#i imagine just after dmc 1

[basil-does-arttt]

AU where Dante goes to Fortuna much earlier and ends up taking Nero under his wing instead of Kyrie's parents.. hold on i need to think on this some more ill get back to you

[mariyekos]

New DMC Anime Trailer Breakdown, Part 1

Okay so thoughts on the new DMC Anime trailer, which you can see here:

Putting things under the cut!

First things first, it's definitely going to at least take a few things from the DMC3 manga.

Second: It at least uses CGI in part....but more than that, on rewatching it... Are those Agni and Rudra!? Which means it also covers DMC3 in part.

Other fun things to note- I'm not sure if Dante's plate is a reference to anything, but he does have New York plates, so we can assume this DMC takes place in the US, even if the games are ambiguously sort of British/European based on architecture and director commentary.

Going to be honest- I'm not sure if these guys are a reference to anything. If they are, it's going over my head, but I could definitely see them just being generic bad guys/hunters.

Rebellion looks nice here! Also, looks like we're continuing the tradition of Dante getting attacked at his shop, because with a Pool table, jukebox, and the posters on the wall, I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be Dante's shop. Fun that we get a shot of him without his coat too, though he must put it on at another point since he has it in the above shots.

Then we have the exploding plane scene, which afaik is new but also feels very DMC. RIP the other people in that airplane though. Still, I like how wacky and over the top it is!

We also have a demon in the background of this shot...

And someone I'm preeety sure is Enzo (from the DMC3 Manga and Bayonetta!) Although on second glance, this guy looks like he might be blond, which Enzo is not. Still, it could just be a design choice they went with.

Following that is a shot of....probably not Jester because of the short nose, but something I'm sure is connected to Arkham in some way. I want to say they wouldn't get rid of his face scar, so I'm banking on there being a plotline related to Arkham having multiple minions Dante has to take down.

The giant hell portal in the sky isn't super special. We see it in both DMC3 and the old DMC anime, after all.

Then water guy...who I also don't remember as an enemy tbh. Could be new, could be my bad memory showing face. But he's a cyclops with axe hands which is interesting.

Dante's bullets are engraved with Jackpot which I find hilarious but also cool. Just imagining him using magic/demonic power to carve that in is great. I do wonder if they're going to have him reload though? Ebony and Ivory generally use magic bullets as far as I remember, but I know Coyote-A ejects shells. This bullet is shot from Ivory though.

EDIT: Looking at it again, these guns aren't Ebony and Ivory. They're both white/grey. Assuming this isn't them being lazy/an animation error, it might be that this is a real bullet...that he engraved using magic or just special gun stuff instead of just making the bullet itself from magic. I am not interested in guns in real life, but I think guns are supposed to have a function where they leave a mark on the bullets they fire so you can identify which gun shot the bullet? So it could be a human-made modification too.

Then there's the demon he shoots, which I think is a reference to Alice and the demons from the DMC3 manga (and a nice reference to the Sin Scissors and other beings that you can get the kill on with a bullet to the mask).

Not totally sure what the thing Dante shoots is, but it looks to be some sort of pendant. Is it some possessed thing that the girl has? Not super important though, because WHY IS ECHIDNA FROM DMC4 HERE?! Not upset, just surprised. Didn't notice this in my first watch.

After that we get Dante saving a girl from a... car? train? Something getting thrown into a diner that reminds me of the one from the old DMC anime, so here's me hoping we might get some fun downtime scenes like we did in that show. Maybe we'll see a strawberry sundae :)

Actually wait-

STRAWBERRY SUNDAE IDENTIFIED! Also I don't have a picture of her on hand, but is this maybe the waitress from that anime? A younger version? I'll look for a picture later, but for the sake of getting this out earlier than later, I'll just say I'm pretty sure she was a redhead too.

EDIT: Rewatching the trailer, the blue cyclops demon from before is in front of a sign that I'm pretty sure is supposed to say Freddie's Diner like in the OG Anime, so I'm going with the waitress being the same woman or otherwise related.

After that we get what looks to be a human that turned into a demon. My bet is that this guy was always a demon who was pretending to be human, but I think it could be interesting if there was a plotline about Arkham transforming humans into demons while trying to achieve godhood.

And hey look, Dante has what looks to be a stab mark through his chest and a hole in his shirt :) i bet this boy is getting stabbed through the chest, let's gooooo!

EDIT: Back, so I'll continue.

On second glance- wait, these guns are both gray, which means they aren't Ebony and Ivory. I'm putting my money into the DMC3 anime including Dante meeting Nell rather than this being an animation/coloring error.

Aaaand I hit the image limit, darn. Part 2 can be found here.

[buttercupbread06]

HELLOOOO HIIII sorrysorry, idk how this works exactly but uhhhhh yea <:3

1) Does ur OC have a voice claim? If so who? [any]

3) What song describes your OC? [any]

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! it's on sight when they see them! [any (but curious abt Michele)]

15) Will your OC ever retire? Do you see them making it? [either Gonzalo, Michele or Adri]

20) If they fight, what's their weapon of choice? [any, curious on Mika tho 👀]

27) What's their spirit tamagochi? or an animal you associate them with [any (although I have an idea of most of them dkxndkfn)]

29)Imagine a mood board for your OC! What's on it? (Make it if you want!) (not necessary, just sillying rn)

hii thanks for writing the questions i love you

1). Gonzalo kinda sounds like the singer in Dance With Me (Topline Addicts), but only that song in specific for some reason?? Michele sounds like Snufkin in the English dub (I dont even watch Moominvalley, I just saw a clip once and thought "yeah that's my daughter"). I haven't found Mika's exact voice irl yet, sadly.

3). Gonzalo is very Sucede/Desarraigo (by Extremoduro) coded, but I'd like to mention Everything She Wants (Wham!), High and Dry (Radiohead) and Lágrimas Desordenadas (Melendi). Very father of him for the most part, I like to think. He also likes all of those, by the way, Extremoduro and Radiohead are his favorite bands (GOD HE'S LIKE ME FR)

Mika depends on the time of his life, honestly, but I relate Using You (Mars Argo) and Cynical One (TV Girl) to him. There's more, though, I just don't want to yap too much.

Extra: The Mind Electric (Miracle Musical) for Michele, Califórnica (La Gusana Ciega) for Adriana, and basically anything sung by Betty Hutton could be Becky's :33

14). I'm going to be very honest, DMC doesn't have enough characters for Michele to hate someone. However, she IS bitter about Fortuna as a whole because no one even tried to protect them as a child. Sure, it was supposed to be a secret, but giving him away that easily and never wondering where the kid went is... Interesting.

Adri hates Kimball AND Caesar, as she should, but that could apply to basically any Legion dude/NCR soldier. I don't think I've ever told you this, but Mika has beef with Leo's parents especially after Leo actually gets famous (basically because they didn't support their son enough and he was there to see it, and because I believe they'd be fake about it years after and Mika just wants to strangle them with a coat hanger) (he keeps it to himself but he calls his mom to talk 40 minutes worth of shit right after they leave lmao).

20). Michele has a sword (canon), Gonzalo technically owns a glock 22 because he's a cop but to me his canon weapon is his stupid little revolver in FNV, Becky likes energy weapons, Adri prefers dynamite and Mika doesn't fight or kill people but if he did he'd get an AK-47, I'm sorry.

27). I just looked through every single Tamagotchi thingy and I've decided to go with animals. Mika: Weasel

Gonzalo: St. Bernard dog

Michele: Something between a barn owl and a dove

Becky: Milksnake

Adriana: Either a coyote or a Mexican pink tarantula (it's not even pink wtf :c)

29). I'm not doing that right now but I might reblog this post with stuff I found on Pinterest/pictures I took that remind me of them.

[stingandsnoutbindery]

Advent Anthology by @pacific-rimbaud

A Compilation of PR's one-shot entries for DHr Advent, years 2020-2022.

Fandom: Harry Potter

Relationship: Draco Malfoy x Hermione Granger

Art by the wonderful @chestercompany

My binderary baby and second fanbinding project.

read below the cut for the process and other binding deets.

Quick Specs

20,015 words | 179 pages | Quarto (1/4 of Letter)

Technique: Flatback bradel Title & Body Font: Libre Baskerville (in various style emphasis)

Fics included:

Les Pelerins (10k; 2020 entry)

I'm Never Lonely When I'm With You (5k; 2021 entry)

On The Virtues of Inexhaustible Burning (5k; 2022 entry)

Pac is the type I could trust to write anything and I know I'll absolutely love. Her advent fics, in particular, I especially adore. The writing is very visceral and I will not admit how many times I've reread these.

On The Book

I had not intended to bind any book/s for @renegadepublishing's binderary because of my hectic schedule, however FOMO won over and this book was born. It was a relatively quick design and typeset (I really do better under pressure lol). I wish I could say the same for when I started the actual binding though. This is the 8th book I’ve bound and I had expected it to go relatively smoothly, but this book fought me every step of the way and I'll indulge in expressing my distress on this post.

First, the print place I go to messed up my typeset, thus me having to travel back home to use our old crappy inkjet (that took 3 hours to print). And because said printer is crappy, I had to use 100gsm short grain to minimize show-through, and well, you can imagine how stick straight the pages are. Second, I made the case too small (I worked on the book after a toxic 12 hour lab day and was not in the right state) and instead of redoing the covers, I re-trimmed and repainted the fore edge (at cost of my lovely margins ..wails). Third & last, the vinyl refused! to stick to the cover and I proper burnt the HTV as well as my finger on my iron. In the book's defense, it was my first time using leather paper and I forgot to test their chemistry.

On The Bind

Everything else went swimmingly, aforementioned shit aside. I tried not to make this book scream Christmas and leaned into a more subtle theme through color choices. I finally got to use this lovely red leather paper from Itoya, which my parents bought me during their trip in Japan. Many thanks to @celestial-sphere-press for helping me out with the shops to visit!

The design cover was made on Illustrator. The words are actually the fic prompts which I arranged in concentric circles, inspired by the arrangement of the advent candles in our local church from years back. I have no idea what paper my print place used, but it has some nice pulp to it.

As I said, I melted the HTV and certain parts refused to stick, so I peeled all of it off, except for the spine title (which miraculously stuck) and used my foil quill pen instead. I used an off-brand one and it's really good!

I also did this sort of strip across the edge which I learned is called a "river" as Nic @bindsbymunchkin called it. The side near the spine though, looked asymmetrically empty, so I added the foiling. And as this is an anthology, the punctuations was a design choice to convey the start and end and pauses in-between stories (and mostly because they just look fancy lol).

