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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering he's a good guy in his source material, it would have been interesting to develop Van Helsing towards a HeelFaceTurn and have him become TheAtoner, setting up his role in Literature/{{Dracula}}. Instead, the story is set after the novel and he's just a flat-out villain with no nuance.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering he's a good guy in his source material, it would have been interesting to develop Van Helsing towards a HeelFaceTurn and have him become TheAtoner, setting up his role in Literature/{{Dracula}}. Instead, the story is set after the novel and he's just a flat-out villain with no nuance.nuance.
* TrappedByMountainLions: The Catherine, Beatrice, and the circus segments have significantly less of the actual plot than the Mary, Diana, Justine, and Lucinda parts of the story yet take up a similar amount of time.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: With the exception of Mina, ''every'' heroic character from Literature/Dracula is given AdaptationalVillainy to the point you suspect the author has something against the book.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: With the exception of Mina, ''every'' heroic character from Literature/Dracula Literature/{{Dracula}} is given AdaptationalVillainy to the point you suspect the author has something against the book.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering he's a good guy in his source material, it would have been interesting to develop Van Helsing towards a HeelFaceTurn and have him become TheAtoner, setting up his role in Literature/Dracula. Instead the story is set after the novel and he's just a flat-out villain with no nuance.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering he's a good guy in his source material, it would have been interesting to develop Van Helsing towards a HeelFaceTurn and have him become TheAtoner, setting up his role in Literature/Dracula. Instead Literature/{{Dracula}}. Instead, the story is set after the novel and he's just a flat-out villain with no nuance.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: With the exception of Mina, ''every'' heroic character from Literature/Dracula is given AdaptationalVillainy to the point you suspect the author has something against the book.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Considering how iconic Dracula is as a villain, the fact his role is limited to Mina's vampire boyfriend come across as a major waste of potential.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Considering he's a good guy in his source material, it would have been interesting to develop Van Helsing towards a HeelFaceTurn and have him become TheAtoner, setting up his role in Literature/Dracula. Instead the story is set after the novel and he's just a flat-out villain with no nuance.

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