History Characters / CarmillaTheSeries

* BigBadWannabe: However, he's ultimately more like this, considering The Dean has been playing him as much as everyone else. And [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness gets rid]] of him once he has served his purpose.

* FakeUltimateHero: In his earlier appearances, he likes to tell stories of previous adventures he had in his youth, facing and surviving encounters with numerous monsters in his youth. It's soon revealed that these stories are exaggerations at best, but he's all to happy to live out his hero fantasy as a "great vampire killer".

* StupidEvil: It is this, more than anything, that makes him so dangerous, as his incompetant decisions as Chairman escalate the conflict on Silas; such as ignoring Loffiformes warning that he's opening a gate to Hell by killing him, simply because he wanted to add "Godslayer" on his resume. Of course, this is also his undoing; his actions started a rebellion against him. when he prepares to execute Carmilla, in front of Laura and their friends, mocking them to their faces, all he does is set up his own death.

* OverprotectiveDad: Laura's father is so overprotective of her that, among other things, he not only sends weekly bear spray to her, he made her learn Krav Maga at age ''eight''. Though these things come in handy, it makes her feel smothered by Danny's own protectiveness.

* OverprotectiveDad: How else can you describe a guy whose care packages include ''bear spray''?

* ContraltoOfDanger: Natasha normally has a more normal voice, but for Carmilla she puts on a deeper and smooth as silk voice. Not to mention [[ArousedByTheirVoice very sexy]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: As revealed in her podcast bonus episodes, she and Elsie have this going on. [[spoiler: In the last one it's implied that TheyDo.]] Done again with her and Charlotte in TheMovie. [[spoiler: TheyDo, but it's brief.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: In Season 0, [[spoiler:Tythia]] temporarily transforms him into a donkey. And the process is ''not'' fun for Kirsch.

* AdaptationalBadass: Assuming she's based on the narrator of the original novella. In the source material, she's naïve and passive. Here, she's decisive, resilient, and physically holds her own against Laura, who's been practicing krav maga since she was eight.
* AscendedExtra: She's a major character in TheMovie. [[spoiler:As the main antagonist.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:In ''Film/TheCarmillaMovie, she's the main antagonist. It was her ghost haunting Laura's dreams, prompting her, Carmilla and the gang to travel to her mansion. She was also the one who manipulated the other ghosts into partaking in a ritual that would allow them to move on, only to steal Carmilla's life force to resurrect herself and leave the others to their fate.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:By the time of the movie, she's so full of bitterness, jealousy and resentment for Carmilla and Laura, that all she cares about is restoring ''her'' own life, and her ''own'' loss. When Laura calls Elle out, saying that she wasn't the only sacrifice victim, Elle thinks nothing of throwing the other ghosts back to their Hell Dimensions, so long as ''she'' gets to live again. At best, she's indifferent to them, at worse she shows them disdain.]]

* OpportunisticBastard: He bails on his truce with the Summers and Laura because the Baron gave him "a better offer."

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: For all his claims to protecting Silas, and the students of the university, he really doesn't care for those who are against him, and even calls for their execution. His reason for wanting to kill an EldritchAbomination wasn't to save anyone's lives, but to make a name for himself as a "God Slayer"; see IJustWantToBeBadass above. Over the course of season two, he all but admits this is all about living out a hero fantasy of his, while taking revenge on Carmilla for "dishonoring" his family name.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: For all his claims to protecting Silas, and the students of the university, he really doesn't care for those who are against him, and even calls for their execution. His reason for wanting to kill an EldritchAbomination wasn't to save anyone's lives, but to make a name for himself as a
"God Slayer"; see IJustWantToBeBadass above. Over the course of season two, he all but admits this is all about living out a hero fantasy of his, while taking revenge on Carmilla for "dishonoring" his family name.

