bro i never noticed how legit insane missy is. everyone be saying she's insane but i don't think anyone's mentioned the fact that she is seeing things the whole time, i mean like nobody's mentioned how when she thought the chandelier fell when it didn't and she saw a picture of duke when it wasn't duke. i only noticed this now lmao
What I really like is when she's holding the cane, the background is just completely black and white. When she becomes a human again, the world is back into color.
someone probably already said this but the reason the cane is driving her so crazy is because she's not actually meant to be a vampire... duke was fine with it because he IS actually a vampire
Slowpoke the cane is probably only part of it. Duke is still a vamp without the cane, the cane just seems to give him more power. It could also be her not fully accepting the vampirism and that's why she is able to transform back to a human.
Ok, so here’s how it works to me. If you are a vampire, you can use it with no problems. If you are a human, you will just strait up turn into a vampire until you let go of it, and you may experience insanity while holding it for too long.
the staff has possessed her, so she didn't have a choice in anything. even after losing contact with it briefly, she was still in its power enough that whatever is possessing her went back to the staff to reunite it with its current host (Missi)
I would also like to be a vampire, walk around the castle with a magic staff and in a beautiful lush dress, instead of studying, Missy is quite understandable🧐
Karma Cadman my guy, what the hell do you mean by “full stop”? I’m assuming it means in the context of your comment it means something like “In the first place”. If you’re gonna argue a point, at least use terminology that can be universally understood before you try to intellectual one up them.
It's tragic, really. She gave up any chance at returning to her normal life out of a desire to punish Duke. Vengeance prevents her from really being happy.
@@swordsmanthegamernine7973 I don't know that she is. Vindictive pleasure isn't a lasting joy. Tormenting Duke doesn't make her "happy", any more than a line of cocaine would.
Christopher Walters that’s actually a very interesting parallel you’ve just drawn, the ‘cocaine’ in this scenario actually takes two forms. The scepter, which undeniably gives her power and makes her feel it like never before, and also her vengeance against Duke, both of these things make her feel incredible while also destroying her inside
"and with boiling blood she scouted the umbral planes, seeking vengeance against the dark lord who had wronged her. And those who tasted the bite of her staff named her.... THE DUKE SLAYER." *heavy metal music starts playing in the distance*
This whole this is just a fight for survival. Also relates 0:00 teetering on the edge 0:56 the first break 1:10 avoiding sleep for fear of her mind overtaking her 1:14 projecting anger at situation towards enemy 1:17 attempting to relax 1:22 her mind/ the cane overtaking her thoughts. Fear 1:26 slipping slipping slipping into insanity 1:29 recognition 1:32 rejecting the insanity. Forcing reality by sheer will. 1:41 paranoia 1:45 putting that wall of showing maliciousness over fear. 1:51 the wall is starting to crack her from inside. 1:53 spiraling spiraling paranoia curtained by confidence 2:05 the paranoia is winning 2:08 panic. Panic. 2:19 rejection of the source 2:26 reflection 2:42 accepting the rejection and the loss that comes with it. 3:09 anger at enemy overpowers the downsides of this power 3:11 rebound. 3:14 rejection of past self
As much as I agree that Duke has a lot of fault here, I think this episode made me realize that Missi is really messed up to begin with as well. The power of the cane scared her, but she STILL preferred to endure horrifying hallucinations, throw out her entire future (hence her college application that flew out of her bag) and continue to let her family (the people that actually matter in her life-listed in a paper of emergency contacts that also flew out of her bag) worry to death about her...just to continue tormenting Duke. The cane isn’t controlling her, it just brings out what’s already there. Up to this point, she killed him, she brought him back to life, she tortured and beat his ass, humiliated him and violently threw him out of his own house. I think the scariest thing here isn’t the power of the cane, it’s her own capacity to hate so deeply. I think that’s the “Silent” monster inside her that’s literally “eating her inside out” and that’s how she chose to live her life.
I'm not sure how far she would have gotten from the house before he saw her and came after her, he was standing just a short ways off from the window when she opened the door. She could have left before she resurrected him, but now she's trapped with the staff.
Her mind is also being f^cked buy the magic of the cane since she also inst a vampire without its magic. But everything else is her free will! But I really like this!
To be honest, I love how smooth the animation is and how the music connects to the character, but if I'm being honest, I think she must have really hidden her dark side from the outside world, a woman like that would scare me :^
Now that I've rewatched this a good hundred times, I've come to realize that Missi's reflection is shown at 1:51, further showing how she isn't a true vampire and that the cane's effecting her because of that. She has hallucinations at many intervals like when she thinks the chandelier falls, and seems to have some sort of protective behaviors over the cane, bringing it to bed with her.
vengence for what? she trespassed in someone's mansion, killed them when they tried having some fun, brought them back from the afterlife (which they enjoyed) only to taunt them and kick them out of their mansion while also stealing their most prized posession... yeah poor Missi...
Ok so I just noticed something, in "fuck you" Missi's shadow version was a separate entity that she sent after Duke (most likely the entity came from the cane and returned to it), but here we can see it is trying to take over her or at least become a permanent part of Missi, trying to no longer be a separate entity. And as seen here that entity is now a part of Missi as she couldn't overcome her hatred for Duke and it the entity festered on this notion and so Missi embraced it (as seen in the end). Edit this might be common knowledge but my delayed ass only saw this now lol.
*Lyrics for the song:* Oh god It's so so quiet here The silence is slipping into my head When monsters are loud They're really quite delightful It's the silent ones that kill you So please do watch out We had a monster ball And they all came out to play They were dressed to the nines In their scary monster ways We had guzzard tea And lizard skin And baby legs and rolled around Merrily and spilled our fluids God it was so fun! At the end of the night We bowed and said: Good eating! And they spilled into the night Slithering and creeping I closed my door and hit the lights And sighed into the frightful night The chandeliers were creaking Ah oooh! My little tom's were peeking! Oh God, what's that? Could it be my little black cat? Could it be my shadow playing tricks? Could it be my flighty candlesticks? It's time my body go to bed But who to tend to my dear head? The night will soothe it's deadly ways Into the realm of the insane I lift my covers up And I close my little eyes And I listen to the night With its silent screams and cries I went to sleep and woke to find I was being eaten Which wouldn't be so bad Except I never gave permission Those silent little demons And their silent little ways Its the silent ones that kill you Its the little ones that rage The big ones will hound you The loud ones will pound you But the germs get in you And eat you inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you Inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you Inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they don't ask for permission They just get inside you And set upon their mission Or better than that They'll get into your veins And seep into your bloodstream Which causes lots of pain Or better than that They'll make you go insane If the little bugger slimes Reach into your brain Or better than that In your soul they'll lurk A place to worship You've become their church Allellujia Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you inside out No it wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad But then they leave you inside out Inside out
"It wouldn't be so bad, except I never gave permission." I think that's the most telling phrase in this animation, at least in terms of what's going inside her head, particularly in terms of how she feels about the Duke.
+Anthony Emerick Well he did harass her, tie her up and lock her up before that. The dancing in "the Night" might even have been metaphorical of something... less fitted for TH-cam.
@@shakinbacon6398 Except in what world did she really think he wasn't going to do anything to her anyway. He literally tied her up like a puppet, he closed the doors on her when she tried to run away, he chased her, physically grabbed her, pulled her towards him when it was *clear* she wasn't into it.... Like in case you didn't know, someone running away from you trembling and shaking is a pretty solid sign they're just not that into you bro. She did what she thought she had to to survive and the fact that he believed the sudden switch in her mood is kind of...stupid of him.
@@perfectstorm333 Again, though duke is at his very core atleast with the staff a monster of the night unable to control his actions and shifted towards the paradigm of evil. Any ability to restrain himself shows a great amount of strength especially given what we see missi go through in this song. Furthermore unless it is revealed that the duke tricked her into coming into his home, his villainy is nothing but a reaction to something she actively did.
The fact she gave up her chance to be normal again probably says a lot about how "good" her home life was and how much control the staff has over her emotions
I love the details that Daria put into this. When she hits her backpack with the magic staff and it hits the wall, as you slow down the frames you can see that her real name is Melissa Dumasias(i think the last name was kind of hard to make out) and she is not very bright in the subjects of Math and Georgraphy judging from the poor grades she got on her papers that flew out. But she is very bright in the subject in Literature, she even had a college application form slip out and it even says that she wants to major in that subject. And dang just to tease us she even had a paper with her emergency contacts on it. Not to sound obvious but this looks like a metaphor for her throwing her old life away and moving toward something more adventurous and daring. I dont know about any of you but I'm SO looking forward to the next episode.
Oh dear. . .on the one hand, it's a bit sad to see poor traumatized Missi, slowly being driven mad, try to throw away the cane and reclaim her normal life. On some level, she just wants to go home, poor kid. But on the other, she's still FURIOUS with Duke, and -- well, I don't know if walking out of that house as a human would have gone well for her.
So, Missi is dealing with *Insanity,* and *possibly, schizophrenia* While Duke is treated like a god, in the underworld and he possibly just *Smashed Missi’s missing sister* *Damn, the perfect revenge*
I’m also pretty sure, that it’s Missi herself who’s missing. And her sister is looking for her. Since- you know she never left the castle after almost getting raped and stuff. And I think that’s the reason she hates Duke as well.
The more i rewatch the series the more i feel this episode is where missy began to sympathize with duke, or at least understand him a bit. The power and corruption of that staff combined with the isolation in the castle.
3:15 If you pause it at the right time, you can see the name "Nessa" on the page labeled "emergency contacts" In "zombie prostitute" the girl in the green dress's necklace reads "Vanessa" and the name Nessa is short for Vanessa. Coincidence? I THINK NOT
Ducki Playz no wonder she went back for the cane.... Not to say people who ace literature are without future, but if you literally fail every other course including social studies, usually supernatural or “evil” solutions are much more tolerable options for career paths.... NOT THAT.... I WOULD KNOW....
So now we know her full name is Melissa Dumarias, her birthday is 7/7 and she was applying for college for literature, had a drawing of a cat with hards so liked them from before, was carrying "The history of arts" textbook, she had a friend/big sister? called Nessa and was bad at every subject expect Literature, her library cart expired in 6/6/2016, both parents are alive(I had a theory they were dead and that's why she decided to stay in the castle) I hope I got everything right. Also this was the most amazing video I have watched recently (except yours of course)! You are the best!
I'm not going to question if she's bullied for her inadequacy or lacks friends, such a brooding girl though. But i relate to this when i sucked at geography yet excellent in English.
I love how the longer she's holding the cane, the more it possess her and pulls her closer to insanity. But even when she comes to her senses, her grudge against Duke adds ontop of it and makes her return to the cane to make him pay. When she threw the cane, the purple was fading away from her hair. Also when she was getting ready to leave, it was playing Alleluia in the backround, as if she was praying. Even in the beginning, her shadow showed her human form, the title was faded brown too. The detail was beautiful, Daria!
