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velvetbatss · 27 days

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Vampire hunter’s kits 🧛🏻

#vampire #vampires #vampire hunters #vampcore #goth #gothic #gothcore #goth aesthetic #spooky

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canyourfavesurvivecastledracula · 3 months

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Buffy

This was literally the opening to season 5! However, their Dracula is not our Dracula, and that fact may well get Buffy into trouble...

(As an aside, my third crackiest Dracula theory is that the woman who tries to assault Castle Dracula all by herself on May 24th and then gets eaten by wolves was the Slayer, and she bequeaths her Slayer Powers to Jonathan when she names him "monster" with her dying breath and that's why he's Like That in the back half of the novel... but I digress)

The two big differences between Dracula and your run of the mill Sunnyvale vampire in terms of lore are that Dracula is not allergic to sunlight and Dracula is not repelled by crosses. Buffy may expect her little silver cross to protect her and get overconfident. (Dracula also differs by being an Evil Wizard but, Buffy has fought wizards before too). Also we know (though Buffy may not) that Dracula won't dust when she stakes him - she also needs to cut off his head.

On the other hand everything about Buffy is designed for one purpose: to slay vampires specifically. She alone in her generation has the power to fight vampires. That means she is definitionally Dracula's match in strength and speed. Now the Slayer is not immune to vampiric mesmerism, but she may be more than usually resistant to it. I am willing to say that she could be mesmerized if the vampire is putting active effort into it, but not via the passive trance effect while the vampire is asleep, again because slaying vampires is what she's for. The ...gumption to actually go ahead and slay the vampire seems like a pretty essential ingredient if you're building a person who that's their whole job.

Similarly, while it took Van Helsing a three foot railway stake and a blacksmith hammer weilded by his beefy old man arms to put down the Girlies, I am willing to stipulate to Buffy's ability to shove Mr. Pointy or any other glorified stick through an undead sternum with her biceps alone. She can have that. She's The Vampire Slayer.

I think if Buffy comes in playing the ditzy cheerleader she'll be fine. If she understands that this is Dracula, he is not just some cold open disposable mook, and she has to approach with caution, she can pull this off. Like, if she sees Dracula as a real threat, she'll accept the old lady's crucifix, because you can't have too many weapons. If she doesn't, she might be like "no thanks, I've already got one" and be in for a nasty surprise when Dracula just doesn't work like that.

I have to assume that if Buffy the Vampire Slayer is coming to Castle Dracula, it's for the express purpose of Slaying Dracula. If she can misdirect him long enough to find his tomb she's got him. Because of her unique supernatural identity, I don't think he'd be able to turn aside her blow while asleep - that, she's not going to miss with the shovel or contract brain fever about it. And Buffy is very good at improvised weapons. She's someone who would have the idea to snap the handle for Free Stake. I think she can kill Dracula - if she can remember or figure out to cut off his head. And the Girlies she can take hand-to-hand, mistform or no.

Buffy's worst enemy is frequently herself. There's a lot of points in the series where because of one thing or another she's either over- or under-confident to a self-destructive degree. But the types of insecurities she has are not going to be terribly accessible to Dracula I think? Inability to get a date to the prom is just not on his radar of problems it is possible for a person to have. And if you trap Buffy in a creepy castle long enough you're just going to make her angry, and that tends to cancel out most of the depression, at least temporarily.

So Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer, can survive Castle Dracula because that's literally what she's for.

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffy summers #buffy vs dracula #is I think the actual name of the episode #vampire hunters #children

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avvail-whumps · 2 months

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I’m just thinking about a vampire hunter who lost their arm. They replace it with a prosthetic one made out of silver. Imagining the pain when they grab a vampire, or pin them down by their neck while their skin burns under the silver and there’s nothing they can do because it hurts so much. Fingers desperately trying to find something other than the arm to grab onto to try and pry them off.

#fantasy whump #vampire whump #vampire whumpee #vampire hunter whumper #vampires #vampire hunters #whump writing #whump drabble #whump scenario #whump #whumpblr #whump community #writing #my writing #writing drabble #writing ideas #whump ideas #avvail whumps #generic whump drabbles

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autumnmobile12 · 10 months

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About the Infant Skull in the Belmont Hold

Trigger Warning: Sensitive topics below.