Like my last bind, the edges are gold which is comprised of an undercoat of diluted dark gray Sakura acrylic paint and many layers of Liquitex iridescent gold acrylic ink.

Endbands are made with alternating colors of cream, gray, and gold DMC cotton threads, however I'm learning I don't very much like how sewn endbands look on small flatbacks.

The endpapers are my fave. I had already tipped in plain cream cardstock but then I was like: this book needs MARBLED PAPER! so I ripped off the one I had stuck and replaced it. It's actually not real marbled paper HAHA. I sourced it from this site, printed it on some heavy paper, and oh my god I believe the universe really meant for me to find this pattern because it coincidentally matched the colors of the endbands!!

On The Typeset

I wanted to keep things cohesive but also give each story its own character. Libre Baskerville was a lovely typeface to do that on.

From left to right: Les Pelerins, I'm Never Lonely When I'm With You, On The Virtues of Inexhaustible Burning

For Les Pelerins, I wanted to mimic the silhouette of the establishments in Montmartre, hence the varying heights of the letters. If I wasn’t on a time crunch, I would’ve spent more time editing the headers but alas this is what we get. INLWIWY is more straightforward– a pinecone, which was a recurring theme in the story. And I think OTVOIB is my favorite. I drew tiny gold cracks onto the coal rock which is a significant element in the story. It still gives me that stomach flip whenever I reread it (iykyk).

[dollivication]

hiiii im glad you liked my insane ramblings about guro and OH MY GOD you were so right w the ring finger thing im rotating that concept...i love pathetic men...

speaking of pathetic. kind of springboarding off of what one of the other anons said about Nero but only showing affection when u got them bleeding would make them do some loony shit. you hear hey babe watch this and then dantes intestines are spilling out bc thats the only way he can get your attention and he wants it soso bad. and like they COULD force you to pay attention to them but youre so cold and its so much easier this way because itll just heal later and it really doesn't even hurt that bad anymore? (that is the blood loss talking there are so many stains on the floor that are NOT coming out. perhaps not even just blood teehee)

or like. elbow deep in vergil's guts and hes trying so hard to pay attention when youre naming everything even tho you know hes not gonna be able to focus bc taking an interest in peoples hobbies helps you get closer right?? and really whats more intimate than someone having their hands all up in your organs, no one ELSE has ever touched him there! no one else knows him inside and out like this, its so romantic! especially if you do some freak shit like lick the blood off your hands bc now part of him is in you...utterly delusional i fear

okay last insane thought for now yk how in 3 dante takes a shot to the head like its nothing? imagine asking so nicely and sweetly if you can try it because you wanna see how itll heal and also all the gray matter spattering everywhere. youre not cleaning it up of course its his fault for making such a mess!! also not convinced theres actually brain in there like you are making your insides be on the outside because you want someone to look at you BE NORMAL!!! -☢️

WHEN I READ THIS I WAS GIGGLINH BECAUSE HOLYYYSHIY YU GET ME SO WELL HUGS YOU!!!! LIVE LAUGH LOVE DMC GORE.. cw!!1!1!

THEY ARE BOTH TWO ENDS OF THE FREAKY SPECTRUM AND I AM ABSOLUTELY HERE 4 IT!!! laik omgfgh.. vergil thinks there’s something soww poetic about quite literally giving himself up, all of him, for the person he loves most.

if you decide to laik… cut off his tongue and put it in a jar or just basically any other part of him,, he is going to be over the MOON!!! laik awhh, yu love him so much that you’re preserving a part of him <33 uhm!! please get help! Loony!!!!1!!!1

WHEREAS DANTE IS LAIK.. INITIATING IT!!! comes up to yu laik a kid showing off a bug like hey check out this cool gash you can see my bone!! make it worse pretty please??? you should totally skin me ahahaha…!! LIKE STOP OT YOU CREATURE‼️‼️ JES SO NASTAY he loves the sting methinks..

this is like mary jane 4 him he gets high off this and harder than ever before!!! the only downside for the both of them is that your fascination is often very short-lived… (��‸◟)

vergil is more likely to wait around until you decide to get hit by another urge to ‘study’ him whereas dante is ALLLWAYS trying to appeal to you. hey, you’ve looked at my ribcage already, look at my brain!! or what about my eye?? YUCK

THE LAST BIT OH MY GODH!!!! it always ends the same! you losing interest after a bit of observing, leaving them to pick up the foul, iron scented mess. auwaaa.. for a split second they probably realize the fucked up situation you’re both in, which i reckon causes them to spiral a bit—before they remember how happy you looked to be squeezing their insides!!…

oh well nobody ever said being together should be a healthy thing! they’ll clean the blood up later,, right now they just need a biiiig nap<3 and the cycle will repeat!!! they can’t wait!

imsosillyimsosillyimsosillyimso

[nysus-temple]

ULTRAKILL's references to Greek folklore

Wellp, here it is brought to you by a girl who can't shut up about a game she sucks at playing. ANYWAYS—

BEFORE YOU GO DOWN this is, to no one's surprise, filled with spoilers. While it's true that lore in this game is secondary, if you wanna learn it by yourself when playing it, then save this reading for later. Ultrakill is avaible at Steam, and there's for now an Early Access version in case you wanna try it before buying it. It's filled with blood, but it's still a masterpiece, me thinks.

!! - Guide of this thingy:

Introduction.

King Minos.

King Sisyphus (not full).

Honorable mentions ( mostly things that i'm probably imagining ).

1 - Introduction:

There's many people out there who have already talked about everything that reminds them of the Divine Comedy regarding the game, besides the fact that it takes inspiration in DMC too; but almost no one seems to notice the details that reference Greek folklore, and it's true that they are not THAT important, most likely i'm just imagining references in places where there are actually none, but this is what brainrot does to a girl. So wether they are true or not, i'll still will write this thing down or else i'll explode with my thoughts.

2 - King Minos:

To make it short, Minos was the king of the Lust Layer, he felt that the sinners of said layer did not deserve such punishment just for loving one another, and when God dissappeared and Heaven turned into chaos, he build next to the inhabitants of the layer a prosperous place. Sadly, when the council took control of Heaven back, they implied Minos' intentions had gone against God's will by freeing the sinners, and Gabriel was sent down to kill Minos.

Minos instead of fighting back, tried to find reason in the angel, but Gabriel didn't hear any of his words and ended him, imprisioning his soul.

"...Gabriel struck down Minos, his flesh torn asunder with torrents of crimson pooling at his feet as we all cried out for clarity. 'Justice,' Gabriel decreed to all, with our just ruler writhing in wailing agony, 'The Lord's Will be done.' We watched on in horror as Minos lay broken, now waning, screaming in defiance of God's Will, Gabriel."

Text from a book found in the second level of the Lust Layer.

Minos' corpse was now controlled by parasites and Gabriel was the new Judge of Hell. Oh, yeah, that's why thorns are blinding him. Justice is blind and Minos was, wellp, a Judge of Hell.

And here's when my shenanigan's begin!

So you see, it's true the first Minos we know from Greek folklore was a king, was made a Judge of Hell after his death too, and all the shenanigans... But can we see any of that in this Minos? While it's true that most of the things are original or coming from the Divine Comedy, here's this detail i spend some time thinking about:

"Despite once bringing upon the renaissance of the Lust layer, his corpse now only seeks sinners to punish."

Terminal data of The Corpse of King Minos from the game

While the Christian elements are heavy here ( Divine Comedy, WUH ) and we have the Father's name, God, therefore not many references to the Greek Gods ( specially knowing Minos was one of Zeus' sons ), this detail is what reminds me of him becoming the Judge of Hell in the original folclore.

Minos was so respected by everyone, even the gods, that they decided to make him a Judge of Hell. Meanwhile in Ultrakill, after Gabriel killed him and became the new Judge of Hell, they still kept his corpse searching for sinners to punish. Tragic and bittersweet, but apparently they still thought of his corpse as a Judge of Hell, even when no soul was with it. Just like Greek Minos was respected enough to be turned a judge in Hell, this Minos is respected enough to maintain his corpse as a Judge, just like he once was.

3 - King Sisyphus:

Since Sisyphus hasn't come out as a boss yet and we therefore don't have 100% his lore explained, I can more or less summarize it:

"King Sisyphus has acted in secret until now, amassing an army whose strength and numbers swell, but now there is no need to hide anymore. We have lived in the shadow of Heaven long enough to forget the taste of fear. Now the Sisyphean Insurrectionists prepare for war.

I have heard of Minos beginning a peaceful revolution, but our King Sisyphus knows such pacificity will gain no favor from our cruel captors. He knows that one can only fight power with power, and he shall lead us to freedom."

Text from a book found in the second level of the Greed Layer.

Minos decided to do a peaceful revolution, building his own shenanigans in the Lust Layer, but Sisyphus didn't think the same way; he decided to do a revolution too, but it was anything but peaceful.

Full terminal data of the Sisyphean Insurrectionists in the game:

"The Sisyphean Insurrectionists were an army of Husks gathered and trained by King Sisyphus for overthrowing Heaven's control of Hell, freeing the sinners from their eternal torment. [...]

Upon the establishment of the Council and subsequent return of peace to Heaven, Gabriel and an army of angels were sent down to crush the insurrection and subjugate Sisyphus' army.

Although their battle was well-fought, the inexperienced Insurrectionist could not match the educated strategy of the angels, who quickly descended upon King Sisyphus with great force, eventually overpowering and killing him, leaving the Insurrectionists without a chain of command.

Left scattered and disoriented, the warriors were easily picked off one by one, their bodies cut apart, leaving behind only the bare essentials to carry on their eternal punishment of hauling heavy boulders up the monuments of mankind's arrogance and greed.

Although the blood of their enemies still stains their bodies and their grasp still clutches their fallen foes, their will and fierce fury only serve as mental torment in knowing how close they were to freedom."

The Insurrectionists mantain Greek Sisyphus' original Hell punishment, carrying a rock up to the top of a mountain ( in the game, a pyramid ) that will eventually fall down again.

Now, more interesting details... Greek Sisyphus wasn't that much liked by the gods since he, wellp, cheated death a couple times, unlike Greek Minos who was so respected that he was turned into a Judge of Hell. So just like Greek Sisyphus was thrown into Hell with a punishment and Greek Minos was turned into a Judge of Hell; in this game, Minos' corpse is still used as some kind of Judge... more or else, as I said before. Meanwhile, Sisyphus corpse isn't used at all ( not yet, remember the game isn't finished ), it is just imprisoned with no head, even. Perhaps that has something to do with the Greek Sisyphus being punished instead of turning into a Judge of Hell, or similar, like the Greek Minos was? Or maybe i'm just imagining stuff. Hmm.

