not the first person to point this out I'm sure, but I love that aside from the joke of half the "kids" thinking the count is a vampire, the count actually IS a vampire. in all ways but physical. from everybody else's perspective, at least: a young man was taken away and died. one day a strange and mysterious man shows up with pale skin, dressed in all black and terrifying in every way. he seems to be foreign, doesn't understand french customs and has strange habits, seemingly doesn't eat. he's accompanied by a beautiful woman he claims is his slave but he treats like a queen, behaves all in all unusual. he seduces young men around him and tempts people with his unimaginable riches. he's capable of superhuman feats, superhuman speeds, strength, precision. he speaks every language under the sun, has every skill known to man. he's omniscient, omnipotent. but most terrifying of all- he is that same man who died many years ago. he's different now. but he's the same man. and he still looks as young as he did, only... different. his mere presence forebodes death now, people he comes into contact with die or go mad shortly after, their lives are destroyed one way or another. his life was taken from him and now he takes the lives of others, perpetuating this cycle of death. he just doesn't do it by way of sucking anybody's blood. but otherwise, in all ways but physical, the count is a vampire. and that fucking rules.
