see it as playing things fully straight. It almost feels as if the novel is written with the idea that readers have a basic understanding of vampires and their rules, so part of the thrill comes in the revelation of how the titular vampire is working around these rules. Likewise I’ve heard it used to be a trope in English literature for a traveler to visit some foreign land with a monster and escape by going home. But here the foreign aspect of the story is just the first (and final) arc; The monster’s plan hinges on coming to the UK itself!

So yeah. Dracula isn’t stupid and he reflects the idea that people of the past had just as common sense as the rest of us, they just had access to less/inaccurate knowledge and things worked differently back then. Dracula would be like… That bit of someone showing a medieval peasant a meme as they comprehend it perfectly and aren’t even wowed by the Doritos. If Dracula was set in the 21st century he’d probably understand social media well enough to become an influencer if he wanted to, though the issue of being invisible in cameras wouldn’t help.

[mysteriouspersonrambles]

Truthfully one of the most insane things to me that tumblr users have ever done is transform Dracula from a book about the Victorian scooby gang trying to defeat a vampire into a tragic time loop (which in turn makes the story even more of a gothic horror in my opinion) via the existence of Dracula Daily

Like what do you mean every single year the Harkers, the suitor squad and Van Helsing are forced to relive the worst year of their life

Sure they win in the end but over and over they are forced to loose the people they love, be striped of their personhood and fight what must have seemed like an impossible battle.

And nobody is even aware of this time loop except us and we just feed into this narrative. “Oh my friend Jonathan has just sent me another letter let’s hope this goes better than last year ;)”

And from a literary analysis standpoint this whole change is inane because it frames the book in an entirely new light. There is a meta layer of horror being applied to the book that was never possible before.

How many years will they suffer like this before someone realizes something is wrong? Before someone gets déjà vu just a few too many times?Before Jonathan and Mina realize they don’t know what their son looks like all grown up? How many years before they are free?

[thestuffedalligator]

It is November of 1893. You have just killed a vampire. Exhausted and worn, you close your eyes and rest.

You wake up. It is May of 1893. You are on a train en route to Transylvania. Your diary says you have had queer dreams lately.

You try to believe it.

(An old woman puts a rosary in your hands. You accept it without question.)

You are a guest in a castle you have never been in before (you recognize every hallway and know without trying that every door is locked). Your host is a man you have never met before (you killed him you killed him you killed him he had turned to dust and there was blood on the snow).

One morning you cut yourself while shaving.

There is nobody behind you in the pocket mirror’s reflection.

You turn fast, and the razor is like a Kukri knife in your hand.

[wintermute-exe]

They can’t stand the bitter rain, so they run in under one of the two awnings—religion or dissipation—and guess who’s waiting for them under both awnings at once…

—Tim Powers, Dinner at Deviant’s Palace

hpbd to these two <33

commission by Lộc Bảo Bảo (FB)

[relemene]

Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow Dracula Daily Tomorrow AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i am. so excited.

[sanguivorestorytime]

TFW you’re a Victorian solicitor struggling to decide what to pack for your very normal, very pleasant Transylvanian business trip. 📝✔️ 👞✔️ 👕✔️ 🧄❔

[octonauts16]

IT’S GONNA! GONNA! GONNA! GONNA!

[nerdwithaknife]

[shakespeare-guy-anon]

"i asked chatgpt" well we asked hamlet the prince of denmark and half of what he said meant something else and the other half didn't mean anything at all

[moonlightingcurse]

Well, I'll be revenged as I may.

David Tennant as Benedick in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (2011)

[aidn]

how the hell do i talk to people

[citrus-hills-blog]

Stand in front of them and press A

[oimatchstickman]