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LinusW
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:48 |
The Impaler was Vlad Tepes, if I'm not mistaken.
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Lizzy
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:49 |
aginor wrote:
No, I have been told it thousend (or ten) times, I sent a message to my father, he knows,
he was from the Hungarian minority of Romania and moved early to
Budapest (year 1), my paternal grandmother is from the Hungarian city of
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Aha! Interesting. Thanks for sharing this. :D
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James wrote:
But as I was saying, Vlad Dracul was Wallachian.
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He ruled in Wallachia, but was from Transylvania.
Edit - Wait! Vlad Dracul was The Impaler's dad.
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My mistake. It was a few years ago that I was reading about them all. My memory has forgotten all the connections.
I think he was a Voivod as well though?
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Yuss! In Wallachia too, if memory serves.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:49 |
Yes, that sounds right.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:50 |
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Voivod! |
Canadian, yes? I keep meaning to check them out. Would I like them even remotely?
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A Person
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:50 |
Lizzy wrote:
Yuss! In Wallachia too, if memory serves.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:51 |
See, they're more associated with Wallachia than Transylvania. Silly old Bram Stoker and his stories.
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NecronCommander
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:51 |
James wrote:
NecronCommander wrote:
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Canadian, yes?
I keep meaning to check them out. Would I like them even remotely?
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Probably not. I think they're only just okay, and they're only proggy on like 3 of their albums. It's prog thrash metal.
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LinusW
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:51 |
I've been latently fascinated by the whole Dracula story ever since I read "The Historian"by Elizabeth Kostova.
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Lizzy
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:54 |
James wrote:
See, they're more associated with Wallachia than Transylvania. Silly old Bram Stoker and his stories.
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Pure historical fiction. Like Prus writing about Ramses XIII. O_o
Edited by Lizzy - October 18 2010 at 14:54
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A Person
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:55 |
I tried to read Dracula once, I got bored though.
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LinusW
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:56 |
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I tried to read Dracula once, I got bored though.
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You didn't miss much. A grating read.
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Icarium
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:57 |
was he a hero or was he a horrible person
it dipends on which part of the conflic you were on, the Ottomanian saw him as a monster, the Hungarian saw him probably both as a nice fellow, but also a tad annoying, the wallachian (or transilvanians) saw him as a hero.
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 14:58 |
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LinusW
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:01 |
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:01 |
^ I have seen the movie and heard the music (mastodon)
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:02 |
Lizzy wrote:
James wrote:
See, they're more associated with Wallachia than Transylvania. Silly old Bram Stoker and his stories.
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Pure historical fiction. Like Prus writing about Ramses XIII. O_o
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Indeed. There's a copy of the book somewhere at my parents house. Oh and speaking of Dracula, The History of Horror series is on BBC Two.  This is followed by a Dracula film.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:03 |
Mastodon did the music for Moby Dick?
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:03 |
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Pekka
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:03 |
Anybody else enjoying the Tool = Satan reviews on the front page?
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Posted: October 18 2010 at 15:04 |
James wrote:
Mastodon did the music for Moby Dick?
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