#thomas bilder

[immediatebreakfast]

'Maybe it's you,' says I, for I did not like the airs as he give 'isself... 'Ow yes, they would,' says I, a-imitatin' of him. 'They always likes a bone or two to clean their teeth on about tea-time, which you 'as a bagful.

I will always adore how there is a handful of old people in this novel that simply do not give a shit about Dracula, and roast him every time they have the chance.

[see-arcane]

Dracula 99% of the time: What’s up, mortals, I’m here to drink and terrorize you

Everyone: D:>

Dracula going to the zoo: Hello, Mr. Zookeeper, I like your wolves :)

Thomas ‘Gives -10 Shits About Rancid Vampire Vibes’ Bilder: Fuck off

[vickyvicarious]

He 'ad white kid gloves on 'is 'ands, and he pointed out the animiles to me and says: 'Keeper, these wolves seem upset at something.' "'Maybe it's you,' says I, for I did not like the airs as he give 'isself. He didn't git angry, as I 'oped he would, but he smiled a kind of insolent smile, with a mouth full of white, sharp teeth. 'Oh no, they wouldn't like me,' 'e says." 'Ow yes, they would,' says I, a-imitatin' of him. 'They always likes a bone or two to clean their teeth on about tea-time, which you 'as a bagful.'

Thomas Bilder, a true hero, upon meeting Dracula:

immediately tries to piss him off because he's an annoying snob

calls him insolent

mimics him rudely

calls him a bag of bones

gets away with all of this

[godofdystopia]

Berserker the wolf after getting the worst vibes from a visitor, being angered into a frenzy, getting kidnapped, getting football thrown into a window, being mindcontrolled into scaring a poor woman to death and then being abandoned in the streets of London:

[general-sleepy]

It's such a tiny thing, but I find it really funny that the last thing Dracula would want to have happen would be someone like Thomas Bilder saying of him, "I did not like the airs as he give ’isself."

[gellavonhamster]

‘Keeper, these wolves seem upset at something.’

“ ‘Maybe it’s you,’ says I, for I did not like the airs as he give ’isself. He didn’t git angry, as I ’oped he would, but he smiled a kind of insolent smile, with a mouth full of white, sharp teeth. ‘Oh no, they wouldn’t like me,’ ’e says.

“ ‘Ow yes, they would,’ says I, a-imitatin’ of him. ‘They always likes a bone or two to clean their teeth on about tea-time, which you ’as a bagful.’

Shoutout to Thomas Bilder, the zookeeper, for telling Count Dracula he ain’t shit.

[sepublic]

Shoutout to Thomas Bilder for trusting his wolves’ reaction to Dracula and immediately disliking him for it, hoping bad things would happen to him, and even openly sassing the guy; “Yeah they should like you because they love chewing bones and you’re full of them.” Glad to see that before he attacked Lucy last night, Drac at least got something coming to him. If Mr. Swales was his bane shortly before dying, then there’s that recurring pattern with Van Helsing of old men with hard-to-understand accents taking no shit from the Count, making HIM frustrated and trash-talking the bastard to his face, unafraid.

I’m surprised to find out that Dracula hadn’t appeared in wolf form, but had instead used his vampire powers to brainwash a poor, innocent wolf! It’s comforting to see Stoker at least reiterate that the wolves themselves are just animals too, lacking malice and only attacking out of need, and that they’re also victims of Dracula’s corruption. Speaking of Drac, he also likely hypnotized the gardener on the way out, hence why they didn’t remember Bersicker (Berserker?) escaping until a bit later.

And in lieu of some recent posts I’ve made about him, it’s def surreal and weirdly relieving seeing Dracula pretend to be a charming human dude again; Acting all jovial and normal. Like maybe this vampire isn’t some inexplicable horror, but a quantifiable person after all, that can be explained away and reasoned with. Which again, just contrasts with how brutal and straightforward he acted towards Lucy and her mother shortly afterwards; It’s been a callback to the Jonathan Harker segment of the book lately, what with humanized Drac, the swirling dust, the command over wolves, etc.

[yallemagne]

I'm so thrilled to be right.