The sad part of the poor captain’s determination to make it to England is that, in a way, it would be better if he didn’t. Because he’s bringing a vampire to a place with a lot more prey than one ship can provide.
And he doesn’t know that! He has no idea what’s killing his men, or that it would be a bad idea to let it get on shore. The captain is doing his very best to be brave and honorable in a terrifying situation, and that’s part of why it’s so tragic.
Anyway, in an AU version of this story, this would be Dracula:
we’ll always have yesterday
remaster of an old piece. i’ll be at yeticon table L7 this weekend if you want to come say hi :^)
Hiromu Arakawa’s genius is obvious throughout all of FMA but her first and biggest leap of genius was in how she crafted her protagonist.
Arakawa realized the burgeoning youth of the early 2000s wasnt interested in another plucky spry optimistic young shonen protag. Instead she gave us a short ugly egotistical asshole smarter-than-you atheist with so much money and power that people could no longer best him in arguments by telling him “dude shut up ur literally like 12″
Five pages in we’re told Edward’s famous and rich and powerful. Five more pages and he’s calling some girl stupid for thinking God exists. Five more pages and he’s proven right. Five more and he’s kicked an evil priest’s teeth in. And no one can tell his mom on him.
Hiromu Arakawa figured out the dream of every edgy young weeb discovering internet arguments for the first time and she cast them an idol made of gold.
It appears that today JHark continues your thesis statement of him having an "I will not let such a small issue stop me" pattern
Let us recap!
May 3rd: *paprika gives incredible thirst*
Jonathan: I won't let a little thing like that stop me! *more paprika*
May 4th: *locals crying, hugging his knees, begging him not to go*
Jonathan: *significantly more unsettled* I won't let a little thing like that stop me
May 5th: *this door has no handle*
Jonathan: I won't let a little thing like that stop me...? Though I admit I am at a loss as to what to do about it
May 8th: *dracula yeets the mirror*
Jonathan: *annoyed* I won't let a little thing like that stop me *does his best with his shaving pot, which is fortunately of metal*
May 8th: *the castle is a veritable prison*
Jonathan: *running madly around like a rat in a trap* I won't let a little thing like that stop me!!! *sitting down quietly* ahhhh fuck
May 12th: *envelopes extremely see-through*
Jonathan: *resolving to write to Mina later in shorthand* I won't let a little thing like that stop me *immediately snoops on Dracula's letters*
May 15th: *the door is locked, the key is gone*
Jonathan: I won't let a little thing like that stop me. It's probably in the Count's room
May 15th: *one door not technically locked just suck*
Jonathan: *putting his back into it* oh I definitely won't let a little thing like that stop me...
And a bonus:
Dracula, May 12th: Don't go to sleep anywhere else in the castle or you will Literally Die. From, uh. Nightmares.
Jonathan, May 15th: I won't *yawn* let a little thing like *yawn* that stop me.... zzzzzzzz
I think people get mixed up a lot about what is fun and what is rewarding. These are two very different kinds of pleasure. You need to be able to tell them apart because if you don't have a balanced diet of both then it will fuck you up, and I mean that in a "known cause of persistent clinical depression" kind of way.
If I was Camilla I would be giving "Dulcinea" the hard fucking silent treatment too watching Palamedes bring her tea and tenderly drape her in his bathrobe only for her to barely give him a second glance or even say hello and go back to batting her lashes at the first well-muscled butch teenager she laid eyes on. Never mind the fact that she literally doesn't acknowledge the fact that Camilla exists when Camilla thought they were at least friends. She's not wearing the pulmonary drain he invented for her even though it works as intended and she audibly badly needs it. I'd be on the news
I’ve started thinking about critrole again thanks to tlovm and the newest episode of the current campaign…….iykyk