"God Slauer"; see IJustWantToBeBadass above. Over the course of season two, he all but admits this is all about living out a hero fantasy of his, while taking revenge on Carmilla for "dishonoring" his family name.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Not the Baron himself, but the current Vordenberg props his ancestor up as a romantic partner of Carmilla's, who protected her when she was turned into a vampire, before she betrayed him and killed his family. It turns out said ancestor was a grave robbing necrophile, who wanted to marry her, and that Camrilla killed him in retaliation for what he did to her.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: For all his claims to protecting Silas, aand the students of the university, he really doesn't care for those who are against him, and even calls for their execution. His reason for wanting to kill an EldritchAbomination wasn't to save anyone's lives, but to make a name for himself; see IJustWantToBeBadass above. Over the course of season two, he all but admits this is all about living out a hero fantasy of his, while taking revenge on Carmilla for "dishonoring" him.

* ParentalObliviousness: Enforced. Laura makes ''sure'' he doesn't know about all the supernatural danger happening.

* AdaptationalBadass: Assuming she's based on the narrator of the original novella. In the source material, she's naive and passive. Here, she's decisive, resilient, and physically holds her own against Laura, who's been practicing krav maga since she was eight.

* [BigBad: [[In ''Film/TheCarmillaMovie, she's the main antagonist. It was her ghost haunting Laura's dreams, prompting her, Carmilla and the gang to travel to her mansion. She was also the one who manipulated the other ghosts into partaking in a ritual that would allow them to move on, only to steal Carmilla's life force to resurrect herself and leave the others to their fate.]].

* CruelAndUnusalDeath: When the Silas Charter linked to his life is broken, his bones begin to break as he's about to be burned alive. We only see the first half before he runs out of the room, but we hear the second half.

'''WARNING:''' Character sheets are spoilerific. Only spoilers from seasons 0 and 3 will be whited out!

* ObfuscatingDisability: He initially appears to need a cane to walk, but once he wins the election, he throws the cane aside. Has some ObfuscatingStupidity as well, considering how his ramblings also stopped and he ''somehow'' gets the password for the Silas official twitter feed quickly and even knows how to use it!
Letting a man who doesn't like vampires become the head of a school full of vampire students and other supernatural phenomena, of course he's going to order a detainment and hunt against them.

* AscendedExtra: She's a major character in TheMovie.
* [[spoiler: BigBad: In the Movie]].

* [[spoiler: DrivenByEnvy: Towards Carmilla's life-force]].

* PosthumousCharacter: She's long dead by the time the story begins.

* BigBad: Becomes this when he wins the election as the head of the board of directors. It goes south from there.

* StupidEvil: It is this, more than anything, that makes him so dangerous.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted, for all his claims to protecting the students of the university, he really doesn't care for those who are against him, and even calls for their execution. His reason for wanting to kill an EldritchAbomination wasn't to save anyone's lives, but to make a name for himself; see IJustWantToBeBadass above.

* {{Alas Poor Villain}}: [[spoiler: Her last few moments are VERY tragic, revealing a veritable mountain of misery at the memory of her lost love not returning to this world. Laura is not wrong in saying she's not much different from her and Carmilla.]]

* {{Woobie Destroyer of Worlds}}: [[spoiler: Her motivation is to revive her lost love who was stolen away by her fellow gods that also bound her in a physical body. This makes her desire to risk the destruction of the world more understandable, if not forgivable.]]

* [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Woman Of Wealth And Taste]]: A beautiful and sophisticated villainess who prefers to never be more than a 4-hour flight from Paris. Elise Bauman points this out in a BTS feature, saying that a costume must be hers, because Sophia is always getting the best costumes. Sure enough, the outfit was hers -- a glittering, ArtDeco-styled peach dress Mattie wears in Season 3's [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse episode. Even as a ghost in the same season]], she's still holding onto her look with a SimpleYetOpulent dress and black silk OperaGloves.

* HollywoodNerd: She owns a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS mug]] and references [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] and ''Series/VeronicaMars'' in just the first episode alone. She makes many more references in later episodes and on her Website/{{Twitter}} feed.

* {{Meganekko}}: As a freshman, she wore blue NerdGlasses.

->''Played by Kaitlyn Alexander''

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Her friendship with Carmilla. Carmilla was in love with her -- it's unclear if Elle returned the feelings or just saw them as friends. The movie confirms that they were in a relationship, but that it was ruined by Lilita's manipulations (and, of course, the human sacrifice thing).