@@turntechgodhead7557 Might not be a particular enmity. Might just be that she saw a bloodthirsty predator with reason to hold a grudge against her, who may have been waiting for her, through the window while she was on her way out and got angry. When I describe The Duke as bloodthirsty, I'm not saying he's particularly violent, I'm referencing the fact that he's a vampire. Though the other meaning of bloodthirsty might also apply given that he apparently conquered the Underworld.
Speaking of the fading purple from her hair; I really enjoyed how her reflection, unlike what one would expect from a vampire, as actually shown, but it showed her human form. You can see it by the color of her hair. That's a pretty neat and subtle hint at her state of "conditional vampirism", if I might express it that way.
@GUILLE832 It was interesting since vampires aren't supposed to have reflections, but since it's the staff that makes Missi a vampire, I guess it doesn't make her a "full" vampire?
It's not just her hatred, she's also scared that the duke will attack her the moment she steps out of the door in her human form. Cause without the scepter she's weak and can't resist against the duke
Missi: Oh no this staff is driving me insane! I should just let this go, return to my home and pretend this never happened. Duke: H Missi: The staff is good actually
Something that should be noted is that all the creatures that actively attack Missi (When eating her and when they pounce at the end), have the face of the Staff.
That's how stories go, not movies though. If the third movie in a series is a prequel, it's going to be terrible. Only movies like Mad Max can actually make successful sequals/prequels
Has anyone else noticed that when she throws the cane everything goes into color but when she grabs it again everything goes black and white again. It really projects the mental state that missi's in when possessed by the cane and it becomes overwhelming. Just a nice little touch I wanted to bring to your attention if you didn't already know
it's really rad!! in the sense of it being a cool detail. there's also support of the black-and-white possession detail during 0:54 to 1:02 when missi almost gets killed with a chandelier- or, seems like she's hallucinating it (it's still intact when they cut to the ceiling). daria's care with the nuances are cool :>
If I may add to this, I might be reading too much into it, but when was Missi was walking in the half after she threw away the cane, her figure was black while the background is in color. My take on this is this is Missi's POV of herself as a human. She's just empty while everything around her is on color. So another reason she went back for the cane could be that she wants to be somebody, somebody powerful, somebody who will stand out.
First off I fucking love this video, the idea of Missi being the only colorful thing in the castle, besides her cat, says a lot if the song, colors and monsters represent her sanity crumbling away to her inner demons/powers, not to mention the PTSD caused by Duke every time “the night” is mentioned. This got me thinking, does the bat staff/cane have side effects for its wielder? If so, does it bring bigger repercussions for humans because it really seems like that on Missi. The end result of this video means she is slowly going crazy. Plus, She’s starting to remind me of Duke with all those crazy expressions( amazing job by the way). It is, however, interesting to note that she hates Duke so much that she’s willing to go back to that same maddening existence. That’s...a terrifying sort of dedicated rage that I can respect.
This is the aesthetic I crave. Like seriously show of hands: Who here would jump at the opportunity to be a vampire elegantly prowling around an empty castle in a velvet dress that has really satisfying physics while slowly slipping into madness (also is it just me or does Missi look like an angry librarian at 3:11)
LYRICS Oh god It's so so quiet here The silence is slipping into my head When monsters are loud They're really quite delightful It's the silent ones that get you So please do watch out We had a monster ball And they all came out to play They were dressed to the nines In their scary monster ways We had guzzard tea And lizard skin And baby legs and rolled around Merrily and spilled our fluids God it was so fun! At the end of the night We bowed and said: Good eating! And they spilled into the night Slithering and creeping I closed my door and hit the lights And sighed into the frightful night The chandeliers were creaking Ah oooh! My little tom's were peeking! Oh God, what's that? Could it be my little black cat? Could it be my shadow playing tricks? Could it be my flighty candlesticks? It's time my body go to bed But who to tend to my dear head? The night will soothe it's deadly games Into the realm of the insane I lift my covers up And I close my little eyes And I listen to the night With its silent screams and cries I went to sleep and woke to find I was being eaten Which wouldn't be so bad Except I never gave permission Those silent little demons And their silent little ways Its the silent ones that kill you Its the little ones that rage The big ones will hound you The loud ones will pound you But the germs get in you And eat you inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you Inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you Inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they don't ask for permission They just get inside you And set upon their mission Or better than that They'll get into your veins And seep into your bloodstream Which causes lots of pain Or better than that They'll make you go insane If the little bugger slimes Reach into your brain Or better than that In your soul they'll lurk A place to worship You've become their church Hallellujia x7 Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you inside out No it wouldn't be so bad Except they eat you inside out Inside out Inside out They'll eat you inside out Which wouldn't be so bad But then they leave you inside out Inside out
A few fixes: *It's the silent 1's that get you* *The night will soothe it's deadly games.* *It's the little ones that rave* The last 1 is a little hard to hear but I didn't hear a g so I'm guessing at that point. Otherwise gj.
The part where the chandelier fell was so interesting to me because right after it shows the chandelier still on the ceiling, meaning it's all in her head
Maybe this was why Duke was so happy in the land of the dead. He was finally free of the cane. When he was brought back you can see how surprised he was with Missi, and even though he's pissed off he isn't acting like he did in the Night he's more mellow. The cane makes its holder become insane and intensifies their emotions- for Duke it was lust and for Missi its anger.
I don't know how many of these Daria has planned out, but it would be cool if by the end there were seven vampires, each with their own sin like you mentioned. Idk, just thinking loud lol. Or maybe you need the seven vampires/sins to destroy the cane?
apologyapocalypse I don’t think so.The cane was in the land of the dead.I think the Land of the dead was before Missi even showed up,it was supposed to show how life was for Duke before it all.This is all just my theory tho.
@@readingandyapping except he was in the land of the dead beacuse missi killed him in the first episode and then in the 3rd episode she brought him back to life just to spite him more or less because she's evil now
apologyapocalypse I don't think the cane itself is driving Missi crazy, I think that what you said about the cane amplifying the users emotions is true, it could be that Missi is going crazy with unchecked rage and needs a proper outlet to control herself better. Because I like Missi, she's my favourite character and I believe that if she could find someone/something as a proper outlet for her emotions then it would lead to a pretty good story
What shocks me is that in the previous video Duke looks at Missi through the window and some seconds later we see him just like we do in this video.. which means that Missi was enjoying her drink next to the fireplace and some seconds later all this madness happened.. woah
Actually the fire place scene was before the madness in this episode cause at the end we see that the showdown poster wrote the word "Brb for " above the phrase "the showdown", most likely written by duke
@Matsuzaka Satou I agree with you, and what if all of the stuff that was in black and white was in her mind or maybe even the staff playing tricks on her. If you slowed the frames down in the black and white crazy part, then you would see the staff smirking at her pain.
Time is relative. If you have ADHD and autism like I do an entire hypothetical scenario that spans hours plays out from beginning to end in no more than 5 minutes. If I think of every possibility for said scenario it actually does take some hours to think of about 2 dozen or more.
3:15 What we can tell from the content of her bag: 1. Her emergency contacts are Mom, Dad, and Nessa (who we can assume is her gf or sister) 2. Her grades in Math and Geography are Fs and an A in Literature. 3. She was born on 7/7 or July seventh 4. She had a filled out collage application for a Literature program, meaning she is around the age of 18. 5. Her full name is Melissa Dumarias (spelling maybe a bit off) 6. She has a book called History of the Arts. (I assume one of the journals in her backpack is full of drawings) 7. She doodles on her papers (another reason to support the fact she may have a drawling journal) 8. She has a library card that expired on 6/6/16. (A possible avid reader.) If you find anyone info from the backpack scene don’t be scared to add on. Note: I got this info from multiple frames.
I feel like there aren't any monster/creatures in that mansion at all. They are just figments of her deteriorating mind. Her sanity is slowly deteriorating from her constant want for revenge. That moment where she turns human again? I believe that was her being able to grasp on to what was left of her sanity but the moment she saw him, That grasp was gone and she was back to having lost her mind.
And when she went back to being insane after being human the power was more powerful making it practically impossible to escape the craziness. When she hit the bag onto the wall i think that represented that she doesnt care about her human life and only revenge for the vampire guy
@@mikicreates37 even though her revenge is dumb since she was the one who trespassing into his home and he began to mess with her but not sexual assault or anything. he only started being flirty when she began to flirt him to death. I guess insanity doesn't need a good reason for insanity.
That suddenly makes a ton of sense but exactly why did she go insane? I know being scared can cause it but she escaped the vampire and could’ve left. It was the cane maybe?
@Fairfax She entered what she thought was an unlocked abandoned house. And while he may not have tried to actually rape her, he did chase her around the house the whole night without letting her leave, and forcibly puppeteered her body, forced a dance with her, and change her clothes (all this is invasive). I still like his character but his actions in Chapter 1 are hardly justified.
@@Otakumichibi Well, he was from an old era where most likely his actions werent seen as bad, but I'll sall that most likely is that he was crazy and bored, bad combination.
@@Blinix2 Hmm, I don't know. Maybe, but it sounds like it would be considered improper behavior whenever he is from. I do agree that he does seem like the "crazy and bored" type! Very much a 'devil may care' attitude that gets him in loads of trouble, haha.
Woah. Just....woah. That was so incredibly jaw-dropping I unknowingly stopped blinking. Missi's descent into madness, the hallucinations, the Duke repeatedly showing up at the mention of "Night". The animation, how the black and white colors and creatures dance and skitter around her. The song's wild lyrics going hand in hand with that fantastic animation. I love the jagged crazy turn the art gets in the end and for a moment she is back to Mellissa - for a moment the staff no longer holds her but the moment she remembers the Duke she's back. I cannot wait for the next episode and what more of these characters and their stories are told! I love your work so much, thank you for everything you do! It was heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
@@goatee98 As a person with a degree in psychology, you should NEVER be in a relationship that is based on fear. That is probably the most unhealthy start for a relationship, as the core of your entire relationship is abuse. Just because disney made it look romantic once does NOT make it okay in reality. Relationships should be built on mutual trust and respect, NEVER fear.
SJWs in a nutshell. I liked the song "Fuck You" but that line about the haters needing to be killed just throws up all of the red flags. Like 200% YIKES! I think someone needs to make a parody of that song that highlights the hypocrisy of the "Woke" movement. They claim to be against "hate", but then turn around and violently attack anything they don't like.
@@nimabegum7244 I was not talking about the situation between Duke and Missi, I was talking about the underlying message of the Lily Allen song "Fuck You" taken by itself. It's ok to be gay and speak out against hatred. But to turn around and say those same haters should be slain just comes off as majorly hypocritical to me.
@@RVGmetallicasaw he DID try to rape her AND if she just went out there he would probably notice her and now when shes human againe... with his pent up anger...😤😥 that wouldnt be pretty....
@@gran9773 I believe Daria has already explained that Duke wasn't thinking about that until she seduced him to trick him. Technically, it wasn't an attempt of rape as he foolishly thought she was willing when she was only tricking him. She is upset about him chasing her around the mansion. For all she knows, he was just toying with her before he was going to drink her blood.
