https://archiveofourown.org/series/3397117
It's public domain so we can publish and sell it, which is what I plan on doing.
SPOILERS for my friend's fanfiction, obviously. This is just story notes so far.
I have some ideas for Cold Skin and Warm Blood! Since Samson isn't conciously hitchhiking and not all hitchhikers get picked up even if they aren't 8 foot tall patchwork people, so circumstances would have been pretty bad if Jonathan would stop in the middle of nowhere just to check on some random stranger by the side of the road. Maybe put an emphasis on exactly HOW remote the place was, and how strange it was to see a person out in the middle of nowhere. Maybe Jonathan was warned beforehand how deadly it could be in the cold weather, or maybe he saw a few wolves running around earlier or heard their howls which made him fear for Samson's safety.
And I think that Jonathan would try to theorise about Samson's past and stuff. My personal headcanon as to why Jonathan would ignore Dracula's red flag parade was because he rationalised it all in his head, since he's a curious person but he doesn't make the wisest choices.
Jonathan would come to a rational (ish) explanation as to why something happened, but since the Count never confirmed it Jon never wrote it down because he wanted to only include facts in his journal, probably be concise. So when Jonathan meets Samson, he starts theorising about Samson's stuff without being particularly intrusive about it, he could believe that Samson's a patient undergoing a surgery from the hospital and his memory loss problems and strange behaviour are because of his treatment, and he brings it up to Samson who just confirms all the theories he says. Jonathan thinks that he knows Samson well, but it adds another layer to his mood whiplash when he reads Samson's diaries and realises that he was lying his ass off this whole time when Jonathan was talking about his past. It would also add a layer as to why Samson bursts into tears when Jonathan called him Frankenstein- Samson knew that Jonathan had read his diaries and realised how much he lied to try and appeal to him.
Another suggestion would be if you first talked about Jonathan's reaction to the journals, horror about how he's been mislead, then dived into Samson's journals so the reader can see for themself what Samson wrote, and after that there's the section on Jonathan cursing himself for suddenly getting so spooked about the revelation and empathising with Samson and why he would want to hold onto Jonathan so tightly and unhealthily. There could be a scene in their following conversation where Jonathan says that he can be honest without being judged.
Another idea I had would be that Samson noticed more red flags about Dracula than Jonathan did since he's already used to being mistreated, and he tries to warn Jonathan and attempt to stop Dracula from being creepy towards him, which is why Dracula decides to lock him up to begin with. Jonathan might ask Dracula where Samson went, and then go around the castle searching for Samson, only for Dracula to tell him that Samson left and went home.
BTW another idea, Samson says he's a student but doesn't specify which area he's studying, and Jonathan asks if he wants to hear about his job. Samson says yes and Jonathan just rambles for 30 minutes about his job because Samson seems to enjoy listening
Dracula probably tries to tell him to be grateful that Samson left, but Jonathan's not having it obviously. After learning that the Count doesn't like Samson around, he continues his efforts at searching for Samson and finds a soundproofed room, digging out the soundproofing he finds the room where Samson's being held and calls out to him.
This scene is probably a highly emotional one because Samson would have been told by the vampires that Jonathan had left and didn't care about him, so Jonathan appearing to check on him and revealing that he had been searching for Samson would be utterly massive. Also, Jonathan tries to help Samson by repairing the cross and probably carving a few new ones into inconspicuous places, but the vampires catch onto that and move him again
Also Samson would notice that Jonathan has bite marks on him and alert him to that- I imagine that the Count got rid of Jonathan's shaving mirror and stuff because he didn't want Jonathan to see any bite marks on him. Other stuff such as the bowl he uses as a mirror is usually too small/ blurry for him to realise those are bite marks and not just random red dots
Wait just a random headcanon I had
Jonathan likes to skid around, his shoes are slippery and occasionally if he's on tiling he'll jog for a bit and suddenly stop so he skids forward, he has a good sense of balance so he doesn't fall but he likes to skid
I just think he's cute that way ^^
UnfriedMouthWheat — 01/05/2023 11:54
He learned it to have more dramatic appearances when Mina comes home
skids out from the doorway “MINA!”
weird glitched out N̷P̵C̸ — 01/05/2023 11:54
YES
He absolutely would!!!
And he would dramatically jog and then skid to a halt when he's called
UnfriedMouthWheat — 01/05/2023 11:56
Yes! There’s a certain showmanship that he likes in being able to execute a perfectly timed skid
I have a bunch of stuff archived for writing notes on tumblr! I know the tag it is under. I will try and get it done when I can.
