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    October 30, 2020

    Devil May Cry “I’ll show you dead weight...”

    “I’ll show you dead weight...”

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:57 AM PDT

    Danceoff with a random player:

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:51 PM PDT

    When the boss fight is so bad that even Vergil has no motivation against it

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 07:46 AM PDT

    My dog's favorite game is Devil May Cry 3!

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 08:52 AM PDT

    BREAKING NEWS

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 05:44 PM PDT

    Local emo boy gets destroyed

    Posted: 29 Oct 2020 10:19 PM PDT

    Opposing forces

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:53 AM PDT

    Got motivated to finally finish this piece of Vergil~ Enjoy~

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT

    V: The Quintessential Human (AKA my character analysis of V)

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT

    FOREWORD

    So this is just something that I wrote up because I had too many thoughts about V and how he accurately depicts the human experience. I don't consider myself to be good at analysis or anything like that, so this isn't "formal" by any means. I just wanted to put down my thoughts on a well-written character and show some of why I love him so much. Hopefully I can get my ideas across in a way that's at least semi-comprehensible. I've used evidence from the canon Visions of V manga and DMC5 to support my points. This is going to be a long analysis, too, so apologies in advance. The main topics I address will each have their own section, marked by a bolded heading. Now without further ado, here we go.

    Duality of human nature

    V's whole character, as stated by Itsuno, is meant to represent "humans with both good and bad intentions." Humans, in essence, have the capacity for both good and evil within them, so already V embodies this dual nature. We see this demonstrated in many of his actions and motivations. For example, he manipulates Dante and Nero in order to defeat Urizen (evil), but he genuinely wants to fix his mistakes (good); he cruelly maims a bunch of mobsters (evil), but in doing so saves a woman and also returns the necklace her mother left her (good); and he initially watches impassively as a bunch of humans die from the Qliphoth roots (evil) but eventually starts saving them despite his dwindling power (good). V, much like humans themselves, is complex, and this is very fitting considering that he is Vergil's literal humanity.

    Human frailty and the spirit of human perseverance

    After being separated from Vergil, V is left to crumble and die. And yet he doesn't want to, and this refusal to die summons Griffon to his side to allow him to prolong his death. Throughout his journey, V suffers basic physiological and societal problems which plague humanity: fatigue, hunger, poverty, and general powerlessness. This frailty sets him apart from a lot of other characters— how many times have you seen the protagonist of a story collapse from sheer exhaustion and malnutrition? Even the mere act of talking tires him out (according to his voice actor, Brian Hanford). But despite all of this, V endures. As the lyrics of his battle theme, "Crimson Cloud," say, he "summons his power" and "drags himself through pain." Every battle is literally a "fight for his life." He takes some clothes off of a street punk, forms contracts with his familiars, scrounges up the money to hire Dante, partakes of raw demon meat to sate his hunger, and fights off countless foes, human and demon alike, all with little strength and a failing body. Interestingly enough, he does point out that humans' tenacity is a redeeming quality of theirs, even if he doesn't recognize at the time that he possesses that boundless tenacity too. Like Griffon says, he's a "stubborn bastard." He never gives up, and that allows him to survive for much, much longer than he should have. "We must get through this, somehow," "I have a duty to see this through"…if that isn't the most human thing, I don't know what is.

    Human life cycle and the transience of human life

    Humans have a clear birth, life, and death. We also often take our lives for granted, not realizing how short they truly are. V's life reflects these aspects of the human condition, except basically on steroids. His separation from Vergil really is like a "birth": he is pushed out, nameless and nude, inheriting many traits of the person he originates from. Since he has no parents to give him a proper name, he assigns one to himself at two days old, thereby affirming his identity. The way he moves throughout his life is reminiscent of the well-known riddle of the Sphinx: "What creature goes on four feet in the morning, two at noonday, and three in the evening?" Like a baby, all he can do at first is crawl on all fours (before Griffon shows up to save him, anyway). Then for most of his remaining life (his "childhood" and "adulthood," if you will), he is seen walking on two feet. Yes, he has his cane, but he doesn't really need it to walk until his body is crumbling apart in his "senior years." He is always aware of his own mortality and how little time he has left, which parallels the situation of many people who suffer from terminal illnesses in real life. In that situation, one has to make the most of every remaining moment of their life, which is exactly what V does. The only divergence from the human life cycle that V experiences is his lack of death since he ends up returning to Vergil, but maybe there's an argument to be made that the cessation of his existence in a physical form is a "death" of sorts.

