I am guessing Lady Jane and the guy who was the recipient of the severed head are current day members of the Order of the Dragon, who Dracula seems to hate with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns. Don't know who the guy was who he fought the duel with on the rootop, though.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
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Morgana - Oct 25, 2013 5:57:46 pm PDT #23513 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Atropa - Oct 25, 2013 6:00:52 pm PDT #23514 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
WAIT WAIT WAIT there's something about Dracula being against the Order of the Dragon?! Good grief, I haven't started watching this show yet, and I'm already eying the absinthe bottle.
I'm going to want to set the writers on fire, aren't I?
Morgana - Oct 25, 2013 6:16:28 pm PDT #23515 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
WAIT WAIT WAIT there's something about Dracula being against the Order of the Dragon?!
Oh yes, unless I misunderstood his speech to Renfield, he said that 400 years ago the Order used to murder and pillage and rape and burn people alive "as they screamed for a God that never came." Nowadays they use their positions as the heads of corporations and at the head of society to do dastardly deeds. We also learned that Buffy!Jane and man-who-had-head-delivered-to-him covered up a previous series of vampire attacks by staging them as the Jack the Ripper killings. So apparently the Order hunts vampires and covers up vampire deaths.
Atropa - Oct 25, 2013 6:21:24 pm PDT #23516 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
blinks
I think I may need to arrange all my copies of Dracula to make a fort to hide in during this show.
Amy - Oct 25, 2013 6:34:02 pm PDT #23517 of 30001
Because books.
Oh! That makes sense now, in, uh, context.
Jilli, I'm not a diehard Dracula fan -- I'm not sure I've ever read the book the whole way through. And the Order of the Dragon means nothing to me! Should it? (i.e. I don't remember it from any of the movies I've seen.)
Connie Neil - Oct 25, 2013 6:34:53 pm PDT #23518 of 30001
brillig
Wasn't Vlad Dracul the head of the Order of the Dragon?
beekaytee - Oct 25, 2013 6:40:41 pm PDT #23519 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I'm only a few minutes into the episode and already I am sad.
What? There aren't enough Graysons in prime time? (Revenge)
Why? JRM with an American accent. Massive waste.
Whuh? I get that phone numbers are all 555s, but what is up with the number papers called "The Inquisitor".
More than anything, I hope the accent is a dodge and will wear off soon. It's not bad, but seems purposefully grating.
Atropa - Oct 25, 2013 6:48:11 pm PDT #23520 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And the Order of the Dragon means nothing to me! Should it? (i.e. I don't remember it from any of the movies I've seen.)
Vlad, the actual historical Vlad, was a member of the Order of the Dragon, which was a chivalric organization dedicated to fighting Christian heretics.
beekaytee - Oct 25, 2013 6:48:50 pm PDT #23521 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Oh, I see, so it's the Blacklist for the last century.
Can it get any more derivative?
Sad now.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 25, 2013 7:08:40 pm PDT #23522 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Annnnnd deleted from my DVR. I'll just have to catch your next project, Herr Kretschmann.