Episode 4: The Silent (Fan Animated) 

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?

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

Missi sings in so many different voices, but somehow, every single one of them fit her perfectly

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.

3:15 She got an A in Literature but an F in Geography. Explains how she got so bloody lost in the first place.

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

Coming back and rewatching this what with the new release, and I think I have a slightly different take than most on what her situation is here. She's clearly suffering through most of this song, with hallucinations and encroaching madness, and a lot of people are saying it's because she wasn't a vampire, but what if it was simpler than that? What if she tells us right during the song what the problem was? "I went to sleep and woke to find that I was being eaten, which wouldn't be so bad except I never gave permission" When she grabs the cane during The Night, its power overwhelms her and she gets turned into this dark being. But she didn't make a choice there, it happened without her realizing it. Which is why she's so horrified when she drops it and comes to her senses here. But at the end, she picks it back up, this time knowing full well what she'll become. She chooses it this time, she gives 'permission'. I imagine this is why we don't see any of this instability in the later chapters. Once she chose that path there wasn't that disconnect anymore between her human mind and the power that was filling her. She was in tune in a way she wasn't initially.

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.

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.

Poor Missi. She doesn't realize the price for her vengeance is her sanity.

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

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

Remember always ask for consent when eating a women.

Remember kids, if you're gonna eat someone, make sure you have consent.

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.

"It's so so " *turns up volume* "QUIET!" *turns volume back down* I have achieved comedy

Missi is going nuts but her hate for Duke just keeps pulling her back in... That's honestly a scary thought...

It’s interesting how the mirror proves she’s not a true vampire by showing her brown hair (true self) in the reflection

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

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.

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.

Do you smell that... I smell an underrated artist...

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)

I'm convinced she's part of the reason I'm lesbian now.

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*

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.

Прекрасно, пересматриваю спустя 2 года...

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

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

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.

kind of off-topic but 2:05 is like the most perfect way to describe how intrusive thoughts/pure OCD feels

Are we going to ignore the fact that she looks really good with glasses and with her hair up

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

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

i love the foreshadow with the cat’s eye being gone

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 ^-^

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 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.

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.

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.

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

I never noticed the small details like the shandow and reflection that hinted at human missi before.

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.

When Missi punch her bag, we can see her exams and her college application, HER NAME IS MELISSA, we got it. and her birthday is 7 of July

SHE LOOKS AMAZING WITH HER PURPLE HAIR UP AND GLASSES AS A VAMPIRE SKSKS i gotta cosplay her

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…

Imagine of duke actually got to her and he made her take possession of the staff and at 2am see her do this- and just watch her slowly go insane and be like “wtf did I do to her”

Poor Missi. All she wanted was to read her damn book.

I guess you can say she’s so angry at the duke that she’s going... mad I’m sorry

did anyone notice that when she's walking through the hallway in the mirror you can see her reflection is human! The detail is amazing.

1:15 Many people have noticed by now that Missi is hallucinating, but did anyone notice that at 1:16, the real picture looks a lot like Edgar Allan Poe! (An awesome man know to be a writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, and is especially famous for many dark and mysterious poems and books alike)

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.

WHY DOES EACH ONE GET INCREASINGLY BETTER AND MORE INTERESTING

You know, I've just realized that a LOT of Duke's power is held inside his walking stick, which may be why Missy picked it up and used it so effectively against Duke, also, why she was able to find his spirit in Hades, AND, bring him back to unlife on Earth!

미시는 정말 불쌍하다 그냥 조용한 곳에서 책을 읽으려고 했던 것인데 갑자기 이런 삶을 살고 있으니 듀크만 없었으면 지금이라도 원래 삶에 돌아갈 수 있었겠지만 초반에도 다시 돌아갈 수 있었다 듀크가 죽고 돌아갈 수 있었지만 가족이 그녀를 실종신고하고 퇴학까지 됐으니🤦🏻‍♀️

Full name: Melissa Dumerias Birthday: 7/7 Program: literature Older or younger sister named Nessa Gets F in everything except literature

"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 cat's shadow foreshadows what happens to Missi in the future at 1:08 and just overall, missing his eye, soooooooooooooo, constant foreshadow?

i'm watching this for the 1000th time and something that i noticed it's the form of the silhouette when missi was in bed in 1:21. It's even more interesting that she seems afraid, or being scared that he would do something to her when she least expects it.

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.

Oooooooooooo~kay.........Missi is sorta losing it but the rage at Duke keeps pulling her back in....this is so good!

Nice to point out that isolation + magic staff definitely evil = going slowly insane the details of showing the chandelier falling but it's still on the ceiling as well as how she saw the duke in the painting but it turns out it's just some rando is perfect

Going back and rewatching these videos. You can probably see a bit of relating to what the Duke likely went through. The silence being alone by being you know the corruption of eating inside out. And the hatred winning in the end. With a throwing the staff or Cane. Basically symbolizing that she doesn't want to endure it anymore But it is simply seeing him and getting that flood of hatred back was enough to accept it. And embraced its corruption. We watching these scene with some more depth can be pulled from. And inside into the office mind. Sigh I love it. But also crave wanting to ask them so many questions and not entirely sure what I want to start. I get back with some of the questions I would want to ask maybe these things that they don't even have fully figured out yet. They could have it figured out but not sure if that's where they wanted to go.

