Happy Valentine's Day!! ~
Holy shit. Y'all have made so many fanarts, I'm in shock. I'll reblog a bunch later on today, bc your talent it feeds me. Have a good day! Eat lots of chocolate and all that.
I'm sure others have pointed it out already, but in the May 5th entry, the "The dead travel fast" quote is from the German ballad Lenore. In which the lovesick heroine, Lenore, rides with -unbeknownst to her- Death.
He is in disguise and tricks her into riding with him to her grave (instead of her marriage bed as promised).
A lot like Dracula disguising himself as a coachman to lead Jonathan to his doom. Dracula himself grins widely upon hearing the quote.
And Lenore's fiance is called Wilhelm. Jonathan's is called Wilhelmina aka Mina.
I have a theory that Lenore spectre is the Queen of Spades as the exact opposite of Annabel
I don't even have a clue if Queen of Spades a real thing in western horror?? In Russian it's like a super evil woman who brought nothing but bad luck?? There were even some childish rituals to "summon" the Queen of Spades
Annabel and Lenore are the center piece of the board so they're the only ones in colour.
Montressor and Duke have their eyes locked because they absolutely loathe each other.
Interestingly, Prospero has his eyes fixed on Annabel instead of the opposition (Because at this point of the story he doesn't fully trust her).
Ada and Pluto are lukewarm. Ada wants to look down on Lenore, Pluto is side-eyeing Prospero (they've got beef that is still yet to be resolved because Pluto felt abandoned by Prospero when he got switched for Morella).
Morella is in the middle, she wants everyone to be friends and doesn't want to pick sides. Everyone looks so pretty. I love it. ✨
(I also realise that Will was present during this conversation but he's not here. 💀 He's not in this shot. Dang. He's the side character of side characters).