#the Nero one kills me

[vergil-losing-archive]

I'm probably going to make more of these.

#vergy+ #devil may cry #dmc5 #the Nero one kills me #idk why but I find it so funny #devil may shitpost

[quasarden]

Went back to an old WIP and finally finished it.

Since I missed the DMC5 release anniversary, why not “Nero gets his arm ripped off day.”

#dmc #devil may cry #dmc nero #nero dmc #nero #dmc5 #my art #also know as: Nero meets his dad day #Nero goes into a coma for one month day #drawing red queen killed me #and I have a 3D model for it #stupid engine sword (beloved)

[deus-and-the-machina]

you know the contrast between how Vergil is presented vs thinking too hard about Vergil’s story is pretty funny. Man’s reputation is this iconic badass, the pinnacle of what video game rivalries can be, the coolest guy to play as, the guy who breaks every game he’s added to,

and then you go to the story and like. man’s lost his free will and autonomy at 19 and then came back a fractured man half of which was a lovecraftian eye beast the other half of which was a chronically ill goth man. and then he reunites and hes in like his 40s now I believe but legit the last time he was actually in a game where he wasn’t being mind controlled when he was 19 which is both sad but also thinking about how this guy who’s considered one of the top badasses of gaming has never really lived life outside of being a teenager.

Anyways this is the secret comedic potential of post DMC5 for Vergil because not only has the human world probably changed a fair bit in terms of technology, if he’s sticking around Dante he’s gonna actually have to learn in depth how taxes and grocery shopping work. Amazing.

#thinking about dmc seriously for the first time in a while...I never stopped the occasional canary reblog but hmmmmmmm #like I imagine post 3 Vergil was probably similarly doing mercenary/demon killing work to get money like Dante was and thats sorta shown in #the novels. but like before that when he was a young young kid just post attack he was probably just living feral in an alleyway or smth #with just the yamato prolly similar to how v at the start of visions of v was. that child mugged and dumpster dived ok #point is while obviously he got to a place where he wasnt like. broke and homeless by the gilver era hes probably not had to think much #about money besides it buys me food and clothes mans was confused by one goaland power and yada yada while guess what buddy now you're #gonna be consumed by adulting. I dont even think he'd be that bothered by Dante not paying the bills at first but once he settles into human #living and gets a firsthand experience of what a cold shower when the heating is off feels like he is ON his ass about it #he pretends hes sooooo above human concerns until he has to live them lol and nowhes in charge of devil may crys finances prolly #nero taught him how to do taxes I bet #devil may cry #vergil sparda #vergil

[crossdressingdeath]

On the topic of Nico's fantastic willingness to kill without hesitation or mercy if he deems it necessary, sometimes I think about how in the final battle against Nero when Apollo clears a path for Nico to get to the bastard Nico immediately tries to cleave Nero in half. Like, even when characters fight gods in these books they tend to aim for non-fatal wounds, if only because a "fatal" wound likely wouldn't kill a god anyway (see Percy going for Ares's leg rather than his chest or throat, although part of that might be related to height difference), but not Nico! Sometimes I think about that scene and I'm like "I cannot possibly be remembering that right", but Nico very much is aiming to cut Nero in half! And I don't doubt he could've done it given the chance, honestly. Frankly I'm a little surprised at least one of the emperors didn't die to Nico, I fully expected him to kill Caligula to avenge Jason the first time I read the series. But Nico going for a killing blow the second he's given the chance and only failing because Nero manages to yeet him into a wall before it lands is everything to me.

