Happy LGBT+ History Month! 🎃🌈

[@chocolatedoughnut1305]

My favorite part is her suspicious traits include sleeping until 1pm, being constantly tired and fainting easily, and mostly only eating hot chocolate And if that isn’t the biggest vibe

[@WoodlouseFairy]

yep, the biggest vibe as far as i can see

[@sunnishae5047]

You just described how I live my life 💀💀💀

[@purplefnafpasta]

So i am sus too? Dayum

[@nunyabusiness6450]

Ugh if only

[@CocaColaStan]

Whelp. Guess every single teenage girl on the planet is a vampire 🦇

[@EggDoesAnimations]

Bro honestly. I’m so glad that this story exists. If this truly was the first vampire ✨SLAYYY✨🩸

[@Aname_the]

The fuck? Vampires don’t exist gay ones at that

[@shely_D7vil]

lmaooooo i guess

[@pozzsicle]

I am not fully in the know about the origins and history of vampires, but I'm pretty sure "Vampyre" was the first actual vampire story?

[@chocolatedoughnut1305]

She’s not the first vampire unfortunately, Im 90% sure Vampyre was the first vampire story written in English

[@gamedungeonmastermaster]

technically the first vampire to have like started the concept was the real dude Vlad the Impaler, and the first story was Vampyre, BUT doesn't make her any less cool

[@Beanz-on-Toast]

Them: Gay bad! Us: Hot Lesbian Vampire 😍

[@TheRunoben]

Eh idc about if ur gay but like us? Look like a regular girl to me

[@some_random_human]

yeah

[@BrocksJellyFilledDoughnuts]

In the word of Adventure Time: “Sexy vampire lady.”

[@mayo3344]

@@TheRunoben why would a lesbian vampire not look like a "normal girl" 😢

[@ellyzesavagebanana]

@@TheRunoben Are you expecting a lesbian girl to look like something other than a “normal girl”?

[@tr_xx123]

People in the 1870’s: “this story represents the horrors of gayness” People in 2022: “slay.”

[@imthatgirlagain]

😭😭😭

[@blustew.]

HAHAHA

[@ryuikou]

HELEPEPPAP

[@jkillect4169]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sayba6766]

Slayyyy

[@clauded.]

wdym this is supposed to be demonizing this is my peak lesbian fantasy

[@magic6Jewls]

This was in a queer fiction course I took and I gotta say... Very gay. I approved

[@gracysingh9983]

Yesss

[@cranberrychili2260]

Me when resident evil village came out

[@hikawagetsbitches]

right 😭

[@staraluminumltd]

Same here lmao, it sounds so intense something that web novels/fan fictions could never be for me

[@denisebernise9176]

ever make a story so anti-gay that it circled back and become super gay?

[@practice40hours]

Backfired

[@loopsie_]

definition of: task failed successfully ✨

[@blackopal2481]

My dad is so straight he’s kinda gay.

[@justagirlexisting]

JK Rowling when she wrote Remus and Sirius's characters be like:

[@blackopal2481]

@@justagirlexisting lol. That’s hilarious. So mad at her for being homophobic. I’m writing a book and I’m trying to put the most diversity in it.

[@Mydisastrouslife]

I’ve read Carmilla and it is REALLY good

[@Maxxieee_Cav]

Is Carmilla the name of the book

[@Mydisastrouslife]

@@Maxxieee_Cav yes

[@bozieduble8541]

I am curious though, could it not also be read that Laura was seduced/raped by Carmilla (metaphorically, at least). Its difficult to see it as a lesbian romance if that is the case.

[@kyairaharris627]

There’s this web series here on KZbin called Carmilla and I think it a modern kinda take on this story

[@KiKiStarling]

​@@bozieduble8541 in answer to that: there's (relatively) recent scholarship that the book is based on actual letters a woman wrote a doctor about her desire for another woman. Yes, the novel has dubious vibes at times because the white dude who published it turned it into a vampire story, but in historical fact, it was probably just an experienced lesbian having some influence on a young queer's awakening. Any sexual vampire story (Dracula or Buffy included) has complex politics around sex, but I don't see that as a reason to disregard the overt lesbianism to this highly influential book. Or the importance of recognizing historic queer stories, even modified by non-queer tellers.

