21 Walking final fantasy 15 encyclopedia. The day I stop talking about final fantasy 15 will be a day that no one will be prepared for. this is mainly just final fantasy 15 here. occasional non-final fantasy 15 stuff but that's a drop in the bucket compared to the final fantasy 15 stuff other games I enjoy: Hades 1+2(I know too much about the lore/story of this series), signals, limbus company, devil May cry, bayonetta (another series I know too many about lore/story of)
If you're looking for a specific post from this series here is a list of all of them linking back to those specific ones this is a work in progress so there isn't much right now but it will be updated later down the line. I'm only pinning this post so it's easier for me to find If you don't care about this stuff you can scroll on by. And if you have any questions about this stuff and the AU feel free to ask
Part 1- world building / general knowledge
Part 2- The public view/Why Shiva hasn't given her blessing in so long
Part 3- school system treatment (specifically how they were treated in school by the schools themselves)
Part 4- energy / power source for blessing wielders
Part 5- when prompto snapped (CW blood)
Part 6- how shivaprompto and ifritnoctis deal with summer and winter
Mini part- How ifritnoctis proposed to shivaprompto turning a bad night into a great memory
Part 7- ignis, gladios and what the fuck is going on with them in the crystal
Part 8- The downside of blessings
Mini part 2- where is ardyn in all of this/why you don't always take historical records of this stuff at face value
Part 9- A little bit on noctis wheelchair
Part 10- scrapped powers/abilitys
Part 11- my thought process for prompto's blessing
Part 12- when noctis snaps
Part 13- visual power source chart(work in progress)
Part 14- visual relationship tree/web conglomeration thing (work in progress)
Part 15- story of shivaprompto suffering through the peak of Summer
Part 16- shivaprompto powers/abilities
Part 17- why Shiva covered niffleheim in snow/ some shivaprompto background info
Part 18- what a day of work might be for ifritnoctis and shivaprompto
Part 19- would it might look like if ifritnoctis or should shivaprompto broke a leg or arm
AGHHHH its doooone, the final chapter of mine and noctinfocus's collab is uploaded for you all to enjoy
his highness, asleep again (this has to be on purpose) - Chapter 6 - noctinfocus, TattooOfAFlyingPotato - Final Fantasy XV [Archive of Our Own]
So noctinfocus and I planned this as a weird big bang event, where she wrote three amazing chapters that I then drew the scenes for, and the other three chapters I drew first and then noctinfocus wrote around (guess who did which chapter I'm v curious)
We've had so much fun with this collab, and can't wait to treat you all with more pieces (Once I've finished the bigbang maybe hahah)
If you're starved for more works however, please please please go read the rest of noctinfocus' fics, an amazing writer and friend. To have a piece of work with her is my proudest work (never mind my masters degree haha)
listen. if u like/reblog my posts fairly frequently, u better believe that i have noticed ok. even if we donāt ever talk. if we arenāt even mutuals! doesnāt matter. i see you. i see your URL pop up in my notifications every so often. and when it does? oh, when it doesā¦ā¦ā¦ iām like āoh hey thereās my buddy! gee i sure missed u pal!ā and i get real happy for a minute ok. sorry, i donāt make the rules.
*When shivaprompto walks into the bedroom while ifritnoctis is grouchy in bed after a meeting*
Shivaprompto sitting down on the bed: you know I think I know exactly a remedy that might help you
Ifritnoctis with his face shoved in his pillow: what
Shivaprompto smiling at him: some cuddles but you seem a bit too grouchy to not want to burn something down so I don't-
Ifritnoctis immediately grabbing on to shivaprompto dragging him down onto the bed: cuddles good
Shivaprompto smiling while running his hands through ifritnoctis hair smothering the flames that rise off of him: Good cuz the last thing I need from you today is for you to be all grouchy plus I have a meeting with the council later myself so if you want me to I could leave a specific word or two with whoever decided to piss you off today
Ifritnoctis snuggling into shivaprompto's chest shaking his head: Don't worry about it plus I'd like to see their face and terror of you when I'm there
Shivaprompto smiling down at ifritnoctis running one of his hands up and down the side of his back and the other through his hair: All right then I'm just glad that I'm able to help you through this I love you
Ifritnoctis looking up at shivaprompto: I love you too
So I had a few drinks last night and as I was going to bed afterwards my brain thought of what would happen if these two had to wear a cast cuz of a broken arm or leg so yeah that's how I came up with this so enjoy
Ifritnoctis- The biggest issue for him when it comes to a broken limb is if his arm had to stay in a sling especially if it's made of fabric because I feel like it's going to very easily burn away especially on hot summer days yeah sure the cast itself would still be intact but the thing keeping him from moving around his arm would disappear in the blink of an eye. and last time I checked There aren't really many of those things made of metal that can survive the burning point of someone who has fire powers like ifrit. as for if he broke his leg I feel like that would be completely fine yeah sure one of his feet might not trail behind a little ash trail like normal but if anything it would just make the floor easier to clean Plus he already does have a wheelchair that was specially designed with his powers in mind so if nothing else he could use that.
