I think you make very good points! I have to post this in response, too, bc c’mon:
[^VC mermaid AU nonsense – Armand :3 by @sheepskeleton]
^The hipster Ariel meme would probably appeal to them both, too.
On the ship name topic, I propose Ariel for Armand and Daniel, maybe throw in some parallels of Daniel wanting to become a vampire and the Little Mermaid Ariel wanting to become a human. Also Ariel is a redhead who collects human things so yeah.
I-want-my-IWTV 