#dawn of sorrow

I’m in the mood to just… summarize a Julikado fic I might not even get to writing.

So, Soma, Mina, Yoko and Hammer, in all their youthful scheming, attempt to… set Julius and Arikado up. They all get it in their minds that the two would be cute together. And duh! They clearly like each other!! Why hadn’t anyone thought of this sooner? It’s perfect!

Soma and Mina’s method is to try to reenact Parent Trap to get the two alone together. 

Not too harmful, it does result in some backfiring when Arikado nonchalantly comments on Soma and Mina’s relationship and Julius starts ruthlessly teasing the young adults on how cute they are together. Failure. 

Yoko makes them reservations at fancy restaurants and speaks to them in only suggestive eyebrow wriggling. 

Actually quite pleasant. Arikado laughs?? It’s as subdued as one would expect, but what isn’t expected is his apparently existent sense of humour?? As the crew is spying on the two, they really feel “GOD! HOW ARE THESE TWO NOT ALREADY TOGETHER!?!” 

To seal the deal, Hammer… puts mistletoe around. Bumps into Arikado so he’ll fall into Julius’ arms… Hands the two notes “from each other” asking “Do you like me? Yes or No”.

At this point Arikado is not entertained, and Julius knows exactly what’s going on. And the crew is still banking on getting the two to kiss. But their plans are dashed by Arikado’s sudden unavailability whenever they want to trick him into another dinner date. Julius’ response to any questioning is: “Oh, Arikado? We’re partners.” and the kids just want to strangle him. How doesn’t he SEE?

They call for an intervention and demand Arikado and Julius acknowledge the sparks there. 

Thoroughly pissed, Arikado refuses on principle. However, Julius finally busts out laughing and tells the group: “Arikado is my partner.” He holds up his left hand, wearing a silver ring. 

A quiet resounding “oh” as Arikado face-palms. 

After Julius loses his memory following the events of 1999, Alucard changes his identity to Genya Arikado and lives a normal domestic life with Julius. Finally, Alucard has a normal life, all only at the cost of Julius’ memories.

Julius doesn’t have to remember Alucard to love him. 

Arikado @ Hammer, 100% sincere, not a hint of irony: “I don’t like the cut of your jib.”

Soma:“Julius, how do I ask people out?”

Julius: “Well, first you—”

Arikado: “Don’t ask him, he asked me out in a McDonald’s parking lot.”

Julius: “And yet, you said yes.”

Julius:“Damn, it’s dark in here.”

Soma: “Don’t worry, I’ve got this.”

Soma: *rapidly stomps feet*

Soma: *sketchers light up*

So, I’m of the opinion that it’s less impactful if we assume Mina Hakuba is a reincarnation of Lisa. Like, I will give Elisabetha the benefit of the doubt once. She wanted to check up on her soulmate after he went batshit. But after the second time he goes against her pleading for him to not be a bitter bitch, I want her to be over him. Babe, he’s not worth it.

Besides, Soma and Mina don’t have to be reincarnated lovers for their relationship to mean something. They could honestly just be friends with the power of hand-holding on their side. 

But like, I had this thought looking at art like…

“Mina doesn’t even look like Elisabetha/Lisa. She honestly looks more like… Sara.”

huh. The doe eyes, Sara’s buns and Mina’s hair ribbons, holding greenery,,, they’re just so sweet-looking. 

I still believe that Soma just having a genuine friend he made without interference of fate is sweet. But hell, if there’s anything I love as much as denying popular headcanons, it’s creating new, unpopular ones. 

Me: “Mathias Cronqvist is a bottom, I don’t make the rules except I do.”

Friend: “I agree, though I don’t really know what we’re talking about.”

Me: “Mathias is the dumb bitch who becomes Dracula.”

Friend: “So, Dracula is always a bratty bottom.”

Me: “Yes. In every piece of media.”

Friend: “If your Dracula isn’t a bratty bottom, he’s not Dracula, and that’s why Soma can’t be Dracula. Because he’s a switch.”

Me: *almost thinking I’d misheard them* “Huh?”

Friend: “That’s his name, right? Soma? He doesn’t turn into Dracula because he’s a switch.”

Me: *dies*

Y’all heard it here, folks. 

Soma’s a switch and that’s why he’s not the Dark Lord.

