ship_manifesto | Twisted Fairytale (Integral/Alucard from Hellsing)

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Title: Twisted Fairytale.
Author: Thess.
Fandom: Hellsing.
Couple: Integral Fairbrooks Wingates/van Helsing Hellsing and Alucard (Vlad III Dracula).
Spoilers: Manga (from volume 1 to volume 8, chapter 7). All Anime series.
Notes: I don’t have the Dark Horse edition of the Manga, only the Norma one (Spanish Version), the fantranslation and the Japanese raw chapters. Nor do I have the English DVDs of Pioneer, but Spanish dubs and the fansubs. My apologies for the delay. Thanks a lot to everyone in

integraxalucard,

ciarda_rois for edit the Manifesto and

saintedsin for help me with the images. It's a bit over the 5000 words due to links.

Tales from noble virgins saved by valiant knights from vile traitors and monsters have existed since a long time in fiction. Also about the good and caring woman changing the foul male with her love to a better person. So is the cliché of Dracula being interested in the young lady related to his acclaimed Dutch nemesis to make her his victim in several continuations of Stoker’s novel.

However… what if the maiden were the knight? What if the monster were her loyal protector? What if the lines of nobility and ruthlessness are forgotten in the name of duty? What if both changed through their ties? What if Dracula were not the enemy but the Van Helsing’s ally? What if the lady slaved the king of vampires?

Those are Integral and Alucard in Hellsing.

This is one of those couples that have a blurred line between fanon and canon. First off, in both Anime and Manga, Alucard has thrown several sexual barbs that are crystal clear in his interest but so far Integral isn’t receptive of them. While is no proper canon yet, it has a lot of chances to become official in future Manga volumes.

Master of the Monster
“There’s only one order: Search and Destroy!”

Steadfast, intelligent, domineering, devoted and ruthless, Integral Hellsing is the perfect example of what a New Woman of the XIX century imagery is (cue to go against conventions, she’s addressed with male titles: Sir, Master, Count). She’s the youngest and only female knight member of the Twelve Conventions (the Round Table, an Organisation that controls the UK secretly) and the leader of the Hellsing Organisation, a position she inherited at the tender age of thirteen years when her father died. Her uncle tried to kill her; she discovered and accidentally freed a powerful vampire in the basement and murdered her uncle, within a week. Such was the start of little Integral. A decade after her ascension, Integral has to deal with an important crisis of her country, the new breed of more violent, less powerful vampires and the incorporation of a new undead in her ranks.

In the Manga, Integral is very feminine, while she smokes cigars and wears a pantsuit, her hair, her poses and lips are drawn in a classic beauty way (following the New Woman imagery with a touch of Noir). She’s the only female character with lipstick in some coloured official art and is drawn with roses to emphasize this aspect. Integral will do everything to fulfill her duty, protect the protestant lands of the UK from any supernatural menace, even to the cost of losing her own ‘humanity’ pieces by pieces, something she treasures. Through the comics, she starts off more emotional, unable to keep her nerve during real crisis. Due to the drastic events, however, she has to steel herself beyond belief, to the point of facing WWIII, alone, wounded and poorly armed if she must.

The Anime displays a colder, stricter, more masculine and religious fanatic Integral, her relationships with others (especially with Seras and Alucard) are tenser, there’s a mix of mistrust and disdain involved. Her development is opposite to the Manga, she apparently wants to get the rid of those human emotions because she shows them rarely but through the drastic events (her semi vampiric lesbian rape/near death, the ruin of her organisation’s good name and nearly being sacrificed to raise a demon), her resolution falters, showing a human beneath that stoic face. Unlike her Manga self, Anime Integral is more interested in her honour as a Hellsing than her duty, she’s far more prideful but interesting nonetheless.

No Life King
“The Bird of Hermes is my name. Devouring my wings makes me tame.”

The former ruler of Tara Romaneasca and infamous Count of Transylvania, Vlad Dracula III, was captured by Integral’s family in the end of the XIX century, nicknamed Alucard and experimented on for him to become the ‘ultimate undead.’ Integral found him, slumbering in the basement where he had been placed twenty years ago for reasons unknown (in the Anime he ‘rebelled’), while she was escaping from Richard Hellsing and his goons. Alucard awoke when her blood was splattered, destroying her attackers and protecting her from her uncle’s bullets, there he watched delighted as she killed her last living relative in cold blood.

