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For those wondering what excatly our friendly, completely normal, human Count was reading today:

(Hint: Mina´s favorite book)

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So people are just. Reading a lot of Dracula right now. And one of the scenes is apparently Dracula pretending he's normal, by reading the timetables for public transit. So now i'm just imagining Ingo/Emmet having to deal with jokes about them secretly being a Dracula, every time they're reading the train schedules even though thats part of their job.

This gives me the opportunity to talk about two things, actually, so here we go...

1. Bradshaw's Guide

The timetables being referred to in Dracula are printed in a book, which is why the titular vampire uses it to pretend to be reading. Bradshaw's Guide was being issued monthly by the time Dracula was written, and it had an instantly recognizable cover, which is the entire point - it makes it obvious that Dracula isn't actually reading, and Jonathan Harker ostensibly should notice that (especially given that he's engaged to self-described "train fiend" Mina). But it then gets flipped, because Dracula is planning to go to England, and that's an English Bradshaw's Guide, so he's actually trying to learn the train schedules there. In classical English literature, you'll see people refer to "Bradshaws" a lot! You can learn more about them here - Sir Terry Pratchett even referenced them in Raising Steam because he was the best.

2. There's actually a character in Gen 5 whose design is stated by developers to have been somewhat inspired by Dracula...

So if there's going to be any jokes, they're going to be about Grimsley.

To quote Bulbapedia: "According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Grimsley's design is themed on both vampires (specifically Dracula himself) and gambling. While his clothes are meant to look refined, the blue-black and red color scheme is a reference to the colors of the roulette."

So Grimsley is literally a gambling Dracula, and if you wanted to do a Pokemon parody of the novel you’ve got your vampiric count right here. (As a bonus, Clay could easily be Quincey.) But I can 100% guarantee you that Ingo and Emmet would both know what Bradshaw’s Guides were and would try to use them if they went to Galar to plan out historical train trips.

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When books are pow'rless to beguile And papers only stir my bile, For solace and relief I flee To Bradshaw or the ABC And find the best of recreations In studying the names of stations.

Railway Rhymes by C.L. Graves

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See it | Say it | Sorted or Michael Portillo in (Yet) another Great British Railway Journey

Photograph of the tabard hanging from easels. I did not keep it for practical reasons (bulky and wet and tacky paint). By the time this photo was taken the work had entirely collapsed.

A couple of the oblong shapes cut out of the found cardboard with pink and orange designs and attached to the tabard are visible.

The video of the performance by DH inspired the inclusion of 'Michael Portillo in (Yet) another Great British Railway Journey' in the title.

As described in Wikipedia: "The series features Portillo travelling around the railway networks of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, referring to Bradshaw's Guide and comparing how the various destinations have changed since; initially, he used an 1840s copy, but in later series, he used other editions."

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