"I woke up and found myself being eaten. And it wouldn't be so bad... EXCEPT! I never gave permission." There you have the answer. Why she ended up like this, why she killed Duke, why she's so deranged.
Exactly, she never gave consent to Duke and had to appear as if she did in order to escape her predicament. She must've been traumatised by it and now that trauma and her rage against her abuser make her have a crisis.
@@watercolourferns I don't know, the duke was just trolling with her until she made it sexual. and then he went for it. I mean she was invading his property. he could have even shot her in some states.
@@estebiajero1670 that place was seen as abandoned. I mean he lives alone in a massive mansion and he doesn't seem to associate with any non undead. She just kinda opened the door, looked to see if it wasn't occupied then sat down around 20 ft from the door. he obviously also knew of her presence before she even entered, and would have planned to kill her if he wanted to do as such. breaking and entering, without a weapon, and attempting to leave after she wasn't welcome. Lets say, if you were to KILL her with a firearm, how would you defend yourself? I'm actually intrigued. would you call it self defence when you were clearly not in danger, and had a hallway where she's about twice as closer to the door than she is to you? even if it can be seen as legal in most doesn't mean you can have no motive or reasoning behind an action and get away with it. /\ | This part was caused by "*HE* could have even shot her in some states." Specifically him. In the scenario "The Night". Perfectly legal. Not murder.
@@estebiajero1670 exactly. he literally did nothing bad. she's the one who made it sexual and now people think he's the villain when really he was just dancing. she was trespassing in the first place and now she's been practically torturing him because of nothing. she's overreacting.
The amount of detail that went into this! AAHHHHH!!!! I hope you don't let anyone rush you on your work cuz when you take your time the end result is absolutely beautiful!!! Can't wait for the next one!!!
If u pause at the right time when she throws her book bag, u’ll see: * Her real name Is Melissa Dumarias * Her birthday is July 7 * Her emergency contacts are her Mom, Dad and Nessa(her sister) * She’s passing Literature but failing Geography and Math * Library card * A college application aiming for Literature * A History of Arts textbook and Geography textbook
six26sawada idk if you know this but the reason that happens is because of chapter one when she met duke which the song was called the night so every time she hears the night she thinks of duke I hope that made sense
One thing I think is pretty neat is that every time (or almost, I think there's one time it doesn't happen) Missi says "Night" some form of Duke appears, first the shadow she sucks up with the cane, then the portrait, which was actually of Poe, and then above her in her bed. Really shows that after however long it took to resurrect him, Missi still strongly associates that word with him. Which I probably would to, if I was chased around by a guy who wouldn't stop singing about the night.
@Destra Wisp I thought that too until I noticed that in both of the occasions where the duke looking shadow figure came out she only said “The Night”, at 0:52 she said “The Frightful Night” therefore it’s different
I think this represents how Missi was struggling with the fact that she never had any choice or control when it came to what she had become. It first started with Duke chasing and harassing her, making her feel weak and not in control of her situation. After defeating Duke, she was then immediately controlled by darkness once she had possession of the cane, not really having a choice in accepting it or not. As for the monsters in this chapter (who constantly try to stalk, bind and attack her) represent how, though she had great power, she was conflicted about the darkness being forced upon her without her consent or choice to begin with, not truly knowing if shes the one in control. This causes her to loose her sanity and break free from the darkness. As for when she begins to walk out and sees Duke, she's reminded of how weak she was and makes the decision, of her own free will, to accept the cane and the powers that come with it, allowing her to stay strong, and never as powerless as she felt before. BTW 3:13 Vampire Missi with glasses and ponytail is hot
i think another layer is her addiction to it too. she is being controlled by the power but it took her until this moment to throw it away.. but the addiction and anger won in the end. there is more than likely a malign presence inside of the cane.
@@taddad2641 im not so sure id call her going back to the cane an addiction. If it was, im sure Duke would have been having it much worse than he already is if it was. But he just seems to be pissed that he lost(episode 3.5). As for Missi, it seems more like she hated that the cane had forced it's influence on her without her giving her consent. This made her afraid of it and allowed her the opportunity to reject it. But when you see her walk back to get the cane, you can see that her eyes were filled with determination and that she made her choice of her own free will to accept the cane. (She doesnt even stop or hesitate when she picks it up)
Honestly this is probably my favorite episode. It shows how the staff is affecting Missi, in multiple ways. It controls every aspect of her day, such as the hallucinations. It also shows that she is paranoid about the staff being stolen as you can see her go to sleep with it behind her back. I loved the detail at 1:12 where she see's a painting that has Duke on it, and immediately goes to hit it, until a few seconds later it is shown that it is just a normal painting and Missi is starting to hallucinate about Duke. When the curse of the staff finally broke, she gathered her things and decided to finally leave the place. That is until she see's Duke, and throws her bag which included college applications, schoolwork, and emergency contacts which shows that she had a whole life and family but left it due to her hatred of Duke. This is truly my favorite episode (and it uses one of my favorite songs which is a plus) One detail I'd like to point out is that on Missi's driver's license, it shows that her full (first) name is Melissa and that she was born in 2016. She has college applications, which means that she is most likely around 18-20 and that this takes place in the future, possibly around 2030.
My theory: Missi came into the "abandoned" castle to read her book. Duke noticed her and decided to have some fun (as in the dancing, nothing sexual.) Missi was very suprised and very anxious if he was gonna do anything to her, since he was chasing her through the entire castle. When she was dancing with him for the last time in "The Night", Missi noticed that it was morning, and she could see the sun through the castle. And, as you all know, she walked over to a windowsill/shelf (idk). Duke was like "YOLO!" and you know... went over to her and stuff. Missi was obviously anxious during that time, and finally pulled the rope for the curtains, and used *Duke's staff* to slam him into the open. During that, the staff gave her a feeling of power and excitement. That's why she smiles so... unsettling and evil. The staff manipulates her every move, makes her think things, makes her hallucinate. (In Silent.) It tells her "destroy him. make his life horrible." And she still remembers those feelings, which is why she wants to get more revenge on Duke, even though she did enough in "F*ck you" (bringing Duke back from his happy times in The Land of the Dead, and kicked him out.) So... with all of these evidence, I think I can conclude... *The Staff is the Villian.* EDIT: Thanks to the replies, I've been able to edit this in the way the fandom thinks it should be! Thank you everyone, for being so responsive to this comment! :)
Theory: The monsters aren't real. If you look at the part where the chandelier falls, when she looks back, it never fell. These monsters are just things from her insanity because it's so quiet. When she tries to turn away from the staff, she was quick to turn back to it because of Duke and other few reasons. She has a huge grudge against him, so i doubt she just summoned him for nothing. Her bag also has her grades, which are failing except literature, which makes a reason to not go back. She also has contacts to her parents, but i don't think she would want to trouble them. What im saying is she has no reason to go back and takes the staff even if it meant losing her sanity. Idk lmao
She has a reason to trouble them, She must have been missing for months! Also all those things she has in her bag aren't those someone would take if they were running away And she has a library card with her along with contact info and a college application maybe she is lost and went to the castle for shelter
from the "Except I never gave permission" sounds like a confession of things on how the character/writer is dealing with, something that is so bad she feels she couldn't tell or go back with her parents, sounds like it's forming into a poetic way so us viewers would connect more than to understand the character , I mean esp 1 is where she almost got raped by duke.... would that feeling to not confront her parents because it would hurt them that their own daughter went through that?
It's possible that the reason she summoned Duke is because she wants to mess with him- to essentially turn him into her personal punching back where she could relieve her frustrations and resentment of her situation to since she doesn't want to hurt any innocents and maybe... Just maybe, forget what she's lost. The fact that the silence is starting to gnaw at her sanity should be evident of this as no one starts going mad from being alone in mere days and the fact that he's the reason she is a vampire now is a welcomed bonus on her book.
That staff is like the One Ring, grants great power at the cost of your sanity, humanity until it eventually turns you into something permanently cursed by its power. But it’s just so tempting and and it feels so good to use it.
What's this??? Not one, but TWO animations involving Daria Cohen in one day?? Happy New Year indeed!!! For those who don't know what I'm talking about, go check out Cartoon All Stars reanimated. Daria was involved with that, and her work is amazeballs, as usual!
Ok THEORY TIME. If you pause you can clearly see the papers in her bag pack. First, her full name and is Melissa Dumarias, there’s an emergency contact list where it shows Mom, Dad and Nessa, Nessa is most likely her sister or a guardian, the interesting bit is that she has an emergency contact list at all. She has a college application, so she must be at least 17. Why would she need it? Also she has them on a list so the first part doesn’t take place in the present, otherwise she would had the numbers in her phone. But she was also reading twilight so it couldn’t be that long in the past. We can also inquire that she wanted to be a writer, based on the fact that out of all the exams in her bag, only literature had a passing grade and she was applying for the career of literature in college. Maybe that’s why she in the mansion, maybe she wanted to write about vampires and decided to go to a creepy abandoned mansion for inspiration. That would also explain why she was reading twilight of all things.
Artemis Wolf on one of the papers there’s a date with 2016. She probably has no phone. But I agree with everything you said exept the reason why she went to the mansion. If everything would be great with her family she would have no problems to go back to them at all. We can see that she cries and she’s suffering because of the powers of the cane and her hatred towards Duke. But surely there must be a more serious reason for her to stay there than her harted towards that asshole out there. I bet she escaped from home or something like that. She clearly doesn’t wants to go back to her family. It’s hard for her even if she escapes the cane.
So its between the years 2014-2016 or its possibly even a higher year than that. (Im not sure what is the longest library card can last but as far as i know its 2 years)
Well, it seems that originally she didn't have a choice in the matter and she just became evil. But upon letting go of the scepter she was freed. When she went back to the scepter it was of her own free will and not forced upon her
Vampire don't see their reflection, but what if that means they just don't see their vampire self. They still see themselves in a mirror, but they see their human self. After becoming a vampire they can never see their real form again. They lost their humanity, but that's all they see in the mirrors now. All they see is their past, and what they gave up, staring back at them. I don't necessarily believe that's what's happening at 1:50, since in this case I think it has more to do with the influence of the cane, but it would be a neat spin on an old concept.
I thought I was the only one who saw that her human reflection showed. I wonder if it is like when you stare in the mirror you see something you miss about yourself, or something along the lines of it. She wishes and hopes to be human again and her old self is in the mirror reminding her of what she used to be, also what she wants to go back to. I think I may be going overboard but I don't know.
I get really excited about lore and how it changes over time Vampires in lore can't see there reflection because of the metal mirrors at the time were made of. They considered it a pure metal therefore it did not get along well with the undead. Now a days, mirrors are made differently so vamps should be able to admire themselves. It's really cool to see how these stories change over time, and personally I want future kids to either grow knowing the reason of old or to learn what you have just proposed cause it sounds awesome!