Shivaprompto: now unlike ifritnoctis an arm cast or a sling would be fine for him The fabric would become way more brittle on the sling due to ice but it wouldn't shatter and would more so probably just become really wet which is not good for a cast but you can always put it in a plastic bag if needed. now on the contrary leg cast would be a nightmare because of the ice that might grow on it even if it's in a plastic bag and also the trail of ice that he normally has following him can help him keep distance from people who might be a threat so having that not at full power can be risky. so if nothing else he would also probably have to be in a wheelchair as well but most of the time he probably just needs to be very careful with keeping an eye out if anyone's following him If he does end up breaking a leg and maybe keep an eyes chisel or two around if his anxiety decides to spike and in case the leg cast.
So yeah there's a random idea of what might happen if they broke either a leg or an arm If I ever going to use this in the future maybe maybe not who's to say That's all have a good one.
So I've been sitting on this for a while and finally decided it was time I do this post since I've already done some "how would your OC" stuff with her but haven't made an actual post dedicated to her. So here is my OC/warrior of light this will also include some bits and pieces about her two partners. ( I might make a post for her partners as well later but it's not guaranteed that they will get their own posts). I'm still working out her whole background/backstory so this will be more like a facts/bits of info page about her instead of focusing on her lore
Her name is clover she's a miqo'te with white hair/fur that has some pink hilights (there a bit difficult to see in certain lighting) she mainly likes to express herself through the clothes she wears (There have been a few times where she wore clothes meant for a winter climate in a summer climate and the reverse). She is a dragoon and weaver but she will occasionally try out other things but will most often go back to what she knows how to do and feels comfortable doing. She has two wives (Yes she lesbian) who occasionally have to deal with some very chaotic energy every now and then (or if she's really pissed off holding her back from beating the ever living shit out of whoever pissed her off). And even though sometimes her energy can be seen as really annoying to others her wives are more than okay to put up with something crazy going on every now and then If it meant they could spend the rest of their days together. One of her partners is a scholar (and an armorsmith in her free/down time) and sometimes her partners carbuncle will decide to tag along with clover (or her other partner) to see what she's up to. If clover isn't out fighting or off doing a crafting run/delivery she's most likely either back home getting ready for an upcoming adventure or working on her latest weaving projects. If she's not home instead she'll mainly be wandering around either gathering/buying supplies or looking around for inspirations for what she might try to craft next and no matter how far away she might be she will always come running to help if someone she cares for is in need of aid or is in danger. She does try her best to keep her anger and composure especially when she's around folks that she doesn't want to leave a bad impression with but there are times where she will toss that out the window and basically go "All right who Am I beating up first" Thankfully it takes a very specific set of conditions to get her that pissed off so most of the time she's able to keep it under control.
So yeah that's some info about my OC I hope you like it I'm still not sure if I'm going to do any post about her two partners because I haven't really put as much thought into their personality and stuff as I have with hers. if I do I will probably link back to this one just to make it easier to like cross reference certain things. That might mention one of the other characters and goes more into depth on their post but again I'm not certain on that. But if nothing else I hope you enjoyed reading this. Also if you do actually see me online on final fantasy XIV at all please feel free to say hi to me in the chat. Just know I'm on free trial so I won't be actually able to respond to like direct messages in the chat room and stuff. So that's it for this post have a good one everyone.
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At face value, this is a ridiculous headline. But the article then says his managers berated and insulted him for leaving the party after an anxiety attack, and the company then fired him for taking days off work for āunsafe work practices,ā due to having anxiety?
