WatchingDraculamovies!Mina (OOC post)
For mhari, here is watchingDraculamovies!Mina. This was fun to write.
“I think I’m going to be sick.”
Mina and Jonathan were about half way through watching the movie “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, and the ‘Mina’ and ‘Dracula’ characters were having a romantic dinner together as the ‘Dracula’ character told the ‘Mina’ character that she was the reincarnation of his wife.
Jonathan put an arm around Mina. “Don’t worry, dear, it’s all right. It’s just a movie. We know that didn’t happen.”
Mina continued looking at the screen in horror. “But it…it’s completely disgusting! How can people make up lies like that? And the way they portrayed Lucy! She was nothing like that, and it’s an insult to her memory to say that she was!” She paused, looking at Jonathan. “And I do hope it was nothing like that with you and…those women.”
Jonathan’s reply was perhaps a bit too hasty. “Oh, no, of course not! You know I would never betray you like that!” She smiled at him. “Of course, dear.” And she returned to her ranting. “I never fell in love with the Count, I did my best to end the evil he was spreading in the world, and to free myself from it! Why is that so difficult for the people who created this abomination to understand?”
Jonathan waited till she had calmed down slightly, and then said. “But there is one thing here that is correct…Professor Van Helsing was quite like that.”
Despite herself, Mina laughed. “You’re right.”
They watched the movie in silence for some time, and then they got to a scene in which the ‘Mina’ character was entering a bedroom in Dr. Seward’s asylum. Mina began to shake slightly at that, but continued watching. But when the scene had progressed a little further and the ‘Mina’ character was angry at the ‘Dracula’ character, hitting him fruitlessly over and over, Mina couldn’t resist hissing angrily under her breath, more to herself than Jonathan. “Had I done that to him he would have caused me to be in enough pain that I never thought of doing so again.” Jonathan glanced at his wife worriedly, but said nothing.
Then, when the ‘Dracula’ character bit the ‘Mina’ character, Mina gasped and began to twist her hands together violently in her lap. Then the ‘Dracula’ character opened a vein in his chest and the ‘Mina’ character put her mouth of it, and Mina bit her tongue to keep from dissolving into sobs at the familiar scene. But by biting her tongue she drew blood, and that taste, too, reminded her of that night. She put her head in her hands and sobbed for several long moments as Jonathan watched, feeling powerless and incapable of doing anything to help her.
Then, suddenly, Mina stood up, took the disc of that awful movie out and snapped it in half. Letting the pieces fall to the ground, she left the room.
“I think I’m going to be sick.”
Mina and Jonathan were about half way through watching the movie “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, and the ‘Mina’ and ‘Dracula’ characters were having a romantic dinner together as the ‘Dracula’ character told the ‘Mina’ character that she was the reincarnation of his wife.
Jonathan put an arm around Mina. “Don’t worry, dear, it’s all right. It’s just a movie. We know that didn’t happen.”
Mina continued looking at the screen in horror. “But it…it’s completely disgusting! How can people make up lies like that? And the way they portrayed Lucy! She was nothing like that, and it’s an insult to her memory to say that she was!” She paused, looking at Jonathan. “And I do hope it was nothing like that with you and…those women.”
Jonathan’s reply was perhaps a bit too hasty. “Oh, no, of course not! You know I would never betray you like that!” She smiled at him. “Of course, dear.” And she returned to her ranting. “I never fell in love with the Count, I did my best to end the evil he was spreading in the world, and to free myself from it! Why is that so difficult for the people who created this abomination to understand?”
Jonathan waited till she had calmed down slightly, and then said. “But there is one thing here that is correct…Professor Van Helsing was quite like that.”
Despite herself, Mina laughed. “You’re right.”
They watched the movie in silence for some time, and then they got to a scene in which the ‘Mina’ character was entering a bedroom in Dr. Seward’s asylum. Mina began to shake slightly at that, but continued watching. But when the scene had progressed a little further and the ‘Mina’ character was angry at the ‘Dracula’ character, hitting him fruitlessly over and over, Mina couldn’t resist hissing angrily under her breath, more to herself than Jonathan. “Had I done that to him he would have caused me to be in enough pain that I never thought of doing so again.” Jonathan glanced at his wife worriedly, but said nothing.
Then, when the ‘Dracula’ character bit the ‘Mina’ character, Mina gasped and began to twist her hands together violently in her lap. Then the ‘Dracula’ character opened a vein in his chest and the ‘Mina’ character put her mouth of it, and Mina bit her tongue to keep from dissolving into sobs at the familiar scene. But by biting her tongue she drew blood, and that taste, too, reminded her of that night. She put her head in her hands and sobbed for several long moments as Jonathan watched, feeling powerless and incapable of doing anything to help her.
Then, suddenly, Mina stood up, took the disc of that awful movie out and snapped it in half. Letting the pieces fall to the ground, she left the room.