Alucard is evil, arrogant, cryptic, obsessive, and sometimes childish to a degree. While the Anime version offers him more as an anti hero (and more approachable with his fledgling, Seras Victoria), in the Manga he’s the perfect sociopath, behaving for Integral’s sake and craving war and bloodshed. He bears a dislike for weak beings, be them humans or vampires (Anime one complains of Freaks, Manga one is not so against humans, but mortals he defines as ‘dogs’) and a love for firearms.

In the Anime, Alucard is feistier, playing obvious power games with Integral despite the fact he clarifies his respect when she fights for her life; he’s characterized for being eternally bored in the quest of a good rival to fight. He looks older in his design, less attractive than his Manga self, but the latter has spookier powers that make him look more like a 'monster.'

In the Manga, Alucard acts like Integral's knight. Despite being a git to most, he is devoted to Integral completely and trusts her. There’s mind games but they are subtle, creating a less visible tension between them and a deeper trust bond; while he’s more malicious than his Anime counterpart, he conceals his emotions (to the point he maybe isn’t aware they exist), such as crying in his sleep or even going to England for a woman he desired.

UST Galore: Anime Evidence
“Excellent! I feel such a rage swelling between my legs!”

At first glance, the Anime displays the relationship more intense than in the Manga; Alucard’s games are more obvious and Integral doesn’t appreciate him defying her authority. I am going to analyse episode per episode the most relevant.

In episode one, Integral states to the Chief of Police she has dispatched one of her men to take care of everything. Her tone is smug, almost proud. This indicates that despite his nature, she considers him one of her soldiers; she’s not ashamed, but quite the opposite. Alucard, meanwhile, meets Seras Victoria, a young D-11 officer with huge blue eyes that resembles Integral’s as a youth, eventually he will turn her into a vampire for that reason (or so Studio Gonzo claimed in an interview in Newtype.) He also has something to say about being controlled by humans, before attacking the vampire priest, he explains: “There’s a complicated situation of a human controlling me.” His features softened and the image of Integral’s face appears.

They met at the end of the episode, Integral is waiting for him to finish and calmly smokes a cigar, her facial expression turns from collected to a frown when she sees Seras in his arms and criticizes him for his lateness, there was palpable uneasiness by the fact of the girl’s presence which increased when she realized Seras was a vampire and would be joining Hellsing. Integral was not pleased. Alucard in the whole scene was smug, placid even. Despite carrying Seras he did not pay heed to her until Integral’s helicopter has departed; he was clearly studying her reactions. And in the next episode? Integral did not let go of the issue, treating Seras quite coldly and chiding Alucard in private about his hobby to make “lady friends into vampires.” Alucard shrugs off the subject, claiming Seras chose that for herself (as if not taking claims it was him who wanted it).

The conversation of episode three offers more highlight of their tension, Integral states (clearly to annoy him) that vampires and freaks are not different, Alucard is upset about this and decides to show his power to prove her wrong, levitating a chip. If Alucard doesn’t care for human opinion (or vampire in that case), he thrills to be called monster and be insulted, however, when Integral mocks him, he becomes defensive. Her opinion matters, human or not. We see Integral apologizing for the first and only time in the series, stating he is different. Not only does Alucard care for her words, but she also cares about his feelings enough to admit she was wrong. At the end of the episode, when Alucard fails to kill Anderson, Integral scowls him and Seras, blatantly telling them, Hellsing (therefore she) doesn’t need useless vampires. Alucard? He’s pouting; her words affected him, his normal humour gone.

There’s several amusing Freudian ‘subtexts’ in the conversations, not relevant. For instance, in episode four, Alucard asks Walter for a bigger gun to fight better, in Integral’s presence. In episode five, he stalks Integral from the shadows, saying he wants to come out and to test his new gun with vampires. Integral denies that request, saying the vampires her men would face have human traits. Alucard finds this intriguing, saying it could be interesting (not so against humans now?) Integral’s face remains stoic.

