Agreed. It is proof of 100% that he was a person. He loved his wife and son. He was only blinded by his grief, and when he saw that the only thing left of his wife, the woman who showed him not every human was evil, the woman who looked past his teeth, his red eyes, his pale skin, his sharp claws, the woman who saw HIM...he was destroying. It is a gut punch and a half and with that last line "I must already be dead..." it was proof to himself, the man who loved his family and protected them through thick and thin, who made his own son's room with his wife happily so...was long dead. In my eyes that, is the most beautiful scene in ANYTHING Netflix has made or shown.
@@RequiemPoete IN the original canon he was a mere child when it happened, and he actually watched the whole thing. His mother leaving a message for him in the end for him to not hate humans , as their lives are already harsh enough. He was Adrian Tepes then, and only after seeing the change in his father's behavior over the years and comparing it with his mother's message did he see that Dracula was losing himself. Only then did he become Alucard to become a true opposite of his father.
@@bloody4558 A. no he wasn't, alucard was an adult in both the games and movie when his mother died the only thing even resembling evidence of his age was in SoN where he was in the crowd B. he didn't intervene in her death because she told him not to, had he intervened she would've likely died anyway and he'd have to live with betraying his mother in the process her dying wish is a huge part of the plot of the alucard games
8:30 I'd argue its the opposite, the art work clearly focuses on Dracula's claws in several shots even ripping into stone with little effort. Yet every single time he has an opening he curls his fist and strikes Alucard like a man rather then using the very tools that would end his son's life in an instant. Drac isn't fighting to win, he's just lashing out in despair and that's ultimately what kills him.
That scene really got to me too. In that moment I guess you can say, he shows not only his Humanity but the fact that even as the vampire of vampires, He couldn't bring himself to kill his own son 😢
I've personally never seen Castlevania honestly, but I wasn't expecting Dracula of all people to be such a powerful character like that. It's quite tragic actually, the way he went out.
@@MultiLosecontrol Well, the cloud of souls/chaos didn't really leave the castle after his death, so he probably can be resurrected the same way that most people resurrect him.
Ohh, you missed a detail. At 8:46 when he's beating the snot out of his boi he's actually still holding back. In the beginning he slashed him with his claws and damn near ended his life but during the fight he makes a point of balling his fists up from a slashing position. They even focus on his nails digging into stone before again balling it up and whacking him with it. Other than that I think the analysis was spot on. Dracula definitely stole the show.
Hell, despite what they said in the video Dracula was deliberately holding back in the ENTIRE fight. They showed Dracula PUNCHING through solid stone yet when he was punching Belmont Dracula never hit with more force than what was needed to leave bruises. When Sypia was flamethrowing his face and Dracula was just ignoring it with little more than a cringe he could have EASILY removed her head with a single swipe of his claws. Then their is the speed. Dracula was able to move so fast he was invisible to everybody buy Alucard and could do so effortlessly but only did so during his 1v1 fight against his son. Then there was the elephant in the room. Dracula didn't have a single DROP of blood since his wife died. Counting the year of respite he gave humanity and the months that he war raged on that is close to TWO YEARS without sustenance. Keep in mind most vampires in the series can't even go a week without feeding without going nearly mad from hunger. Dear old Drac had starved himself to hell and back just to nerf himself to give our plucky heroes a chance and he STILL had to stand still and LET them kill him.
@@grantpflum6844 Yeah, he Wanted to lose that fight. Like he told Isaac, he's tired. He doesn't care anymore, he just wants the world to be quiet. It was a long suicide that almost failed.
@@batterylevellow5473 This is from Lament Of Innocence which is the very first game to take place in the Castlevania timeline.It takes place about 382 years before Castlevania 3(which the show is based on and is the second game on the timeline).It's the origin story of how the Belmont clan started to become Vampire hunters and how Dracula becomes a vampire.And I think that Lament Of Innocence is also canon in the show's timeline since Leon Belmont(The protagonist of LOI) was mentioned by Trevor and there was a portrait of Leon in Season 2
well he wont resurrect until 3 years later if they stay true to the timeline. Isaac will kill Hectors love interest and Hector will go on a revenge plot to stop Isaac from resurrecting Dracula.
Not gonna lie. This show made me fall in love with dracula. In the castlevania franchise I just viewed dracula as the vampire god who is wants humans to die. Even when alucard was supposed to be his son and his "opposite" we saw alucard's perspective on his mother's death but never dracula's. This show tells why dracula was so violent and evil in the show as a whole, he was in mourning. The only woman who didn't see the teeth, who didn't see the pale skin, who didn't see the red evil filled eyes, she saw the good in him, the only person to do so...was gone. Truly a tragic story that made a villian i just viewed as a heartless villian into one of the most sympathetic antagonists I have even encountered.
@@ilostmyfaithinhumanityandi6651that happens in most of his stories that explains his origin as well so dang first he loses his wife that turns him into a vampire then he meets another girl that probably reminded him of his first wife and went like hmm let’s see how this works then he loses her and boom time to end y’all monsters
Dracula is Lawful Evil. LE's are allowed to form lasting relationships, blend in with society, and in some cases do plenty of good for others they deem 'worthy'. LE's however always see life as ends to a means, measuring all forms of social interaction by how they can benefit the LE party member. A good LE plays by the rules, but tries to use the rules to put them into a position of power. This is in contrast to Lawful Good, where the LG party member seeks the law as a means to provide for all. Dracula is Lawful Evil because he has his own code and follows it to the T. Yet, he is not above utilizing horrific ends to achieve his wanted needs so long as he is in power the entire time.
The point here is that he was very close to changing towards LN or even NG. He was tired of the politics, the games, the scheming. Tired and weary of the slaughter, cruelty, and, well, evil. The power, the death, the wealth, the castles...he already had it all, and none of it mattered anymore. What then was next? Lisa had convinced him that Giving Back was the answer. The amassed power, wealth, hordes, technology, and lairs could be used to benefit the world, and very easily at that. And he could do it without substantial loss, single-handedly, and change his legacy permanently. He was on the verge of getting out of Evil.
@@thertsgamer3066 I would even argue, that he is actually LN at the end. "The suffering doesn't really matter to me anymore" is quite indicative: he is not doing this for his own benefit, for personal gains or power. He gives me the same vibe as an ending of Moorcock's The Eternal Champion, where protagonist take upon himself to be the judge and the executioner not of a singular humans, but of humanity itself. And it seems to me as purely Lawfull approach without altruism of Good and without egoism of Evil. And the ending, the scene leading to his death is a moment, when his internal law clashes with reality and breaks. He can no longer justify his own actions and so let himself be killed. Which is definetely not a something Evil person would do, they don't need that internal justification to do evil stuff.
I must disagree with the evil-assumption of Dracula. Dracula is one of the most enticing true neutral characters ever written. The problem is that his deeds are perceived by human eyes, which look at those deeds in horror, but nobody pay any mind to a farmer butchering some pigs, which is the equivalent from Dracula to the humans. He feasts to survive, defeats those who stand against him, and lives reclusive otherwise. Sometimes some of his animals get "sick" (not following orders, revolting, refusing to pay tribute), so he roots them out before they can infest the rest of the life stock. He only cares for himself and about himself, making him the definition of true neutral. And then there is this woman, who he cares more for than his own life, and makes you walk among the lifestock, trying to make more of them, even if you fail to see it. And while you are away, she gets killed by the sickness that transpires by your life stock, and you realize that all of the animals could carry the sickness (because let's be honest here, Dracula may be the main villain, but the humans are truly despicable), and so you decide to make sure that this situation will never happen again, by yourself, for yourself, after a time not even out of anger, but only out of necessity. There are also many evil characters in the show, the clergy, the vampire generals, the mob. Dracula, while intimating, always comes of as tame in comparison to his brethren, until the final fight, but i would also count him as unaligned, beyond good and evil, a beast in a humanoid shape at that point.
@@leewolffe7050 Point of conflict: you use a subjective form of alignment rather than a definite form of alignment yet your own argument contradicts itself. In a subjective alignment scale, one could represent good and evil not as good and evil by measure of their will to help others vs their ambition. By referencing Dracula as a person who "lives only for himself" you are directly mentioning that he sees random acts of benevolence as naive, therefore placing him apart of such mindset and acts. In a subjective alignment, this is still a definition of an evil character. Living only for yourself is not neutral, as neutrals on a subjective matter are often times helping a greater cause and serving themselves in the process. Living only to serve ones own ambitions and desires is an evil trait.
@@ivorymantis1026 While your point is valid, you do only view the side of the medal that contributes to your thesis. Dracula may see acts of kindness as foolish, he still does many of them: Sparing the old lady, giving the people an Ultimatum (he says it's for an army, but let's be honest, we have seen this man fight he could have flattend a few cities all by himself), not punishing and instead guiding disobedient servants, saving his only friend. On this side of the medal, Dracula also dislikes Malevolence. His heart is not behind his own plans, he is disgusted by his vampire generals, heck, he probably is a non-human blood drinker, because his idea with the pigs doesn't come from nowhere. He has the knowledge of ancients on his side and could potentially abuse them to rule the whole country, but instead he lives as a reclusive Hermit. And to the point of "helping a greater cause while serving themselves", Dracula spends the whole series under the tumb of someone else, be it his wife in the beginning (teach the humans and walk among them, and she'll stay by your side) to his generals in the war (just orders whatever they order, no decision behind it, as long as they also further his goal). The problem with the war against humanity is that Dracula has no own ambitions, making his generals turn on him. One last thing that also makes me believe that Dracula isn't the evil being that they make him out to be is a scene where Dracula isn't even there: The church szene with the demons and the bishop, in which the demons tell the bishop that it is his doing alone that they can roam the earth, that his evil heart set them free. This shows that the demons can clearly distinguish good from evil (they are even more fleshed out later in the show), and they don't see Dracula, the one who SUMMONED them, as the villain.
