Someone inspired me to declare that the absolute character assassination that was the asshole DM's take on the whole Strahd and Tatyana backstory was in fact a play that was written at sword point (okay, fang point) to portray Strahd as flatteringly as possible.
"Oh no, it really wasn't your fault, she really did love you, and Sergei's death was an accident, of course." [barf]