Order four has another curious interaction, while dealing with the issue of someone filming Hellsing missions and broadcasting them, Alucard tells Integral, he cannot help her, that their worlds are different. Integral answers: “My world is your world.” Integral is willing to share her world with him, but is this world human? Unlikely. At the end of the episode, Integral dismisses human laws to punish the reporter Kim herself (who ironically has Integral’s features: pale blonde hair, dark skin and piercing blue eyes), giving her to Alucard to feed from her.

Despite the taunts and the tension, Alucard does not tolerate anyone mocking Integral, neither does she (as if was not obvious when she tortures Jan Valentine in episode six). In order seven, Enrico Maxwell called her a swine (or sow). Alucard immediately jumps to her defense, appearing behind a smirking Integral and taunting him about killing him for insulting his Master (even pulling out the Jackal to show it). They are interrupted however, Anderson has ambushed Seras and her group (Or should we say ‘Captain Hook’ captured ‘Tiger Lily’). Very clever usage of nicknames, Alucard is referred as ‘Peter Pan’ and Integral is ‘Wendy.’

In episode eight the relationship turns more violent. Alucard traps Integral in an illusion of becoming a helpless target, killed by her own men. She escapes and he states the true enemy is coming and nothing would stand his way to fight him. At first look this seems negative but is it? In next episode, Integral does become a target, one that could have been destroyed by her own men (since she nearly was turned into a ghoul). Alucard’s tests were merely to strengthen her resolution, to prepare her. Aside of tying her up and gag her, which is kinky by its own accord. Speaking of next episode…

“You have no longer a Master to serve.” Those words uttered by Incognito, his one true enemy, makes Alucard for first and last time abandon a battle, along with being truly upset. Nowhere in the series is he as enraged (and even a bit scared) than when he feels Integral’s life fading. Despite how he brags regarding how he doesn’t care and only wants to fight the True Undead, he puts Integral above that (notice, he doesn’t do this to Seras, who was injured in the last episode and, while he was angry, he did not think of getting her to safety, but kept fighting (and she was also in peril of death).

When Alucard kills the female culprit, he barely contains his anger. He doesn’t fight with a smile; he’s not cocky with her but quick and effective. He turns and watches Integral stabbing her own neck to take away the blood and smirks widely. Many stated he was cruel and wanted her dead, I wonder if they truly have watched the next episode… Integral saved herself by stabbing her neck, she didn’t do it to die but to live (to avoid becoming a ghoul, the ultimate servant she fears). She is fighting for her life in next episode, where Alucard speaks wonders of her possessing the true fighting spirit and how she deserves to surpass humanity. He stays watching the operation and no one has ordered him. He has trust in her and wanted to show it. Seras, unable to gain his attention, leaves.

Is in episode ten we see their meeting in a dream flashback while Integral is unconscious and being operated on. Thirteen year old Integral decides she doesn’t want to die and opens the door that she is half aware of something dangerous inside. We see the recently awakened Alucard telling her to give up after she fires at him in vain. Integral snaps at him fearlessly, stating she will never give up, and that she will never become a servant for a vampire. Impressed, Alucard commends her and says she turns him on (‘swelling rage between his legs line’) and kneels, recognising her as his Master. He then shields her from a shot from Richard before Integral takes care of her uncle with a single bullet.

The present and past figures merged together. Integral states softly, smiling gently at him that he’s treating her like a girl. Alucard denies it; explaining that she’s still that little girl. She thanks him and Integral awakes from the successful surgery, just in time to watch him leave, employing the door instead of vanishing. She smiles again. This is one of the most touching exchanges during the series. Integral isn’t so hateful of vampires if he’s one of the beings able to make her smile. Alucard cared to open the door and leave in a human way to make her realize he was there, watching all the time. Some fans stated it is a father/daughter relationship because of the ‘little girl’ bit, however, Integral doesn’t treat him as a father (unlike Seras, who does treat him like an authority figure). Quite the opposite; and they forget the ‘little girl’ turned him on, if nothing changed, he still lusts after her.

Onto episode eleven and thirteen to finish. Order eleven contains very rich subtexts, from sharing a quiet and intimate moment gazing at the night together (their closeness was so overwhelming Seras was shocked and left upon discovering Integral in a wheelchair beside Alucard), to Alucard offering to suck her blood when Integral goes down to speak of him about the royal order. Integral doesn’t flinch or blink when he utters:

“Have you ever thought of me sucking your blood?”

