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I fear the characters in this au are the most biblically accurate aftg characters I've ever encountered

pt.74!! <pt.73

pop culture infiltrating the socmed because i wholeheartedly believe dan and neil would be cooking that up. ft twinyards texts because i do believe andrew just sends him bullshit like a cat bonking its face on you then running away when you go to say hi

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once again, i'm thinking about jeremy moreau

jeremy happy and settled in a loving life with jean. casual touches and lingering, savored kisses. favorite mugs and perfect morning coffee. dogs always around their feet in the kitchen, cuddled up with them on the couch for exy match viewings and afternoon naps in bed. the ease with which jeremy laces his fingers with jean's on a hike, walking off the court, between their chairs at dinner with rhemann and adi. putting on each other's sunscreen at the beach, jean’s hyperfocused on not missing any spots. jeremy fondly booping jean's nose before a quick kiss, amused by how seriously jean takes the task. soft murmurs of french to each other in a crowded room. under jeremy's breath as he meticulously frames a shot of jean's latest divine meal. hot and heavy devotions only the other will ever hear. full body leans in the booth of their favorite diner with cat, laila, and cody sitting across from them. the quiet assuredness of routine, a warmth-filled home, a ceaseless vibrant love with mutual reciprocation

the absolute certainty of jeremy moreau's genuine, heartbreakingly beautiful smile for the life he's so grateful for and for finally believing he deserves it

this will interest exactly zero people but I've been thinking about it for a while now and spent like four hours on this so may I present:

AFTG characters in a Dracula! au

featuring Jean's glasshouse, a grey-haired Neil and Renee with a Dutch accent

disclaimer 1: if u see my aftg mina and lucy and ask how their friendship is supposed to work in this case I expand on that and some other interactions down below*

disclaimer 2: aftg obviously has way more core characters than dracula and I tried out a lot of combis but I'm still doubting the results so yeah... and also while I altered some relationships I tried to preserve the og dracula feel as much as I could

so here goes:

Jonathan Harker - Neil Josten (main character with zero survival skills, tries to lie low but can't NOT stir some shit up, had a lovely few weeks at Castle Dracula/Castle Evermore, dramatic hair colour changes by the end of the story)

Mina Harker - Andrew Minyard (clever™, done with everyone's dramatics, has to deal with Jonathan/Neil's shenanigans, quiet observer, the only one who seemingly has their shit together while actually suffering a lot but not wanting to let others be preoccupied by that)

Count Dracula - Riko Moriyama PLUS some others (it was difficult to place just one big bad guy because aftg has different layers of antagonists so while Riko is the primary Dracula 1.0 in his Castle (Evermore) whom Jonathan/Neil and the gang opposes they later on encounter another vampire, an ally of Dracula's from the west — Jonathan/Neil's father Nathan (the Butcher of Bristol) (no shade towards Bristol it just sounds neat) whom Neil thought he was long rid of in his life (Neil didn't know he became a vampire), think of him like Dracula 2.0, not less of an enemy than Riko)

Lucy Westenra - Jean Moreau (the epitome of being a victim of circumstances (made a target of Dracula/Riko's because fate just oh so wanted to screw them over), somehow simultaneously sweet summer child and hot icon, everybody wants them, lively extrovert (Jean IS canonically a sassy extrovert we just don't see a lot of it in tsc because his very fresh trauma dampens it but in tgr in becomes clearer)

Arthur Godalming - Kevin Day (the it girl, aristocrat (queen parallels), despite earnestly caring about Lucy/Jean still oversees a huge part of their pain; in my au Lucy/Jean doesn't choose him as husband)

Quincey Morris - Jeremy Knox (southern American sunshine, loyal to death and extremely protective over Lucy/Jean, quote from the og novel 'a rough fellow, who hasn't perhaps lived as a man should' (freshman jeremy giving a huge side eye rn) (his pupils are suspiciously diluted), the only one who does not canonically journal (concentration problems lol); in my au Lucy/Jean chooses Quincey/Jeremy over Arthur/Kevin)

Jack (John) Seward - Aaron Minyard !!! I swear !!! not just because they are both doctors it makes sense okay???? (logical thinker, has to deal with mentally unstable people on a daily basis, sceptical, secretly a softie, truly wants to help people get better; in my au he's crushing on Arthur/Kevin instead of Lucy/Jean but doesn't admit to it for a while because Art/Kev is a lordling and he is a common psychiatrist and also Art/Kev is too obsessed with Lucy/Jean to notice him (only at first though I'm a sap I like HEA))

