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feroluce · 1 year ago

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On Sampo's name (ALL of his names!)

I feel like everyone who's a fan knows the meaning of Sampo's full name by now- the sampo was a legendary item that could magically make endless supplies of gold, flour, and salt, all priceless items at the time! So it works perfectly for a scammer businessman like Sampo. ☆

"Koski" is the Finnish word for "water rapids" which might seem kinda random but actually makes sense for him, since Aha and the Masked Fools are also referred to with water terms:

This kind of analogy isn't specific to only Aha and the Masked Fools, but it does still tie them together. So water rapids fits perfectly! Sampo wants to stir the pot! He likes to shake things around and spice things up! He's taking that stagnant pool and turning it into water rapids! It would actually explain his ridiculous hair color, too; a dark blue wave tipped with white foam haha

EDIT: an amazing contribution from @ricochetlovebombs, who heard it from hoyolab user Rattaboy. If you interpret his first and last name together, instead of separately like I did, you would get something like "money river."

In other words, Sampo's name literally means CASH FLOW SKXJMDMDMD

What I really wanted to talk about is his drag alias name, though, Brughel Poisson, because to me that's where it gets really interesting.

So like in the English version, Sampo goes by Brughel Poisson when he's in disguise. Searching for just "Brughel" itself doesn't seem to get you much at first: a Flemish and Dutch Renaissance painter named Pieter Brueghel the Elder, who was famous for his landscapes and peasant scenery, especially Hunters in the Snow and The Blue Cloak.

He's referred to as "the Elder" because he had a son also named Pieter Brueghel (the Younger), and he began a long line of painters, all named Brueghel. Some of them did original work, and many of them created reproductions of the Elder's art to sell. The Elder was also famous as a printmaker. All of this is hilarious when you remember that Sampo is an infamous counterfeiter and has sold a relic called the Parallel Universe Printer JSKZJSMD

There is also something called Brueghel's Syndrome, named after one of Brueghel's paintings called De Gaper, which pictured a man yawning widely. It's a condition that causes the mouth to open and gape uncontrollably, twisting a person's countenance into a distorted mask of their usual face.

Tumblr doesn't have a way of censoring pics like twitter, so for the sake of the medically squeamish, I'm just showing De Gaper here. But if you look up Brueghel's Syndrome, you can find pictures of actual patients, some of whom really do make faces resembling Aha's comedy and tragedy masks!

In the Chinese and Japanese versions, his alias last name is a lot more silly- In those, "Sampo" is phonetically written as "san-bo" and "san-po." And in disguise, his last names are phonetically written as... "Bo-san" and "Po-san." The Chinese version uses different tones, but still. This smug asshole seriously just decided to write his own name backwards and called it a day NDMKXMDMD

In the English version, Poisson itself is kind of a reused Hoyo asset- it's also the name of Navia's fishing village in Genshin Impact. Which is a really silly name for a village, because it literally just means "fish" in French smzjxkdkdk but!

Again, more water imagery. And in English, if something is suspicious, we say that it's "fishy," which is perhaps the most fitting association yet for someone as shady as Sampo ☆

And for a good while I thought that was the only connection. But then. My beloved @hydrachea, who is an actual native French speaker, dropped this on me right after April Fool's Day:

Poisson is literally the word you use to pull an April Fool's prank.

#honkai star rail #sampo koski #brughel poisson #hsr sampo #hsr sampo koski #hsr #I feel like I should note that all the info on the CN/JP versions are things I know secondhand #it was posted in a server where there ARE actual people who can read/speak Chinese and Japanese and no one corrected it-#-so I'm assuming it's at least decently legit. but if it's in any way incorrect I would love to hear from others!#I'm especially interested in CN since it's the original. and I've never heard anything about 'Brughel' in any other languages.#so anyone else with fun tidbits about Sampo's name in LITERALLY ANY LANGUAGE please feel free to reblog/tag/askbox me that shit #I love learning stuff like that it's so fun ♡#fun story in the old myth the sampo was lost in the sea. and in genshin impact the village Poisson was flooded by the sea.#not only that but Brueghel's last painting- which was unfinished due to his early death- was titled The Storm at Sea.#something something foreshadowing-

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shalom-iamcominghome · 2 days ago

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I've come to realize that to me, g-d is the recipient of the love I have for others that I can't give, and that's why I've always resonated with the concept of B'tzelem Elohim. I cannot show my love to every single person - it's impossible. But we are all in the image of Him, all in His essence, and so I direct the excess to Him. We are all part of the reflection of g-d. The love we have for each other is, to me, the love we have for g-d.