Previous to that, he said humans are weak and that despite that she’s strong her body won’t resist the new foes. Integral replies he can read her heart about the matter and Alucard confesses he knows but wants her to say it aloud. Integral changes subjects quickly, bringing up the ritual issue she was ordered to perform, Alucard expresses fleeting concern because she’s in no condition to accomplish it, Integral brushes him off and leaves. While she’s walking away Alucard asks:

“Don’t you want to drink my blood?”

Integral hesitates, and then keeps walking. When Integral is performing the ritual, Alucard watches her through water ponds, not betraying his location to her; he is guarding her a bit.

At last we arrive to episode thirteen. After watching the destruction of her organisation, honour, the death of her trustful Commander, the possible demise of Walter in a helicopter accident, being used in a ritual to bring a demon from hell, Integral is rescued by Seras Victoria. The first thing she asks about? “Where is Alucard?” Not Walter, nor her men, nobody but Alucard.

In the ending scene where it is hinted Integral is being kept in jail as a scapegoat even if she’s innocent, Alucard arrives, picks up a goblet of wine and addresses her formally: “Integral, my Master. Order?” He shatters the cup with his hand, blood mixed with wine dripped to the floor. “It’s your choice,” he offers his bleeding hand to her and she smiles. We never heard her reply because there’s no going to be a second season. Woe for fans who wanted their resolution.

Dominatrix Fetish: Manga Evidence
“Yes, that is the last fig leaf. How splendid! It prompts a stirring in my loins.”

Kouta Hirano himself expressed his desire to write more about the relationship between Alucard and Integral when volume six was released in Japan, what he meant by ‘relationship’ no one is certain. Needless to say, Alucard truly enjoys serving Integral in the Manga and she likes having him as servant, making most tension go away in exchange of more solid ties and clearer positions of power. The comics are bloodier than the Anime but also posses much more humour that takes away some of the intensity of the relationships.

Volume one started much as episode one (except that Integral is even more smug and relaxed), she brags about sending only one man quite proudly when she meets Alucard and congratulates him for his job. But as soon she finds out Seras has been turned into a vampire, she freaks out, thinking the worse, calling him a fool. While this overreaction is for humour purposes, she could have been enraged for not only the failure to control him but implied jealousy (and that she thought the worst).

In next chapter Integral has a flashback of how she met Alucard when she was thirteen years old while Alucard was teaching Seras how to shoot properly, while she pretends to read the newspaper. The scene is similar to the episode ten dream, except Integral never fires at Alucard and he never tests her, he just kneels and recognises her as Master. This sudden ‘reminiscing’ from Integral is odd; even Alucard states it is unlike her to think like that. Integral gets all defensive, even snapping at Seras after she made a comment about her being the ‘Maiden of Steel.’ Could be she was assuring herself (out of envy at the attention Alucard paid Seras in training) that she was still more important by holding the past? She did not take kindly when Seras interrupted them, after all.

At the end of the volume, Paladin Anderson of Iscariot (a rival Catholic counterpart of Hellsing), faces Alucard and Seras in a town in Northern Ireland; Integral comes to the rescue to avoid a possible religious war and because she was worried about them. After saving Seras’ life, she’s cornered by Anderson and in peril. Alucard (who has behaved but as seen many times after the series, he can regenerate whenever he wants) quickly reforms himself, shifting into a crowd of bats, separating Anderson from his Master. He never does that trick again, he measured Integral’s safety as a priority than a brawl with his Nemesis (he could have simply come back in human form and charged but Integral may have been harmed that way). They speak as old comrades, collected about what happened once Anderson escapes; Integral (despite them being vampires) asks how they are.

In volume two, there are two hints of possible concern on Alucard’s behalf. First, when the Wild Geese is introduced as replacement troops, Alucard pops out to check on who will be looking after his shelter (Hellsing). While this is not Integral-only, indicates, he indeed cares for what happens to the Mansion, as it is his home. In next chapter, Integral, with Walter attends the meeting with Father Enrico Maxwell in the war museum. Enrico insults and threatens her, and Alucard appears, jumping on her defense. This scene is more powerful than the Anime, because Integral is with Walter and doesn’t need the vampire’s intervention (nor does she appear pleased to see him). Alucard’s rage is more genuine, he was not smiling, and if it was not for Anderson’s entrance, he would have finished off Enrico.

