It’s Lonely At The Top | Dracula | Netflix Castlevania
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2021
- New character analysis about the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula! From the Netflix original series Castlevania. Let's start off 2022 right. The content on this channel often focuses on games, discussing lore, comics, and the Nerd community.
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Can you make more Videos about Death-The Grim Reaper aka Varney the Vampire, Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, The Bishop that killed Lisa Tepes, Hector, Lenore, Count Saint Germain and Lisa Tepes.
@@shahzaman365 I'd love to. As long as people request it? I'll try to get them done
@@KaizokuSleven Thank You so Much. You actually responded to me. I’ll be eagerly wait for the next episodes.
The biggest tragedy in this show that no one seems to be talking about is that Lisa went to hell even though she was the nicest person in the show!
She actually went to Heaven but God allowed her to visit and send time with Dracula in Hell. Evident on how the only light in that scene was shining on her back and not the both of them.
@@KaizokuSleven does the anime say/show that and I just missed it or was that revealed in some other material because I didn’t notice any specific light around Lisa?
If you go back to the end of Episode 9 of Season 3 you'll see what I'm talking about. Also, it's been a pseudo discussion in online forums and many have pointed out that Lisa didn't go to Hell. She just decided to be there with her husband when he died.
I think they said that Heaven doesn't exist and all humans go to Hell anyway. Seems like Hell is the default Underworld.
Alucard went worse than hell and he was probably just as nice
He isn't talked much either
“A tragedy as old as redwood trees” is one of the best phrases I ever heard
Appreciate it dude!
@@KaizokuSleven no problem man,keep up this badass work
I loved Dracula in this series. Understanding his pain but seeing him go over the edge. I felt he was a victim of the monster that is the dark side of humanity . He may have been a vampire but the cruelty of mankind was the true monster of the first season .
His VA knocked it out of the park with every inflection of his voice. I can't watch his death without getting teary eyed.
Honoured to be a part of the first 1k .
1,000%, if anyone overlooks his relationship with humanity and just paints him as a villains in the aftermath? They weren't watching.
Honoured to have you bro
Dracula’s death, and lamenting over the loss of Lisa and killing her last gift to him: Alucard… that scene is akin to something from a Shakespearean tragedy. Even the blank expression he gives Alucard before he lets his son stab him in the heart is one of a man that’s lost all hope or will to go on.
@KaizokuSleven I'm just seeing this, and good video, by the way. However, Dracula wasn't a victim and never will be. He was the villain, and the monster, through and through. The actual victims are Lisa and her son Alucard. They are the victim of loving a monster, which cost them dearly
1) Dracula war on humanity for losing someone he loves in their hand was hypocrisy asf. Dracula spent decades if not centuries ripping love ones away from others for fun without a care how they feel about it. But the moment he got a taste of what he has been doing to others, he could handle it and reacted like any monster with power would react when thing he has been doing to others are done to him.
2) He didn't care about his wife wishes at all. The first thing he did was completely disregarded them. Lisa (best girl ever) was very clear about her wishes and love for humanity. She love her people so much that even in agonizing pain she was pleading for them to be forgiven. All of which fell on deaf ears, except for her son's Alucard (best boy ever) who actually care about her beliefs/wishes. Her husband on the other hand doesn't give a sh*t, because he is a monster who got bored and took a break from monstering to play house for a while. So when the big bad wolf in sheep clothing came along and blow that house down, he forgot all about his playmate and goes back to monstering. When the precious gift given to him by said playmate came to remind him of her wishes, he was fully prepared to kill him with extreme cruelty. Not even a gift that is a dead-ringer of his wife is going to stop him from making sure her dream burns to the ground. I believe this might explains why it is a house (aka the room they built their son) that snapped him back to reality, and not his son Alucard who is the spitting image of his wife Lisa. Being in that room reminded him of his days of playing house and pretending he is not a monster. For heaven sake if anything was going to snapped him back to reality, it would have been Alucard, the face and embodiment of Lisa's love and dream. My God, you cannot look at that boy and not see or be reminded of his motherLisa. It is a shame that the only character who saw this very view were Alucard and Carmilla.