#jumblr #b'tselem elohim #personal thoughts tag #this isn't a Correct interpretation of g-d or being made in His image by the way. as always this is just what works for me #despite everything love is still real #the more i grow up the more i realize how much of a scam isolation and misanthropy are #unfortunately though i physically can't express love for Everyone (impossible)#i feel like connecting with g-d and directing that love to Him is about as close as i can get #and like... look while actions take precedent over faith i still like to talk about g-d and what g-d means to others #it's easier to talk about concepts on here than actions anyway #anyway love is real. anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something #honestly i don't think i would have as strong a belief in g-d if i didn't care about others and love humanity #people bring me closer to g-d i think. heaven is a place on earth and all of that #and of COURSE other religions have this concept. however please consider i am a few weeks away from being jewish (not mad)

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suja-janee · 1 year ago

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This is kinda relating to my last post but I think some of you are mistaking Shen for an albino peacock.. cause he’s not

I mean, I don’t really blame you if you mistook him as one cause honestly I’m just a weirdo who reads wikis.

(skip everything and just read the bottom if you don’t wanna read my explanation)

Shen is a peacock with leucism, not albinism.

(Leucism definition on the left, albinism on the right)

Here’s him compared to an actual albino peacock. As you can see, the albino has a pink and white pigmentation due to a lack of melanin, whereas Shen despite being mostly white is still full of color.

(And no, it’s not because it’s a silly cartoon. The creators of KFP had originally intended to make him albino to make him look “sickly” which would explain why he was neglected by his parents. They made the decision to scrap that in favor of having him be a peacock with leucism so there was no excuse or tragic backstory to justify his entitlement and actions)

And if you REALLY don’t believe my explanation, here’s the KFP wiki page backing me up!

#also… my post was a joke if you couldn’t tell??#it’s cause when looks like a carbon copy of his father just white instead of blue #also if we put it into context #would the characters even know what an albino was??#if we use real world events as a point of reference gunpowder.. which was relatice new in the kfp story.. was created in 1044 #albinism was not recorded or known about as much until 1908 #so yeah maybe shen’s father is justified in being slightly iffy about whether Shen was his son or not 😂#AS I SAID THOUGH- I was joking #I didn’t think anyone would take me seriously #the amount of people trying to dm me on Instagram and ‘correct’ me was a bit obnoxious so I didn’t want it to get to that point on here #lord Shen #peacock #Kung fu panda #Kung fu panda 2

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 2 years ago

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Los Chicos Peleandoooooo

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #song lan #xue yang #I know it makes jokes less funny if you explain them but I feel like I gotta for this one:#xue yang’s Spanish here is playing on the fact he’s a beginner (using a commonly taught phrase)#combined with the fact that he’s clearly taking what he’s heard Xiao Xingchen use.#of course XY would want to know how to cuss someone out in another language. Do you think XXC would teach him how? Nope.#XY would ask ‘How do I to someone I really hate them?’#and XXC would say ‘You tell them ‘Te Amo Mucho’ :•)’#As FAR as XY is concerned he knows *so* many swears. These words are just terms of endearment.#XXC would not swear or cuss anyone out but he *would* punctuate phrases with general terms of endearment.#More so directed towards A-Qing but Xue Yang has been proven to be a decent indirect learner.#That said he has also been shown to Not Quite Get The Nuances (consequences of observational learning).#Sadly he never had a good observational model for love or compassion B*(#Spanish speakers please oh god please correct me if I biffed something badly here. I can fix it.

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mammomlette · 8 months ago

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Happy birthday to Mammon!!! This is lowkey late but at least I finished it on the right day LMAO

NO background because background hate me😡

I know it’s not very birthday but I thought his birthday was tomorrow not today so I just had to post this since I already had a ref rather than look for it because I started this at 1am and I was tired bro

Rushed and disproportionate but self indulgent so all is good

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rustedleopard · 6 months ago

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What astounds me about the whole "you need a pure human SOUL to perfect the serum" thing is that so many people take Chujin's conclusion at face value. Chujin Ketsukane? Chujin "Winner of the 'You Tried In Engineering' Award" Ketsukane? Chujin "Fumbled Inventing Robots So Hard He Earned The Ire Of The Usually Pretty Chill King" Ketsukane? Chujin "I Accidentally Killed A Human Child By Overshooting The Parameters On My Guard Robot" Ketsukane? That Chujin Ketsukane?

