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AngusPodgorny posted:I've started reading Phantom World because I'm curious what vampire traits were traditional, and which we created for sake of the story. There were some traits I expected, some that were noticeably absent, some that reminded me more of witches, and one that just made me go "wait, what?" The fact that vampires, or at least some, can only use aliases that are anagrams. The spoiler is so commonly associated with Vampires these days, I wondered if it was from folklore. I also wondered a bit as to whether Stoker was familiar with the work, mostly just because of the similarity with the dead ward Rheinfeldt and Renfield. I did enjoy the book, it was a nice Halloween read, and yes, very gay.
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Oct 10, 2022 16:04
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AngusPodgorny posted:I seem to have some serious gaps in my knowledge of vampires, since I didn’t know that Carmilla was a popular name or that they had to use anagram.[/spoiler] Specifically spelling names backward. Alucard has quite a pop culture history of being a hidden vampire. Pratchett also commented on it "Do they really think that spelling their name backwards fools anyone?" There's enough out there that the portait was a dead giveaway. I'm curious as to whether it was for contemporary readers too.
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Oct 10, 2022 20:13
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I'm working on it, only like 1/4 of the way in. Out of curiosity, is steppe wolf a thing? Like as a saying. Prior to this were people described that way? And just this guy is not A steppe wolf but The Steppenwolf?
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I gather mostly that I can get over my existential dread by watching Tik Tok.
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