Oh, by the way, unlike Minos being blind being due to him being a Judge and Justice is blind; Sisyphus was blinded by greed, so he literally is blinded by gold.

4 - Honorable mentions ( mostly things that i'm probably imagining ):

You know I could just jump into Hakita ( developer ) and ask him "is this bullshit i came up with actual references?" but there are better things to do in life, I guess, sooooo let's leave them here, shall we?

THE ENTIRE LAYER OF WRATH is, for my stupid mind, an antire Odyssey reference. Except the last level i guess.

The entire layer is ambiented around boats and the sea. And while you can say 'odyssey' is a word used for 'really long travel' nowadays, my mind goes beyond that with this concept.

The first level of the layer is named "In the Wake of Poseidon", you have no idea how much i screamed when i first read it. Like, the first level, just like while in the Odyssey many stuff happens, before all of those stories are told, Odysseus is first thrown at the sea after leaving Calipso's island, by none other than Poseidon. If we go to the second level "Waves of the Starless Sea" we'll be, no shit Sherlock, in a sea. But full of broken boats, completely destroyed, just how Odysseus' small boat was left after Poseidon came at him. The third level is "Ship of Fools" and, okay, i'm sorry for saying this is Odyssey related too, but Odysseus' companions were, indeed, fools. ( The game has many DMC references too, so maybe i'm mixing things, but i'm no fan of DMC so uuuuhh ).

Also, the third level of Wrath, the boat, has an ost called "Death Odyssey" and it gets sinked down. If THAT doesn't ring a bell, what else does it?

The Ocean is literally called "Ocean Styx". Ring a bell? River Styx?

You can choose not to fight the Ferryman by giving him a coin. Ring another bell? Charon? The whole 'putting a coin in the corpse's mouth so that they could pay him in the Underworld to take them by the river' shenanigans?

Cerberus is the boss in the Prelude, who in later-game becomes a common enemy. Funny enough, he isn't shaped as a dog, but as a humanoid, and the explanation given in the terminal data of the game regarding that, is this one:

"Although they do not resemble the mythological three-headed dog, this name was chosen due to their nature as protectors of Hell."

Gotta love them for that.

WELLP that's all folks. Hope you had fun reading my ramblings, as usual. Feels good to be back into the essays world.

[randomvarious]

Today’s mix:

Back to Mine by Dave Seaman 1999 Downtempo / Trip Hop / Ambient

Back in '99, UK DJ and remix label DMC started what would become a long-running and highly popular mix series called Back to Mine, which would bring in popular DJs and electronic acts to craft mixes that were perfectly suited for an after-party environment following a long night out of joyous clubbing. I imagine the name for the series comes from a hypothetical conversation between a group of people who had just left a club and were trying to figure out what their next move should be:

Person 1: "Alright, so where to next?"

Person 2: "Well, we could go back to mine."

Person 1: "Yeah, that sounds good."

And then when they got to Person 2's place, they would all unwind themselves with one of these Back to Mine mixes 😌.

So, it seems like with the first three releases in this series, all of which came out in 1999, Back to Mine was set on casting world-famous DJs in a different sort of light; ones who weren't known at all for playing chillout tunes. Nick Warren, Danny Tenaglia, and Dave Seaman were all heralded as masters of the packed dancefloors, but not so much the comedown rooms that adjoin them.

But as this excellent second volume shows, Seaman could certainly hack it in a setting such as this. In this hour-plus of downtempo, trip hop, and ambient bliss, the former editor of DMC's very own biblical electronic music monthly, Mixmag, starts out with a collection of total immersion and engrossment before branching out into heavier, more head-nodding fare, and then finishes off with Lamb's "Gorecki," a remarkably sublime tune that manages to simultaneously satisfy both categories.

But the journey to that capstone is well worth it too, as Seaman supplies us with a steady stream of tracks and remixes that seem to be done by some of electronic music's most dynamic duos: Global Communication provide some epic ambient, Kruder & Dorfmeister remix some mid-90s Depeche Mode, Paul Oakenfold & Steve Osborne strip out the vocals from Sneaker Pimps' trip hop classic, "Six Underground," and load up on rock guitar 🤘, and then the aforementioned Lamb takes us home with "Gorecki." Plus, there's also a somewhat lesser known pair from Liverpool called Desert, who deliver a sweet trip hop groove with a dusty snare break and nice breakdown in "Sonic Boom."

"A soundtrack without a film. Lie back. Close your eyes. And watch the in-flight movie on the inside of your eyelids," said Guardian critic Alexis Petridis in a review of this mix from a near-quarter-century ago that seems to still ring true to this day.

A terrific selection and sequencing of tunes here done by one of UK electronic music's brightest lights and foremost evangelists, Dave Seaman. A guy who's evidently not only just capable of bringing you out for a night of dancy hedonism, but can also take you home and tuck you into bed at the crack of dawn with some phenomenal chillout as well.

Listen to the full mix here.

Highlights:

Craig Armstrong - "Weather Storm" Genetica - "Future Past" Sasha - "Baja (Port Douglas Mix)" Global Communication - "Epsilon Phase" Depeche Mode - "Useless (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix)" Sneaker Pimps - "Six Underground (Perfecto Dub)" Desert - "Sonic Boom" Lamb - "Gorecki"

[fabdante]

Hello! 1) who is your DmC oc Eliza and 2) do you have any ideas for tattoos for Dante & Kat?

hello!! i was delighted by this ask when i woke up and now that im home with my keyboard i am excited to answer!

also this got long i apologize asdfghjkl

who is the eliza part of elizante

i have been waiting for someone to ask asdfghjkl so elizabeth is my girlfriends oc, affectionately called liz. we started shipping her and dante way back in like high school. she's the girl dante is trying to call in my fic a series of mild prophecies !

also im going to refer to this thing called swan song a lot which, for anyone unaware, is my unfinished verat prequel fan fic which is the source for most of my reboot fanon. i have some snippets of it on ao3, all things that either i cleaned up for swan song or fit into swan songs like extended universe

as it is now in at least swan song canon, she's dantes kinda sorta ex-girlfriend. they've recently broken up, i think because dante life can just be...A Lot and he was struggling to hold together his side of the relationship. she was hoping he'd pull things together a bit and they could work this out.

but onto like more a quick little rundown on who she is as a person rather then her role in swan song canon. liz is a bit of a horror goth (i have no idea how else to describe her?) who loves slashers. she's a bit of a romantic with a messy dating history. she is also very neat. at the point where they meet in swan song canon, dante's recently moved to the trailer and cut off like most people from his life. i think this closeness enabled him to be honest about the whole 'so i see secret demons and fight them' thing and liz for some reason believed him. also her favorite slasher series is chucky. she really loves chucky.

i like to imagine post canon they get back together. which is very funny to me because like dante and kat in swan song canon sort of switch places (dante starts fresh off a break up and ends up back in his relationship where as kat starts off in a relationship she finds very secure only to end up in the most chaotic break up ever and having a horrible time with it)

but anyway that's a very quick rundown of liz. i plan on trying to finish more fics featuring her. one is a little pier date, one is dantes half of the phone call from a series of mild prophecies, and another is the morning after their first hook up because this was meant to be a one night stand liz being very neat is plot relevant to their relationship asdfghjkl

dante and kat tattoos

i do have ideas for this!! every day i wish they both had tattoos genuinely. if it were up to me both dantes would have a ton like most of his concept arts and kat would have more also.

that said i've never quite come up with set designs for dante. i like the idea of cherubs somewhere. something cheeky maybe in the crotch area also because he's so that guy. i don't see him as the sort to get color tattoos either so it's probably a lot of black and white. im biased and a nirvana girlie but i tend to associate devil may cry in general heavily with grunge (i wrote an entire fic about that so like...Not A Shocking Statement) but i'd probably give him a little reference to that. i feel like if he got tattoos also he'd be very prone to just like getting things he thought looked cool or he was dared into, i don't think he finds the concept of adorning his body like that particularly sacred so there's definitely some odd balls in there either from like flash designs or something he thought was funny at the time. there's some fun ones in the concept art to like there's an early concept art where he's got an angel on his neck and cut lines one sees on plastic bags you need to cut open, an unfished tic tac toe board, a praying cherubic angel, that sort of thing. also i'd add some more baroque references to him because it'd be fun.

kat, however, i used to have like a whole plan for her and tattoos. like i was going to draw a chart and everything asdfghjk. i no longer have this attempt at a tattoo map for her and have since forgotten a lot of them.ones i do recall though is definitely a lot of botanical stuff like flowers and fungi, definitely some sun and moon imagery in there, perhaps some tarot designs i like the idea of a couple of those in there, perhaps a judith like maybe not artmesia's judith as idk if it'd tattoo well but there's some other judiths over history that might (klimt's comes to mind as more tattooable). a moth to there has to be like at least one moth. two i'm also very certain on that i really like: a kat rper on here (i forget which at this point) headcanoned her having an eye on the back of her neck and i LOVED that so that's come into my canon and i've also always liked the idea of kat getting matching tattoos around the nipples. i could see her also maybe getting a quote or two. she'd definitely put a lot more thought into it then dante. i have a private pinterest board from years ago when i was trying to do kat's tattoo map and gathered a collection of images from it to try and show the General Vibe i get for kat tattoos:

kat not having more tattoos was always odd to me because most tattoo artists will not tattoo your face unless you have other tattoos already. and like we don't know that her star tattoo is a tattoo exactly, she might just draw it on her forehead everyday but i'm pretty sure it's a tattoo so like that would imply she should have more and i guess the stuff on her fingers could be tattoos but i've always preferred the fanon idea that those designs are done with henna. which like maybe she just had an irresponsible tattoo artist but that also seems out of character for her asdfghjkl

all in all though i guess kat tattoos would mirror some of the henna designs i typically draw for her

[basil-does-arttt]

How do you feel about the new anime after seeing the teaser? Are you excited, maybe nervous, even worried about the course the anime takes?

I don't think its a remake of the mangas, although the rabbit is a reference to the manga. How do you feel about that? (Honestly I don't mind, itd be nice to have more lore to obsess over. I mostly just want the characters to be done justice and to be characterised properly)

I am very excited, it looks pretty cool so far and i cant wait to see where it goes.

Like you said, i dont think its a remake of any one thing specifically, rather it seems to be taking elements from everywhere in the series all at once for its story and design. (Including the reboot apparently, considering Dante is wearing a necklace that's very close to Donte's necklace.)

Its going to be different, considering it seems to be taking elements from the written material as well (dmc 3 manga, maybe even the novels) more than the games themself, and we dont even know if its going to be canon to the series yet or just its own fun thing (i saw someone saying its in the same universe as castlevania?) But regardless, i still think its going to be absolutely amazing in its own right.