#undertale yellow #get reaaaaal.#get so reaaaaaaaal.#i know that people make his conclusion correct because they wanna bring Kanako back (even though she's not actually dead)#or something along those lines to make Ceroba's whole tunnel visioned scheme all feel worth it in the end #(even though her whole arc is about not being so caught up in the past and reaching out to the people around her)#but it doesn't feel right to me that the serum would work. it feels more like the point is that this whole affair was a harebrained #scheme cooked up by a paranoid and desperate man.#believe what you wanna believe but personally i don't think being pure of heart would've been the answer. i don't think #there's any way for a miracle serum to be conjured up like that.#also SOUL stuff has been shown to be more complicated than most people think. alphys thought that injecting determination #into Fallen Down monsters would make their SOULs persist after death and they ended up waking up then fusing into Amalgamates #tldr: i *personally* think that even if Ceroba got Clover's SOUL the serum still wouldn't have worked.#(edit: I'm not vagueing anyone btw. I've had this post in my drafts (along with a lot of other thoughts to spare everyone the spam)#again. think what you wanna think. these are just my thoughts.)#uty analysis #char: chujin ketsukane

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trina-makes-an-entrance · 11 days ago

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"Christine Canigula has done nothing wrong"

I used to say this as in a "I love Christine and the hate she sometimes get is shit" way. But the more I think about it...

She literally has done nothing wrong.

Like, hear me out!

Jeremy and Rich have made plenty of mistakes, mostly under their Squips' influence, Jake was a shitty boyfriend, Michael dismissed Jeremy's feelings a lot, Chloe wanted to hook up with her besties' boyfriend, and her Brooke and Jenna spread really hurtful misinformation about the fire and Rich.

And that's just to name some of the bad stuff they've done.

Don't get me wrong! It's normal for teens and, specially, fictional characters to make mistakes and mess up.

But Christine did non of that? She was a good girl, who treated everyone with respect, and for what we saw a decent girlfriend. We don't see her participate in The Smartphone Hour, so I assume she didn't took part on any of the gossip stuff.

She had absolutely every right to reject Jeremy at the Halloween party, plus she did it in a respectful way too.

Even before The Pitiful Children, when she acted stressed and sad, she's not mean to Jeremy, and she sets bounderies with him and treats the Halloween Party as it is - a tragedy.

And right before the Play, when she finds out about the Squips, she is terrified about them and immediately refuses to take one since she knows what they can do to oneself. Again, she has every right to be scared and reject the squip.

Maybe this is a lack of agency in her character, but perhaps she's just a girl that minds her own fucking business, that knows fitting in can be hard and highschool is shit, but at the end of the day still chooses to be herself - a kind, passionate and amazing girl.

Christine Canigula did nothing wrong.

#or maybe she did something wrong #if anyone would like to correct me on anything #i'd love hearing your thoughts about this #specially because i love christine's character #i've always loved her #mostly because out of every bmc character she is the most realistic to me #i love her so much #be more chill #be more chill musical #bmc #i would die for you christine canigula #christine canigula

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batbabydamian · 1 year ago

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Hey, I started reading Robin son of Batman because of your recommendation (I literally have a print of your post on my phone to not forget lol). Honestly? One of the best things I ever read!!!

Thank you for opening my eyes! Damian has been one of my favorite characters for over a year, but I didn't read/watch much of him because of school, life (and probably an executive dysfunction in the mix).

Maya is incredible. I loved her.

I haven't finished all the issues yet, but do you have any other recommendations?

WAH this makes me so happy, i'm glad you still gave it a shot even with how busy life is!! ;v;

i’d love to give reccs, and i’ll try to go a beginner friendly route! tbh you can pick up whatever here, but since you've read R:SOB i’d immediately follow up with Batman and Robin (2011) #1-8! this first arc is what’s referred to in Maya’s introduction, and it's just. so good.

Main Books

Batman and Robin (2009)

Dick as Batman with Damian as his Robin!