* AllLovingHero: Possibly her defining trait. The series began because Laura was determined to find a missing roommate that most people would probably have been happy to see gone. Her utterly exhausted cry of "I don't care!" in season 2 episode 22 is a major TearJerker because of how completely and deeply she cares about ''everything''.

* BrokenBird: In season 0 [[spoiler:and the first few episodes of season 3. Standing up to her dad seems to be bringing her out of it.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: In the early part of season 1 she ''seems'' to be doing this with the Dean. [[spoiler: In season 3, she rebuffs her dad's attempts to bring her home, pointing out that if the apocalypse happens, being at home won't make her any safer than being at Silas fighting against it.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Season 2, episode 35. Danny dies, causing Laura to lose all hope.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the season 2 finale, as she's describing how everything fell apart.

* ICanChangeMyBeloved: {{Deconstructed}}. Her belief that she can change Carmilla is what causes Carmilla to break up with her in season 2. This leads to CharacterDevelopment for Laura, though -- when Carmilla wants her back, Laura turns her down, because even though she still loves Carmilla, she still wants her to change, and she knows that isn't fair to her.

** In season 1: She hosts an impromptu sock puppet show in the middle of Carmilla's backstory, although she appreciates the line crossed when she comes to it. Asks Danny for an extension on a late paper...after having broken up with her, not spoken to her since then, and learning Danny has been worried sick watching Laura's risk taking.
** In season 2: She consistently refers to Carmilla as the hero and puts her on the spot and doesn't notice how uncomfortable it makes her then expects her to fight against what seems to be her only sister that truly likes and cares for her.

* SelfDeprecation: Considering the in-universe explanation for the vids is that Laura is making and posting them, she really seems to like mocking herself. She even does this in regards to how badly she took the breakup with Carmilla, doing a montage set to sad music. [[spoiler:Taken to not-funny lengths in season three, when she's convinced that her involvement will only make matters worse for everyone.]]

** Despite being an outdated flip-phone, Laura's phone has managed to contact Danny's in the library's supernatural record room (which only appears at night) as well as within a broom closet in an underground area. Danny lampshades this in episode 35.

* SweetTooth: She's constantly snacking on cookies, chocolate, and grape soda. It's to the point where a lot of people are a little concerned. This also causes fans to worry about her in season 2 when she gets dramatically ecstatic over an apple (never mind that fresh food has been, by everyone's narration, hard to come by at Silas for the last several weeks).
* TransparentCloset: Implied. Apparently, her dad's reaction to her coming out was, "Thank God you finally said it."
* UnreliableNarrator: And how! Since Laura's the one behind the vlog in-universe, the amount of things that the audience knows of her actually don't add up to a lot. There's more backstory to Carmilla than Laura. Gets a good bit more backstory in season 3, courtesy of her dad.
* UnwittingPawn: She spends a good chunk of time in season 2 being this for Vordenberg. To her credit, once she realized she fucked up, she does her best to make up for it.

The titular character and a 300+ year old vampire. Carmilla's a terrible roommate and centuries of immortality have jaded her quite a bit. Nonetheless, there seems to be something hidden underneath all the bitterness and ice, which seems to come out more as she spends more time with a certain eager roommate.

* AbusiveParents: If killing the one person (before Laura) Carmilla's ever loved then sealing her in a coffin filled with blood to waste away beneath the Earth is any indicator, then Carmilla's "Mother" certainly fits this trope. In season 3, her human father is implied to have been neglectful if not outright abusive; she says he mostly viewed her as a bargaining chip.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:At the end of season 3, when the dean/Inanna makes her human again. Canon social media confirms that this development was less than convenient, mostly because she and Laura still had to climb out of a seven-story pit.]]

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In Season Three, when she tries to explain why the Dean couldn't possibly be [[spoiler:the goddess Inanna, she rattles off descriptions of Inanna's personality and MO... and suddenly realizes that all of them fit the Dean to a tee.]]
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: In Season Two, after Laura keeps pushing her to betray her beloved sister Mattie. Luckily, it largely means her just being a pouty JerkAss, and she slowly begins to turn Face again... until Mattie's death, at which point she swears she'll kill Laura and the others if she sees them again. ''Then'' she switches back again. In Season 3 she's back to face.

