#dmc rant

Going off a post I made some time ago, it's really odd to me when I see people portraying Dante as some "domineering alpha male" who would absolutely take the lead in the relationship (if he ever got in one, which lets be honest, is highly unlikely).

The reason why I find this strange is because of the fact that I firmly believe that if he ever were to be in a relationship, he would find more joy and bliss letting his partner take the leading role instead of him for once in his life.

Why? Because throughout all his life he has been the one making all of the decisions for himself. He's tired, exhausted, and has never had the experience of having someone in his life who cares for him on such a deep level that they would actively go out of their way to make things better for him and seek him out. Also, having someone with a strong heart and spirit that he would happily allow to take the reins is what I think would make him feel like he's won the lottery.

Also, as I said before, he is exhausted, like insanely so. Imagine theres a person out there that could finally make him turn off his façade and let him feel loved and be loved. A person who is willing to put in the work to make him see brighter days and help him heal.

At the end of the day, he's a fictional character, and people will always have different views on him, and thats good! Everyone is entitled to their own headcanons and ideas, and honestly? Having many different people with a wide range of perspectives and ideas is one of the many things that makes fandoms so fun and interesting.

I just realized this.... it be so sweet if V resembled Eva, his human mother. (even if he doesn't have her luscious blonde hair. )

I mean, if we squint hard enough...🧐

Netflix dmc was not made for dmc fans in the slightest. Netflix dmc was made for fans of max0r’s dmc5 video at the absolute most, and vivziepop fans. The tone, writing, setting, characters, everything about it is all very very off. This just straight up isn’t devil may cry.

I hate the argument of “well it’s a different universe” because at it’s core it’s missing everything that makes devil may cry what it is. The whole point of fanfiction and ESPECIALLY an adaptation is to use your understanding of the source material as the foundation and BUILD OFF OF IT. You don’t have to follow the canon beat for beat, nobody’s saying that, but the foundation should still be there. You should still be able to say “yes these are those characters” when reading/watching/playing even if they try something completely new or outlandish. Otherwise you’re just writing a random story but slapping pre-existing labels onto your ocs. That’s what separates good fics from amateur fics. That’s also why DmC garnered so much hate (on top of outright disrespecting the source material). And given that this is a professional grade adaptation and not a tween’s first attempt at a story, it’s going to be held to the former’s standards. And “different universe” or not, it’s not above critique or comparisons to the original. It’s not a standalone story, it’s an adaptation and will be treated as such. Nobody gave this much leeway to the DmC 2013 reboot despite it being pretty fun to play, so why does Netflix, so notorious for pumping out widely hated adaptations that it’s become a meme, get more leeway? Hell, Lucia is fucking WHITE. That alone should attest to the carelessness of this show. Or does “it’s a different universe” also excuse whitewashing? I get that dmc2 was ass but you can’t just do that???

It’s also disheartening to see people defending the new show with “well dmc’s story is dogshit anyways so it doesn’t matter what they do in this show.” If you don’t like the original story then that’s alright, you’re allowed to have that opinion, but that’s not a defense at all for the show nor is it an actual rebuttal towards fans of the series. (And I will state outright that if you don’t like devil may cry’s story, you’re not a fan of it. At most you’re a fan of hack and slash games and that’s okay to admit.) But people do love devil may cry, and as fans we love it’s story in spite of it’s flaws and cheesiness. You may not care because it’s meaningless to you, but there is a passionate and dedicated fanbase who adores these characters and their arcs and we are allowed to dislike new, disrespectful depictions of said characters especially when the writers don’t have a fundamental understanding of them. If Netflix au “Dante” and “Mary’s” names were changed you honestly couldn’t see any resemblance to Dante and Lady and that is a very big issue with the writing. They’re just one note imitations at best.

The whole show honestly feels like “devil may cry through the lens of someone who’s only vaguely heard of it” and not an honest to god adaptation made by someone who genuinely cares about the franchise. I’m not gonna be like “heh fans could do so much better” (disregarding the fact that there are way better fanfictions out there lol) but Adi just straight up does not care about dmc. If you took away any dmc branding you would still have the exact same show with no differences. That is not a good adaptation. (And I could write a whole post about Lady’s depiction alone, christ).

