YMMV / The Vampair

• Alternative Character Interpretation: Due to the nature of the story telling there’s a lot of room for this, for example:
  • Is Duke a lecherous monster, or is he just mischievous?
  • In this vein, could the first episode where Duke is more mean spirited be a case of Early-Installment Weirdness as this WAS initially made for an animation school final project before Cohen fully developed them for her series?
  • Similarly, is Missi a tragic victim of circumstance? Or was she a vampire all along? Does she only have herself to blame for failing to see the risks associated with hanging out in a seemingly abandoned mansion, or was she there on purpose to draw out the Duke to take his cane?
  • Did Missi Spiderwebs bring Duke back from the dead only because she couldn’t get over her anger at him, did she somehow find out how good he had it in the afterlife? Or was she getting lonely in the castle with just her familiar, Minose, and resurrected Duke so she could have some interaction with somebody? She also seems to be projecting a little when she sings about “living a life that’s so hateful” and “losing control a bit”.
  • Did Missi get the staff back because she wants more vengeance on Duke? Because she was afraid he might attack her when she stepped outside and wanted it to scare him off and/or defend herself? Or was she so possessive of it the very thought of Duke reclaiming it leads her back to rebecoming a vampire?
  • Then you get into the staff. Is it sentient? If so, is it truly evil? What are its motivations?
  • Following Showdown, were the two of them planning on actually fighting or did things get out of hand? They were pretty quick to go for weapons, but at the end they seem stunned and possibly a bit embarrassed. The follow up speed drawing "After The Showdown" shows the pair looking rather disheartened, as if they didn't intend for things to go that far.
  • If the fight in Showdown was unintentional, what set it off? Did Missi know that the Duke had put something in her drink and it struck a nerve by reminding her of his harassment in The Night? Or was she completely unaware and just kicked the tray to mess with him?
• Awesome Art: The animation in these videos is gorgeous, with a lot of small movements and attention to details. It is even more impressive when you know that Daria did all of it on her own.
  • The various styles of animation in the "When You're Evil" M.A.P. are beautiful and unique in so many ways.
• Bizarro Episode: "Zombie Prostitute" and, to a lesser extent, "The Silence," given that it's very difficult to understand what's actually going on, besides Missi gradually being driven insane by the power of the staff, though the surrealism is clearly intentional given the subject matter.
• Broken Base: The fifth short "Zombie Prostitute." Fans either love its loopier, cartoonier, style, the humor, and the Duke Fanservice or hate it for being out of place tone-wise, having less detailed animation and being Squicky.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Genevieve the Zombie Prostitute in "Zombie Prostitute" for being Ms. Fanservice for some.
• Evil Is Cool: The Duke and the vampiric Missi are both exceptionally stylish in their brand of villainy.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The Series has quite a fan following in Japan. Thanks to some fortunate retweets of an introduction of "The Night" by a Japanese user.
• Heartwarming Moments: In "Raised by Bats!", when Duke and Missi prepare to transform into bats, Duke holds Missi's hand before they take off. And when they land and transform back to normal, Duke reaches out to steady Missi, evidently concerned that she might not be used to the transformation process yet.
  • The episode also shows Missi and Duke taking part in each other's favorite hobbies, such as Missi joining in on Duke's lavish shopping sprees, and Duke accompanying Missi to the library.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: In Aurelio Voltaire's song "The Vampire Club" he talks about someone named Missy "losing a fang." Come 14 years later there would be a (part)vampire character named Missi animated to some of his songs!
• Moe: Human Missi. And Genevieve to an extent.
• Narm: Arguably episode three, given that aside from the chorus ("Fuck You"), the song doesn't really match what's going on at all. It's from the point of view of Lily Allen giving a dressing down to politicians she considers to be dimwitted white supremacists with Daddy Issues, specifically George W. Bush, but none of these descriptions apply to the Duke.
• Ugly Cute: Genevieve Gifflet, as the song Zombie Prostitute lampshades her being a "rotten kind of cute."
• The Woobie: Missi. An innocent girl who just wanted to read a book who was harassed by a creepy vampire for a long ass night. Even when he gets his comeuppance, she's struggling with losing her sanity and presumably her humanity as a side effect of the staff and the trauma.