I agree to some extent that Dante got mad about how Vergil treated Kat, but I also think Dante was looking deeper into than just that. Dante saw how Vergil treated Kat, a human. Even though she was close to Vergil he treated her like nothing more than a tool to gain what he wanted. So who's to say Vergil wouldn't do that to the whole human race? Use them as tools to gain whatever he wanted.
That's because of the way Dante acted in the first place. Vergil just said his opinion about what they should do next but Dante was the one who made it so dramatic, bringing Kat in the equation yelling at Vergil and dismissing his entire idea without giving him the chance to explain his real intentions and how he wants to proceed in that matter.
He didn't really give him a choice more like an ultimatum. Either rule with me or get out of my way. Not much of a choice if you ask me. And like btmudd28 said Vergil drew his sword first, he was ready to do what was necessary to get what he wanted.
I see your point but lie Dante started to have a problem as soon as Vergil started to mistreat Kat. Like at the headquarters when he wanted to leave her. Dante got ****ed. Also when she was kidnapped and Vergil said that they couldn't rescue her. Dante got ****ed. Dante never got mad at Vergil unless it involved something with Kat. I dont think Vergil would have turned evil if Dante asked him not to brother to brother but Dante got all offensive. You can tell when you watch the ending. Dante starts to make up things like Vergil was fighting for his own freedom and other nonsense like that. Another thing is when Vergil said that humans are weak and frail. He wasnt lying. Can we defeat nephlims? No. Can we go out and beat up demons? No. The humans need the nephlim to protect them. Dante got mad without even hearing what Vergil was going to really do. All he said was that he and Dante was going to rule. If Vergil was really that bad he wouldn't have said that him and Dante would rule. He would have said only himself would rule but he didnt. Vergil's intentions were pure. I just feel like that did Vergil wrong.
I do think Vergil's intentions were good, but just like numerous Batman villains; good intentions with bad ways of going about those intentions. And I don't think Dante overreacted at all, I mean he just spent this entire journey to take down a monstrous tyrant and Vergil never once mentions that he wants to take his place. Vergil gives Dante false belief that they are doing this for the freedom of the human race and then once Dante finally kills Mundus Vergil swoops in and tries to take his place. I don't blame Dante for reacting the way he did, it's basically like all the work he did was for nothing because Vergil just wants to take the place of Mundus and possibly become the next demon king.
The way i see it. They already decided they were going to fight. Thats why they started stepping back from each other at the same time.
Well I guess if you think about it both Dante and Vergil were ready to kill each other if they didn't get what they wanted.
I can agree with that
I agree to some extent that Vergil sounded a little Mundus like, but it for all we know it could have been just some bad choice of words :/
Yeah I can understand that. Dante should have given Vergil more time to explain what exactly he meant.
As you said it yourself Dante didn't give Vergil that much time to explain himself so maybe he didn't really meant to rule them but to lead them?
Man you put alot of exclamation points in that paragraph. Lol
lol
Don't hold back on the exclamation points!!!!!lol
That's actually half of the exclamation points that were in my original post
LOL !Don't hold back on the exclamation points!!!!!
But anywho I think it's kinda cool that the ending can be interpreted in different ways. Its good to see some healthy discussion going on in this part of the forum.
umm vergil didnt say "hmm now that mundus is gone do you guys think we could lead the humans and help them out or something" he said "the path is clear for us to rule" and refered to humans as "subjects" point is that he made it clear that it was his plan all allong. hence why he wouldnt take no for an answer when dante refused to support the idea and vergil stated several time "stand aside" as in "get out of my way or else."
dude it was practically word for word lol the script was written as such on purpose. most of the reason dante refused immediatly was because he heard the exact same reasoning from Mundus
That's just who Dante is, and not just in this incarnation. He's a hothead and he'll rush bullheadedly into what he thinks is right. in this incarnation he seemed to have gotten the best from both his parents. Caring like his mother and 'too big for his damn boots' like his father.