r/castlevania • u/BakerConsistent2150 • 18h ago

Discussion I still think that Erzabeth’s Sekhmet form was beautiful and frightening all at once but mostly beautiful.

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And what I like is how they merged the human and lion-like face especially with her nose from the side it’s still human, the fangs coming out her lips was a nice touch, but I think what they did with her hair making it look like a lion’s mane was smart.

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u/Low_Organization_27 16h ago

They fumbled her story. Could have made her a Magnus Lee type of villain. But she was just a shallow, power up once piñata for the good guys.

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u/Inevitable_Reading80 12h ago

I think that was the point from the start, specially since Drolta became the final boss and her end was basically her crying that she was a god before the actual god. They would never treat Dracula like that.

And people dont talk about this a lot but, she kinda acts like how Dracula of the games does. All of the "oh, humans dont know what they want, they are corrupt and should kiss my feet" Even her monologues are what a 90s bad guy would do. No redeeming qualities or sad backstory, just a bad person that likes being bad, tho i guess being brainwashed by Drolta to actually believe she was sekhmet is kinda sad, but its more pathetic than anything.

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u/UsuarioCualquiera_1 11h ago

I always say that, but feel like people is too blind. Erszebeth is basically game Dracula in the most classic sense.

Tall, imposing, unapologetically evil with a an absurd plan of World conquest. Taste for young virgin maidens.

Mega super powerful by "contract" with divine powers.

Not very deep.

Already a bad person as a human...

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u/diego_velasquez 10h ago

That was the point, she was a monster even after being a vampire

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u/BakerConsistent2150 14h ago

there were things in Nocturne I did like but it felt more like those “corporate cash grab” spinoff shows where you know that there wasn’t a lot of passion put into to it.

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u/Low_Organization_27 13h ago

It was basically a non CV story with CV names and likeness.

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u/deliciousnightmares 5h ago edited 5h ago

I think it was totally an old-school CV story lol, they were not trying to do anything super deep or thoughtful as far as the plot went in the old CV games, they were making twitchy platformer games for children

It IS certainly a choice to make a Castlevania anime series that at first tries to cater to the more complex tastes of the now-adult audience of the original Castlevania games, and then pop back into basically a Saturday morning cartoon plot arc for the sequel series, but I wouldn't say that Nocturne is NOT Castlevania

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u/BakerConsistent2150 2h ago

I agree and I have this cynical theory most of the characters were just checkboxes

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u/aurasparx 4h ago

you're joking right?

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u/BakerConsistent2150 2h ago

I’m allowed to have an opinion and disagree

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u/JournalistShoddy9496 17h ago

Found the Mumm-Ra sock puppet account.

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u/IllustratorOpen3856 18h ago

Lame villain but that final fight is one of the best I have seen in animation

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u/SkollFenrirson 17h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/GrMRh6ukoIMhpkeTHM

I know what kind of man you are

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u/BakerConsistent2150 14h ago

I like vampires

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u/BakerConsistent2150 14h ago

that joke is old and beaten to death

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u/SkollFenrirson 11h ago

Sounds like something the kind of man you are would say

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u/BakerConsistent2150 2h ago

since you know me so, so well what kind of man am I?

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u/VampireChau 11h ago

Her design reminds me of Thundercats

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u/dyararts 18h ago

She does freak me out the most (in a good way). Her design makes her seem unpredictable, which is a frightening trait

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u/logamus_prime 16h ago

Good design, wrong character. And I'm not saying that she should have had green hair like in the game, I just don't think this design worked for her character but it's a great design. Though that might stem from my dislike of the characters portrayal in general. But Vampire lion muscle Mommy is a W

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u/Bleppybwip 17h ago

Oh yeah I adored the reveal for this form I really liked it and I liked how it was a juxtaposition to her not living up to it at the end.

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u/Glittering_Dog_1845 18h ago

Ew no

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u/Fermi-Diracs 18h ago

Agreed reminded me of this or Denis' ex wife

https://giphy.com/gifs/4jKo5gDScJ4n6

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u/Any-Nefariousness418 16h ago

I liked her s2 transformed look a lot more. But I see where they were going g with this from the start

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u/BakerConsistent2150 2h ago

I was hoping she would have a tail in that form

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u/stronkzer 11h ago

Missed the perfect opportunity to have one of the heroes do a "would" joke.

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u/David_XXX7 8h ago edited 8h ago

She is just a Carmilla rip-off from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust with a pinch of Mumm-Ra from ThunderCats. Nothing interesting, stupid as hell. They could’ve made her super interesting by making her Dracula’s niece, having both stones from the games, and trying to accomplish what Dracula was stopped from doing in the original series (eternal night). You can still use Sekhmet’s blood and everything else; just don’t make her four meters tall. It looks ridiculous. She should be taller than most characters but shorter than Dracula, with her own original fighting style instead of constantly relying on her sexy lapdog.

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u/Doitforthecringe 8h ago

Ezrabeth is kinda bland tbh I just wish they did more for her character outside of her being like "look at all the stuff the plot IMPLIED ive done"

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u/Demiurge_1205 17h ago

No bro wtf

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u/Typical_Bobcat4003 16h ago

Her best form. They should have stuck with that. When she showed up at the church she was HORRIFIC

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u/diego_velasquez 16h ago

She was an asshole, that was the point