#trials of apollo #nico di angelo #(i am also obsessed with will—who is explicitly not a fighter—being INSTANTLY prepared to fight nero because he hit nico) #(we love protective SOs in this house) #(although it does create the funny mental image of nero going 'HE LITERALLY JUST TRIED TO KILL ME????????' and no one caring)

[gift-of-prophecy]

#new category of man just dropped #i love misgendering myself for meme content #for me this was just about one scrungly #nero sparda #but it can be applied to many #dean and sam #if ur brave enough #devil may cry #dmc5 #this was directly related to an excerpt i just read on twitter #about nero beating dante into the ground and not knowing why it felt like killing an old enemy #prolly bc ur daddy issues my lover #sam winchester #dean winchester #supernatural #apollo’s thinking #memes by me #meme #girls when

[nerosdayinanime]

One in a million

"TANJIRO!" screamed at the top of his lungs, the dark haired boy whipped around to look at him.

"YOU HAVE TO!-" cut off against his will as he watched the world fly sideways- Tanjiro's horrified eyes meeting his through the spray of blood. The indescribable feeling of the top half of his head hitting the dirt and rubble below- broken registering of his body following suit, collapsing to the ground. The world blurred with red and fading screams, input to cells that don't have the capacity to decipher.

Fade to nothing.

He shot up with a choked gasp, phantom memories of his head sliced in half by that fucking monster- Green. Grass. Dirt, twigs, bugs- sound. The quiet rustle of the leaves- shifting fabric and- something behind him.

"Giyuu?" questioned so softly, with so much reverence. He whipped around- pink hair and wisteria eyes staring into his.

He breathed, "Sabito-" time slowed as he couldn't throw himself into the other's arms fast enough, mutual need to hold eachother tight so the dream wouldn't fade and take him with it. Giyuu breathed, mind reeling from the too-sudden shift of everything-

so, it shut off.

He breathed.

He felt the chest against his rise and fall in tune with the breath puffing against his neck, as they sat, on their knees, holding eachother so tightly it made his arms ache. The phantom tang of blood stuck in his nose, drowned out by the subtle scent of mint and grass, the feel of hair tickling his nose as he breathed.

The world's too-bright colors and too-sharp definition dimmed and faded to something that didn't melt his eyes, he shifted and dropped his head to sabito's shoulder.

"What are you doing here?" rasped quietly into his hair, hands fisted in the back of his haori relaxing to run in soothing circles along his back.

His throat felt raw, "I could ask the same of you."

A short huff, "Well.. it was slow this time. Always the worst."

He hummed in agreement as Sabito continued, "Fought Akaza, at the Mugen Train. I had an idea that didn't work out… Rengoku and the kids were fine but- …not like i can do anything more for them now." He could feel the regret dripping from his words, trailing quieter until he was the only person who could've heard.

He wracked his brain for a quick glimpse at the carnage before he woke- remembering brought dread as he realized what he'd done.

"I doomed them." thought leaving his lips without his permission, "Tanjiro didn't learn from akaza!- I didn't- wasn't thinking!- tried to tell him!" he rushed, stumbling over his own tongue as he shook.

Sabito pulled back, "Hey!- hey, hey." pushing giyuu back to hold his face. "Breathe.. let it slide over. Stop trying to stand. You can rest now." Giyuu stared into his firm gaze, letting Sabito's voice be the loudest thing in his own head. Rough palms cupping his cheeks, the warmth that emanates from them, the thrum of blood where its supposed to be. He stared as the regret and guilt and self-hatred rushed over him like an avalanche, crashing with fury uncontained before it ebbed to aching desolation, surrendered to simply pool around him. Years, and years, and years, and years of it flooding his little clearing, saturating the earth, dirt long turned to mud at the bottom of a lifeless stagnant pond. He floats, among the debris stirred from the latest break of the dam. Flipped from floating face down, breathing the mucky water, drowning in his own failure- instead a tender hold keeping his head above the surface.

He breathes.

Hot tears track down his face, gently wiped away with the pad of a thumb, soothing nothings muttered between their foreheads pressed together. It hurts, so so much, the warmth and wet forming clouds before his very eyes. Hes so relieved, so distraught, so confused. Sabito doesn't let go of him, and he knows he wont until the water's settled again, until he can stand on his own again.

