Miranda Vanderbilt

"The royal family is saved! Now they can finally exploit the peasants again!"

> ***"Miranda Vanderbilt (19), a sweet mermaid princess who was as cute as she was genocidal."***
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> *- Miranda's introduction*
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**Miranda Vanderbilt** is one of the primary love interests in *Monster Prom*.

She is voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos (@ChristineMCVA).

## Appearance

Miranda is a mermaid with light pink skin, pastel yellow fins, ears, and palms, and blue eyes. She has hot pink knee-length hair. A small gold crown rest on top of her head.

Miranda wears a sky blue sundress and sky blue sandals with a dark blue bow on the instep. A pearled bracelet and a thin gold one are worn on her left wrist.

Miranda's prom outfit is a sky blue ballgown with a large bow on the chest and a matching corsage with a sea green flower.

## Personality

Miranda is cute and polite, in contrast to her family, which is a tyrannical and genocidal undersea monarchy. Despite her cuteness, Miranda was raised believing things like murder and genocide are fine, which show in her treatment of peasants and serfs, and using execution and intimidation to keep others under control. Her family also has a long lasting feud against the airpeople, and as she shares those ideals, she is seen in several events planning actions against them.

She is fairly innocent, not knowing much about sex and believing it should just be used to determine who is a good suitor. She is very driven to find a prince, resorting to things like poison apples, or dating sites.

She owns many serfs, having one for practically everything she does, including eating. How she stays alive is a mystery, but in a lunchtime event, the player speculates they feed her through an IV while she sleeps.

She enjoys princess movies, tyrannical regimes, cat videos, complicated silverware, and emojis. Her love for silverware

She does not like Game of Thrones (Even falsely calling it a "documentary"), and uprisings that overthrow the main power system such as riots, and coups d'états. She is frightened by the thought of a revolt in her kingdom, despite the poor treatment she openly admits to. However, she does not recognize it's wrong.

## Skills and Abilities

* **Royalty**:
	+ **Authority**:
	+ **Wealth**:

## Stat Requirements

### Single-Player

* **Short**: 9+ **CHARM**, 9+ **MONEY**, 9+ **HEARTS**
* **Long**: 13+ **CHARM**, 13+ **MONEY**, 18+ **HEARTS**

### Multiplayer

* **Short**: 7+ **CHARM**, 7+ **MONEY**, 7+ **HEARTS**
* **Long**: 10+ **CHARM**, 10+ **MONEY**, 9+ **HEARTS**

## Relationships

* **Amira Rashid**: It’s often said that Amira acts better as a soldier than as a captain. And Miranda knows a lot more about managing soldiers. This creates a rather unique relationship, since at the same time Miranda can sometimes be oblivious to stuff about normal youth life and Amira has to lead her a bit.
* **Brian Yu**: Brian mixes well with Miranda's bossy attitude. He even prefers when he doesn't have to make any kind of decision, and so he complies with Miranda's crazy whims and games. While another bossy person like Vera could get angry at Brian's lack of ambition, Miranda just doesn't care. She just wants to have a good time. Sometimes she treats Brian more like a possession or just another serf than a person, even if one she likes quite a bit. As cute as this might seem, some might say it's something she should work on in order to respect him more... even if he doesn't care that much!
* **Oz**: Oz and Miranda have a nice relationship. Sometimes it's hard for Oz to keep up with Miranda's energy, but in general he enjoys seeing her so happy. And Miranda loves people that enjoy seeing her happy! Also, Oz's shy personality and tendency to comply with other people's whims go well with Miranda's tendency to follow her whims no matter what. It may not be the healthiest combination, but at least they can enjoy each other.
* **Vicky Schmidt**: Vicky and Miranda share their cheerfulness and love for all things cute. Miranda can sometimes have a hard time accepting that Vicky is often right in her decisions and thoughts, but she tends to avoid those situations and she tries to be relaxed when around Vicky. Vicky is not OK with Miranda's tendency to ignore the horrible ways of her family, but she knows she doesn't know any better and tries to educate her friend in better ways. This might be a slow process, but Vicky is known for being patient.
* **Dahlia Aquino**: Dahlia and Miranda have a beautiful relationship in which both admire each other. Miranda is impressed by how much drive and motivation Dahlia has for everything she does. She feels as if she could learn a lot from Dahlia. On the other hand, Dahlia is constantly amazed by how naturally commanding comes to Miranda. Dahlia has always dreamt of ruling the 8th Circle of Hell, and Miranda is already the ruler of her own kingdom (in a way). This mutual respect is great and even a bit dangerous, because they will likely blindly follow each other's plans, even if those plans tend to be pretty damn horrible.