In a post I made last year, I pointed out the small skull in this display is case belongs to a baby.

The 'crack' down the center of the forehead is a frontal suture which closes between the ages of three to nine months, and to showcase the fact it's not just a cracked bone, the animators included a fontanelle between the bony plates of the skull, which closes before the age of two.

There is the skull of an infant in the Belmont Hold.

So what's the story here?

Theory 1: The Skull is a Vampire

This could have been a human baby that was turned by a vampire for whatever reason. Maybe this was some vampire's twisted idea of a pet. Maybe it was a horrifying, psychological trauma where a human woman lost her baby and after becoming a vampire, turned an infant into a vampire so as to never experience that pain again whilst tragically blind to the fact an immortal infant would never grow up.

If either of these were the case, whichever Belmont found this child could have viewed his or her death as a mercy. Since the baby would be immortal, it would be impractical to keep it alive forever, not to mention almost cruel because what kind of life is that? And it would be equally inhumane to leave the vampire to starve to death, so the options are limited.

The skull was brought home not as a trophy but as a specimen to study and serve as a grim reminder of a harsh reality.

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Theory 2: The Skull is a Dhampir

Carmilla's above comment gives me the vague impression that it's not unheard of for a vampire to have a child with a human and then turn the human into a vampire, creating a family unit. (Just the way she says it. Like the unspoken line was, "You married a human, you succeeded in getting a child off her, so she was free to become a vampire after, no?" Turning Lisa after Adrian was born was the next natural step in her mind, so it baffles Carmilla why Dracula's wife remained human.) So maybe dhampirs are uncommon, but Alucard is far from the first one to ever exist.

So if the skull belonged to a dhampir like Alucard, this opens up another set of possibilities, but before I go into those, I want to address the Belmont Clan's potential view towards vampires and human-vampire hybrids. It's not clear if Alucard needs human blood to survive. He eats human food, but so do the vampires. Lenore comments they get their essential nutrients from blood, but whether or not this also pertains to dhampirs is up for debate. In the Gresit Underground Keep scene, it does look like he had some form of blood transfusion system possibly sustaining him, but this could arguably be a life and death situation. As in, he doesn't need blood to survive, but it can also save his life if need be.

There's also the possibility the blood-drinking is not the same across the board. (Say Alucard doesn't need blood to survive, but another dhampir was saddled with the shitty genetics that make blood a requirement.)

For the Belmonts, I can see dhampirs being a controversial subject. From Leon to Trevor's time, there are four centuries and countless individuals with their own set of similar but unique values and opinions, so it would be understandable for various Belmonts to have points of contention as well as shifts in viewpoint down the generations as new information about the enemy comes to light. Some members might have the stance of, "Dhampirs do not need blood to survive, are not a threat to humanity, and therefore it is unnecessary to hunt and kill them," while others may have taken the more extreme stance of, "Dhampirs are unnatural creatures that do not belong in this world any more than vampires do." Without the precedent of Alucard and Trevor having a common enemy, there would be nothing to sway the entire family one way or the other.

So if this is the case, the skull could have come from a vampire family similar to Dracula, Lisa, and Alucard's, and that family could have been discovered by a Belmont who made the decision to eradicate the them, including the dhampir for whichever reason:

The existence of dhampirs hadn't been discovered/confirmed yet, so the infant was assumed to be a vampire and it was viewed as a mercy killing out of ignorance. (Remember, Trevor thought Alucard was a vampire when they first met, so there is no visual difference between the two species.)

Dhampirs are assumed by the Belmonts to need blood to survive and are therefore a predator to humans that needs to be put down, again out of ignorance or just plain malice.

This particular Belmont was a heartless psychopath who had no qualms killing an innocent baby just for existing.