#tomioka giyuu #giyuu tomioka #giyuu #kny sabito #sabito #sabigiyuu #loserboy giyuu posting #fratboy sabito posting #afteralt au #neros fic tag #one in a million bc thats the chances of giyuu popping up in a world the same time as someone else stuck in a loop like he is #in this world they both died in final selection so urokodaki's in for one hell of a shock seeing both his kids back from the dead #also led me to thinking how sabito would do his loops a little differently- he always talks to urokodaki first and figures what path to go #because of minute details of who died and what happened when they were kids- meanwhile giyuu always tries to talk to oyakata first #which got me to thinking of the demon!giyuu ver and im thinking of replacing it with giyuu going to urokodaki first bc. hes not gonna #be able to talk to oyakata unless someone's vouching for him. he already had a run-in with sanemi that went better than #he expected but still not ideal- so they'd be on guard abt him #giyuu usually doesnt break down like that when he wakes up again. trying to talk about it and Remember fucked him up big time #be a much more traumatic death than usual didnt help #he has his little mantra 'find tanjiro. keep as many people alive as possible. Kill Kibutsuji.' before he hauls himself up #bottles whatever he feels about being Alive. Again. stuck in this hell of the same 3-6 years on repeat. #at least this time hes in it with sabito again! unfortunately now he knows hes not the only one its happening to. Fuck

[that-gay-guy-from-hell]

I genuinely have an urge to just *grabs Vergil's honkers*

#devil may cry #devil may cry 5 #vergil devil may cry #vergil #devil may cry vergil #vergil would then kill me #I also want to grab Dante's and Nero’s too #but Vergil is the one who pops up the most

[manaosdeuwu]

once again unable to fall asleep at night due to back pains

#laying on my side usually makes it less painful but my knees are not being nice today. not even with a pillow between them #can my body PLEASE not ache for one night. please please please. why does my back hurt this much today auuuuuuuu #girl im 22 why is my lower back killing me so much today . i hate you scoliosis #nero habla

[homostacis]

imma write down some quick thoughts on narratives as living things real quick

Deltarune has got itself a really healthy narrative, alright? It's thriving, its guiding the path in the background, tangible yet invisible. It's the ferris wheel scene for Noelle and Susie -- a convenient set-up marks the deft hand of fate moving to direct the pieces and roles into their correct places, narrative framing, art. Its vigor is its emotion, the satisfaction one feels and it fuels within a desire to live and experience with it. You can feel it within every sequence, the warmth of a song for you.

And then you got the narrative in something like Devil May Cry 5. This narrative is rotting, full decay. The characters must play roles that don't fit them, it's oozing and slippery and they fall into patterns, moving further along with no ability stop what is mundane now. It's later seasons of sitcoms, stories repeating again and again except that it's not a cycle, it's a spiral, and it's been spoiling this entire time. Why do Dante and Vergil have to fight? It's because they're the protagonist and antagonist of an action game that refuses to ever let them die because it has one story it wants to tell. As the narrative dies they corrode with it, continuing to play out their roles and awaiting to be fossilized in them.

so like, games where the narrative is a living, breathing thing am i right?

#gonna delete later but like idk i think i like dramaturgy lol #btw this isnt me being like dmc 5 narrative is bad because its actually the opposite #part of the reason i think nero works so well is him kind of being the one to finish the old narrative off for good #due to his desire to keep dante and vergil from killing each other and to save them both #he essentially kills the narrative and forces himself into the role of protagonist and thus frees dante and vergil from their narrative rol #dmc 5 is a lot about the new generation pushing past the stuck-in-the-past old generation and forging a new path forward #which is non-coincidentally exactly what nero is probably gonna be doing as the main character of dmc going forward #basically its totally intentional for the narrative to be this way and part of what the game is doing as a reflection of the dmc franchise #deltarune come home i know chapters 3 and 4 are gonna have some crazy shit #and unlike dmc in deltarune it might genuinely be canon? like the dark worlds are so tied to fiction and we got stuff like the traffic-jam #this is how i justify plot-convenience! except i dont even need to justify it i genuinely think like dmc its an intentional choice #that directly feeds into the exploration of fate and freedom in-universe and linear story vs player choice out-of-universe #i love storytelling man

