#dracula headcanon

[yallemagne]

Thinking about the half-Indian Jonathan headcanon again. Because it's so easy to throw in what with him being an orphan. His parents could be anyone.

With Mina, her last name, Murray, hints at her origin: she's Irish. But also we know that, since she's lived her whole life in England with no relatives to help her retain any of her Irish heritage, likely the only thing she knows about her heritage is how much of a disadvantage it puts her in. She'd only know the stereotypes that people would torment her with. I once saw a post that implied she'd know Gaelic from a young age and I'm just like "In England? With no Irish relatives to teach her? Growing up in an English orphanage?" If there's any reason why Gaelic isn't spoken more widely, it's because of the English. They won't even let children write with their left hand. They certainly aren't going to teach an Irish orphan girl anything about her culture other than how hard she has to work to "make up for it".

Now, with Jonathan... I'm not even sure which of his parents was English and which was Indian. Like even with Quincey, who I haven't written much about, I know my headcanon is that his father is black and his mother is mestizo. I suppose it's not a fair comparison because Quincey is not an orphan, so the vibes still peak through with him??

Like, here is the thing. Reasonably, one can assume that since Jonathan's surname is the fairly common English name Harker, his father was English and his mother was Indian. BUT. Another headcanon I have is that Jonathan's father passed away after his mother. Something I just kind of assume because Jonathan just barely mentions having had a father (calling Hawkins his "second father") but never mentions having had a mother.

Now, why would this matter in terms of his parents' origins? Well... if Jonathan's father were both Indian and didn't already have an English name (maybe unfair of me to assume, he could have changed his name), then it could be that he requested Jonathan be called Jonathan Harker, retaining his mother's maiden name to limit the amount of discrimination he'd face growing up.

BUT I DUNNO I'M JUST SPITBALLING HERE.

[thewritehag]

Dracula headcanon: Renfield was a solicitor at the same real-estate firm as Jonathan Harker before he met Count Dracula

[jeonggukieandcream]

Quick thinking: Affection progression - Dracula x Reader

(Heavily inspired by a conversation topic with @arwyn-the-cyrptic-bisexural

To begin with, Dracula doesn’t understand.

He doesn’t understand why you want to hug him. He doesn’t understand why you reach for his hand when you’re sat beside him watching television. He doesn’t understand why you want to sleep with him next to you or why you want him to rest his head in your lap. He doesn’t understand why you sometimes want to fall asleep with your head in his lap, why you want to be with him as often as you can be. He doesn’t understand why you want to hug him or why you want him to hug you back. It’s not that Dracula is naïve or even stupid, it’s simply that he’s... too old and the modern ways still confuse him even though he has eaten numerous people by the time the two of you make one another’s acquaintance. 

As time passes and the romance between the two of you is fanned from a few chemical sparks into something more, Dracula now cannot understand why he is the one wanting to do all of the aforementioned things with you, too. The first time you hugged him, he was as still as a statue. He needed not to breathe, dead is he, and cool to the touch is his body. You felt discouraged but there was something in those dark and foreboding depths which told you that the gesture was enjoyed more than he was able to let on. 

Seasons fly and hugs grew to become a daily ritual. Still does he not understand the why but he appreciates the certainty of your feelings for him and slowly does he begin to hold you more, too. First, a hand on the back of your head. Second, a hand on the small of your back... and then one day it’s both of these touches as his arms slowly, slowly, move across the solid mass of your back as he hugs you properly. You gasp, shocked into stillness, but he remains fast and you relax. After the first time does it become easier and slowly, with each new gesture of affection, Dracula finds it easier to accept it and easier still to return it.

To begin with, Dracula didn’t understand.

But as he pulls away from the hug and catches the blinding smile on your face, your eyes alight with nothing but love for him, he feels a twinge of something warm within his chest. Yes, he thinks as he wraps his arms around you once more for another round, he’s beginning to understand.

[merumely]

Alucard Headcanon #4

After being with his beloved for a very long time, his mate becomes something he's never had in his entire life, a safe haven. After they've won his entire trust, his beloved would be one of those very, very few people he would willingly let his guard down around. Their touch is one of those few things that'll reduce the vampire into a purring mess, whether it'd be running their fingers through his hair, holding him or humming to him, it'll make him putty in their gentle hands. After a long life of hardship, trauma and abuse both physically and emotionally, having this one person that accepts his for who and what he is, unconditionally loves him and can keep at bay what plagues and distraughts him, it would overwhelm him knowing there's someone like that just for him and he'd without a doubt cling to his own safe haven that is his dearly beloved.

