#repressed hostility

Been wanting to do something like this for a while. I don't think Ericka would like how Linda handled the whole thing with Mavis and Dennis in HT2 for many reasons. Not only do they clearly not do research for their welcoming party and bedroom (which would be enough alone to drive Captain "I know how to organize a party!" Ericka up the wall.) But she would HATE the fact they were seemingly cool with Pandragora and wife's "Being picked on toughens up the kids" and letting Johnny's cousins pick on him. And she thought SHE had speciesism to unlearn!

But I think the thing that would bother Ericka the MOST is Linda's tendency to try and put in her two cents about parenting without being asked. She's trying to be helpful of course but it drives Ericka NUTS. If there's ONE thing Ericka hates more than ANYTHING else after growing up with Van Helsing, it's someone bossing her around, trying to tell her how to do her job. Especially the whole "control your kids" thing. She was "controlled" by her Great-Grandfather her whole LIFE! And she felt SUFFOCATED by it! She had no freedom, no autonomy, for over 40 years, and there's no WAY Ericka's treating her twins like her Great-Grandfather did her. Her children may be half monster, but they're still PEOPLE, Darnit, not dogs! Besides. Everyone knows scaring is what monsters DO. Linda's known the Draculas for years, she should really be used to this by now.

So I did this Ericka + Linda interaction and the ranting Ericka came afterwards. I kinda liked the idea of paralleling Ericka's crazed rant about Dracula in the first film with getting her emotions out about Linda in this rant and Drac being amused as heck by it instead of dismissive. Then I thought of @black-ak9 's idea of in Drartha, DRAC having been the chaotic one and I had to do something with that.

Note: I don't think she truly HATES Linda. I think she recognizes Linda actually is trying to help. It's mostly just...Linda drives her nuts and Ericka doesn't have Drac or Mavis' patience. XD