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Started December 10, 2020 by @SupernaturalSyGuyIsTIred group

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Ooooo, "a tall, handsome, curly-haired man???"

That sounds romantic.

Lucy, you just admitted to taking Mr. Holmwood, the tall, handsome, curly-haired man home to meet "Mamma." You can't tell me that he isn't at least a possible suitor.

Imperturbable - adjective
Unable to be upset or excited; calm

Lucy has two fine lads to choose from!

Arthur? Is he the doctor, or Mr. Holmwood? Either way, being on a first-name basis in this time period is quite personal!

Lucy is quite enthusiastic, and clearly has a sister-like bond with Mina.

Three proposals! How many men were you seeing at the same time, Lucy? Did you give the guys you wanted to keep around roses?

Men like women, certainly their wives, to be quite as fair as they are. And women, I am afraid, are not always quite as fair as they should be.

This line…. It goes both ways, my dear.

I can sympathize with Dr. John Seward; rejection always hurts, no matter how much "sugar coating" is put on it.

I can also sympathize with Lucy, for I have had to unfortunately break someone's heart before. It isn't fun, even more so when you're on the other end.

Ah, here he is, Winter; Mr. Quincy P. Morris!

Does the "P" stand for Patrick?

So far all I know about him is that he's a well traveled, well educated, polite Texan that uses slang terms, and that he's proposed to Lucy.

I… don't know what to say right now.

These poor men…. I weep for them.

Renfield! I remember this guy from watching Penny Dreadful and the short-lived 2013 Dracula adaptation staring Jonathan Rhys Meyers!

I don't know if it's incredibly gracious of Mr. Morris and Dr. Seward to congratulate "Art" on his betrothal, or rather foolish.

Dracula Chapter 6

Whitby sounds beautiful!

"where the girl was built up in the wall."

Makes me think of The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe. Also, this sort of thing is known as "immurement." Immurement was a form of imprisonment that often lasted until the prisoner died, either from hunger or suffocation.

Lucy has a fascination with death! I don't know why this made me happy….

ADDENDUM: It mostly makes me uncomfortable though. I also realized that I meant Mina.

There is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows.

A Woman in White?

Three old men has become a single old men in a few short paragraphs….

I think I need someone to translate this old guy that Mina is talking to for me….

From how Mina just described the old guy, I don't think that I'd like him very much.