Thereās so much more to it as well. He repeatedly asked the company not to throw a party for him due to his anxiety (apparently this is standard practise for their office and he knew it would be triggering for him) and they āforgotā about his request. On the day in question, he predictably had a panic attack and went to his car to do breathing exercises.
The next day he was called into a meeting where he was insulted and grilled about āruining the partyā and āstealing his co-workersā joyā, which caused him to have another panic attack and start doing coping behaviours like hugging himself, at which point his employers decided he must be angry and was going to turn violent. They then suspended him for days and later told him heād been fired.
So yeah, itās not over an āunwanted birthday partyā, itās over employers repeatedly failing to accommodate someoneās disability, trying to frame them as the villain for having accessibility needs, and firing them for not conforming to some stupid office politics.
I am completely pro-lawsuit. Lawsuits are often the only tool that otherwise powerless individuals have to demand some accountability from large corporations and institutions, and historically lawsuits have been a very important tool for civil rights, womenās rights, LGBT+ rights, and disability rights. But this is exactly why the media is always depicting lawsuits as something frivolous and silly that only uptight spoiled crybabies who want easy money do, and people just eat up that propaganda without doing any research or critical thinking.
[id: phone screenshot from bbc.com showing a news headline and lede. The headline reads, āUS man wins $450k lawsuit after unwanted office birthday partyā, followed by a stock photo of a sagging happy birthday banner hung across an office window.
The first paragraph of the lede below is in bold, and there is a line divider below the end of the blurb. āA Kentucky man has been awarded $450,000 (Ā£345,314) after his company threw him an unwanted office birthday party dispute his warnings that it could trigger stress and anxiety.
The plaintiff, Kevin Berling, claims that the unwanted 2019 birthday party at Gravity Diagnostics caused him a series of panic attacks.
Mr Berlingās lawsuit alleged that the company discriminated against him based on a disability.
The company has denied any wrongdoing.ā]/end id.
please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.
you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.
first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.
now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:
in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.
and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.
and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.
it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:
ā¢ infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.
ā¢ youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.
ā¢ only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.
ā¢ manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.
ā¢ journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.
ā¢ even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.
and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.
what i'm asking:
if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.
if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.
india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.
so ārecentlyā when I played Dmc 5 I got to a level with a flashback showing Danteās office.
now understand some peoples joke about his broke ass and
I found it to be really. . . Sad
Danteās is Sad. . . And Depressed. . .
Itās not new to say this tons of people bring up Dante having depression but I feel like heās always out shined by Vergil, Iāve seen far more people talk about Vergil and His trauma and the things Heās been through all wall Danteās is over here being mostly ignored.
like normal when I do posts like this:
these are my interpretation on things I also may be wrong on some things, and a lot of opinions and speculation on some other stuff due
to this. So- Grain Of Salt~
Danteās Guilt: this will come up throughout the post.
the 2007 anime is the best example of Danteās depression.
It takes place after Dmc 1 which is honestly where it would have become significantly worse-
This was where he thought he lost his brother For Good by His Own hands, he thought he killed his brother who he didnāt even know he was fighting until it was to late and he was defeated.
and when he Was defeated he Felt it,
in Dmc 4ās novel Deadly fortune itās mentioned how Dante felt a soul cry out to him and it says only demons who share the same blood could feel that. It was kinda like a ādying breathā in a way.
You know how much that had to fucking Hurt for him to Feel!
Dante holds so much Guilt for his brother and for so many others.
for anyone he's every cared about heās lost So many people
by this point in his life.
Dante probably had guilt thinking it was His fault Vergil died when they were kids. It was his actions that caused Vergil to run off leading to their separation and what he thought was Vergils death, and partially there Moms death because she could have hid if it wasnāt for needing to look for Vergil.
(technically if either Dante or Vergil did things differently in that moment it wouldnāt have ended the way it did. Iām not explaining this tho~)
and Dante had Years to think about this. Years to sit in that guilt and pain thinking it was His fault
(Even tho it wasnāt and he was just a kid, but The brain isnāt kind to itself now is it)
thinking He killed his family and then Killing his brother āfor realā
that time.
Dante would also have guilt for Grue and Jesicaās deaths from the first Dmc novel, they were like family to him, Grue was his best friend and Jessica was like a sister to him. He loved them.
and itās his fault their dead, killed and used by demons.