When I run an AD&D campaign, I often have a "Sympathetic Monster" trope. Dracula falls under that. More than once I had a party divide on how they see the top-level bad guy because of that. I actually had one campaign where they realized they were the bad guys killing the easy to kill undead beings and finding out the necromancer creating them only did it because he could not cure the plague killing his subjects, doing his best to stop his subjects' vanishing. The party found out that the marauders they kept hearing about were them. The irony is that a third of their party had the ability to cure disease and one had the ability to cure the special undead state of the easy-to-kill "monsters" they killed. I did have a version of Dracula as my Sympathetic Monster that I lifted from my (at the time) favorite video game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that I hybridized with (anime movie I liked:) Vampire Hunter D's father. He was almost a clone of this. My players actually delighted me by checking out the tapestries and books and read Kilmoor's (my Dracula's) history. They won the best ending by inspiring him to be less bloodthirsty and not blocking any of his weaknesses. That allowed him a borderline redemptive rant as he disintegrated with Death saving him from oblivion by giving him a soul to be sent to the lower planes. When the party asked Death "Why is damnation better than oblivion? He will suffer forever instead of end." Death replied "Oblivion is the end. Suffering forever as more hope than that. My answers end here. I came here to do a job and nothing more. I answered only to amuse me, to see what color of smoke you turn in the wind."
That... That's an awesome idea for a book or movie. Imagine a mad court wizard turned necromancer standing by the mindless husk of his king and court, in a crumbling castle, him speaking to the undead bodies, trying to bring them back.
...you know, given how you initially describe him, someone old enough to see humanity discover forget and rediscover technology, someone who has amassed vast amounts of wealth and knowledge and has now become something of a recluse disconnected from the world, I can easily see someone adapting his character to be a dragon in their campaign. Possibly an Ancient Blue Dragon given the amount of "arcane" secrets and machines he has. Maybe make him/her a dracolich or shadow dragon since I don't see either dragon variant used very often.
that's basically how most dragons would see most of society, and how they react would be based on their morality. Heck, that's more or less what the pre roman british isles dragons were like. Ancients who'd seen so much.... but they actually wanted to change the world, whether for good or bad.
One of the best tips in story writing is making sure you know: How is the villain the hero of his own story? Every time I run into a GREAT villain, that question is clearly answered. Also, if his love for his wife is as deep as my love for mine... then... Genocide IS a reasonable response.
You are the men @OLE4NDER @Firestorm @Sean O'Neil who could bring a form of devastation to the world if your family got hurt. I totally understand your feelings, but they fucking scare the shit out of me
@@batterylevellow5473 Good! I hope that that kind of fear becomes a deterrent for harming others, and instead inspires us to be kinder to one another. After all, if there are people out there that'd rather see the world burn (or would happily make it burn) if their loved ones were harmed, then maybe it's in all of our best interests to be kind and loving towards one another instead of the mass bigotry, trolling, hate, and violence we see today.
And imagine if this same creative team did The Legend of Zelda, like they've hinted at, imagine how they could describe Ganondorf and how all he wanted was the same prosperity of Hyrule for his own people, the wind in Hyrule meant life, while in Gerudo it meant death. I think the complexity of these villains starting points, the things that drives them to do what they do, they're conviction so rooted deeply in something just and fair and good, it's an interesting thing to think about, like Davy Jones, General Grievous and many others, they started somewhere good, they wanted something good, but something tore that from them along they way and they became something new, or rather reverted to the primal rage and cruelty already present inside them.
I actually hate complex Ganon. His embodying atrophy, attrition, and ruin physically is simple and great. He's the antagonist because it's his nature to break shit.
@@ninjabreadman22 I guess that's one way to interpret it, but Ganondorf himself explained a different viewpoint in Wind Waker and that Ganon is the same as Ocarina of Time. I think it's believable that (at least in the fallen hero timeline) once he gained the full Triforce, the full power of the goddesses consumed him and amplified all his worst traits, while in Twilight Princess, he's vindictive and out for vengeance beyond all else. I think his nature, being incarnated as Demise's hatred, he is destined to do evil, but he's not without reason in all cases, but more often then not he doesn't feel the need to explain his desires and why he wants to destroy Hyrule. The view on Ganon changes depending on which point in his life he's at, since he's the same original individual split into three different timelines with different experiences.
@@an0rangutan I know, Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda game, and TP is easily my favorite Zelda story. What I mean is, I love the simplicity of the themes in Zelda. Link helps people because it's in his nature. Zelda studies and finds solutions because it's the type of person she is. Ganon sees stucture and peace and brings destruction and calamity. If you ask him why, he doesn't need a thesis. "It was there." Is all the reason he needs. That's why Link and Zelda are always there, and why they always show up a bit too late. Always younger than him, always fighting an uphill battle. Because he's a fundamental force of nature. He's like a hurricane. He'll come and do what he's gonna do. It takes courage and wisdom to respond correctly, but there's no preventing him.
@@ninjabreadman22 honestly, it's the difference between ganondorf and ganon for me. If they want to show a complex ganon, itd be cool to contrast how different he was from start point to end point. From the well meaning but still kinda evil ganondorf, to force of destruction chaos monster we see in botw. Show how he became consumed by evil, completely forgetting why he ever sought power in the first place, would be pretty cool. And that way, you can still have the mindless force of destruction ganon
I don't think Dracula started the sequence of events in Castlevania, he overreacted to that which did, The Catholic Church. More accurately, those who were corrupted by the power granted to them by The Church. The Bishop started everything, or the Village's previous doctor did by telling lies to the Bishop knowing they would kill Lisa. Dracula was a victim, not a villain, and that is why every syllable Dracula utters feels like Thermonuclear Godzilla using Nuclear Pulse against King Ghidorah. It's what makes his anger so frightening to both the characters, and the viewers. This is why I f***ing love this version of Dracula above all others.
God I would love to see the other characters revisited, Isaac was my fave in Season 3 as I fell it did the best at exploring his character and it was fun seeing as what I'm assuming Lawful Evil have a protagonist's journey.
Yeah, if I had to give him an alignment, Isaac would be solidly Lawful Evil. I've given quite a bit of thought on what I would give as alignments for most of the characters. It's a good mental exercise when I'm stuck driving and need to keep my mind busy.
@@TheLoadingCrew I think yall are downplaying trevors arc. Issacs arc was neat tho. Then camilla I think her name was surprising in that I thought once they bouned the silver haired one they would treat him like shit but it doesnt seem to be her intention.
Of all the channels I know that have dabbled in this idea of reviewing character alignments yours has been very above and beyond the norm and franklyI expect for other to be taking copycat notes from the extra little flourishes you put in like the final reviews/personal takes on the characters and their philosophies or how special circumstances influence your judgments of actions. Your editing is passable & you string together the choices the characters make in ways that feels organic. One thing I’d think you’d be better to change is the character you picked to represent That particular description is one that’s really overused but it does fit how I see your little passion project clicking together. If you’ve read this far and arn’t rolling your eyes now that’ve buttered you up I have another drop in the bucket roster of character suggestions to throw on a pile like the dozen or so you get every other day. Zuko. (Avatar Obviously.) His reputation precedes him. he really is just the best. Death (Diskworld) No bias for that one I swear. Mr fox. (Fantastic Mr fox) Raiden. (Metal gear rising)
@@joshuamitchell5018 your compliment is really nice my dude thank ya. although i'm confused at what you think I should do to improve. you just say "your character" and I have no idea what that means. also, I do suggest leaving a fresh comment if you ever want my attention right away. the YT app doesn't always let me know when I get a response to a comment
I'm so glad Demonac is getting some attention. Thanks for doing so. I wanted to pitch what alignment the characters of tales from my d&d campaign are, but that would be easy. It's on their sheet
Channels like these are the only things that make me regret where I was born. As I am a hillbilly and non of my friends wanted to play DnD, they didn't make fun of me for it at least not to my face by anymeans but I was never able to persuade them to play. So watching as you guys go through and (please forgive the reference for lack of a better word) sort the subtleties of these characters into the most fitting alignments makes me a little sad that I really didn't get a chance to play.
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Personally, I just love the fact that the ONLY way they were able to kill Dracula in this series was to have is son stab him in the heart while Dracula just stood there and let him because he was parallelized by grief over his own actions. It really shows both the power of Dracula AND his humanity.
Chaotic evil: in his fit of rage and anguish he decides to kill off humans and vampires alike. For me that is the closest thing to evil just for evil's sake
I would say that you didn't give his self sacrifice enough gravity. Sacrificing his own life like that would have shot him straight to lawful neutral in my book.