Now i am nervous about one thing: Who did they cast for Vergil.

Its been confirmed he's showing up. I personally cant imagine him as anybody else other than Daniel Southworth, so i hope they casted him for Vergil. If they didnt, then i can only hope that they casted someone just as good (and just as nasally /hj)

I also do think its interesting they cast Nero's dmc 5 VA for Dante. It will definitely take me a bit to get used to it once the anime comes out and im actually watching it, but i dont think its a bad decision by any means. He's a wonderful VA.

And i am very curious to find out who that female voice in the trailer was. At first i assumed it was Patty, but if the anime goes in a younger-dante direction then it wouldnt make sense because Patty wouldn't even exist at that point. My second thought was Lady, which would be amazing to have her show up again (and hopefully have more of a personality other than "dante you owe me money"), but my last thought - if the anime is taking most of its inspiration from the written dmc material - was Grue's daughters. I havent actually finished the dmc 1 novel so idk how true that could be but its a thought at least lol.

Overall i am very excited and the anime seems to be going well. Now we just have to hope expectations live up to reality lol.

[mariyekos]

Saw some great Dante art on Twitter and now my head is spinning with a new HC.

I've HC'd Dante having a scar over his chest from the Yamato+Rebellion stabbings for a while, and I've also tossed around HCs about Dante and Vergil sort of aging out of their humanity. (The tl;dr of that is their human side ages until it "dies" and they're left with their demon forms being the default, so they have to imitate a human form to look human, a la Sparda). In the art I linked above, instead of having a normal scar over his chest, he has this glowing mini-cavity/void instead.

In comes the HC-

So, when Dante is first stabbed in DMC3, the scar over his heart starts as a normal scar. Maybe over the next couple of years it lightens and looked kind of odd, but Dante chalks it up to just being a magical scar and doesn't pay that much attention to it (because he doesn't like thinking about why he has it). Then DMC 1 happens, he's stabbed by Rebellion (and Alastor) again, and the next time he sees himself shirtless in a mirror he realizes wait, the center of his chest is definitely glowing. Faintly, but glowing nonetheless.

From then on the glow would gradually increase, going from looking like skin with a glow to actually seeming like a void of light over his sternum (see the art above, plus DMC4 DT included below). The older he gets the larger the glowing portion grows, and the more intense the glow becomes (from illuminated skin to void of light). At first it freaks him out, but he eventually learns to accept it and stops caring too much.

His shirts in DMC4/5 have a little bit of a lower neckline than would work for this idea, but let's just say he'd keep his shirt zipped/buttoned up about an inch higher, and that the glow started more toward the center of his chest rather than sternum. The DT glows are pretty centered after all. After unlocking his SDT in DMC5 the glowing portion would end up high enough to not be hidden by his DMC5 shirt though. I imagine him ignoring Nero's questions on that when they meet back up for chapter 13, and that Lady and Trish already knew to some extent so they didn't bother asking. Maybe he'd eventually figure out to mask it, but it would be something he'd have to intentionally do, rather than the default.

Putting some pictures of his DT illustrating what I mean below the cut, but that's about it! The tl;dr of this one is "wouldn't it be cool if Dante's chest in his human form ended up glowing as he aged, to match his demon form?"

I'm skipping over his DMC1 triggers because they don't really match his DT in other games and don't fit into my view on this. DMC1 was the game where they were figuring things out.

DMC2-

I'll be honest, I haven't played DMC2. But looking it up Dante has 2 forms, including this one which has the glowing fissure in the chest. It's a thin cross that goes all the way up/down his chest as opposed to the thinner, deeper triggers in 4 and 5, but it's the start of the fissure designs so I'll run with it!.

DMC3-

Dante's DT is very fluid in DMC3, but doesn't have the glowing chest. His sternum is pretty prominent though. My explanation for these DTs is that Dante is younger as of DMC3, so the glow hasn't started yet because his demon side is still maturing.

DMC4-

And here's the real start of fissure/light-void chest Dante. This one also forms a cross, but the bulk of it is I'm the center of the chest, and the sort of "light-void" I imagine appearing on Dante's chest is one that would eventually grow to look like the center of this one.

DMC5-

Dante's normal DT in DMC5 has just about the same design as the DMC4 one so I'm skipping that, but his Sin Devil Trigger keeps that glowing chest look. In game the SDT is referred to as Dante's "true form," which gives this one extra points. Where his normal DT is like a glow coming out from the chest, this one is a glow within his core that's being guarded by the pieces around/over it.

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I told my mom about the latest Tumblr Trend of blue checkmarks and how it maxed out at 24 and she became the funniest person by instantly replying “Oh give it time, they’ll add colored checkmarks”. And I knew she meant it in a pink-checkmark-for-an-artist, purple-for-a-writer kind of way, but think of what a hit it’ll be with the gays. Someone tell staff

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Yo as I talk to Solas in the start of a (yet another) playthrough, I chose a different option for once about imagining what the world without the Veil would be. (The “i can’t imagine it” option). And like. Was NOT prepared for Solas’s response. This whole conversation he’s been of chill, like a teacher asked to explain something new, but say that and he like EXPLODES into passion. His VA was REALLY good in the tone shift. I thought he was about to grab me by the arms to shake me and desperately try to have me ‘remember the world as it was’ haha.

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AFTER SEEING THE SONIC 2 MOVIE I'M CALLING THE AUNT ADOPTING SHADOW (UNWILLINGLY). LISTEN. THE NIECE REPLACES MARIA FOR HIM. THE HUSBAND IS A GUN AGENT. IT JUST MAKES SENSE HES ON HOUSE ARREST

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[polarisbibliotheque]

Dante & Vergil falling asleep on their s/o lap

Pairings: Dante x Reader; Vergil x Reader

Summary: "Rest" is something the Sparda family doesn't know very well - luckily to them, you were the perfect pillow to lay your beloved's head in order to relax.

Author’s notes: Do I love Dante and Vergil being vulnerable when treated with kindness? Yes. I do. There's a lot of feelings, I hope you're ready for the ride :D

Also, three things: 1 - I hate Wrath's in DMC 3 and it shows in Dante's part; 2 - I might have spent an entire afternoon explaining my fear of "dumb ways to die" to a guy once and it seemed like it'd be a funny running joke between Vergil and his s/o, I am not sorry; 3 - The movie line from Vergil's part is from Labyrinth (1986), "for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great - you have no power over me" ;)

Dante

“Geez… I’m exhausted.”

Dante sighed audibly while literally throwing himself in the couch right by your side. You smiled, even though your eyes didn’t leave the pages of the book you were currently reading – with your legs resting on Cavaliere-made-coffee-table right in front of you, there couldn’t be a better way of resting your tired muscles after a long day of work.

“I can imagine, big guy. The way you fought those Wrath demons today was no joke.” You said slowly, finishing to read a sentence while Dante fumbled by your side. He looked up at the ceiling, closing his eyes while allowing a laugh to leave his lips.

“I know how much you hate those guys, babe! Thought it’d be nice to do you a favor!” He finally rested one of his arms under his head, still seeming to search for a comfortable way to lie on the couch.

Which was always a mission on its own, to say the least. The shop’s couch was big indeed, but Dante… Well, he was bigger. Than everything, if you were to be honest to yourself. It could fit him comfortably, yes, but only if you – or anyone else for that matter �� weren’t occupying it as well. If there was someone else other than Dante on that couch, he’d have to settle with sitting until he could use it as a makeshift bed.

Something you had absolutely no trouble with: there could be anyone sitting on it, you could always find some space to lie down and take a nap. He envied you for that, sometimes.

“Oh, I do. Those things seriously make me lose my temper.” As you responded, you could hear Dante giggling by your side. Never tearing your eyes from the words in your book, you didn’t need to look at him to see how much your lover was having fun with that little conversation. “Honestly. Even the noise they make is enough to make me want to throw things around.”

With that being said, Dante did his best to copy the noise of said demon, making you finally put your book down on your lap and look at him – your eyes were annoyed, but you had a knowing smile on your lips. He was the only person in the whole world you could have a conversation like that: which enemies you despised, which ones you had fun with and the ones that made your day worth it.

You just didn’t know Dante enjoyed it as much as you did. Even though he had Lady and Trish around, with the same occupation as his, they weren’t very keen on talking about demon species and such in a regular basis. Sure, they joked here and there, but with you… It was different. He knew exactly which ones you enjoyed going against and which ones you didn’t like – and the reciprocate was true.

You were both proud and didn’t like showing weaknesses – but your love for each other was your greatest weakness of all. There wasn’t much space left for pride after that.

“Exactly. That noise triggers every bit of anger I have in me.” You looked mad. But Dante knew better, hearing the laugh you had in your voice while speaking. “I am more than thankful you decided to deal with them to give me a break today.”

“Yeah, no big deal, love… You’d ‘ve done the same for me.” He sighed back, reaching for one of your hands before closing his eyes once more while playing with your fingers. “Those guys sure wasted a lot of my stamina, though…”

“Oh, don’t I know. They run amuck like a bunch of headless chickens, it’s impossible not to waste energy against them.” The dread in your voice made Dante laugh even more with that phrase.

“There’s a good definition for Wrath demons: headless chickens! I sure won’t be forgettin’ that!” His calloused fingers ran through yours quite gently for such a rough devil hunter – Dante said that a couple of times only, but he loved how silky your touch felt against him, even though you always said your hands weren’t the smoothest ones.

In his point of view, your skin was like the velvety touch of a flower petal.

“They do stutter around like caffeinated hamsters. You can’t argue against that.” As you spoke, Dante could only laugh and shake his head, finding so many new descriptions to those demons – he made sure to include those in his insult repertoire for later use. Those would certainly make some demons mad while fighting. “It’s too erratic for my taste. Sometimes I’m fighting other demons and they appear out of friggin’ nowhere, hitting me just because I’m focused on something else.”

“Makes you wanna go like ‘hey, can’t you see I’m havin’ a fight here?’” Dante opened his eyes briefly, staring at the ceiling as if he was talking to a demon.

“Yeah. ‘Wait for your turn!’” You added as he agreed with his head. “Some demons are so eager to have their ass kicked.”

“Well, I dunno. I’d be eager to have my ass kicked by you anytime too.” He shrugged, wiggling his eyebrows back. You just rolled your eyes, trying not to laugh at that goof – but failing beautifully.

“And don’t I know that…?” You sighed in response, looking back at him only to find Dante’s sky-blue eyes admiring you. It wasn’t news that he had a thing for spending such a domestic and relaxed time with you – Dante never had much of it, and he truly cherished the little moments you had together. “Hmmm, wanna lay your head on my lap? You’re gonna get your arm hurt if you fall asleep like that.”