(Note: you do not have to read all of this)
and ya know what else is from that novel- Nellās Death.
Nell saw her son in Dante, if he needed food or anything sheād give him some and help him, she may have been a grouchy old lady but she cared about him and he cared about her to.
and what happened to her. . . She was also killed by a demon and she died in a fire as well. just Like Danteās mom. . .
(note: she was killed Specifically by Gilver- retconned to be a Nelo prototype)
That simple and comfortable life heād created for himself as
Tony Redgrave was gone.
Heād lost everyone close to him once Again.
and the few things he Does have to hold on to get ruined those people get hurt like Enzo Danteās informant heās been with for nearly his Whole career, he got hurt because Dante gave him a dangerous devil arm, and had to chop his arm off because of it.
this is event is partially why Trish left
(she wanted to protect people from the Devil arms. wall also seeing
And learning about the human world and other such things)
Dante feels an immense amount of Guilt over what happened to Enzo.
and feels like he owes him for what āhe causedā
(it wasnāt his fault, and Enzo doesnāt inherently blame him I donāt think)
Iād say if Dante was on a job and people got killed when he could or couldnāt have done anything heād feel the Guilt of their deaths to.
the 2007 anime is perfect in showing how depressed he is after All of this.
At the end of every episode heās seen Drinking alcohol.
And He looks sad as Hell in the endings-
His place is a Mess if it wasnāt for Patty itād be Filled with Trash.
heās lazy and enjoys naps Sure but Heās also Depressed.
look at all the god damn empty Bottles in that place!
The pizza boxes beer cans and the general Trashān mess.
Maybe those Naps are the only way he can get Sleep without being Haunted by Nightmares!
Nighmares of the night his Mom Died! Or when he Killed his Brother!
Or something Awful happening to people he Cares about or knows! Like Lady, Patty, Trish, and later Nero. heck even Enzo! And Morrison
Anyone he knows really
oh but he's the fun, goofy, wackywoohoo pizza man!
yeah! Itās a god damn cover up for his true feelings!
he messes with people to have fun heās a goofy casual guy,
He has a sarcastic and jokey personality,
these Are his personality traits Yes but he Exaggerates it.
Itās a mask he can use to hide behind, not just from the people around him but from Himself to.
I think sometimes his personality could be a cover up because he doesnāt want to acknowledge the weight of everything heās been through. This guy is just as broken as his brother
his personality is also there to try and entertain himself
(His fights with regular demons are boreing so he messes with them to make them more interesting for himself.)
look at him in the anime, look at how he Acts, heās quite and an ass,
yes this is just how he acts but it feels Different. Itās sad.
when he jokes he sounds empty like thereās just nothing behind it.
just listen to him. . .
Dante lost everything Twice.
he lost his family. his twin brother, his mom to fire and demons
and Mother figure to a similar situation, he lost his closest friend.
he has nothing once again. He lost a comfortable life heād managed to create for himself only to lose it all again.
what do people learn from stuff like that?
to not Get close to people. not to Try anymore because itās only gonna end in Hurt.
You learn To push them away so They donāt get hurt because of you.
You push them away because you love them and so they donāt have to deal with yur shit. (But you donāt realize the hurt you Do put on Them for doing that as well)
less rant talk going forward-
Danteās debts and not caring for a profit:
This brings up the people he does have specifically Lady and surprisingly Patty. ( Trish to I guess) and a Lot about his Debts~
despite how much he wants to Dante Canāt push them All away, and if he does itās only temporary. (And Thats for later)
he has debts that need to be paid, but he canāt pay them.
his debt with Lady is specifically interesting-
she holds that shit over him Every single time shes with him and she constantly adds more to it. Why?
so that she has a Reason to come back, to check on him. Because god forbid we admit we care about each other.
she uses it as an excuse, she Knows sheās not getting that money back. Maybe she wanted him to pay her back initially/early on but at some point she realized itās never gonna happen and started using it as her excuse to visit, to make sure heās ok and that everything is still standing and running.
(I think)
Dante can actually make plenty of money for himself,
but he feels all of the guilt from being part demon and ādoesnāt need itā
So He basically gives the money he earns away.