In volume three, Integral notes Alucard change in clothing, while is not a great interaction, she is not one to make superficial remarks. They both shared their love of bloodshed; it’s palpable in the way they looked and smirked to each other. Speaking of massacre, once in Brazil, as Alucard starts killing cops; Integral questions what her servant would do as she watches the event in the TV. Walter reminds her Alucard’s a monster. Integral did not think Alucard capable of such monstrosity; of course, neither did she think she was able to order it.

This is the turning point Integral starts to become more detached from the living herself. Alucard calls her, telling her about he killed those mortal cops and asks her orders, that it is a war and that he is only following her commands; he’s a weapon for her to wield. Integral? She hesitates and seems troubled, but eventually reveals her true colours exclaiming (even shocking Walter by her violence) that her orders haven’t changed: Search and destroy. “Don’t underestimate, servant!”

Alucard is impressed, tells her words were the last leaf fig (reference to the Fall of Adam and Eve, discovery of sexuality aka she's bare at him), caused a stirring in his loins and that he will comply, and that she should watch him closely. Why? Well… it’s because in next volume, after the massacre is done (impaling, no less, how phallic), he calls her and asks if she saw what he did and if the bloodshed and the prospect of war turned her on: “Did it make your blood boil?” Integral gets all defensive and snaps to return quickly (she insults him when he strikes her privacy). Alucard laughs, saying humans are complicated (should we replace humans for women here?).

An unrelated note in volume four is that Alucard has a nightmare of his capture and cries when he’s unconscious, indicating he has feelings, but refuses to acknowledge them. Personally, I have concluded they were romantic feelings towards Mina, even if many stated that he was crying because he lost power and freedom, I don’t think so. First off, he became more powerful with the Hellsings, second, he never gives indication if he resents his servitude (quite the opposite, he enjoys being ordered by Integral and volume 8 is a further proof of that). His lands? He considered Hellsing his new home to bother checking the mercenaries. His servants? Dracula wasn’t fond of the Brides in the first place. And van Helsing made a special emphasis in Mina’s loss, in volume seven we learn he came to England for a woman he desired.

Alucard likes women in power; Mina was arguably the most capable of leadership and administration in the hunting party. Also, he displays closeness to the Queen of England (the ‘saucy filly’). Integral seems to attract the attention to one that is considered like Alucard in many ways (and herself, Enrico is her failed foil): Major, who speaks to her with respect and addresses her as ‘beautiful Fräulein.’ He also takes note of a possible attraction between the two. “Now I see, ja. She's a GOOD master. Und she appreciates Alucard's efforts.” He’s giddy saying this, it is possible related to how bloodshed brings them (Alucard, Integral and possibly Major) an equivalent of sexual satisfaction.

Volume 4 also clears up Integral’s status, she’s 100 % virgin, she states as she feeds Seras in a very provocative scene (that could be taken as sexually aggressive despite her ‘innocent’ contrast with the ingénue, Seras). Volume 5 displays perfectly how both of them work in a team and how vicious Integral has become (and how much more powerful Alucard apparently is). Volume 6 ends the growing of Integral, her ‘mortal’ ties severed (Penwood and Walter) and she finally becomes the Maiden of Steel, fearless.

Volume seven offers subtext in the scene where Alucard returns to London inside the Eagle (now a Ghost Ship). “Once a vampire came to England to claim a woman he desired.” This phrase is both foreshadowing and a referring to the past, because it speaks of the Demeter later on and because points the “Ghost ship reached London.” Dracula didn’t go to London, and now he is on another Ghost ship. Why did the author feel like bringing that past romantic reference?

Alucard came for Integral, it was her will (she is smirking as she sees him coming, opposed to Seras’ nervousness). He addresses her humbly, and asks her commands. She blatantly tells him to destroy everyone who opposes her and lifts his last restrictions: “Show them to whom they have picked up a fight with!”

In restriction zero, he calls himself Dracula and takes an armour shape for a while; the Bird of Hermes swallowed his wings. Are they no more? Even in that condition, Dracula forsakes the battlefield, leaving his soul army to build a forest of the Impaled for her and kneels before his Master. “Welcome back, Count,” she greets. “I am back, Countess,” he replies, before being interrupted by Seras and Anderson. Note that Alucard has ignored everyone in the field, everyone after the sequence his goal in London is to claim a woman he has wanted for so long. Everyone, foe and friend, but Integra.