The reason vampires don't see there reflection is because it's said that mirrors reflect the soul as well and vampires are soulless creatures Missi is a special case because she has a human soul so it reflects her soul sorry you have to read all these grammar mistakes but I'm to lazy to fix it
The reason vampires couldn't see reflections of themselves was because older mirrors used silver as the reflective surface under the glass, which was said to be one of the "holy" materials. Most modern mirrors use aluminum under the glass.
I just love when she says it's so so quiet. The smile is just delightful as it's such a wonderful mixture of cute and frightening. The mixture of adorable and terrifying gives her such a unique appeal.
Another masterpiece. 👏👏👏 Worth the wait, and definitely will watch again so I can see things I missed the first time. I love that it's the cane that gives her the dark power of the vampire, and just enough time away from it reverts her back to humanity.
Thank you so much for creating this! I am Zoe (the singer of Tragic Tantrum) and it was just delightful seeing your creation using our music. (BTW latest project is Sin & Seraphim in case you feel inspired to make another ;) *wink* GREAT JOB!!!
Absolutely stunning! The visuals, the vibe, I'm in love! She's slowly losing it...she almost escaped but her rage at Duke just wow. I can't wait for part 5, I can tell it's going to be amazing from the little note at the end!!
3:15 Melissa Dumaries Birthday : 7/7 Application: literature Emergency contacts: Mom Dad Nessa Basically all we know about Missie before being a vampire? I wonder who Nessa is.
I have to wonder as to why it would be unwise. Netflix has plenty of resources and seems open minded to such prospects. Other TV organizations would just try to toy with it until it becomes a collasol disappointment. Some examples: Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, Simpsons, *shivers * Teen Titans Go 🤢.
These animations are always so great. I can’t imagine how many frames you have to draw to make this art not only fluid but beautiful and stylish. Will be looking forward to the next one
Most 2D animation is done in 24-25 frames per second. Some parts can be animated in 2s, meaning every other frame, but it still takes a lot of time to do. Sad how this form of animation is not in the spotlight as much as it used to be.
I WASNT READY FOR THIS BUT GIMME (prepares to replay all night) Oh man, that was INCREDIBLE. You illustrated the insanity SO FLAWLESSLY. The expressions, the contrast, the movements... all so well choreographed, just like the other episodes. I was so ready to follow Missi out the door, but when I saw such hatred in her eyes towards Duke, I understood her choices. Even though I hope that she some day returns to her normal life, I'm really excited to see her next actions... and Duke's! I hate vampires, but these ones are worth watching^^
![I'm Not Afraid of The Dark// Missi MAP Collab [Part 9]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kP8e_ZjNhTc/mqdefault.jpg)
bro i never noticed how legit insane missy is. everyone be saying she's insane but i don't think anyone's mentioned the fact that she is seeing things the whole time, i mean like nobody's mentioned how when she thought the chandelier fell when it didn't and she saw a picture of duke when it wasn't duke. i only noticed this now lmao
The staff/cane i guess?
???????
No one is talking about 0:36 either... Or how much the lyrics fit.
And her shadow doesn’t show her dress
And the fact that your pfp looks
In fact, a lot of peoples did mention it, but they're from earlier comments, when the video dropped out.
What I really like is when she's holding the cane, the background is just completely black and white. When she becomes a human again, the world is back into color.
It’s a fact that all vampires are colour blind.
@@Clowning_around- omg 😂😂😂
@@Clowning_around- really?
3:15 She got an A in Literature but an F in Geography. Explains how she got so bloody lost in the first place.
Good point.
That explains it
Also an F in Math, whatever that tells you
I kinda want to keep it at 666 likes , given the context of the video 😂
I think she ran away to be honest
Missi sings in so many different voices, but somehow, every single one of them fit her perfectly
Yeah
Also yeah
А чё на русском
@@twist_ending7545 на русском вобще зачем
Yes lip sync is magic
someone probably already said this but the reason the cane is driving her so crazy is because she's not actually meant to be a vampire... duke was fine with it because he IS actually a vampire
So what is the cane then if not a magic vamp creator
Slowpoke the cane is probably only part of it. Duke is still a vamp without the cane, the cane just seems to give him more power. It could also be her not fully accepting the vampirism and that's why she is able to transform back to a human.
What if it turns people into vampires because duke was the first one with it so he turns people into him a vampire
Ok, so here’s how it works to me.
If you are a vampire, you can use it with no problems.
If you are a human, you will just strait up turn into a vampire until you let go of it, and you may experience insanity while holding it for too long.
You're welcome I just gave you your 666th like.
Missi is going nuts but her hate for Duke just keeps pulling her back in... That's honestly a scary thought...
I noticed that as well it what keep her in control of herself
Revenge destroys the person seeking it as often as it destroys the target.
I cant wait to see what he has planned
From 2:16 it looks like the cane is whats driving her nuts, but her hared for the Duke makes her keep using it.
Storm Trooper that's what she gets for breaking and entering into someone's house
Do you smell that... I smell an underrated artist...
*looks at view count* yeah nah
@@spinningpeanut they mean it needs 7 billion views
Seems familiar
spinningpeanut *the sub count is the main problem*
Daria so talented!!
The fact that she could’ve had a chance at a normal life but chose otherwise just lets us understand her and her story so much more.
the staff has possessed her, so she didn't have a choice in anything. even after losing contact with it briefly, she was still in its power enough that whatever is possessing her went back to the staff to reunite it with its current host (Missi)
@@TeenDream888 Actually, she did it out of anger if you didn't notice her facial expression upon noticing Duke
I would also like to be a vampire, walk around the castle with a magic staff and in a beautiful lush dress, instead of studying, Missy is quite understandable🧐
It’s interesting how the mirror proves she’s not a true vampire by showing her brown hair (true self) in the reflection
Time stamp?
Alfamangle :3 1:51 ;)
Karma Cadman that’s what I said?????
Karma Cadman my guy, what the hell do you mean by “full stop”? I’m assuming it means in the context of your comment it means something like “In the first place”. If you’re gonna argue a point, at least use terminology that can be universally understood before you try to intellectual one up them.
Karma Cadman secondly, vampires not having reflections period is a relatively recent addition to their mythology.
It's tragic, really. She gave up any chance at returning to her normal life out of a desire to punish Duke. Vengeance prevents her from really being happy.
Christopher Walters I mean she seems pretty happy while she’s tormenting Duke, but I get yer point
@@swordsmanthegamernine7973 I don't know that she is. Vindictive pleasure isn't a lasting joy. Tormenting Duke doesn't make her "happy", any more than a line of cocaine would.
Christopher Walters that’s actually a very interesting parallel you’ve just drawn, the ‘cocaine’ in this scenario actually takes two forms. The scepter, which undeniably gives her power and makes her feel it like never before, and also her vengeance against Duke, both of these things make her feel incredible while also destroying her inside
It's not like she has any choice, she drops the scepter and it's back to Ep.1 but without the element of surprise.
"and with boiling blood she scouted the umbral planes, seeking vengeance against the dark lord who had wronged her. And those who tasted the bite of her staff named her.... THE DUKE SLAYER." *heavy metal music starts playing in the distance*
SO GREAT!! AHHH
I feel like i know you from somewhere 🤔🤔🤔
VIVZIEPOP I LOVE YOU AND DARIA
Oh hi vivzie-
Didnt expect to see you here
Cameo? You could put a second long cameo. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A CAMEO?!
Vivziepop it’s amazing!
This whole this is just a fight for survival. Also relates
0:00 teetering on the edge
0:56 the first break
1:10 avoiding sleep for fear of her mind overtaking her
1:14 projecting anger at situation towards enemy
1:17 attempting to relax
1:22 her mind/ the cane overtaking her thoughts. Fear
1:26 slipping slipping slipping into insanity
1:29 recognition
1:32 rejecting the insanity. Forcing reality by sheer will.
1:41 paranoia
1:45 putting that wall of showing maliciousness over fear.
1:51 the wall is starting to crack her from inside.
1:53 spiraling spiraling paranoia curtained by confidence
2:05 the paranoia is winning
2:08 panic. Panic.
2:19 rejection of the source
2:26 reflection
2:42 accepting the rejection and the loss that comes with it.
3:09 anger at enemy overpowers the downsides of this power
3:11 rebound.
3:14 rejection of past self
Cool analysis
As much as I agree that Duke has a lot of fault here, I think this episode made me realize that Missi is really messed up to begin with as well. The power of the cane scared her, but she STILL preferred to endure horrifying hallucinations, throw out her entire future (hence her college application that flew out of her bag) and continue to let her family (the people that actually matter in her life-listed in a paper of emergency contacts that also flew out
of her bag) worry to death about her...just to continue tormenting Duke. The cane isn’t controlling her, it just brings out what’s already there. Up to this point, she killed him, she brought him back to life, she tortured and beat his ass, humiliated him and violently threw him out of his own house.
I think the scariest thing here isn’t the power of the cane, it’s her own capacity to hate so deeply. I think that’s the “Silent” monster inside her that’s literally “eating her inside out” and that’s how she chose to live her life.
Missi*
I'm not sure how far she would have gotten from the house before he saw her and came after her, he was standing just a short ways off from the window when she opened the door. She could have left before she resurrected him, but now she's trapped with the staff.
This entire comment may be see this video in a completely different perspective
Her mind is also being f^cked buy the magic of the cane since she also inst a vampire without its magic. But everything else is her free will! But I really like this!
To be honest, I love how smooth the animation is and how the music connects to the character, but if I'm being honest, I think she must have really hidden her dark side from the outside world, a woman like that would scare me :^
Now that I've rewatched this a good hundred times, I've come to realize that Missi's reflection is shown at 1:51, further showing how she isn't a true vampire and that the cane's effecting her because of that. She has hallucinations at many intervals like when she thinks the chandelier falls, and seems to have some sort of protective behaviors over the cane, bringing it to bed with her.
Oh! Its brown!!
And she sees the picture of the duke but it’s in realtiy a picture of someone else
Purple Power it her when she’s not holding the staff like when we see her shadow to it’s her without the staff
I THOUGHT there was something off about the colors of that!
Not all mirrors have silver anymore, but since it's antique, I'll let your point stand.
Poor Missi. She doesn't realize the price for her vengeance is her sanity.
But at the end she does realize, and only grips tighter
Exactly
Please no one else like this comment, its currently at 666.
@@ethansells7228 more Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but vampire and Female, this is insanity in so many levels.
vengence for what? she trespassed in someone's mansion, killed them when they tried having some fun, brought them back from the afterlife (which they enjoyed) only to taunt them and kick them out of their mansion while also stealing their most prized posession... yeah poor Missi...
Ok so I just noticed something, in "fuck you" Missi's shadow version was a separate entity that she sent after Duke (most likely the entity came from the cane and returned to it), but here we can see it is trying to take over her or at least become a permanent part of Missi, trying to no longer be a separate entity. And as seen here that entity is now a part of Missi as she couldn't overcome her hatred for Duke and it the entity festered on this notion and so Missi embraced it (as seen in the end). Edit this might be common knowledge but my delayed ass only saw this now lol.