[imaginesbymk]

Dracula finding out you can teleport would include...

requested by @theichabbieclub​

him being very intrigued by your ability

dracula also gaining attention to you as a day goes by

coming to the point where he’s practically stalking you and seeing how you manage to do it

often pointing it out every time you two have encounters

coming up with a nickname for you

him asking you enough questions just to get into your head

outsmarting him countless times

using your powers for good, bad, neutral, etc

teasing him

not opening up to dracula that much about your teleporting abilities, which justifies his surprise after finding out

getting frustrated by someone like you who holds such power as him

even getting frustrated when you teleport without him and disappear

he is aware this ability can exist, but it’s rare

finding ways to catch up to you

finally being able to find you wherever you are

owning your trademark teleportation (animal, mist, maybe something more sci-fi, etc)

manifesting into your ownself

and it’s mostly during the nighttime, evening or early morning before sun rises

teleporting together

[castlevaniawritings]

How do you think Dracula fucks 😩 I’m such a thirsty ass heathen bro I’m so sorry

At the core, Dracula is equal parts suave and beastly--particularly without realizing it, since he’s spent so much of his life away from other people (namely humans, but also generally speaking) and has developed a rather standoffish perspective in the matter. Assuming you’ve been successful at earning the vampire’s affections or interests in such intimate affairs, you’ll be quick to realize that his habits in matters of hunger--be it for blood or sex--are similar across the board.

Since he’s lived for such a long time, the man has developed at least a natural talent with words and how to use them effectively--but he is also incredibly blunt, never having developed a reason to play coy or ignorant in matters of things he’s wanted. If he wants to fuck, you’ll certainly never be questioning it--through words, actions or a combination of the two, Dracula will certainly leave an obvious impression for you to respond to one way or another. The details will depend on each unique encounter as well as your relationship with him--perhaps you will find yourself with seductive words whispering next to your ear in a darkened hall, or mayhap yet be swept off your feet into his arms as he carries you off into the bedroom. 

Likewise to his bluntness, the vampire has very little shame about his wants and needs. Depending on your own preferences on communication and sense of dignity, there may be more than a handful of half-awkward conversations because he is extremely willing to describe in explicit detail the sorts of things he’d like to do to you and your body. 

As for particular habits and kinks, you’ll certainly be hard-pressed to find a man with more general knowledge of the subject. Partially due to his vampiric age and partially yet do to his constant desire for general knowledge, there’s very few things that Dracula has neither heard about or has collected a book about somewhere within his vast library. If there’s a particular preference that he doesn’t hold himself, he’s not above trying it with a partner that he cares about, putting their pleasure above his own especially if they have earned his affections.

Though a largely gentle lover if his partner is human (and therefore, to him, fragile), he is more than capable of being pushed into moments of rather bestial instinct. When emotions run deep and hot, when pleasure is pushed to the limit, when his sense of patience is tested beyond what even he is capable of...well, in those moments he can be quite monstrous in more ways than one, much to the delight of a lover who would trust and enjoy to see that part of him (and he happy to show it, provided it wouldn’t leave his partner traumatized).

Predator play, blood drinking, dominance, body worship--those are just a couple things that Dracula would be rather partial to, assuming you are in kind. Though his human partner would certainly warrant a certain level of restraint with his strength, he wouldn’t mind manhandling them a little, to feel them quake and shiver and keen beneath him like caught quarry. There’s a certain thrill to be found in moments like that, much akin to a hunt--and he is certainly not ashamed of admitting such.

[yallemagne]

I'm just thinking about the implications of my own headcanons surrounding Lucy, Mina, and Jonathan's relationship (polycule name pending,,, the Whitby girls or smth).

So, Lucy talks about her childhood friends Mina and Joni a lot, and the implication is that, through a month's worth of conversations where she talked about the three of them to Arthur and his companions, she never once referred to Jonathan by male pronouns. Queer people wish this girl was real. I wish she was real.

So, the whole time, the suitors are of the impression that Lucy has these two spinster friends and one went abroad recently for some indiscernible purpose.

Makes me want to write the scene where Arthur assumes Joni is short for Johanna, I figure it would be fun. Quincey's in the background cackling. Maybe Jack is also there and he tries to play it off as he already knew.