That’s so far what happened. Aside of the official piece in which Alucard is groping Integral’s chest, which was a phone card and cover for Young King Ours, all is set up for something to happen between them (between the fights, like what happened to Pip and Seras), the question is how much?

Playing Master and Servant

It has been established already Alucard is attracted to Integral and she does care about him, despite his vampiric nature. Now, the question is why is it shipped? I have asked and among the replies I found similar themes: equality, power games, Master/Servant dynamic (with a woman in control), intense dynamic, Integral being the ‘Mina’ figure and because they are sexy together. I am going to do a further analysis of why they are suited for each others.

In the Anime, Alucard is bored; he wants a rival to clash in mitts and wits, a true opponent, that’s what he desires the most. Incognito, Anderson, etc, are good but his true nemesis is Integral Hellsing. Studying her life closely, she has a lot of points in common with his mortal life: fierce, nationalist and Christian fanatic knight that fights for their country, the breaking from their innocence at thirteen years old (where they saw their father one last time), betrayal of their last blood relative (both names starting with R: Radu/Richard), both against the Catholic Church and in the end, they ended up betrayed by a royal figure and the boyars. Vlad had to convert into Catholicism and marry Ilona to come out jail. Does Integral have to convert into vampirism and take him as companion? Integral is a reflection of himself and he does have a big ego, whom else would he desire the most?

Integral for her part pursues his challenge and even enjoys it; they spend a great amount of time together. Both also develop protective feelings for each other’s welfare, while their clash keeps them entertained, they don’t seek each other’s destruction. This is why the interaction is so unique, and is not that over killed cliché of ‘opposites attract’ but ‘alike natures do’ which makes more sense in real life (where people do seek someone who share their views of the world). There’s a fine line of tension between animosity and attraction, they will keep playing their games forever; they enjoy it in all angles, even sexual or romantic ones.

In the Manga, the situation is similar but opposite. Alucard does seem to seek an equal, an intelligent woman with fighting spirit but also with leadership (hence his admiration for the Queen and following Integral’s every whim) and a desire for bloodshed. Massacres turned him on; they excited him and he wants Integral to share that passion as well. But he doesn’t want an antagonist (unlike the anime one), that’s why his games are more concealed into servitude. He and Integral act like a team; they are the core of Hellsing interaction. Alucard does nothing without Integral’s commands and Integral accomplishes a lot through the power she wields over him. Because he wants not just an equal but a dominant force who shares her will with him (while Integra wants someone who does her bidding). A symbiosis, a mutual agreement they share. Also, Integral is a more developed Mina figure, the woman is hinted numerous times in text Alucard was interested with.

For them in the Manga, they accomplish satisfaction together, through eliminating the foes of England, not the typical run on the mill romance, that’s for sure. They aren’t completely alike, despite sharing the basis that makes their interaction, Alucard is chaos and Integral possesses the control he needs to be powerful. What is power if one cannot control it? Useless. What is control without power? The same.

Integral becoming a vampire is very likely in either Anime or Manga. In the TV series, the Vlad/Integral contrasts possible suggest this. Integral does hesitate when she’s offered his blood, only honour stops her, an honour she has lost by the hands of those she served faithfully by episode thirteen. We do know her reckoning against traitors is terrible (Kim, Richard). She never is opposed to the idea of power (in fact, she craves it), of the No Life King (what is Alucard offering: his blood), what she declines is the idea of becoming a servant of a vampire (that’s why the biting offer didn’t suit her and was against becoming a ghoul, the ultimate servant in episode nine).

In the Manga? She kept her virginity despite being seemly sexuality aggressive (and that her father was promiscuous so he didn’t teach her chastity), she has lost her living ties: London, Penwood and Walter. Everyone major in Hellsing is either a vampire or dead except for herself, and she’s not giving up despite circumstances (the requisite Alucard wants for turning people). The possibility of vampirism to bring them closer is very real.