This is how i saw the story. Lisa, a kind hearted woman who loved humanity unconditional with a dream of helping/bettering it, fell in love with a monster whom she thought she could change, just for that monster to be the main reason for the downfall of the people who she held dear to her heart. So instead of helping her bring prosperity and science to her people like she dreamed of, he brought them the apocalypse. Good job. I'm sure Lisa was in heaven smiling at the idea of her people being slaughter in a war raged in her name. I bet her favorite part was watching that monster tried to kill her son. What a victim Dracula was.
I don't condone his actions, but it's understandable where he came from. He lost everything he had and pretty much is too depressed to change until Alucard came back from his beauty sleep. I hope you can do analysis on the sisters (Lenore, Morana and Striga).
I think the Netflix series is really really good.. Apart from the games, you really can watch it as it's own thing.. And the way they portrade Issac.. Beautiful
Dracula's story is a reminder that there's no such thing as absolute Good or Evil in the physical world. There are only differing degrees of Duality and Necessity. As The Captain told Isaac,"It's A Cruel World. I've Been Cruel. Bastards Need Punishing. But If You Get Rid Of All The Humans You Also Get Rid Of Human Kindness. No More Gifts. No More Jokes." Duality and Necessity. Dracula's pain and grief caused him to focus only on Retribution. Which is understandable for a time. But Dracula became lost in his Grief. The pain of mourning his Wife was comparable to the pain of being caught in the rays of the morning sun for him. In the end Dracula was a victim of humanity. Perhaps Dracula's own Karma was as much to blame for Lisa's demise as the humans who burned her alive? In the end Dracula proved to be as "human" as any of us.
Such a great interpretation of the character, humanizing him to the point of sympathy even though he is the biggest threat to humanity itself.
@@KaizokuSleven Thank you. I was trying to understand Dracula's motivations. We can't always understand a person's acts just on face value. But if we're able understand a person's motivating factors then their actions take on a whole new meaning. Life always comes back to the question "Why"? Dracula's motivations were very Old Testament "Eye For An Eye". You wrong me I then am justified in wronging you. You take from me, I am duty bound to take from you. I think Dracula didn't have a fully formed plan for exacting his Revenge because he didn't have a fully formed answer for his "Why". Alucard was right. Dracula just wanted his pain to end so he could be with his Wife again. But he needed to punish as many humans as possible before his end came. Which I'm sure was an attempt to help heal his wounded ego from not being present to protect Lisa when The Church came for her. Just my thoughts Brother. Your insights are incredible 🎓. You're on a golden path with this channel. Keep Going ✊🏾.
@@altowatts1325 Appreciate you my boy!
A thought occurs to me. Death conspired to restore Dracula from Hell to bring about more death on Earth. In the form of Varney, Death became one of Dracula's first followers as his mad quest began. The only reason that quest began is because Dracula's wife was brutally brought to her own death. How far back was Death manipulating things, and was he responsible for this series' inciting incident? Did he direct the Bishop towards Lisa to cause all of this?
I may not be a Castlevania fan but I am a Dracula fan and this character is extremely relatable to me
Maaaaaan Could not have started the new year on a better note. Been waiting on this one for sure. Loved and enjoyed this video. One of the most misunderstood characters I feel in all different lores he is described as evil and prince of darkness ect but he has always been a character that portrays duality and you mentioned something that is very important that some fail to recognized that he was human. His struggle with loneliness ended up being the same trauma that he ended up passing on to his Son Alucard too. But definitely enjoyed this one and very refreshing.
1,000% He inadvertently traumatized his own son into almost becoming the 2nd coming of him.