He didn't sacrifice himself in his own eyes. "I'm killing our boy... I must already be dead." He was too far gone in his eyes as a person. He was no longer Dracula, just a dead corpse. So he wasn't sacrificing himself "For" a purpose. He was allowing himself to finally stop impacting the world past his own death.
Can't say the writing staff didn't do their homework for this adaptation. A lot of this is inferred by Symphony of the Night and Curse of Darkness as well as the manual for Dracula's Curse, Hence why this is Trevor Belmont and not his more famous offspring Simon or Richter.
I'd say Dracula technically suits as Chaotic Neutral character since he is a conflicted and complicated character and he is shown to lash out at even those who were even innocent, essentially neutrality viewing all humans as no different, even his own son, which causes him to be Chaotic since he's so far gone that he's even willing to take it out on those who he cares for. But because of these same reasons, he also shows restraint in some of these actions as well and is still conflicted in them, showing that he can't stay TRUE or LAWFUL to his own words or intentions, but will openly commit terrible acts all because of his pain while caring very little for what other think of this plan of his. Similar to how Chaotic Good characters often are where fallen heroes start and fall from, Chaotic Good characters don't care about what others may think as morality right or wrong but will only consider what is right and wrong to them, except with Chaotic Neutral is goes darker than that since it goes beyond knowing what you may think is wrong or right and essentially solely acts on pure impulse and desire, even if you don't fully believe in such a goal.
I finished the 2 season yesterday, and well before the video I wanted to add Dracula to my campaign(just because I really liked him), now after watching, I'll put him there, but I'll use the Dracula that could have been
I think of all the characters of Castlevania, Isaac has the most interesting story and character/character development. I just love Isaac so much. Could you make a video about his alignment?
I don't blame Dracula and those villagers even had a year to beat feet but instead they partied on the day they put his wife to the torch. Even a good character would likely have done an unthinkable thing in those circumstances. Does he go too far afterwards. Yeah.... But it isn't like he has anything left to lose.
"One year.... I gave you ONE YEAR to make your piece with your God. And what do you do? Celebrate the day *you killed my wife* . Remember, I gave you a chance...."
Please make a video for Hector and Isaac. I get if you don’t want to make another Castlevania video, which is fine, but I think one for the forgemasters from seasons 2 and 3 would be interesting.
I can kinda identify most of the alignment wheel (LG- Captain America, NG- Sora, CG- Ash Ketchum, LN- Judge Dredd, CN- Lina Inverse, LE- Darth Vader, NE- Sephiroth, CE- Joker) but I can’t figure out the last Neutral.
Basically he was chilling then he met someone who challenged his beliefs and he went like I’ll try to see your side then when he comes back and agrees boom now she’s his wife then she dies and he goes back to his old way’s because grief and they were just proven right but as a last wish he tells them to change within one year but nope they celebrate it and then he decides screw it they killed my wife now imma end them some people believe some souls aren’t worth as much as others it seems Dracula here believes in that because entire kingdom to him is his wife’s soul hehe nice
I did wonder why Dracula decided to kill all humans after his wife's murder, wondering more why he did not consider that there might be more good and reasonable humans out there like her and that should be enough to spare them. But then again, considering how long he has lived and how many times he has seen humanity fall into the same patterns, she must have been the rarest gem. And when she was taken from him, it broke his immortal heart so completely, all he wanted was to watch the world burn and eventually consume him with it. Sadness
Difference of opinion (going to be edited when I finish the video): 5:58 - Lawful Evil EDIT: This is all. The reason I say that it is more Lawful Evil than Chaotic Evil is because, from this scene, he says that other vampires will not have a say in the war, only him. He is playing on his rule rather than just trying to turn the world into an anarchy without a ruler. This war WILL make him the ruler of the world, which he will gladly take from those that took his wife.
Dracula's death I have no issue declaring as one of the most emotional scenes in animated series history.....also I absolutely still would LOVE an alignment video for Isaac-
Castlevania is a fascinating story. Instead of a hero Vs a dark and evil villain in a neutral setting, you have a dark and evil WORLD and two groups of heroes trying to fix it. Dracula is trying to fix the world by fighting evil with evil, and Alucard is trying to fix the world by fighting for the one thing he knows is good. All the characters are dynamic and well-rounded and I love every single one of them.
personally, I would say a Lawful Neutral to Lawful Evil. He believes in Justice, the truth of science and honors custom and tradition, but generally cares for himself and cares not for those who may or may not stand in his way, or are caught in his crusades and vengence.
I would have given him one more ding to chaotic neutral. Because he and Lisa stole clothes but swore to pay the people they stole from back after getting revived at the end of season 4.
Mathias (pre Elisabetha death) was definitely Lawful Good. Doing the work of the Church and working with Leon during the crusades. Mathias (post Elisabetha Death) went somewhere between True Neutral to Chaotic Evil. Blaming god for the death of his wife and threw his humanity away because of it, thus becoming the King of the Vampires with both the Crimson Stone and the Ebony Stone amplifying his powers. Dracula (Before meeting Lisa), dude’s just chilling, so maybe True Neutral. Dracula (married Lisa and has Alucard, roughly around the same time Trevor is born, since the two are around the same age.) Adrian (Pre-Alucard name change, during/a bit after Lisa’s death) dude went chaotic evil along with his father, the dude agreed with his fathers actions, but being at her execution he remembered what she told him so he decided to fight against his father, nowhere near as strong as his father and gets his ass beat. Goes to wait for some more help. So he went from Chaotic Evil to Lawful Good. Trevor (pre meeting Sypha, Grant and Alucard). Somewhere around Lawful Good to Chaotic Good. Despite being banished by the PEOPLE (not the church), he still knows it’s his job to fight Dracula and when the church calls for his help he does so, in the beginning is seen kneeling and praying in front of a large stone cross. Sypha (pre-meeting the other 3) I’d say the same as Trevor, despite being a Witch she was an Orthodox Christian and went to go help the church anyway she could, they ended up sending her to fight the Cyclopes and she turns to stone. Grant (Pre-meeting the other 3), roughly Chaotic Good to Chaotic Neutral, was a merchant and stood against Dracula after his family was killed, Dracula turned him into a monster and locked him in the clock tower to fend off Trevor. Hector and Issac (Pre and Post Hectors betrayal), both would be considered Chaotic Evil ((especially Issac)). Hector ended up not liking what Dracula was doing and straight up told him to his face to essentially to F off and left. Issac went after him thus leaving Dracula alone with Death. So Hector went from Chaotic Evil to Lawful Evil to Chaotic Good. The 4 Legendary Heroes Meet Up. Trevor saves both Grant and Sypha. Grant turns back to his normal human form and asks to join. Sypha turns back from stone and asks to join. Alucard asked to join after getting his ass beat by a Belmont and knew that he (Trevor) was going to be the one to stop his father. Around this same time, Grant fell in love with Sypha. Trevor and Sypha fell in love with each other. They fight through Dracula’s Castle, fight and defeat Death, fight and kill Dracula. Hector vs Issac, during this time, Issac had tried to ambush Hector but was getting his ass beat. When Dracula died, they both felt Dracula’s power leave which caused Issac to go insane. Hector ended up stabbing Issac and sending him over the edge of the Ravine that they were fighting near. After Dracula’s Death, with his dying breath Dracula placed a curse on Transylvania that would slowly infect people’s minds. Trevor and Sypha were to get married, sent an invitation to Grant but Grant “Couldn’t stand to see his Best Friend marry the Love of his Life” so he left and didn’t attend the wedding but did what he could with the money he made to make repairs. Alucard went back to sleep and wouldn’t wake up for another 321 years till Symphony of the Night. Issac went into hiding but kept tabs on Hector. Hector ended up getting married to a woman named Rosaly, and refused to use his powers. Issac used that to his advantage and spread lies to the village people that Rosaly was a witch which in turn got her executed. The lies went on for about 3 years which is when Curse of Darkness happens. So Issac stayed Chaotic Evil and Hector went to around Lawful Good. During those events Alucard and Trevor became best friends, Alucard at some point does say that Trevor was an honorable Leader and he would fight alongside him again and die for Trevor if he needed too.
A significant amount of action heroes are lawful evil. In order to kill you must walk that line, some killers have a code and are almost admired or allow grain of respect for it, Anton chigur rings a bell.
I'm excited because when season 3 of castlevania came out I thought hey i wonder if they will do a alignment video for dracula then thought nah hes probably gonna do one for trevor instead.
Others: Haku - Naruto - True Neutral Darth Vader/AnakinSkywalker - Star Wars - Lawful Evil Lina Invers - Slayers (anime) - Chaotic Neutral I would have to guess for Lawful Neutral and say Master Chief ? No idea who Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil are though.
@@asimovvomisa4040 i guess the chaotic evil is joker. The clothing has some type of tuxedo and a big tie, also the face is pale and the hair has a green-tint. Also, i thought of the guy from crisis(the game) when i looked at the lawful neutral but i guess masterchief is logical too
@@paulglandorf4858 yeah i found other comments and they mention Judge Dredd for Lawful neutral and Sephirot for Neutral Evil. And as you mentioned Joker CE.
