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Started December 10, 2020 by @SupernaturalSyGuyIsTIred group

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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.

I can understand most of what he's saying, yet it would be nice if I could completely understand him!

Yeah, I don't like Mr. Swales.

Mina wondering and worrying about Jonathan is heartbreakingly sweet.

Back to Dr. Seward's journals and Mr. Renfield.

Flies and spiders. The circle of life!

Flies, spiders, birds, kittens/cats…. I shudder to think of how Renfield plans to get rid of the cats when they become a problem too!

Yay, save the poor kitty, doc!

Oh boy…. Those poor, poor sparrows. 😥

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that something is seriously wrong with Mr. Renfield.

Doc. Seward is evidentially the type to bury his sorrows in his work, which isn't exactly healthy. I can relate though! When I'm grieving the loss of someone or am dealing with other situations beyond my control I tend to distract myself with something that I can control. I make sure to moderate though, and gradually address things.

And back to reading Mina's journal…. I still feel minorly guilty for reading a fictional person's journal.

Unhappy about Lucy? Why, Mina?

Oh, Lucy sleepwalks….

Poor Mina….

Poor Lucy….

While I may not like Mr. Swales, I do have to say that I do at least feel sorry for him and like that he apologized to Mina.

I like that Mr. Swales foreshadows the coming of Dracula in his apology speech!

Ship in a storm…. I think that I'm getting closer to where I was when I originally tried to read Dracula, though I'm not completely sure on that!

The Soulkeepers Chapter 5: The Lows of Paris High

That's an interesting chapter-title.