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Crew of Light
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| Relationship: | |
| Alternative name(s): | Crew of Light, the Team, the Polycule, Polycula[Note 1] |
| Fandom: | Dracula (novel) |
| Type: | team, can also be interpreted as a polycule |
| Canonical?: | yes (polycule not canon) |
| Prevalence: | popular |
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In Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, most of the good guys team up to go after Dracula together. This teamup is often referred to as The Team or The Crew of Light by the fandom. Some people also interpret it as a web of romantic relationships and thus refer to it as The Polycule or Polycula.
Canon
It becomes formally a thing after Lucy dies in late September and all the characters assemble to fight Dracula.
Canon members: Abraham Van Helsing, Arthur Holmwood, Quincey Morris, Jack Seward, Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker.
Fandom
Shipping
As a polycule this is often a linking of several other popular ships, for example the Suitor Squad + the Harkers + Abraham Van Helsing/Jack Seward (other combinations are possible but that's what I remember seeing the most). Lucy Westenra may also be included in the polycule (via ships between her and any of the suitors, or Mina Murray/Lucy Westenra) even in canon-compliant fanworks/discussions where Lucy is dead by the time the Team formally assembles to go after Dracula.
An example of this is: "everyone in the kill dracula polycule is dating everyone else" tag on ao3
Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfic
Fanart
- Dracula Daily sketch for October 15th. In which the gang take the train. by georgiacooked, 2023
- Sometimes a family is a solicitor, a typewriting fiend, her best friend, her bff’s rich lover, 2 doctors, a cowboy, and the newest addition - a kid! by mewtwo365, 2023
- Missing dracula daily today so here’s some old art~ by crisdrawsandcries, 2023
- When I saw this old photograph, I knew that I had to draw the Crew of Light this way by bluecatwriter, 2024
Meta
Links and Resources
- AO3 tags: [1] (canonical gen relationship tag), Jonathan Harker/Mina Murray Harker/Arthur Holmwood/Quincey Morris/John Seward/Abraham Van Helsing (canonical polycule relationship tag), Crew of Light freeform tag, polycula - Freeform (freeform tag),
- #Crew of Light on Tumblr
- Dracula Characters on TVTropes
Notes
- ^ "Polycula" also seems to be used for a polycule specifically of Lucy Westenra and her three suitors.