skerple
[dracula daily] just musing, in the vein (ha) of Hamlet 3.3.87 's thoughts yesterday
skerple
as somebody who has never read Dracula before, I have heard of how unintentionally hilarious it is in the modern day
skerple
but it really is so much funnier than you would expect
skerple
our good friend jonathan harker not only has no idea he's in the novel Dracula, he has no idea he's in a gothic horror novel at all
moontouched
he just wants to collect recipes and have near-death experiences with paprika
skerple
why are all these foreign peasants frantically crossing themselves and warding him against the evil eye when they hear where he's going? super weird. anyway the food is great
skerple
and as Brad mentioned yesterday: Bram Stoker could not possibly have anticipated how funny the sidenote of (Mem. I must ask the Count about these superstitions) would become
skerple
I wonder what Count Dracula can tell me about this vampire stuff
Hamlet 3.3.87
it's SO GOOD
Hamlet 3.3.87
he cant be genre savvy about it cause the genre was invented here
skerple
he's in THE vampire story
BERSERKER
as someone who understands how much jjba influenced japanese media after it: i can't honestly believe that johnathan joestar was not at least in some small part designed to be blatantly a knockoff of jonathan harker
BERSERKER
it is that exact same himbo energy
skerple
like. personally, I find that reading a foundational classic for the first time is always fascinating, in the way of being able to see the start of so many tropes and influences
skerple
but it's never been so funny as Dracula is so far
skerple
BERSERKER : I WOULD NOT BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED, HONESTLY,
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I just saw a post a bit ago about how if Dracula was written in the modern day, it'd be in the form of recipe blogs and... yeah.
skerple
oh my god. it would be. that's exactly the energy.
noah may cry
jonathan harker just wants to write a fun travel journal about the delicious food he's eating and all the neat sights in the countryside!
noah may cry
he has NO IDEA he's in a horror novel! and it's so entertaining
skerple
"omw to discuss a land purchase with a Romanian nobleman. the food is great! I'm sure nothing gothic horror will happen to me" -- jonathan harker
skerple
i mean for comparison like- if you read frankenstein
skerple
victor frankenstein does seem to have a nonzero awareness that he's in SOME kind of gothic novel
skerple
and he might not even be surprised if you told him it was a gothic horror novel
skerple
even before the horror starts happening
skerple
our boy jonathan though? nah. nope.
moontouched
he's in a slice of life cooking manga
skerple
...... I unironically want a slice of life cooking manga about jonathan harker
skerple
as he blunders his way obliviously through various classic horror stories
skerple
there is nothing funnier, in any story, than a character who's in the wrong genre
BERSERKER
victor frankenstein is basically wrong-alignment savvy instead of wrong genre savvy
BERSERKER
the good doctor believes he truly is, a good,
BERSERKER
jonathan harker, on the other hand, believes he is in a martha stewart biopic
Hamlet 3.3.87
i love how frequently he's like "oh god i might die. whelp, i guess that's what being a real estate agent is like. yolo"
moontouched
i feel like there has to be SOME fanfic where dracula gets sidetracked by cooking things for jonathan and this is what ends up stopping his reign of terror
Rama
So it took me until just now to realize the dude from Hotel Transylvania is named for Jonathan Harker but - while the central premise of HT is that everyone knows who Dracula is - when the guy is introduced in the first film he has exactly the same energy
Rama
He's just backpacking and found a cool castle
skerple
Delightful
Nin is tired
... this makes me want to read the book
Hamlet 3.3.87
sign up for dracula daily! it'll send you managable chunks and you can join our giant tumblr-wide book club :-D
skerple
yes! it's still early on so it'll be easy to catch up!
Nin is tired
do I just Google that? what exactly is it, like book chunks or audio chunks?
moontouched
Nin is tired
bless ty <3
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