I Realized I Have Free Will, And If I Want To Play Dress-up With Dmc Characters, I Actually Can, And

devil may rock

thank you @knightofgoetia for the idea for the gems i loved it

Let me spell it out : I DESPISE Netflix's Devil May Cry adaptation. I loathe EVERY aspect of it - the butchered characterization, the nonsensical plot, all of it. While some might find it entertaining, to me it's nothing but a self-important, meme-obsessed dumpster fire that cosplays as 'faithful' while gleefully pissing on the original lore. And Shankar's Twitter circus? The final nail in this OOC dumpster fire. Call me oversensitive or overreacting if you want, I don't care. If you want to turn off your brain and enjoy this trainwreck, knock yourself out - just don't police how others analyze this character assassination masquerading as an adaptation.

And to anyone determined to die on this hill defending Netflix's DMC dumpster fire - save your breath. Try to 'well actually 🤓 ☝' me about ~objectivity~ all you want - you're not changing my mind, just earning yourself a VIP pass to to my block list. Debate club's closed here.

Posting my art here instead because my main account has been shadow banned 😭

Anyway, I think Wolfwood and Lady would be friends.

DEVIL MAY CRY 5 - Visions of V - Moments/Parallels/Similarities

*clapping* fight fight fight

I still remember your face...

watch your back⚠️

ALSO UH COULD JUST AS WELL POST THE CAIM HERE

My favorite thing about Dante and Vergil is just how they constantly match each other's energy. Like I know DMC5 is a lot more explicit about how Vergil is a silly lil guy underneath the veneer of seriousness, but I wanted to highlight a few of the Vergil lines/exchanges/moments from DMC3 that demonstrate... yeah he was kinda always like this

From right before the first Vergil fight in DMC3:

Dante: You sure know how to throw a party. No food, no drinks, and the only babe just left. Vergil: My sincerest apologies, brother. I was so eager to see you I couldn't concentrate on the preparations for the bash.

I find this one especially fun because pretty much every other boss you fight in DMC (like the entire series) just gets huffy and angry and yells about annihilating Sparda or something. Vergil is probably one of the few major bosses that snarks back

2. After Vergil gets Beowulf he does the Dante thing of playing around with his new weapon

3. From right before the second Vergil fight:

Dante: It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. More importantly, I've come all this way. I'm sure you have time for one more game… right Vergil: Why not? After all we share the same blood… I'll just use more of yours to undo daddy's little spell.

Something about "daddy's little spell" is just so irreverent and funny

4. From right after the second Vergil fight:

Vergil: It is time for the clown to bow out, Arkham. Dante: Dude, the show's over!

To me it comes off like Dante's spring-boarding off of Vergil's theater metaphor that with the "show's over!" line. Vergil set him up for that one

5. This bit at the start of the Arkham fight which Vergil was NOT present for:

Dante: Dude, my father wasn't so hideous. Can't you tell by looking at me? Anyway that shape suits you better. Let's begin the main event!

Followed by this exchange midway through the fight:

Dante: Look at you, making a big dramatic entrance and stealing my spotlight. Vergil: Well... You don't possibly believe that he deserves to be our main event now do you?

Vergil wasn't exactly present for Dante's "let's begin the main event!" line, which means he just came up with the same thing completely independently? That, or he was watching and just decided to wait for the most dramatic possible moment to jump in. Either way, it adds silly lil guy points (either for being just like his brother or for timing a dramatic entrance)

6. Same fight scene, the finger waggle Vergil does as he says "You should come to realize you cannot control the power of Sparda."

7. The classic:

But also the way Vergil immediately knows exactly what Dante is talking about when he says "Remember what we used to say?" and he smiles about it

conversations had moments before disaster