Van Helsing - Renee Walker !! hear me out on this one before you ask wtf !! (seems like a cutie patootie but knows how to saw off a head, seen some shit in their life, has a deeper understanding of Mina/Andrew's intelligence, steps in to save Lucy/Jean's life, does not fear Dracula/Riko (or more like is not hesitant to challenge him despite the fear)

Renfield - this one was such a PAIN to place my first thought was Jean but I ended up giving him Lucy so after turning it this way and that way I thought maybe Seth Gordon would work? he died as a prop in Dracula/Riko's sick game so that fits but the overall dynamic still seems a tad off to me, let me know if you have a better take on aftg Renfield

* Lucy&Mina/Jean&Andrew:

so as I see it Andrew and Jean could actually have a nice platonic dynamic:

I think they are very compatible. In canon if Andrew was not (understandably) unable and unwilling to fully trust anyone but Neil (and Bee but to a certain degree) and if Jean was not royally fucked over by his time as Riko's property I believe they could have been friends or at least have a good understanding because they both couldn't care less about exy (and Kevin and Neil being exy junkies are the bane of their existence), they are sharp, sarcastic, often amused (but don't show it openly) by others' stupid behaviour (or what they perceive as stupid regardless of whether it actually is such).

In my dracula! au Andrew met Jean when he was ten and Jean nine after being thrown around various fucked up orphanages. He was separated from Aaron (who ended up adopted by a local physician) at birth.

Jean was adopted, too, when he was little (the Westenras saw a broody abandoned toddler on the streets of Marseille while on vacation and were like welp guess we have a kid now huh). His adoptive parents, the Westenras, took Andrew in because they thought Jean was lonely as a teenager (he was okay with the company of his dogs and the bugs in the garden and the swallows living in a nest under the slope of the roof by his room's window but whatever). The Westenras are the kind of wealthy who are trying to 'make a difference' and not be like those other rich folks or something like that but my world is all sunshine and rainbows so they actually are THAT nice and did not adopt the boys for public appearances only. They wanted to give Andrew a chance at good life though Andrew obv has the impression of it all being bs at the beginning (who can blame him he's been through Things). Jean was very patient about his attitude and supported him on the journey of healing from the childhood abuse so they are practically siblings. (Aaron is very hurt and bitter because his brother feels like that about some random ass obnoxious French guy and it makes him dislike Jean initially which is only made worse when Kevin ends up fawning over him but as they are forced to work together when Jean is targeted by Dracula/Riko Aaron sort of starts seeing more of his actual personality and they actually get to know each other outside of Aaron's jealousy). (Jean was actually not at all hostile and very curious (ahem) about Aaron at the start, the young gentleman who appeared exactly like his adoptive brother at first glance but somehow completely different, so contemplative, unreachable, oftentimes letting out bitter quips abot this and that, a competent doctor, so mysterious and lonesome, for some reason reluctant to respond to Jean's attempts at getting to know him better. But then Quincey/Jeremy turned up and Jean was done for lol).

The dracula!au version of Jean and Andrew not giving a damn about exy would be them not caring about high society soirées and such, they would rather go explore some ancient abbey ruins together, read a book or study shorthand (in Andrew's case) or do some gardening and pottery (in Jean's case), while Arthur/Kevin organises all these high society events and cricket games and whatnot desperately trying to spend some time with his bestie (Andrew, remains unimpressed) or engage Jean's attention (unsuccessful, Jean would rather visit Kevin's good friend Aaron at the asylum to hover at his side while Dr Minyard speaks to some guy expanding on how he would prepare Aaron for dinner should he have a chance to strangle him, or listen to yet another good pal of Kevin's, an eccentric American with tan arms and cute freckles rambling about rare plants he encountered on his journeys which he swears he could acquire for Jean's winter garden should his dear Mr Moreau express such a whish) (Jean has scored with this one lol the neighbourhood's ladies will be foaming at the mouth at the mere sight of his gorgeous conservatory)

**bonuses:

Swales (old guy in Whitby who sences Dracula's coming) - Wymack (ngl I chose this one because it's objectively hilarious: just an old man who's seen it all and does not hesitate to openly say his opinion on anything with no filter whatsoever, also kinda the voice of wisdom to Mina/Andrew although they do not take him very seriously but he ends up being right every time)

the three vampire women in Dracula's Castle - Lola, Romero and Jackson (basically Dracula 2.0/Nathan's sidekicks)

***what's up with the rest of the characters (not exactly based on the novel but I tried (emphasise on tried) to be loosely historically accurate to the Victorian era setting):

