15
May
One of Auntie Jilli’s Rules of Tumblr: Always reblog Bela Lugosi’s Dead.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
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Gothic Charm School: pretty things
Fine Folk
Esquire Theme by Matthew Buchanan
Social icons by Tim van Damme
15
May
One of Auntie Jilli’s Rules of Tumblr: Always reblog Bela Lugosi’s Dead.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi’s Dead
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What rubbish. What propoganda. What fuckery.
Being young was pretty much bullshit for me. I like being old better.
I would not relive my teens and twenties for any amount of money. Am I nostalgic about them? Sure. But my life is SO MUCH better now.
14
May
rogueofstorms asked me:
No love for Queen of the Damned? :(
I adore huge parts of QotD. The opening section with Marius at the vampire bar, Daniel and Armand, the Talamasca and Jesse, the sections set at the concert with Lestat’s band … all of those are delightful. I just find that my attention wanders when Akasha starts expounding at length about her philosophy.
Because I’m sure you all want to know, my reading preferences of the Vampire Chronicles go: The Vampire Lestat is always my favorite, and my favor shifts between Queen of the Damned and Interview depending on how much brooding soul-searching I’m in the mood for. (And honestly, the manga adaptation from Claudia’s point of view may eventually become my preferred version of Interview.)
To sum up: Vaaaaaampires. Snarky, hedonistic vampires. Also, I need a gray velvet frock coat. (I may wear my red velvet one tomorrow, just because.)
(I also may start yet another re-read of Lestat during bathtime tonight. Because why not?)
And to continue on from that massive text post about Dracula and how he’s not a romantic figure: I prefer Lestat from the Interview With The Vampire & The Vampire Lestat eras. Lestat is supposed to be the Brat Prince, rejoicing in his vampiric nature and causing havoc because it sounds it sounds like a good time to him. Lestat from The Body Thief, Memnoch The Devil, and so on? I find disappointing. Which is one of the reasons that The Vampire Lestat is a comfort read book for me, but later stories in the Vampire Chronicles are not.
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What it seems to me is just a ploy to cash into the current obsession with romantic vampires (then again every romantic Dracula plot has been).
Now, I’m not going to claim Stokerist purity. I try incredibly hard to be open minded when it comes to Dracula. I can still watch an enjoy many interpretations of the character and the plot, even sometimes the romantic ones. I’ve often defended movies that get a lot of hate from the elitists who refuse to acknowledge anything related to Dracula other than Stoker’s novel 100%, though I too can understand their frustration.
I love Stoker’s novel. I have since I first read it when I was 8. I’ve devoted a good portion of my life to studying the impact and evolution Stoker made to vampires and horror.
But as I’ve gotten older I’ve become increasingly agitated at the fact literally no one has made a film or TV series based 100% on the book. For a story praised so highly why does Hollywood meddle with it making it nearly unrecognisable to Stoker’s intention? Dracula in film has never been portrayed as Bram wrote him. There’s always something changed or something added or something disregarded.
And quite frankly I’m tired of the fact there has never been anything in film that has ever been true to the book.
Which comes into the title of this rant: Dracula is not a romantic figure.
Very good points! I think it’s fine to have crushes on characters you’d cross the street to avoid in real life, but that doesn’t mean we should excuse what they do or pretend it didn’t happen. And frankly, I’m a little selfish in my desires for Stoker-purity: I like Dracula being evil. I find a ruthless and manipulative warlord more interesting than “Barnabas Collins but not as cool.”
While I have a fondness for romantic vampires (Hi Lestat, I see you over there), I have LONGED for there to be a film version of Dracula that is true to the book. Dracula was not a brooding, Byronic anti-hero. He was a monster: ruthless, manipulative, and not romantic. While I enjoy (most of) the various versions of Dracula found in movies, and I’m sure that the upcoming NBC series will be full of eye candy that delights me, I still want to see the Count portrayed as he was written: evil and terrifying.
Couson. Lives. No, I don’t know how I ended up in this fandom, either, but COULSON. LIVES.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D - Official Trailer (x)
I, too, will always reblog this. Tom Waits/Cookie Monster - God’s Away on Business
Tom Waits/Cookie Monster - God’s Away on Business
I will always reblog this.
On the one hand, I am incredibly excited about Only Lovers Left Alive. On the other hand, I’m worried I will spend the entire movie boggling in disbelief at the wig on Tom Hiddleston’s head.
╠ Only Lovers Left Alive
Vintage photograph of The Haunted Mansion.
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Aaaand here are the first GIFsets I’ve seen for the Dracula trailer from NBC. Yeah, I may just stare at these a lot, in between watching the trailer.
NBC’s Dracula official trailer x
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13
May
Well okay, then, I’m in. Victorian(ish) setting and vampires. YES.
I’m not sure what it means that one way to perk myself up when I am having a chaotic, stressful day is to apply black lipstick. Besides that I’m an ElderGoth, I mean. That part is obvious.
Dear Portland Black Lipstick Co., thank you for making the best black lipstick I’ve ever tried.
jadedhavok replied to your photo: Goth at the Office: no, I’m not thinking of trying…
You seem like you might have the answer to a question I seek: I have slightly larger calves that most girls apparently do. Do they make boots (knee high) to fit girls that aren’t stick-thin in the legs?
I know some companies do make boots for larger calf sizes, and there are zip-in insets you can get that essentially add a gusset to knee-high boots. Personally, I either stick with lace-up boots, or I take the boots in question to a cobbler and have them stretch the calves. (Something I’ve had to do with every pair of Fluevog boots I’ve ever owned, BTW.)
It’s interesting, because I’ve never thought of my calves as particularly large, but I’ve certainly known the vexation of not being able to zip boots up.
IMPORTANT TIP: find a cobbler in your area. Not only can they stretch the calves of boots, they can stretch toe-boxes on footwear that are slightly too narrow, they can (usually) custom-dye leather, and (MOST IMPORTANT) they can re-sole and re-heel your boots, thus letting you get years more wear from them.
Goth at the Office: no, I’m not thinking of trying to set people on fire, whatever gave you that impression?
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