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berkelbites · 1 year
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So when Nero's Devil Trigger finally comes out at the end of DMC 5, I low-key-high-key love the fact that the claws on his demon wings rest on his shoulders. Like I feel like that is a significant design choice that says a lot about Nero's arc and how it contrasts with Vergil's.
It is a visual representation of Nero's self-acceptance.
Lemme explain.
It all has to do with Vergil and Nero's relationships to themselves—and how those relationships play out via their human and demon sides.
Vergil spent his whole life rejecting his humanity—believing it the source of his weakness, and going so far as to literally cut it out of himself in a bid for more power. And Nero struggles with feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness due at least in part to no longer having access to the demon within him in DMC 5. He took Dante's words at the beginning to heart; after losing his demon arm, he's "just dead weight."
Vergil and Nero believe essentially the same thing about themselves: to be human is to be weak; that their strength comes solely from their demonic blood. And yes, that second part is true in many ways; in aggressively empowering his demon side for years, Vergil became strong enough to effortlessly smear Dante across the top of the Temen-Ni-Gru in their first fight in DMC3. And in DMC4, Nero's most powerful attacks—his Busters—are of course performed with the aid of his Devil Trigger manifesting through his demonic right arm to toss massive demons around like little half-empty sacks of beans.
Where they differ is in their motivation for gaining power: Nero is motivated by his emotions and his attachments, embracing the temptation of demonic power if it meant he could protect Kyrie in DMC4. Vergil, on the other hand, seeks greater power so as to avoid feeling his emotions and connecting with others—all so he might achieve control over himself and his circumstances. "Might controls everything." And what Vergil has felt since the day his mother was killed was a profound and terrifying lack of control. He believes he is alone and that he must protect himself from being hurt again. Nero is not alone, but fears being unable to protect those he loves.
And so they both try desperately to become stronger.
And then we get to the end of DMC 5. When Nero comes to terms with the fact that Vergil and Dante are his family—his flesh and blood father and uncle—we see him more determined and motivated than ever. The family he thought long gone was there, right in front of him.
And they were about to kill each other.
In this moment, as he arrives at the top of the Qliphoth, the care and compassion in his human heart shine so brightly upon his demon soul that it reflects that love right back. His Devil Trigger at last takes form. Those wings glow blue behind him and their claws rest assuringly on his shoulders.
It's as if the demon inside—now outside—is telling him, "I've got you. I love you. You're strong enough."
Nero was lucky enough to spend his life with people to love who loved him back—a life Vergil deserved, but never received. That's why Nero could ultimately do what Vergil couldn't: he loved himself. Human; demon; all of him.
Maybe I'm overanalyzing, and maybe this is super obvious to other people, and maybe this has already been dissected in-canon in some comic or novelization I haven't read, but whatever. Fight me.
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ladybugboots · 2 years
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mission 19 and 20 ✈️👍
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without the blur
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nsjndd11 · 5 months
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lifextime · 10 months
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Devil May Cry V : Special edition
(request by anon)
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comma57 · 10 months
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mackironii · 1 year
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Oh please, and next your gonna tell me it's one of the best weapons in the game?
But, for real
Whoever made this happen, I hope they got a immediate raise cause they so deserve it
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system-of-a-feather · 9 months
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New Part: *exists*
Host: Who are you?
The Following Conversation:
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prinzessins · 1 year
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God bless the modding community
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birdpersonz · 11 months
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DMC 5 SPOILERS
i really need a *good* dmc reboot. like honesty so far dmc:devil may cry isn't bad, i just hate that it's a dmc game, it should have been it's own thing
but honesty, hear me out. a dmc reboot in which they take vergil's dmc5 line of questioning what would be different if his and dante's lives were switched. if eva hid him inside that wardrobe instead of dante
how would he interact with different characters and what in the timeline would change, since vergil is more introverted and not as *out there* as dante is. would nero still be vergil's son or would he be dante's son? how does v come into this? would we get an alternate version of him where he's half of dante, and speaking of, what would dante's rise to power lust be like?
damn now ive gotta get my shit together and play the rest of the games so i can write an accurate fanfic about this because we all know capcom ain't giving us shit unless we wait 57 years
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froqgy · 2 years
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dmc6 aieeeee honestly the most im looking forward to two is. vergil and dante getting to have each others backs ofc. but actually having really high hopes about fleshing out and exploring the underworld rly indepth than the short moments we're there in the series
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leafeonb · 2 years
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d.ont r.eblog this but look at this griffon i drew his design is literally so cute....bird
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kinduvlame · 2 years
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This is also a song that I like.
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ladybugboots · 2 years
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what if vergil never got the chance to teleport away
based on this insurance? ad?
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Me: *reblogs a post about V*
Me: *tags it as #vergil dmc*
Me: . . .
Me: *immediately checks OP's blog to make sure I'm not spoiling the game for them*
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comma57 · 2 years
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vechnykrug · 9 months
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Самый любимый шилозадый в рейтинге шилозадых
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