The best possible way they could resurrect Dracula in the netflix series, if they are going to at all, would be to have the process of resurrection fundamentally change his personality and his recollection of his memories. Effectively creating an entirely new person in the same body. This way Dracula can still serve his central purpose in the story without cheapening the story we've already seen with him.
I'd say Dracula has gone through several alignment shifts in his arc. Early flashback Dracula was Lawful Evil, harming only those who harmed and offended him. No others. By the time Alucard is born, but before Lisa dies, he's leaning more True Neutral or Neutral Good. But after Lisa's murder all he seeks is to spread death and destruction, fueled by his own hate and despair. He has no care for law or order, only the death. He even nearly kills his own son. That's a pretty classic case of Chaotic Evil. So by the end, he's Chaotic Evil.
"When Lisa was killed by the ignorance of men, she had been well along the road of teaching Dracula that humanity- like herself, like their son- could be so much more. And that he- with all his ancient knowledge- had the power to make the world a better, wiser, more civilized place. A man with the power to lay waste to an entire kingdom, and to plot to cover the sky in endless darkness, who could have advanced civilization from the barbarity of Castlevania's Wallachia to a new enlightenment almost singlehandedly." I still have never heard the sheer _tragedy_ of Dracula expressed quite so accurately as it is here.
The scary thing is that as I watch this video, I realize this would be my dad had my mother ever been murdered. And yes my big brother would have been Alucard.
I think the chaotic evil snap was inevitable. He couldn't turn her as that would corrupt her purity. She was eventually going to die anyway. I think his coming to the light was as frail as human life, though it probably would have been a less spectacular event if she died of old age
why is the alignment shift so small? I'm guessing he started with lawful 10 and evil -10, then with every act gives him +/-1pt? But isn't every act given equal amount of points, like in 9:50, he's given lawful+1/good+1, isn't that supposed to be higher since that is a change in heart and morals?
In the games he is pretty much canonically Chaotic Evil. His powers actually come from an evil entity known only as Chaos, and at least one of his worshippers expects him to "cleanse the world with the searing flames of chaos". Castlevania itself is even referred to as a "creature of Chaos" by Alucard, and it is infested with monsters, ghosts, vampires and demons of all varieties with no rhyme or order- they just show up and hang around, killing anyone who crosses their path. Dracula even says that every time he dies, he goes to the Abyss to recuperate, and I'd be comfortable labelling him not just a vampire but a minor Demon Lord who rules his own little layer from which he plots against humanity and God.
Excuse my language but... Fucking... Outstanding video! I'm not a huge fan of Castlevania, so I never really thought to watch it, but God damn did this video make me wanna watch it!!! Great work!!! Keep it up!!!
I'ma subscribe, but I think y'all need to work on that sound mixer in editing. Going from loud to quiet to loud to comfortable to loud to quiet gets pretty frustrating from a viewer's standpoint. Definitely a fun vid though! I enjoy the premise of your channel!
I think it's a slight oversight to ignore the time he spent with Lisa between when they first met and her death, I think that his alignment shift downward would have been much more drastic and brought on primarily because of his emotional reliance on Lisa.
Neither Thanos nor Dracula is actually the protagonist. "[character] sets in motion events" is 100% typical storytelling antagonist behavior. The villain goes and does something bad, then heroes rise up to stop/undo it.
@@sgcv No, he's definitely the antagonist - just an antagonist with a lot of screen focus and a well-defined goal and motive. "Villain comes up with and begins executing a nasty plot. Heroes find out about this nasty plot and make a serious effort to interfere with it" is _really basic_ storytelling and that structure doesn't change just because the camera is focused on the villain rather than the heroes. And there is such a thing as a villain protagonist...Thanos just isn't it. Nor is Beerus from the Battle of Gods movie. Nor is Dracula in the Castlevania show (though he _has been_ in other incarnations of the character).
Nathan Is a Weasel who is the protagonist in avengers infinity war, if not Thanos?The nasty plot is all about perspective and could easily be understood as the avengers working against his plan to save the universe and plotting against him. To the detriment of the greater good. And that’s without relying on the fact the screen writers have stated he is written as the protagonist. He follows the hero’s journey and wins in the end, and the villains(avengers) lost.
Nathan Is a Weasel Look up “the villain protagonist.” It’s possible to create a story where the protagonist is also the villain. Avengers infinity war is a simple heroes journey told from thanos’ point of view. That’s why it works. Otherwise the story would’ve been a cluster of unintelligible special effects.
@DraculaCronqvist His name might be in the Japanese title but he's never been the main character of the series. Castlevania has always been about the Belmont family and their quest to destroy Dracula.
Ok, want a fun one? Do a D&D Alignment for Handsome Jack from Borderlands. I know in the end he will land on Lawful or Neutral Evil, but he genuinely starts his story as Lawful Neutral and the way he ends there is kinda tragic and twisted. That and you get to D&D ALL his brilliance. Yes, you have to do The Prequel, Borderlands 2, and Tales in timeline order. There is a good reason why he is one of gamings newest hallmark villians.
"My boy... I'm killing my boy... Your greatest gift to me, and I'm killing him. I must already be dead." That monologue always wrenches my gut.
This begs the question, where the fuck was Alucard in all this and why didn't he rescue his mother?
@@RequiemPoete He sleep
Agreed. It is proof of 100% that he was a person. He loved his wife and son. He was only blinded by his grief, and when he saw that the only thing left of his wife, the woman who showed him not every human was evil, the woman who looked past his teeth, his red eyes, his pale skin, his sharp claws, the woman who saw HIM...he was destroying. It is a gut punch and a half and with that last line "I must already be dead..." it was proof to himself, the man who loved his family and protected them through thick and thin, who made his own son's room with his wife happily so...was long dead. In my eyes that, is the most beautiful scene in ANYTHING Netflix has made or shown.
@@RequiemPoete IN the original canon he was a mere child when it happened, and he actually watched the whole thing. His mother leaving a message for him in the end for him to not hate humans , as their lives are already harsh enough.
He was Adrian Tepes then, and only after seeing the change in his father's behavior over the years and comparing it with his mother's message did he see that Dracula was losing himself. Only then did he become Alucard to become a true opposite of his father.
@@bloody4558 A. no he wasn't, alucard was an adult in both the games and movie when his mother died
the only thing even resembling evidence of his age was in SoN where he was in the crowd
B. he didn't intervene in her death because she told him not to, had he intervened she would've likely died anyway and he'd have to live with betraying his mother in the process
her dying wish is a huge part of the plot of the alucard games
8:30
I'd argue its the opposite, the art work clearly focuses on Dracula's claws in several shots even ripping into stone with little effort. Yet every single time he has an opening he curls his fist and strikes Alucard like a man rather then using the very tools that would end his son's life in an instant. Drac isn't fighting to win, he's just lashing out in despair and that's ultimately what kills him.
I cry each time I see Dracula break down when he realized he was killing his son the only tie to his wife he has left
That scene really got to me too. In that moment I guess you can say, he shows not only his Humanity but the fact that even as the vampire of vampires, He couldn't bring himself to kill his own son 😢
It’s a really good “My god what have I done? What am I doing?” Moment
So in the end his true alignment is "Sad Tragedy", right?
not inaccurate
Damn that hurt
And most of us relate to Drac so let that set in
@@off6848 Well yeah. Most of us have been so hurt that we want to see everyone else suffer like we have, and then feel kind of empty.
I've personally never seen Castlevania honestly, but I wasn't expecting Dracula of all people to be such a powerful character like that. It's quite tragic actually, the way he went out.
it still chokes me up and i've watched the scene dozens of times :D
@@TheLoadingCrew Eh, I got choked up just watching that scene again in this video.
Sure it was sad but as a long time fan of the games I’m stuck here wondering howre they gonna resurrect him this time
@@MultiLosecontrol
Only one hundred years later since this series is based on castlevania 3
@@MultiLosecontrol Well, the cloud of souls/chaos didn't really leave the castle after his death, so he probably can be resurrected the same way that most people resurrect him.
Armor Class - 38
I'm dead
*squeaky punch squeaky punch*
@@TheLoadingCrew That sound got me so hard hahahahaha
Armor Class - fuck you
D&D alignments are a miserable little pile of secrets
But enough upvotes. Have at you!
*_When you're a neutral evil rogue playing with a bunch of lawful stupid paladins-_*
Ohh, you missed a detail. At 8:46 when he's beating the snot out of his boi he's actually still holding back. In the beginning he slashed him with his claws and damn near ended his life but during the fight he makes a point of balling his fists up from a slashing position. They even focus on his nails digging into stone before again balling it up and whacking him with it. Other than that I think the analysis was spot on. Dracula definitely stole the show.
Hell, despite what they said in the video Dracula was deliberately holding back in the ENTIRE fight. They showed Dracula PUNCHING through solid stone yet when he was punching Belmont Dracula never hit with more force than what was needed to leave bruises. When Sypia was flamethrowing his face and Dracula was just ignoring it with little more than a cringe he could have EASILY removed her head with a single swipe of his claws. Then their is the speed. Dracula was able to move so fast he was invisible to everybody buy Alucard and could do so effortlessly but only did so during his 1v1 fight against his son. Then there was the elephant in the room. Dracula didn't have a single DROP of blood since his wife died. Counting the year of respite he gave humanity and the months that he war raged on that is close to TWO YEARS without sustenance. Keep in mind most vampires in the series can't even go a week without feeding without going nearly mad from hunger. Dear old Drac had starved himself to hell and back just to nerf himself to give our plucky heroes a chance and he STILL had to stand still and LET them kill him.
