> The title of the present essay is of course a riff on the late Mark Fisher’s notable 2013 cri-de-coeur, “Exiting the Vampire Castle,” but other than that the two pieces of writing have nothing in common.
Well, the ones from the Hammer films perhaps -- or as it says in the links "[the above] castle provided a visual palette for Bram Stoker when he started writing the book in Cruden Bay".
Historical Dracula (Vlad III) lived in Romania tho
Same here. Fisher's essay stuck with me, and now it comes to mind whenever I see the words "Vampire Castle." It's also quite remarkable that it was written in 2013, because the problems Fisher described in the essay didn't really kick into overdrive until later in the decade.
Kind of uncool to use the w-word. Partly because it’s offensive and partly because it’s really outdated, Alf Garnet-style language. Made me wonder if the author understood its connotation.
I feel tricked, particularly since this wasn't mentioned until Part 5. If you were to choose, I'd recommend the original over "the present essay": https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vam....