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Zuko in the boiling rock episode:

"The Boiling Rock...the most secure prison for the toughest prisoners"

breaking up?????

NO.

they get broken up enough in fanworks as they do, smh, let them be together forever for once. 💔

but i'll throw you a bone, they do "take a break" in my AU according to this older chart i made, its kinda like breaking up— this should be on stage 2-3.

26 Days to go until Netflix Devil May Cry Series airs, cannot wait ^^ Thank you to @dmccountdown for hosting this event ^^

Dante's already fought a doppelganger of his twin, one that even wore armor like Nelo Angelo's: Gilver. One could argue Gilver was an even better doppelganger, since he actually fought with a katana, not a broadsword. His face was also a more perfect replica of the twins' compared to Nelo Angelo's blue-streaked, red-eyed looks.

Gilver's armor is even described as "coruscating" (at least in the translation I read), which means "flashing, sparkling." That reminds me of the neon lines on Nelo Angelo's armor.

So why should Dante, who knows Mundus can send an even more perfect version of his twin against him, think that Nelo Angelo is the real Vergil? He's just met Trish, and her resemblance to his mother might remind him how he met (and nearly died to) a doppelganger of a different family member. Nelo Angelo's real identity isn't confirmed until Vergil drops his amulet, and by then, Dante's certain he killed him.

THE Doomed Brothers TO ME

I was thinking bout Nelo Angelo and DMC1 when I was flashbanged with the image of Repin’s “Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan”.

Vergil! And... Vergil? And Vergil again??? I love all versions of Vergil.

i have actually, for a whileeee now. but i still haven't decided on a concrete design yet for her and thats why i've been hesitating. but well, since you asked, i might as well propose one.

don't get too attached, i may revise it in the future lol.

(Jinx's design is still a WIP, i may redesign in the future when I get around it again like I did my take on Wally's Flash so don't get too attached lol)

and perhaps heard of "Jinx's eyes dilate like a cat" headcanon.

but let me give you another proposition :

the slow blinks. what if she subconsciously do the cat eyes language? hehe.

Even if Dante doesn't know exactly what V is to him, I like to think the existence itself of V is sort of proof to Dante that the part of Vergil he thought was forsaken is still there. It's a form of relief to the Dante of DMC1 who thought his brother died a corrupted demon, and especially to the Dante of DMC3 who watched his brother literally fall back into hell, chasing only their father's heritage, and slice the hand that reached for him.

I drew this to capture that feeling. The quote from Elektra, obviously, but Dante is portrayed younger and still bleeding from Vergil's last cut, and V is comforting him. Given that V is the human half that came from their mother, I drew the two of them in this pose, because to me a kiss to the top of the head is more reminiscent of a mother's love- this is the last dregs Vergil has of Eva, coming forward on their own to seek out Dante.

Nevan is a succubus, a being whose entire nature revolves around seduction and feeding off desire. Her usual method is simple: she seduces her victim sexually and drains their essence through that attraction. We even see this mechanically in the fight—when she kisses Dante, his health drops significantly. That’s her nature.

And yet, with Dante, she doesn’t rely on that method.

Instead, she tells him she’s going to “excite” him—and then the fight begins.

That alone is revealing. A creature whose survival depends on provoking desire chooses not to engage Dante through conventional seduction—no physical teasing, no erotic performance, nothing that would normally define attraction. Instead, she engages him through combat. And more than that, the entire fight is framed in a way that strongly resembles a sexual metaphor.

Especially the ending: Dante shoots her while staring directly into her eyes, she collapses against him, moaning, and then “gives birth” to a guitar. The imagery is… very difficult to read as neutral. It feels like a climax—like both of them reach that peak at the same time, and from that moment, something is created.

So what does that imply?

It suggests that Dante does not respond to desire in a conventional way. If even a succubus—someone whose literal existence depends on seducing and consuming desire—adapts her method when facing him, then that tells us something fundamental about how Dante works.

Which brings me to something else: Lady’s line about Dante and Vergil taking a “sick pleasure” in fighting each other.

If Dante’s primary source of stimulation, intensity, and engagement is combat… and the person who gives him the most intense, meaningful fights is Vergil… then that line starts to carry a very different weight.

Because at that point, it’s not just about rivalry.

It’s about where Dante finds his highest form of emotional and experiential intensity.

In other words, what if Dante relates to combat the way others relate to intimacy?

And if that’s the case, then it becomes very… interesting, to put it lightly, that after Vergil’s death, Dante throws himself into demon hunting obsessively. He drags out fights, even when it harms him financially, even when it pushes him deeper into debt. It’s as if he’s chasing something—an intensity, a satisfaction—that he can’t quite reach anymore.

Because the only person who could truly match him in that way… was Vergil.

So fine