* KickTheDog: In season zero, which is set pre-Laura and pre-[[DefrostingIceQueen defrosting]], she tells [[spoiler:Perry that she "just isn't that special," and that she never will be when her attempt to cast a spell fails.]] While a lot of Carmilla's behavior in that season can be attributed to her not having known Laura yet, and her doing the Dean's bidding, that's one of the few things she does that comes off as just being mean for the sake of being mean. And it hits Perry, hard.

* TheOphelia: In [[spoiler:the alternate universe where Laura died at the end of season one. A year or so later, Carmilla's become rather unhinged, and it's implied she's hallucinated Laura before.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: So far, it's been confirmed that Carmilla was murdered at 18 and resurrected as a vampire. She then had to help her "Mother" kidnap girls for some ritual she didn't know the details of – all she knew was that it brought a certain doom upon them. She fell in love with one of the girls and planned to escape with her, but, before she could, her Mother revealed Carmilla's vampiric nature in a horrifying light then took Elle to be sacrificed to Lophii. After that, she punished Carmilla by sealing her in a coffin (''filled with blood'') below ground for years upon years. And the second season reveals that, at some point, Vordenburg's great grandfather grave-robbed Carmilla's undead body and basically kept her locked up, claiming he loved her... When she escaped, she sought revenge by killing his entire family. [[SarcasmMode She's living such a great life!!]]

* AgentMulder: They're far more open to the idea of the supernatural being real than their best friend Perry, and just rolls with it when the magical shit begins to hit the fan. [[spoiler:But according to season zero, when they and Perry were freshmen, it used to be the other way around.]]

* ScienceHero: A bio major and always turns to science for solutions. This gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] come season 2 as some of their decisions there actually just make things worse.

* AgentScully: In season one, she was vehemently against the idea of the supernatural being real, in contrast to her best friend [=LaFontaine=]. [[spoiler:Ironically, in season zero, we find out that as a freshman, ''Perry'' was the believer. Turns out that she knew all along, but given her past experiences with the supernatural, she's understandably inclined to stay the hell away from it.]]

* DemonicPossession: The Dean has been using her body for all of season 2 and beyond. [[spoiler:Though ''godly'' possession is more accurate.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: At the end of season 0, we see what exactly made Perry who she is. [[spoiler:She realizes she accidentally summoned an evil fairy queen, faces said fairy queen head-on, and, entirely traumatized by the experience and immediately declares that "this never happened".]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler: Has serious hints of this in Season Zero with her pursuit of the supernatural. It's likely she comes to regret thinking this way... And Carmilla has a little bit too much fun telling her she isn't special at all.]] Outright stated towards the end of the season.
* IRejectYourReality: In season one, she blatantly ignores the supernatural even when it's staring her in the face, and tend to opt for completely ridiculous but "safe" alternatives for what's going on. [[spoiler:This is because as a freshman, she actually ''did'' encounter the supernatural, and was horrified by what she saw.]]

* LastNameBasis: No one calls her by her first name; it wasn't even spoken in-series until season 0.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: A rare non-comedic variant in season zero. [[spoiler:At the end, having come face-to-face with an evil fairy and nearly destroying the world, Perry makes it very clear to Carmilla that, as far as she's concerned, magic ''does not'' exist, Perry and Carmilla ''do not'' know each other, and ''none of this ever happened''. Carmilla goes along with it.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: In season 2, she's much snippier and more irritable. Justified partially in that she's been put through hell throughout the whole series, and frankly has good reason to be pissed off. Also, a lot of her more nasty moments may not have actually been her.

* WalkingSpoiler: For season two, once you've seen the finale. The finale changes ''everything''.

* AmicableExes: While it's really ambiguous as to whether or not she and Laura ever truly dated, come season 2, little tension exists between her and Laura, with Danny becoming one of Laura's most trusted allies and closest friends in the fight against Vordenberg, always willing to lend a helping hand. [[spoiler:Averted in season three. Very, ''very'' averted.]]
* AcademicAthlete: She's VP of the Summer Society--a sorority-esque organization for athletic girls--and is also Laura's TA.