As described before, their interaction is unique, despite being Master/Servant; they are equals on the most basic level: intellectual one, a matching intensity of their personalities. Both have had a hand in their changes. Alucard addressed her as Countess at the in Wizardry, he chose to serve her for his own reasons, whatever they are. Besides, the idea of a Van Helsing whipping Dracula around in a dominate stance is darn original, it’s always the opposite or bitter enemies, that's what first and foremost attracted me of them as a Dracula geek.

At the same time, female van Helsings or descendants of his old enemies ended up becoming the Count's object of interest in plenty fiction. Tradition with a twist.

Links

Community
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integraxalucard.
- Yahoo Group.
- Sinful Attraction: DeviantArt community.
- AxI Club. Another DA community.

Websites:
- Bound by Blood. The fanlisting.
- Intensity. Integral’s shrine with AxI analysis in the Anime.
- The Hellsing Organisation.
- The Case for AxI.
- Kurenai. An AxI shrine.
- Endless Night: Master&Servant Alliance. The first AxI shrine in English, has a fanfiction and fanart archive to check out.

Doujinshi:
- Shine Heaven Now. A humorous fancomic, contains other pairings (specially PipxSeras).
- Blood Knight. A more serious fan comic mixing Anime and Manga elements, has other features like character profiles, fanart, forum, fanfiction.
- Cold Mountain Side. A just started, more smutty fancomic.

Fanart (Japanese):
- Solid&Etc.
- Purple Triangle.
- Thee Hi-decker.
- Kadan.
- Hyper.
- Labor.
- Beniiro.
- Categorie A.
- Heaven’s Shelter.
- A Few Minutes.
- Uoduki.
- Earcblue.
- Trick Star Virus.
- Tien Lung.

Fanart (other):
- Carfax Abbey.
- Pu-sama.
- Monica Starling.
- Angelcide.
- Dawninhell.
- Carpecnoctem.
- Alys-san.
- Wisp.
- Rage.
- croaky.
- Skangl.
- Kronos.
- Zeda.

Fanfiction General:
- Mistress and Slave: AxI Fan Fiction. The C2 in ff.net.
- Blissful Ignorance forums.
- Grace in Darkness.

Smut/Adult:
- M&S Alliance Archive.
- The Price of Freedom.
- Losing His Soul.
- History Lesson.
- Farce of the Dragon.
- Redoubt.
- Flying.
- Satisfaction.
- Red Tie.
- Primus Inter Pares.
- Playing with the Dog.
- Staking a Claim.
- Visitations.
- Old and New.
- Exiles.
- The Forfeit.
- Integral’s Spelling Lesson.
- Less Ordinary Night.
- Again Master.
- From the Shadows.
- Tension.
- Forsaken.
- Anniversary.
- What Does Fear Bring?
- The Burn of the Icy Flame.
- Question/Answer.
- Mind F***.
- A Vow of Obligation.
- A Little Rebellion.
- Of Fire and Frost.
- Little Deaths.
- Coming of Age.
- Confrontation.
- And Police Girl Makes Three.
- En Media Ras version II.
- The Consequences of Master Baiting.
- (insert plot here).
- And Tear Our Pleasures With Rough Strife.
- Sweat.

My ~~trite~~ fanfiction:
- Deadly Passions.
- Return to the Waste Land.
- Relic.
- Red Reign for God did not save the Queen.
- Envy.
- For the Lady.
- The Female of the Species.
- Demeter.
- Monsters in the Basement.
- The Bloody Red Shoes.
- A Knight with Two Masters.
- Fingertips.
- Durga.
- Foreshadowing.
- Consequences of Heat.
- Kronos.
- Epithalamia: A Bridal Song.

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sir-hellsing.livejournal.com

Thanks. You should read the Manga (while I am more an IntegralxSeras, PipxSeras (canon!) and AndersonxIntegral fan there), it's awesome. :D

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btvshond.livejournal.com

Wonderfully done!

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sir-hellsing.livejournal.com

Thanks.

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militarypenguin.livejournal.com

Wow. I admit that I'm still not quite into the Alucard/Integral pairing, but your essay certainly brought up quite a few points that I didn't even think of. Their relationship is so much deeper than I ever thought it was.

Fantastic essay.

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sir-hellsing.livejournal.com

Which points? I am curious. ~~I left out the fact visually-wise, they are the most attractive pairing, that's why there's so much fanart around.~~

Twisted Fairytale (Integral/Alucard from Hellsing)

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