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Harlequin-Elle — Van Helsing and The Count

Published: 2013-06-10 12:17:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 2008; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 9
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Description Amleth and Wolfe go way back. Like, a century ago back.

Whitby, England, 1890. Ever eager to discover the secrets of the undead, Wolfe seeks to capture and study the world's last remaining vampire, but is hampered in his efforts by famous monster hunter Mina Harker, who has a policy of kill first, ask questions later. He joins her entourage under the guise of Dutch professor Abraham Van Helsing, purporting to help her task while actually undermining her and furthering his own ends at every turn. But Amleth, known to the Transylvanian villagers as Dracula, is very skilled at the art of cowardice, and has no qualms about running away and hiding - a little too well for the Harker and Helsing ensemble. Eventually it becomes clear that Mina will not rest until she has Dracula staked, and reluctantly Helsing allows Dracula to escape in order to preserve science, vowing to find him again and study him in the immortal future.

And then the tale gets picked up by a slightly barmy Irish secretary who takes it all a little too seriously. A few misunderstandings, a lot of sensationalism, and several tweaks to fit Victorian sensibilities later, and a legend is born.

Van Helsing/Wolfe Macfarlane is a SDF Abadon. Serendipity and quite a lot of violence brought the vampire back into his laboratory.
Count Dracula/Amleth Eronisle is a CP Delf Luwen hybrid. He allows himself to be studied in return for witch's blood.
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Comments: 13

Leo-Pheonix [2014-09-08 01:05:53 +0000 UTC]

This less than friendly intriguing duo has motivated me to read Bram Stoker's Dracula! Not quite as interesting as your version, but engaging none the less.

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to Leo-Pheonix [2014-09-22 15:05:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, what a compliment, serving as an advert to the great vampire novel itself! I find the book is a handful of very gripping, dramatic, iconic vignettes surrounded by wads of dull Victorian waffling. I described it to a friend as nuggets of true horror, in lots and lots of packaging material. Still, a great testament to the vampire mythology Sorry this reply is so late, too! My computer broke and I've just gotten it back again

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DarkAsteria [2013-10-07 08:51:54 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine Wolfe being a not so nice as in the books Helsing (yeah, he wasn't that supa dupa upbeat and cheery in the novel either). But he looks very glamorous here :3

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to DarkAsteria [2013-10-13 10:39:52 +0000 UTC]

He's definitely not as nice and kind and caring as Bram Stoker portrayed, but then again, he was working hard to gain Mina Harker's trust and so was much less, er, horrible than usual! Wolfe, when he needs to be, can be very charming and of course he always has perfect manners. It's all a veneer masking his avaricious nature but needs must!

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DarkAsteria In reply to Harlequin-Elle [2013-10-26 09:37:13 +0000 UTC]

He can be charming if he wants and when he wants... then he does it for a pretty egoistic reason XD

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to DarkAsteria [2013-10-29 16:44:02 +0000 UTC]

For a manipulative reason, you mean!

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chron-of-persephone [2013-06-27 17:30:08 +0000 UTC]

i love this, so cute, yet dark! FANG-TASTIC! hehe

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to chron-of-persephone [2013-06-28 11:59:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thank you! I approve of vamp-related puns

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Sarah-Vafidis [2013-06-11 01:21:06 +0000 UTC]

This is stunning

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to Sarah-Vafidis [2013-06-11 10:48:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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LovelyObscureDreams [2013-06-10 15:54:47 +0000 UTC]

(basically, I have nothing to say except this is amazing)

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Harlequin-Elle In reply to LovelyObscureDreams [2013-06-10 16:05:33 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

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LovelyObscureDreams In reply to Harlequin-Elle [2013-06-10 16:30:33 +0000 UTC]

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