Another point- as a die-hard dante x lady shipper, even I think the vague romance was dogshit. This alone can prove any point I have about Adi misunderstanding the characters because how does someone take 20 years of built up chemistry and somehow fuck it up?? Like somehow some way he managed to make dante x lady feel forced, lacking, and annoyingly fanservicy. My brother in christ the exam was open note and you still failed.

And I know I’ll get these comments so covering this too: “Fans don’t like ANYTHING different.” Yeah no, that isn’t happening here. Now I have been involved in fandoms long enough to know that there are a lot of annoying purists out there who just don’t like anything, but that isn’t the majority of where the criticism comes from. I sure as hell am not one of those purists and have a lot of opinions that would have them putting my head on a pike lmao. (I value Dmc2 and don’t just ignore it. I love dmc4 and especially Nero. I loved the original dmc anime as a character study for dante. So on and so forth.) I can’t speak for every single critic or fan, but I know I and a lot of other fans are perfectly fine with taking Dante’s character in new directions and opening up new stories with him or the rest of the dmc world. Without new material, the old stuff gets stale and I can accept that. A lot of people went into this show open minded. But you can read my earlier points to see why I (and more) ended up hating this show. I should also add that I watched this with friends. Friends who are not huge fans of dmc like I am, but just casual observers who enjoyed some of the games and characters. They also hated this. So it’s not just die hard fans saying this shit lol.

Also the people crying out “gatekeeping.” No we ENCOURAGE everyone to play these games. We encourage everyone to actually get into the story and we want to share the things we love with others. The “gatekeepy” aspect is “if you only like the show, you’re not a dmc fan” which… yeah? That shouldn’t be a controversial take. If you aren’t a fan of the games then you aren’t a fan of the games. The show is so far completely removed from anything devil may cry that it’s basically a separate fandom. Of course you can enjoy both at the same time, you’re not fake for being a fan of both. I understand that some people are saying this and those people are lame asf lol. It’s perfectly okay to like the show even if a lot of fans don’t. You can be a dmc fan and a dmc netflix fan, but while they can coexist they are still ultimately 2 separate things. If you ONLY like the show and don’t go explore the games then you’re a dmc netflix fan.

With all that said, I encourage you to form your own opinions on the show (pirate it please for the love of god, do not give that fascist a single cent). Understand where other people are coming from but don’t let people’s thoughts dictate your opinions.

I would also like to thank Castlevania fans for being supportive in these trying times <333

Something that really bugs me about the 2025 anime is that dante does NOT look the age they’re trying to depict him as (for me at least). He’s supposed to be around the age of dmc 3, so 18-19. LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND SAY THAT THIS

Okay so Holy by pvris is very Vergil to me by one line hold on -- listen linda listen

You put on a faith facade, think you’re holy when you’re not 

Mary Ann Arkham served as a foil for both Dante and Vergil, as her palpable wrath against her father is emotional, human and set with a very believable goal that's intense to see through. And it was all depicted so well.

I guess the only thing that's amiss was, at her subsequent appearances, her story just became a backstory and it made a cameo when she's mentioned her past patricide as a caution to Nero in DMC5. It's been over a decade and she's understandably just a supporting character and fanservice, but it felt like...a waste of such a character model, especially back in DMC4.

I understand perfectly well Devil May Cry is a fanservice action game. But there was effort to it, and focusing on Lady, her debut had a lot of thought to it. She was compelling, but her subsequent appearances afterwards feels like a shell of her former self.

One of the most frustrating things when I see genderbent designs of the Spardas, they always and if not most of the time draw them skinny as hell with little to no muscle, as if somehow being a woman would remove all of their musculature.

Obviously as a woman you have less testosterone so drawing them with less volume makes total sense, BUT less testosterone does not equal NO MUSCLE.

They are people who are constantly in physical activity, particularly activity that requires a lot of movement and strength usage. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman, if you are a person who constantly trains your muscles, you will therefore have prominent muscle mass (also demon genes make you strong as hell, c’mon)

There are many other issues I’ve also seen, like people changing the shape of their nose to make them smaller , fetishizing them, and many more. Even though it’s not the end of the world and DEFINITELY nothing new inside fandoms, it’s just something I think people should acknowledge and notice how many interpretations of these genderbends are pretty misogynistic and in bad taste.