Matt and Dan are a married couple, both children of formerly enslaved abolitionist activists. They are working at Jonathan/Neil's solicitor office and are thoroughly baffled by him skipping work (he left a cryptic note temporarily transferring his responsibilities to them) after being abroad to work with a private client and showing up a couple weeks later completely grey-haired, stacking the office cupboard with gallons of holy water and decorating the space with awfully smelly flowers. Obviously, knowing Dan's character, she (with Matt's support) was also an active advocate for equality (for women's rights as well as black people's rights)

Allison is a countess. She's friends with Arthur/Kevin and although he is supportive of her he does not always get her since she mostly spends her time exploring the life of lower classes all over England and travelling around the world shooting documentaries about different cultures (of course she has early access to the curious new invention of moving pictures). She meets Van Helsing/Renee during her stay in London and they bond over interest in science and being explorers in their respective fields

Nicky Hemmick is a renowned tailor, his clothes are worn by every self-respecting Londoner who can afford it and quite a few aristocrats all around England. He discovers his relation to the twins a bit later in life than he would have wished but he tries to be there for them both as much as he can. He loves tailoring but he also runs his salon as a front for what is basically a safe space for queer people since they are targeted by the Labouchere Amendment. Nicky doesn't know it but Andrew (using Kevin's ties) watches out in case Nicky falls under the government's suspicion because of such activities. Also, Nicky is friends with Oscar Wilde :)

Cat and Laila live in their own little paradise on a ranch in Texas, Jean and Jeremy will secretly elope there eventually after the gang deals with all the vampires because I refuse to kill them off in this au

Okay I think that was it for now. What am I doing with my life

I HAVE NO ONE TO TALK ABOUT IT it is 10 am HOW am i supposed to go about my day after such news WTF i might cry on public transport now

>>> the perfect court the foxhole court the raven king the king's men the sunshine court the golden raven the broken cage >>> the queen's game

in light of the recent nora post: i don't know if i can ever be mentally stable if kevin day gets a duology in which he is supposed to be finally healing only for his self to be completely reduced to exy and end up with miss thea 'i do not acknowledge the raven abuse' muldani like i might actually break yk

i hate hyperfixations they r so draining like I'm supposed to be applying to universities not getting dizzy because of fictional traumatised stickball players in love who took permanent residence in my brain

Got it from @giovannam1217 at Pinterest

. Honestly, pretty accurate.

andreil and jerejean do have some important parallels but it’s also so funny that we went from andreil ‘never saying i love you to each other’ and ‘not getting married’ to jerejean who will most likely say i love you even before they kiss and jeremy taking jean’s surname after like a year of knowing each other

no i'm not crying just sitting in the corner thinking of Nicky Hemmick becoming a literal fucking single parent to two teenagers who cannot even be fully described as traumatised because that word does not convey the sheer amount of hell they went through in their short lives while himself being barely an adult with laaaayers of trauma and guilt voluntarily leaving the only human with whom he ever felt safe and loved and truly happy for the uncertainty and the pain of a longe distance relationship knowing he wouldn't even get the acknowledgement for everything he sacrificed because aaron and andrew were not in the mental space for that--

ikr I've never read a dating app au before i was so apprehensive about it and i mostly just wanted to give kevaaron a try but this fanfic turned out to be such a gem

treating tumblr like a diary again sue me:

I'm currently reading a fic where Aaron is written like an almost perfect mirror of myself and when I tell you I did NOT need to get called out like that--- also if you'd've told me 2025 would be the year I start shipping kevaaron and randomly get (back) into a Hozier phase because of none other but Aaron Minyard I would have probably scoffed at that

did belgium lowkey send cody winter to eurovision this year?

Cat& Laila are never gonna be allowed back in that damn apartment after Jeremy and Jean get together & get to intimacy like they’re gonna go at it nonstop 😭

the chin grab-- no thoughts head empty poor jeremy is going to short-circuit

Imagine Jean getting jealous of how often Jeremy kisses Jab in the next book lmao

@iwannascreameurekaa there you go <3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54425275/chapters/137867464 (in case sth is wrong with the link: That's the Kind of Love I've Been Dreaming Of by OfficialStarsandGutters)

this is such a comfort fic for me now and it made me a (kev)aaron stan

(I'm so normal about it) (so normal)

treating tumblr like a diary again sue me:

I'm currently reading a fic where Aaron is written like an almost perfect mirror of myself and when I tell you I did NOT need to get called out like that--- also if you'd've told me 2025 would be the year I start shipping kevaaron and randomly get (back) into a Hozier phase because of none other but Aaron Minyard I would have probably scoffed at that

saw this meme and knew I had to make an aftg version

the og meme was about the trojan war which I hope Kevin would've found as funny as I had

I just know Nicky would unironically call borderline everyone Maus in German like if someone gets particularly nasty bruises or sprains from Exy he'd go "oh nein du arme Maus" or he'd look at pics of jerejean when they finally get together and go "aww guckt euch die beiden an, einfach Mäuse, die zwei" (he thinks the same about andrew and neil but wouldn't say it to their face because he values his skin in its unpunctured state thank you very much)

guess he'll just have to surpass that amount of kisses by kissing jeremy himself 😌

Imagine Jean getting jealous of how often Jeremy kisses Jab in the next book lmao

i did not fully grasp the chokehold aftg has on me until a situation i found myself in this evening: just came back from running 4.6 kilometres (not much but it's not zero so i take that as a win) for the first time after not having been running (or doing any sports tbh) since march-- all because i imagined the disdain Neil Jean and Kevin would have looked at me with for slacking off like this for two months straight

granted the speed (or lack thereof) i was going with would have probably prompted even more scorn but we can't all be fucking inhumane fast can we now

ALSO turns out wearing a bandana really is a game changer it's so cool not having my fringe in my eyes all the time (but i do feel a bit terrified that i start resembling Neil more and more first i found out the running joke in the fandom about neil and jorts and i might or might not be a proud wearer of those now the bandana and i also realised halfway into the run that the camp half blood tshit i wore was technically the foxes orange so... feeling very cringe rn ngl)

i caught beautiful sunset though yay

something something declan lynch kevin day

treating tumblr like a diary again sue me:

I'm currently reading a fic where Aaron is written like an almost perfect mirror of myself and when I tell you I did NOT need to get called out like that--- also if you'd've told me 2025 would be the year I start shipping kevaaron and randomly get (back) into a Hozier phase because of none other but Aaron Minyard I would have probably scoffed at that

this is so neil josten coded

I love that Neil's tendency for drama got him as far as having his own category of cw in this fandom lol

is it just me or would Jean really like AURORA's music (not just because she has major Renee vibes) (well partly exactly because of that) like Running With The Wolves or Runaway are such Jean songs

is every second song ever written really about jean moreau or do I just have a very specific taste in music

I wanted to spend less money, ended up getting some boba tea in honour of laila dermott instead... don't listen to them haters I will always get you girl

went out to run some errands to stop thinking about jerejean for a bit because the amount of feelings I get from them is sometimes a Lot (capital L). anyway saw this on a wall just now-- thoughts immediately spiralled back to jeremy mission successfully failed

went out to run some errands to stop thinking about jerejean for a bit because the amount of feelings I get from them is sometimes a Lot (capital L). anyway saw this on a wall just now-- thoughts immediately spiralled back to jeremy mission successfully failed

'grumpy x sunshine' but it's a shakespearean level of poetic christian bisexual drama queen biker fresh out of a cult who is good at cooking and gardening and a love starved fake blond recovered drug addict with zero self appreciation skills and a penchant for adopting strays who is also a bad driver

I imagine Jean would be absolutely terrified and flabbergasted when he found out true crime fans exist whereas Neil would probably scoff at any true crime video/podcast ever and would be either pointing out 'better ways' some things could have been done without getting caught or being like 'omg so boring my media presence in my freshman year was probably more interesting than this' which is like... yeah babes trust and believe some youtuber is making a deep dive into your mafia background as we speak

my favourite thing about 'Dracula' is how Mina Harker is the cleverest strongest icon out there: girly can write shorthand, learn train timetables by heart, keep a diary daily (my procrastinating arse could never), retype and organise a ton of written information AND a literal audio diary in like a day (????), and deduct the randomest niche stuff like it's nothing?? QUEEN behaviour period. Which is why, while I definitely love the cinematography and the cast in the 1992 film adaptation, the plot absolutely pissed me off. Of course the og misogyny in the novel was very unnerving and impossible to ignore (for me personally) but I bet even Mr Stoker himself would have had a stroke if he'd seen the way they reduced Mina's character to a mindless girl obsessing over the count. Tbh some ooc fanfiction I've read had more 'in character' figures than whatever the hell happened to Mina. Which is fine as an artistic interpretation of the og material I guess but explicitly calling the film 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'-- the audacity lol. The vibes were on point though very reminiscent of the book