unreliable narrator

griffith is a vampire in that his ascent to godhood is the inverse of christ's, which is what vampires are all about. his immortality comes not from his own self-sacrifice but through the shedding of others' blood (hawks); he has no heart (questionable); he is beautiful, charming, and seductive to conceal his true darkness and lure people in; guts' brand of sacrifice is on his neck akin to a typical vampire mark; casca's above her breast akin to marks lucy westenra got in dracula and laura got in carmilla, who are both female victims of the vampire; instead of having his immortal kingdom in heaven he establishes it on earth; his glorified bodyguard is literally called nosferatu.

i got u

“Some animals take themselves away to a private place to die, into the forest or under a raised wooden deck constructed of weather-treated pine. Are there animals that seek out the most public place to die, the greatest number of eyes to watch them lie down, roll over, stiffen? Is it true that all living creatures feel the instinct to survive, or are there ones that don’t, only we know nothing about them because they die so swiftly, in utter silence, before they can be seen and recorded?”