[dbphantom]

sometimes i rewatch dressrosa just to appreciate how unhinged sabo gets in this scene

#also look at his dorky low detail faces I love when they do these #he's SO gender... i need to be able to do this irl i can do the hand thing i just need to crush someone's skull it'll fix me... #he didn't have to laugh while doing it but im glad he did it adds a little je ne sais quoi #i have to rewatch the whole thing bc I NEVER REMEMBER WHAT EPISODE THIS IS #and i'll forget again as soon as i post this... #i have a normal human amount of captures saved of this scene #not as many as the one piece screenshots folder that would crash my old laptop when opened #but enough. #his eyes going back to normal as soon as he realizes fujitora is summoning a meteor... dude was so excited to kill this guy dsjfhkdfjgh #let him kill!!! LET HIM KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!! #he's voiced by johnny yong bosch in the english dub....... #aka the guy who voiced souji/narukami aka the guy who voiced nero aka the guy who voiced vash... #so it was pretty much destiny for him to voice yet another one of my Very Normal faves #alright im only main tagging ths bc i need to spoiler tag for a friend soooo apologies but also LOOK AT HIM GENDER #op #one piece #spoilers #dressrosa spoilers

[m-an-u]

Okay gay marriage hearing...if you somehow get rid of the public notice portion in the special marriage act. You can have One right

#this thing will take months anyways but still #I'm still cynical don't get me wrong especially the dickriding of the sc some people on here are doing #(even livelaw hasn't stooped to that level yet. how are yiu worse than their chandrachud agenda... #but yeah hopeful it all seems good for now anyways it'll get worse when the other side' arguments truly begin #well one right for this and that Nero moment that was funny #like people Will die if you do it under the sma with public notice #inter caste and inter religious couples are killed already

[princekirijo]

I gotta say I was not expecting to enjoy Devil May Cry as a series as much as I am, I'm kinda surprised it took me this long to get in to.

#like ive been on and off playing dmc3 for a while #and trust me its so much fun i can see why its highly rated #but im putting it on hold for now just cause im finding the controls a bit awkward? #so i decided to go for the newer games because they're more beginner friendly #and im not too worried about playing them out of order because i have a vague idea of the story anyway #so playing dmc5 rn #and omfg it is SO much fun #ive had nero for a day and i would kill for this funky ass dude #i love him and dante #they are like so swaggy and cocky and a lil dumb and reckless #literally my fav kind of guy #and the style and design of the game is so good #also not to combine my two interests rn but like i love the taunting system it gives me real spidey vibes 😭😭 #someones gonna smack me for saying that but like dante and nero's quips are just spidey if he was an asshole /j #<- joking but also not fully #anyway sorry i just wanted to share that i may have a new interest lmao #spiderman and dmc who tf would have thought these would be my interests #peesona is always chilling in the background but we all know why really #oh and the music absolutely fucking SLAPS in both games devil trigger is honestly one of my fav video tracks ever #and is how i found out about the series unironically LMAOOO

[gregoftom]

me: haha more nero research time

page: After Nero’s death, Sporus then became an associate of emperors Galba, Otho and Vitellius during the civil war that followed - Vout suggests he went then from “bride” into imperial mascot, offering some form of legitimacy to their reigns by association with Nero.

me: ah

#THREE EMPERORS......................... SAY IT AINT SO #imperial mascot......... rrrrrrrrrrrhrhrhrhhrhrhrrjrhrjrjrjr #apparently sporus killed himself not long after hAHhhhhhhhhhhnsaasa #i hate this nero sporus shit tbh!!!!!!! make it end #oh but one thing i wonder. why does tom say pushed his wife down the stairs bc literally every info i've read #says nero Kicked her to death why pushed down the stairs. my guy. my fella. tom. tom look at me. did the book actually say that #or what. #txt

[flovverworks]

maybe im so obsessed with parent-child aligned relations cuz majority of my muses are parentless.....

