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vladraculas · 3 months

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#lovely #count dracula #robin branagh #vlad dracula #s1

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vladraculas · 4 months

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the vague sexuality of YD

I was thinking about Young Dracula and things I could talk about... so I took a look at the episodes and was once again reminded of how it really toed that line between being a children's show and something more. As a kid, you're not really noticing it, but as an adult... it makes you sad they couldn't openly do more stuff like:

I mean, it's seemingly apparent that Vlad and Ingrid are aware and unfazed by their parents' sex life. He walks in on this and is mildly annoyed because of the failed plan, and she's not bothered by having to photograph them (for blackmail purposes). Plus:

If this was a teen show, I wouldn't have batted an eye but the fact that I was in primary school watching these two casually discuss their parents having sex and then Vlad suggesting Magda had sex with Patrick and that's his baby, not their father's... it's a lot lmao.

It's not even that. There are moments throughout the entire show, like the Count pinching Mina's ass when he's in Eric's body, OR the "lock up your daughters" about Boris. There are so many, I'd be here all day. It's why I get ahead of myself, like in Season 3, I always expect Ingrid and Bertrand to just GO AT IT.

Like, what the fuck is this, CBBC? They have better tension than some couples in adult shows and I'm just supposed to forget about them? Without even one kiss scene? I was truly robbed. They kinda disintegrated in Season 4, but the enemies-who-fuck thing they had going on in Season 3 is unmatched. After losing Will, the love of her life, Ingrid deserved to have a hot thing with Bertrand, dammit!

I even read too much into scenes like this:

I can't have been the only one who thought (as wrong as it is because it's her father saying it) that Adze was going to enter the show and straight up seduce Vlad. How else is she supposed to "persuade" a blood-free, already-in-love guy to do whatever she wants? There's even a scene later that season where Ramanga encourages her to "play" with Vlad on the wedding night before killing him. What does that mean? Other than what I'm imagining? Torture? Because the implications kinda overpower that.

Vlad and Erin, after he bit her, was a trip too. They became a lot more... charged. Their exchange and back and forth when he calls her out on biting breathers and catches her with Bertrand...

It obviously doesn't scream "sexual tension". I don't think their relationship does in general, but with the extra vampirism involved and the possessiveness that comes with Vlad biting Erin and making her a vampire, and the "hatred" festering... it does create some, shall I say, questionable moments like the one above, where I'm like "am I supposed to be feeling like they'll start violently making out, where in the midst of it, Vlad is saying she is his and Erin is saying that she hates him".

Like, half of these two interactions was, yeah, about him being paranoid and pressured because of the peace treaty. But like I pointed out in that other scene, Vlad seems to grow even more irritated by finding her stood close to Bertrand, tucked away in Malik's room, all alone together. Hence why he's used the choice words of "cosy little chats" here, like an overly jealous, paranoid husband. It gave off the same vibes as him saying "I know you're into Malik, maybe you're with Bertrand too, since you hate me so much".

This scene also. It intrigued me because Vlad was showing that possessiveness for the first time. We've seen him get possessive over his title and status as the Chosen One and as the Count's favourite child, but never over a person, never over Erin. And I just loved it.

It showed the darkness and the sexuality of vampires, and how far Vlad is pushed into that when it came to the idea of losing Erin. I think, before, when he hadn't absorbed the evil reflections, he would have maybe scoffed at the idea of a macho showdown for a girl. But he's dead serious, taking in Bertrand's advice, like "yeah, if I kill Malik, it'll turn her on and she'll be all over me and I'll win her back".

It's all interesting, is all. I feel as though the vagueness of sexuality in YD served its purpose enough, but it would've been cool to have seen a more adult portrayal (like I always say) because of the lack of blood and gore, and the lack of open sexuality that naturally comes with being an immortal, supposedly evil supernatural creature. I always picture Ingrid and Bertrand getting hot and steamy, or Bad Vlad being caught in the bathroom with piles of bodies (which the Count and Renfield have to dispose of and come up with a cover story). Stuff to really make me believe they're adults and vampires.