* CameBackWrong: The Dean resurrects her, but as a vampire, and she's clearly not herself. [[spoiler:Even more evident in season three, where she's barely recognizable.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: The rift between herself and the Summers in season 2 drives her toward this. May have crossed it in [=S2E28=] when all of the remaining Summers loyal to her were killed. [[spoiler:Definitely crossed it when the dean convinced her that nobody cared about her death after season 3.]]

* DoggedNiceGuy: Falls under this in s2, and ''not'' in a good way. In fact, Danny's persistence Increases after Carmilla and Laura break up.
* EmbarrassingNickname: As of season two, Kirsch has nicknamed her "D-Bear." Danny doesn't appreciate this in the slightest.
* EvilFormerFriend: Implied in the season two finale and [[spoiler:outright confirmed in season three, mostly because the dean convinced her that nobody cared when she died and all she'd ever done was for nothing.]]
* ForcefulKiss: She plants one on Kirsch after being resurrected in the season two finale. He doesn't seem to mind. Her biting his neck and draining his blood, on the other hand...

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Realizes the Dean has been manipulating her through her insecurities late in season 3 and defects, getting a wounded Kirsch out of harm's way before leaving to take care of unspecified off-campus business.]]
* LightningBruiser: Fast and tough enough to take on a whole campus full of god-blood-enhanced frat boys in season 2. [[spoiler:As a vampire, she's more than capable of tossing Carmilla about like a ragdoll, ''despite'' Carm being hundreds of years older than her. WordOfGod reveals it is because, unlike Carmilla, she was already strong and fit by human standards before her transformation. Becoming a vampire adds to it.]]

* SitcomArchNemesis: She and Kirsch were at each other's throats at first. By the end of season one, they seem to have settled into VitriolicBestBuds territory.

* ThoseTwoGuys: In season 2, her relationship with Kirsch has evolved into this.

* {{Yandere}}: Has hints of this while helping everyone capture Carmilla, triggered by Carmilla flirting with Laura. Her overprotectiveness of Laura drives a wedge into their relationship, mostly from Laura having come from an already smotheringly overprotective home. After the aforementioned WhatTheHellHero moment, she is part of the violent mob that forms against Laura when she makes a public appeal for help against the vampires. Though she's toned down in s2, she shows she still has this tendency. [[spoiler:''Then'' season three brings it back in full force.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: In season zero, [[spoiler:Tythia]] temporarily transforms him into a donkey. And the process is ''not'' fun for Kirsch.

** He also declares Danny, whom he previously didn't get along with, an "honorary Zeta," complete with a trident, after she saves his life. It's implied in season 2 that the reason he has a crush on her is because she's one of the few people that treats him with respect.

* CasanovaWannabe: It takes a full on assault from Carmilla before he finally leaves Laura's room be in his first appearance, not noticing just how uncomfortable he was making Laura. Averted in season two, where he pines after Danny, but is never disrespectful towards her, and when she turns him down, he backs off, happy to just be her friend instead.
* CharacterDevelopment: Come season 2, his {{Jerkass}} tendencies are almost entirely gone, he's far more respectful to Danny (and women in general), and he cares about more other than picking up hotties and being a Zeta.
* ChivalrousPervert: He keeps referring to women as "hotties" instead of their name, and doesn't take no for an answer easily, but give him a cause to help and he's all for it. He gets even better in season two, where, while he's clearly still a horny college kid, he's nothing but respectful towards the girls, especially Danny, and chastises Theo for not doing the same. As shown by Danny's rejection of him, he's also gotten better at taking "no" for an answer.

* HeartbrokenBadass: Following Sarah Jane's death, though he eventually moves on. And again when Danny dies. Did we mention both of these women died ''right in front of him''? The Dean manipulates this in the season 2 finale, promising Kirsch that she can bring Danny back to life if he helps her.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He comes off as your typical frat boy douchebag at first, but he's really not a bad guy - just incredibly misguided and a tad dense. Laura sums it up best in season zero.

* LastNameBasis: Most people just call him Kirsch, to the point it took until season 2 for his first name to be revealed.

* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:By season three, he's ''definitely'' this for Danny. He's perfectly aware that she's "gone dark side," doesn't love him back, and is only using him for food, but he sticks with her anyway because he loves her. And because she scares him a bit.]]

