one rec and one link to an essay

[dr_zook]

Maybe you're interested in the following two things I stumbled upon:

# This is an essay about the Evolution of Irish Gothic Through Colonial Trauma, Catholicism, and Cultural Hybridity from Le Fanu to Stoker. It focuses on the books Carmilla & Dracula, and the fantastic movie Sinners-- in case you haven't watched the latter the first part of the essay is worth reading too. I had some light-bulb moments myself. ;)

# a fic written in sceenplay form!
What's Yours is Mine (948 words) by songfrog 
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Nosferatu (2024)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ellen Hutter/Orlok, Ellen Hutter/Thomas Hutter, Ellen Hutter/Thomas Hutter/Orlok
Characters: Ellen Hutter, Thomas Hutter, Orlok (Nosferatu)
Additional Tags: Screenplay/Script Format, Dialogue-Only, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mildly Dubious Consent
Summary: A pact with a monster. A devotion that will not break. Nosferatu waits. She walks to him. And takes her husband with her.

Comments

[erimia]

Stoker framing Dracula as a conqueror was so audaciously bigoted, especially considering the history of the region and Dracula's own human past. I'm glad that most Dracula media doesn't touch this element with a ten foot pole.

I had no idea that Sinners did the dead ship thing! This movie appears to be influenced by Dracula more than I thought.

[dr_zook]

I really do not remember any kind of backstory of Remmick, let alone his name or that we know about how he came to America. (I just asked my spouse, who went to the movies with me, and they agree. It's not just MY memory then, haha.) The writer states in the beginning of their essay that their only sources were multiple viewings of Sinners, so I'm wondering where they have their info from.

I'm intrigued by the idea of Dracula being framed as a conqueror; these shades of grey make the original story only more appealing and make me take a closer look at Stoker-- I call that a win-win situation. :)

[erimia]

Hm, but I don't see how it adds shades of grey to the story? If anything, it makes the black-and-white morality of it even more stark.

[dr_zook]

I apologized if I misphrased before, but I meant: adding some not so black and white layers (as if in: did Stoker maybe subcoutaniously wrangle with his countrymen being both conqueror and conquered? where could one read as much in his writings?) would broaden at least my reading horizon. I haven't read Dracula so far, but I'd keep this info in mind.