Is carmilla gay
LGBTQ+ themes are nothing new to vampire stories. For Queer Pride Month, I decided to record about J. Sheridan LeFanu’s novella, Carmilla, which is renowned for its titular lesbian vampire nature. Why am I so concerned with LGBTQ+ Pride Month? I haven’t written much about Queer issues, but I felt that this year I absolutely needed to. I wasn’t sure if my specific culture within the Homosexual spectrum was essential to disclose. Then, I decided that perhaps I should just let readers know from what perspective the article is being written. Also, for personal reasons, I felt it was necessary to stand up and be counted. Writing about Queer representation feels hypocritical if I am unwilling to announce my identity. So, here it is: I fall under the B in LGBTQ+.
Being a 19th-century vampire story, Carmilla is far from a positive Homosexual representation. The one thing it does illustrate is homophobia. Carmilla, a vampire who openly expresses romantic same-sex attraction, is deemed a monster. She gradually sucks the existence out of and kills the fresh women who she desires. The only way to store the young protagonist in the story is to demolish Carmilla. For the most part, men are left out of
Alright, for people who are not getting it. I usually don’t do this but it seems nowadays whatever I write for fandom there is always ONE person who disagrees with me in a way that feels appreciate they don’t grasp what I am getting at. I feel like they can ask me questions to legitimize or even describe my claims. But, I guess hostility is more amusing than patience.
Castlevania took inspiration, doesn’t express she is same-sex attracted, why is her sexuality the thing they take when it has no bearing on her character.
I am sorry. But you are wrong. Do you know about Carmilla? I will store you from googling. Carmilla was written with the perspective of a sapphic vampire. During the time it was written,. queerness was not necessarily standard so the creator made Carnilla a vampire. Some people may read this as a bit lesbophobic and yes it can acquire some lesbophobic connotations. However, the entire purpose of making Carmilla a vampire was so she can be lesbian.
As Anne Rice stated vampires don’t follow the human world’s sympathetic of morality, integrity and sexuality. So, they experiment, they seduce and they are openly lgbtq+. Look at the vampire generals in the court. None of
Queering 19th Century Lit: How Carmilla-The Series made beautiful LGBTQ+ representation out of a homophobic novella
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 gothic horror novella Carmilla tells the story of a young-woman-turned-vampire who befriends, seduces, and then preys upon young women. Vampiric Carmilla is painted as an evil seductress, taking advantage of innocent, human Laura. It was a cautionary tale: after Carmilla arrived, Laura got sicker and sicker, and at the end, after the two had fallen in love, Carmilla was murdered in order to revive Laura.
Below is a quote that shows the all-encompassing nature of Carmilla and Laura’s relationship in the novella:
Sometimes after an hour of apathy, my strange and beautiful companion would take my hand and hold it with a fond pressure, renewed again and again; blushing softly, gazing in my face with languid and burning eyes, and breathing so fast that her dress rose and fell with the tumultuous respiration. It was like the ardour of a lover; it embarrassed me; it was hateful and yet overpowering; and with gloating eyes she drew me to her, and her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses; and she would whispe
Sponsored by Carmillaby Kim Turrisi from KCP Loft. An adaptation of Shaftesbury’s award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the same mention, Carmillamixes the camp of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the snark of Veronica Mars, and the mysterious atmosphere of Welcome to Nightvale.
In 1872, J. Sheridan Le Fanu wrote a novella. It’s about a vampire who slowly sucks the life out of the young girls it charms in the daytime hours, only to be hunted down in by a male protector and killed in its coffin.This vampire is a woman.Le Fanu’s Carmilla predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by a good 26 years. It’s provocative, it’s a fast read, and it is very, very gay. “I took her hand as I spoke. I was a little shy, as lonely people are, but the situation made me eloquent, and even bold. She pressed my hand, she laid hers upon it, and her eyes glowed, as, looking hastily into mine, she smiled again, and blushed.”(Oh yeah, and watch the Carmillaweb series) The narrator is Laura, a lonely teenage girl living in Austria. A carriage accident near her home brings Carmilla, a mysterious girl who immediately becomes extremely close with Laura. If you’re used to reading Vi