Sorry I've been draculaposting so much today but can we take a moment to appreciate this interaction from the novel (keep in mind this is literally a few hours after these two first met)
Jack: (venting to his wax cylinders)
Mina: Omg it's a phonograph I've always wanted to see one of those!
Jack: Yea I keep my diary in here
Mina: No way, you keep a diary?? I keep a diary :D
Jack: No way :D
And then Mina proceeds to listen to every cylinder and transcribe the whole thing on her typewriter while Jack reads both Mina's and Johnathan's entire diaries and after that he shows her how to use the phonograph and they talk about how cool Lucy was, and we keep intercutting between both narrations and they're both so hyped to have finally met someone else who's keeping a detailed record of this whole mess. There are so many relationships and interactions that get cut for time in most adaptations but I think the instant friendship between the two diary nerds that were narrating basically the entire story for us since before they ever even knew about each other is the one I'm saddest to see ignored.
Stop making Dracula into some tragic human-vampire forbidden love story and start making it about how the entire crew of light all become besties within minutes of meeting each other goshdarnit.