I’m thinking of Alucard and his different looks. So, I decided to compile a bunch of pictures of him and we’re pulling a Belt-monts again.

I’m not… including the Netflix show.

Castlevania Legends

Did y’all know he had purple hair in Legends? No one informed me of this. Does this mean that’s his natural hair colour? Or perhaps a disguise is more likely? (I joke that he was going through a crisis and dyed his hair). Either way, I love him. And I feel this could tie into Castlevania 64 where Dracula was purple as well! I’d like to see this and the Dracula’s Curse design in a style more akin to Kojima’s, that’d be neat.

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

And I understand that they wanted a recognizable design for the show (they didn’t succeed doing that with the MAIN CHARACTER TREVOR BUT WHATEVER), but Alucard looked like this in Dracula’s Curse. Another new look for him, guess he had to keep it on the DL that he dated Trevor’s mom in high school, and this was his solution. I have a soft spot for him looking more movie-Dracula-esqe. This is his BAD BOY PHASE!!

Too many for my lazy ass to name

Here’s the boy we all know and love. I love when they make his hair almost like,,, white gold in colour. Just so silvery you can hardly call it blond. Hhhh, just look at my perfect boy.

Aria/Dawn of Sorrow/Grimoire of Souls

Genya Arikado <333 What can I even say? I love him? I want to run my fingers through his hair. It’s different than with normal Alucard tho. I think it’s because Arikado is his human form, so he looks more human, so my brain is like “this is a real person we could pet”.

Honourable Mentions:

Lords of Shadow

My baby boy. Have I ever talked about how much I love Trevor in the Lords of Shadow timeline? He’s my baby. I love that we got that deep lore that his less human pallor and white hair are a product of him refusing to drink blood. Also, I love the Belmont family tradition in LoS to bare the chest. 

Castlevania Judgement

Judgement Alucard… doesn’t even look like an Alucard… he just looks like an edgy anime boy. But can’t the same be said of all the designs in Judgement? Honestly looks more like Joachim Armster. Why the fuck is his cape a quilt…? Whatever. If this were a design for Joachim, I wouldn’t dislike it this much.

Pachislot Akumajō Dracula

They did my boy dirty (blond) in Pachislot. No, but really, it’s interesting to see Alucard with dirty blond hair instead of platinum. He kinda lacks that… Alucard essence… I think it’s the modelling on the face, maybe? 

Concept Design??

I found this on the wiki. I believe this was perhaps a rough draft? He looks cute, ngl. I love his wavy hair and his boots!! It kinda looks… like he’s wearing short shorts… and I love that…

Julius: *carrying a load of grocery bags in both hands*

Arikado: *reaches out a hand to help him*

Julius: *switches all the bags to one hand* 

Julius: *takes Arikado’s hand and holds it*

Arikado: “THAT’S NOT WHAT I-”

Arikado: *sighs*“OKAY.”

Soma:“I accidentally ate Julius’ leftovers. How long do you think I’ll live?”

Arikado:“Ten.”

Soma: “Ten what?”

Julius, entering the room:“Nine.”

Arikado: “He gained dominance over a calam- cal–”

Soma: “Take your time.”

Arikado:“Calamity.” 

Arikado:“Calamitous.”

Arikado:“CHLAMYDIA!!”

Soma::0

Arikado: “Dmitrii Blinov contracted chlamydia.”

Arikado:“Julius, the only way to get through is with your brute strength.”

Julius:“But after that, I won’t be able to fight.” 

Soma: “I GOT THIS!” 

Soma: *pulls out credit card, swipes it between the barrier and the floor, unlocking the barrier*

???: “Soma, don’t be fooled!” 

Me: “Mina?” 

Arikado: *walks onscreen*

 Me: “GENYA!”

I’m so mad, why couldn’t he have just fucking shown up the first time. Y’all really telling me that Soma equipping Mina’s talisman DIDN’T make Soma’s spirit stronger, it just made Alucard WALK FASTER?? You could argue that it helped stall for time but… it didn’t, is the thing… Alucard legit just showed up earlier in the scene.

Julius:“So, Soma has become Dracula. It seems I need to keep my promise to him.”

Arikado:“Ifonly he had equipped the talisman.”

Julius:

Arikado:“Then he wouldn’t have become the dark lord.”

Julius: “Alucard, what the hell.”

Arikado:“Hint hint.”