Dracula - Motivations for letting Hector & Isaac lead - Castlevania Season 2 E1

[chakinabox]

God the contrast of where Isaac and Hector were then, and where they are now. THAT'S how you create dynamic characters!

[Zninety]

"...and betray" while the camera is on Hector. Good foreshadowing.

[vanitassenpai]

Hector was a misunderstood child and Isaac was used to being a tool without the thought of being the hand using the tool
Some of the best character development I've ever seen

[tacocat]

What i truly love about this is dracula is never shown as stupid. Suicidal, broken, noncaring, but never stupid. He is the most intelligent person in the world and the writers never betray that. Every scene every moment he burns with that intelligence that no other character in the series can rival. This series has its dumb scenes but the writing and the characters never betray themselves.

[UmisTsukishiro]

They got there by embracing the worst of humanity: Hector is so cowardly in the face of not belonging that he turned to vampirekind to find friends, and Isaac is so hateful he doesn't care if it costs him his life to spread his pain across the world.

[gabrielcastillo]

What I love about this scene is how utterly fed up Dracula is with the World in general, not only with humanity. When he says that most vampires no longer see humans as thinking beings, he states that his race has dropped down to the same mediocrity of humans. Their choice to ignore human rationality and narrow vision has led them to care for one thing only: to eat their fill and then feed again once the hunger returns, and thus behaving like animals as much (if not more) as the "cattle" they feel so entitled to terrorize and dominate.

[thegreatboi]

Main point of Dracula

Because you two “understand they are thinking beings, who can fight back and plan ahead just like you”

[tashadent]

Seriously, the writers of this animated series should be nominated for Emmys or win them! This is perhaps some of the best script writing in years!

[zacharygroysman]

Its' moments like these that I love the most. I mean I love the fast paced incredibly animated fight scenes. But scenes where the charters of this world just sit and talk and you really get to see what's in their head and what they believe is why I love this show.

[seandeans]

2:21 for a being like vlad to allow a human to place a comforting hand on his shoulder and console him just shows how much he valued Issac.

[dylanjacobs]

Hey say’s “ only the death matters now” like he already knew his death was coming. all this was a sad and horrific death rattle from man who lost the only stability in his life.

[bloodtypeinfinity]

"Only the death matters now..."

One must wonder if Dracula knew about Varney all along. If so that is some EPIC foreshadowing.

[PhilospherDjPsychologist]

Isaac was easily the best character on this show, and his arc is the most compelling

[ycleptubi]

When character development in a show based on a video game is better than most

[matthewmuir]

In retrospect, does anyone else think it might've been better if Hector's betraying of Dracula had been his own decision born out of moral dilemma, rather than him being tricked by Carmilla? I honestly thought that was what they were setting up with scenes like this one, the flashback to Dracula convincing Hector to join him and the conversation between Dracula and Isaac about Hector, and I think it would've been more compelling if Hector had to choose between his morals and continuing to help Dracula and he chose the former.

[majava]

The camera lingering on Hector when Dracula says that humans 'scheme and betray' is just *chef kiss*
Excellent visual bit of foreshadowing!

[jakeohalloran]

Absolutely brilliant writing. To come back after the finale is a great feeling.

[allykal]

I find it interesting, after watching it for fun, to go back and look at it through a different lenses. You see the foreshadowing of Hector's betrayal but you also see earlier how close they are to Dracula.

Issac is the first to move and he moves to stand to Dracula's right. He is also looking at Dracula while he talks, places a hand on Dracula's shoulder like companion.

Meanwhile Hector moves to left in front of the fire. Distancing himself from both Dracula and Issac. At the end of the scene you see Issac close to Dracula and a noticeable gap between them and Hector, all looking into the fire.

As well as in 0:29 The camera moves where the primary focus is not Dracula but his wife Lisa. As Dracula rants about how vampires see humans, he is thinking of his deceased wife, a strong, intelligent woman.


I love this show and god damn there is soo much to examine and think about.

[LordChronk]

When I watched season 4 no recap based by some bits of memories of the past seasons its amazing how they've changed from here to what they are now, amazing character development.

[marvelous_]

Hector in the thumbnail looks like a kid asking their mom if they can buy glue for their project at 2 in the morning.