Thread:Flamette/@comment-3468598-20140412223451/@comment-3468598-20140418102149

Don't worry, not laughing at you, just that comment. And the often lacking reprsentiation of Dracula in the media. It is a bitter laugh, and one I give for all my beloved monsters.

Ahh yes, the old existential crisis that comes when you realize you're just a figment of so many imaginations. Some of my Headcanon stuff deals with that, as well as the immortality it brings. Ideas can't really die. Of course my Count is quite the opposite. He's very happy being thought of as a monster, hates it when people try to make him sympathetic or silly. And really doesn't understand why the rest of The Monster Mash enjoy it so much. (Erik and Frankenstiens Creature are so very okay with having fans.  Griffin is annoyed he isn't in more things, and Imhotep is so busy being in love with his girlfriend that he just doesn't care about his fans.)  But The Count has his reputation to maintain, prince of darkness and all that jazz, he can't be some approachable household mascot. He shouldn't be made a laughing stock in childrens programming, or a bumbling single dad, or a romantic anti hero! He's the villain dammit! And he will be feared and respected!

I've got a pretty big expanded universe dealling with fictional characters being aware they are fictional characters, and dancing the line between genre savvyness and a tragic tendancy to fall back on how they're written.

It's not my main project though, just an amusing place to day dream.

Mostly when it comes to The Count I'm working on a LOEG style crossover that has expanded to the point where it spans continents and decades and for once NO OC'S! I'm so proud of myself, (Although the characterization of The Bride, and The Count's Wives, and probably some other minor characters is mostly mine since they have so little screen time.) but no blatant self inserts hanging around with my favorite characters this time.