#20-22 Tree of Blood: Dark Knight vs White Knight arc is done by Tomasi and Gleason, the team for the next Batman and Robin series

*Batman and Robin (2011)

Bruce and Damian figuring out their relationship as both Batman & Robin and father & son

imo you can enjoy the ride and read straight through this but i’ll add context to avoid as much confusion as possible since there’s the occasional tie-in or offscreen events, like Damian’s death nbd

Batman Incorporated (2012) #1-10

events leading to Damian's death - affects Batman and Robin (2011) from issue #18

kind of a tough read especially with how Talia's written, but a lot of iconic bits like Batcow, Damian's vegetarian declaration, Alfred the cat, "We Were the Best, Richard."

Robin (2021)

another self-discovery adventure, particularly after Alfred’s death and a fallout with Bruce (and questionable writing choices from his last Teen Titans run)

Batman and Robin (2023)

currently ongoing! after a number of events, Bruce and Damian are back as a duo

Damian Dynamics!

Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #7, 10-12

arc where Damian meets one of his first Gotham friends, Colin Wilkes

Batgirl (2009) #5-7, #17

Steph and Damian dynamic! "the bad cop, worse cop" dysfunctional duo

Red Robin (2009) #13-14

early Tim and Damian dynamic that of course includes fighting haha. funny enough, accidentally my first intro to Damian LOL

Teen Titans (2003) #89-92

Dick!Batman has Damian join the Teen Titans. Start of Damian and Rose Wilson dynamic that’s extended in Robin (2021)

Batman: Gates of Gotham (2011)

Damian meets Cass and has a brief team up

Gotham Academy (2015) #7

Damian meets Maps Mizoguchi! they have a few other meetings, but outside of that the series itself is a great read!

Robin War Event (2015)

Robin War (2015) #1, Grayson (2014) #15, Detective Comics (2011) #47, We Are Robin (2015) #7, Robin: Son of Batman (2015) #7, Robin War (2015) #2

Duke and Damian dynamic! not exactly beginner friendly but these are the main issues in order for the event! you can also read the TPB version for everything including Tie-Ins

Nightwing (2016) #16-20, #42, #43

#16-20 Nightwing and Robin arc!

#42 Dick on a mission to save Damian! the one appearance of "Wiggles" the dragon

#43 Dick, Roy, and Damian team-up

New Talent Showcase 2018 "Catwoman: Pedigree"

Selina, Damian, and Alfred the cat

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Robin vs. Ra's Al Ghul (2018)

Selina, Damian, and Cheese Viking - Damian's fav game shown in Nightwing: Rebirth (2016)

Monkey Prince (2022) #1-4

Marcus Sun Shugel-Shen's main comic, but Damian features as a fun dynamic here before they're in more serious circumstances in Batman VS Robin (2022)/Lazarus Planet event

Superman (2016) #10 - 11

the beginning of the Super Sons! featuring Maya!

Super Sons (2017)

solitary arcs but there’s a few event tie-in issues later

Adventures of the Super Sons (2018)

literally more Super Sons adventures lol galactic shenanigans yeehaw

Challenge of the Super Sons (2020)

Super Sons time shenanigans feat. the Justice League

Robin 80th Anniversary (2020)

"Boy Wonders" - brief Damian feature as Tim considers his next step in life

"My Best Friend" - Jon's thoughts on Damian and their dynamic

"Bat and Mouse" - refers to Damian's unfortunate Teen Titans (2016) run at the time of release which follows up with Teen Titans Annual #2 where Damian briefly gives up Robin

Extra Comics!

Superman/Batman (2003) #77

Kara and Damian in a Halloween team-up! also the appearance of "Li'l Matches" lol

DCU Halloween Special '09 "Cavity Search"

Damian out on a solo mission for Halloween night. Immediately after is Tim's Red Robin story "Then and Now: Our Father's Sins" which is more somber in contrast but also a good read!