@@grantpflum6844 Yeah, he Wanted to lose that fight. Like he told Isaac, he's tired. He doesn't care anymore, he just wants the world to be quiet. It was a long suicide that almost failed.
@@grantpflum6844 I'm so glad I'm not the only one who caught that he didn't drink a single drop of blood in close to 2 years...
When you remember that this was actually his 2nd Wife that died ahead of her time and the first time it happened it caused him to become Dracula
Oh? No shit, That's super cool! Is this from the Original Dracula story? I really need to read such a monumental work
@@batterylevellow5473 This is from Lament Of Innocence which is the very first game to take place in the Castlevania timeline.It takes place about 382 years before Castlevania 3(which the show is based on and is the second game on the timeline).It's the origin story of how the Belmont clan started to become Vampire hunters and how Dracula becomes a vampire.And I think that Lament Of Innocence is also canon in the show's timeline since Leon Belmont(The protagonist of LOI) was mentioned by Trevor and there was a portrait of Leon in Season 2
Can’t wait for the sequel when Dracula is inevitably resurrected in the future.
Imagine how he would react!
well he wont resurrect until 3 years later if they stay true to the timeline.
Isaac will kill Hectors love interest and Hector will go on a revenge plot to stop Isaac from resurrecting Dracula.
@@Ephidiel They're already deviated quite a bit from the games. There's a very good chance they won't follow Curse of Darkness.
But it will not be by his hand that he is again given flesh. It will be done by *humans* that wish to pay him *tribute* .
MrNickPresley or actual death.
10:14 this whole speech is so unexpectedly beautiful.
Not gonna lie. This show made me fall in love with dracula. In the castlevania franchise I just viewed dracula as the vampire god who is wants humans to die. Even when alucard was supposed to be his son and his "opposite" we saw alucard's perspective on his mother's death but never dracula's. This show tells why dracula was so violent and evil in the show as a whole, he was in mourning. The only woman who didn't see the teeth, who didn't see the pale skin, who didn't see the red evil filled eyes, she saw the good in him, the only person to do so...was gone. Truly a tragic story that made a villian i just viewed as a heartless villian into one of the most sympathetic antagonists I have even encountered.
In the games what made him become Dracula was the death of his first wife
How in the WORLD does wanting to exterminate the ENTIRE human race 'sympathetic'.
@@ilostmyfaithinhumanityandi6651that happens in most of his stories that explains his origin as well so dang first he loses his wife that turns him into a vampire then he meets another girl that probably reminded him of his first wife and went like hmm let’s see how this works then he loses her and boom time to end y’all monsters
Dracula is Lawful Evil.
LE's are allowed to form lasting relationships, blend in with society, and in some cases do plenty of good for others they deem 'worthy'. LE's however always see life as ends to a means, measuring all forms of social interaction by how they can benefit the LE party member. A good LE plays by the rules, but tries to use the rules to put them into a position of power. This is in contrast to Lawful Good, where the LG party member seeks the law as a means to provide for all.
Dracula is Lawful Evil because he has his own code and follows it to the T. Yet, he is not above utilizing horrific ends to achieve his wanted needs so long as he is in power the entire time.
The point here is that he was very close to changing towards LN or even NG. He was tired of the politics, the games, the scheming. Tired and weary of the slaughter, cruelty, and, well, evil. The power, the death, the wealth, the castles...he already had it all, and none of it mattered anymore. What then was next?
Lisa had convinced him that Giving Back was the answer. The amassed power, wealth, hordes, technology, and lairs could be used to benefit the world, and very easily at that. And he could do it without substantial loss, single-handedly, and change his legacy permanently. He was on the verge of getting out of Evil.
@@thertsgamer3066 I would even argue, that he is actually LN at the end. "The suffering doesn't really matter to me anymore" is quite indicative: he is not doing this for his own benefit, for personal gains or power. He gives me the same vibe as an ending of Moorcock's The Eternal Champion, where protagonist take upon himself to be the judge and the executioner not of a singular humans, but of humanity itself. And it seems to me as purely Lawfull approach without altruism of Good and without egoism of Evil. And the ending, the scene leading to his death is a moment, when his internal law clashes with reality and breaks. He can no longer justify his own actions and so let himself be killed. Which is definetely not a something Evil person would do, they don't need that internal justification to do evil stuff.
I must disagree with the evil-assumption of Dracula. Dracula is one of the most enticing true neutral characters ever written. The problem is that his deeds are perceived by human eyes, which look at those deeds in horror, but nobody pay any mind to a farmer butchering some pigs, which is the equivalent from Dracula to the humans. He feasts to survive, defeats those who stand against him, and lives reclusive otherwise. Sometimes some of his animals get "sick" (not following orders, revolting, refusing to pay tribute), so he roots them out before they can infest the rest of the life stock. He only cares for himself and about himself, making him the definition of true neutral. And then there is this woman, who he cares more for than his own life, and makes you walk among the lifestock, trying to make more of them, even if you fail to see it. And while you are away, she gets killed by the sickness that transpires by your life stock, and you realize that all of the animals could carry the sickness (because let's be honest here, Dracula may be the main villain, but the humans are truly despicable), and so you decide to make sure that this situation will never happen again, by yourself, for yourself, after a time not even out of anger, but only out of necessity.
There are also many evil characters in the show, the clergy, the vampire generals, the mob. Dracula, while intimating, always comes of as tame in comparison to his brethren, until the final fight, but i would also count him as unaligned, beyond good and evil, a beast in a humanoid shape at that point.
@@leewolffe7050
Point of conflict: you use a subjective form of alignment rather than a definite form of alignment yet your own argument contradicts itself. In a subjective alignment scale, one could represent good and evil not as good and evil by measure of their will to help others vs their ambition. By referencing Dracula as a person who "lives only for himself" you are directly mentioning that he sees random acts of benevolence as naive, therefore placing him apart of such mindset and acts. In a subjective alignment, this is still a definition of an evil character.
Living only for yourself is not neutral, as neutrals on a subjective matter are often times helping a greater cause and serving themselves in the process. Living only to serve ones own ambitions and desires is an evil trait.
@@ivorymantis1026 While your point is valid, you do only view the side of the medal that contributes to your thesis. Dracula may see acts of kindness as foolish, he still does many of them: Sparing the old lady, giving the people an Ultimatum (he says it's for an army, but let's be honest, we have seen this man fight he could have flattend a few cities all by himself), not punishing and instead guiding disobedient servants, saving his only friend.
On this side of the medal, Dracula also dislikes Malevolence. His heart is not behind his own plans, he is disgusted by his vampire generals, heck, he probably is a non-human blood drinker, because his idea with the pigs doesn't come from nowhere.
He has the knowledge of ancients on his side and could potentially abuse them to rule the whole country, but instead he lives as a reclusive Hermit.
And to the point of "helping a greater cause while serving themselves", Dracula spends the whole series under the tumb of someone else, be it his wife in the beginning (teach the humans and walk among them, and she'll stay by your side) to his generals in the war (just orders whatever they order, no decision behind it, as long as they also further his goal). The problem with the war against humanity is that Dracula has no own ambitions, making his generals turn on him.
One last thing that also makes me believe that Dracula isn't the evil being that they make him out to be is a scene where Dracula isn't even there: The church szene with the demons and the bishop, in which the demons tell the bishop that it is his doing alone that they can roam the earth, that his evil heart set them free. This shows that the demons can clearly distinguish good from evil (they are even more fleshed out later in the show), and they don't see Dracula, the one who SUMMONED them, as the villain.
When I run an AD&D campaign, I often have a "Sympathetic Monster" trope. Dracula falls under that. More than once I had a party divide on how they see the top-level bad guy because of that. I actually had one campaign where they realized they were the bad guys killing the easy to kill undead beings and finding out the necromancer creating them only did it because he could not cure the plague killing his subjects, doing his best to stop his subjects' vanishing. The party found out that the marauders they kept hearing about were them. The irony is that a third of their party had the ability to cure disease and one had the ability to cure the special undead state of the easy-to-kill "monsters" they killed.
I did have a version of Dracula as my Sympathetic Monster that I lifted from my (at the time) favorite video game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that I hybridized with (anime movie I liked:) Vampire Hunter D's father. He was almost a clone of this. My players actually delighted me by checking out the tapestries and books and read Kilmoor's (my Dracula's) history. They won the best ending by inspiring him to be less bloodthirsty and not blocking any of his weaknesses. That allowed him a borderline redemptive rant as he disintegrated with Death saving him from oblivion by giving him a soul to be sent to the lower planes.
When the party asked Death "Why is damnation better than oblivion? He will suffer forever instead of end."
Death replied "Oblivion is the end. Suffering forever as more hope than that. My answers end here. I came here to do a job and nothing more. I answered only to amuse me, to see what color of smoke you turn in the wind."
That... That's an awesome idea for a book or movie. Imagine a mad court wizard turned necromancer standing by the mindless husk of his king and court, in a crumbling castle, him speaking to the undead bodies, trying to bring them back.