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Bro your dissection of shows and characters is damn near unmatched and most definitely underrated
Appreciate you bro 🙏
Dracula is an amazing character and the show did him justice
"The women men love become their purpose to live and allow them to be better overall."
Good God that hit close to home, especially after a bad breakup.
Lovely analysis.
I personally feel there is no way around the fact that he is, in fact, a villain. Seeking the death of all humans for the death of one is ultimately very evil and irrational, but it's also understandable; Not justified, but understandable. It's why I always preferred him to any other villain in the show, the others sort of felt evil for the sake of being evil, especially Carmilla. Castlevania was such a good series but the choices they made with the characters just leaves me a bit disappointed, like Dracula's relatively quick death.
Alucard next, maybe?
Also, there a chance of the channel ever getting a Discord server?
Happy New Year, by the way.
I get where you're coming from, he is evil regardless but in a way if the church didn't kill his wife he was heading into redeeming himself. I also think he did all of that because in his mind Humans are not worth investing into, which is completely understandable by how our species has handled this planet.
I'm definitely thinking about doing Alucard next & no discord server yet. Not truly convinced if anyone would be dedicated enough to my channel to have one opened.
Happy New Year bro, appreciate you as always.
Well Carmilla was more of an angry and very paranoid person. She was similar to death in that she wanted everything but gave nothing back.
I’ll say burning the first city to the ground was justifiable.
@@devynmaluThere were innocent children and bystanders there, what kind of logic is that?
@@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ bystanders could have stopped it but hey, that’s fine now
I think Dracula departed the series at the right time.
Dracula may be the undisputed father of all vampires.
But in Castlevania, he dies to a Belmont and returns rejuvenated 100 years later.
Until Julius in 1999, though there’s no game with him yet. Reincarnated as Soma Cruz, who rejects his destiny of becoming the Dark Lord.
*Fun Fact:* Dracula's pointer and middle fingernails have been trimmed since he was married to Lisa.
Interesting, gotta go examine that
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he was fleshed out as much as he needed, but I feel there was still more to be told with him.
I do also find myself sympathizing with Dracula as well as Isaac (being my favorite character)
I really like this video, your style and how you showed me new media to expand my perspective of Dracula :) Definitely a top 10 shows/animated works of all time for me. I liked and subbed!
Appreciate it & glad I was able to do that for you.
My favourites so far is this one and Issac the monster and the human
Love the analysis. Great presentation too. Will be bingeing the rest of your Castlevania content immediately.
My favorite aspect of Castlevania (the show) is far and away the writing of its characters. Characterization, yes, but also their actions and how believable their motivations feel. The writers don’t slack on any primary character’s story, and even the minor ones feel relevant and active in the narrative. Dracula is given such a relatable POV in the context of his origins that the final fight between him and Alucard isn’t exciting; it’s heart wrenching. There is no victory, and hardly even a sense of relief. Dracula, fully capable of killing all three of the protagonists out of sheer instinct, allows himself to be defeated because he realizes in that moment he isn’t capable of living a life that honors Lisa anymore. Is he the antagonist of the story? Certainly one of them, but I’ve never felt my heart pour out for someone quite like Castlevania’s Dracula.
Well said & I'm glad you enjoyed this analysis.
Now what if you have both both his vampiric powers and Paladin powers he will be one unstoppable force of nature and also they should do a series of just Dracula and Lisa the story should be focused on them and their Journey that would be cool
For real! While it sounds cool? That series would be kind of boring because Dracula by himself is just too much for anyone…COMBINED. So there would barely be anyone able to challenge him outside of later descendants of Belmonts and older Alucard. EVEN Dragan couldn’t hurt Dracula and he took on Sypha, ALucard and Trevor all at the same time. Post Dracula’s death when they got upgrades and more powerful.
