You Can't Escape Yourself -- The Vampire as Allegory

#Castlevania #Vampires #Nocturne The vampire is tied to queerness so closely that it’s hard to write vampire fiction without also writing queer allegory. While watching Castlevania: Nocturne, I was struck by an evocative, and perhaps unintentional, allegory for transition, selfhood and the impossibility of getting away from yourself. I was so struck that I made a whole video about it before I even finished the show. Grab yourself some wall meat™ and let’s talk about it. You can find me posting hashtag content over on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/rickihirsch.... Huge thanks to the always wonderful Izve (izve.lmaonice.com) who is much better than I am at Castlevania games and provided the Rondo of Blood footage. Hi-Fi Nation: Vampires: https://hiphination.org/season-5/s5-e... Transcript: https://rickihirsch.neocities.org/pos... 🎶: Swaying ocean in the dark night composed by 蒲鉾さちこ via DOVA-Syndrome 🎶: End of Summer composed by Crep via DOVA-Syndrome 🎶: se-no-bi composed by Noru via DOVA-Syndrome 🎶: Echoes Lost composed by gooset via DOVA-Syndrome 🎶:Somebody (Prod. Khaim) composed by KHAIM via DOVA-Syndrome 🎶: 沁みTIME by 蛍原ゆうき via DOVA-Syndrome