“To be fair, it’s already hurtin’, babe. A lil’ pain ain’t gonna kill me.” He had a humble smile on his lips – you were reading, and Dante didn’t want to annoy you, even if he had already made you put your book aside.

“That ‘little’ pain can become ‘a lot’ of pain if you keep on like that, c’mon.” You encouraged him to get closer, letting go of his hand and resting yours on his shoulders as if you were pulling him to you. Which you wouldn’t exactly do without his help: you were strong, but Dante was heavier than any sword you used to carry. “You fought those demons for me today, I might as well return the favor, even if it isn’t much.”

“It’s enough, babe. Much better than killin’ a bunch of demons.” Dante murmured back as he helped you slide him in the couch until his head was comfortably laying on your thighs. As Dante settled, his sky-blue eyes looked back at yours – a faint, content smile hidden on his lips as he spoke. “Gotta admit… You’re much better than the couch.”

“I know, crazy, huh?” You quipped back, making him snort ever so slightly. You ran your fingers through his white hair – surprisingly smooth, you’d say – making Dante close his eyes and take a deep breath. “Any plans for the evening, cowboy?”

“Nah… Was just thinkin’ of spendin’ some time with ya, sheriff.” Even though his answer was lively as always, Dante didn’t open his eyes. “That’s all…”

You couldn’t stop a fond smile to color your lips in return. Dante was always in a state of awareness, his body was always tense and ready to fight any incoming attacks, from whatever direction – even if he was supposed to relax. But there, laying his head on your lap, with your fingers slowly and gently caressing his head, playing with his silvery strands of hair, you could feel his shoulders relaxing. You could see the worry melting from his face, slipping through his eyebrows, unclenching his jaw. You could feel how the Crimson Slayer seemed to get even heavier, his breathing slower and deeper.

That could only happen when he was in your hands, in your arms.

“Yeah… I was thinking about that either.” Your voice was but a whisper, carefully taking his hair away from his eyes so those rebellious strands wouldn’t annoy Dante in his sleep.

You admired him in that quietness for a while. Dante’s breathing pattern was calm and silent, having finally fell asleep on your lap as your fingers gently caressed his hair. Ever so slightly, you moved your index finger down his forehead, tracing the shape of his brow, only to go down the bridge of his nose until you got to the tip. In his soothing slumber state, Dante couldn’t refrain from smiling slightly – barely knowing if you were really doing it or if it was a dream. You smiled in return, running your fingers down until you could trace his mouth carefully, as if he was a statue made of porcelain.

After everything that ever happened to him, Dante had a rule to not let people in. He was so friendly and kind to those who deserved it, but he always kept everyone at a safe distance – protecting them from getting hurt and his heart from breaking once more. Having a moment like that was so foreign and, at the same time, so soothing; like the afternoons he remembered spending with his parents, resting on his mother’s lap while she gently hummed a song he couldn’t recall anymore.

You wanted him to know, to remind, what care and gentleness felt like – how it felt to be loved by someone the way you loved him. Words seemed so limiting whenever you wanted to express it, but moments like that… They didn’t always happen, and you had to seize it. You’d say it was one of the rare occasions where Time had stopped – not in a demonic way or in an occult manipulated one: the only way Time could naturally freeze.

It was in little moments like these you were sure your existences weren’t limited to a few seconds in the History of Time – as far as you were concerned, you lasted forever, even if for a moment.

Grabbing your book once more, you went back to reading while one hand kept caressing your devil hunter’s hair – ever so gently not to wake him up.

“Sweet dreams, Dante.” You whispered in the quietness, noticing a faint smile in his lips. “And don’t worry. When you wake up, I’ll be here… I’ll always be here.”

Vergil

“You should rest, Dark Slayer.”

Vergil heard your voice in the dark, your hands suddenly resting on his shoulders as he leaned on his desk – studying, as always. You’ve never met anyone who read as much as you did, and Vergil was the first who probably surpassed you.

But all his drive and thirst for knowledge made him overwork – something you were quite familiar with as well. That day, you had spent your working hours relentlessly fighting demons until going back home needing a good shower to get rid of the aftermath of all the killing – and now, at night, you were already entering your relaxed state as Vergil was still working on his desk.

No wonder his shoulders felt like bricks as soon as you touched them.

“You might just kill yourself from stress, love.” You whispered, leaving a gentle kiss on the top of his head. Vergil leaned back on the chair, relishing on the feeling of your hands slightly massaging his sore muscles.

“That would be a terribly stupid way to die.” His agreement made you laugh briefly – it was a running joke between you: dumb ways to die. You would always complain from innumerous situations claiming they would be ‘stupid deaths’: situations in which you saw no honor or just plain stupid ways to go.

It all arose when you were explaining your fear of flying: whatever situation that gave no chance for you to fight back or try to change your fate got classified as a stupid death in your dictionary. After listening to your exposition, Vergil couldn’t agree more – being one to always hold fate in his hands, he also didn’t enjoy the prospects of not having power over it and his own ending. Since then, it became your running joke.

“Stupid indeed. Just imagine the great son of Sparda being finally defeated by stress and overworking.” You giggled while trying to make his shoulders relax under your hands. That was a task you knew it usually took you more than one hour, at least. “You deserve more than that.”

“I will stop here soon, love.” He took a deep breath when you found an especially tender spot on his back, still having his arms crossed. “I will just wrap things up and organize this mess.”

You smiled gently, watching his ‘mess’: Vergil wasn’t one to scatter books and papers around like you usually did when studying. His workspace was much tidier than yours – but he always had to put things away before calling it a day. You certainly wouldn’t complain about that.

“Ok. Don’t take too long.” As you answered, he just agreed with his head. You left him with another kiss on his hair, making your way to your room.

Resting comfortably on your pillows, gently wrapped in your pajamas, you read peacefully for some time until Vergil finally wrapped up his day and sat on the edge of the bed by your side in order to take his boots off.

He would always go about his business in silence when you were reading. He knew very well how annoying it was to be interrupted, so he had utmost respect for the time you spent with your books. As he took his boots off, Vergil set them aside alongside yours – but, before he could get up to change his clothes, you reached out to him with one of your hands.

Your eyes didn’t leave the pages of your book, though, making him smile. If one person in this world would understand you, that person was Vergil – and the reciprocate was also true. Holding your hand on his, Vergil allowed you to play with his fingers for a while, before grabbing your attention from the pages you read so intently.

“I do need my hands to change my clothes, love.” His voice was lower than usual, something Vergil only used when the day was over, and it was time to relax.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t have much of their company in the last few days.” You raised your eyes from the pages, a slight smile hidden in your lips. “Maybe I’m growing soft. But my hands are longing for some company.”

Vergil copied your faint smile in return, slightly bowing his head to show he understood what you were talking about. You saw that as an opening to pull him to you – and he followed without resistance. It was in moments like that both of you realized how far you’ve come: being vulnerable and open towards each other was uncharted territory in your lives, and it took you a very long time before both allowed gentleness in your day to day.

As Vergil casually laid by your side, you took the opportunity to keep playing with his fingers, having your eyes back to your book. None of you could say how much time passed between your comforting silence – but Vergil could feel your touch slowly lulling him to sleep. It was only then he noticed how tired he was.

“Perhaps… I overworked more than I should have today.” Vergil’s voice echoed through the room wrapped in a deep breath while you kept caressing his fingers. His hands were always gracious, but rough – and Vergil always remarked how delightful your smooth touch felt against his skin.

“Hmmm. I’m glad you realized you overwork every day, but today it was even more than usual.” Your voice dripped sarcasm, making him look back at you with annoyance in his silvery eyes – even though his lips were covered in a knowing smile.

“It would be very foolish of me not to admit something blatantly obvious.” He quipped back, making you giggle. His next words, though, made your cheeks run rosy, even if you didn’t want to. “I know when my body can keep going – something that does not apply to a rather stubborn human I know.”

“I go as far as saying it’s my stubbornness that appeals so much to you.” You shrugged back, trying to avoid the piercing look in his eyes. That sort of banter always amused the both of you – and Vergil couldn’t be happier to have someone to talk to like that after so many years in solitude. “My will is as strong as yours…”

“And your kingdom as great. I know.” Vergil slightly chuckled while repeating one of your favorite movie lines alongside you. It always warmed your heart the way he took time to watch the things you loved and even memorized the ones you remarked as most special to your heart. “A kingdom made of stubbornness.”

“I’d classify it as ‘determination’ – we have to match ours somehow, don’t we, love?” You gently squeezed his hand in return, hearing how much that phrase amused him. Vergil couldn’t say much about you being stubborn: he was king of his own headstrong realms. “Hmmm, aren’t you uncomfortable without your pillow? I stole it, but I can give it back…”

“It’s alright. I will get up soon to change my clothes.” He didn’t even allow you to finish your sentence – and, as you slightly turned your head to check him out, you found Vergil with his eyes closed, already looking too peaceful.

“Oh. I can see that.” You had absolutely no inflection in your voice, which ironically made it overflow with sarcasm. That made Vergil open his eyes to stare at you. “Now, now. Who’s being stubborn here?”

“You did say ‘determined’, if I just heard you correctly.” Vergil didn’t even flinch to use your own recently said words against you – and that made you smile. Spending your time with him and some playful banter was one of your favorite past-times. “I guess I…” He took a deep breath, closing his eyes once more while caressing your hand, taking his time to work the words out of his mind. It was always a process for Vergil. “I just realized how tired I am.”

“Come here, then.” As you spoke, he opened your eyes only to see you signaling to come closer. “You can rest your head on my lap, love. If you want to, of course.”

Vergil wouldn’t put into words, but his chest warmed up with something he didn’t know how to classify as. It was only in moments like these he realized how limited great writers and poets were – how to translate such a feeling into words? Vergil didn’t think it was possible. He thought he knew a great deal about feelings – and love – from his epic poems and great stories, but it was only when those new feelings took him like golden waves of a glistening sea during quiet, rosy mornings that he realized how little he knew. How little he had allowed himself to feel, to experience.

Luckily, he had you to help him make up for the lost time.

Letting go of your hand, Vergil finally approached you, resting his head on your thighs. After he got comfortable, you rested your hand on his forehead – feeling it gradually lose its wrinkles as Vergil allowed himself to relax.

You slowly ran your fingers through his hair, combing it perfectly backwards as he liked to wear it – as the day went by, some strands always fell over his eyes, and now you were putting them back where they belonged. Vergil was thankful for that, taking some time to truly calm down with your touch.