DCU Halloween Special 2010 "Robin the Vampire Slayer"

a Dick!Batman and Robin story featuring the vampire Andrew Bennett

Cursed Comics Cavalcade (2018) "The Devil You Know"

Halloween themed comic with a sweet short story of Damian alongside Solomon Grundy

DC's Terrors Through Time (2022)

"Trick or Treat" a Super Sons Halloween story

"The Haunting of Wayne Manor" Damian and Deadman story - in the end, Boston kinda refers to Nezha's possession of Damian in Batman VS Robin (2022) which was happening at the time of this release

Batman: Li'l Gotham (2013)

lighthearted series that instantly makes me smile with the silliness and Dustin Nguyen’s art i love this dearly

Secret Origins (2014) #4 "A Boy's Life"

a retelling of Damian's origin story

Detective Comics (2016) #1001-1005

Batman and Robin vs the Arkham Knight (unrelated to the game)

Truth & Justice (2021) #6/#16 - 18 Digital First version

cute story of Damian’s birthday! Juni Ba’s art is so fun!!

DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration (2021) “Special Delivery”

short story about Damian! and poisoned pizzas. completely forgot the artist Sami Basri drew Rebirth Damian here before catboy Damian lol Cass’s story “Sounds” is also cute! Marcus makes his first appearance in "The Monkey Prince Hates Superheroes"

DC VS Vampires (2021)

Damian makes appearances throughout this elseworlds book, but the one-shot DC VS Vampires: Hunters (2022) is vampire Damian-centric!

Batman: Black and White (2021) #5

“Father & Son Outing” short story written and drawn by Jorge Jimenez!

Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #20-23

#20 “My Son” Talia and Bruce focus

#20 - 23 “The Murder Club” 4 Parts

Tiny Titans (2008) #33, #39, #45, #47

a few appearances but SO CUTE, LOOK AT HIM

*Batman and Robin (2011) reading guide

i'm mostly trying to avoid the "what did i just walk in on?" kinda feeling when i first started reading comics LOL i'll list the comics where events take place, but you don't necessarily have to read them to go through this book since things are usually explained as quickly as possible in the first page or so

#0 Someday Never Comes

Talia and baby Damian before he grows up to meet Bruce

#1-8 Born to Kill

just an incredibly solid arc for Bruce and Damian!

#9 Court of Owls Tie-In Issue

Damian VS a Court of Owls Talon. While Bruce is occupied with a home invasion of Talons, Alfred makes a call for allies to protect targeted Gotham public figures from Talons. During Batman (2011) #1-11

#10-12 Terminus

Damian challenges the previous Robins sans Steph

Batman Incorporated (2012) is occurring at this time where Talia has placed a bounty on Damian and there's small mentions of that

#13-14 Eclipsed/Devoured

mostly solitary arc! end of it leads into the Death of the Family event

#15-16 Death of the Family Tie-In Issues

Damian and Joker face-off... Alfred's been kidnapped by the Joker, and Damian goes looking for him. During Batman (2011) #13-17

#17 Life is but a Dream - Death of the Family Epilogue

a sort of subconscious check-in through the dreams of Damian, Alfred, and Bruce. Nightwing (2011) #17 features Damian encouraging Dick after Death of the Family events

#18 Undone "Requiem"

Bruce dealing with Damian's death from Batman Incorporated #8

other reactions to Damian's death: Dick in Nightwing (2011) #18, Tim in Teen Titans (2011) #18

#19-23 Denial, Rage, The Bargain, Despair, Acceptance

Bruce through the stages of grief with some batfam appearances in each. also introduces Carrie Kelley into continuity as Damian's acting tutor.

Batman (2011) #19-20 also addresses Bruce's loss

#23.1-23.4

these could be skipped - villain stories, also related to Forever Evil event.

#24-28 The Big Burn

optional Batman and Two-Face/Harvey Dent arc, #23.1 is part of this story!

Damian's resurrection and return

#29-32 The Hunt for Robin

Ras took Talia and Damian's bodies from their graves, and Bruce goes after him.

-> Robin Rises: Omega

continues events from #32. if you don't want to jump to this, basically, Glorious Godfrey and a bunch of parademons from Apokolips are here for a chaos shard which Ra's put in Damian's sarcophagus. at some point, Bruce gets a hold of the shard where he sees a vision that leads him to believe Damian can be resurrected. Godfrey ends up taking the shard, along with Damian's body since it was emitting the same energy.

