Dracula: September 21 - September 25
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oracneSeptember 21: "She makes a very beautiful corpse, sir. It's quite a privilege to attend on her. It's not too much to say that she will do credit to our establishment!" Yikes! But also, so funny. Black humor FTW.
How convenient that Van Helsing is a lawyer as well as a doctor! But it's a mistake for him not to tell the others all about vampires. I think he could've convinced them he was telling the truth. However, then the story would lack a lot of its impetus!
September 22: Mina first see Dracula for herself, as he ogles a beautiful girl; and Jonathan is terrified until he naps, and awakens having forgotten...which is presumably something Dracula did to him? They also learn of the deaths of Lucy and Mrs. Westenra. Meanwhile, Van Helsing falls into hysterical laughter after the Westenras' funeral. At the conclusion of a very long speech to Seward about why he laughed, he says, "But King Laugh he come like the sunshine, and he ease off the strain again; and we bear to go on with our labour, what it may be."
"Just so. Said he [Arthur] not that the transfusion of his blood to her veins had made her truly his bride?"
"Yes, and it was a sweet and comforting idea for him."
"Quite so. But there was a difficulty, friend John. If so that, then what about the others? Ho, ho! Then this so sweet maid is a polyandrist, and me, with my poor wife dead to me, but alive by Church's law, though no wits, all gone—even I, who am faithful husband to this now-no-wife, am bigamist.
Seward states he's ending his diary.
September 23: Mina is about to read Jonathan's journal of his trip to Europe.
September 24: Mina reads the diary and isn't sure if it's a result of the "brain fever." She decides to type up her diary. Use those secretarial skills! Van Helsing writes to Mina, asking to meet with her.
September 25: The newspaper takes a humorous tone to children wandering off with a "bloofer lady" and returning with small wounds to the throat. Yikes. The next article has a less amusing tone as the child is found "quite emaciated." Meanwhile, Van Helsing visits Mina, and tells her the truth about Dracula. She gives the sort of physical description that indicates character is visible in physical features. Van Helsing takes away Jonathan's diary to read overnight and reassures her that every word is true. Harker and Van Helsing, They Fight Crime! Or at least, that's the fanfic I want to read.
How convenient that Van Helsing is a lawyer as well as a doctor! But it's a mistake for him not to tell the others all about vampires. I think he could've convinced them he was telling the truth. However, then the story would lack a lot of its impetus!
September 22: Mina first see Dracula for herself, as he ogles a beautiful girl; and Jonathan is terrified until he naps, and awakens having forgotten...which is presumably something Dracula did to him? They also learn of the deaths of Lucy and Mrs. Westenra. Meanwhile, Van Helsing falls into hysterical laughter after the Westenras' funeral. At the conclusion of a very long speech to Seward about why he laughed, he says, "But King Laugh he come like the sunshine, and he ease off the strain again; and we bear to go on with our labour, what it may be."
"Just so. Said he [Arthur] not that the transfusion of his blood to her veins had made her truly his bride?"
"Yes, and it was a sweet and comforting idea for him."
"Quite so. But there was a difficulty, friend John. If so that, then what about the others? Ho, ho! Then this so sweet maid is a polyandrist, and me, with my poor wife dead to me, but alive by Church's law, though no wits, all gone—even I, who am faithful husband to this now-no-wife, am bigamist.
Seward states he's ending his diary.
September 23: Mina is about to read Jonathan's journal of his trip to Europe.
September 24: Mina reads the diary and isn't sure if it's a result of the "brain fever." She decides to type up her diary. Use those secretarial skills! Van Helsing writes to Mina, asking to meet with her.
September 25: The newspaper takes a humorous tone to children wandering off with a "bloofer lady" and returning with small wounds to the throat. Yikes. The next article has a less amusing tone as the child is found "quite emaciated." Meanwhile, Van Helsing visits Mina, and tells her the truth about Dracula. She gives the sort of physical description that indicates character is visible in physical features. Van Helsing takes away Jonathan's diary to read overnight and reassures her that every word is true. Harker and Van Helsing, They Fight Crime! Or at least, that's the fanfic I want to read.
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Date: 2024-11-07 02:17 pm (UTC)