Saying he was always in survival mode was an understatement. Vergil didn’t know how to live a single moment of his life with his guard down – he was always aware, he was always on guard and there wasn’t a second his hands wouldn’t be ready to draw Yamato and cut whatever tried to approach him in a thousand little pieces. Relaxing wasn’t a word much used on his dictionary – you even had suspicions it didn’t exist before you arrived in his life. Even when he was asleep, there was something in Vergil that didn’t allow him to fully rest – plaguing his dreams with memories from his traumas and making him sleep so little every night.

It was difficult for him to understand he was safe. Vergil didn’t quite know what it was like to be protected instead of protecting himself. With you around, though, he could work on letting his guard down – even if just a little. It wasn’t usual or easy, but there were very rare moments you got to experience a more vulnerable side of the Dark Slayer.

You made sure to caress Vergil’s hair with nothing but gentleness in your touch. Having combed all his hair back, you decided to slowly turn your attention to his face – stroking his features with a tenderness he wasn’t used to in a touch. You could feel him tensing up every time you touched him in a different area, but, gradually, his jaw started to unclench. Vergil’s usually furrowed brows gave room to a smoother, more peaceful demeanor as you slowly drew their shape with your fingers.

“Can I kiss you…?” Your voice was a gentle whisper in the quietness of the night, having only a gentle nod of his head as an answer. You didn’t want to startle him with a sudden move – something that happened often with Vergil – and you had learnt to ask him as a way to announce what you were going to do next, avoiding taking him by surprise. And that always made him feel at home.

Feeling your silky lips on his forehead, Vergil let go a sigh, while you only felt his body sinking even more in the bed and his head weighting in your thighs. Caressing his hair for a brief moment, you moved your lips down to plant a little kiss on the tip of his nose, hearing from him a dark, quiet giggle. Smiling to yourself, you cherished a few seconds before allowing your lips to touch his, in a silent and gentle kiss.

Vergil had never been treated so kindly in all his time – perhaps only when his parents were alive, and his life wasn’t war field. He had few memories of those times, though. Seeing his parents faces, hearing his brother’s laughs, feeling his mother’s embrace made his heart bleed too much – and so, he forced himself to forget. Locking it away so it wouldn’t bother him in his relentless pursuit for power.

If someone ever told you the Dark Slayer himself would one day sleep soundly in your lap, you’d deem the bearer of those news crazy. Leaving his lips, you could only see how worries seemed to be temporarily away from his mind, how his body lied calmly in your hands, how his breath found an unusual gentle rhythm for him. Your hands went back to his silvery hair, the book forgotten for a while – you often found that even the most beloved of objects didn’t have the power to freeze time like people did.

You smiled, slowly caressing his face with the back of your hand, the other cradling his head. Vergil spent his life in an endless quest for power, but he couldn’t see the only thing that truly makes one Eternal is love – for it was that which made Time stop that night.

“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower…” You whispered, only for him to hear. And, in his slumber, Vergil smiled slightly, never having looked so human before. “Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.*”

Even if he wouldn’t consciously admit it or say it out loud, Vergil knew he would always be safe in your arms.

*Auguries of Innocence, by William Blake

[mooshs-crack-headcanons]

Vergil's campaign in pinnacle/peak of combat

Okay, since this game is #1 a mobile game (though it is coming to pc eventually too!) #2 doesn't have a global release, and #3 convoluted if this game is canon or not it doesn't surprise me that fandom doesn't talk about this game that much. However, there is some things I do want to talk about with this game and I want to talk about Vergil (act shocked the Vergil simp wants to talk about Vergil)

I've heard it that's this game is supposed to be a "retelling" of dmc 3, from everything I've seen of this games story I belive (in my opinion since I think there's going to be more chapters added once the global release happens) this is false. I think most people think this because of the cgi trailer showing Dante and Vergil's first encounter once the tower in 3 "with a twist" - I'm sorry to break it to you but that cgi trailer is misleading on what the story actually is but it definitely was cool though. It makes much more sense that think game takes place in between dmc 3 and dmc 1 given Dante's started his business and already knows Lady.

However I can hear some of you saying: "But Vergil's mentioned in the story wanted to meet up with Dante!" I might make a more detailed post about this but the tldr is given some context shown in the story I don't think who sent the "note" was actually Vergil and if we do see/fight Vergil in game it's actually going to be like the retconned version of the Gilver situation all over again with this "Vergil" being a clone, except he's a more "accurate" clone given Mundus has his hands on the real deal in hell at this time.

Though if poC is non canon or a "retelling" of dmc 3 (which is ehhhh doesn't make sense given what the games story itself gives us) I'll treat this and the following more like headcanon because I rather like this approach.

Okay anyway, Vergil's campaign:

"Vergil has a campaign in this game?" Yes, yes he does and it's actually not an SE version of a campaign where basically you replay the games main missions with Vergil and it not being canon (but I think you still can do that with Vergil in this game, Vergil mains eating well as always) its a unique though straightforward campaign, think of dmC's Vergil's downfall dlc (but not too hard or you might hurt yourself with the poor quality of said dlc) it doesn't though have much story to it so what I'm about to say is extremely headcanony about what I'm about to add to it and includes context given from visions of V but I think given context/setup of the campaign could make sense.

So where does Vergil's poC campaign start?

Doesn't this scenery seem familiar to you?

That's right awfully familiar to the spot of hell we see in dmc 3 where Vergil falls and sights Mundus. Now, this is dmc 3 Vergil obviously, in hell. Are you putting the dots together? This campaign is Vergil's traversing hell.

"But Moosh in the cutscene we see Vergil running straight to go fight Mundus, he wouldn't have time to fight a campaign!!"

You might be right, but think about it this way: he might appear close here and not that far away but this is the form he takes when he's watching/observing things - ex: the form he watches then kills OG Griffon with, the form over Trish's shoulder when he tells her she's failed him - yes he might be able to communicate and attack in this form but this isn't his true form, and here in this scene in one of Sparda's children fallen right in his domain - you know, son of his biggest rival he's going to want to see him while in true form.

Now this is also Mundus we're talking about, the Demon emporer, without a doubt I imagine just by just looking at Vergil he can tell how weak and exhausted he is after just getting his shit wrecked by Dante on top of all of the other battles he's had in just one day on that tower. Vergil in this moment I see being on 15% strength, extremely weak but strong enough to pull a Vergil and not back down from a fight when he sees one - especially against his mother's killer. Mundus is of course going to taken advantage of this situation, not because he's worries Sparda's son might defeat him (if Vergil was on 100% honestly that might be another story) but because this is Sparda's son. He wants him to go through as much pain and torture as possible BECAUSE he's Sparda's son for his own sick amusement and way as revenge.

And Vergil? Vergil throws away Yamato's scabbard fully ready ride or die in this fight before charging at him - charging at his own demise.

So imagine this; Vergil's campaign doesn't really have a "story" to it - its just basically fighting hoard after hoard of demons. Imagine this is exactly Vergil's charging towards, running towards Mundus but is ambushed hoard. After hoard. After hoard. After hoard of demons coming to Mundus' service just to further and further wind Vergil down, that 15% strength percentage goes down with each encounter but he toughs himself through it just to get closer and closer to Mundus - unknowingly this is the demon emporer's plan to weaken him down further and further, yet, he is Sparda's spawn afterall so Mundus knows he will make it to him in time: each hoard leads the son of Sparda further and further towards Mundus' court where the emporer waits patiently for him.

Of course Vergil's has his trademark three weapons in game of course strictly for gameplay purposes but in this hypothetical canon he only has Yamato on him, no need of a scabbard because there is never a still moment as he goes through the hoard, but unknowingly the blade actually grows weaker and weaker the closer he draws towards Mundus but he holds onto it tight with every attack he makes, it was his savior during the attack when he was a child as evidence by vov and deep in his heart Vergil tells - no promises himself it will be what cuts out and destroys the one responsible for the destruction of his family.

Eventually, the last hoard falls and there Vergil stands in Mundus' "court" staring down the demon emporer's true blasphemous angelic form. He didn't get his father's power as planned, he failed... but that was okay now he faced his true enemy.

His father did it. He can too.

Bloodied, beaten, and barely on his feet the son of Sparda points out his blade - his back stand tall. Right now he's at 3% but he doesn't care, he refuses to show this repugnant filth any weakness. He's waited elven years for this exact moment. Imagine the wicked smile across his face, no matter how bloodied and bruised and on the verge of collapse he might be. He will have this. He will have this victory.

Mundus one shots him.

You know those red eye lasers that he shot at Dante and Trish in dmc 1? It only takes one.

Yamato shatters.

Only left at the hilt as Vergil watches in actual terror - his sword, his protector, for eleven years. But he doesn't let go of it. It never leaves his hands once, in fact he only grabs onto it tighter from his place on the ground. It looks pathetic in its current form - blade as small as a kitchen knife - but he refuses to let go. Even as his body, numb yet highly aware, limp yet stiff, and nearly lifeless as it currently is, is suddenly impaled and sprawled up from off the ground.

The demon emporer's words ring:

He refuses. He refuses. He refuses. He refuses. He refuses...

It's all helpless. Vergil feels like a child again. The fear. He can't move. He can't do anything. What came and saved him as a child; the Yamato - broken and only a fraction of it's previous self only minutes prior - no matter how much he tries to use the mere thread of demonic power flowing through him to summon it back to him, he can't. His hand reaches outspread towards where the sword stabs the wet ground below, begging for it to come save him once again.

It doesn't.

As everything grows dark.

[rpd-rookie]

The One Who Runs Away, The One Who Runs Back (Leon S. Kennedy x Reader)

Author’s note: This is a sequel to “A PAST WITH HER, A FUTURE WITH YOU” and the end of my three-parts fan fiction "I TRUSTED YOU WITH MY HEART" I decided to write after so many of you asked for it. Sorry it took so long but I was navigating from one fandom to another. (BTW, if there are any Devil May Cry fans up here, you can read my DMC fan fictions here) PS: Even if I said it before, I have no hate whatsoever towards Ada or Aeon.

Tagged: Angst, Fluff, Romance, Post-Break up, Sexual Content 

Part 1 / Part 2

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Do you remember? We started this story by quoting some sitcom character that was clueless about love. Well, here’s a suggestion. Why not ending it by quoting someone who knew a little more on such matter.

William Shakespeare - you know that English dude expert on tragic ‘drink this poison, stab yourself’ kind of love - apparently once said ‘Love runs away from those chasing her, and those who run away, she throws herself on his neck’. I say ‘apparently’ cause, even though I have a master in English lit, this quote is from the internet, and also … who knows what the guy truly said?

