Lady Dimitrescu

Countess Alcina Dimitrescu (オルチーナ・ドミトレスク, Oruchīna Domitoresuku), often referred to as Lady Dimitrescu is one of the villainous bosses in Resident Evil Village.Dimitrescu is meant to be pronounced as Dimitreesk in English, with the final "u" letter being silent. She is also known by as Hot 9-Foot-Tall Vampire Lady and other such nicknames by fans. The character rapidly, unexpectedly, and widely became a viral sensation among netizens around the world, established Resident Evil fans and otherwise.
==Canon background==
Lady Dimitrescu is evil and she's keeping moldy baby parts in a jar. She is a mom and her daughters are made of bugs.
She thinks she's real slick calling her red wine label "Maiden's Blood" or whatever but she's not. Although contrary to the popular belief among those who are not actually familiar with Resident Evil's story, Dimitrescu technically isn't even a vampire. Ballin' indeed.
==Reception and meta==
Lady Dimitrescu elicited very positive reception from audiences upon her initial reveal in a 2020 promotional trailer for Resident Evil Village, and for her appearance in the PlayStation 5-exclusive demo Maiden released on 21 January 2021.Pierce-Bohen, Kayleena (28 January 2021). "Resident Evil 8: Village: The 10 Best Lady Dimitrescu Cosplays". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2 February 2021.Lada, Jenni (21 January 2021). "Resident Evil Village PS5 Demo Introduces the 'Maiden'". Siliconera. Retrieved 2 February 2021.Switzer, Eric (21 January 2021). "Resident Evil Village Demo "Maiden" Offers A Terrifying Tour Of Castle Dimitrescu". The Gamer. Retrieved 2 February 2021.Marshall, Cass (15 January 2021). "Resident Evil Village has a big vampire lady and fans love her". Polygon. Retrieved 2 February 2021. Screenshots, fan art, cosplay, and memes featuring Dimitrescu engulfed online communities like wildfire.
Fans have noted that Dimitrescu's vintage fashion taste, tall stature, mature appearance, and monstrous qualities make her unique among "generic" characters considered female beauty icons, which tend to adhere to uniform standards of youthfulness and being nonthreateningly shorter than their male counterparts.
==Fanon and tropes==
===Vampire===
Due to her vampiric qualities, vampire-associated tropes are incorporated into fan works featuring Lady Dimitrescu. This character is also popular among fans of lesbian fiction, due in part to the long association between lesbianism and vampire fiction such as the Gothic novella Carmilla.
===Memes===
*Ballin' 
*Lady Dimitrescu on the Phone
===Shipping===
*Alcina Dimitrescu & Her Daughters (Alcina & Bella & Cassandra & Daniela)
*Alcina Dimitrescu & Miranda
*Alcina Dimitrescu & Rosemary Winters
*Alcina Dimitrescu x Maiden
*Alcina Dimitrescu x Ethan Winters
*Alcina Dimitrescu x Original Character
*Alcina Dimitrescu x Reader
==Fan works==
===Mods===
*Count Theodora 
*LadyChris
*Every time you see Lady Dimitrescu, her hat gets bigger
===Fan fiction===
===Fan art===
* Looks like I found you, my dear lady by hattersarts
* Maiden life best life by badasserywomen
===Cosplay===
*cosplay modeled by Olympic medalist Ekaterina Lisina
===Memes===
* The Golden Ratio 
* I am aware of the effect I have on women
* screaming in gay 'meter' meme
===Meta===
===Fan work rec lists and collections===
==External links==
===Fan communities and archives===
*FanFiction.Net (FFN): Resident Evil stories and crossovers featuring Alcina Dimitrescu
*DeviantArt (DA):
*Tumblr: 
*Archive of Our Own (AO3): 
*Pixiv: #オルチーナ・ドミトレスク
*Reddit: r/AlcinaDimitrescu
===Fan pages and tribute sites===
===Resources===
*Wikipedia
*Know Your Meme
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Resident Evil Characters
Category:Social Media Feature