On some jobs Dante ends up paying for the property damage and such. (Either coming out of his pay or On occasions adding to his debt owed to Lady)
I donāt think Dante is obligated to pay for the damages he wants to. maybe he just doesnāt want innocent people paying for a Demons doing. . . Because itās not their responsibility itās His.
it doesnāt help that he is reckless, he could be far more carful to minimize the damage delt if he wanted, so he Is at fault here as well.
(this is also why lady takes it out of his cut)
A lot of people like to point out that Dante is āPickyā about the jobs he takes, yes but is he gonna take a job that Doesnāt have demons involved or seem suspicious? No.
his job is to kill Demons the money is a bonus, it doesnāt matter to him. so why would he waste time on a job without demons, itās gonna be far more boring then a regular job plus heās not gonna do regular mercenary work he doesnāt want to kill humans.
(there are rare cases he does tho. Like back when he was Tony, heād kill corrupt people, Drug dealers, weapons dealers, other illegal and immoral things. Anyone working for the mafia along with its rivals ect. In fact he wiped out 2 mafia families- donāt get me wrong tho he didnāt kill everyone in the gangs just the worst one probably and again he doesnāt Like to kill humans, he was more of just a pain in the ass to the mafias getting in their way and such. he did take em out tho)
Also a lightly more obscure debt he has- his Pizza debt~
yeah, so in the first episode of the anime Dante ordered a pizza and the person on the phone mentioned his Tab there,
apparently Morrison had called and told them not to deliver any pizzas until he paired his tab.
I kinda wonder if Morrison has ever paired this for him before?
(my personal idea is that itās a smaller restaurant and Dante has a pizza tab he pays monthly~ manly because of the way they talk about it. It doesnāt sound like a normal tab since those are usually paired at the end of the work day)
What else self sabotage does Dante do regarding his finances?
his actual jobs, Dante is generous with his jobs.
if they canāt afford to pay him in full sometimes heāll give them a discount or heck even do it for Free, this is because he doesnāt really care about the money. (I donāt think)
He just wants to keep people safe from demons.
thats his job, (thats his obligation. As Spardaās son~ or whatever)
and heck I wouldnāt be surprised if he took a few pizzas or ice-cream
as payment!
as much as Dante Complains about his debts to Lady and such
and as excited as he gets about Big money jobs he Doesnāt Care.
he is once again putting on an act.
Dante doesnāt care about the money itās not why heās in the business.
If he wanted to make money he could up his prices, or do additional work. The money doesnāt matter
The only reason I can see him being exited about big money is that-
āhey! I get to keep the lights on! And flush my toilets!ā
any Money Dante makes goes to others.
he pays Enzo yearly, he has Grueās girls trust fund and however much money goes in to that, he pays for the property damages,
He has his tab at the pizza place he orders from, he has Ladyās debt (which is debatable) heās Generous about his prices.
and anything he has left goes to bills for the shop,
Honestly heād be lucky if he had enough left over for
pizza and ice-cream
Dante probably just isnāt concerned with money even tho he can barely keeps his lights on or his water running.
Man cant even flush his toilets and lady is workin money out of him~ joke
this is depressing~ everything about this man is depressing good lord!~
Keeping people at a distance/Pushing people away- Lady, Patty and Nero:
When it comes to these girls he Canāt get rid of them no matter how much he āWantsā to their stuck with him.
he canāt push them away like everyone else, which yes he still has people like Morrison, Trish, (and any others) but their not around all the time, neither are Patty and Lady,
When theyāre (lady and Trish+) gone he doesnāt bother to talk to them,
I donāt think he goes out of his way to interact with people.
which means if he doesnāt leave his office and nobody comes by to give him a job or annoy him the only social interaction he gets is over the phone when he orders pizza. Well thats not good~
(I believe Dante is a depressed Ambivert)
itās less of pushing the people he has away and more of making no effort to Keep them around. He just doesnāt want them to get hurt
So- why are they so special?
Itās because They donāt leave Dante Alone.
even if itās been a long time they still come back to check in on him.
no matter what he does or doesn't do they come right back ready to annoy him like no time has passed at all.
Patty was a child when they met and probably had a lotta trauma from those events, Dante protected her and made sure she was safe, he was never really a jerk to her, just an ass. (Heās always an ass itās not new~)
so of course she was gonna become attached to him no matter how much she acts like she hates the guy, sheās a Kid.