[@itsbreadie]

The homophobic author realizing they became a gay icon: 👁️💧👄💧👁️

[@thewitchstarot6975]

could have been gay to start with

[@charlie1234500]

That is how bad modern society has fallen. It's amusing seeing these alphabet people always having to sympathize/empathize and relate with the villains of a story. And with great effort, too! It's very telling.

[@Pascella]

@@charlie1234500 And how is this bad? They are cheering on a Lesbian character for simply EXISTING back then. You realize how bad it would be if people knew that lesbian people actually existed as normal people there and that they weren’t “demons”? We don’t relate to villains because they’re villains, we relate to them because of OPPRESSION. And we aren’t alphabet people. Stop going around and being such a goddamn Jerk, No wonder we need a month of awareness. Think before you speak you pessimistic basic-named twat

[@pieful]

@@charlie1234500 who asked

[@charlie1234500]

@@pieful lol

[@bean9]

Wait I'm gay and i didn`t realise we had an lgbtq history month, i thought it was just pride in june

[@sunflwrsvsp]

i thought that as well; but we were actually just told this at my school. it was really interesting, no one in my classes knew about it

[@very754]

Why do you guys need 2 months no one cares that you like the same gender you narcissistic son of a gun

[@plusaardvark2639]

You guys get two months!!!

[@zenko6945]

Oh yeah we got a lot of lgbtq history

[@zenko6945]

Really The Little Mermaid was gay

[@juhlsghouls]

There are SO many film adaptations of “Carmilla” as well! There was a glut of 70’s lesbian vampire sexploitation films many telling some variation of Carmilla, my personal favorite is “The Vampire Lovers” (1970).

[@duetforherbivores]

Yes they ate that shit up in the 70s, Jean Rollin made his career from them!

[@CelesteCampaign]

I actually don't mind this theory but the story of Dracula was inspired by a ruler "Vlad Drăculea" known as "Vlad The Impaler" he struck people on spikes for days and also was rumoured to drink blood He had some odd hobbies indeed... Anyways I never intended for this comment to be such a big deal and honestly, I don'y care which one was the inspiration foDraculala, if there's been multiplthenrn this one is the one I know best and the one I'll stick with. You're free to argue but at the end of the day, we have no proof of either as long as, Bram Stoker didn't mention it.

[@Ryan-in6ls]

But you can’t deny the stories are so similar it’s impossible not to think Carmilla had at least an active role in the creation of Dracula even if it wasn’t the main inspiration

[@the_entropia]

@@Ryan-in6ls I mean, vampires existed way before both books so I think it actually might be an accident lol

[@Albinojackrussel]

Books can have multiple inspirations. Also Dracula (the fictional vampire) never put people on spikes. Just wasn't a thing he did.

[@Scruffy-qi3ik]

@@Albinojackrussel are you the type that thinks that inspiration = the character needs to have every single trait that the inspiration comes from or something?

[@xelith6157]

​@@Albinojackrussel I don't know what "putting people on spikes" means, but he absolutely did impale them. I grew up in modern Transylvania and learned this in history class, so stop bullshitting me.

[@mossy_goose]

I literally want love like this

[@charles.btwsss]

All wattpad writers wish they could write like that. But where do I find this-? I want to read it. It seems awesome asf

[@adalunar1550]

I downloaded the book from Google Play for free :)

[@thats_so_laven]

I think there's a pdf floating around online for free, just googling it should suffice

[@shailashams5878]

You'll probably find a free pdf somewhere with a quick Google search

[@KiKiStarling]

Library? I have a copy with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado, highly recommend.

[@birmagustafsson5807]

Since it's copyright is expired, because of how old it is, you can find it whereever free books can be downloaded.

[@SuperPcPenguin]

while it might have been a inspiration, everyone knows that vlad the impaler was a major inspiration for a lot of dracula

[@DayDreamingWriters]

And Wąpierz, a Creature from Polish Mitology started the Wampire thing.

[@Albinojackrussel]

At lot of things inspired Dracula. While the name comes from Vlad the Impaler, I'd say most of the behaviour doesn't match at all. Most of that's coming from xenophobic stereotypes of eastern Europe that existed in the 1890's. There's also the question of how much of the theming came from Bram's own sexuality. But it's definitely the case that Carmilla has some impact on the story.

