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So I cheated using my Paypal money towards this pool, and lowered the total goal amount on my Ko-Fi. Wanna see this continue? Just need $240 to reach the displayed goal on the image here. Previous part. Where you can donate: Ko-Fi: http://ko-fi.com/adaru32 Paypal is adaru32@hotmail.com

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**Note: This part's goal has been reached! Thank you!** So I haven't checked my Paypal in awhile and didn't realize how much I had. With this, I've decided to use some of it towards this pool, and lower the total goal amount on my Ko-Fi account. Previous part. Next part. Where to donate: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/adaru32 Done on Sai with a Medium Pro tablet and mouse.

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**Note: This part's goal has been reached! Thank you!** That was quick of reaching my 1st goal! Thank you so much! Part 1 link Where to donate: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/adaru32 Paypal is adaru32@hotmail.com

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***Note*** The 1st goal has been reached! Thank you! Hmm....Wonder why I'm in an empty storage room of a basement and making sure that the door's closed? Right...The tags give it away, don't they? LOL...Didn't have enough time to take my clothes off, but all right...Here we go! Reason I'm making this into a pool? I need to mostly make back what I've lost while being off work from my injury. Would've made it higher to match the total I've lost from both being off work and from a scam incident I had a couple years ago, but that's just asking for too much and am okay with the current total goal amount I have shown on my Ko-Fi page. Next part Thank you in advance. Ko-Fi Link: https://ko-fi.com/adaru32 Paypal is adaru32@hotmail.com

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Dem beautifully cute blobs. I love how they try so hard to look so intimidating.

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I got curious of Grok's updated info about my Twitter/X profile, and this is what it coughed up. I will say for the most part it's accurate, but WTF does it mean when comparing untainted gaming content to a Devil May Cry purist?!

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*Spoiler Warning!* My Full Take On The Devil May Cry Netflix Series

Here we go!...This gonna be a long read so grab a snack or something and buckle up!

I will say that my 7/10 score is quite generous despite the amount of criticism I have to say about it. I admit that with Devil May Cry being one of my main hyper-fixations in life since my teenhood in the early 2000s, there is a part of me that would definitely lower it to a 5/10 score.

But my reason for my current score of 7 is how amused I was while watching it, the things I liked about it, it's another Devil May Cry thing, and I already knew it was gonna be a different take since Adi's all about that multi-versal stuff with his projects.

Without any further ado, here are my points about it. The things I like:

1. Action and certain scenes were fun to watch.

2. One can reminisce on specific lore and references from the Devil May Cry games, novels, etc.

3. Whatever happened in the end makes one curious on what happens next.

4. Lady’s so adorable as a child.

5. Some of the demon designs I found were cool or amusing.

6. Episode 6 had a unique take on different art styles happening.

7. In my opinion, if Capcom were to ever go back in time into their reboot era, I would definitely have been okay with this take than what we got from Ninja Theory (both attitude and decision-wise and hey, it probably would’ve made room for playable Lady scenarios).

8. Soundtrack was alright, but definitely would been nice if they had some Grunge or Thrash metal happening, too.

Now for the things I dislike:

1. The show felt like it was about DarkCom, demons, and Lady more than Dante. I know Lady's a main character, but she had more screen time than Dante did when he's supposed to be the main star. 2. Out of all the DarkCom characters, Lady was the only one that did anything. All the other team members hardly did anything at all. This IMO makes Lady a Mary-Sue in a way (kind of ironic since her original name’s Mary). 3. Lady's character’s drastically changed in a bad way and she swore too much. I don't mind swearing, and she has swore once in the 2007 English dub, but the amount she did was over the top. I also didn’t like her committing police brutality and her reasoning for betraying Dante.

4. They just killed off Arkham in Lady's childhood when I was expecting for him to make a huge impact like he did in DMC3. No buildup or hints of him making anymore appearances as another main villain. I know the White Rabbit’s supposed to be the main villain in Season 1, but come on...I was expecting to see Arkham in his Jester state part-way through, or give hints that he’s still alive and make a comeback. 5. The plot revolves around "America bad" (and to top it off, they had to add the song American Idiot by Green Day on there. I like the song, and is necessary for the scenario happening, but definitely isn’t Devil May Cry worthy to be in). The plot also has that cliche of “monsters good, humans bad” thing happening. Yes, there are also evil monsters in this series, and we have witnessed evil humans in the game and novel series before, but....they basically put the humans more in a bad light compared to the demons in this show, IMO.

6. Felt the story was rushed, and was unnecessary for the characters and villains to over-explain certain terms and other story-related stuff. It just gave that “more talking, less fighting” kind of vibe, and wasted a lot of time. Would’ve made sense if they added more episodes if they were gonna pull things like that. I know they have deadlines and are trying to explain things while also making refs to the games and such, but it got annoying to me.