Kids attach to people pretty easily.
their relationship is kinda like siblings, you love em to death but half the time ya wanna em dead because they get on yur nerves especially.
if you have to pick up after their mess. like Patty does for Dante
(this is also a lot like my relationship with my dad so I could also see it as a parental figure as well but I would not wish that upon poor Patty for. . . Reasons)
The same applies to Dante as well.
as much as he complains about this annoying kid that keeps coming to his office, Dante Cares about Patty, he tries to keep her safe and he seemed genuinely sorry when he let that comment about parents slip out in the 11th episode.
He also blocked her view several times when he kills demons in
Episode 1 which is a neat detail.
look at how Dante smiled in episode 7: wishes come true.
When Patty pesters him about her 10 ice-cream cones he owes her.
(little Lady indeed)
heās amused by the kids antics and Iād bet you he probably got her some ice-cream. (It could just be an animation thing but this is a
genuinely sweet moment to me regarding these two)
Patty came by a lot and regularly cleaned up his office which is something I donāt quite understand, because sheās a kid.
why would she start cleaning this grown ass manās mess? She has no reason to. And Patty would probably say something like
āoh I donāt want to be seen in this filthā or something along those lines and go on about how he's a lazy slob who naps to much.
the only logical reason I found for why she would do this.
was that since she visits him So often she eventually had enough of his mess piling up and decided to take care of it herself then this kept happening, and she made sure to call him out on how much of a mess he is and his general laziness constantly,
but she Still cleaned the place up.
(and possibly got him to clean on occasion by smacking him with a broom/mop)
Dante probably got used to her presence in his office.
The clean space and company probably felt Nice.
something he hasnāt had in a while,
and Something heās wanted for so long.
And I think that after Patty got reunited with her mom she didnāt come around far as often as she did before,
and after the end of the anime his depression came back full force because he missed Patty
(I think this may actually hold up with some lore Somewhere or I may be getting it mistaken for something else, I donāt know I know saw someone else bring it up tho)
he missed having her around. Having Someone there, I think Dante is the type of person who would enjoy nearly constant company but due to his circumstances he doesnāt allow it or canāt truly enjoy it.
so Lady~
As stated before she uses money and his debt to her as a way to check in on him, and the two have plenty of history tho we donāt know what happened after Dmc 3 itās safe to say they were together for a little bit since they Are Friends, and They were both traumatized together~
(This sounds like a reach eh?)
Lady is technically his work partner, and when she leaves sheās probably gone for long periods of time but she always comes back,
the two of them Care about each other they just donāt want to admit it.
Itās why she doesnāt visit him like a normal person and instead has to use the excuse of his debt to her.
meanwhile Dante just kinda exsists in his office, not reaching out to her or anyone else for that matter.
sheās basically been there since the start, from Dmc 3 to Dmc 5.
she probably wasnāt gone the whole time in between 3 and 1-
initially there for a bit, collecting debt visiting here and there
But she was gone during 1 and when Trish left since she didnāt know Trish even existed.
besides Enzo and maybe Morrison lady is the only person heās know this long and has a connection with.
thereās probably a lot more to say regarding their dynamics but I think other people have dine better jobs at that.
bottom line they both have history and care about each other they just donāt want to admit it
(she honestly seemed excited in 5 when she was with him but that Could have been because of Trish. . .)
After dmc 4- Nero:
Dante in Dmc 4 feels very Different from the others. Itās like heās accepted Everything and and healed some, like he accepted that what happened to Vergil Wasnāt His Fault. he seems happier.
only to find out Vergil had a kid,
who is extremely powerful and doesnāt know what heās doing or whatās going on and is in denial about What he is.
Dante probably had a lot of mixed emotions when I found this out-
His brother who he thinks died by his hands had a son
who neither of them knew of.
Dante Could have been a form of guidance for the kid if heād known sooner, granted he wouldnāt do well at taking care of a child but still itās the thought more then anything the āWhat ifāsā
because ultimately heās too late.
it would be the least he could do since he killed the boyās father,
he would be pretty sad over the whole thing and I canāt express that. . .
I just don't know what to say on it other then-
Dante had very complex emotions and if he Was doing better and had closure after this much time, this would be like reopening the wound and just a huge punch to the feeling since he didnāt just take his brother from himself and failed to save him but he also took a father away from his son- his own nephew.