#stardust speaking ! #and since A CERTAIN GAME THREW IT IN MY FACE AGAIN..............i go back to mhyk #where 3 out of 5 countries basically have a 'i raised that kid. kind of' relation #its so funny cuz like. figaro lennox oz. rutile mitile arthur were toddlers/baby when that started. #rustica however.......chloes 13 when they meet #i dont have further thoughys about that i just think the potential conversations r funny #i think about oz having childsafe the room habits even now. constantly #idk when snow&white met oz but considering their entire thing along w figaro wa sjust 'well this lil wizard will prob kill us one day' iiii #i say idk but i just dont rmbr & dont wabna check rn LMAO i alrdy reread chloes story today im too lazy to read more #ggg what story is it when its talked about some storybook figaro gave arthur that arthur kept carrying around T_T so cute #oz&arthur makes me cry eternally. oz learning abouy yhe world cuz of arthur......tears #okay im done #im not done at all but im forcing myself to stop before i talk about this for a year #wait one more thing. nero & riquet. TEARS!!!!!!

[shuttershocky]

It is just as critically important for the Netflix DMC anime to properly portray Vergil (he's going to be there, of course he is) as it is to portray Dante. Their whole shtick is that one is cool by acting uncool and the other is uncool by repeatedly causing mass disasters in an effort to be seen as cool

Dante doesn't smoke. He exclusively eats pizza and ice cream. He gets stabbed twice a week. He unironically says "Woohoo! Yeeha! Watcha!" All the women in his life keep attacking him and then take all of his money, with the exception of Patty, who got rich and decorated Devil May Cry in balloons and ribbons and then stole Dante's ice cream anyway. His nephew kicked him into a statue and impaled him with his own sword when they first met.

Vergil is a grown-ass man running around with a katana cutting down everything but his mommy issues. He loses every fight. He uses hair gel despite not even living in human society. He attacked his dad's enemy to prove he was just as good and they kicked his ass. He made up his own overpowered self-insert devilsona because he kept losing to Dante and then it kicked his ass. His humansona looks like if Kylo Ren googled what emo was. He killed millions of people for a fruit that makes you stronger and then Dante kicked his ass. And then his son kicked his ass. He has never paid child support. He answered Dante's statement of "You cut off your own son's arm for this?" with "My son means nothing to me" and then gets surprised when told that Nero is his son, implying he's cut so many arms off that his son being Nero never even entered his mind. His own doppleganger summon occasionally dances outside of his control, making him die of cringe.

Meanwhile, Nero, left unsupported by both his father and his uncle for most of his life, got out of a cult, married his love, runs a soup kitchen, has a stable job, can actually hire a mechanic to help out, and owns a car, but somehow he's the loser in the family.

#devil may cry

[nerosdayinanime]

fun little experience from my tags in idiots play gta

put way too much effort into copying the background to not show it try n guess which office its at<3

#sabito #kny sabito #makomo #foxsquad posting #fratboy sabito posting #neros art tag #this shit killed me. im still laughing at it #gta was so fun. i should play w my friend again #wonder if i can make a new account on the ps4 so i can get another first time playing bonus so i can buy an office instead of a fucking #bike club. dont start off buying a bike club its nigh fucking impossible to make money off it. #bunker nightclub or office get one of those. the missions you can do there get u money way faster #bike club you gotta buy the money making places- do missions to get them supplies- WAIT FOR THEM TO TURN IT INTO MONEY- and THEN you #have to successfully pull off sell missions and they dont even break 100k at max. #not fucking worth it. dont make my mistake #p sure you have to pay for the alcohol in the bike club too. fucking fun sponge. it has a bong tho #office has a bong plus every alcohol there is so its not even a competition. and the Green Drink #anyways from the 'list things that make u happy' asks this is why i love drawing #funny thing happen i can make it into blorbos<3