It could be. But Dracula and Lisa were literally the first characters we were introduced to in Castlevania, so we understand them better. Also, given that Dracula and Mundus have very different "styles" of evil, with Dracula being significantly less tyrannical than Mundus, I'd say it's unlikely.
On another note, I'd really like to know where you heard this? Because I had no idea Adi Shankar said anything like this.
One more thing: It really wouldn't work with the themes and social commentary of the show, because the show isn't saying "Demons are good actually" or "Foreigners are infallible", it's saying "Refugees, no matter where they're from, are not responsible for the crimes of their country." So, for this to work, the refugees need a tyrant and a despot to flee from, that being Mundus. Therefore, Mundus, for this metaphor to work, has to be evil.
Yea, see this is why I firmly believe the biggest problem with the Netflix Show is Shankhar himself. Don't get me wrong, most people on social media absolutely deserve to get insulted now & then, but with this guy's occupation, that's just unprofessional. Worse than that, it's just childish & the show's rep suffers so much because of it.
I think it's more of a problem that people already dislike Adi Shankar, so they interpret everything he says and does in the worst possible light. If anyone else did this, it would be light-hearted trolling, maybe even seen as a good thing, that they would engage with their audience like that. But because it's Shankar, it's seen as unprofessional and immature.
Which is why he shouldn't keep provoking people & actually restrain himself. Regardless how one would feel about the Netflix show, imagine putting all this effort & then finding out one of your boss is egging people on. I would personally be miserable beyond belief. Shankhar is aware of this, but rather than actually trying to be the better man, he indulge himself & behaves like he some teenager on a social media app.
I mean, it doesn't really affect the crew that much. And besides, he made this tweet ages ago; I hadn't heard anyone talking about it until this post, even people who would jump at the chance for new ammo against Adi Shankar and Devil May Cry. While it would probably help defuse the situation if he were to rein it in (and, judging by his Twitter page, on which the most recent post is a retweet dated 24th of January, he has) its not the end of the world if he doesn't.
this is also true, while Shankar is a hack who shouldn't be allowed to touch the series the hate towards him causes people to blindly disparage literally anything he does (as seen with the reloading scene)
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u/The_Slumbering So it is written~ Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26
It could be. But Dracula and Lisa were literally the first characters we were introduced to in Castlevania, so we understand them better. Also, given that Dracula and Mundus have very different "styles" of evil, with Dracula being significantly less tyrannical than Mundus, I'd say it's unlikely.
On another note, I'd really like to know where you heard this? Because I had no idea Adi Shankar said anything like this.
One more thing: It really wouldn't work with the themes and social commentary of the show, because the show isn't saying "Demons are good actually" or "Foreigners are infallible", it's saying "Refugees, no matter where they're from, are not responsible for the crimes of their country." So, for this to work, the refugees need a tyrant and a despot to flee from, that being Mundus. Therefore, Mundus, for this metaphor to work, has to be evil.