Alfred and Abronsius’ Journey
I found it quite refreshing to voice my headcanon about the Chagals in the previous post. I decided that it would be quite funny to write another one down. Let’s see how this one goes.
So, Alfred and Abronsius have travelled to Transylvania in search for vampires. We know that. However...is Transylvania the only place they visited in search of bloodsuckers? There are two main points that prove otherwise.
The first one is found at the beginning of the movie “The Fearless Vampire Killers” where the Narrator states that Alfred and Abronsius have been travelling across all of Europe, or at least alludes to that. Great, but where did they go? Why would they travel to other places if Transylvania seems the most obvious choice? Well, here is the second small hint.
During “Trauer um Chagal” Abronsius specifically mentions Van Helsing, the vampire hunter in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”. He even alludes to agreeing with his vampirism theories, along with his own one. So...is it possible to say that Tanz takes place in the same universe as Dracula, just in another place at another time?
If we follow this thought...there are several other classical vampire stories that are written like journal entries. We have “Dracula”, “Carmilla” and “The Vampyre” as the main candidates for this, but we also have lesser-known works such as “The Family of the Wurdelak” and the stories about Clarimonde and Lodoiska.
Where do all these stories take place? Well, Dracula has Transylvania, London, Exeter and even Munich if you count “Dracula’s Guest” into it. “Carmilla” has Styria, a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time, “The Vampyre” features England and even Greece. “The Family of the Wurdelak” features Serbia. The story of Clarimonde has France in it, while Lodoiska takes place in Bohemia. If we take all of these places into account, it makes for quite a big journey over all of Europe, doesn’t it? So, what if Alfred and Abronsius have been travelling according to classic vampire literature? If Tanz takes places in Dracula’s universe, this would mean that the entire novel would be legit journal entries made by real people. Who says the other vampire stories aren’t the same in that universe?
Following this logic, Alfred and Abronsius have been travelling throughout Europe and visited all of the destinations in the vampire novels, collecting evidence and witness accounts. I mean, can you imagine a scenario, where Abronsius questions poor Arthur Holmwood about Lucy’s demise? XD
So, they have been to London, Whitby, Exeter, Styria, Munich, Bistritza, Serbia, Bohemia, France and even Greece. Makes quite for a journey, doesn’t it? But they obviously didn’t find any vampires because they were all killed off in their respective stories (except Ruthven, who disappeared off the radar). So, after having been through all of this, the only place left to go was the deep heart of Transylvania, where they finally found Krolock.
Any thoughts on this? I just had this flooding through my head uncontrollably XD