[@thewitchstarot6975]

could be both

[@Randomico_1]

Today this is a wattpad fanfiction

[@alexriquier1820]

Shoutout to the webseries from kindatv for introducing me to this book. Very loosely based on the books, but honestly it was the shit when I was 16

[@bee3778]

What's the book Bruh please share

[@Mae.x32]

Title??? Please???

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@Mae.x32 Carmilla is the name of the novella by Sheridan Le Fanu

[@Tsukiakari-qb3tk]

@@bee3778 Carmilla is the name of the novella by Sheridan Le Fanu

[@bee3778]

@@Tsukiakari-qb3tk thank you so much

[@cactiideluxe186]

When I was 16 I discovered this story and fell in love with it. I was also an expert on vampires. I always wondered if the two women were more than friends… now that I’m older of course they were lesbians and I Stan by it 100%

[@LucidNightz]

Carmilla.. why's that... :0 I know that name from Castlevania

[@east3213]

Camilla from Castlevania, just like Dracula, was actually taking from already existing fiction books written in the 19th century! Her personality has changed a lot between the book and the show, but it's a clear reference!!! my favorite character, too 🥰🥰🥰

[@LucidNightz]

@@east3213 oh, I know that much! I just never heard the story of Carmilla, thank you kindly for taking the time to explain instead of telling me google is free :3

[@laura_paura2410]

“laura, the beautiful maiden in question-“ hey, that’s me!!

[@lauraisodd4172]

Me too! :)

[@pamelahoney874]

i recently read carmilla for the first time (as recommended to me by my partner) and even made myself a carmilla halloween costume i loved that novella so much, the ending disappointed me but it was just so good omg

[@darce3350]

Dracula was actually inspired by a real man, Vlad the Impaler.

[@littleminds07]

My siblings got me the book for Christmas, in just now finishing it even though it's like 60 pages long but the amount of romance like it's so romantic and- as a hopeless romantic, I recommend

[@azula4786]

Author : writes a lesbian monster to put em in a bad light Lesbians : *JOKES ON YOU IN INTO THAT SHIT*

[@thehumankiddied]

this is such a cool story!!

[@sunflowerfields1822]

This is like Interview With the Vampire. That story is so fucking gay and i love it

[@dude34150]

This is gay and i hate it

[@ferelcopter5126]

I've almost finished reading the audiobook and 10/10 they would still tell they where roommates

[@boxcat555]

The book is called carmilla by j. sheridan le fanu if yall were wondering

[@ApriIFlowers]

This is 10/10 fanfiction stuff

[@lovelycancer7995]

I honestly thought the author that wrote this story was speaking on her own experiences or if the author is a her and just made it into a fantasy very simple

[@DoktorPlague428]

The author is Sheridan Le Fanu

[@KiKiStarling]

The author is a white dude who got ahold of a woman's letters about her desire for another woman. The original letters are super queer. The white guy made it fantasy.

[@birmagustafsson5807]

Yes, the author Sheridan le Fanu based the two women on his rather sickly and weak wife and friends of her. He loved her very much but she died young. Bram Stoker on the other hand had a very impressive and strong minded wife, so his female portraits were stronger and more independent, and he had a lot of show business tactics when writing that le Fanu didn't have. Camilla is more a parlour drama, where Dracula is like theatre, and both books mirrors their makers rather good. Varney the vampire came before them both, though, and was a series in a paper that went on for years, based perhaps on Byron, and very melodramatic.

[@LaplacesAngel612]

I wrote a lesbian vampire love story extremely similar to this at school and I've never even heard about it before, cool!

[@Msboochie2]

Beautiful artwork but, the story doesn’t sound romantic at all, more like a tragedy. The reason why teens are ill-equipped for complicated romantic relationships in the first place, and some grow into adulthood objectifying love interests, believing they have some entitlement to them. I don’t play around with dangerous ownership themes (your mine forever) in relationships. It’s just a strange, and unhealthy mindset, regardless of gender of sexual orientation.

[@blitz3_039]

Wooow bud tell me you're bland and never experienced trauma without telling me you're bland and never experienced trauma./j

[@snowglobe4784]

@Diet Soda Im sorry for being "that guy" but it's spelt plain

[@bleep4288]

Yeah, but that's how most fictions are based upon. I wish there could be better more dialogue reliant books. Not just blind possession, submission, and mindless love making. We need debates, arguements, real material as to why a pairing works.