* MoralityChain: In season three, he actively tries to be this for a newly-evil Danny, always being supportive and never losing faith in her, hoping that this will get her to show a hint of her former self. [[spoiler:It works.]]
* TheNicknamer: Downplayed, but especially in season 1 he didn't really address people by name, especially Danny. He also calls Danny "D-Bear" in season 2. [[spoiler: He finally calls her by her first name after she CameBackWrong.]]

* ShipTease: A lot of his comments, especially in season two, give the impression he has a crush on Danny. (Comparing himself and her to Romeo and Juliet, nicknaming her "D-Bear", attempting to invite her out for drinks...) Episode 27 confirms it.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Kirsch is almost never seen without Will at his side. He's clearly not taking it well when Will is dead. In season 2, he starts with a massive crush on Danny but it evolves into this.
* UndyingLoyalty: Around season two, he falls hard for Danny, and would do anything for her, even after she rejects his affections and says they're just friends. This includes trying to bring her back from the dead, and [[spoiler:acting as her food source when she turns evil]].

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone at Silas either fears her, actively hates her, or both -- especially by season two, when it's come out that she was sacrificing students to the Anglerfish. Her "children", Carmilla and Mattie, don't care for her much, either. The only person that seems to actually like her is Will, and he's dead by the end of the first season.
* AbusiveParents: To Carmilla, ''big time''. Also, going by Mattie's comments about "mind games", to the rest of her children. [[spoiler: At the beginning of season 3, she is heard gaslighting Danny, doing much to explain Danny's darker attitude toward Laura and Carmilla.]]

* TheChessmaster: She orchestrated ''everything'' in season two. Laura even realizes this when Carmilla talks about playing chess with her -- she'd let you think you were winning until you suddenly realized she had gotten everything she wanted. Which is exactly what's happened, come the end of the season.
* DemonicPossession: Or, rather, ''vampiric'' possession. [[spoiler:Or godly possession...]] She's capable of possessing people's bodies and using them for her own, as she demonstrated on Laura in the episode "Mommy Dearest". And Perry for ''all'' of season two.

* TheHeavy: The Light is more of a GreaterScopeVillain that can't draw in its own victims, so the Dean is the primary instigator of the kidnappings that start the entire plot rolling. [[spoiler:Averted come season two -- the Dean got the anglerfish (which was the Light's true form) killed so she could put her own plans into action.]]

* ManipulativeBitch: She uses Carmilla's love for Laura against her, convincing Carmilla to stop Laura from interfering with the sacrifice in exchange for Laura's safety. And in the season 2 finale, she preys on a heartbroken Kirsch, promising him she can bring Danny back so he'll retrieve her body. She does technically bring Danny back, but she's now a vampire and [[CameBackWrong not herself]].

* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:Revealed in season 3 to be the Sumerian goddess Inanna.]]
* ThePowerOfActing: How she pulls off her scheme in season two, doing a near-perfect impersonation of Perry.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Carmilla mentions having played chess with her and how good she is at the game. This comment is what leads her into realizing the Dean's not dead, when she compares her mother's playing style to season 2's events.
* VillainousBreakdown: Has a SPECTACULAR one in the penultimate episode of season 3 when her years of planning ultimately come to nothing due to her own selfish actions
* WalkingSpoiler: In season 1. By season 2, everyone knows the truth about her. But they don't know that she's been possessing Perry.

Student of 1874 at Silas University and Junior Records Clerk, J.P has been floating around for a while inside the library's computer servers. A rash of disappearances also plagued J.P's time as a student, leading him to do his own investigations. As of the end of season one, he's dating [=LaFontaine=]. In season two, [=LaFontaine=] "Frankensteins" him into Will's corpse, giving him a physical body and making him a vampire.

* HauntedTechnology: From the first episode, Laura mentioned the Library catalogue was acting strange, but was distracted by Betty before she could get into things. J.P. was the one doing the haunting, and helping everyone as much as he could. As of episode 27, he's moved from the library's catalogue to a flashdrive.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the season 2 finale, after Perry (actually the Dean) runs off, and [=LaFontaine=] doesn't want to leave her, J.P. instructs them to go, promising he'll find Perry and bring her back. He then takes off into the chaos and destruction. [[spoiler:Season three reveals he's being held captive in some unknown location, but he can sometimes get ahold of the others and give them updates on what the Dean is doing.]]
** [[spoiler: He does die in season 3.]]