@@RequiemPoete That's an awesome idea too. ;)
Now I feel sorry for that king because his subjects dying so he decided to break the laws of nature because he didn’t know what to do awesomeness
...you know, given how you initially describe him, someone old enough to see humanity discover forget and rediscover technology, someone who has amassed vast amounts of wealth and knowledge and has now become something of a recluse disconnected from the world, I can easily see someone adapting his character to be a dragon in their campaign. Possibly an Ancient Blue Dragon given the amount of "arcane" secrets and machines he has. Maybe make him/her a dracolich or shadow dragon since I don't see either dragon variant used very often.
Well, Dracula does mean "Son of The Dragon" or "Son of The Devil"...
that's basically how most dragons would see most of society, and how they react would be based on their morality. Heck, that's more or less what the pre roman british isles dragons were like. Ancients who'd seen so much.... but they actually wanted to change the world, whether for good or bad.
He CAN turn into a dragon so, not innacurate
Dracula, as per Castlevania was born in the 11th century, he hasnt experienced the disappearance of any technology
Fun fact: I'm currently playing in a campaign with a Vampiric Blue Dragon (he killed our artificer)
One of the best tips in story writing is making sure you know: How is the villain the hero of his own story?
Every time I run into a GREAT villain, that question is clearly answered.
Also, if his love for his wife is as deep as my love for mine... then... Genocide IS a reasonable response.
Hell ya to your last sentence I don't trust a man who doesn't see it that way
I see nothing wrong with that statement
You are the men @OLE4NDER @Firestorm @Sean O'Neil who could bring a form of devastation to the world if your family got hurt. I totally understand your feelings, but they fucking scare the shit out of me
@@batterylevellow5473 Good!
I hope that that kind of fear becomes a deterrent for harming others, and instead inspires us to be kinder to one another. After all, if there are people out there that'd rather see the world burn (or would happily make it burn) if their loved ones were harmed, then maybe it's in all of our best interests to be kind and loving towards one another instead of the mass bigotry, trolling, hate, and violence we see today.
@@batterylevellow5473 who says I'm a guy?
I still cry at dracula's death. It was a heart shattering scene.
The one dislike must be from a Belmont
Or the Church
Well dracula did cause the death of leon fiance.
My money is on a Morris actually.
All 27 of them, to be exact.
I'd say the church and that Bishop
8:14 I lost it at the squeaky toy sounds XD
I had a lot of fun with that one :)
Dracula's death always makes me tear up. The horror as he realizes what he is doing and how far he has fallen. It's such a powerful scene.
God damn it the scene where Dracula realises what he's doing always makes me cry. The VA was amazing!
Turns out Sypha and Alucard did have a character arc: Turning into Trevor Belmont!
hahah! that's good!
And imagine if this same creative team did The Legend of Zelda, like they've hinted at, imagine how they could describe Ganondorf and how all he wanted was the same prosperity of Hyrule for his own people, the wind in Hyrule meant life, while in Gerudo it meant death.
I think the complexity of these villains starting points, the things that drives them to do what they do, they're conviction so rooted deeply in something just and fair and good, it's an interesting thing to think about, like Davy Jones, General Grievous and many others, they started somewhere good, they wanted something good, but something tore that from them along they way and they became something new, or rather reverted to the primal rage and cruelty already present inside them.
I would love a zelda series from this team. they friggin nailed castlevania
I actually hate complex Ganon. His embodying atrophy, attrition, and ruin physically is simple and great. He's the antagonist because it's his nature to break shit.
@@ninjabreadman22 I guess that's one way to interpret it, but Ganondorf himself explained a different viewpoint in Wind Waker and that Ganon is the same as Ocarina of Time. I think it's believable that (at least in the fallen hero timeline) once he gained the full Triforce, the full power of the goddesses consumed him and amplified all his worst traits, while in Twilight Princess, he's vindictive and out for vengeance beyond all else.
I think his nature, being incarnated as Demise's hatred, he is destined to do evil, but he's not without reason in all cases, but more often then not he doesn't feel the need to explain his desires and why he wants to destroy Hyrule.
The view on Ganon changes depending on which point in his life he's at, since he's the same original individual split into three different timelines with different experiences.
@@an0rangutan I know, Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda game, and TP is easily my favorite Zelda story. What I mean is, I love the simplicity of the themes in Zelda. Link helps people because it's in his nature. Zelda studies and finds solutions because it's the type of person she is. Ganon sees stucture and peace and brings destruction and calamity. If you ask him why, he doesn't need a thesis. "It was there." Is all the reason he needs. That's why Link and Zelda are always there, and why they always show up a bit too late. Always younger than him, always fighting an uphill battle. Because he's a fundamental force of nature. He's like a hurricane. He'll come and do what he's gonna do. It takes courage and wisdom to respond correctly, but there's no preventing him.
@@ninjabreadman22 honestly, it's the difference between ganondorf and ganon for me. If they want to show a complex ganon, itd be cool to contrast how different he was from start point to end point. From the well meaning but still kinda evil ganondorf, to force of destruction chaos monster we see in botw. Show how he became consumed by evil, completely forgetting why he ever sought power in the first place, would be pretty cool. And that way, you can still have the mindless force of destruction ganon
I don't think Dracula started the sequence of events in Castlevania, he overreacted to that which did, The Catholic Church. More accurately, those who were corrupted by the power granted to them by The Church. The Bishop started everything, or the Village's previous doctor did by telling lies to the Bishop knowing they would kill Lisa. Dracula was a victim, not a villain, and that is why every syllable Dracula utters feels like Thermonuclear Godzilla using Nuclear Pulse against King Ghidorah. It's what makes his anger so frightening to both the characters, and the viewers. This is why I f***ing love this version of Dracula above all others.
Dracula is chaos. He dies, he comes back and tries to kill humanity again and again. Until 1999...
God I would love to see the other characters revisited, Isaac was my fave in Season 3 as I fell it did the best at exploring his character and it was fun seeing as what I'm assuming Lawful Evil have a protagonist's journey.
maybe when the series is over. for now tho, until season 3 the heroes barely had arcs....the forgemasters however....
Yeah, if I had to give him an alignment, Isaac would be solidly Lawful Evil. I've given quite a bit of thought on what I would give as alignments for most of the characters. It's a good mental exercise when I'm stuck driving and need to keep my mind busy.
@@TheLoadingCrew I think yall are downplaying trevors arc. Issacs arc was neat tho. Then camilla I think her name was surprising in that I thought once they bouned the silver haired one they would treat him like shit but it doesnt seem to be her intention.
@@TheLoadingCrew That's the weakest part of the series. They really should have had more screen time in season 2.
Be sure to check out Demonac's Channel! - th-cam.com/users/demonac
I'm confused last video's comments you talked about waiting on the Joker?
joker still has another week....copyright claims on youtube are a bitch my dude
i would love to see one of Kratos' arc, at least in the original 6 games. seem's like he would jump alignments quite a lot imo.
Of all the channels I know that have dabbled in this idea of reviewing character alignments yours has been very above and beyond the norm and franklyI expect for other to be taking copycat notes from the extra little flourishes you put in like the final reviews/personal takes on the characters and their philosophies or how special circumstances influence your judgments of actions. Your editing is passable & you string together the choices the characters make in ways that feels organic. One thing I’d think you’d be better to change is the character you picked to represent That particular description is one that’s really overused but it does fit how I see your little passion project clicking together. If you’ve read this far and arn’t rolling your eyes now that’ve buttered you up I have another drop in the bucket roster of character suggestions to throw on a pile like the dozen or so you get every other day.
Zuko. (Avatar Obviously.) His reputation precedes him. he really is just the best.
Death (Diskworld) No bias for that one I swear.
Mr fox. (Fantastic Mr fox)
Raiden. (Metal gear rising)
@@joshuamitchell5018 your compliment is really nice my dude thank ya. although i'm confused at what you think I should do to improve. you just say "your character" and I have no idea what that means. also, I do suggest leaving a fresh comment if you ever want my attention right away. the YT app doesn't always let me know when I get a response to a comment
I'm so glad Demonac is getting some attention. Thanks for doing so. I wanted to pitch what alignment the characters of tales from my d&d campaign are, but that would be easy. It's on their sheet
Dracula: fine, we move the castle to Braila
Me, who lives there: "chuckles" I'm in danger
Channels like these are the only things that make me regret where I was born. As I am a hillbilly and non of my friends wanted to play DnD, they didn't make fun of me for it at least not to my face by anymeans but I was never able to persuade them to play. So watching as you guys go through and (please forgive the reference for lack of a better word) sort the subtleties of these characters into the most fitting alignments makes me a little sad that I really didn't get a chance to play.
Yeah, that's about I would say. Starting off Lawful Evil, improving some, before nosediving back down into a particularly erratic Neutral Evil.
D&D already decided Dracula's Alignment, "Loyal & Evil", when they created Strahd von Zarovich from Ravenloft Series.
The moments Dracula spoke before he died were so sentimental and well done
Rolls Nat 20 on humor at 8:15. 😂😂😂
The fall of Dracula, lies at Alucards failure to save his father.
Player: rolls a 19, 18, and mod 20 "ha! I hit him right?"