But it’s the quote that’s important. Not the author. The quote it’s important because it sums up perfectly how this story is gonna end. However, before starting, let me tell you this quote is going to be the only Shakespeare-worthy sentence in this final chapter. You’ve been warned.

Love runs away from those chasing her.          Well, this part was definitely written for someone like Ada Wong. Owner of countless gold medals and possibly a world record at this point, that woman is basically the Usain Bolt of the ‘Running from Leon S. Kennedy’ competition. Unchallenged winner since the creation of this sultry version of cat and mouse game, it’s better not to think about the number of times she successfully ran away from her favourite agent.  But this year, this formidable titleholder in a gorgeous red dress will have to face her Nemesis in the championship. You. Though the comparison to the hideous bio-organic killing machine might not be very complimentary to you but you get the idea.  This year you enter the Kennedy Olympics. And this year you run like Sonic the Hedgehog and you win the damn competition (screw you Usain Bold!). And you do this with your head high and without an ounce of regret. Ignore all the texts and flowers Leon might send on your track Mario Kart style. His gifts are not as slippery as banana peels and they can easily be dodged, I promise. Well, most of the time, when you’re not lying on your bed in the middle of the night crying and sobbing while reading his messages or playing his voice in your voicemail again and again until you’re nothing more but a giant mess with puffy red eyes drowning in a puddle of your own tears.        Screw those messages too! And screw his broken yet terribly sexy voice as well!

Being a man of word, Leon kept his promise. And for months you kept on running peacefully, marathoning away from this past relationship that had destroyed you like no other before while tranquilly fixing your broken heart on the way. That run was a good cardio.

But sometimes, cardio is not enough, and even just the small sight of an overpriced whisky bottle or the smell of Leon’s perfume on some guy’s clothes is enough to reopen your wounds.           And when it happens, you always do the same thing, you break the damn bottle - and run cause damn! it’s expensive! -  or you tell the guy his perfume smells like cheap cologne and that he should definitely change it, which is an improvement on your past destructive behaviour, since there was a time shortly after the break up when you would have simply dragged the guy to your place to let him fuck you senseless while imagining he was Leon. All that just for the illusion to feel him again and for the sake to kick him out the next morning, screaming like a hysterical psycho.

So imagine, for a small second, the wave of intense feelings surging out of your healing heart when, in the middle of a cafe, you hear some dude sitting behind you ordering Leon’s favourite whisky while wearing the same bloody perfume. “It’s got to be relentless persecution at that point!” You sigh, already annoyed, closing your book more violently than intended. Hope you’re ready, stranger! Because you’re not in the mood to deal with this right now.            You turn around with a fake smile that reflects perfectly your irritation, ready to give him hell, your sharpest riposte already burning your tongue. After all, he deserves it and you can’t help it.         But when you meet familiar – and freaking gorgeous - baby blue eyes you freeze and stare, suddenly confused and lost and refusing to believe that in spite of the intense running, love just jumped at your neck after all and it was sitting there, taking the shape of Leon S(tupid) Kennedy.

You should have stood up and left, run for your life, run for your heart. And yet, you didn’t.    You stayed there staring at him looking at you, allowing all your memories, the good ones and the bad ones, all your buried feelings to come back from the dead, embracing them as if you had missed them, which, let’s be honest, you probably had.            You tried to scream to yourself “Come on, Y/N! Shake a leg!” but it seemed that what you brain understood was something like “Cum on him! Open your legs!” as a couple of blurry hours later, you were on Leon’s bed, legs wide open, screaming his name and begging him not to stop his amazing thrusts.

Six months, you ran for six months … Well, looks like the run ends here and now. After a minute-long deep stare, an afternoon of amazing sex and two hours long of something blurry in between.

“I missed you.” And there you were! The moment all couples that broke up have after one of them (in this case Leon with the infamous ‘I missed you line’) starts to believe they miraculously rekindled their love. The fatal post-coital cuddling session that you don’t know how to react to, as you think of all the possibilities before you.      Possibility Number 1) You tell Leon you missed him too and cuddle, enjoying that embrace you secretly yearned for months. But that includes forgetting what he has done or pretending that nothing happened.     Possibility Number 2) You push him away, get dressed, leave again and act as if this afternoon never happened. But if Leon doesn’t remind you of it, the ache between your legs will, that’s for sure!   Possibility Number 3) You jump him again until you sore even more and hope that you’ll be able to leave afterwards.         Frankly, all possibilities suck because, in all cases, it seems like you lose. Since,       with Possibility Number 1) you lose the run forever, with Possibility Number 2) you lose him again and with Possibility Number 3) well it’s result 1 or 2 + your body aching like crazy for days. I suck at math but no need to be Einstein to know the result of this calculation looks unpleasant.    So what do you choose?

You see a triangular dice rolling in your head, showing a never-ending succession of 1, 2 and 3 that doesn’t make any sense and that confuse you even more than you already are. 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2 ! Oh for fuck’s sake!

You grimace, angry and pissed at Leon and probably even more at yourself, and finally leaves his bed and his strong warm arms, feeling the tears furiously forming in your eyes. “I can’t” You can’t look at him in the eyes. You don’t want to see his confusion, don’t want to see his pain as he witnesses all his hopes shatter to pieces.         “ What do you mean?” You can hear the sheets crease behind you, alerting you of Leon’s agitation, so you hurry and pick up all your clothes scattered in his room. You must leave, now. 2! 2 it is!  “This! All This! This afternoon never happened.” You tell him, putting on your clothes with sudden clumsy and trembling hands, not caring if your bra is correctly hooked or if you put your shirt on back to front. Your heart. You have to think of your poor heart first.          “Hey, hey, hey.” You feel Leon’s hand softly grabbing your arms and you let go of whatever you were holding right now. His voice is sweet and trying to be comforting. Don’t look at him Y/N! Don’t look at him! “Look at me.” You do. Damn it! And you see his gorgeous blue eyes staring at you, studying your flustered face and the tears slowly drowning your (colour) look. You missed those eyes. You missed them so.damn.much ! As much as you missed his hands cupping your face and his thumbs wiping up your tears. God! How many tears those thumbs have missed recently. “It’s alright.”

You want to believe him. You really do. But there is this voice screaming in your head and very clearly this time. A voice shouting, forcing you to remember that night, that awful nightmarish night, the one when you felt your heart break and your dreams turn to ashes. All that because of him and his obsession for her.

“No, it’s not alright, Leon.” You shake your head and miraculously manage to take a small step back. You never thought you could. But you had to. You can’t stay close to him. You can’t let him touch you, feel you. Not if you want to run away. And you have to run away. Like her! Like Ada. Ada! “I told you. For as long as you have feelings for Ada, I can’t … we can’t…”     “Please don’t talk about her.” He begs and rubs his hand over his face. Is he trying to chase her away from his mind? Is she still in here? Please, let her not be in here.    “But she’s the reason we’re in this situation now. She’s the reason why we’re in this mess.” You insist only for the sake to see his reaction when you mention Ada, to see if she’s still under his skin, somewhere. “Ada is not the reason. I am!” Leon corrects you, a finger directed at his heavy chest as he is putting the full blame on himself for the first time since that night. “I am the one who went after Ada when I shouldn’t have! I am the reason why we broke up! I am the reason why we are so miserable!”         “But I was fine!” You shouted back in an attempt to show him he was wrong refusing to listen to that part of you who knew he was completely right. You were miserable without him. “I was doing fine until you came back and fucked everything up! I was healing goddamnit!”             You felt new tears rolling along your red cheeks and quickly wipe them off with the back of your hand that felt so callous and rough in comparison to Leon’s gentle touch. “You can’t just jump back into my life like this and expect me to forget!”

Leon nods, agreeing with you in a certain way. But the truth is, he doesn’t want you to forget. He doesn’t expect you to erase his mistake. He just wants you to forgive him … No, he just wants you to come back to him. Period. And that’s got to be what you want to. It has to!   “So why did you have sex with me, huh?” He finally asks even though he already knows your answer. “Tell me!” You’re not the kind of person who has meaningless sex, not the kind of person who worships one’s body with divine kisses and devoted caresses if they mean nothing. “Why did you have sex with me?” And yet the answer he wishes to hear doesn’t come out. “For fuck’s sake Y/N! Answer me! Why?” He shouts making you shiver and cry even more.    “Because I LOVE YOU!” You finally scream. And it hurts. It hurts but it feels good too. Like a weight lifted off your chest. “Because I missed you too! Because those months without you have been terrible! Because I don’t know how to handle even just the thought of you or the sound of your voice in my voicemail. Because each time I see something that makes me think of you, I’m a mess and I do things that normal me would never do! You fucked me up, Leon! You fucked me up but I love you! And I hate to love you!” You grunt in pain and relief, enraged but happy that you finally let everything out. And Leon listens in silence, frozen by your powerful honest confession. But he doesn’t know how to react. He doesn’t know what to say. Part of him is overjoyed, ecstatic that you still love him but there is another part that just feels terrible, sorry for the pain your love for him caused you even in his absence.   “But you see—“ You continue “That’s the problem in our relationship, Leon! I love you in ways that are so intense, that go beyond sanity. And you love me by half.”    You see him crumple, his horrified face looking suddenly very pale as if he had just heard some dreadful news. Is that really how you feel? Is that how you see his love for you? Is that what he has made you believe?         “Goodbye Leon.”

With the full intention to leave Leon’s place for good and never come back, you grab you bag on your way out of the bedroom while carelessly shoving your underwear inside of it since you forgot to put them on in the midst of panic and precipitation. Get out of here, Y/N! Now! A reasonable voice encourages you. Listen to me!    But this not what Leon wants.