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: She passes away in the arms of her sister, Carmilla. It doesn't stop her from turning up in season three.
* DragonTheirFeet: She was in Morocco when the season 1 finale went down.

* NothingPersonal: She doesn't actually hate Laura for killing her mother--she just feels she should murder her for it because it's "the principle of the thing".

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Over 1200 years old, according to the interview with Sophia Walker posted to the official channel.

* [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Woman Of Wealth And Taste]]: A beautiful and sophisticated villainess who prefers to never be more than a 4-hour flight from Paris. Elise Bauman points this out in a BTS feature, saying that a costume must be hers, because Sophia is always getting the best costumes. Sure enough, the outfit was hers-a glittering, ArtDeco-styled peach dress Mattie wears in season three's [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse episode. Even as a ghost in the same season]], she's still holding onto her look with a SimpleYetOpulent dress and black silk OperaGloves.

* ADayInTheLimelight: She's one of the main characters in Season Zero, and Season Three includes some bonus episodes of her podcasts from [[spoiler:the pit while she and other students are being used as slave labor.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's abrasive, but she's not evil. She's horrified at Danny's murder, is trying to help the other students in the Pit in season three, develops a (grudging) bond with Kirsch, and [[spoiler:is noticeably rattled by the death of JP, who she didn't even know]].

* OnlySaneMan: In season 3, when everyone else is lovesick, possessed, gone dark side, or generally acting idiotic at least part of the time, Mel's the only one who's got her head on straight at all times.

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: In season three, [[spoiler:when she does podcasts from the Pit, trying to get some help and possibly a rescue.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: In season zero (a prequel season), she rips into Carmilla for acting so cruelly to Perry and expecting ''them'' to do ''her'' job. Of course, season zero Carmilla was hardly a hero.
** In season 3, she calls out the Dimwit Squad for not doing more to help [[spoiler: the students stuck in the Pit being used as slave labor]]. In the last episode, Laura agrees that she was right.

* SpearCounterpart: He's basically a male Mel. Until 2.35, where even Mel's completely disgusted by him. Completely averted by season three, as the two are now definitively on separate sides.

Laura's father, who she loves but considers to be overprotective and smothering. Hasn't appeared onscreen until season three, but is alluded to frequently.

* TheGhost: As of now, he has no onscreen appearances. However, this will be averted as of Season Three!

* EtherealWhiteDress: In season 1 and the film's flashback scenes. She's has varying degrees of the dead, mysterious, and innocent varieties.

* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler:Her return in season three reveals that, as brilliant as she is, Betty is ''ridiculously'' smug.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: Season three reveals she's very abrasive, smug, and blunt, but she's also quick to help Laura out and organizes a fighting force against the goddamn ''apocalypse'' in an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome.]]
* MissingTime: To a more extreme degree than the other kidnappees - Betty doesn't remember anything since ''before she started attending''. She didn't even want to go to Silas University.

* ThoseTwoGuys: It's rare to find a scene in season one where Kirsch and Will aren't together.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The end of Silas Confidential suggests a happy ending where she gets the girl (as Rose mysteriously resurrects due the events of the season 1 finale) but what happens ''after'' that, particularly with the anglerfish rising up and then season 2's events, is unknown.
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* AmazonianBeauty

* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: [[spoiler:As a ghost,]] she wears sharp, dark makeup [[NotSoDifferent not dissimilar to Carmilla's.]]

* {{Transgender}}: They are non-binary and use "they/them" pronouns.

* FamousLastWords: "I'm not afraid. I'm not..."

* BringIt: His response to an angry mob? To stand on a wall yelling, "Can't touch this, farmer dudes!" [[RealityEnsues This backfires.]]

* {{Transgender}}: They are non-binary and prefer to be called "they/them".

* BlasphemousBoast: Gets in a beauty in the Season 3 finale, [[spoiler: when she challenges Mattie to a wager to bring Laura back to life]];
-->[[spoiler: "Pick any game you want. Tonight I will kill a God if I have to!"]]