Comments on: All Male Review http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/173 The vampire novel that sired them all Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: RM Renfield http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/173/comment-page-1#comment-397 RM Renfield Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:26:30 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/?p=173#comment-397 I'll admit, I could have been a bit clearer to Seward about Mina. I dropped plenty of hints, but I should have remembered that the guy can't think a single thought without Van Helsing's approval. I’ll admit, I could have been a bit clearer to Seward about Mina. I dropped plenty of hints, but I should have remembered that the guy can’t think a single thought without Van Helsing’s approval.

]]> By: Joan http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/173/comment-page-1#comment-396 Joan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:37:13 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/?p=173#comment-396 Wow - I read that passage completely differently. I thought it was ridiculous that he would just let her become a vampire and then join her as one! They went on at length about how important it was to release poor Lucy from this evil and went so far as to wait and have Arthur do the deed. Now Jonathan is basically saying if Mina becomes a vampire so be it and he'll become one too? It would seem to me that within the context of the novel the greater declaration of devotion is to pledge to kill her, chop her head off and stuff her with garlic, thereby releasing her soul to eternal rest and not eternal vampirism! Wow – I read that passage completely differently. I thought it was ridiculous that he would just let her become a vampire and then join her as one! They went on at length about how important it was to release poor Lucy from this evil and went so far as to wait and have Arthur do the deed. Now Jonathan is basically saying if Mina becomes a vampire so be it and he’ll become one too? It would seem to me that within the context of the novel the greater declaration of devotion is to pledge to kill her, chop her head off and stuff her with garlic, thereby releasing her soul to eternal rest and not eternal vampirism!

]]> By: matt http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/173/comment-page-1#comment-254 matt Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:52:29 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/?p=173#comment-254 I'm glad you highlighted that passage from Harker, kfan, cos I think it's really the most honest expression of love in the entire novel. I was completely thrown for a loop when it popped up, and it is touched on so in passing. But for all the grandiloquence of everyone else's public (and private) declarations, that is some hardcore devotion right there. I’m glad you highlighted that passage from Harker, kfan, cos I think it’s really the most honest expression of love in the entire novel. I was completely thrown for a loop when it popped up, and it is touched on so in passing. But for all the grandiloquence of everyone else’s public (and private) declarations, that is some hardcore devotion right there.

]]> By: meave http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/173/comment-page-1#comment-253 meave Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:42:58 +0000 http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/?p=173#comment-253 Agree times one million. I have nothing of deeper thought to contribute; it is most aggravating when everyone in a novel does exactly the opposite of what they should, and The Only One Who Makes Sense Is the Lunatic ACK, and You know why Lucy wouldn't marry you, Dr. Seward? Because you're already in love with Van Helsing, duh. At least prissy little Jonathan has come into his own, a bit. Agree times one million. I have nothing of deeper thought to contribute; it is most aggravating when everyone in a novel does exactly the opposite of what they should, and The Only One Who Makes Sense Is the Lunatic ACK, and You know why Lucy wouldn’t marry you, Dr. Seward? Because you’re already in love with Van Helsing, duh.

At least prissy little Jonathan has come into his own, a bit.

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