Missi: Losing her damn mind
Duke: ＺＯＭＢＩＥ ＴＩＤＤＩＥＳ
Edit: what the hell is going on why do I it have 12k likes on this comment?
KrissFlye ive been laughing at this for 5 minutes wtf
He finally got laid lol
Lol
We all cope in our own ways... :)
You seen it too
*Lyrics for the song:*
Oh god
It's so so quiet here
The silence is slipping into my head
When monsters are loud
They're really quite delightful
It's the silent ones that kill you
So please do watch out
We had a monster ball
And they all came out to play
They were dressed to the nines
In their scary monster ways
We had guzzard tea
And lizard skin
And baby legs and rolled around
Merrily and spilled our fluids
God it was so fun!
At the end of the night
We bowed and said: Good eating!
And they spilled into the night
Slithering and creeping
I closed my door and hit the lights
And sighed into the frightful night
The chandeliers were creaking
Ah oooh! My little tom's were peeking!
Oh God, what's that?
Could it be my little black cat?
Could it be my shadow playing tricks?
Could it be my flighty candlesticks?
It's time my body go to bed
But who to tend to my dear head?
The night will soothe it's deadly ways
Into the realm of the insane
I lift my covers up
And I close my little eyes
And I listen to the night
With its silent screams and cries
I went to sleep and woke to find
I was being eaten
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except
I never gave permission
Those silent little demons
And their silent little ways
Its the silent ones that kill you
Its the little ones that rage
The big ones will hound you
The loud ones will pound you
But the germs get in you
And eat you inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you Inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you Inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they don't ask for permission
They just get inside you
And set upon their mission
Or better than that
They'll get into your veins
And seep into your bloodstream
Which causes lots of pain
Or better than that
They'll make you go insane
If the little bugger slimes
Reach into your brain
Or better than that
In your soul they'll lurk
A place to worship
You've become their church
Allellujia
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you inside out
No it wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
But then they leave you inside out
Inside out
Thank you!!
THANK YOU FOR THESE LYRICS
You are the best person
Thanks mate!
Thank you!
"It wouldn't be so bad, except I never gave permission." I think that's the most telling phrase in this animation, at least in terms of what's going inside her head, particularly in terms of how she feels about the Duke.
The point being, he thought she did, that's why he waited to do anything sexual until after she did the fake in the first part
+Anthony Emerick Well he did harass her, tie her up and lock her up before that. The dancing in "the Night" might even have been metaphorical of something... less fitted for TH-cam.
@@shakinbacon6398 Except in what world did she really think he wasn't going to do anything to her anyway. He literally tied her up like a puppet, he closed the doors on her when she tried to run away, he chased her, physically grabbed her, pulled her towards him when it was *clear* she wasn't into it.... Like in case you didn't know, someone running away from you trembling and shaking is a pretty solid sign they're just not that into you bro. She did what she thought she had to to survive and the fact that he believed the sudden switch in her mood is kind of...stupid of him.
@@perfectstorm333 Again, though duke is at his very core atleast with the staff a monster of the night unable to control his actions and shifted towards the paradigm of evil. Any ability to restrain himself shows a great amount of strength especially given what we see missi go through in this song. Furthermore unless it is revealed that the duke tricked her into coming into his home, his villainy is nothing but a reaction to something she actively did.
I always saw that bit as a creature playing with its food until the seduction where his motives changed.
The fact she gave up her chance to be normal again probably says a lot about how "good" her home life was and how much control the staff has over her emotions
I love the details that Daria put into this. When she hits her backpack with the magic staff and it hits the wall, as you slow down the frames you can see that her real name is Melissa Dumasias(i think the last name was kind of hard to make out) and she is not very bright in the subjects of Math and Georgraphy judging from the poor grades she got on her papers that flew out. But she is very bright in the subject in Literature, she even had a college application form slip out and it even says that she wants to major in that subject. And dang just to tease us she even had a paper with her emergency contacts on it. Not to sound obvious but this looks like a metaphor for her throwing her old life away and moving toward something more adventurous and daring. I dont know about any of you but I'm SO looking forward to the next episode.
It also seems she has (a sister? Cousin? Friend) someone along her emergency contacts named Nessa, which is neat!
@@atchley4775 Isn't Nessa a nickname that Elphaba/The Wicked Witch of the West uses for her sister, The Wicked Witch of the East
Dumarias is her last name. I was able to see it clearly.
Adrianna Marquez same
i think its dumarias for her last name
its really clear at 3:15 but you have to be on pause to get to the clear part so
Oh dear. . .on the one hand, it's a bit sad to see poor traumatized Missi, slowly being driven mad, try to throw away the cane and reclaim her normal life. On some level, she just wants to go home, poor kid. But on the other, she's still FURIOUS with Duke, and -- well, I don't know if walking out of that house as a human would have gone well for her.
Like we said about the scepter, it sure is.
Love and hate is the same force but different vector of it. Maby Duke would make it happen
docette2015 I felt that no joke.
@@iceysue it is and it is not. Tjalt was kind of fizycs joke, but i saw it hapends in real life to with feelings:p
exactly!! she would be easy pray for the probably hungry and furious duke!
So, Missi is dealing with *Insanity,* and *possibly, schizophrenia*
While Duke is treated like a god, in the underworld and he possibly just *Smashed Missi’s missing sister*
*Damn, the perfect revenge*
That’s kinda evil of him... he seems like a real womanizer, thinks he can get em‘ all with his vampire charm.
I think he tried, but couldn't go through with it. Call of the...ugh....zombie prostitute.
But she got that castle tho👀
Mrs. Doctor
But, who needs a castle...
*when you got an entire underworld at your fingertips*
I’m also pretty sure, that it’s Missi herself who’s missing. And her sister is looking for her. Since- you know she never left the castle after almost getting raped and stuff. And I think that’s the reason she hates Duke as well.
The more i rewatch the series the more i feel this episode is where missy began to sympathize with duke, or at least understand him a bit. The power and corruption of that staff combined with the isolation in the castle.
3:15
If you pause it at the right time, you can see the name "Nessa" on the page labeled "emergency contacts"
In "zombie prostitute" the girl in the green dress's necklace reads
"Vanessa" and the name Nessa is short for Vanessa. Coincidence? I THINK NOT
Baby keep the tip!
She's also legit holding a missing poster with Melissa on it-
COINCIDENCE I THINK NUT
Might be her sister
I think it's her sister since she's holding Missi's Missing Poster
Full name: Melissa Dumerias
Birthday: 7/7
Program: literature
Older or younger sister named Nessa
Gets F in everything except literature
Ducki Playz no wonder she went back for the cane....
Not to say people who ace literature are without future, but if you literally fail every other course including social studies, usually supernatural or “evil” solutions are much more tolerable options for career paths....
NOT THAT.... I WOULD KNOW....
oh fuc dude its 7/7 rn
today is her birthday!
Thanks:)
She has the same birthday as my friend Marissa.
So now we know her full name is Melissa Dumarias, her birthday is 7/7 and she was applying for college for literature, had a drawing of a cat with hards so liked them from before, was carrying "The history of arts" textbook, she had a friend/big sister? called Nessa and was bad at every subject expect Literature, her library cart expired in 6/6/2016, both parents are alive(I had a theory they were dead and that's why she decided to stay in the castle) I hope I got everything right. Also this was the most amazing video I have watched recently (except yours of course)! You are the best!
She has the same birthday as me!
I'm not going to question if she's bullied for her inadequacy or lacks friends, such a brooding girl though.
But i relate to this when i sucked at geography yet excellent in English.
how do we know this? I missed it...
Matthew Sidewater pause the slamming of the bag to the wall
@@matthewsidewater6641 pause at 3:15 ish
自分にひたすら「私は悪くない!!」と呪いのように唱える感じがめちゃくちゃ好き
I love how the longer she's holding the cane, the more it possess her and pulls her closer to insanity. But even when she comes to her senses, her grudge against Duke adds ontop of it and makes her return to the cane to make him pay.
When she threw the cane, the purple was fading away from her hair. Also when she was getting ready to leave, it was playing Alleluia in the backround, as if she was praying. Even in the beginning, her shadow showed her human form, the title was faded brown too. The detail was beautiful, Daria!
Mika The Otaku why does she hate him so much? She broke into HIS house. What did he do that was so bad?
@@turntechgodhead7557
Might not be a particular enmity. Might just be that she saw a bloodthirsty predator with reason to hold a grudge against her, who may have been waiting for her, through the window while she was on her way out and got angry. When I describe The Duke as bloodthirsty, I'm not saying he's particularly violent, I'm referencing the fact that he's a vampire. Though the other meaning of bloodthirsty might also apply given that he apparently conquered the Underworld.
Speaking of the fading purple from her hair; I really enjoyed how her reflection, unlike what one would expect from a vampire, as actually shown, but it showed her human form. You can see it by the color of her hair. That's a pretty neat and subtle hint at her state of "conditional vampirism", if I might express it that way.
@GUILLE832
It was interesting since vampires aren't supposed to have reflections, but since it's the staff that makes Missi a vampire, I guess it doesn't make her a "full" vampire?
It's not just her hatred, she's also scared that the duke will attack her the moment she steps out of the door in her human form. Cause without the scepter she's weak and can't resist against the duke
Missi: Oh no this staff is driving me insane! I should just let this go, return to my home and pretend this never happened.
Duke: H
Missi: The staff is good actually
Duke: *T Poses*
Missi: oh
Im guessing she has alice in wonderland syndrome
Btw i have that to but im not crazy......yet
seems it was years or decades in the last video she might not have a home or family to return too.
Ok
Remember always ask for consent when eating a women.
Lmao
I’ll keep that in mind next time
true
@@kaichisaki9577 what
@@kaichisaki9577 Yes officer, this comment right here.
Something that should be noted is that all the creatures that actively attack Missi (When eating her and when they pounce at the end), have the face of the Staff.
WHY DOES EACH ONE GET INCREASINGLY BETTER AND MORE INTERESTING
Story building
Eh the 3rd one was quiet a drop in ........likability imo but thankfully this one redeemed it.
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒔
That's how stories go, not movies though. If the third movie in a series is a prequel, it's going to be terrible. Only movies like Mad Max can actually make successful sequals/prequels
I kinda disagree. I like the first one the best.
Has anyone else noticed that when she throws the cane everything goes into color but when she grabs it again everything goes black and white again. It really projects the mental state that missi's in when possessed by the cane and it becomes overwhelming. Just a nice little touch I wanted to bring to your attention if you didn't already know
it's really rad!! in the sense of it being a cool detail. there's also support of the black-and-white possession detail during 0:54 to 1:02 when missi almost gets killed with a chandelier- or, seems like she's hallucinating it (it's still intact when they cut to the ceiling). daria's care with the nuances are cool :>
@@klep6719 Yeah that was one of the first things I noticed! The attention to detail is amazing!
