History YMMV / CarmillaTheSeries

** Papa Hollis manages to be beloved by most of the fandom ''despite never appearing onscreen''. (At least, not yet.)

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Mel's evident [[spoiler: horror at Danny's death, and admitting that despite the fact the two of them didn't see eye to eye didn't take away the fact she was a Summer]] has won some people over.
** [[spoiler:Season 0 is doing a great job of furthering this.]]

** Mel is disliked by near everyone which isn't a surprise given that her character is a huge {{Jerkass}} who doesn't offer any kind of help to the group, [[spoiler: actively hunted Carmilla when the Baron gave the order to]], dislikes Danny for her friendship with Kirsch and loathes Kirsch to the point of ''aiming an arrow at him with the intent to kill''. Not to mention she hasn't had one moment yet in season 2 that shows her in a different light. [[spoiler:That is, until 2.35. See RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap.]]

** Carmilla herself is either viewed as a romantic JerkWithAHeartOfGold who is a good person deep down, or an unrepentant murderer who doesn't have it in her to care about anyone but herself and whoever she's currently dating (and Mattie).

* BaseBreaker: Almost every major character.

** On a lighter note, debate rages on in the fandom as to what the characters' specific sexual orientations are. In particular, whether Danny's a lesbian or not. (This tends to come up whenever her possible ShipTease with Kirsch is discussed.) Tweets from the in-character twitters of Laura and Carmilla about how Danny doesn't swing Kirsch's way or that he isn't her type, as well as it eventually being revealed that she doesn't return his feelings at all seem to point to her being gay.

** On a lighter note, debate rages on in the fandom as to what the characters' specific sexual orientations are. In particular, whether Danny's a lesbian or not. (This tends to come up whenever her possible ShipTease with Kirsch is discussed.)

* AdaptionDisplacement: Go on Website/FanFictionDotNet, you see Carmilla fanfiction under the book archive, but all the stories are aimed at this web series.

* FanNickname: Tiny Gay Laura, Tall Gay Danny, Broody Gay Carmilla, Useless Lesbian Vampire Carmilla. "Dimwit Squad" for the entire crew.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Yes, many fans were getting frustrated with Laura for repeatedly pushing Carmilla into an unwanted conflict against her own sister. But it's a little tricky to take Carmilla's insistence that Mattie isn't a bad guy seriously when her first actions on camera were to threaten (and have full intent of following through if Carmilla hadn't stopped her) to turn Laura into a smear on the carpet.

* AdaptionDisplacement: Go on Fanfiction.Net, you see Carmilla fanfiction under the book archive, but all the stories are aimed at this web series.

** Kirsch is also pretty pitiable at the end of the second season. [[spoiler:He was told he could resurrect Danny, his friend and the girl he loved. Good-natured fool that he is, he doesn't question this, and does what "Perry" tells him to do, not realizing it's actually the Dean in Perry's body. Then Danny comes back to life and he's completely overjoyed, especially when she kisses him -- and then "[[NotHimself Danny]]" ''bites'' him. As of the end of season 2, we're not even sure if Kirsch is alive, dead, or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]].]]

* CompleteMonster: [BigBad Baron Vordenberg]] from season 2 is an [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] Austrian [[AristocratsAreEvil baron]] who is a member of the Silas Board of Directors. When he is first introduced, he [[FauxAffablyEvil seems to be a kind and friendly man]], despite [[FantasticRacism his apparent disdain for vampires]]. Once Laura gets him voted as the Chairman of the Board, he immediately shows his [[ANaziByAnyOtherName true colors]] by ordering a detainment of all vampires and anything supernatural in Silas University. He has some of the students, including Laura's friend Danny (to whom he lies that he will stop after arresting Carmilla and Mattie), recruited into his militia , and preaches anti-vampire propaganda. It is discovered that, despite the potential consequences, he intends to kill Lophiiformes, [[ItsAllAboutMe all to make a name for himself]]. After killing Lophiiformes, he intends to execute Carmilla and Mattie, along with any students protecting vampires; the attempted arrest indirectly leads to [[spoiler:Mattie's death]]. After he almost callously shoots one of his men, Laura starts a resistance against him. In the battle, he has his henchman Theo betray them and kill [[spoiler:Danny]]. In the finale, he has the other board members shot over the announcements and prepares to behead Carmilla, in front of Laura and their friends, taunting them all to their faces while doing so. Despite his seemingly [[ObfuscatingDisability doddering]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity demeanor]], Vordenberg is far more dangerous than meets the eye, his claims of heroism being lies he tells to fuel his ego, not caring who he has to kill to live out his fantasies of personal glory.

* CompleteMonster: [[ItsAllAboutMe Baron Vordenberg]] from season 2 is an [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] Austrian [[AristocratsAreEvil baron]] who is a member of the Silas Board of Directors. When he is first introduced, he seems to be a [[FauxAffablyEvil kind and friendly man]], despite his [[FantasticRacism apparent disdain for vampires]]. Once Laura gets him voted as the Chairman of the Board, he immediately shows his true colors by ordering a detainment of all vampires and anything supernatural in Silas University. He has some of the students, including Laura's friend Danny (whom he lies that he will stop after arresting Carmilla and Mattie), recruited into his militia , and preaches anti-vampire propaganda. It is discovered that, despite the potential consequences, he intends to kill Lophiiformes, all to make a name for himself. After killing Lophiiformes, he intends to execute Carmilla and Mattie, along with any students protecting vampires; the attempted arrest indirectly leads to [[spoiler:Mattie's]] death. After almost callously shooting one of his men, Laura starts a resistance against him. In the battle, he has Theo betray them and kill [[spoiler:Danny]]. The next day, he has the other board members shot over the announcements and prepares to execute Carmilla in front of Laura's webcam, taunting them all while doing so.

** Laura, Danny, and Carmilla all tend to get it from separate ends of the fandom. Thankfully, just a VocalMinority.

* JerkassWoobie: Carmilla. True, she's a snarky, cynical {{Jerkass}}, but considering all the shit she's been put through in her 300+ years of undeath, including [[spoiler:watching her first love betray her after being convinced that she was a monster, being locked in a coffin under the earth for 80 years, and be forced to betray and send young girls to an unknown and almost certainly horrific fate]], she's certainly earned the right to it. In fact, Laura believes this of her in-universe.

* [[{{ScaryBlackMan}} Scary Dark Woman]]: Dark-skinned and AxCrazy.

* {{Fanon}}: Kirsch's first name being Brody and Will's last name being Eisen. Both were {{Jossed}}.

* ShipMates: Hollstein, [=LaFerry=], and Zeta Society are the most common ships to appear side-by-side in fanfic.

* DracoInLeatherPants: While Carmilla is by no means a villain, and certainly seems to have more of a moral compass than other vampires in the series, the fandom can frequently forget that she's "not the hero of this piece," and can go to far in [[TheWoobie woobifying]] her. Most interestingly is that, for the first half of season two ''Laura'' seems to give her this treatment in universe, which ends up causing problems for them [[spoiler: and eventually leads to their breakup.]]

** J-P, for his niceness despite his rather unfortunate circumstances, and just being kind of adorable. [[spoiler:This only increased after he got an actual body.]]

** [=LaFerry=] vs. [=LaFlashdrive=]. (Notably, this is the only ship conflict that ever tends to get particularly nasty in the fandom. Most fans are at least civil, but the ones that aren't are a very VocalMinority.)
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Mattie/Danny is surprisingly popular. As is Perry/Mattie.

[[spoiler:** Season 0 is doing a great job of furthering this.]]