History WMG / Dracula

** Unless, of course, [[HeGotBetter he got better]].

* At least one live action adaptation has Dracula getting a little too excited about Jonathan cutting his finger, IfYouKnowWhatIMean.

* Something like this is implied in his "look of peace" as he dies--he may not have known it consciously, but the ennui he sought to satisfy by[[TakeOverTheWorld spreading his curse and control to England and the world at large]] is finally relieved by death.

* There's probably more, but just typing this out makes me feel like a [[YaoiFangirl terrible pervert.]] Don't get me started on Renfield, or else I'll start getting twitchy again.
* Since high school I have been analyzing Dracula on an almost yearly basis and have reached this conclusion many times. There is evidence that some of the Hungarian mythos which Bram Stoker drew on views a vampire that drinks the blood of someone from the same sex as being effectively homosexual. His defense of Jonathan thus becomes much like a jealous lover. Also, culturally Dracula represents the mistrusted foreigner to Stoker's London, but he may also represent the mistrusted homosexual, or at the very least deviant.
** Fairly ironic, considering Vlad Tspesh was so anti-homosexual that he had those who were convicted of sodomy impaled anally. Of course, that could just be overcompensating, too.

** I need to see this. Direly.
** Just read the novel; the above sounds like the reaction Dracula has when Jonathan cuts himself shaving.

[[WMG: Some of the characters are [[DoctorWho Time Lords]] or {{Legacy Character}}s.]]

* According to the Diaries of the Family Dracul trilogy by Jeanne Kalogridis, the blonde is Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one brunette is a distant descendant of Dracula's, and the third is a simple peasant girl.

** Unless, of course, [[he got better]].

** Unless, of course, [[he got better].

There was no logical reason ''why'' Dracula's castle should collapse when he was killed DeaderThanDead. At first, it struck Stoker as a [[RuleOfCool cool and dramatic]] not to end on, but closer reflection made him think, "Wait a minute, that's absurd. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Who ever heard of]] a building collapsing just because [[LoadBearingBoss its owner was destroyed]]? It makes no sense." And, indeed, it wouldn't make sense in the context of the story. Had he left in the original ending, the first FridgeLogic shared on the ItJustBugsMe page would have been, "''Why'' did Dracula's castle collapse?"

[[WMG: The whole novel is just Renfeild's psychotic delusion]]

[[wmg: The whole novel is just Renfeild's psychotic delusion]]

He is the product of {{Unbuilt Trope}}s. Regardless of what other vampire lore goes by, Stoker's vampires are destroyed by: cutting off their head, and removing the heart. We know this works because we see it work on Lucy. We know that whatever Jonathan and Quincey do to Dracula at the end works because he dissolves into dust ''and'' because [[NoOntologicalInertia Mina is no longer an Un-Dead in progress]]. All this proves is that stakes are not necessary for destroying the heart (knives work just as well). It all depends on the situation; using a hammer and stake was Van Helsing's method of choice for an immobile vampire lying in a coffin with no way of fighting back, but he arms the team with knives and guns for destroying Dracula probably in the heat of battle. (Van Helsing has clearly read his ''ZombieSurvivalGuide''... actually, he probably wrote it.)

Ok ok i know what you're all thinking "Not another Time Lord theory" but I have backup here. First lets look at Dracula, TARDIS? either his castle or boxes of earth, it could also be speculated that they are all the same TARDIS and the cloaking unit isn't broken . Companions? the three women in his Castle. later Renfeild Lucy and Mina almost. Dr. Seward also has potential for this his TARDIS is either his medical bag or his asylum and companions either Renfeild Van Helsing or oneo f theother inmates. ofcorse the opposit could be true and Seward is the companion to Van Helsing etc etc. now for Regenerations this si where my alternative theory com es form the reason that each depiction of Dracula is so radicly different from the last and certainly from the original is that they are all A. Regenerations of said TimeLords or B. LegacyCharacters and thus not the same people at all. please consider keeping this up or at the very least putting it into the Time Lord article instead of outright removal.

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* The description isn't perfectly clear, but I read it, at least, that he was stabbed in the heart, beheaded or at least cut most of the way through the neck, hit the ground, and then [[{{Overcranked}} underwent in a few seconds]] the decay he would have suffered over the years had he died when he was supposed to, ending up finally as bone dust.