[@blitz3_039]

@@bleep4288 I agree completely and there's more books like that today on the market bud. While that is something that we need to push more of historically vampire novels were smutty angsty fan fiction about real people. Again there are books like that already on the market if none of it is of interest to you create it write a book.

[@bleep4288]

@@blitz3_039 Yeah, I know. I'm a veteran when it comes to fanfiction by now. But still disappointing that 90% of them follow that kind of "relationship" if you could call it one. Tbh, I've long reached a point where if I see a tag that briefly mentions it, I'll skip the story altogether. Or when I'm reading, and I see the direction it's heading too... I may or may not abandon it. Sometimes I give it a chance but eh. I'm currently elbow deep on bellamione rn but slowly branching out to more franchises since I have a bit more time on my hands.

[@brianawong312]

Tragic romance? Vampires or not, count me in!

[@clyne8835]

Lesbians are always like UGH I want a hot vampire girlfriend!!! until its carmilla

[@remirusaiki]

Oh trust me, I WILL take Carmilla

[@slytherinlady3907]

L comment. i want carmilla carnally

[@vera6174]

“Meet the lesbian vampire” SOLD!

[@satapon4129]

Vladimir the Impaler was just inspiration for the name Dracula imo There's something very similar about "you're mine" and "this man belongs to me" that just can't be ignored

[@sxarsfade]

" they was really good friends"

[@charliepea]

No modern romance vampire stories will never be as good as the old ones.

[@shakespeareangentleman]

Me thinking about seulgi and Irene's monster who was allegedly inspired by this 🥸

[@Itriedbeingcreativebutfailed]

Your channel really blew up. When I came here your videos had like 5-10k likes. Good for her💅✨

[@amodelbello2794]

People in 1870: and this book represents the horrors of queer people People in 2023: such a vibe 💅

[@heatherreich2687]

Wow!!! Blessed be to the young folk who love to read.

[@ShiraishiHolmes39]

i love that i saw a Homophobic video before this one and Boom! Lesbians

[@memeju1ce]

a tip- you can report or just click “i don’t want to see this” and it changes the algorithm. i used to get pretty triggering and bigoted videos on my feed, and now it’s very rare :D

[@ShiraishiHolmes39]

@@memeju1ce Oh thank you!

[@memeju1ce]

@@ShiraishiHolmes39 all good! a bonus is that by commenting on and interacting to the video actually makes the algorithm think you enjoy it! it will hopefully make your recommendations better if that makes sense. i often comment for the algorithm for just 🍉🌸☹️☁️👋😡☝️😬👄🤷use lots of emojis😄🌸🌸😂😄👋😄👋😬🤡

[@WaffleCat_Syrup]

Video: Talks about Vampire lesbians My brain: Lesbian vampire furries 😍

[@remirusaiki]

I want a lesbian vampire mommy wtf I'm jealous.....

[@Winter61742]

Carmilla is actually thought to be the first vampire novel ever

[@thewitchstarot6975]

thats just not true, myths of vampires came out CENTURIES before this and Dracula

[@larskommer]

early and this is so pretty

[@bunkayke2554]

Carmilla changed me in so many ways and I found the book because of this exact video so THANK YOU thank you SO much ❤

[@stuffcorner]

While my dog was asleep his tail was wagging while this was playing but once it stopped playing his tail stopped wagging #mydogisnothomophobic

[@DuolingoBird22]

love that

[@stuffcorner]

@@DuolingoBird22 I'm sorry for not doing my German I haven't had the time

[@larkbird6899]

You are so good at watercolors!!

[@smoothoxygen4871]

Wasn't Vlad the Impaler the inspiration of Dracula?

[@blitz3_039]

Nah and as much as I wish it to be it isn't her either. Dracula while might be partly based off of both was most likely based off of an Irish chieftain who would drink the blood of his enemies. Tho Dracula as well as vampire stories in general tend to be gay in the historical context.

