watching Devil May Cry 5 cinematics around the same time you are working on a Malfean Slayer concept makes you come to two realizations:
1. By Rage Recast and Devil-Tyrant Avatar Shintai work well as analogues to Devil Trigger or emulating those transformations in a game format
2. you could probably use the vibe of Devil Arms (defeating powerful demons in battle or otherwise earning their loyalty, thus allowing themselves to be turned into mighty artifact weapons based on their themes) is a pretty good baseline for infernal Artifacts in general, and I’m not just saying that because a magic guitar made of black iron, brass and infused with the essence of a liquified neomah who had grown so powerful she was starting to mutate into something Else in defiance of the laws of Cecelyne, and an Infernal rocking out on it so hard it qualifies as a valid attack for Green Sun Nimbus Flare purposes is the most Infernal Exalted thing ever
