clairavance;199244 said:
First statement - meh. I don't think he's a full demon, but that's just me.
I really don't want to write entire essays as to why Nero is a full demon. It's quite obvious why he's a full demon - I'll leave you that hint.
clairavance;199244 said:
Second - I now have a burning desire to actually go watch the DMC2 cutscenes and hopefully get a peek at this sect and try figure out what breed of demons 'did it', just for amusement sake. With that said, we are digressing from the thread topic with gibberish talk. Let's try keep it on track, 'kay?
There's no explanation which breed of demons mated with these humans in Dumary Island. The sect made by these 'priests', 'special individuals' with 'gifted powers', who were the first to worship demonic idols and perform rituals similar to those of 'sealing demons'. I'll close this as It is irrelevant at the topic at hand, but I made a strong link as to why Eva, a human, would have zero difficulty to fall in love with Sparda, and vice versa - obviously.
clairavance;199244 said:
Third - if that was the case, it would have to be low intellect demons. If demonic leaders were able to line up an army for attack, wouldn't they rather unleash that fury on Sparda himself than on the humans? With him being such a terrible traitor and all, I'm pretty sure just about every demon out there was gunning to shed his blood. Okay, maybe not EVERY demon, but you get what I mean. He wasn't exactly loved by his own kind for messing up their chance at reigning over humans.
That's quite nonsense.
Sparda sealed every hell gate which allowed the free passage of demons to the human world.
Sparda's act, going against his own kind, rebelled an entire race, the humans, gave them reason to fight and keep the demons at bay. Sparda formed strong alliances with humans and a few Dark Knights, demons, which supported him and helped him in his fight for humanity's freedom.
Beowulf, which was Sparda's brother-in-arms literally, seemed enraged to the smell of his blood in DMC3, If you remember.
clairavance;199244 said:
Not that this is about Dante (I don't want this thread to turn into a 'lets dissect Dante and Vergil and see who's best' massacre, so I'm trying to steer clear of the mention of the twins much) but where do you recon he got his appetite and love for pizza and strawberry sundaes from? Unless that information was already made public in a novel or something. Is it heriditary eg. did he inherit his appetite from Sparda? Pizza isn't exactly a rich and sophisticated choice for a meal.
You forget Dante and Vergil were raised till 8-9 years old. Even though they were used to the aristocratic food they were served, Dante and Vergil had been wandering alone after their mother's death at the hands of demons.
The kind of food Dante would eat, and the most common, was the pizza. And as we see at the anime, Dante eats the strawberry sundaes, which all of these happen after DMC1.
clairavance;199244 said:
Which leads me to wonder why Dante decided takeaway junk food is better suited to his tastebuds than culinary cuisine, like tofu and hors'de vours (or however it's spelled), which is something you'd imagine Vergil would rather eat, being all noble and haughty. They grew up together to a certain age, right? They were subjected to the same meals, one would assume. What circumstances did they grow up in? If Sparda was an aristocrat, he must have had the power to afford only the best for his children.
Dante would never afford culinary cuisine at age 10, homeless, think his father and brother were dead, his mother killed and wandering alone. He became accustomed at pizzas.
clairavance;199244 said:
Okay, food aside, point I'm trying to get to is(I have a short attention span so you'll see my posts bouncing from one subject to another): when Sparda disappeared, did he just not show up at home one day? Did he explain to Eva that he was going to have to leave? Which brings me to the question, what sort of relationship did he have with Eva? Because Dante states that 1. he's got a dysfunctional family, 2. he has no father, and 3. he simply doesn't like Vergil, without needing a reason to explain his hate. All that screams out negativity, and children learn to interact with others by emulating the interaction between mom and dad. If the parents are able to settle their differences in a civilised way, the children will learn to do the same with one another, even if they hate each other's guts. And we all know Vergil and Dante's interaction is anything BUT civilised. The standard of family life is set through the relationship between the parents. Dante clearly does not come from a happy home, so Eva and Sparda couldn't have been a perfect match. What do you guys think?
The dysfunctional family comes from Sparda's hero complex.
I believe you know what that means.
Dante feels the hate towards his brother, because till before the DMC3 manga when they met, he never knew Vergil was alive, while Vergil in the other hand was aware of Dante still breathing and healthy as an apple. It's quite obvious as to why Dante doesn't need to explain his hate.
He also has this hate towards his father because in the moment he was most needed for them, his presence was absent. If Dante and Sparda ever meet, I don't think he would forgive his father for letting their mother die.
Sparda and Eva lived in that constant fear, something I posted in some page of this thread, and that's why Dante and Vergil couldn't live their childhood as a normal kid would. Also, remaining orphans at 9 years old didn't help their psychological aspect either.
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