#powers of darkness

[victusinveritas]

I know this has been passed around before, but here it is again. It's worth a read, too.

[goblingallery]

[charnel-grounds]

Robert Aickman - Powers of Darkness. London: Fontana, 1968.

[bekaroth]

It's been awhile since I've read the original Dracula for reference, but Powers of Darkness (the translation of the Icelandic print of it) is literally Jonathan Harker having Bi panic while Dracula talks about how much he loves tits.

I love this book so much

[bumps-in-the-night]

My girlfriend got me Icelandic Dracula, I’m so excited!!!

[emilysidhe]

So this spooky season I’m listening to Powers of Darkness, a Scandinavian/Icelandic 1890s “translation” of Dracula that’s actually an alternate version with significant differences. (Interestingly, some of the plot changes match details Stoker had in his original plot notes that were altered or abandoned in his finished version, suggesting that he had some input in the changes, but how or why is unclear).

Found the first added scene today,* a brief scene where “Thomas” Harker meets a German speaking teacher who gossips with him about the Count. Interestingly, he mentions that the Count has been married three times but his wives have all died and he has no children. Now, the three vampire women are traditionally known as “Dracula’s wives,” but there’s nothing in the English language text to suggest that they are. Here it actually does seem to imply that! Also, does the fact that this modern teacher knows about them mean that they’re fairly recent vamps who were married and turned within a mortal lifetime of the present, you think?

*I’m 100 minutes in, but the first 90 were introductions and appendices

[shestoodintears]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I managed to put some words together! I'd like to thank my never-ending thirst for Adar and for Sam Hazeldine, and my tenderness towards feral!Elrond.

Thank you to the people who sent me kind words when I was struggling and fishing for compliments, you are the best!

I hope you enjoy this update!