[@amaryahpoeder2805]

Don’t you just love when all the gays come together and stan a gay teen novel😌

[@izzybizzy379]

WHERE IS MY THIS..WHERE IS MY THISSSS...WHEN IS IT MY TURN TO HAVE A HOT LESBIAN VAMPIRE GF, IDC IF THIS WAS MADE TO DEMONIZE LESBIANS, IT SHOULD'VE BEEN MEEEEE

[@maggiedoesnothaveyoutube]

people in the 1800s: slay the vampires people now: slay

[@lovealot9265]

To do: get hot vampire gf

[@aspennntree]

also on my list

[@stuck-between-pages]

I'm a hot goth do I count

[@stinkyjoe4720]

ahhh carmilla is a short novel everyone should read it, i love it so much.

[@SaltylilBeach69]

Anyone know the name of the story I would love to read it.

[@makitajazzqueen7794]

I think it is just "Carmilla"

[@SaltylilBeach69]

@@makitajazzqueen7794 Thank you

[@serendipity827]

This video is actually the reason I read Carmilla and I cannot thank you enough for that

[@leawashere5177]

What is The book called???

[@Lonely_Raven_666]

Carmilla

[@leawashere5177]

@@Lonely_Raven_666 thx

[@irisryans7297]

ok but on a real note, Dracula was inspired by the Romanian Voivode Vlad Tepes, who would impale criminals on stakes (therefore causing the modern idea that vampires die when impaled) and was nicknamed Vlad Dracula

[@AbsolutelyAri1]

There's lgbtq history month?

[@the_pipster]

yes, october is lgbtq history month :)

[@PilotTechnonomicon]

carmilla was such an interesting read. I just generally gravitate towards all gothic literature but carmilla was like. woaaaaahhh

[@chiachimariachi4682]

The writer: HOMOSEXUALS and VAMPIRES are both works of THE DEVIL! Consider this a warning to those who may have…SINFUL IMPURE HOMOSEXUAL THOUGHTS! Us gays hundreds of years later: *Hell yeah I want me a hot vampire romance partner too bayBEE-*

[@joshuaryals6358]

I want this to be a movie now... Hall Wood make it happen!

[@rainer2034]

ohh this is attractive

[@gothicGumshoe]

(I made this comment as a reply to another comment here, but I think it's interesting so I'll share it separately!) So, a lot of queer stories back in the day were only allowed to exist if they portrayed homosexuality negatively. What this effectively meant is that you could write the steamiest, most romantic gay love story as long as you ended it with one or both of the characters dying/being punished somehow for their lust. It MAY be the case (though I'm not 100% sure for this particular story) that it was indeed just meant to be super gay, point blank, but that it was forced to be "homophobic" near the end. The bury your gays trope didn't come from nowhere.

[@gothicGumshoe]

I find the idea of someone writing a lesbian erotica novel but then quickly making one of them a lustful evil antagonist so the story *DEFINITELY* is about how *TOTALLY* evil lesbians are very very funny honestly.

[@dylansearcy3966]

I thought it was in june

[@Moo-2310]

Pride month is June, LGBTQ+ history month is October.

[@cronky_cookie3918]

I love the painting and the book is a great read, but if i remember correctly Laura had golden ringlets and Carmilla had long textured hair. I recommend the book thought and the art is still beautiful!

[@robodragonn9506]

yall theres also a carmilla webseries that modernizes it and it's great and yall should check it out, it's right here on youtube

[@ElliKim73]

Omg we read that in one of my literature seminars in university!! I loved it!!

[@elis2506]

Duuuude Castlevania makes sense now

[@bybookandbone]

I love Carmilla! So much so that most my videos are about the book 😂 Beautiful artwork🖤

[@ena9871]

This would fit perfectly on r/accidentalally

[@emanon8537]

This backfired harder than a karen trying to get her money back for a burger she already ate

[@AWuh2001]

Fun fact that Dracula was also inspired by a king that brutally murdered around 80,000 people. He also would put them in stakes and eat feasts in the middle of the yard they were sitting in slowing dying, The king ALSO drank there blood sometimes! :D

[@artemisvoltaire4743]

Great art and summary! Brought me back to good memories of reading Le Fanu

[@cherry-dg2ul]

when you listen to the first part before it gets romantic it’s sounds exactly like phantom blood 😅

[@tab4691]

if you didn’t know carmilla is also a web series on youtube it’s really good and completely free to watch 100% would recommend (lost of lesbian vampire stuff)

