In Reply To #12
I think the fact that he's a Schneider and doesn't have the "Belmont" surname that downplays the whole, "going against your family's tradition to save a vampire girl". It's kinda like, if it was a Belmont(by surname, main line), I would go, "OMG!! A Belmont forsaking his heritage?! WTF?!!!". But it's a cousin. "Ah, Schneider can do what ever the hell he wants! He's not of the main line, so he's still a bit sketchy and unpredictable!". Same for the Morris clan(who sought to save the vampire twins). It's kinda like how some families are. Daddy says, "Who cares what the hell your cousins do. They could jump off the side of the world, for all I care. YOU aren't going to do that, though!! Not MY son!".