Stuff is really cursed, so normies don't get to use it.
I just noticed something she never talks when shes not holding the staff but when she does she talks
If I may add to this, I might be reading too much into it, but when was Missi was walking in the half after she threw away the cane, her figure was black while the background is in color. My take on this is this is Missi's POV of herself as a human. She's just empty while everything around her is on color. So another reason she went back for the cane could be that she wants to be somebody, somebody powerful, somebody who will stand out.
First off I fucking love this video, the idea of Missi being the only colorful thing in the castle, besides her cat, says a lot if the song, colors and monsters represent her sanity crumbling away to her inner demons/powers, not to mention the PTSD caused by Duke every time “the night” is mentioned.
This got me thinking, does the bat staff/cane have side effects for its wielder? If so, does it bring bigger repercussions for humans because it really seems like that on Missi. The end result of this video means she is slowly going crazy. Plus, She’s starting to remind me of Duke with all those crazy expressions( amazing job by the way). It is, however, interesting to note that she hates Duke so much that she’s willing to go back to that same maddening existence. That’s...a terrifying sort of dedicated rage that I can respect.
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he almost raped her, so i undertand her rage ... sorta ...
Watch the chandelier scene again and youll see the monsters arent real.
This is the aesthetic I crave.
Like seriously show of hands: Who here would jump at the opportunity to be a vampire elegantly prowling around an empty castle in a velvet dress that has really satisfying physics while slowly slipping into madness
(also is it just me or does Missi look like an angry librarian at 3:11)
Remember kids, if you're gonna eat someone, make sure you have consent.
@@amongusfan1998 yeah pretty much
Which would make it legal and no one can sue u for cannibalism
Lord Zeffo i believe that’s what the kids call a “booty call”
“Hi may I eat you?”
“Why sure, thanks for asking for permission”
“It’s always good to get consent”
Well well well
LYRICS
Oh god
It's so so quiet here
The silence is slipping into my head
When monsters are loud
They're really quite delightful
It's the silent ones that get you
So please do watch out
We had a monster ball
And they all came out to play
They were dressed to the nines
In their scary monster ways
We had guzzard tea
And lizard skin
And baby legs and rolled around
Merrily and spilled our fluids
God it was so fun!
At the end of the night
We bowed and said: Good eating!
And they spilled into the night
Slithering and creeping
I closed my door and hit the lights
And sighed into the frightful night
The chandeliers were creaking
Ah oooh! My little tom's were peeking!
Oh God, what's that?
Could it be my little black cat?
Could it be my shadow playing tricks?
Could it be my flighty candlesticks?
It's time my body go to bed
But who to tend to my dear head?
The night will soothe it's deadly games
Into the realm of the insane
I lift my covers up
And I close my little eyes
And I listen to the night
With its silent screams and cries
I went to sleep and woke to find
I was being eaten
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except
I never gave permission
Those silent little demons
And their silent little ways
Its the silent ones that kill you
Its the little ones that rage
The big ones will hound you
The loud ones will pound you
But the germs get in you
And eat you inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you Inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you Inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they don't ask for permission
They just get inside you
And set upon their mission
Or better than that
They'll get into your veins
And seep into your bloodstream
Which causes lots of pain
Or better than that
They'll make you go insane
If the little bugger slimes
Reach into your brain
Or better than that
In your soul they'll lurk
A place to worship
You've become their church
Hallellujia x7
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you inside out
No it wouldn't be so bad
Except they eat you inside out
Inside out
Inside out
They'll eat you inside out
Which wouldn't be so bad
But then they leave you inside out
Inside out
Maissa Cueva thx for dem lyrics
You're a life saver
You deserve a cookie. * Hnads you cookie. *
A few fixes:
*It's the silent 1's that get you*
*The night will soothe it's deadly games.*
*It's the little ones that rave*
The last 1 is a little hard to hear but I didn't hear a g so I'm guessing at that point. Otherwise gj.
Thank you!
The part where the chandelier fell was so interesting to me because right after it shows the chandelier still on the ceiling, meaning it's all in her head
AlexLovezStarz The LootBag And the painting bit after that changed after she hit it.
@@53x016 I noticed that as well :•0
Everything you see in black is not actually there. When the chandelier fell, it was black, yet when it was on the ceiling it was white
And also your comment at this time has 666 likes.
"It's so so "
*turns up volume*
"QUIET!"
*turns volume back down*
I have achieved comedy
Me and my fucking typos
Maybe this was why Duke was so happy in the land of the dead. He was finally free of the cane. When he was brought back you can see how surprised he was with Missi, and even though he's pissed off he isn't acting like he did in the Night he's more mellow. The cane makes its holder become insane and intensifies their emotions- for Duke it was lust and for Missi its anger.
I don't know how many of these Daria has planned out, but it would be cool if by the end there were seven vampires, each with their own sin like you mentioned. Idk, just thinking loud lol. Or maybe you need the seven vampires/sins to destroy the cane?
apologyapocalypse I don’t think so.The cane was in the land of the dead.I think the Land of the dead was before Missi even showed up,it was supposed to show how life was for Duke before it all.This is all just my theory tho.
@@readingandyapping That specific cane wasn't in the land of the dead. He had a different cane.
@@readingandyapping except he was in the land of the dead beacuse missi killed him in the first episode and then in the 3rd episode she brought him back to life just to spite him more or less because she's evil now
apologyapocalypse I don't think the cane itself is driving Missi crazy, I think that what you said about the cane amplifying the users emotions is true, it could be that Missi is going crazy with unchecked rage and needs a proper outlet to control herself better. Because I like Missi, she's my favourite character and I believe that if she could find someone/something as a proper outlet for her emotions then it would lead to a pretty good story
SHE LOOKS AMAZING WITH HER PURPLE HAIR UP AND GLASSES AS A VAMPIRE SKSKS
i gotta cosplay her
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What shocks me is that in the previous video Duke looks at Missi through the window and some seconds later we see him just like we do in this video.. which means that Missi was enjoying her drink next to the fireplace and some seconds later all this madness happened.. woah
Actually the fire place scene was before the madness in this episode cause at the end we see that the showdown poster wrote the word "Brb for " above the phrase "the showdown", most likely written by duke
@Matsuzaka Satou I agree with you, and what if all of the stuff that was in black and white was in her mind or maybe even the staff playing tricks on her. If you slowed the frames down in the black and white crazy part, then you would see the staff smirking at her pain.
@@rodimusunicronus2089 Yeah the madness thingy should be somewhere in the middle.. but still how long did it last? 20 secs? XD
@@rodimusunicronus2089 It's actually "brb: get ready for" and then "the showdown". Close enough though haha.
Time is relative. If you have ADHD and autism like I do an entire hypothetical scenario that spans hours plays out from beginning to end in no more than 5 minutes. If I think of every possibility for said scenario it actually does take some hours to think of about 2 dozen or more.
i love the foreshadow with the cat’s eye being gone
3:15
What we can tell from the content of her bag:
1. Her emergency contacts are Mom, Dad, and Nessa (who we can assume is her gf or sister)
2. Her grades in Math and Geography are Fs and an A in Literature.
3. She was born on 7/7 or July seventh
4. She had a filled out collage application for a Literature program, meaning she is around the age of 18.
5. Her full name is Melissa Dumarias (spelling maybe a bit off)
6. She has a book called History of the Arts. (I assume one of the journals in her backpack is full of drawings)
7. She doodles on her papers (another reason to support the fact she may have a drawling journal)
8. She has a library card that expired on 6/6/16. (A possible avid reader.)
If you find anyone info from the backpack scene don’t be scared to add on.
Note: I got this info from multiple frames.
I guess she has a cat because of one paper full of cat drawings
Also she said "its my little black cat?"
Or maybe she just really likes cats.
@@annikawollert8078 she has a familiar that's a black cat
crybabybs Duke destroys it remember?
I feel like there aren't any monster/creatures in that mansion at all. They are just figments of her deteriorating mind. Her sanity is slowly deteriorating from her constant want for revenge. That moment where she turns human again? I believe that was her being able to grasp on to what was left of her sanity but the moment she saw him, That grasp was gone and she was back to having lost her mind.
Nerdy Evy Ding ding ding you are correct my good friend
And when she went back to being insane after being human the power was more powerful making it practically impossible to escape the craziness. When she hit the bag onto the wall i think that represented that she doesnt care about her human life and only revenge for the vampire guy
@@mikicreates37 even though her revenge is dumb since she was the one who trespassing into his home and he began to mess with her but not sexual assault or anything. he only started being flirty when she began to flirt him to death. I guess insanity doesn't need a good reason for insanity.
but damn do i love this series
That suddenly makes a ton of sense but exactly why did she go insane? I know being scared can cause it but she escaped the vampire and could’ve left. It was the cane maybe?
I love how the note says "brb get ready for the showdown"
That's the thing I'm afraid of! The showdown is usually the end....and I don't want this series to end :D
@@frederik975 there's more episodes coming, even seasons
I can't wait
@@Snekfan88 really thats awesome
Carschl second weltkrieg the third international vs the reichpakt
日本語字幕マジでうれしい…ありがてぇ…
だんだん狂っていく感じとかマジで尊い。
《Englishversion》
Thank you so much for adding Japanese subtitles!!
It's too good to speak…
I guess you can say she’s so angry at the duke that she’s going... mad
I’m sorry
Why? That was an amazing one xD
Don't be.
I mean you’re right
Sans would be proud
I don't get the joke
Poor Missi.
All she wanted was to read her damn book.
This is why you don't break into the elderly's homes
@Fairfax She entered what she thought was an unlocked abandoned house. And while he may not have tried to actually rape her, he did chase her around the house the whole night without letting her leave, and forcibly puppeteered her body, forced a dance with her, and change her clothes (all this is invasive). I still like his character but his actions in Chapter 1 are hardly justified.
@@Otakumichibi Well, he was from an old era where most likely his actions werent seen as bad, but I'll sall that most likely is that he was crazy and bored, bad combination.
@@Blinix2 Hmm, I don't know. Maybe, but it sounds like it would be considered improper behavior whenever he is from.
I do agree that he does seem like the "crazy and bored" type! Very much a 'devil may care' attitude that gets him in loads of trouble, haha.
Maybe he was also going insane being a vampire who can’t go inside who hasn’t had any human interaction since forever.
Woah. Just....woah. That was so incredibly jaw-dropping I unknowingly stopped blinking. Missi's descent into madness, the hallucinations, the Duke repeatedly showing up at the mention of "Night". The animation, how the black and white colors and creatures dance and skitter around her. The song's wild lyrics going hand in hand with that fantastic animation. I love the jagged crazy turn the art gets in the end and for a moment she is back to Mellissa - for a moment the staff no longer holds her but the moment she remembers the Duke she's back. I cannot wait for the next episode and what more of these characters and their stories are told! I love your work so much, thank you for everything you do! It was heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
It's fun seeing the context Threnody adds to this, since the cane is a vessel of Anger, which really informs her whole induced madness ^-^
I like the nod to the first episode of " The Night " because every time she says " Night " Duke appears
I was scrolling to see if anyone else said it before me so now I won’t
sounds like the title to a meme video
Perhaps, that's one of the reasons Daria chose the song?
