Yuletide Dracula (original novel) stories '22

[brightknightie]

Interesting how many -- nine, and none are crossovers -- Yuletide stories we have this year for the original Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897 novel). See the list. I wonder what inspired the cluster. Maybe the second round of "Dracula Daily"? Or Red's dramatic reading charity fundraiser on OSP?

I haven't read any of these stories yet, but the tag "Crew of Light Doing Crew of Light Things" certainly has my attention. I enjoy that the good guys in Dracula are canonically really ... well, good!

(And we seem to have more than the usual Yuletide servings of nineteenth-century literature all around. Possibly folks washing away the lingering taste of that Persuasion debacle earlier this year?)

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[lightbird]

Interesting. My guess is both the second round of "Dracula Daily" and the fundraiser likely account for it.

Haven't dipped into these yet, but I probably will. I did already start reading some of the fics in other fandoms.

[brightknightie]

I'm sure you're right that both played roles!

Three cheers for more folks reading (or listening to) the original text. I have a stash of literary criticism opinions about it (imperialism, prejudice, repression, gender, etc.), but I also have squeeing fangirl affection for the text exactly as Stoker believed he meant it to be. I imagine how downright terrifying it must have been, reading it when it was first published, and you don't know any of these tropes because they aren't yet tropes.

[under_the_silk_tree]

I did the second round of Dracula daily this year and on Tumblr, there were a lot of blogs and fanart and discussion over there so maybe that's why?

I completely forgot about Yuletide, so thanks so much for the reminder!

[brightknightie]

You're right; "Dracula Daily" is likely the biggest influence. Kudos to it! (I followed the first round and skipped the second. I see they're doing it again next year.)

You're welcome for the reminder!