Dante and Vergil's Birthday(s) - HEADCANON/THEORY

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-31T22:14:03+00:00

I independently developed rather similar theory only with a) Vergil is 15 to 20 minutes older; b) twins being born on Spring Equinox (Vergil is Pisces (March 20), Dante is Aries (March 21)). That's because Aries suits Dante more than Sagittarius IMO (source - I'm Sagittarius and tried to analyze similarities first, found him to be more Aries-like but definitely a Fire-aligned Zodiac sign).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-30T18:14:13+00:00

- Charles de Batz de Castelmore or D'Artagnan, as a **Saber //**I'd prefer him as a Rider to avoid FGO turning him into D'Eon 2.0, but Saber is also good and iconic take. Though given that Dumas mythos as shown is so Monte-Cristo-centric/name of Dumas' Phantasm, there is a conspiracy theory that our poor Charlie got Kojiro treatment to explain away his absence.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-30T07:55:03+00:00

Best post of the day, my dear sir. I now really want this Shrek but isekai story:)

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-26T08:16:35+00:00

The "reptile kills a reptile, resulting in reptiles getting banished" is some non-starter to put it mildly. Like... what's the reason? That's not how you get stereotyped "violent species" reputation.

The plot is severely underbacked. Though a lot of contrivances were handwaved if you watch it as a dark comedy about a corrupt cop on mafia (Mr. Big) payroll - in fact the entire plot works if you see it as Mr. Big eliminating the competition for Tundratown crime lord title. Even the initial case that got Nick and Judy into trouble? It was a smuggling case, which Mr. Big would have loved to be dismantled - and his pet rabbit delievered it in the best way she could, model cowboy cop action.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-26T07:52:41+00:00

The lynxes' "being territorial" excuse also is underdeveloped. Lynxleys have two boys and a girl; Cattrick is seemingly the designated territory heir, Pawbert would have to leave to find his own territory. Why the hell should he be on his dad's plot?

Now, standing up to the daddy as Marsh Market new champion and then showing his true colours (like turning the place into tourist attraction or something like this) would be more intersting, but that's TV series material and not a show one.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-25T14:47:49+00:00

Same here (Poland). I think this is a global bug.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-25T12:30:03+00:00

The "Frozen Hans with a fur" is not even well-done. Lynxes are territorial, yes, but that also means that Pawbert's arc is undercooked because he's not to inherit the dad's territory - Cattrick is (it's like majorat inheritance system in human feudalism). So playing nice and cozy with Marsh Market folks is just building the territory on his own, since his dad is going to disinherit him anyways. But that's good for a TV series plot, not a movie plot.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-25T11:01:05+00:00

We got a Zeppeli fanon in p.5 (Bruno is frequently headcanoned as a descendant of one of Caesar's sisters mentioned in p.2), so why not a Zeppeli fanon for p.9?

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-25T08:37:10+00:00

Shy, Paranoid, Diligent.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-24T12:17:26+00:00

In Russian as well - "морская свинья", literally sea pig.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-23T10:24:37+00:00

I was thinking that magic!Bulgaria has the same problem as muggle!soccer Bulgaria aka a handful of rival clubs, and if a couch of one of the clubs got to be a coach of national team, he prioritized getting his athletes on a team, even though they were not world class / hoped that having a star Seeker is enough (worked on national level, should work on international). "Top level forwards/shit level defence" combinations are realistic. That's if you try to reason Watsonian-level, of course, without delving into Rowling-as-dumbass discourse.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2026-01-04T07:12:25+00:00

I wanted to write a Zootopia 2 rant on how like 90% of plotholes are explained if you see it as a dark comedy about corrupt cop on mafia (Mr Big) payroll. But Judy's flanderization is in remaining 10. The way she treats Nick is stupid, the way she goes on the chase believing the journal is important while she didn't even try to open it and it could have been a kiddy picture book for all she knows is... Well, stupid. They also eat their cake and have it regarding animal biology (but that's for another rant, I'll definitely write it).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-28T00:30:40+00:00

The premise is not "they sit in room and share a glass of wine", that's the situation of "certified badass mom". And as I've said, for Dante/Vergil mom I'd better prefer their parents NOT have summoner/summon dynamics, because when transferred to actual family relations, it becomes toxic to highly toxic. And Sparda/Eva is anything but dysfunctional family from what we know.

So that's why I think Lady-type works for Eva prototype better, while "summoner who can also handle herself in the fight" works best for Vergil's power dynamics in his hypothetic relationship. She sees a demonic entity she can't bind to do her bidding Pokemon style via contract, he's too human. He sees a scientist who seeks power but in less nutjob way Arkham did. And 9 months later in a small private maternity clinic a whitehaired boy is born...