7. Now Dante...They did him quite dirty in this show...I understand Dante’s young, meaning there are certain things he’s inexperienced in. But I didn’t appreciate how they downgraded him where he was getting his arse kicked easily. Especially that end with what Lady and DarkCom did to him. 8. I can’t help but compare Dante to Nero in this series...One of the reasons is the choice of using Johnny’s voice. No offence to Johnny whatsoever. He did a great acting job, I know he’s auditioned to be Dante in the games multiple times before, and I’m happy for him that he finally got a role he probably was hoping to be in some day. The other reason is how they decided to put Nero’s DMCV theme for Dante when he transforms into his DT form. I know Dante's younger, Capcom did derive Dante’s traits into Nero when they made him in DMC4, and I admit that the song fits in this show how Dante obtains his DT form, but...I just can’t help but think it’s Nero I’m witnessing here. On a positive note, I also noticed Dante’s Tony Redgrave persona from the DMC1 novel happening in it.

9. I don’t know why they made the characters call Dante’s devil form his “Devil Trigger” form. I’m aware it’s what it’s called in the games, but did they have to use that name? They could’ve just made the characters say something like, “Awaken the devil within”, or “Show us your full potential”, or something along that line. 10. It's cool that Lucia made an appearance but they lightened her skin tone for some reason, and her appearance is only brief....I’m talking a few-seconds-long brief with no context other than her just being an international devil hunter.

11. Even though I like and don’t mind the demon designs, they definitely don’t fit Devil May Cry standards. The only ones I found were Devil May Cry worthy were Echidna, Cavalier Angelo, Plasma, The White Rabbit, Sparda, the one demon disguised as a hunter guy that revealed himself in front of Lady during her intro, Dante’s DT, Vergil’s Nelo Angelo form, those large demon-eating demons, and that big Resident Evil tyrant-esque dude with the tubes in his back the White Rabbit eats.

12. And finally, Vergil....This may be too early to say but I didn’t like how they made him willingly work for Mundus instead of being brainwashed by him. Well, in a way he’s still probably being brainwashed by Mundus ‘cause of the things he’d bargain and say about humanity and more. But something about the way they made him in this show seems...off...I’m hoping they explain in the later seasons and redeem their reasoning for why they chose this path for him.

So that’s my review. I feel like I’m missing more things to say, but this is what I’ve got. I know the things I liked are blunt compared to the things I disliked, but it's difficult for me to explain my reasons for my positive points. It's fine if anyone disagrees with any of my points, and if they despise the show. But please don’t bash, harass, wish harm/death, or bully over opinions. Everyone has their own takes, this is mine. Hoping for the best and looking forward to what’s in store for future Devil May Cry media. Thanks for reading. Rock on, and keep it SSStylish!

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The interesting times Gentiana decided to photobomb, heheh.

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I voiced as Lady in another parody vid by RealNeroRedgrave.

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My Non-Spoiler Brief Thoughts On The Devil May Cry Netflix Series

I would give a full review, but I'm gonna have to collect my thoughts on everything first, and wait until a later time to share it so nothing gets spoiled too soon (could be weeks, months, a full year, or longer).

I will say me and my boyfriend enjoyed it. Despite some complaints I have, I give it a 7/10. There are things about it that are enjoyable and one can reminisce from the lore and refs of the games and such. But there are other things where it goes into a totally different direction that can be off-putting and concerning for some.

For those of you curious about it, I recommend seeing it for yourselves 'cause the reviews from fans are all over the place. It's either total garbage, mid, fine, or '10/10 amazing'. For me, it's just fine and honestly thought I was gonna give it a higher score than that at first. You decide for yourselves. No one's right or wrong in the end.

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Felt the need to make this 'cause of the recent amount of entitled, purist crybabies popping up again about the Devil May Cry Netflix series. And to add, it's also baffling that the amount of people either don't care about or are unaware of the lore, and are still unaware that Adi didn't make Castlevania Season 3 and above 'cause he was kicked off the team during Season 2. Looking forward to watching it with my bf tomorrow.

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All the cool Magitek-related shots taken. I love how the 4th one looks like they're doing some villain dance. And yes, I managed to encounter that MA-X Angelus-0 super boss in the last shot. It took awhile, but I did beat it.

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Heheh, Ignis and Gladio are all like, "Doh!"

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Just some sketches of my werewolf self getting some face rubs, and asking for belly rubs. Also thought I'd show the difference between my pencil and digital sketches (done separately). I gotta say that the pencil is definitely easier to work with when it comes to filling and such, whereas digital has a cleaner look to it and much easier to fix things when they don't sit right with me.

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Been thinking about this. I've realized that I was inaccurate with the heights of me and my OCs compared to our different forms. I now used that Height Comparison site to get accurate measurements. So this would be me compared to my different werewolf selves.

Figured I'd show off what the height difference would be for my new giant werewolf form I've come up with, and share a bit of a TF concept with it. I've had people ask if I considered doing a full sequence, but it's definitely something to think about for the future ^_^ Done on Sai with an Intuos Medium Pro tablet and mouse.

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https://x.com/Adaru32/status/1904195146914152761

Well that's annoying. Can't upload videos from my PS5 on here. Guess I'll have to link it from the only 2 sites I was able to upload it on (Twitter/X link above, Facebook link on the words "link it").

I've come across quite a bit of annoying bugs while playing Final Fantasy XV. But then funny stuff like this happens.