WoW Moviewatch: Castlevania: Wisps of Dracula
by Michael Gray 
Jun 18th 2009 at 12:00PM
Your appreciation for Castlevania: Wisps of Dracula by Noblejazan will vary depending on your knowledge and experience with poorly written fan-fiction. The author took an "original story" written by a fan of the game Castlevania, and put it into machinima. Mind you, Noblejazan used an actual fanfiction. The resulting video is somewhere between a hyperspeed parody and a weeping nod to the phenomenon of fanfic.
This video has all the very best tropes. It has senseless tragedy, dashing heroics, an invulnerable, rogue hero, and a hint that the real Mary Sue has yet to be born. (I'm sure Rhonin is just around the corner for the next installment.) The author is careful to pronounce the actual language from his chosen fanfiction, and the movie moves so fast it feels like you're on a sugar-fueled rollercoaster ride. I especially like the word-art flying across the screen, to help make sure you don't miss any details.
Although I was a little confused when I first pulled this video up on WarcraftMovies, I laughed out loud when I played the YouTube stream. This video is hilarious work, though I'll admit I'm not sure of the gimmick could be repeated. It's definitely worth the few minutes watching.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ithiliel Jun 18th 2009 12:07PM
Bad fanfiction indeed! Great find.
But isn't he supposed to marry Legolas or Frodo at the end?
Arrowsmith Jun 18th 2009 12:16PM
This is almost, ALMOST as bad as The Horrendous example of fanfiction that is "My Immortal". Seriously, look it up on YouTube, you will never be the same again.
Getting back on topic, The voiceover narration was perfect. I was laughing hard. Kudos.
Rattleshirt Jun 18th 2009 12:28PM
You know...the kid who wrote that is going to tell his friend(s?) that his fanfiction was made into a movie.
And he will be proud.
And hopefully will "r3st on h1s lolerls" never write again.
Great movie though, co-workers are looking at me funny for laughing so loud, =)
Volaro Jun 18th 2009 12:27PM
Heh, looks like it was inspired by Half-Life: Full Life Consequences. There's a full series of those on Youtube too.
Desworks Jun 18th 2009 12:35PM
Entertaining, but simply a World of Warcraft version of the fantastic Half Life: Full Life Consequences animation that was done a while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs
I personally thing the Half Life one works better, due to the perfect tone set by the animation (or lack thereof) used.
Passerby Jun 18th 2009 12:51PM
For those of you unfamiliar with the author of the fanfic, he's quite the interwebz sensation. I present to you, Peter Chimaera, author of Doom: Repercussions of Evil, and similar stories:
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Peter_Chimaera
sidhedevil Jun 18th 2009 1:39PM
As a long-time Castlevania fan (even Simon's Quest :P), this is pure win!
Redpostit Jun 18th 2009 7:11PM
"That is lonely crystal is not source of power i am still powar"
As he says "powar", he sounds like some twisted version of Arnold Schwarznegger.
I laughed more at that line than other lines that were arguably funnier just because of that
Qot Jun 18th 2009 2:27PM
Are we sure the author of the original fanfic liked Castlevania? Maybe he hated it and is on a long, but very subtle, vendetta against it.
Lageno Jun 18th 2009 3:16PM
Totally inspired by Half-Life: Full-Life Consequences, which I watch everyday religiously.
Kluh Jun 23rd 2009 11:32AM
just awsome :D
JacKThERiPPeRNoblejazan Jun 19th 2009 10:23AM
OMG!!
I am the author of this masterpiece, and I swear I haven't recieve this feedback in ages!
Anyways, the voice acting was made by some guy called Dreux Ferrano (or Druox the Shredder), not by me. I would voice act too, but my voice is much different than this guy's.
Thank you so much!
JacKThERiPPeRNoblejazan Jun 19th 2009 10:40AM
Anyways, I forgot to tell that I'm not much on the Castlevania franchise, I didn't even play any Castlevania game. But I tried hard more on making it funny.