[@maevestryjski1382]

dracula was actually inspired by a man name vlad ||| of Walachia which and he would late inspire Bram Stokers famous novel

[@justasleebylilguylittlesle1496]

This is at least the second time I'm watching this and it took this second watch for me to realize that this is referenced in the game Destiny 2 with the Karnstein Armlets exotic (an exotic being a powerful piece of equipment that has a special perk not found elsewhere) - basically, they're life leeching vampire gloves. If you get a kill with a melee attack, they return health with a perk called "Vampire's Caress" (on the base design, it has glowing claws that appear only on activation of the perk), and the flavor text on them ? It reads: "You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever."

[@justasleebylilguylittlesle1496]

Here's the attatched lore: As you test the armlet, a regal voice sounds in your mind. "Listen! I made this arnlet to help you in your quests. Will you help me in mine? "I remember a woman from my first life. I remember she was mine, my love, my wife. And I was hers, her love, her wife. I remember nothing else except the hole in my heart. I live in hope that she, too, has been reincarnated somewhere on this new Earth. "I built this armlet with a neuromech trawl. It will scour whatever mind it touches, flesh or machine, for any hint of my beloved. The trawl will drink power to feed you. And if anyone you touch has seen my wife, the trawl will know. If, only and ever if, I have remembered her truly."

[@paulasantos87111]

Dude, Carmilla is one of my fav books 🌈

[@Blue-mm8wc]

In that time period vampires were already thought to exist, so the fact that a book (or 2) was written about them isn’t a very weird occurrence, so it may or may not have inspired the later work Dracula, but if it did I would not be surprised.

[@satapon4129]

Vampires were thought to exist since the Mediaeval Era

[@LonelyDuck69]

Dracula was inspired by a king Dracul who was very distant and cruel and he liked executing people and having their head pierced with a Speer Dracula’s trades come from him and vampires are also inspired from people that are allergic to the sun in a serious level as their skin became very white and they only went out in the night. Of course this book could have been inspired by the vampire myths and the book where their is first mention of Dracula is more inspired of the ruler (idk his exact position anymore)

[@Pickle6432]

She’s also in Castlevania

[@sugarlol1326]

Then: look! The gays are dark vampires! Us: *Jokes on you, I'm into that shit.*

[@A_peerrssooonnn]

"This story was supposed to homophobic" Me: 😳 ( O MY GAH GAY VAMPIRE LADDYYYYYYY) * lesbian noises *

[@flaoro]

My favorite part of Dracula was when Dracula confessed his love for Johnathan Harker and then fed his three vampire roommates a baby

[@norathecatwitch3601]

Lesbian vampire is the hottest phrase I've heard in days.

[@nvulpi8815]

I found this vid (or maybe a reupload since this isn't liked) about a year ago when I had like, no emotions left for some reason. The idea of a lesbian vampire brought them back 😆 Glad I found this again, it's a cool artwork too Edit: I noticed this vid was uploaded this month, is this a reupload or am I experiencing a whole new level of de ja vu

[@omgnoooooo]

I read it because of you. Thank you!!!

[@isobelstockton4949]

Just finished Dracula, can’t wait to read this and the Vampyre. Currently on a roll 😂

[@fanciestfred8873]

The actual inspiration was Vlad the Impaler. When the guy who wrote Dracula was looking for inspiration and read about Vlad he decided to base it off of him.

[@rose2887]

Yes but there could've been multiple inspirations 🤷

[@fanciestfred8873]

@@rose2887 Sure yeah but that’s the main one.

[@777Rowen]

I read this book in a gothic literature course, and loved it!

[@bellabrowne4588]

Sounds like a fanfic

[@Pineapple_Kween]

Historians: “tHeY wErE bEsT fRiEnDs”

[@mel7858]

No one’s talking about the KZbin series! That’s the only reason I know about Carmilla!

[@lolitslili]

“Checkmate boomers, we made it gay”

[@Crow-yw5jg]

I love the “this is meant to demonize gay relationships” like I don’t know about you but this is the PEAK of lesbian love stories

[@uchicken_]

**turns into a maiden**

[@sophiathefurbst]

Notice how quiet Shakespeare got after this came out?

[@faerierequiem5376]

Thank you, the world needs to know about the 1st vampire story