@@trachie1701 perhaps so my child
that's what I was thinking
Everybody watching The Showdown like "ooh they're so cute together i hope they get together in the end!" really forgot about this one huh
Yeah, it's made VERY CLEAR here that she FEARS him.. yet people think they'll get together.
Fear can create love, look at beauty and the beast and all the other similar stories
@@goatee98 As a person with a degree in psychology, you should NEVER be in a relationship that is based on fear. That is probably the most unhealthy start for a relationship, as the core of your entire relationship is abuse. Just because disney made it look romantic once does NOT make it okay in reality. Relationships should be built on mutual trust and respect, NEVER fear.
@@LunatheMoonDragon what I was saying is fear can come from misunderstanding
@@goatee98 You should never be a part of a relationship based on fear, no matter how you try to justify it.
I was mentally unprepared for this.
And i love it
Same
Damian Rodriguez
I got shook.
I feel you man
@@scullduggerouscellaphod2355 lol
it came out of nowhere, I opened my sub boxed and gasped so hard I choked
I just noticed in the intro, "The Silent" words are faded from purple to brown- a symbol of Missi's self before she went insane ;-; bravo.
Missi: Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful?
*ALSO MISSI: *Devoting her life to making Duke's a living hell*
Me: Uhhh...
SJWs in a nutshell. I liked the song "Fuck You" but that line about the haters needing to be killed just throws up all of the red flags. Like 200% YIKES!
I think someone needs to make a parody of that song that highlights the hypocrisy of the "Woke" movement. They claim to be against "hate", but then turn around and violently attack anything they don't like.
@@jonathanprince707 Ok bro I think you're misconstruing things here.
No he LIKED hell
@@jonathanprince707 uhhhhhh he tried to keep her as her prisoner for sexual use- I mean I'd be pissy two buddy.
@@nimabegum7244 I was not talking about the situation between Duke and Missi, I was talking about the underlying message of the Lily Allen song "Fuck You" taken by itself.
It's ok to be gay and speak out against hatred. But to turn around and say those same haters should be slain just comes off as majorly hypocritical to me.
Oooooooooooo~kay.........Missi is sorta losing it but the rage at Duke keeps pulling her back in....this is so good!
He doesn't even do anything, she pulls herself in by sheer pettiness and spite.
@@RVGmetallicasaw he DID try to rape her AND if she just went out there he would probably notice her and now when shes human againe... with his pent up anger...😤😥 that wouldnt be pretty....
@@gran9773 I believe Daria has already explained that Duke wasn't thinking about that until she seduced him to trick him. Technically, it wasn't an attempt of rape as he foolishly thought she was willing when she was only tricking him. She is upset about him chasing her around the mansion. For all she knows, he was just toying with her before he was going to drink her blood.
I wonder if she could have snuck out the back or a side entrance.
@@RVGmetallicasaw not even sure if she blurs the line of being spiteful or slightly masochistic.
I love it Daria!! This story keeps getting better and better :'D
JORDAN YOUR ON THE WRONG ACCOUNT TO BE WATCHING ANIMATIONS SCREEEE
Your voice is amazing when you sing dude.
Ok I think I find you :v
Love you :3
Amazing video :3
Прекрасно, пересматриваю спустя 2 года...
О ты тоже русская
@@СергейКочетков-у2й ес
Не плюсую а умножаю...
Я одна искала руских?
@@kiku0070 неа
"I woke up and found myself being eaten.
And it wouldn't be so bad... EXCEPT! I never gave permission."
There you have the answer. Why she ended up like this, why she killed Duke, why she's so deranged.
Exactly, she never gave consent to Duke and had to appear as if she did in order to escape her predicament. She must've been traumatised by it and now that trauma and her rage against her abuser make her have a crisis.
@@watercolourferns I don't know, the duke was just trolling with her until she made it sexual. and then he went for it. I mean she was invading his property. he could have even shot her in some states.
@@estebiajero1670 that place was seen as abandoned. I mean he lives alone in a massive mansion and he doesn't seem to associate with any non undead. She just kinda opened the door, looked to see if it wasn't occupied then sat down around 20 ft from the door. he obviously also knew of her presence before she even entered, and would have planned to kill her if he wanted to do as such.
breaking and entering, without a weapon, and attempting to leave after she wasn't welcome.
Lets say, if you were to KILL her with a firearm, how would you defend yourself? I'm actually intrigued. would you call it self defence when you were clearly not in danger, and had a hallway where she's about twice as closer to the door than she is to you? even if it can be seen as legal in most doesn't mean you can have no motive or reasoning behind an action and get away with it.
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This part was caused by "*HE* could have even shot her in some states." Specifically him. In the scenario "The Night". Perfectly legal. Not murder.
@@estebiajero1670 exactly. he literally did nothing bad. she's the one who made it sexual and now people think he's the villain when really he was just dancing. she was trespassing in the first place and now she's been practically torturing him because of nothing. she's overreacting.
@@iatetheiffeltower1642 so how long do you think he would have kept it up? trolling her I mean. I wonder if she would be able to leave eventually...
Absolutely no one:
Missi spotting Duke: "GO CRAZY, AUUUGGGHHHH-"
GO STUPID
This is by far the most funniest comment I've seen I'm dying oml
every. single. time. i see this comment i crack up BGFGBDFJ
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The amount of detail that went into this! AAHHHHH!!!!
I hope you don't let anyone rush you on your work cuz when you take your time the end result is absolutely beautiful!!! Can't wait for the next one!!!
you JUST said for her to TAKE HER TIME and the you say CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!?
If u pause at the right time when she throws her book bag, u’ll see:
* Her real name Is Melissa Dumarias
* Her birthday is July 7
* Her emergency contacts are her Mom, Dad and Nessa(her sister)
* She’s passing Literature but failing Geography and Math
* Library card
* A college application aiming for Literature
* A History of Arts textbook and Geography textbook
Less colors traded for more movement...I like it, actually. >:)
Pasty's Bakery same! The artistic style in this one was amazing!!
Yeah, I don't mind it either!
I thought the less color added nicely to the feel of the animation
It also looks way cooler with only a very dark violet for missi and dark red for duke
It actually fit the song quite nicely as well.
I like how Missi quite literally hits the lights. She is a true woman of culture. 0:51
Light abuse
Russian womam
Loved how everytime the song said the word "night" we'd get a sighting of Duke
Except 0:52
PTSD?
six26sawada idk if you know this but the reason that happens is because of chapter one when she met duke which the song was called the night so every time she hears the night she thinks of duke I hope that made sense
@@luish8056 She totally has developed PTSD at this point.
Of Cats and Crepes most likely
Are we going to ignore the fact that she looks really good with glasses and with her hair up
Real
One thing I think is pretty neat is that every time (or almost, I think there's one time it doesn't happen) Missi says "Night" some form of Duke appears, first the shadow she sucks up with the cane, then the portrait, which was actually of Poe, and then above her in her bed. Really shows that after however long it took to resurrect him, Missi still strongly associates that word with him. Which I probably would to, if I was chased around by a guy who wouldn't stop singing about the night.
I never noticed this, very interesting find.
Duke: But the NIGHT
Missi: OMG JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!!!!!
@Destra Wisp I thought that too until I noticed that in both of the occasions where the duke looking shadow figure came out she only said “The Night”, at 0:52 she said “The Frightful Night” therefore it’s different
I think this represents how Missi was struggling with the fact that she never had any choice or control when it came to what she had become. It first started with Duke chasing and harassing her, making her feel weak and not in control of her situation. After defeating Duke, she was then immediately controlled by darkness once she had possession of the cane, not really having a choice in accepting it or not.
As for the monsters in this chapter (who constantly try to stalk, bind and attack her) represent how, though she had great power, she was conflicted about the darkness being forced upon her without her consent or choice to begin with, not truly knowing if shes the one in control. This causes her to loose her sanity and break free from the darkness.
As for when she begins to walk out and sees Duke, she's reminded of how weak she was and makes the decision, of her own free will, to accept the cane and the powers that come with it, allowing her to stay strong, and never as powerless as she felt before.
BTW 3:13 Vampire Missi with glasses and ponytail is hot
i think another layer is her addiction to it too. she is being controlled by the power but it took her until this moment to throw it away.. but the addiction and anger won in the end.
there is more than likely a malign presence inside of the cane.
@@taddad2641 im not so sure id call her going back to the cane an addiction. If it was, im sure Duke would have been having it much worse than he already is if it was. But he just seems to be pissed that he lost(episode 3.5). As for Missi, it seems more like she hated that the cane had forced it's influence on her without her giving her consent. This made her afraid of it and allowed her the opportunity to reject it. But when you see her walk back to get the cane, you can see that her eyes were filled with determination and that she made her choice of her own free will to accept the cane. (She doesnt even stop or hesitate when she picks it up)
That went from 100 back to one real quick.
2:12-2:18
*I can't get enough of that animation style*
Its so dynamic, intense, and flat out awesome
Damn, I forgot the name of the styles of drawing and singing on this timecode..
Singing is not rock, but something more..forgotten..
the color fading from her hair was a nice touch
Honestly this is probably my favorite episode. It shows how the staff is affecting Missi, in multiple ways. It controls every aspect of her day, such as the hallucinations. It also shows that she is paranoid about the staff being stolen as you can see her go to sleep with it behind her back. I loved the detail at 1:12 where she see's a painting that has Duke on it, and immediately goes to hit it, until a few seconds later it is shown that it is just a normal painting and Missi is starting to hallucinate about Duke. When the curse of the staff finally broke, she gathered her things and decided to finally leave the place. That is until she see's Duke, and throws her bag which included college applications, schoolwork, and emergency contacts which shows that she had a whole life and family but left it due to her hatred of Duke. This is truly my favorite episode (and it uses one of my favorite songs which is a plus)
One detail I'd like to point out is that on Missi's driver's license, it shows that her full (first) name is Melissa and that she was born in 2016. She has college applications, which means that she is most likely around 18-20 and that this takes place in the future, possibly around 2030.
My theory:
Missi came into the "abandoned" castle to read her book. Duke noticed her and decided to have some fun (as in the dancing, nothing sexual.) Missi was very suprised and very anxious if he was gonna do anything to her, since he was chasing her through the entire castle. When she was dancing with him for the last time in "The Night", Missi noticed that it was morning, and she could see the sun through the castle. And, as you all know, she walked over to a windowsill/shelf (idk). Duke was like "YOLO!" and you know... went over to her and stuff. Missi was obviously anxious during that time, and finally pulled the rope for the curtains, and used *Duke's staff* to slam him into the open. During that, the staff gave her a feeling of power and excitement. That's why she smiles so... unsettling and evil. The staff manipulates her every move, makes her think things, makes her hallucinate. (In Silent.) It tells her "destroy him. make his life horrible." And she still remembers those feelings, which is why she wants to get more revenge on Duke, even though she did enough in "F*ck you" (bringing Duke back from his happy times in The Land of the Dead, and kicked him out.)
