[as it is, infinite]

When I was digging through the game files and found the post-clear cutscene (the credits sequence), I came across something that actually predates the 2010 DmC promotional trailer. It turned out to be the whitebox animation of that very trailer, lol. While scrubbing through this animation frame by frame, I noticed something that looked like a rod strapped to Dante’s waist. It even had physics animation, swaying naturally with Dante’s movements.

At first, because it had two “tube-like” parts, I thought it might be something like a shotgun. But later, when Dante actually picks it up during combat, it becomes clear that it’s really just a rod—two unknown components fused together, nothing more.

From this angle, you can clearly see the clasp on Dante’s waist that holds it in place. He can also use it as a melee weapon, and its form is completely different from Rebellion. Unfortunately, in the final promotional trailer, this object was removed and replaced by the current version of Rebellion.

Now for my speculation.

First of all, since this rod is worn at the waist, it definitely was not intended to be Rebellion at this stage. In the combat sequence mentioned above, the visuals are entirely black and white. When Dante transforms it into the Angel spear, the screen shifts to a cyan-blue tone, clearly implying angelic power.

Then Dante turns back, the palette switches to orange-red, and he attacks using the Demon axe. That orange vignette is obviously signaling demonic power.

If that’s the case, the pure black-and-white scenes earlier can be interpreted in reverse: this rod exists in that form when no power is applied to it at all. In other words, it serves as a vessel for power. That is essentially the same role Rebellion fulfills in the final game, beyond its own narrative function. This rod is a kind of core handle (or weapon spine).

我们仍不知道当年被NT藏起来的DmC scrapped draft人设到底是什么。

至少对我来说他们都更内向。是吗，是吧，可能吧？？至少抽象概括的话我会觉得他们两个都是更极端的家伙，甚至最终目的都不一定是拯救人类。

关于维吉尔我还想过他会认为自己高所有人一等，尤其是悄悄表现在语言里，用更深层的方式去拉开这种差距。比如把自我隐去，不存在于场景里一般，让话语本身显得无法对抗。也就是不会用“我认为”这种话，就像在叙述自然规律或者什么结论因果。还有他不会存在那么强的好胜心，不会想说服任何人，而是更偏向于让对方意识到“继续说下去没有意义”的这种终止对话形式。让人毫无对话欲望呢xxx

关于剩下的怎么描述还有但丁的语言体系我暂时想不到了。祈祷哪天会受到启发吧。