#castlevana

Spooky Season begins with an all too important mission: Making Dracula cough up the dough for ruining my wedding.

It's Haunted Castle Revisited. Tonight at 6PM CST.

She!!!!

1. Sexual orientation: I like to think she’s pansexual and polyamorous :) 2. OTP: TREPHACARD~ The chemistry...the compatibility...the trust...they’re PERFECT (also Sypha/Julia is really cute) 3. BROTP: I know they haven’t met yet, or if she’s going to be in the netflix series at all, but definitely Julia!! They would have so much to talk about magic wise since Julia’s a healer magician who doesn’t use combat magic (I imagine it’s never something she learned or wants to do, but is still respectful of it) and Sypha’s a combat magician who doesn’t know/use healing spells, they’d have a lot of respect for each other and a lot of fun info dumping and asking questions!! Magical ladies with the utmost respect for each other :D 4. NOTP: I honestly can’t think of one for Sypha? I haven’t seen anyone ship her with someone that immediately made me go “NOPE” so i’m not sure :o 5. First headcanon that pops into my head: She loves spicy food! I know it’s the 15th century eastern Europe, but her people would have access to trade routes and such so I imagine she’s tried a lot of different spices that other folks haven’t (Trevor and Alucard most definitely can NOT handle spice and she finds this hilarious) 6. Favorite line from this character: “I am a speaker and a scholar of magic. I serve no demon and I do no evil.” powerful queen shit!! But also “You’ve saved countless lives. But it’s alright to mourn the man, too.” because she’s so compassionate and supportive!! 7. One way in which I relate to this character: I guess assuming people don’t have bad intentions? which can suck sometimes, and I don’t always think ahead which she does sometimes too lol also in my mind she totally has ADHD so we’re buddies in that c:

SPOILERRRRSSS again just in case

SPOILERS ok??

I didn’t trust Suki and Taka for one second, there were many instances in which they exchanged looks and they left me wondering why would they spend precious seconds of a 21-min episode in those exchanges, so - As Anton Chejov would’ve loved to say, if you show a gun (those weird looks) use it for something (the betrayal at the end). I saw it coming miles away. Am I angered/sad by it...? Actually, I’m disappointed by Alucard’s whole story arc. I expected more of it, Suki and Taka were the last thing I expected for it. I... don’t know what to think of his plot, I do think he needs a hug. Now. 

At first the animation seemed a bit stiff. Coming from the second season, where everything was AMAZING, it kinda struck me as weird. Also the voice acting seemed a little off at first, like the actors didn’t match/synch completely well with what we were watching?? I guess?? But then it changed towards the second half of the season and MAN those last two episodes were glorious. Trevor with the dual whip??? AAA’<??!!?

Overall, plot-wise, this season felt quite barren. We only had a handful of Hector’s moments (ooooh in a sec, just in a sec) and Isaac being the husbando we all want. But both Alucard’s and Trevor/Sypha’s storylines left much to be desired. Yes, plot twists here and there, but seemingly non-consequential with the over all grand scheme of the series. I mean, you have to top last season’s finale, that’s no easy feat. 

I think Sain Germain’s dream was a bit too long. I understand he powerful he magic he wizard he historical person but it kinda dragged on for too long for me. I did like what I saw in that dream huh

OST still good here

Hector and Lenore. Now, I love Hector, I don’t think he’s dumb, I just think he needs a hug, like Alucard does. And I hate myself because I shipped Hector x Lenore, but saw her betrayal coming miles away - this one is more obvious though, because it seems that Hector getting backstabbed is a running gag at this point. I also read somewhere here that there’s a nice parallelism between Lenore and Hector: she’s basically what he was in the second season, with the same ideals and such. Hector being treated like a pet by the end, when in the past he only wanted pets (dead humans...), it’s, uh... almost divine judgement, let’s say. 

I do hope Lenore betrays her gang for Hector - or Hector beats the shit out of them, I need something good to happen to him. Once. Just once. Please, creators. 

I kinda like Striga x Morana, felt like a nice addition, their dynamics are goals (like, scheme an evil plan together?? please). Also Trevor x Sypha were like a panacea too, they’re so fun together and just dsajkdasdsa they make me go uwu. 

ALSO idk why I’ve just remembered this BUT as soon as I saw that this season was 18+ and read “violence, sex” i was like - wait, are they gonna fuck in this season?? and they’re gonna show it to us??? whaaaa?? And it wasn’t just that - It’s the first time I saw a man completely naked in an animation. Like, completely. It’s more common to see female breasts, it was a nice change of pace. I don’t even know why I add this item, it was shocking when I realized it. Now you’re all gonna say that I didn’t watch enough animation - believe me, I did, it’s just that generally genitals are kept in the obscure you know

I don’t want’ Dracula or his wife to return. I don’t want it. Yes, given, it’s gonna make up for a huge and amazing scene if it happens, but truthfully I’m tired of the trope that when an important character dies, they get to be revived. Please don’t. Also, it takes away all of Alucard’s character arc’s weight. It’s the best and fastest way to destroy his character. Please don’t. Edit: I KNOW Dracula dies and comes back many times in the games, I just don’t think it’s a good idea. I’m only commenting on the show, not the games, sadly I haven’t played them since I never owned any Nintendo console and yes some of them are on the PS4 now but I don’t think that type of game is for me. I only own Curse of Darkness for the PS2 and I tried to get myself into it but I just couldn’t with how slow Hector walks in that game. So, sorry if I seem a little off with that item: it’s because YES i’m not a fan of the games, i’m only a fan of the show so far.