So... with all of these evidence, I think I can conclude...
*The Staff is the Villian.*
EDIT: Thanks to the replies, I've been able to edit this in the way the fandom thinks it should be! Thank you everyone, for being so responsive to this comment! :)
That's just a theory A ANIMATION THEORY
I think Duke was flirting with her but didnt have any sexual intent
Until she start bieng sexual
Yeeeeeeeesssssssssss
thats really smart
Theory:
The monsters aren't real. If you look at the part where the chandelier falls, when she looks back, it never fell. These monsters are just things from her insanity because it's so quiet. When she tries to turn away from the staff, she was quick to turn back to it because of Duke and other few reasons. She has a huge grudge against him, so i doubt she just summoned him for nothing. Her bag also has her grades, which are failing except literature, which makes a reason to not go back. She also has contacts to her parents, but i don't think she would want to trouble them. What im saying is she has no reason to go back and takes the staff even if it meant losing her sanity. Idk lmao
I like your theory
She has a reason to trouble them,
She must have been missing for months! Also all those things she has in her bag aren't those someone would take if they were running away
And she has a library card with her along with contact info and a college application maybe she is lost and went to the castle for shelter
from the "Except
I never gave permission" sounds like a confession of things on how the character/writer is dealing with, something that is so bad she feels she couldn't tell or go back with her parents, sounds like it's forming into a poetic way so us viewers would connect more than to understand the character , I mean esp 1 is where she almost got raped by duke.... would that feeling to not confront her parents because it would hurt them that their own daughter went through that?
It's possible that the reason she summoned Duke is because she wants to mess with him- to essentially turn him into her personal punching back where she could relieve her frustrations and resentment of her situation to since she doesn't want to hurt any innocents and maybe... Just maybe, forget what she's lost. The fact that the silence is starting to gnaw at her sanity should be evident of this as no one starts going mad from being alone in mere days and the fact that he's the reason she is a vampire now is a welcomed bonus on her book.
That staff is like the One Ring, grants great power at the cost of your sanity, humanity until it eventually turns you into something permanently cursed by its power. But it’s just so tempting and and it feels so good to use it.
What's this??? Not one, but TWO animations involving Daria Cohen in one day?? Happy New Year indeed!!!
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, go check out Cartoon All Stars reanimated. Daria was involved with that, and her work is amazeballs, as usual!
I'm convinced she's part of the reason I'm lesbian now.
Mood
Lmao
Mood
same. exept im omni now
She does make me feel something
Ok THEORY TIME.
If you pause you can clearly see the papers in her bag pack.
First, her full name and is Melissa Dumarias, there’s an emergency contact list where it shows Mom, Dad and Nessa, Nessa is most likely her sister or a guardian, the interesting bit is that she has an emergency contact list at all. She has a college application, so she must be at least 17. Why would she need it?
Also she has them on a list so the first part doesn’t take place in the present, otherwise she would had the numbers in her phone. But she was also reading twilight so it couldn’t be that long in the past.
We can also inquire that she wanted to be a writer, based on the fact that out of all the exams in her bag, only literature had a passing grade and she was applying for the career of literature in college. Maybe that’s why she in the mansion, maybe she wanted to write about vampires and decided to go to a creepy abandoned mansion for inspiration. That would also explain why she was reading twilight of all things.
Your theory holds up
Good theory
I love this theory
Artemis Wolf on one of the papers there’s a date with 2016. She probably has no phone. But I agree with everything you said exept the reason why she went to the mansion.
If everything would be great with her family she would have no problems to go back to them at all. We can see that she cries and she’s suffering because of the powers of the cane and her hatred towards Duke. But surely there must be a more serious reason for her to stay there than her harted towards that asshole out there. I bet she escaped from home or something like that. She clearly doesn’t wants to go back to her family. It’s hard for her even if she escapes the cane.
So its between the years 2014-2016 or its possibly even a higher year than that.
(Im not sure what is the longest library card can last but as far as i know its 2 years)
Why are we not funding this?!
this should be a Netflix series.
それはあるべきですが、その名前は何であるべきですか？
@@firstspringsbreeze could you translate that please?
Luthien Tinuwiel It's a must, but what should that name be?
@@firstspringsbreeze thx and what do you think of ,,the Vampire sceptre"?
I think that’s already series because I think I’ve heard it before.
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I'd love to like your comment but it's at 666 likes now and I'd hate to disturb this harmonious balance
Too late@@nphoenix964 . Oh well, go for it!
HeirofAzaran oh well, gotta make the most of any situation in life I guess :P
kind of off-topic but 2:05 is like the most perfect way to describe how intrusive thoughts/pure OCD feels
She may be going mad but hey free dress
Really ???? :v
A nice dress too
No sure about the makeup though...
Considering how much this type of gothic/lolita/dark dresses cost, I'd say it's an even point...
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Man she was soooooo close on returning back to normal
Got that raging hate boner.
Well, it seems that originally she didn't have a choice in the matter and she just became evil. But upon letting go of the scepter she was freed. When she went back to the scepter it was of her own free will and not forced upon her
Vampire don't see their reflection, but what if that means they just don't see their vampire self. They still see themselves in a mirror, but they see their human self. After becoming a vampire they can never see their real form again. They lost their humanity, but that's all they see in the mirrors now. All they see is their past, and what they gave up, staring back at them. I don't necessarily believe that's what's happening at 1:50, since in this case I think it has more to do with the influence of the cane, but it would be a neat spin on an old concept.
I thought I was the only one who saw that her human reflection showed. I wonder if it is like when you stare in the mirror you see something you miss about yourself, or something along the lines of it. She wishes and hopes to be human again and her old self is in the mirror reminding her of what she used to be, also what she wants to go back to. I think I may be going overboard but I don't know.
Wow I didn't even notice that lol
Then again it's 3 AM for me so yeah...
I get really excited about lore and how it changes over time
Vampires in lore can't see there reflection because of the metal mirrors at the time were made of. They considered it a pure metal therefore it did not get along well with the undead. Now a days, mirrors are made differently so vamps should be able to admire themselves.
It's really cool to see how these stories change over time, and personally I want future kids to either grow knowing the reason of old or to learn what you have just proposed cause it sounds awesome!
The reason vampires don't see there reflection is because it's said that mirrors reflect the soul as well and vampires are soulless creatures Missi is a special case because she has a human soul so it reflects her soul sorry you have to read all these grammar mistakes but I'm to lazy to fix it
The reason vampires couldn't see reflections of themselves was because older mirrors used silver as the reflective surface under the glass, which was said to be one of the "holy" materials. Most modern mirrors use aluminum under the glass.
I just love when she says it's so so quiet. The smile is just delightful as it's such a wonderful mixture of cute and frightening. The mixture of adorable and terrifying gives her such a unique appeal.
Agreed. Missi can be terrifying and adorable. Sometimes at the same time, sometimes not.
Another masterpiece. 👏👏👏
Worth the wait, and definitely will watch again so I can see things I missed the first time.
I love that it's the cane that gives her the dark power of the vampire, and just enough time away from it reverts her back to humanity.
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Thank you so much for creating this! I am Zoe (the singer of Tragic Tantrum) and it was just delightful seeing your creation using our music. (BTW latest project is Sin & Seraphim in case you feel inspired to make another ;) *wink* GREAT JOB!!!
omg another crossover with creators.
Wow! Your voice is amazing! Love the song :*
Why isnt this hearted? 😂
@@morganalefay1389 Thank you!
Thank you for creating art and enabling more artists to use your work to create!
She protecc,
She attacc,
But most importantly,
Shes turning into a maniacc
I never noticed the small details like the shandow and reflection that hinted at human missi before.
Absolutely stunning! The visuals, the vibe, I'm in love! She's slowly losing it...she almost escaped but her rage at Duke just wow. I can't wait for part 5, I can tell it's going to be amazing from the little note at the end!!
3:15
Melissa Dumaries
Birthday : 7/7
Application: literature
Emergency contacts:
Mom
Dad
Nessa
Basically all we know about Missie before being a vampire? I wonder who Nessa is.
Hmmm...we will just have to wait and find out... ;)
She's also majorly failing geography. Relatable
@@OrchidMantis44 Hahhahahaah! I chose that XD Daria was like "what should she be failing" and I was like "geography, mate. Geography"
WOW yea maybe its her friend? if its her friend she might come looking dor melissa 0-0
@@Missmi The struggle is real 😁
Someone call Netflix! We just found a new series for their 2020 animated line up! Great stuff! Cheers!
A story about a bookworm becoming a mischievous vampire who troles another vampire..................I'm in!
@@csab8642 it would be very interesting show.
No, no, I would not trust netflix on that one.
@@Obokralipsis you got a point there...
I have to wonder as to why it would be unwise. Netflix has plenty of resources and seems open minded to such prospects. Other TV organizations would just try to toy with it until it becomes a collasol disappointment. Some examples: Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, Simpsons, *shivers * Teen Titans Go 🤢.
めっちゃデューク憎んでるのに、最初にデュークに着替えさせられた服着てるの本当に素敵
Ah, the wonderful world of TH-cam animation. Beautiful, simple and full of effort. 10/10!
I can drink to that. 🍻
I think you mean 11/10*
What a blessed new year gift, thank you Daria💕
These animations are always so great. I can’t imagine how many frames you have to draw to make this art not only fluid but beautiful and stylish. Will be looking forward to the next one
Make another one of her going back to her house her real house
Most 2D animation is done in 24-25 frames per second. Some parts can be animated in 2s, meaning every other frame, but it still takes a lot of time to do. Sad how this form of animation is not in the spotlight as much as it used to be.
the detail even leaks into the subtitles. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 10/10
I WASNT READY FOR THIS BUT GIMME (prepares to replay all night)
Oh man, that was INCREDIBLE. You illustrated the insanity SO FLAWLESSLY. The expressions, the contrast, the movements... all so well choreographed, just like the other episodes. I was so ready to follow Missi out the door, but when I saw such hatred in her eyes towards Duke, I understood her choices. Even though I hope that she some day returns to her normal life, I'm really excited to see her next actions... and Duke's! I hate vampires, but these ones are worth watching^^
And also she would have been killed if she walked out of that door as a human
A college application form
Emergency contact mom paper
a drivers license
and a A+ on a test
The perfect imagery of going insane. Also the poster. Lol
Duke: Brb: Get ready for the showdown.
Eyyyy poor Lady. She used to be a normal nerd :'D
Missi is her name
Buttercupfox right and now the staff is corrupting her and making her go crazy 😥
Well now she's an abnormal nerd.
Have you seen the beginning
yeah
She tried to RUN AWAY in Ep1 But now She Is A VAMPIRE PRO. She is SCARING EVEN ME💀💀