Dracula Daily/2023

Fandom activity for Dracula Daily in 2023:
(Other years: see Dracula Daily/2022, Dracula Daily/2024)
==Fanart==
===May===
* by bluecatwriter
* by clfadrylcanines - about the paprika hendl
* by mayhemchicken-artblog, noted that it was inspired "inspired by Karim Kronfli's performance of this line in @re-dracula"
* by clefadrylcanines -- illustration of the "foul bauble of man's vanity" scene"
* by flowersintehseas
* by flailingwingsart
* by atmothart, comic about Dracula's housekeeping
===June===
* by mxsoyo
* by moonsun2010, about the several-week gap in entries to Jonathan's diary in June
* by crepuscol
===July===
* by bluecatwriter
* by georgiacooked
===August===
===September===
* by georgiacooked
===October===
* by tangents-within-tangets (3 October) -- art of Jonathana and Mina Harker
==Memes==
===May===
* by elevatorbullpen
* by see-arcane
* by eggy-tea
* by susiephone
===June===
* by ourgoodfriendjonathan -- meme for June 25th, about Jonathan getting into Dracula's room via the window
* (post 2)
===July===
* 
===August===
===September===
===October===
==Meta==
===May===
* by quietlywatchingwritingreading -- a post discussing triggers in Dracula and proposing community norms/spoilers policy for the 2023 book club
* by warrioreowynofrohan -- about several topics but especially the 2022 fandom's reaction to Lucy Westenra.
* by atundratoadstool -- about Jonathan Harker's role in the opening chapters in earlier drafts of Dracula
* meta by citizen-zero about how the epistolary format of Dracula feels like being "railroaded by the narrative", partially in response to
* jasonsdeli
* by unabridgedisbetter, with comments by others -- about the different response from readers in 2023 vs. 2022
* by animate-mush, about the linguistic bariers Jonathan faces and the steps he takes to address them
* by kroashent
* by excentricat1:
* by spider-xan and thebibi
*, original tweet by drew janda, responses on tumblr by iamthebird, yallemagne, dathen, mrpinniped. Discussion spans October 2022-May 2023
* by thethirdromana
===June===
(There was plenty of meta written in June, i just had trouble picking a few "representative" or "popular" ones to showcase here. Would appreciate some help with that! -- Quae)
===July===
* , post by queeniegalorie, animate-mush repsonded explaining some of the current fandom memes and topics so far (for time loop see above. I should go find some meta about "gothic doubling" to link)
* , by cattuladaily -- about Seward's views on his relationship with Renfield
* posted 26 July
* . Discussion about whether Mina should expect Jonathan back by now (July 26th) based on the false letters Dracula sent, and why she doesn't seem more worried about it in the current entry.
* , meta by yallemagne and others -- discussing the role of Lucy's sleepwalking in the book
===August===
* by immediatebreakfast, with addition by tinyyellowflowers-blog -- about the crew of the Demeter's experiences with Dracula.
* by kaiserin-erzsebet, about how Daily Dracula following in-book chronological order rearranges some passages and highlights different themes than the original.
* by sepublic -- contrasting the pure tragedy of the scene as adapted in Nosferatu with the element of hope it has Dracula the novel
===September===
* by wiliecoyotegenius
* discussion by noblerinthemind and animate-mush about classist assumptions in the narration of the characters' actions around Lucy's death
===November===
* by tachvintlogic (Nov 6, 2023)
==Fanfic==
* by BlueCatWriter, about alternate attempts Jonathan could have made to escape Dracula. see also this tumblr discussion about similar topics as the fic
* 
* by animate-mush -- Mina/Jonathan, set between the October 6tha nd October 11th entries. The fic is a response to/commentary on several specific Dracula Daily fan discussions, linked in the author's notes. archive link for the fic itself
==Other==
*Where in the World is Jonathan Harker?, run by animate-mush, a series of Tumblr daily polls asking Tumblr user's to predict/choose Jonathan Harker's location during the July timeskip of the novel. In-jokes abound, including , , 
*, photo taken October 2023
* analysis of Daily Dracula entries by peachesanmemes, published June 2023
** of the entries by character, posted November 2023
==Notes and References==
Category: Dracula
Category: 2023 Mailing Lists