YMMV / Bloodline (2006)

• Alas, Poor Scrappy:
  • Rebecca getting a Dying Moment of Awesome saving Quincey.
• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • John. Quincey insists that he always had an inner bloodlust, and he merely helped coax it out. John believes Quincey and Mina were fully responsible for his fall to darkness.
• Anti-Climax Boss: Count Tepes. For all his decades of careful manipulation, in the end he doesn’t really put up too much of a fight. Justified in that he was a wizened, feeble vampire and Quincey was in the prime of his strength.
• Captain Obvious Reveal:
  • That Quincey didn’t kill Mary’s father, since he was never invited into the house. To her credit, Mary is chagrined once she realizes her mistake.
• Ho Yay:
  • Mina. She’s indiscriminate in the gender of her victims, and does much more then just bite them. Her seduction of John involved her, in one scene, kissing and undressing a female victim in front of him. Could also border on No Yay, as these displays are borderline non-consensual, and often involve the victim’s death.
• Jerkass Woobie:
  • John. While he becomes an absolutely bastard in Reckoning, he had been psychologically tortured for the entirety of Bloodline in an attempt to make him accept his “destiny”. Quincey introduces him to horrific acts of wartime sadism, then seduces and runs off with his sister, Lily, culminating in her committing suicide, his long-lost mother being killed, his recently introduced father being evil, then immediately killed by Quincey, who has just revealed himself to be John’s half-brother. It’s a rough few days for him.
    • Adding insult to injury, in Reckoning he finds out that his mortal enemy, Quincey, is now romantically involved with his ex-fiancée!
• Stoic Woobie:
  • Mary, in Reckoning. She tries to keep up appearances and maintain a stiff upper lip, but inside she’s tormented by memories of Castle Dracula, and nightmares featuring Lily’s ghost. Subverted in that her façade does crack a few times despite her best efforts, and her emotional unraveling ultimately leads to her and Quincey getting caught in John’s trap.