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The One True Poster
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The One True Poster
@OneTruePoster
Stannis Baratheon's #1 shooter. Lover of the macabre, searcher after horror. Cinephile; Norman Taurog's camera never falters. Stoogeposting. Any/all. 30
- The book suggests that vampires are extremely stupid due to what one assumes is brain damage resulting from death, and it takes them a very long time to regain their intellectual faculties, and most of them don't survive that long, because they are stupid [1/2]in the original novel, why does Dracula move to England in the first place?
- Replying to @OneTruePosterDracula was able to do so because he was a noble, and being the only vampire with a capacity to plan, it's implied he sees England as prime ground for vampiric infestation due to the populace's unique lack of folk superstition and the absence of the Catholic church
- Replying to @OneTruePosterTo add another thought to this, most of this comes across as Stoker coming up with ways to pre-empt plothole-pokers, I assume because attacking genre fiction as preposterous was often the chief criticism. He devoted many pages to cutting short "why didn't"s
- Replying to @wontwobadsoupVan Helsing goes on at length about how Dracula is still only barely smart enough to function and the race against time is stopping him before he is Actually Smart
- "Modern Love" by David Bowie is great because you can tell Bowie realized he wrote the catchiest song of all time so he just slams the hook button over and over again
- Robert Eggers' cardinal sin for many is that he's a dork who comes across as a tryhard which is something more filmmakers today could stand to be imo
- Replying to @OneTruePosterThere's a terf so mad at me in the replies for saying Dracula is stupid that steam is coming out of her ears. It takes him decades to learn about England and he still doesn't grok that Anglican≠no crucifixes
- Replying to @Belisaurus_RexI forget the specifics of Van Helsing's explanations, but he seemed to think death reduced vampire intellect to a childlike state, but if one applied itself it could grow intellectually, as a human might. Which is how he accounts for Dracula only recently becoming proactive
- I have learned that the woman Baby Gronk's insta refers to as his mom is some fetish model (Haley Layne) who is probably not his mom. which makes the post substantially weirder
- Replying to @big_cheddarsTbf I think Stoker does intend us to think Dracula has supervillain designs should he gain a foothold. That gulf between how dangerous we perceive him to be and how dangerous he'd be if nobody knew about him, very effective
- the only people who watch John Wayne movies are 60+ conservatives and left-leaning cinephiles
- Replying to @RaceplayShawtytfw when Marilyn Monroe is topping you off through the pain
- Replying to @OneTruePosterWe're going to hash out the philosophy of stupidity in the replies, folks, stay tuned