“I never loved you by half.” He declares and you abruptly stop, asking God if he’s some kind of sadist that loves seeing you in pain from the comfort of his divine sofa somewhere in heaven. “Never.” But it’s not God and his sadism that makes you turn around. It’s you, and your masochist love for that blue-eyed man before you.     “I don’t believe you” Your voice almost doesn’t leave your throat as you try not to sob.           “But it’s the truth.” He says with a calm soothing voice as he slowly approaches you. “I never imagined my future with Ada. I never wished to grow old with her or build a home with her.” You want to tell Leon to stop talking, to stay where he is but your body doesn’t seem to respond. And when you feel him grabbing your hands in his and the comforting warmth that goes with that simple touch, you know that leaving is now an almost impossible task. “Yes. I admit it. My feelings for her were real.” Even when his honesty hurts you, you don’t know how to leave anymore. “But they were nothing in comparison to what I feel for you.”     You try to let go, pulling your hands away from his loving grip but he holds you back. And you’re not strong enough. Or maybe, you just don’t want to be strong. Everything is so confusing. Everything is tearing you apart.     “But they’re still here, aren’t they?” You question, hoping his answer might give you a clue, might give you the strength to make the correct decision. Do you leave? Or do you stay? “And they’ll keep coming back each she goes back into your life. You can’t let go of her.”    “You’re maybe right.” His words hurt you more than you thought they would. They hurt like hell because you realise there are not the ones you wanted to hear. You wanted to hear him say that he would let go of Ada, for good, for you. You wanted to hear that because deep down … YOU WANTED TO FUCKING STAY! “But can you let go of your past?” He continues and you shake your head refusing to hear any other word coming out of Leon’s mouth.       “Don’t!” You beg, weary.           “No! Listen to me this time. Ada is my past, Y/N. She’s my past. And you … you’re my future. You’re my life, damn it!” He doesn’t cry but you don’t need his tears to sense how emotional and how honest he is. And suddenly, you just want to listen to him. “And I was a fool not to see it sooner. When you left me, I felt a void I had never felt in my entire life. I felt like a part of me was missing. And then, the bombing in Washington happened, and it was like I had nothing left. I needed you. I wanted you. You. Not Ada.”      “Leon” You whisper and he cups your face again, blue eyes staring deep into yours, allowing you to see everything in him, his strong love for you and all the weaknesses he hated to admit. “It was you in my mind. Only you. And it will always be you. Because I love you. Now. Today. And I will always love you.”

You cry even more, uncertain if those tears are tears of sorrow, tears of joy or a mix of both. God, how can your emotions be such a mess right now? How can you be wishing to shout at him with all the anger you’ve accumulated and, at the same time, willing to kiss him with all love you’ve got?

“If you got to believe something. Believe that. And if that’s not enough and you think you can be happy with someone else. Then go. I won’t hold you back.” You frown. He is fucking lying. You’re sure of it. “You can’t stop running after me and you know it.” He smiles and scoffs, sensing that hint of sudden defiance in your tone he enjoys a lot.  “True. I can’t sop running after you. But I’ll do my best not to catch you if that’s what you want. But you got to tell me. Is that what you truly want?” You don’t reply. Truth is, you’re not sure what to say not because you’re not sure that’s what you want but because you’re not sure you can trust him if you let him in again.                        “No.” You whisper. “No, that’s not what I want. I want you. All of you.” You can see Leon struggle to contain his growing joy as it starts to glimmer brighter and brighter in his irises. He doesn’t want to cry victory just yet. He is cautious and rightfully so. “But can I?”        “Want me?” He smiles. “ Have you completely?” You correct, searching for a promise in his eyes, one you hope, you wish he would not break this time.     “Trust me with your heart again and find out.”

This better not hurt this time…

[blooddrop-palace]

DMC-OC-Week Day 1

(I have to admit, I didn’t quite have the time to prepare fully, but I’m happy to share what I have. Sera’s headshot is from Artbreeder, and all other’s are Picrew.)

Day 1 - Introduction:

Seraphina Valkyrie

“One may think less of me for it, but I would do anything for the family that loves me, for the family I love back. Even if I shall sink the entire island of Fortuna for it.

“That is not to say that I care not for the innocent. But life has taught me that people die. People will die. And there are people who will let us die. So if I had to choose, I would choose the selfish option. My loved ones over all others, because no one else can be trusted to choose them for me.

“And if I am at the tipping point, where I must choose my child’s safety and health despite the cost of the power to save him, I will not hesitate.”

Kassandra King

“Duty above all… and family is my duty. And as the secretive part-devil family we are, it is my duty to continue our line. 

“But how am I supposed to feel in this modern day when our family structure is falling apart? Warriors are no longer a norm in society, and in this increasingly monitored and catalogued human world, it becomes harder to beguile men to bed without social consequence. 

“And when I yearn for that fairytale love, of that perfect family where my children would have a father… what choices can be left for one such as I, who can never be completely human?

“And worst yet, how can someone like me deserve a chance or the right to have someone like him in my life?”

Arabella, the Crimson Queen

“There’s this human term being widely used now, called ‘toxic relationships.’ I find this oddly amusing. For most devils, toxic and even what humans call abusive relationships are things we live by. After all, might is right. Or, if you happen to be cunning enough or skilled enough, then it’s just a matter of survival of the fittest. 

“But humans have this distinction! And while many still suffer under these abusive or toxic behaviours, there are still many more who live healthier and even more fulfilling lives without such toxicity… a fascinating example that devils refuse to acknowledge or adopt, or perhaps they are afraid to.

“This is but one of the many things I’ve learnt from Sparda. As his head maid from his time in Fortuna, though I never gained my Lord’s true love, I have become content with his mentorship, and his friendship. 

“You were never a silver medal compared to the Legendary Dark Knight, my love. Sparda was my beloved mentor. But you are my one and only beloved mate. Should it turn out that your mortality errs on the side of humans… then I have but one request: bury me, as a Devil Arm, by your side. Or if your blade will be all that is left of you, pass me on with it to our future kin. Even in death, let us be together.”

Snow King

“Like any child missing a parent in their life, I have often tried to imagine what my father would be like. 

“Since finding hints that my ties go back to the Legendary Dark Knight, I had many thoughts about the one rumored Son of Sparda we know is left. 

“There wasn’t much for me to go off of, to be honest. I lived on the other side of the world. Even through the grapevine of the profession of devil hunters, the now Legendary Devil Hunter is but a legend to my ears. I can learn of his signature style of red, of his sword that can cleave through his enemies, and his guns that he shoots with flair. I can learn of rumors of him being a soft hearted soul, or a complete train wreck of a man. Hear of the disapproval of the destruction and bad luck that follows him. Hear of the doubt that he is as strong as they say. Hear of the doubt that he exists. 

“Well, I know that he exists. My mother has admitted that much. And it was her choice to never let him know what she did. 

“I can’t argue if it’s right for her to keep the happenstance that is me from him. I don’t know him, and at this point, I am not entitled to his love, or his acceptance. 

“But there is still one thing I want from him. 

“I want his approval. 

“I am a hunter. And I want the Legendary Devil Hunter, the Son of the Legendary Dark Knight, to know that I, too, believe in the justice of protecting the small.”

Noel

“I have always felt inadequate. The orphanage on its own was enough to make me feel like I was unwanted. Even after I became fostered, I failed where it mattered most when the parents that fostered me died. 

“Sometimes I wondered how maybe my life would have turned out better if Uncle V had found me earlier. But now, I guess I know that even he had it rough. I mean, I knew he did, but I didn’t know to what extent. Now I’m just kinda mad at my dad.

“But dad deserved better, too. I still don’t know how I’m going to face him when they come back. He seemed pretty stubborn about the whole lone-wolf thing. I just hope that maybe this time, Uncle V can convince him to stay. 

“It’s tough. I know it myself. After Kyrie died, I was ready to leave Fortuna. I’ve been powerless to do anything for the people I love. Couldn’t save her parents. Couldn’t save her. I thought it was best if I left before Credo got hurt because of me, too. But I guess that’s not how he saw it. 

“He wanted me to stay. I still left, but only for a little while. Tracked down Vergil, got in a shouting match with him. Nearly got skewered. But he convinced me that I shouldn’t have left like that. That I should remain with the people who love me, even if it’s only one person. I guess now I know better what taught him that. But I’m glad I listened. 

“Credo still tries to protect me, even now. It’s strange that he feels I still deserve his care. Someone like me… I’m not worthy of his concern.”

Anthony and Caesar

((Lo and behold, whoops I don’t have any picrew or art of these two... But my idea is that they look like “those two” from DmC.))

“You know what’s weird? Being identical twin kids to an identical twin.”

“Don’t forget about our uncles on mom’s side, Tony.”

“Right. So dad’s an identical twin, and then mom has two older brothers who are also identical twins.”

“You know, I’ve read so far that there is not much of a correlation to the rates of identical twins happening being genetic. So it has to be a demon thing, right?”

“I mean, is it? Would dad know anything about that?”

“I’d think Uncle Vergil would know more.”

“Yeah yeah, you can go talk books with him.”

“Not really. He’s good at researching old occult I guess, but otherwise he’s only interested in boring literature. I like science and computers. If you thought dad was kinda bad with technology, Uncle V’s even worse.”

“Dad’s not that bad with technology. You’re just too good at it, Mr. Hacker.”

“And your solution to tech problems is to hit it. Very smart, Tony. We have demonic strength and you think hitting a delicate piece of equipment is the way to go.”

“Look, when in doubt, smack it, okay?”

Caesar sighs. “The most terrible family motto ever.”

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Always nice to find people who like dmc especially Dante lol nice to meet you! I apologize in advance if I should bother you with my weird questions lol 1.) Did you like the animated series? 2.) New one in work, if we're lucky and it doesn't take too long to animate it (they will start with it in the beginning of 2022 I think), I hope they'll announce it for the same year! Imagine Vergil animated! Would you watch it? 3.) Dante said he has had rotten luck with women but do you think he had girlfriends, hookups or something? In the animated series Patty even gave him advices about women and Morrison repaired his jukebox while saying he's too violent and he couldn't handle things, not machines and not women lmao even Morrison knows Dantes dating life and a little girl trying to give him any tips :D 4.) What do you think, how tall is he? 5.) His age in the anime? I it was never stated but just want to read your opinion. 6.) There was an episode with an old friend 'Ernest'. Some saying Dante wasn't that Tony and some say he was. But he got the name Tony after Eva died, so it makes no sense. And he said it was 20 years ago but Eva died when Dante was 8. There was also shown a picture of them together but perhaps it was another Tony? Many things makes no sense like if Dante was is in his 30s, timeline wouldn't fit. Sorry for so much text! I love to talk about every detail. Thank you for your time!

Thank you. As to the answers to your questions:

1- yes. It was nice seeing dante not in action hero mode while also repeating the point that dante does not miss an opportunity to be a hero. It's a fault of his.

2- I would like to see an animated Vergil and will be watching the show regardless.

3- Dante is a flirt but the thing is he doesn't want what happened to his mother to happen to someone he loves. So he's very self sabotaging. And Dante is incredibly good looking, but- and this is very important- his looks have never led to good things for him.

4- he's canonically six foot even but he bumps it up with heeled boots. DTs are taller.

5- I'd argure early 30's. We can sort of see his spiral downward in the anime- and just because the games take place roughly 10 years apart from each other; not including 5 which was about 5 years after 4; dorsnt mean that the shows have to as well- the anime could be just before 2.

6- i hc tony was just a childhood nickname for dante and they both used it as a fake name because children are not smart sometimes.