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Theory 3: It's a Dhampir and the Belmonts Have a Really Fucked Up History With Dhampirs

There is also the possibility the mother of the dhampir child was a human woman that was raped and impregnated by a vampire. (Surviving somehow...?) In this scenario, there is a woman terrified by the idea she is about to birth a monster and goes to the local vampire experts for help. The Belmonts take her in until she delivers this unwanted child and the fate of the baby dhampir is entirely in their hands, which brings us back to the mentioned controversy among the family members.

If the mother abandons her 'monster' child, the Belmonts are left which the choice, "Do we kill it before it grows up to kill someone or do we give it a chance and let it live?"

Another possibility is the dhampir was brought up within the household for the purposes of 'studying' or 'rehabilitating' its nature. Say the family discovers dhampirs don't need to subsist on human blood and are relieved. "Wonderful. Dhampirs can live as humans and there is no need to kill them." The dhampir grows up happily among his or her adopted human family.

But then there is a tragic accident where he or she doesn't know their own strength and fatally harms a family member. The Belmonts then make the decision: Lock them up or execute them as a monster.

Based on this precedent, the family then closes off the idea that dhampirs can live as normal humans forever and they subsequently commit infanticide against any future dhampir children that cross their path, a blanket decision based entirely on a one-time misfortune.

Theory 4: The Belmonts Were Not the Cause

This again calls into question how dhampir physiology works, but maybe the infant died of an illness of failure to thrive. Alucard is strong and healthy, but that may not be same for other dhampirs, especially ones that may have been rejected as a 'freak' by both humans and vampires. He had the advantage of having a loving family and a safe environment in which to grow up. Other dhampirs might not have had the same good fortune and their health suffered for it. (Or they got dealt a bad hand in the gene pool.)

As for how the skull wound up in the Hold, it could have been one of the 'weird stuff' the Belmonts found and brought back home with them.

This could also apply to a situation where a vampire killed a rival family and kept their skulls as trophies, and the collection simply wound up in the Belmonts' treasury after destroying said vampire.

"It's like a museum dedicated to the extermination of my people, so no. Not thrilled."

Whatever the truth of the skull, I'm inclined to believe Theories 2 or 3 because this scene struck me as a very subtle nod to how no side in a war is completely innocent. On the one hand, vampires like Carmilla, Cho, Godbrand, etc. hunt and toy with humans for sport and view them as lesser beings, and so the Belmonts seeking to eliminate them would be an understandable measure to protect humanity.

On the other hand, the presence of the infant skull indicates a tragic and bloody history of poor choices, old prejudices, potential atrocities committed by the 'heroes,’ and generational trauma. A past history even Trevor isn't particularly proud of for all the pride he has in his lineage. It really showcases the line between man and monster and aligns with the recurrent theme of 'we can be better than this' that occurs throughout the series.

But let me know if you've got any theories/headcanons different from what I have listed above. I'd love to hear it. Crediting Theory 4 to @thetvpenigma. Thanks for your help!

#castlevania #alucard tepes #trevor belmont #vampire skulls #belmont hold #dhampir #questionable history #medieval prejudices #belmont family #castlevania netflix #vampire hunters #skull anatomy #dhampir physiology #speculation #castlevania headcanons #httyd

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goosedarkhouse · 2 months

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My God, they can talk?

Anyway, another playtime ruined. Those adults know how to spoil everything.

#my art #my artwork #comic panels #comic pages #my characters #original characters #my OCs #OCs #vampires #Gothic horror #gothic aesthetic #vampire hunters #mischievous kids #twins #old dark house #goose's dark house #small artist

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vmplvr1977 · 1 month

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Chapter 20 is posted!! Read it here.

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forthegothicheroine · 8 months

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My husband asked me why I like the vampire hunter archetype, and I told him that I like it when somebody takes a big book off the shelf and looks up mythology about something and then goes to kick its ass.

#vampires #vampire hunters

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stagbeetleboy · 6 days

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Vampires love polycules

#my three weed smoking girlfriends #my art #vampire hunters #vampires #blood cw #stag’s ocs #blood

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sabrerine911 · 1 month

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"Bitter Black Isles reruns be like..." colored! (Dragon's Dogma) featuring my Unholy Trinity! Since DD2 is around the corner and like many long time fans of the series im beyond hyped, I felt like coloring an ol DD:DA piece i started last year.