Now what have he fight one of those powerful demons like Beelzebub Azazel or and abandon and that would be a fight to see
@@emmanuelburgess9198 Still not enough, in the games Death himself serves Dracula. Ain't no demon or being in hell more powerful than Death lol
Great video! Your voice is super soothing to listen to and I love how knowledgeable you are about the subject. Nice work
Appreciate you & glad you enjoyed it!
Tepes, interesting how Graham McTavish is his voice. Tepes tavish,similar to me. Great actor, Dwalin
Another great analysis my man. I found Dracula to be a really effective antagonist for the first full arc, and his story was, like you said, sympathetic. I understood how his isolation due to circumstance could drive him to madness, and found that there was a really beautiful tragedy in the tale- but I wonder if, (SPOILERS FOR IF Y'ALL AINT SEEN SEASON 3/4),
Now that hes back, if there isnt a chance for that kind of dhampir world to eventually come into being- especially since hes back with his wife. I do hope we somehow get more castlevania, because legit, the story's fire as *hell*, and I'd love to see more of Isaac's story too.
Hope that personal circumstance wasnt too serious, and hope your hustle to 1k is just the start.
Also, if you do see this and feel like replying, I wonder who your least favourite character in the series was- Carmilla doesn't count, she too easy a pick. Mine was actually Hector- I just never vibed with him in any way, yknow?
Anyhow. Happy 2022, and hope it's a blessed year.
Appreciate you bro & Happy New Year! Y'know, it could be a possibility but they stated that Season 4 was the final season and even if they wanted to continue the story? At the end Dracula and Lisa wanted to stay low key and not bother everyone.
Everything is good, the personal circumstance wasn't anything bad. I just had my 1st child so a lot of my free time has been going to him LOL
Like you my least favorite character is Hector. A lot of people sympathize with him but I don't and it's kinda whack how he never really redeemed himself for the BS he pulled against Dracula. I don't count what he did in Season 4, that shit was bare minimum IMO.
@@KaizokuSleven I can get why some folks might wanna sympathise with Hector, but he always felt way, way too passive. He had some funny moments with Lenore, but overall the mans just got this attitude about him that feels like a sulking teenager- like he never left the boyhood phase that Isaac had, if you remember that vid. As for Drac and Lis, yeah I get you, they did seem like they just wanted to live their lives now that the chaos and madness was over. I heard that the showrunner is gonna do a DMC series next, and I gotta admit, I'm kinda pumped considering his previous work...
And ayy, congrats man! I hope you and yours remain in the best of health, and have golden days ahead of you.
Appreciate it bro just tryna do my part to raise the next generations of productive humans, feel me? lol
But yea, it's like Issac & Dracula pointed out in Season 2 that he's still a little boy in a man's body. He never took anything serious which is why Carmilla & Lenore literally had their way with him. He killed his parents as a kid so he never grew up understanding accountability and what it means to be a responsible adult. Which is why him and Lenore were a perfect match for each other.
Really love your voice and unique style when approaching character break downs
Throwing in my sub
Appreciate you
Dracula was actually lightly explored in symphony of the night
It was more alucards scene but its easy to extrapolate the reason for dracula’s hatred in the games
Additionally dracula in the series IS mathias. Leon was mentioned and even pictured (they even used the game art) in season 2 towards the end
So dracula lost his wives twice
Really well crafted analysis, as always, i see a future for this channel
Appreciate it & glad you're enjoying the content!
1.5k subs? Really? I honestly thought you have more based on the quality of your videos. I love the character breakdowns!
Appreciate you! The subs will come, I'm not pressed
What happened to Lisa is why I’m atheist. 100% sympathize with Vlad here.
How can I like this video twice?! this video was so good I really like your Castlevania series
Appreciate that, glad you're liking them.
I love Castlevania music
One of the best videos of Netflix Castlevania Dracula I have ever seen.
Glad that you enjoyed, stay tuned more character analysis for this show are coming
Love your takes on Castlevania!
