Thread:LaVey/@comment-34095901-20181111102029/@comment-1255618-20181121213636

Very interesting! :o

I think the "100 years" thing was really just the state of affairs before the turn of the 19th century; personally speaking, I would say someone writing in 1801 could truthfully make the claim that Dracula's return happens every century, since before this time battles against Dracula happening in the same century were just parts of their centennial cycles, since it often takes more than one attempt to kill Dracula "properly", for example how 'Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse', the original 'Castlevania', and 'Castlevania: The Adventure' lead to 'Castlevania: Curse of Darkness', 'Castlevania II: Simon's Quest', and 'Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge' due to Dracula having been at first defeated but not vanquished by each era's heroes. It could also be argued that 'Symphony of the Night' is part of the same cycle as 'Rondo of Blood', since Shaft is behind Dracula's resurrection in both cases, but this is also the beginning of an interesting turning point. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it becomes increasingly clear that Dracula isn't just coming back "early" but that his resurrections are going to continue to happen more and more frequently (probably due to the power of humanity's darkness growing alongside the first truly global conflicts), culminating in his final cataclysmic resurrection in the year 1999.