#interesting points #i love the show for what it is and seasons 3-5 don't feel kids-like to me #but of course you think about the potential and the implications the show had #i don't think i remember the ingrid/bertrand scenes so well bc i never thought about them hmm.....#i remember Ingrid and Malik having a certain tension and a bit of a flirtation that got a little awkward when they were supposedly siblings #another thing - i feel like now as an adult you blink much more at innuendoes or vaguely sexual mentions than as a kid #because now you're much more aware of it and think 'oh my god this is a kids show!' but when you're younger you don't care lmao #mostly bc it probably went right over your head and it didn't mean anything to you #i definitely know that feeling with other shows i watched as a kid and now rewatched as an adult #i don't know it with yd bc i discovered it when i was 18 so i have no child nostalgia towards it lol #text #but ugh now i got the image of 'bad' vlad in a bathroom full of corpses and the count and renfield taking care of it in my head #i love that idea

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vladraculas · 4 months

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2x13 // 5x10

#uff #vlad dracula #count dracula #s2 #s5

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vladraculas · 4 months

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Iconic

#lmao #vlad dracula #robin branagh #s1

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vladraculas · 4 months

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I want humans and vampires to live together in peace.

I want the war to end. Forever.

#vlad dracula

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vladraculas · 4 months

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i'm rewatching the young dracula pilot and i have some thoughts

the beginning is iconic - and the only time vlad is talking to and looking at the camera as far as i remember

"she's so much like her mother" the count not liking ingrid because of his complicated relationship with magda, her leaving him for a werewolf as we found out later in this ep and he's taking it out on his daughter - it all makes sense

robin hanging upside down in his room - what a legend

the first episode is actually doing such a good job setting up all the characters and the story

i like how it's mostly just a silly little show but it already introduces the dread and pressure vlad faces of becoming a vampire and that feels so real and sad

the scene where the count puts the cape on vlad in the mirror hit me harder than i thought it would probably bc i know where the show is going

"we're vampires. can't escape it. it's your destiny"

renfield in the nurse (?) outfit lmao

"have you come to donate blood?" "no" "it's for a good cause?" "what cause?" "lunch" alskdkjdd

i'm sorry but how did robin go from his hiding spot under the bed out of the door and walk around the castle without vlad, ingrid or zoltan noticing?? they're standing right there!!

the branaughs all going up to the castle one by one - really funny

ingrid is already a fashion icon

did renfield get tortured by a tarantula i totally missed that before and wow am i glad we did not really see that

and then he kills it (imelda) "if it's any consolation, master, she wouldn't have felt a thing" "except your huge bottom squishing her" INGRID lmao

love seeing vlad and ingrid teaming up and act like typical young brother/big sister

the count being dramatic as always but i feel like he gets introduced to being more formidable than he later is but i like it more this way than the borderline only comedy figure he becomes later

the actors are all really good actually but you can tell it's the first episode and it's still a little awkward and they're still working on the dynamics

all in all what a nice little kids gothic horror show that i have become obsessed with, totally accidental, six years ago

#i thought i'd share this #it really is my six year anniversary of knowing yd very soon it's crazy #young dracula #vladimir dracula #count dracula #ingrid dracula

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vladraculas · 4 months

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Girls. Tear him apart.

CLARE THOMAS as INGRID DRACULA in YOUNG DRACULA (2006-2014)

#ingrid dracula #evil queen

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vladraculas · 6 months

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count dracula? um, okay. 1. now what

#relevant

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vladraculas · 6 months

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#i said it before and I'll say it again we should've gotten more of this vlad #vlad dracula #count dracula #renfield #s3

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vladraculas · 6 months

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i found no piers content after scrolling through the young dracula tag for like 20 minutes and honestly im disappointed. this scottish nerd really looked at ingrid and thought “wow she could kill me and is constantly being Evil i think i want to hold her hand and kiss her tenderly” best boy fr

#text #piers

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vladraculas · 6 months

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