I prefer Dracula as Vlad Tepes not only because it draws connections to reality(the whole Vlad Tepes being an undead Dark Lord providing a sort of "secret history" spin, which is a great part of the CV series being, "the dark, unknown historical battles between good and evil that's kept out of the history books"), but it's prevention of the "Dracula's some Joe Schoe who gains powers then names himself 'Dracula'." plot twist. The first time it might be alright, but if that's what we have to look forward to every reboot of the series, fuck it. Fuck it to hell! And I say this as someone tired of such overused, spammed plot devices, it's just as bad as the "redemption" stories(yeah, I know LoS2 might lean this way). Can't they just bypass the bullshit "ooo"s and "ahhh"s, and lameass sleight of hand ways in trying to say, "See, you never saw THIS coming!!! I'm freakin an original writing visionary that does things NO ONE ELSE EVER THOUGH OF BEFORE!!!". Making Dracula "Vlad Tepes", IMO, would nip that crap at the bud. Like I said earlier, basically just "get to the point" and go from there. No pussyfooting around it, just do it!