#33-37 Robin Rises

Bruce hellbent on retrieving Damian from Apokolips and reviving him

-> Robin Rises: Alpha

necessary to read and continues events from #37! Damian's back with a bang lol

#38-40 Superpower

Damian adjusting to having superpowers and being alive again

Annual #1 2013 Batman Impossible

sweet (and funny) one-shot of Damian sending Bruce on a meaningful scavenger hunt around the world while Damian gets to be the cutest Batman for a bit

Annual #2 2014 Batman and Robin: Week One

one-shot takes place during Damian's absence. after Bruce and Alfred find a mystery gift left for Dick, Dick recounts a story he had told Damian from his Robin days.

Annual #3 2015 Moonshot

one-shot Batman and Robin adventure on the moon!

...and of course after Batman and Robin (2011), Damian's story continues in his first solo Robin: Son of Batman (2015)!

#damian wayne #ask #sorry for R:SOB promo again but i need this title attached to Damian's name as much as B&R 2009/2011😭#thank you for the ask anon!! really am so happy you were able to find the time to read RSOB and enjoy it!! i genuinely cheered 😭#i hope some of these comics give you many emotions and/or a smile!! <3 #if anyone would like to correct something or include some Damian comics please feel free to comment or add to the post!!#sorry if the reading guide is an intimidating wall of text hhh after i finished it i was like...this does not look beginner friendly LOL 😭#Damian's Teen Titans run is beginner friendly but it's so frustrating to read his character being regressed especially after RSOB #ig i would only recc the first 5 issues just for Mara asdsfg #super/bat 77 comic rlly made me wonder how Williamson could've made Damian sound so stiff now compared to his first time writing him?? rip.#also i love how there's so many Halloween stories here lol #maybe?? i'll do a guide for Damian's intro since those were the most confusing for me when i really got into his comics #i think his most recent appearances are a bit easier to figure out on your own but i don't mind doing a guide for that too if needed!#OOF tags got long lol i may be a bit nervous posting this bc i'd like ppl to read more Damian but worried i may have goofed somewhere #but hopefully this is helpful to anyone curious about peeking at his comics!!

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mechazushi · 26 days ago

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25 Minutes. . .

Two oddly dressed men walked into a shabby elevator located inside an even more dilapidated building. Both of them were dressed in blue clothing, one in a more conservatively decorated trench coat than the man next to him with the much longer overcoat. Both carried swords that one could tell at a glance matched what would be their personalities should they have been compelled to speak. The taller of the two carried an air of severity that slid off of his rigid stance, making it all the more obvious when also considering the katana on his hip. The shorter one had more of a bored but still lively appearance that complimented the odd design of the weapon carried on his back. What seemed to be the most interesting was the fact that both of them were carrying a mountain of pizza boxes.

"Home sweet base." Nero sighed numbly as he stepped off the elevator.

Followed shortly by the man that was biologically his father, the pair of them trudged casually down the hallway towards the apartment they were currently staying in the next few weeks. As they stopped in front of the hastily repaired door, Nero shifted his load of pizza boxes to one arm and abruptly moved them on top of Vergil's pile.

"Do me a favor and hold this." He crassly asked as he dig around in his coat pockets for his set of keys.

Vergil took an investigative sniff from the new mound of food in front of him and tried not to recoil from them so hard as to drop them, "I honestly don't understand how you lot can eat this dredge. I could smell the grease even before we entered the parlor."

"We paid extra for your veggie deluxe on thin crust, so shut up." Nero countered as he finally found the key he was looking for. Vergil noticed his son taking a moment to himself, letting out deep breaths almost like he was centering himself.

"Is everything alright?" He asked, keeping his tone deceptively neutral.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just..." Nero started before leaning his head back and sighing heavily again.

"I will never say this willingly to his face, not in a million years, but... I like Dante. As far as Uncles go, he's not bad considering what this family is like. But lately I've started wondering if you getting kidnapped as a child didn't inadvertently prevent you from killing him earlier in your lives."

"What I find to be more interesting is the fact that you're only now asking yourself this question after having to deal with not only him, but someone who is almost exactly like him on top of that." Vergil retorted as an eyebrow raised in evaluation.

"I wouldn't say he's exactly like him." Nero countered as he slid the key into the lock, "I mean, he's dorky, but I wouldn't-"

"Dorky? What is that word?" Vergil interrupted suddenly.

"it's like a nicer way of calling him a bumbling idiot." His son answered after a moment of thought.

"I'd rather you just call him a bumbling idiot." Vergil muttered sorely.

