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Who is younger, Vergil or Dante?

Sunaka Marién said:
Well, we don't know for sure if they regained all their memories and we must take into consideration that they were still very young back then, so they might have never asked for who was older. And, well, I dunno what parents of twins are usually like, but I don't think they'd tell them who's older just like that, unless their kids ask for it.
We may never know D:
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We must go deeper somehow :steve:
 
I think that in DmC Vergil is younger. I suppose he thought that Eva loved Dante more because he is first-born son so he is more important in eyes of their parents.
 
Martius said:
I think that in DmC Vergil is younger. I suppose he thought that Eva loved Dante more because he is first-born son so he is more important in eyes of their parents.
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Even though DmC is suppose to be more western in views than DMC. I think your point makes sense. In a lot of cultures parents generally favour the elder sibling. Even if they're separated by a few seconds. I know in asian cultures even if you're twins the younger twin still has to call the older twin (in this case) big brother. While the older twin can get away with just calling their twin by first name.
 
MoOthers tend to "favor" the younger siblings though in a lost of westen cultures, since they're the "baby". Considering Vergil sees that Eva favored Dante even in the reboot, thart suggests, yes, Dante was the younger of them
 
Doesn't Vergil clearly say that Dante is his younger brother? I recall him calling Dante "little brother" a few times.
 
Sunaka Marién said:
Well, we don't know for sure if they regained all their memories and we must take into consideration that they were still very young back then, so they might have never asked for who was older. And, well, I dunno what parents of twins are usually like, but I don't think they'd tell them who's older just like that, unless their kids ask for it.
We may never know D:
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The main thing I can think of is the fact that the twins in my family know who's older. I don't know if they ever asked, only that everyone in my family knows.

As for the older or younger being favored, a lot of the time parents will favor the oldest because that was their first born. That was the child they spent the most time with because of having to figure out what they were supposed to do. The youngest is often favored because that's the last one. The youngest gets spoiled. In this case, with how outgoing Dante is, he might have seemed to get more attention because of him doing more to get the attention. I've seen that with my nieces and nephews. The oldest is more introverted while his younger brother is outgoing and more likely to talk, so the younger gets more attention. If that's how Dante and Vergil were, then Vergil would feel like his mother loved his brother more.
 
Darigion said:
Doesn't Vergil clearly say that Dante is his younger brother? I recall him calling Dante "little brother" a few times.
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Well, in DMC3, Dante referred to himself as "your little brother" to Vergil atop Temen-ni-gru. The fact that Vergil is taller and somewhat more introverted in his personality, as well as jealous of attentions that Dante got and so hurt over being trounced by him indicates he's a bitter older brother whom Mother unintentionally negleted for the "baby".
 
Dante Redgrave said:
Well, in DMC3, Dante referred to himself as "your little brother" to Vergil atop Temen-ni-gru. The fact that Vergil is taller and somewhat more introverted in his personality, as well as jealous of attentions that Dante got and so hurt over being trounced by him indicates he's a bitter older brother whom Mother unintentionally negleted for the "baby".
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Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate. There's also Vergil's mildly sharper facial features which make him look older.
 
Dante Redgrave said:
Well, in DMC3, Dante referred to himself as "your little brother" to Vergil atop Temen-ni-gru. The fact that Vergil is taller and somewhat more introverted in his personality, as well as jealous of attentions that Dante got and so hurt over being trounced by him indicates he's a bitter older brother whom Mother unintentionally negleted for the "baby".
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While I think that you're probably right, I do have to say that personality and looks such as height etc. might not necessarily give any indication on who is the older or younger sibling. My mom for example is the younger sister and my grandparents always favored my aunt more simply because she was the eldest. My aunt is also taller than my mother by several inches and is very introverted with a more baby looking face. I saw the favoritism first hand while growing up because it also spread from my grandparents to favoring my cousins over my brother and myself.

I could also easily picture Dante as a troublemaker (and slower in certain aspects :troll: ) thus getting more attention and help. I used to have a little rivalry with my older brother in the past, simply because he raised so much hell and was so irresponsible that my parents helped him out more in various ways; they probably felt he needed more attention. I was always the straight A student good girl who never did anything wrong.....until I did and then there was hell to pay. I certainly was not let of the hook and my parents always told me it was because they expected better of me and because I was more responsible and capable of looking out for myself. Years later my brother told me he felt that our parents respected me more so go figure lol. My brother and I have also matured since then and grew out of that phase to an extent...thank god.

I'm just saying that I could also picture Vergil as the bitter little brother who feels that he would never be able to fit in big brothers shoes; it's also a reboot so anything is possible. Anyway, just my thoughts on the matter.
 
Eh on a personal level I always saw Vergil as the older twin. He just seems to have this air of "Let big brother handle it, Dante. You just go play.. and don't touch ANYTHING." Plus, I think because they were twins NT thought it was okay to "switch" roles a little bit with who's older when it came to taunts.

But then again NT does have the freedom to change it and sometimes the elder sibling tends to be the crazy wacko and so all the pressure is put on the younger one to do better. I know I get that a lot from my parents. I'm expected to do better than my older siblings but i'm still compared to them and told "Y U NO ABLE TO DO IT!? YOUR BIG *insert sibling title here* WAS ABLE TO JUST FINE!" Could explain why Vergil feels so inferior, maybe Sparda and Eva put unintentional pressure on Vergil to do better because obvious Dante was a "troublesome child" but still made Vergil feel like he wasn't good enough because Dante was always better (For example in fighting. There was clear flash back images in the game showing that Dante was on top when it came to play fighting).
 
I see no reason to believe that Dante is the older brother.

Simply because he always won at sparring and called himself the "big brother" doesn't mean anything except that he thinks he's better than Vergil (when of course, in reality, he actually doesn't -- Hollow Dante was a facet of Vergil's personality manifesting itself as his envious side).

Until NT says otherwise, I'm still saying that Dante is the younger brother.

Vergil is set up to be the more mature, "rational" brother who leads Dante (and The Order) -- so, in that light, NT more or less implied that he's the older one.

Like I said, we'll see what NT says... if they ever get around to confirming anything about it, that is.
 
Unknown said:
I see no reason to believe that Dante is the older brother.

Simply because he always won at sparring and called himself the "big brother" doesn't mean anything except that he thinks he's better than Vergil (when of course, in reality, he actually doesn't -- Hollow Dante was a facet of Vergil's personality manifesting itself as his envious side).

Until NT says otherwise, I'm still saying that Dante is the younger brother.

Vergil is set up to be the more mature, "rational" brother who leads Dante (and The Order) -- so, in that light, NT more or less implied that he's the older one.

Like I said, we'll see what NT says... if they ever get around to confirming anything about it, that is.
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Of course it was just my reasoning if so happen NT did switch the two around. Like I said previously Vergil always seemed to be the older brother out of the two in my eyes. And how Vergil acts in DmC by guiding/ teaching Dante and Kat really makes parallels with the Virgil of Dante's Inferno. Of course I don't think DmC Dante would want to end up as Vergil's legacy :P.
 
EllDawn said:
lol. Which doesn't mean much if there's no proof.
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Ah, if only that had happened...
 
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