#myrtle talks

So glad to hear that the Count is allowing my good friend, Johnathan Harker, to participate in nearly all of pride month before ending his lifespan. A true role model and ally to the community 

Refer to me no longer as a woman, I am now a devil of the Pit seeking the companionship of other devils. Let’s chase around little men in a castle together under the brilliant moonlight as we occasionally stare at each other’s red lips with both longing and some deadly fear. In a classic literature way of course, unless...? 

BREAKING NEWS: HE’S HERE!!! THE TOKEN AMERICAN HAS ARRIVED!!! REJOICE!!! 

Now that the scene I’ve long since been waiting for has finally arrived, I can finally confess this. That part of Dracula toying with Johnathan’s emotions by giving him a false sense of hope only to push Jonathan into a position where he has no other choice, but to accept the Count’s protection and stay, instead of escaping and then the Count relishing in having successfully broken down this poor man and having him all for himself? It is most certainly within the top three moments in Dracula where I felt as if I was reading another kind of story altogether; one that was most certainly not appropriate for me to have taken to read during mass on my little phone as a wee child as I felt the eyes of the saints upon me while I became an unexpected voyeur to the vampiric acts written before my eyes...

Slumbering: I am experiencing executive dysfunction and it is crippling me from being able to participate with the outside world to the point where I can barely leave my room, please bear with me Awakened: “This morning, as I was sitting on the edge of my bed cudgelling my brains-”

Well, it’s been three days since the last email and still no new word from either Johnathan or another episode of Seward’s podcast. I am brimming with questions. How long does it take to clear flies? Is Harker experiencing hellish lgbt moments this June? Did the fiancé trio meetup go well? And most importantly, where are the women? Only time will tell I suppose

So was anyone going to tell me we were all collectively (re)reading Dracula or was I suppose to found out by myself? I know I’m a few days late, but I would very much like to participate in this group book club. Please, I’ve been searching for content for this classic for years and now I come out of my chambers and see new things, I want in