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

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!

Doctor: you only have 3:55 minutes to live Me:

Rewatching this suddenly made me realize something... Spoilers for all videos up to "Good Song Never Dies: Missi isn't a real Vampire. Duke was actually bitten, but Missi's form comes from the staff. So if Artemis is still out there, looking for the staff, and he gets it, Missi will be in danger! Imagine if he takes it while she's flying!😨

I like the nod to the first episode of " The Night " because every time she says " Night " Duke appears

I love how the note says "brb get ready for the showdown"

With the newest animation, this one gets so much more meaning. She wasn't just being overcome by the cane because she wasn't originally a vampire. She was being overcome by it because that's what the cane *does*. It's like a virus, or a parasite. It lurches its way under your skin and into your mind, and eats you from the inside out.

when she throws her bag at the wall and a lot of papers scatter across the floor, we can see that she is 1- In college 2- Good at literature 3- Bad at geometry 4- Birthday and her full name

Man she was soooooo close on returning back to normal

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.

I just love this song. It's one of my favorites because of this video!!

Anyone else catch missi’s reflection in the mirror as the tempo starts to pick up in the song? If I’m not mistaken Her hair was brown?? Even though the video is mute of all other colors?

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...

Less colors traded for more movement...I like it, actually. >:)

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

This series give me chills every time I watch them, especially this episode.

I was mentally unprepared for this. And i love it

This is by far my favourite episode of the series, and one of my favourite animations of all time. It's so chaotic, and so beautifully goth, I adore it. 10/10

the detail even leaks into the subtitles. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING 10/10

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

killer: "chases me in a corner ready too stab me" me: you dont have permision to stab me killer: god dammit me: "pasive agresive smile"

もう始まりからかっこいい。一生懸命この歌の練習してるけど、すごく難しい。

This is one of those videos that get recommended to me at 3 am

She may be going mad but hey free dress

Eyyyy poor Lady. She used to be a normal nerd :'D

Не ну так то после финала она с Дюком типо полюбили друг друга ,несмотря на то ,что до финала они ненавидили друг друга и мутузились постоянно. Я выдвигаю такую теорию :скорее всего у Милисы есть где-то родня и друзья ,которые теперь очень волнуются и переживыют ,ведь с некоторыми сериями можно понять ,что прошло как минимум несколько месяцев с того момента как Милиса забрела к Дюку. И она уже в образе вампирши ,тобиш Милси ,найдёт к примеру фотки у себя в рюкзаке с её родителями или друзьями и может задумается :оствить посох и остаться с её новым возлюбленным или отпустить посох и вернуться к семье. Думаю такой исход событий может быть вероятным.

I think it's funny when she takes a swing at Duke's picture and then... either changed her mind at the last second and hit a picture of Edgar Allan Poe instead, or the painting magically changed into something else. I also think it's interesting that she still has a reflection(?) even in vampire form. But she has family, OMG, I wonder what they're doing while all this vampire disaster is happening :(

Dang....Missi is insane and not just because of that cane. Like.......who holds that bad of grudge to where you're willing to sacrifice your sanity just to make someone else's life bad?

Absolutely no one: Missi spotting Duke: "GO CRAZY, AUUUGGGHHHH-"

Now it's stuck in my head a lot more often these days, I found this when I was a teen

i just rewatched this, and paused when she used the cane to hit her backpack like a baseball, and if you pause at the right time, you can see a page of emergency contacts, a couple tests with A+ on them, a note with a heart at the end, a drivers license (i think), and a college application. This wasn't some little girl who was in middle school or barely in high school, she was a young adult who seemed to have a very promising future and all that was taken from her when she touched the cane. Seeing as I'm her age and applying for colleges, this makes me incredibly sad for Missi

I like how Missi quite literally hits the lights. She is a true woman of culture. 0:51

Why are we not funding this?! this should be a Netflix series.

They never tell you that immortality can often come with a nice healthy dose of Insanity. I can only imagine Duke’s madman phase Edit: well based on the Prologue we’re about to see it

Actually... glasses looks realy nice on her

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

I don't know if anyone noticed, but looking at the title "The Silent" at the bottom of the purple letters there's a tinge of brown. It also happens when Missi walked by the mirror at 1:51. Her reflection was brown instead of purple. In a way I think it's symbolic of human Missi trying to get out and finding her sanity and humanity again. Same thing happens at 0:22 When Missi walks by the window and her shadow is casting her human self. Also at 2:22 notice how the tips of her hair is still purple and faded to brown. Once again, symbolic of her returning to her human self and returning to her sanity. Maybe I'm looking too deep into it but if that was Daria's intent even she animated this, it's very nice attention to detail! 👌