"I don't know, I feel like that's a bit harsh for him. I know he means well and all and he's the one that's stuck here." Nero rambled on as he pushed the door open, moving past the threshold just enough to take back his stack of boxes from Vergil's hold.

"Are his jokes corny? Sure, but unlike Dante, I like to think he actually has a little tack." Nero continued as he walked into the main living area and headed for the kitchen. Neither of them got very far before they heard a loud crash and a shout coming from a connecting room off of the living room.

"Oh God, Dante!" The now familiar voice of their interdimensional visitor sounded nowhere near distressed and more joyful instead.

Nero just groaned as roughly dropped the pizza boxes on the counter before marching over to the doorway that opened up into the game room-turned-battle plan room.

"We were gone for less than twenty five minutes and you two are already wrestling?!" He shouted as he quickly rounded the corner to look at the two of them. Anger quickly turned into confusion, then shock, and finally comically vocal disgust and Nero practically sprinted away from the open door frame.

"NOPE, NOT WRESTLING! DEFINITELY NOT WRESTLING!" Nero yelled as he ran past Vergil to head towards the bathroom.

Now curious, Vergil carefully placed his batch of boxes down on the counter and made his way over to where his brother was most likely being a source of the distressing incident. Rounding the same corner, the first thing he noticed was Dante in a state of partial undress while standing in front of what was once a cluttered pool table. His shirt was hanging around an elbow with his pants just barely hanging on his hips. He was busy trying to pull a pant leg over one of his boots as he hopped on the other leg. Still not understanding what had happened, his vision soon caught movement from under the table that resembled Kafka Hibino, a man that had become trapped in their world and was currently rooming with Dante as they all figured out a way to send him back. Looking past the discarded documents and game pieces that once stood for allies and enemies now on the floor, he could also see that Kafka was much more naked than his brother, having only his boxers to his name. With all the pieces in front of him, did he finally realize what could cause his son to run out of the room.

"Really Dante, really? He's not from here!" Vergil cried as he figured out what had happened while they were gone.

"Wow, and after all that bonding we had just to find out you're a racist." Dante tried to joke as he quickly shuffled his pants higher around his waist.

"I mean he's not from this world!" Vergil attempted to counter back, still reeling from the revelation that his brother was and apparently is trying to... court the Kaiju from another realm.

"You say that like it's a problem. It's not like I'm going to get him pregnant or anything?" Dante argued as he fixed his shirt back over his head.

"Damn, so those last twenty minutes are all for nothin', huh?" Kafka cackled as his head popped over the pool table with a shit eating grin.

"Kafka, now's not the time." Dante replied as a hand came up to rub at his face.

"Right, yep, sorry." Kafka muttered as he dove back down to look for more of his clothes only to peer back over the table again.

"Uhh... pants?" he asked cryptically, directing the question towards Dante.

After taking a closer look at the khakis he was wearing, he turned towards his partner.

"Ahhh, shit, I think I'm wearing them." He muttered apologetically.

"That's fine. I think I see your pj pants over here anyway." Kafka answered as he quietly crawled away from the table.

There were so many emotions running through Vergil's mind that it almost felt like he was physically shutting down. Just standing there, vibrating in what was mostly shock and anger and it only spiraling worse from there. The only action he could bring himself to do before he blew his top and did something drastically worse was to scream at them all over again.

"Honestly, on God's Green Earth, how did you manage to fall in love with someone who's more of a bumbling idiot than you are!?"

"HEY! I resemble that statement!" Kafka shouted back as he clumsily leapt up from the floor and held onto the edge of the pool table for balance.

"It's "Resent" that statement Darlin'." Dante corrected gently.

"Oh, is that the word?" Kafka asked before he clicked his tongue in disappointment, "Damn, English got me again."

"Seriously though!" Nero bellowed out as he stomped his way back from the bathroom to scold them some more, "Twenty five minutes is not a lot of time! Were you two just waiting for us to leave and-" As he came around where Vergil was standing he made the mistake of looking Dante in the eyes and was immediately reminded of what he saw when he first walked in.

"Nope, shit, I looked again." He bemoaned as his hands came up to his eyes and walked away.

Vergil just heaved an almost signature sounding sigh of disappointment and shook his head solemnly, "When you two feel like you can behave like actual members of society... There's food on the counter."

"Oooh, food!" Kafka chirped as he wrangled his shirt back on.

