I Think People Get Mixed Up A Lot About What Is Fun And What Is Rewarding. These Are Two Very Different

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Larian, i'm available for suggestions, please reach me at wyll_simp_4ever@blorbo.gov

Various magnus archives drawings I did while listening to it (I stopped at mag 101 for unguessable reasons)

Jack Seward: Vampire Coded

I really like the theory of Jack being vampire-coded, not only because he is a foil of Dracula but because it shows how the abuse of power can come from within the house (or rather within the asylum). So here is a list of vampire-like traits he's exhibited so far:

-Has a good forehead and strong jaw, just like Dracula is described as having a prominent forehead and "strong chin"

-Doesn't sleep at night except for the help of chlloral

-Monologues about the "natural order of things". Dracula with his lineage and warrior blood and Jack with his superior rationality over Renfield.

-Jack is described by Lucy as having an intense stare and wanting to psychoanalyze her (later Renfield), which implicitly recalls how Dracula has power over Lucy through his hypnotizing red eyes.

-Uses a lancet, which is a small instrument for blood letting. Speaking of blood, he describes Renfield as having a "sanguine" temperament twice. What's next, drinking blood?

-Feels lonely and compelled to love someone, just like Dracula wants to "love" Jonathan. Now this is pretty interesting -- Jack is more like a gothic brooding hero that Dracula tries to be in a lot of media adaptations. He's in love with Lucy and yet he uses Renfield as a replacement.

-Being alone vs being lonely. Dracula is lonely, even though he lives with three vampire women who are familiar with him. Jack has friends who he keeps at a distance because of unrequited love. Of course this is a bit of a stretch as we tend to think of all three suitors as a parallel to the vampire women, but I'm throwing this in anway.

Again, this isn't like definitive, but I thought it was interesting!

oh man i love your Renfield and Dracula art and you're taking requests??? can you draw Art with his three terriers? bonus if Lucy is included (but yeah, if you're not feeling like drawing multiple dogs, just Art is good. or just Art and Lucy. i love Art)

I love Art too, and to be honest I was already planning on doing this, so the ask just pushed me along into getting on with it. I did have to learn how to draw dogs, but that’s a useful thing to learn.

Also doing cute drawings where these characters can be happy before the true horrors take hold brings me joy.

another gravity falls animation! :3 hope yall enjoy!

orpheus looked back

they're back on those damn bleachers again

(thank you for 1k!!)

sping break!!! hoot growl!

Artist: roytheart_

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