* **Liam de Lioncourt**: Miranda's attempts to make Liam popular "again" in Liam's PROM KING route show that she cares for him. She has also made a "Frowny Liam Scale" to judge how upset he is, which further evidences Miranda's caring attitude towards those close to her.

* **Polly Geist**: Miranda, a strong advocate for the use of serfs, encourages Polly to get her own during certain events.

* **Scott Howl**: Scott and Miranda are both enthusiastic and cheerful, and strongly support each other. They are on good terms, and Scott often helps Miranda plan and execute attacks against the airpeople, like throwing water in the sky.

* **Vera Oberlin**: Miranda's yearning for a prince can get on Vera's nerves, since it contrasts with her feminist ideas. The two can relate however, since they use violent tactics, to keep ruling in Miranda's case, and for business and personal gain in Vera's.

## Quiz Choices

During the pre-game quiz in *Monster Prom*, through two different questions, you will choose two of your classmates to start romancing. Here are the answers to give to start with Miranda.

 The world will end tomorrow...what will you do today?
 You find your zodiac sign to be inaccurate. Design your own personal zodiac sign.
 What would be a deal breaker for a potential lover?

## Trivia

* According to her Steam trading card, she has several sisters, and is the closest to Bellanda.
* Miranda used to believe the cartoon series My Little Pony was a documentary. When she found out it wasn't, she became angry. This is revealed through the player's thoughts when Miranda gets one of her tests back in an event.
* As revealed through the REVENGE ending, Miranda was a part of the water polo team for Spooky High.
* Unlike most of the love interests at Spooky High, Miranda is explicitly a virgin. This is evidenced by her naivete when it comes to sex, but she explicitly describes herself as such during a failed event where the protagonist calls her a "concert virgin", and she complains about warlocks trying to tempt her into the woods to defile her.
* Miranda's name is a modification of the Latin word *mirandus*, meaning "to be wondered/marvelled at". Her sisters Laudanda, Bellanda, and Amanda follow this trend.
	+ Her family name comes from the Vanderbilt family, one of the wealthiest families in America that that gained financial and social prominence thanks to their shipping and railroad empires, as well as other industrial and philanthropic interests.
* Her birthday is February 29th (a leap day that only occurs every four years), making her a Pisces.
	+ The EEL ending reveals that her birth year is 1999. However, there was no leap day during 1999, which would make her birthday either February 28th or March 1st.
* The developers consider Miranda's character a satire on classism.
	+ They also consider her the love interest with the least depth.
		- It was for this reason that they created a plotline that offers insight into the reality of the Merkingdom, and a plotline that delves into Miranda's lack of depth and direction.

### List of Serfs

Throughout the course of the game, and several events, it is made clear that Miranda has several serfs.

 Bathroom Serf
 Difficult Emotions Serf
 Eating Serf(s)
 Execution Serf
 Imagination Serf
 Puppy Serf
 Surfing Serf

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/monsterprom/status/1233835726439100416
2. ↑ EEL/SERF PARTY
3. ↑ Cinema Polaroid (physical copy)
4. ↑ Beach Polaroid (physical copy)
5. ↑ Snow Polaroid (physical copy)
6. ↑ Knight and Princess Polaroid (physical copy)
7. ↑ Bird Watching Polaroid (physical copy)
8. ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/753/743450-Auditorium?filter=monster%20prom
9. ↑ https://btflglitch.tumblr.com/post/184077724960/lore-reveal-sometimes-we-dont-go-for-the
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/monsterprom/status/1255167699975626752
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/monsterprom/status/1255167767185145856