The way Jonathan bursts out with “do you want me to stay so long??” in Re: Dracula just GETS me because it’s so desperate and a bit frantic—his calm, polite mask pretending everything is fine slips away as he feels the noose tighten around his neck. It’s just painful to hear.
The light at the end of the tunnel is flickering out, and it vanishes when Dracula sets him at the letter-writing table.
