Also fun fact I have a pawn variant of each of these 3 of my vampire hunters, so if anyone on PS4/PS5 wants to have em on their team lemme know XD

#dragon's dogma #capcom #comics #daimon #dark arisen #cerise jarena #beth ravencoft #galmar berastok #unholy trinity #vampire hunters #solikar #crossover #dragon's dogma 2 #bitterblack isles

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georgiacooked · 1 year

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Some sticker designs from earlier this year, featuring The Crew Of Light and additional friends!

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pistachiotimetravelers · 6 months

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Time traveling Vampire hunters

Made by PistachiotimeTravelers

Anyone can use the art, my first fanart.

Love some constructive criticism.

App used: ibis paint x

#milo murphy's law #dakavendish #vinnie dakota #balthazar cavendish #mml #time travel #pistachios #cavdak #team cavota #fanart #artwork #christianity #vampire hunters

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canyourfavesurvivecastledracula · 3 months

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Can Abraham Van Helsing survive Castle Dracula?

Additionally, for extra fun points, does it make a difference whether it's Van Helsing at the age he is in the book or a younger Van Helsing(as certain adaptations like to portray him as)?

Everything Van Helsing knows about Dracula he read in the Diary of Jonathan Harker, transcribed from the shorthand. Also he may literally die if he can't go home to Amsterdam every three days (I jest ... or do I???)

Van Helsing's greatest strength (apart from his great strength) is his absolutely open mind. It would not take him long at all to figure out that Dracula is a werewolf. But by the time he does he's already in the Castle so it's too late. He can't go home and research werewolves and their weaknesses - and I doubt Dracula stocks that kind of thing in his own library.

He does have a lot of general knowledge of course. He recognizes the phenomenon of the blue flames. He knows what everyone knows about werewolves - it's not enough but that's what he can do. Tools and preparation are key, and Van Helsing doesn't know what he's going to any more than Jonathan did. He's got his own little crucifix on him and isn't going to refuse Free Stuff when it's offered. But he has no reason to be carrying family value packs of preconsecrated Hosts at this time, for instance. He doesn't know to pick up a blacksmiths hammer. If he's lucky he's got his medical bag and bonesaw, which might get him out the front door if the thought occurs to him before Dracula steals all his stuff. Without it I don't think he has a way out if the Castle and will have no choice but to succumb to Despair.

Again, Van Helsing is able to be an effective vampire hunter at the end of the novel because he was forewarned by Jonathan's experiences at the beginning of it.

There's also personality to consider. Van Helsing literally cannot stop himself from making terrible puns and comparable jokes. The first time he goes off on corn Dracula either snaps his neck or they kiss about it. I agree that his Old Man Blood is going to be less enticing (although I suppose it depends what use he's putting it to...)

So yeah - despite his popcultural fame, Professor Doctor Abraham van Helsing, MD PhD DLitt etc etc can not survive Castle Dracula.

Now, other Van Helsings - Vans Helsing?? - (Peter Cushing, Hugh Jackman, etc) might fare differently - we shall have to see!

#dracula daily #abraham van helsing #vancula #(sorry children)#doctors #academics #vampire hunters #gothlit #dracula cast

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ravenclawlibrary · 1 year

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I gotta go learn shorthand in case I need to hunt vampires someday

#dracula daily #dracula #vampires #vampire hunters #jonathan harker #mina murray #shorthand #demography

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autumnmobile12 · 1 year

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Question: In a fight between the Castlevania trio and Seras, who wins?

This would've been a question of Seras vs Trevor, Sypha, or Alucard, but let's be honest: the Hellsing vampires are super over-powered compared to the Castlevania one, and Seras has a habit of going absolutely feral when threatened and generally has no problem annihilating multiple opponents in one hit.

All weapons apply regardless of time period. This is also full-fledged vampire Seras, her Shadow familiar and everything. (So it's really more of a two against three fight.)