Dm": Bbeg has AC 38...so uh, nope :3
Not gonna lie I laughed so hard I cried at that part XD
*squeak squeak*
Ashton Werner
3.5 monks in a nutshell
Duel wielding finesse rogue rolls a 19, a 17, an 18, and a mod 30. 3 criticals and a miss. Some attacks in life are free. For everything else, there's Improved Critical.
This was a pretty damn awesome analysis. Brought me to tears (again) to see his last scene with Alucard.
Personally, I just love the fact that the ONLY way they were able to kill Dracula in this series was to have is son stab him in the heart while Dracula just stood there and let him because he was parallelized by grief over his own actions. It really shows both the power of Dracula AND his humanity.
Chaotic evil: in his fit of rage and anguish he decides to kill off humans and vampires alike. For me that is the closest thing to evil just for evil's sake
Chaotic Neutral, with Chaotic Evil tendencies.
I would say that you didn't give his self sacrifice enough gravity. Sacrificing his own life like that would have shot him straight to lawful neutral in my book.
Yes. It was a huge change of heart. He obviously died neither chaotic nor evil.
He didn't sacrifice himself in his own eyes. "I'm killing our boy... I must already be dead." He was too far gone in his eyes as a person. He was no longer Dracula, just a dead corpse. So he wasn't sacrificing himself "For" a purpose. He was allowing himself to finally stop impacting the world past his own death.
Can't say the writing staff didn't do their homework for this adaptation. A lot of this is inferred by Symphony of the Night and Curse of Darkness as well as the manual for Dracula's Curse, Hence why this is Trevor Belmont and not his more famous offspring Simon or Richter.
I'd say Dracula technically suits as Chaotic Neutral character since he is a conflicted and complicated character and he is shown to lash out at even those who were even innocent, essentially neutrality viewing all humans as no different, even his own son, which causes him to be Chaotic since he's so far gone that he's even willing to take it out on those who he cares for. But because of these same reasons, he also shows restraint in some of these actions as well and is still conflicted in them, showing that he can't stay TRUE or LAWFUL to his own words or intentions, but will openly commit terrible acts all because of his pain while caring very little for what other think of this plan of his.
Similar to how Chaotic Good characters often are where fallen heroes start and fall from, Chaotic Good characters don't care about what others may think as morality right or wrong but will only consider what is right and wrong to them, except with Chaotic Neutral is goes darker than that since it goes beyond knowing what you may think is wrong or right and essentially solely acts on pure impulse and desire, even if you don't fully believe in such a goal.
...Aaaaand now I really want to try making a True Neutral vampire scholar who willingly turned to gather information for eternity...
I got one for you, Big Boss from the Metal Gear series, he is quite a complicated character. What alignment is he?
I'm signing this petition.
I think he belongs to somewhere in the good to neutral spectrum
@@Homem_bucha Wow, very specific and helpful. You've just narrowed it down to 2/3 of the chart.
I was wholeheartedly not prepared to see Demonac show up in this he's been a favorite of mine on youtube for forever.
he's great isn't he?
I think Dracula's story is really interesting because he's essentially a guy who relapsed on his redemption arc
Remember folks, there’s a difference between a hero and a protagonist
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Godbrand, But I’m fucking *DRACULA*
My favorite summary of Dracula
I finished the 2 season yesterday, and well before the video I wanted to add Dracula to my campaign(just because I really liked him), now after watching, I'll put him there, but I'll use the Dracula that could have been
I would love to see a world dominated by a socially advancing dracula
I think of all the characters of Castlevania, Isaac has the most interesting story and character/character development. I just love Isaac so much. Could you make a video about his alignment?
I think Issac is probably straight up Lawful Evil
I can't believe I got an ad for a banjo cover of Vampire Killer from Castlevania 1!! This is what perfection feels like!!
I don't blame Dracula and those villagers even had a year to beat feet but instead they partied on the day they put his wife to the torch. Even a good character would likely have done an unthinkable thing in those circumstances. Does he go too far afterwards. Yeah.... But it isn't like he has anything left to lose.
"One year.... I gave you ONE YEAR to make your piece with your God. And what do you do? Celebrate the day *you killed my wife* . Remember, I gave you a chance...."
Please make a video for Hector and Isaac. I get if you don’t want to make another Castlevania video, which is fine, but I think one for the forgemasters from seasons 2 and 3 would be interesting.
I can kinda identify most of the alignment wheel (LG- Captain America, NG- Sora, CG- Ash Ketchum, LN- Judge Dredd, CN- Lina Inverse, LE- Darth Vader, NE- Sephiroth, CE- Joker) but I can’t figure out the last Neutral.
Basically he was chilling then he met someone who challenged his beliefs and he went like I’ll try to see your side then when he comes back and agrees boom now she’s his wife then she dies and he goes back to his old way’s because grief and they were just proven right but as a last wish he tells them to change within one year but nope they celebrate it and then he decides screw it they killed my wife now imma end them some people believe some souls aren’t worth as much as others it seems Dracula here believes in that because entire kingdom to him is his wife’s soul hehe nice
I did wonder why Dracula decided to kill all humans after his wife's murder, wondering more why he did not consider that there might be more good and reasonable humans out there like her and that should be enough to spare them. But then again, considering how long he has lived and how many times he has seen humanity fall into the same patterns, she must have been the rarest gem. And when she was taken from him, it broke his immortal heart so completely, all he wanted was to watch the world burn and eventually consume him with it. Sadness
Grief does stuff to people
I LOVE, Dracula in this story. I caught me in the feels when he was talking to his wife in the picture. It was so touching.
Dracula isnt even that old yet. He became a Vampire in 1094 only.
COUNTLESS
CENTURIES!
:p
His alignment is the same as that of any great but sleeping "evil" --> Chaotic Good, untill you piss me of enough to become the BBEG.
Far into the future of season four in 2021, I can safely say that the last scene of Dracula is of him being, "well adjusted."
Lawful Evil.
He was naturally drawn to evil deeds for most of his life, but he had his rules and followed them.
God that monologue kills me every time it’s so powerful and remorseful
Difference of opinion (going to be edited when I finish the video):
5:58 - Lawful Evil
EDIT: This is all. The reason I say that it is more Lawful Evil than Chaotic Evil is because, from this scene, he says that other vampires will not have a say in the war, only him. He is playing on his rule rather than just trying to turn the world into an anarchy without a ruler. This war WILL make him the ruler of the world, which he will gladly take from those that took his wife.
Dracula's death I have no issue declaring as one of the most emotional scenes in animated series history.....also I absolutely still would LOVE an alignment video for Isaac-
Why did I love this villain? Because this Dracula is the _perfect_ fusion between Gabriel Belmont's complexity and classic Dracula's charisma. :)
I love how this he said about dracula
Castlevania is a fascinating story. Instead of a hero Vs a dark and evil villain in a neutral setting, you have a dark and evil WORLD and two groups of heroes trying to fix it. Dracula is trying to fix the world by fighting evil with evil, and Alucard is trying to fix the world by fighting for the one thing he knows is good. All the characters are dynamic and well-rounded and I love every single one of them.
“What dnd alignment is Dracula?”
Is Chaotic-Sad an alignment?
pretty much! lol
personally, I would say a Lawful Neutral to Lawful Evil.
He believes in Justice, the truth of science and honors custom and tradition, but generally cares for himself and cares not for those who may or may not stand in his way, or are caught in his crusades and vengence.
Dracula was a Belmont in the series.
I would have given him one more ding to chaotic neutral. Because he and Lisa stole clothes but swore to pay the people they stole from back after getting revived at the end of season 4.
Mathias (pre Elisabetha death) was definitely Lawful Good. Doing the work of the Church and working with Leon during the crusades.
Mathias (post Elisabetha Death) went somewhere between True Neutral to Chaotic Evil. Blaming god for the death of his wife and threw his humanity away because of it, thus becoming the King of the Vampires with both the Crimson Stone and the Ebony Stone amplifying his powers.
Dracula (Before meeting Lisa), dude’s just chilling, so maybe True Neutral.
Dracula (married Lisa and has Alucard, roughly around the same time Trevor is born, since the two are around the same age.)
Adrian (Pre-Alucard name change, during/a bit after Lisa’s death) dude went chaotic evil along with his father, the dude agreed with his fathers actions, but being at her execution he remembered what she told him so he decided to fight against his father, nowhere near as strong as his father and gets his ass beat. Goes to wait for some more help. So he went from Chaotic Evil to Lawful Good.
Trevor (pre meeting Sypha, Grant and Alucard). Somewhere around Lawful Good to Chaotic Good. Despite being banished by the PEOPLE (not the church), he still knows it’s his job to fight Dracula and when the church calls for his help he does so, in the beginning is seen kneeling and praying in front of a large stone cross.
Sypha (pre-meeting the other 3) I’d say the same as Trevor, despite being a Witch she was an Orthodox Christian and went to go help the church anyway she could, they ended up sending her to fight the Cyclopes and she turns to stone.
Grant (Pre-meeting the other 3), roughly Chaotic Good to Chaotic Neutral, was a merchant and stood against Dracula after his family was killed, Dracula turned him into a monster and locked him in the clock tower to fend off Trevor.