** I need to see this. Direly.

** Something like this is implied in his "look of peace" as he dies--he may not have known it consciously, but the ennui he sought to satisfy by[[TakeOverTheWorld spreading his curse and control to England and the world at large]] is finally relieved by death.

** IIRC, he didn't get his head chopped off. He turned to mist as soon as the knife went into his heart.
** The description isn't perfectly clear, but I read it, at least, that he was stabbed in the heart, beheaded or at least cut most of the way through the neck, hit the ground, and then [[{{Overcranked}} underwent in a few seconds]] the decay he would have suffered over the years had he died when he was supposed to, ending up finally as bone dust.
** We're talking about Dracula here. The fucker could survive a supernova to the face.
** He also avoided having garlic placed in his mouth, which was necessary for Lucy. And, of course, Van Helsing implies that the way he became a vampire in the first place simply involved just refusing to die.
** Seeing as how a member of Bram Stoker's family is releasing a sequel to Dracula set in the same continuity i'm guessing your right.
** Again due to my obsessive study of vampirism and Dracula I found that apparently it is only possible to kill a vampire when the following criteria are met: The head must be severed, the heart must be pierced with a yew tree stake, the garlic must be placed in the mouth, the body and head must be burned, separately (sources vary on whether it has to be at a crossroads as well), and holy water must be sprinkled on the place where the remains are buried. Dracula did not suffer all of these criteria, therefore if he depends on the more traditional vampiremythos, he may well have survived.

It's all in here.

http://draculawasframed.blogspot.com/

* Perhaps even [[BrotherSisterIncest very close relatives.]] The blonde one is either an imported lady-love, cameo Carmilla, or a projection of a sleepwalking Lucy.
** And if you want to be very technical, we have no idea HOW they are related to Dracula or if they are related at all. I saw something that suggested that they may have been his daughters. but still speculation. in the novel the weren't referred to as "brides" just as "those three women" and things along those lines. The whole "Brides of Dracula" title came I believe from the Hammer Horror film of the same name of course the idea that they were his wives dates back to either the 1931 film or the Hamilton Dean stage production it was based on
** I seem to recall Van Helsing referring to them as his "brides", but it was pretty obvious he meant more like "concubines". I do like the idea of them as his daughters though, very much-- doesn't that make him something of an OverprotectiveDad with wanting them to get away from Harker, or the four of them more like a quasi-incestuous cannibal clan?
** From the context Van Helsing's narration gave while watching them die, it's more likely that they were just random romanian peasant girl that Dracula picked up in a fit of loneliness... and just like their master, they couldn't let go of the evilness until someone killed them (the "look of peace" is also mentioned in this bit).

** That also explains the mirror-shattering thing. Mirrors are foul baubles of man's vanity... ''and'' you get so much nicer results if you're not doing the job yourself. He's only watching out for Harker. (It is this troper's personal opinion that vampires live in groups in order to groom properly sans mirrors, so this works just fine.)

He assumed it was obvious. "What? You needed me to tell you that a pale, lethargic girl with neck wounds and bats flapping at the window means we're dealing with a vampire?"

[[WMG:Mina's blood type is AB+.]]

** Lucy, of course, had no such luck.
* Actually, in the book it was Lucy who got the transfusions and later died. Mina never received a transfusion.

[[WMG: The three women in Dracula's Castle are]]

[[WMG: some of the characters are TimeLords or LegacyCharacters]]

ok ok i kn ow what you're all thinking "Not another Time Lord theory" but I have backup here. fi rst lets look at Dracula, TARDIS? either his castle or boxes of earth, it could also be speculated that they are all the same TARDIS and the cloaking unit isn't broken . Companions? the three women in his Castle. later Renfeild Lucy and Mina almost. Dr. Seward also has potential for this his TARDIS is either his medical bag or his asylum and companions either Renfeild Van Helsing or oneo f theother inmates. ofcorse the opposit could be true and Seward is the companion to Van Helsing etc etc. now for Regenerations this si where my alternative theory com es form the reason that each depiction of Dracula is so radicly different from the last and certainly from the original is that they are all A. Regenerations of said TimeLords or B. LegacyCharacters and thus not the same people at all. pleas consider keeping this up or at the very least putting it into the Time Lord article instead of outright removal