Ford Has Gotten Too Used To Talking To Himself And Not At All Used To Other People Being Around To Hear

I finished putting together the Irish-American heritage month display and Jesus CHRIST there are so few books about Ireland in our collection?? Once more, I must say:

I'm so genuinely gutted that of the big three Gothic horror stories, Frankenstein; the biggest of them all, is the ONLY ONE who doesn't have this relatively huge Tumblr fanbase. Like, yeah. Don't get me wrong, it exists... but compared to DRACULA??? Or even J&H???? Not even CLOSEEE. And it's because they both got some cool thing Tumblr enjoys, like Dracula Weekly/Re; Dracula, or The Glass Scientists. BUT I GET NOTHING OVER HERE. WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN.

So I decided to read Book of Bill and managed to finish right before the countdown ended

I'm still working away on this!! I'll stream a couple days next week (probably Tuesday and Thursday?) while I keep at it!!

no but NOT ONLY does the Dracula novel explicitly show that the men's well-intentioned but extremely sexist decision to exclude mina because she is a woman makes her more afraid and unhappy and also puts her at risk BUT ALSO it shows that after they realize their mistake and start including her again she is actually noticeably happier, despite the dire circumstances, less worried AND she is able to meaningfully contribute to their efforts as a valuable member of the group, thus making them all stronger

it's so striking. many of the characters display very typical attitudes for the time that the book was written but the narrative...kinda doesn't. yes it was written in the 1890s so it's still dated by modern standards, but it makes a very conscious effort to question a lot of traditionalist attitudes and views that would have been prevalent at the time. like, the male characters all think that it makes sense that a woman's nerves would be too sensitive to participate in a vampire hunting mission...but the narrative does not validate this and in fact shows them to be wrong. and only when they change their behavior are they able to succeed.

Also notable that Jonathan is the first one to be able to injure the Count, and is ultimately the one who kills him. And he is the least traditionally masculine and most gender nonconforming of the male characters.

tldr lowkey in the books dracula was defeated with the powers of friendship feminism and gender nonconformity and I think we should talk about that more

Happy Cinderella’s Castle YouTube release day!

have no idea whats about to happen in protocol tomorrow but this is how it went in my head :P

cw video does get a bit loud at the end!

OKAY SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD DO SOMETHING NICE FOR MY BOYFRIEND AND SHOW HIM THE GORGEOUS MAN THAT IS CURT MEGA AS TADIUS BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WOULD APPRECIATE HIM.

BUT NO. HE WENT STRAIGHT FOR THE KILL AND ATTACKED HIS HAIRLINE. I was in shock my friends. Utterly shocked.