Who he didnāt even known about.
and it doesnāt help that Nero Looks like his dad (in theory)
And The best example I have of Dante almost successfully keeping someone he cares deeply about away is Nero.
Thatās because this boy already Had a well established life and everything, they had hardly Any interaction after Dmc 4 if any.
the boy has his own life, Nero is busy with protecting and also rebuilding Fortuna. meanwhile Dante was being normal ol Dante sitting in his office Alone with his thoughts and the knowledge that Nero exists. this would probably send him in to another depressive episode
He has family after all these years of being alone but he canāt engage because heād get Hurt and he didnāt want to cause more harm.
Tho heād probably be happy that the kid had a decent life,
(from his knowledge) but also sad for various other reasons.
I feel like the both of them probably wanted to reach out but didnāt-
Nero looks up to Dante and admires him and what he can do, thereās lines in Deadly fortune where he says he wanted Dante to teach him how to do various things. But he was also very annoyed with the man because again Dante is an Ass, and doesnāt take shit seriously.
So he probably wanted to call and ask about things.
and Dante thought better of it because he āknewā that if he did Nero would only get harmed in some way, even tho he can easily take after himself.
he could end up harming someone Nero loved in turn like Kyrie.
So the lest he could do is just leave the kid alone he already took his father from him he canāt take anything else.
(this isnāt saying Vergil would have been a good dad itās just to say you donāt know what the outcome would have been and it could have been good or bad, heād be having a spiral of thoughts mostly making it worse on himself so in that sense in the mind he Would be a good dad just to make it worse on Dante, knowing he took that possibility from them, brains are weird)
And leaving him with Yamato was the least he could do it was his fathers it rightfully belonged to him now.
He ignored the longing for his family and push it down with everything else. he successfully ditched Nero and gave him Yamato and later a Devil may cry sign as a parting gift. (At End if deadly fortune)
I donno if heād slip back into as bad of a place as he was back in dmc 2 and the anime but he definitely wouldnāt be doin as well as he was before Dmc 4.
I think he had a hard time which lead to what we see in Dmc 5.
Dante sitting in his messy office in the dark.
his power shut off because he couldnāt pay the bills and toilets that needed to be flushed, also I wouldnāt be surprised if that pizza box on his desk is old and has been there for a while. . .
Conclusion:?
Dante Cares about everyone, he feels guilty for anything thatās happened around him, Enzo geting hurt, the deaths of his family, Orphaning his own nephew. Grue and Jessicaās deaths,
random peoples deaths to demons! Damages done.
He feels he doesnāt deserve some things because of this.
he gives the people who canāt fully pay him a discount.
he pushes Everyone away because he doesnāt want them to get hurt. he loves them. He cares about everyone and keeping the world around him safe from demons yet- it doesnāt give him anything back.
Dante cares So Much for the world that gives him hardly Anything in return!
Dante is so much more than just a guy to Joke about.
Heās not some wacky pizza guy.
Heās depressed and in pain. . .
Im not saying he cant be fun and goofy Im just saying he has so much more to him then that, and I wish more people talked about this instead of his love for pizza and his antics
extra-Vergil:
I think what Dante really needs to feel better and to truly heal is his brother again. he seems like he was a clingy child and after all that loss heās been through and the guilt heād still be clingy but heās deprive himself of it, he'd keep a distance from everyone Nero especially because itād just Hurt to much. He reminded him of his brother.
Which is why the ending of Dmc 5 where heās reunited with Vergil
their BOTH Smiling and laughing and not trying to Genuinely KILL each other is so. . . beautiful or nice or Something!
because now he can finally be happy again he has the other missing half of his soul back, he has his brother. Who After all the hurt He went through as well, is just as happy to be with Dante.
The twins love beach other and they need each other.
this post took like, I donno a week? more? So yeah that wasnāt nice~
Iām a bit self conscious of half of this because of that fact because I started to have to Really Really think about what I was saying and I think I did a bit to much of speculation then again this is opinion based.
I just hope I didnāt get anything horribly wrong and sound stupid for it, because I feel like I misinterpreted several things about Dante here and made myself look dumb. . . Yay~ I like the first b chunk of this post tho~ (the rant section)
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