u/Bright_Call_3753 — reddlx

Basically I’m going to give you the rundown of what this show is and why it feels so all over the place. It’s about a girl who crossdresses as a man because she hates the attention she gets as a woman, and she’s a foster kid who doesn’t even remember her parents. Episode one is already heavy.. she tries to kill herself by jumping into a river off a bridge... and then immediately after that she gets saved by a vampire and ends up living in a dorm with him, going to school with him, in exchange for her blood. And instead of really sitting with that, the show turns it into this weird romantic setup with things like “wear this necklace so I can track you and your blood will taste better because of our bond,” and I’m just sitting there like…

what the fuck.

And then the disguise.

She is wearing a wig the entire time. 24/7, all day, every day. Through school, through sleep, through everything. I know she takes a bath, but that wig has been through homelessness, stress, and daily wear.. there is no way that thing doesn’t smell like struggle. And somehow nobody notices she’s a girl. Not even the main love interest, the vampire who is constantly drinking her blood, pinning her down, and being in her space. I get that she binds her chest, but realistically, with how close he is to her all the time, you’re telling me he never noticed anything? The logic is barely holding together.

And the only reason her secret even gets revealed is because a snake bites her on the chest and the rival sucks the venom out. That’s it. That’s the moment. Not the blood drinking, not the constant physical contact.. no, a random snake bite.

Now the rival. I genuinely do not understand why he likes her that much. At first you can say it’s because they both have abandonment issues, but then it just turns into him being controlling instead of actually caring about her. It stops feeling like love and starts feeling like he just wants to have her. And the show keeps trying to sell this as a real love triangle, but it’s not. It is painfully obvious she only loves the main vampire guy and sees the rival as a friend. At least in Vampire Knight you can actually tell the main character has feelings for both sides, even with all the weird brother and adoptive brother drama. And in Diabolik Lovers, as toxic as it is, it at least commits to being intense and unhinged on purpose. Vampire Dormitory feels like it’s trying to be both of those while also throwing in BL vibes because of the whole “girl pretending to be a boy in an all-boys dorm” thing.

Because let’s be honest, the way it’s framed, it looks like BL half the time. You have two male-presenting characters in close, intimate situations, all the tension is there, and then the show pulls back like “actually it’s straight.” (I love yoai but why) And then it even goes into gender-bending stuff later just to keep the secret going. At that point, just commit to one direction.

And also, why is this such a common thing with vampire stories? The main character is either suicidal or just completely doesn’t care about their own life, so letting someone drink their blood becomes romantic. It’s in this, it’s in Diabolik Lovers, and it shows up in characters like Louis de Pointe du Lac or Damon Salvatore, just different versions of self-destruction being framed as love.

Overall, the premise had potential, but the execution is messy. The love triangle doesn’t work, the identity logic falls apart if you think about it for more than two seconds, the tone jumps from serious to romantic without really handling either properly, and the whole thing just feels like it doesn’t know what it wants to be.

Also… I stand by this completely: that wig definitely stinks.

Update: there is now a meeting happening for p to be fired and why.. I think I made an impact cuz I'm not the only one feeling like this

2 update: p refused to get the couch cuz she would lose her job so meeting is happening on next Wednesday

If you know me IRL or peek my profile, yeah.. I work ODP at Walmart. And my boss? We’ll call her “P.”

P has been with Walmart for like 20 years. Cool, whatever. When I first met her, she hit me with the whole “I’m super chill, relaxed boss” speech.

Yeah… no. Absolute bullshit.

She micromanages the fuck out of everyone. Like breathing-down-your-neck, tracking-every-move micromanaging. But then she’ll turn around and take a break 20 minutes after telling everyone else “no breaks, it’s rush.” I’ve literally seen her just disappear without telling anyone.. no other manager, nothing.. while we’re slammed.

Closing shift is worse. We’ve got a broken light outside, so it’s dark as hell, and usually only two dispensers out there.. sometimes just one girl and one guy. There’s supposed to be supervision for safety.. like, that’s literally in the ULearn training.. but apparently when that got brought up, P’s response was basically “I don’t have time for that.”

Like… girl. You do. There are barely any orders at closing unless it’s a weekend.

She’s already been reported. By me. By another girl. Probably others. And nothing’s changed.

I’ve got dyslexia, and I’ve had it since elementary school.. I had accommodations all the way through high school. The problem is I don’t have a “formal” diagnosis on file right now, so HR doesn’t recognize it. I basically have to go through a therapist to get it officially documented, and I just don’t have the money for that right now.

Ever since I reported her, she’s been on my ass nonstop. I swear she followed me around one shift with her phone out like she was building a case or something.

She coached me for talking during a rush... which, fine, I get that.. but then doubled down during downtime when I was literally about to go clean like she told us to. I stopped for two seconds to tell a minor (who was injured and clearly struggling) that she should go to HR if she needed help.

P pulls me aside like I committed a crime.

Tells me: “If you want to stand around and talk, go be a cashier.”

I explain I was trying to help someone who’s hurt, and she hits me with: “Are you doing my job now? If she wanted advice, she’d come to me.”

Like ??? The same you who said you don’t have time for safety concerns??

She even threatened to pull camera footage during that coaching, which felt way over the top.

And don’t even get me started on how she treats people. That injured minor? Still made her do the same job she was struggling with instead of switching her to something easier. The girl literally quit the next day.

P never explains her decisions either. Just says no. You ask to learn something new? No. Ask to switch roles? No. No explanation, no training, nothing.

Meanwhile we’re understaffed because people KEEP QUITTING.

And the worst part? The personality whiplash. One minute she’s talking to you like you’re stupid, next minute she’s trying to be all friendly and compliment you. It feels fake as hell, like she’s collecting info to use against you later.

So yeah, I reported her to ethics… anonymously.

And now I feel kind of fucked.

Because if she doesn’t get fired, I still have to work with her. And it’s probably obvious it was me (or at least one of like two people). And she’s already treating me differently.

I don’t even know what I’m asking for here... I just needed to vent. Has anyone else dealt with a boss like this?? Or reported someone and then had to keep working under them??

Because this shit is exhausting.