Hector and Issac (Pre and Post Hectors betrayal), both would be considered Chaotic Evil ((especially Issac)). Hector ended up not liking what Dracula was doing and straight up told him to his face to essentially to F off and left. Issac went after him thus leaving Dracula alone with Death. So Hector went from Chaotic Evil to Lawful Evil to Chaotic Good.
The 4 Legendary Heroes Meet Up. Trevor saves both Grant and Sypha. Grant turns back to his normal human form and asks to join. Sypha turns back from stone and asks to join. Alucard asked to join after getting his ass beat by a Belmont and knew that he (Trevor) was going to be the one to stop his father. Around this same time, Grant fell in love with Sypha. Trevor and Sypha fell in love with each other. They fight through Dracula’s Castle, fight and defeat Death, fight and kill Dracula.
Hector vs Issac, during this time, Issac had tried to ambush Hector but was getting his ass beat. When Dracula died, they both felt Dracula’s power leave which caused Issac to go insane. Hector ended up stabbing Issac and sending him over the edge of the Ravine that they were fighting near.
After Dracula’s Death, with his dying breath Dracula placed a curse on Transylvania that would slowly infect people’s minds. Trevor and Sypha were to get married, sent an invitation to Grant but Grant “Couldn’t stand to see his Best Friend marry the Love of his Life” so he left and didn’t attend the wedding but did what he could with the money he made to make repairs. Alucard went back to sleep and wouldn’t wake up for another 321 years till Symphony of the Night. Issac went into hiding but kept tabs on Hector. Hector ended up getting married to a woman named Rosaly, and refused to use his powers. Issac used that to his advantage and spread lies to the village people that Rosaly was a witch which in turn got her executed. The lies went on for about 3 years which is when Curse of Darkness happens. So Issac stayed Chaotic Evil and Hector went to around Lawful Good.
During those events Alucard and Trevor became best friends, Alucard at some point does say that Trevor was an honorable Leader and he would fight alongside him again and die for Trevor if he needed too.
They managed to create an engaging villain who could have been redeemed. The best tragedies demonstrate human failings like this.
A significant amount of action heroes are lawful evil. In order to kill you must walk that line, some killers have a code and are almost admired or allow grain of respect for it, Anton chigur rings a bell.
I'm excited because when season 3 of castlevania came out I thought hey i wonder if they will do a alignment video for dracula then thought nah hes probably gonna do one for trevor instead.
What were all the pictures of the different alignments? I only could see cap america, ash and the guy from kingdom hearts
Others:
Haku - Naruto - True Neutral
Darth Vader/AnakinSkywalker - Star Wars - Lawful Evil
Lina Invers - Slayers (anime) - Chaotic Neutral
I would have to guess for Lawful Neutral and say Master Chief ?
No idea who Neutral Evil and Chaotic Evil are though.
@@asimovvomisa4040 i guess the chaotic evil is joker. The clothing has some type of tuxedo and a big tie, also the face is pale and the hair has a green-tint. Also, i thought of the guy from crisis(the game) when i looked at the lawful neutral but i guess masterchief is logical too
@@paulglandorf4858 yeah i found other comments and they mention Judge Dredd for Lawful neutral and Sephirot for Neutral Evil.
And as you mentioned Joker CE.
The best possible way they could resurrect Dracula in the netflix series, if they are going to at all, would be to have the process of resurrection fundamentally change his personality and his recollection of his memories. Effectively creating an entirely new person in the same body. This way Dracula can still serve his central purpose in the story without cheapening the story we've already seen with him.
I was just wondering what D&D alignment is Yusuke Urameshi or hiei from yu yu hakusho
Yusuke would probably be chaotic neutral/chaotic good and hiei by the end of the series True neutral
Poor Dracula. TBF, it was not by his hands that he was once again given flesh. He was called here by humans, who wished to pay him tribute.
I'd say Dracula has gone through several alignment shifts in his arc.
Early flashback Dracula was Lawful Evil, harming only those who harmed and offended him. No others.
By the time Alucard is born, but before Lisa dies, he's leaning more True Neutral or Neutral Good.
But after Lisa's murder all he seeks is to spread death and destruction, fueled by his own hate and despair. He has no care for law or order, only the death. He even nearly kills his own son. That's a pretty classic case of Chaotic Evil.
So by the end, he's Chaotic Evil.
"I dont know if you noticed godbrand but im fucking Dracula" best line in the video
It seems that his family made him better and they led to most of his good actions at least in my eyes.
Pre: Lawful Evil. Post: Chaotic Evil.
I'd say, he's about 65% Lawful Evil, 35% Chaotic Evil.
"When Lisa was killed by the ignorance of men, she had been well along the road of teaching Dracula that humanity- like herself, like their son- could be so much more. And that he- with all his ancient knowledge- had the power to make the world a better, wiser, more civilized place. A man with the power to lay waste to an entire kingdom, and to plot to cover the sky in endless darkness, who could have advanced civilization from the barbarity of Castlevania's Wallachia to a new enlightenment almost singlehandedly."
I still have never heard the sheer _tragedy_ of Dracula expressed quite so accurately as it is here.
The scary thing is that as I watch this video, I realize this would be my dad had my mother ever been murdered. And yes my big brother would have been Alucard.
I think the chaotic evil snap was inevitable. He couldn't turn her as that would corrupt her purity. She was eventually going to die anyway. I think his coming to the light was as frail as human life, though it probably would have been a less spectacular event if she died of old age
why is the alignment shift so small? I'm guessing he started with lawful 10 and evil -10, then with every act gives him +/-1pt? But isn't every act given equal amount of points, like in 9:50, he's given lawful+1/good+1, isn't that supposed to be higher since that is a change in heart and morals?
You know you're a badass when you can make a viking vampire soil his pants.
In the games he is pretty much canonically Chaotic Evil.
His powers actually come from an evil entity known only as Chaos, and at least one of his worshippers expects him to "cleanse the world with the searing flames of chaos".
Castlevania itself is even referred to as a "creature of Chaos" by Alucard, and it is infested with monsters, ghosts, vampires and demons of all varieties with no rhyme or order- they just show up and hang around, killing anyone who crosses their path.
Dracula even says that every time he dies, he goes to the Abyss to recuperate, and I'd be comfortable labelling him not just a vampire but a minor Demon Lord who rules his own little layer from which he plots against humanity and God.
I would say Dracula was more Lawful Neutral while he was trying to understand the humans
not to mention they have the same exact look from kingdom heart's birth by sleep, trio, and master.
Excuse my language but... Fucking... Outstanding video!
I'm not a huge fan of Castlevania, so I never really thought to watch it, but God damn did this video make me wanna watch it!!!
Great work!!! Keep it up!!!
I'ma subscribe, but I think y'all need to work on that sound mixer in editing. Going from loud to quiet to loud to comfortable to loud to quiet gets pretty frustrating from a viewer's standpoint.
Definitely a fun vid though! I enjoy the premise of your channel!
Chaotic lawful, he follows a code religiously but no one know whst that code is.
I think it's a slight oversight to ignore the time he spent with Lisa between when they first met and her death, I think that his alignment shift downward would have been much more drastic and brought on primarily because of his emotional reliance on Lisa.
I've stated at that circle for so damn long and I can't figure out who the hell center neutral and right chaotic neutral.
Neither Thanos nor Dracula is actually the protagonist. "[character] sets in motion events" is 100% typical storytelling antagonist behavior. The villain goes and does something bad, then heroes rise up to stop/undo it.
Well thanos is the protagonist, and the avengers are his villains in the first movie.
@@sgcv No, he's definitely the antagonist - just an antagonist with a lot of screen focus and a well-defined goal and motive. "Villain comes up with and begins executing a nasty plot. Heroes find out about this nasty plot and make a serious effort to interfere with it" is _really basic_ storytelling and that structure doesn't change just because the camera is focused on the villain rather than the heroes.
And there is such a thing as a villain protagonist...Thanos just isn't it. Nor is Beerus from the Battle of Gods movie. Nor is Dracula in the Castlevania show (though he _has been_ in other incarnations of the character).
Nathan Is a Weasel who is the protagonist in avengers infinity war, if not Thanos?The nasty plot is all about perspective and could easily be understood as the avengers working against his plan to save the universe and plotting against him. To the detriment of the greater good.
And that’s without relying on the fact the screen writers have stated he is written as the protagonist. He follows the hero’s journey and wins in the end, and the villains(avengers) lost.
Nathan Is a Weasel
Look up “the villain protagonist.”
It’s possible to create a story where the protagonist is also the villain.
Avengers infinity war is a simple heroes journey told from thanos’ point of view. That’s why it works. Otherwise the story would’ve been a cluster of unintelligible special effects.
@DraculaCronqvist His name might be in the Japanese title but he's never been the main character of the series. Castlevania has always been about the Belmont family and their quest to destroy Dracula.
Ok, want a fun one? Do a D&D Alignment for Handsome Jack from Borderlands. I know in the end he will land on Lawful or Neutral Evil, but he genuinely starts his story as Lawful Neutral and the way he ends there is kinda tragic and twisted. That and you get to D&D ALL his brilliance. Yes, you have to do The Prequel, Borderlands 2, and Tales in timeline order. There is a good reason why he is one of gamings newest hallmark villians.