Appreciate it. Plan to bring for character analysis from the series
The church didn't always interfere with science, in fact during the 700s to 1300s the best science in Europe which was on par with the Islamic schools was taught by church schools, they only started their battles with science after the black death which caused a conservative backlash due to the massive death caused by the plague along with the holes in leadership it created
"It was not by my hands that I'm once again given flesh. I was called here by, humans, who wish to pay ME tribute!"
"TRibUte?! You steal men's souls! And make them your slaves!"
“Tribute? You steal men’s souls, and make them your slaves!”
Dracula was my favorite character in the castlevania anime
Good video
I believe the version of Dracula in Symphony of the Night is more accurate to the Netflix series than from Lament of Innocence or Lords of Shadow but the analysis is still very good.
I see where you're coming from but can you elaborate more? My comparison is more so reflecting on the influences not a direct placement of the Dracula we got in the TV series.
@@KaizokuSleven I'm referring to the sequences that spoke on Dracula's wife. Specifically, first, the succubus boss fight where Alucard dreams of his mother's death of being burned at the stake. Second, the final dialogs between Alucard and Dracula in the game's true ending, when they again speak of her emotions and wishes for her family. It may not have been as elaborated on as LoI or LoS1 but feels more dead on in the details. All three do speak of Dracula's lost wife but only SotN has her trying to redeem Dracula instead of being the original catalyst for his dark turn.
@@brucepollock2271 This is true and thank you for pointing that out! That completely went over my limited knowledge on the gaming series as a whole.
@@KaizokuSleven You've done an excellent job from what I've seen. It's a big series, with varying degrees of story quality, so it's easy to miss things. SofN happens to be my all time favorite game, and it led me to play many of the subsequent games including LoI and LoS1. I was even able to recognize Hector before any dialog dealt with him from my time with Harmony of Dissonance. Interesting thing though, it may be canon that Lisa is Dracula's 2nd wife. The protagonist from LoI, Leon, is the Belmont painted in the family hold, late 2nd season. It may be a mix of both views, if that 1st wife's death is canon to the Netflix series.
@@brucepollock2271 Thanks dude, At some point I want to be able to play all the games in the series I didn't have a chance to play growing up. Also, Yea Leon is faintly mention whuch is why i kind of saw the LOI on Dracula as well.
The villain of castle Vania is the churche
i wonder why they have made dracula different in anime series as dracula tepes where in game its gabriel belmont who also from a belmont family...however both have its own beauty... lord of the shadows 1 was one the greatest memories i have it was such a masterpiece as this series is...
Well, I think they were trying to tap into the true origins of Dracula in general outside of the Games. Plus the Lord's of Shadow series was a revisions of the Castlevania lore, so technically Gabriel Belmont isn't 100% Canon because LOS, revised the series as a whole in a 3 game arc. If you recall they made Trevor become Alucard too.
@@KaizokuSleven yeah and also...dracula tepes has particular dark side which cannot be justified so he must die for good...but if it was Gabriel belmont he would be more like a hero in the series...
Awesome take on his character.
Appreciate it
@@KaizokuSleven 👍
What's the song you used for this video? I want to know what is this epic song from Castlevania lord of shadows you used
9 months later, but I'm pretty sure it's "Dracula's Theme" from LoS2 by Oscar Araujo. I know that is the one playing about 1:02 into this video, but if it was a different song, what time did you hear it at? (It is the same song if you mean the portion at 2:06 as well.)
More Drac!
Power is like drinking a whole glass of whiskey. It doesn’t quench your thirst. It doesn’t satisfy you after you feel like a God that you’re untouchable and unstoppable but so I’m find a way to hurt you.
You realize how alone you are almost like drinking that glass of whiskey but it’s always Hollow. It’s empty but still he still has his son he shouldn’t gave up on life. He should’ve tried to protect the good humans not these rotten ones wanted to hurt innocence.
Elizabeth Bartory and the count orloc Will Been the evil villains to fight Richter's Belmont and alucard in Castlevania nocturn but imagen if Dracula help alucard and Richter to fight Elizabeth Bartory and orloc because he turn good at the end of the first dracula serie.