The pair of them took an extra second to straighten out their outfits better before walking into the open living room and kitchen. Nero was digging around in the fridge and loudly knocking around glass bottles while Vergil took his time separating out the pizza boxes into three piles. Nero eventually pulled his head out of the fridge and smacked the cap of a beer bottle on the edge of the door, swiftly popping it off. He took several swigs of it before turning around to face the boxes, only to develop a look of disgust once he saw Kafka's outfit.

"Not the Elmo pants..." He whimpered in repulsion.

"What? What's wrong with Elmo?" Kafka fired back in confusion.

"They're his pants!" Nero exclaimed as he gestured to Dante with the hand holding the bottle.

"Yeah and he's wearing mine. Trust me, I'd love to take them back off of him, but you know, three's company and all that." Kafka joked with a touch of anger in his voice. Nero just groaned weakly and opened his pizza box.

"I don't think I can even bring myself to eat this now." He commented unenthusiasticaly.

"You probably shouldn't anyway. The amount of grease on that could kill a lesser demon, I think." Vergil sneered as he tucked into his thin crust.

"And just like that, I'll eat it to spite you." Nero countered as some joy came back into his manner.

"Aw, It all looks so good!" Kafka exclaimed as he saw the spread, " Oh, is that mushroom?" He asked innocently as he looked at Vergil's pizza.

"Don't" Vergil answered threateningly as his thumb clicked open the top of his katana.

"Juuust askin'." Kafka chuckled nervously as he held his hands up defensively.

"Here." Nero commanded as he shoved a smaller box in Kafka's direction, " Take your loaded tots and leave."

"Geeze, I know where I'm not wanted." Kafka growled woefully, "I'll be on the roof I guess."

"Hey." Dante said softly as a gentle hand came around Kafka's wrist, "I'll meet you up there in ten, okay?" He offered with a wink, hoping to cool the sting from the rude reception.

Kafka just smiled and leaned back to plant a quick kiss to Dante's scratchy cheek. He turned and took his food out the apartment and clicked the door behind him. All three watched with varying expressions. Dante was smirking and content, Vergil was unreadable as usual, and Nero looked like he wanted to set the door on fire.

"So many questions, and I don't want an answer to any of them." Nero muttered as he harshly chewed through the stringy cheese.

Hey, soooooo.... Guess who finished the Devil May Cry show over on Netflix...

Only thing I'm gonna say about it is that it's another contender for the long list of shows that fall under the category of "If You Didn't Grow Up on the Source Material, It's Not Bad."

Like, I can see where people might have broken out the torches and pitchforks over a few things, but it wasn't overall a bad watch. Funnily enough, It's almost like Kaiju Number 8. As in, "It's not Ground-Breaking or anything, but just mindless good fun."

@sonicasura made a post a while back about how if Dante and Kafka met, they would definitely be compatible as lovers and would have an interesting dynamic and after having watched the show I Get It Now. Mentally could not stop thinking about this AU so this is another instance of "If I don't write this down NOW, I'm not going to get anything done on anything else." I have so much in my head about this I honestly could make a fan game over this.

Also I feel like I should specify that Vergil and Nero aren't homophobic, they just don't like Kafka. Mainly because it's like working with a version of Dante that YOU KNOW he doesn't have to act like that constantly, but not only is that his default personality it's a less suave version that feels more annoying to them.

#i'm telling ya #The urge #THE URGE TO STAB KAFKA WITH REBELLION ISTG #and before anyone says that Kafka's Devil Trigger form would just be his second evolutionary form Here's a correction-#The horns stay but we give him the tail and wings he DESERVES.#The only other thing I've seen of dmc is the ending to the 5th game #And my dad explained some of the sword lore to me so there's that as well.#Also Justice for my man Anders.#He did do all that shit but at least he was compelling about it.#Pray he finds his kids and a demon baddie to raise them with.#kaiju no. 8 #kn8 #kaiju no 8 #kaiju number 8 #kaiju no.8 #kaiju n8 #kaiju no. eight #kaijuu 8 gou #kaijuu no. 8 #kaijuu number 8 #kafka hibino #dmc dante #dante sparda #dante devil may cry #vergil #dmc nero #dmc au #Also also I Don't think Vergil is a vegetarian or anything #I just think he would be disgusted by American fast food pizza.#Like the thought of a deep dish meat lovers makes him recoil in horror or something.

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