The Betrayal/ Animatic

Man... and after he did a show for all of them and everything smh.
Well: no one said Duke's 'villain origin story' was gonna be a fun one...
Sorry I had to make ya'll go through this, my pretty darlings but I'm afraid it's important for Duke to be at his lowest point for the next episode. You'll see soon~ until then: be afraid... be very afraid

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Song used: Shine a Light (Reprise) / Heathers the Musical (Original West End Cast Recording)

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[henriqueabreu]

Poor Duke. Made some friends, danced in high reels and now he's alone

[theinvader]

So basically, Duke finally finds people he can relate to, only to find out he's back at square one. Same kinda relationship he had with his dad and old friends, the kinda shit he ran away from home for

[gigglesanxietydevil]

Damn you can sense everyone staring daggers at him for not even trying to assassinate the enemy

[lorettalynn]

I need Duke to tell them right in their fucking face: "I rather die alone than live with a bunch of jerks I don't like. Got an eternity, load of time to make other friends"

[AmyoftheFlowerField]

Okay, Estevan here, in a brief few frames, showed SO MUCH emotion in his movements and his expression and I love it. Staring down at Duke sadly, averting his gaze, maybe in regret? Ducking his head away from Duke as he falls, then reverting back to his bangs over his eyes and returning to the side of Jaye. Like i just feel like this guy does actually wanna be friends with Duke, but knows that if he tries to defend him or help him, that he'd be next on the block of getting excommunicated from the commune.

As for Jaye, I'm not surprised that she's the one singing this. I got the feel she was a tough vampire, no holds barred, the kind who would see hesitation as weakness. She's clearly taking this personally. But honestly, if you watch closely towards the last frame she's in, where she's singing "YOU'RE GONNA DIE ALONE!", her expression changes. While the butler is smug, basking in Duke's fall, and Estevan went stony faced... Jaye is crying. She's hunched down in a "don't you get it? if you walk out that door, you'll have no one, you're going to die alone!", almost like those last lines were a desperate attempt to get Duke to admit he was wrong, to get him to not leave, because despite being angry at him, she still cares for him as a friend.

Honestly thinking about it, even Estevan and Jaye's fighting styles are reflected in their personality. Jaye used knives, she wanted to be up close and personal and get dirty to hurt people. So of course while confronting Duke, she's especially hurt because she likely vouched for this guy and couldn't understand why Duke wouldn't want to fight like her. So, she digs into him and his insecurities, makes him hurt. Whereas with Estevan, he used grenades and explosives as a weapon. A thing that keeps him at a distance, that allows him to destroy whatever his target was... maybe so he wouldn't have to see what he's done? A bit avoidant because deep down, he knows this is fucked up, but doesn't have anywhere else to go, so he chose a weapon that would be instant death for his target?

[titangirl]

Poor Duke just went from one toxic environment to a different, equally toxic one

[RandomNerd]

Truly didn’t think Jaye would do something like that.

[angelalycos.]

Looks over at Missi.... "Well actually.."
I'm sure they regret it. Not even vampires are immune to change, internally at least.

[necroexoricist]

Duke later: LET'S BEGIN. I'M GONNA MAKE YOU WISH, THAT I STAYED GONE.
TUNE ON
WHEN I'M DONE...
YOUR STATUS QUO WILL BE RACE IS *RUN*
All this will be *FUN*

[remyartists]

Duke is the most poor person, from childhood to his present age. He needs everyone's love, but his failure and fear stop him from doing so.

[ianswinford]

Man, my man Duke can’t catch a break. His toxic childhood relationship with his vampire hunter father, the same relationship with Artemis’s nest, and being actively tossed out by them as well. At least he now has Missy. Maybe he and Missy will make a Werewolf friend and totally kick Artemis’ ass!! I hope they do!

[americaroleplayer]

I was curious what sort of song was only 38 seconds and hit hard enough to be a whole plot point. OF COURSE IT'S FUCKING HEATHERS!!!! Ugh, my heart. I've never wanted to hug Duke more!!!!

[psycopotatoPsy]

there are a few scenes where Jaye looks more concerned then angry. like during the "your gonna die alone part" it looked more like she was warning him. and when she dropped the knife she looked so sad to do it. like she doesnt want to hurt duke, but knows she has to play her part or end up in dukes place

[angelheart]

I like how in the last frame of her face, the girl looks genuinely concerned. Like she knows the consequences and thinks he won't survive on his own.

[blurryansuke]

I really feel bad for Duke
I think from the previous episode " A Good Song Never Dies". When he and the rest of the gang went out to kill werewolves there's a side of Duke holding back that he didn't want to be like his Dad or even kill in the beginning when he stumble upon Artemis.
When it lead to the gang for Duke it was a betrayal and I think it made Duke did something he regret perhaps from an axe to another material of use ~

Looking forward to episode 5 ~

[kelseyyamamoto]

Theory: After leaving, Duke probably went on a search for the staff (Which Missi now possesses), but knowing Duke, he probably took a couple of things from there before leaving to help him find it.

[phoebemoon]

0:32, I noticed Jaye had some small tears in her eyes at this moment

Perhaps, deep down, even she regrets the words coming out of her mouth but is so angry at Duke she doesn’t care

[suikodudeman]

I feel this is setting up for when Duke finds the vampire cane, he’ll use not only its power to get revenge against Artemis and the “betrayers” but also set it up in a way that Duke’s father and any vampire hunters under his command to fight one another… thus killing two birds with one stone!

[omarsalem]

Just remember everyone, Duke found a powerful staff and was living comfortably as the master of his own castle, after missi killed him he was happy In the underworld and has tons of friends there, is now married to missi and while their relationship isn't perfect they are living a more or less happy life while these jerks are fighting a war

[Zenithiaz]

I like how the title of the video can go both ways. The vamp squad feels betrayed by Duke by not even trying to eliminate the enemy and Duke feels betrayed by the vamp squad because he really thought he’d found people who understood him but it the end it was just the same toxic situation he had with his dad and/or his ex(?)(not sure if they were friends to begin with) human- friends. Not sure if this intentional but if it was then I really like it. It just kinda shows how they both were betrayed by a friend it’s just that they were betrayed in different ways. Nice job as always Daria, can’t wait for episode 5