hi im grem :]

it genuinely feels like there are two seperate dmcs. one is the main instalments. just the games. no extra information; which attracts a fandom mostly just interested in powerscaling and how much of an Alpha Male both DV are. alongside that is people who are only there for the attractive characters and don’t care for lore at all, which is fine, i’m not dunking on that.

and then, there is the second way to view dmc, which feels almost entirely seperate from the games. the novels, mountains of extra lore, VoV, DF, Before the Nightmare, dmc1 novel, dmc3 novels, the existence of Gilver and Grue and Beryl and who Nell really is beyond a vague reference in dmc5 that you won’t understand unless you’ve read this shit. which attracts a seperate fandom who argue about lore like there’s no tomorrow and treat knowing about Dante’s sexual assault like it’s a gotcha moment for being more in the know.

again, not dunking on anyone, i just have never been in such a divisive fandom with wildly different demographics and such insistence on characters being the pinnacle of Male Masculinity (Vergil. despite the fact that Vergil is a fucking warning against toxic masculinity. which again, you’re less likely to pick up on unless you’ve read all the extra source material. hence the dudebros and mass amounts of memes that are just blatantly incorrect.)