For a very long time I could not understand what the problem was in identifying Nero’s father: almost everyone knows that he has the blood of Sparda, Sparda has two sons, if Dante did not copulate, then Vergil did - the issue is resolved. And then I read the novella on DMC4 and found out that it turns out that there was an option where Sparda himself, with whom no one knows what happened, could sculpt another child.
And still, this did not stop Dante from immediately understanding that Nero was Virgil’s child. Although he didn’t immediately believe it myself.
I often see ppl think Dante doesn’t love/care about Nero when as far back as DMC4 this scene where he looks at Nero one last time fondly before leaving exists. He just thought he couldn’t be a part of Nero’s life because he thought it wouldn’t bring him happiness.
Dante snores at night, and just loves it when his irritable little business pisses the kid off. Especially when they stay sleeping in the same bed, the older one snuggles up to Nero from behind and sniffs right in his ear. x)
I did a scene redraw of dmc 4 cuz the way it cuts to Dante with a sword stabbed in him after Nero asked that he's not human was just kinda funny to me.