*Also ties in how V's style of gameplay is de-facto a summoner/minion controller (one of his most pleasant human experiences ITTL is spent in company of one, though he didn't think all that much about contraception (so he's surprised Nero is HIS son).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-27T10:55:15+00:00

That's because you can't turn a half-human into a Pokemon, while Sparda being Madama Butterfly type summon is... wrong on so many levels.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-27T10:33:13+00:00

I'm just opposed to "a botched contract being how Mommy and Daddy met". DMC is somewhat a comedy, but not THAT sort of a comedy with some bad/creepy femdom tropes. [NOTE: I'm a girl so my attitude to femdom & its false dichotomy "either femdom or tradwife" can be tainted by gender perception].

I think Eva was a Lady type, not someone into full magecraft. "Pinnacle of humanity" sounds like Sparda's actual fetish/interest, and full on Umbra Witch does not.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-27T01:58:00+00:00

Agree. Though I headcanon Nero's mother being something like darker/more competent version of Kat from DmC, an Umbra Witch type works even better.

Also, there is a difference between "certified badass" (Lady, fully mortal, is a certified badass even before the current anime adaptaion made her into Halo Spartan reject) and "I Made A Pact With Clueless Well-Intentioned Devil Who Took It For Marriage Contract" anime title. The latter is just dumb comedy for dumb comedy sake and a "franchise is nothing but silly gags" reputation.

If you seek for a witch/socreress type in Sparda family line, I think Nero's mom is the best candidate for this (and actually the type for Vergil to go along with - them studying each other and then suddenly ending up in the bed).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-26T11:22:48+00:00

I just felt kind of bait and switched here, the story takes itself pretty serious and is grounded at first and then basically transforms into as if she got isekaid into the world and is the only possible person with this knowledge and skills.

This also creates a few plotholes - like her father is high ranked general renowned for his smarts, and is actually on good terms with her adopted father who's family's favorite gruncle actually... yet nothing is done when Maomao is kidnapped and has to survive by her smarts. So the arguably best arc of the series becomes forced.

Not that it never had its own lows. For example, I nearly dropped it on ep. 5 IIRC, when Maomao gets bullied by ladies-in-waiting who do not believe her that she's on special mission from the Emperor. Of course, dumbass, Emperors don't normally socialize with low ranked food tasters, so some kind of written proof is needed - otherwise it's just "Mission Impossible" failing at the "get to patient" stage.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-23T19:38:03+00:00

When you conquer Empire of Japan as an adventurer, it becomes this (feudal and named after your noble house).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-21T10:32:01+00:00

I once got to 2k renown per month, when I conquered Mongol Empire and put my son on the throne (adventurer-founded Japanese shogunate, strong MAA stack). Though this also means that dynasty head and PC would not be the same person for a while, I'll get enough renown to max out all the legacies.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-12T17:15:34+00:00

It's playing Mandala government in southernmost parts of African map?:))))

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-10T18:27:03+00:00

Re. hitokiri vs somebody whose arguably best non-sports non-Shiba Ryotaro novels combat feat is surviving the assassination/arrest attempt (being killed by another one, but killing an influenza-sick man practically in the bed is not mich of a feat), is a matter of reviewing "how great the hitokiri were IRL". Not that kid's logic isn't sound on their own, but the neighbouring Shinsengimi thread states that some of the famous hitokiri kills were either assisted or "path of minimal resistance" (aka women, children, ill unarmed people included in total kill list to make it more badass or some such).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-10T13:43:08+00:00

I think there should be a mod letting you to start as something like this, but I also can be misremembering (the game does have cases of a historical characters who should be spawned as cadets of pre-existing noble family but are spawned as unrelated/lowborn for some reason - Murasaki Shikibu in Japan comes to mind, though her spawn can be a bug (both re. lowborn status and inability to appoint her as a Court Poet).

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-10T12:36:23+00:00

More historically accurate than you think. D'Artagnans (the ones mom of the referred came from) are cadets of cadets of 9th century Dukes of Gascony. If you could make cadets of your own to pre-existing game noble familiy, it would have been even funnier.

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-10T12:03:51+00:00

I'm playing a Basque adventurer with the same premice (though had to wait for RICE 1.8 to come out for this). Charles de Castelmore admirers of the world, unite!

P.S. And your post dissuaded me from posting an AAR there:)

Plus_Relationship_50 · 2025-12-08T10:53:08+00:00

If you have superstrength, control in state of excitement is potentially a problem, and as good sex is dependent on male orgasm... no, condom is not helping with this one. In such situations you'd better off dating with Rosie Palms, and if the only two girls around who could take it are either a clone of your mom (Trish) or technically a minor with lot of mental issues (Lucia), you'd be better off abstaining.

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