I think it would be best if Dracula just stuck to letting Alucard handle his own issues. Like an old adviser who's helping him mature over generations.
what the song in the beginning
Humans are a work force and food. Even to each other. What is it so confusing about it? We are all insignificant nobodys. Living only to die for someones amusement
Lisa didn't go to hell. She left heaven to be with Dracula in hell after he died.
NAH BRO I BROUGHT HER BACK ITS COMPLICATED BUT SUPER COOL
Yes i am the most powerful vampire
AND BRO I CHANGED THE TIMELINE I SAVED HER LOKE SIX MONTHS AGO
The real tragedy here is that not one soul is pronouncing this guy’s name right… “Vlad Țepeș”, where the Ț makes a Ts sound, like in tsunami and Ș makes a sh sound, like in shot. So it would read something along the lines of Vlad Tsepesh, where the accent falls on the first e, NOT the second.
Interesting, thank you for sharing that. I will try to pronounce it better future reference.
I can't understand why they could not have spent like 5 minutes on google to look up the correct pronunciation of the words, because none of them was right.
Western media at it's finest(English one's specifically) lol
When you make a video about hector
Soon enough my boy
Trevor analysis when?
I knew this request was coming sooner or later lol
@@KaizokuSleven well, take it as a compliment :P
@@Fingolfin7455 No offense was taken
If I was dracula I would have lots of women and tons of alcohol.
Lol Technically if you're Dracula? No one can tell you no
I FIXED MY SHIT WITH BUDDHISM BROS
My ancestor's name was Dracosio, Italian. A soothsayer, Outkast, yet aided the Church when the emperor rose against it.
Dracula is a rich drunk lol. I know how they get. I'm a Trevor kind of drunk. Do Trevor next man. I appreciate your content but again, give neither Like nor dislike. Just being honest. You got great words but I don't see you hitting it on point. I wish you the best, I'm sure you'll sharpen up
This was beautiful BUT for all of us , THERE IS NO HUMAN NATURE please Read some of the Thoughts of Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Saint Augustine, Hanna Arendt , :)
I will definitely look into these authors. Thank you for sharing
WHAT IS A MAN BUT A MISERABLE PILE OF SECRETS!😡😡😡
Truth be told, I kinda did feel like they've taken out prematurely. Don't get me wrong, I love the entire series through and through but I just kinda feel that they could have kept Dracula at the end of the final season and killed Carmilla in the third season. I mean you'd think they would keep the big bad around as the final boss as they would and have in every other Castlevania game, (minus "Lords of Shadow" 1 & 2 of course,) and battle the rest leading up to him, but I guess, ya know, who knows? Maybe they couldn't find a way to fit that in to the storyline without compromise otherwise the show would fail, or some other great reason to insure they keep the story going up to this point. Or maybe that was the great reason as to what I just mentioned in my text. But other than that, the series was good. Far beyond good, beyond great even! I really loved it all the way down to the last episode. I only wish that it didn't have to end so soon, or at least to me that it ended so soon, I wish there could more episodes in the future. Changes are there could be. In fact if not then maybe there's a chance they could make a Vampire: The Masquerade series on Netflix instead. Just hinting that out there In case anyone reading this likes the idea and hopefully the writers and animators catching wind of this message as well. Anyway I hope I'm not talking to much, (or texting to much) on this message board so thanks for the video and reading this message if you are. See ya!
I hear you and I think they let Dracula "die"(commit self deletion) because he was too powerful and they wanted him to be a sympathetic villain. Plus his Death allows the opportunity to examine deeper into other related characters like his son Alucard, Issac, Hector and Carmila.
Wow,man,as a die hard castlevanian geek,I 100% share your thoughts in this video.also special thanks for the background music from CV LOSh.
Appreciate it & thanks for checking out the content