R. M. Renfield

Character
Name:	R. M. Renfield
Occupation:
Relationships:	Count Dracula Jack Seward -- doctor
Fandom:	Dracula
Other:
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R. M. Renfield (usually referred to as just Renfield by the fandom) is a character from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula.

During the Dracula Daily influenced resurgence of the novel on Tumblr in 2022, interest in Renfield was renewed. An adaption focused on Renfield, also titled Renfield, is in production in 2023, and interest in the movie is being spurred by the Dracula Daily crowd.

Fandom

• memes about what Renfield will eat next (TODO find links)
• meta about Victorian treatment and understanding of mental illness (TODO find links)

Fanworks

Fanfic

Renfield-centric fanfics are often AUs that have him survive the events of the novel.

• There is Life in Me by The Smiling Shadow, an early fan writer with the focus on Renfield
• Because Enoch walked with God by ubyr-babaj - a Dracula/Renfield story based on an idea from Stoker's notes that suggested Dracula releasing Renfield from the asylum
• The Thunder Rattling Your Ground by imsorryimlate - a Seward/Renfield character study

Fanart

• he has turned his mind now to spiders, ^{Archived version} by faemothra, 2022

Meta

TODO

Resources

• Wikipedia:Renfield
• R.M. Renfield on AO3
• #Renfield on Tumblr
• Renfield on Dracula Fandom.com wiki
• Renfield on TVTropes