    Existentialism and nihilism

    Is there meaning in life? This is a question that humans have struggled with from time immemorial, and V is not free from puzzling over it either. No one is born with a purpose. V is discarded by Vergil, his "duty over as soon as he was born." From this point forward, though, he tries to find a purpose for himself. He fears death above all else, so he makes it his mission to remerge with Urizen in order to survive. At first, he thinks that he'll be able to accomplish this by himself after forming contracts with all of his familiars, but he gets a harsh reality check when he passes out after summoning Nightmare for the first time. The moment he realizes that what he's done up to that point has been an exercise in futility, he has a very realistic human reaction— essentially a mental breakdown in which he laughs bitterly and laments the pointlessness of everything. A true display of nihilism, the closest he gets to resigning himself to death. At least until a vision of Dante appears before him and gives him the hope necessary to continue toward his goal. So he goes onward, all the while "doing things he doesn't want to do" and "thinking about things he doesn't want to think about." Again, very accurate to the human experience since we often have to do unpleasant things to survive and have intrusive thoughts regardless of our lack of desire for them. But we will deal with them as long as there is something to drive us forward, even if it's just an abstract concept or the faintest sliver of hope. Existentialism allows us to create meaning from the meaningless through our own actions and free will. Likewise, V recognizes that his actions may ultimately be meaningless and soldiers on despite this, having realized his purpose as Vergil's humanity, the true source of strength.

    Emotions

    V describes himself as being comprised of two things: crumbling flesh and feelings. Vergil believes the emotions that come with being half-human to be unneeded, so he throws them away. All of those emotions— the pride, the fear, and the insecurities— are transferred into V. Moments after his birth, V feels the fear of death as a result of being powerless, something which Vergil had not felt for so long. This fear is also what drives him to hide or run away instead of fighting at various points in the game (Goliath, Gilgamesh, and Malphas come to mind). Like with any human, his feelings give rise to flaws. He makes his choices largely based on impulse: he doesn't form a contract with Griffon right away because he's too prideful to ask for help, he opts to kill Phantom instead of trying to reason with him after Phantom offends him by calling him weak, and he nearly "shish-kabobs" Dante while essentially blaming him for Vergil's problems. But there is one very important feeling that (most) humans possess, and it's only natural that V, as the embodiment of Vergil's humanity, has it too— empathy. It is what allows him to connect with others when he sees them in similar situations to those that Vergil was in in the past. His empathy compels him to do the right thing in these situations, like returning the necklace that a woman's late mother left her and saving a child and his mother from demons. He knows how these people feel because he's been there: Vergil cherishing his half of the Perfect Amulet, the last physical piece of his mother's memory that he had; and being too weak to protect his own mother back in Vergil's childhood, yet wanting to cry out for help, which V admits is not wrong. Another person he can empathize with is Nero, as V recognizes the determination not to "let things end with a losing streak" in his eyes after losing to Urizen the first time, a trait he shares with Vergil. His admission to Trish that he wanted to be protected and loved stems from the human needs for safety and love/belonging, as described best by Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Owing to his emotions, he craves the basic things that all people do.

    Self-improvement through learning and reflection

    One of humanity's greatest assets is their capacity for acquiring knowledge and using that knowledge to improve themselves beyond who they were in the past. But in order to do that, one must want to embark on that eternal search for answers. Many people limit themselves to one answer, and thus they become stagnant in their lives. Vergil thinks he can cover any of his shortcomings with power and never bothers to look for another answer. V, in contrast, doesn't possess that power, leaving him without an answer, and in return he gets the chance to look for another one. Shortly after his birth, he learns his first lesson: he must put his pride aside and work with someone else (Griffon) in order to survive. He later imparts this lesson to Shadow when he convinces him to form a contract ("If you choose to struggle, then I need you"). He is terrified by his "inner demons" at first— Urizen is a manifestation of the darkest and most monstrous part of Vergil, and he thinks that he "doesn't want to see even a single nightmare anymore" after forming his contract with Shadow. However, his encounter with Nightmare sets him down a new path of self-reflection. It gets him to start thinking about the differences between Vergil and Dante. He realizes that confronting his trauma, no matter how unpleasant it may be, is necessary in order for him to proceed in his search for answers. This newfound acceptance of his nightmares leads him to "bestow" Nightmare's core upon it and claim it as "his nightmare." Unfortunately, he passes out right after summoning Nightmare for the first time, which shatters his belief up to that point that he can defeat Urizen simply by obtaining more and more powerful familiars. In the midst of his despair, a new question and a potential new answer present themselves: What was the real reason Vergil lost to Dante? And if Dante was able to beat Vergil in the past, then surely he must be able to beat Urizen now. All of the answers, V thinks, lie with Dante, so he goes to seek him out. As he later tells Trish in the game, he thought Dante could "change his…maybe fix…maybe right his wrong." He doesn't even consider the possibility that Dante could lose. Until it happens. Once again, V is left with no clear answer, stumbling blindly through his own thoughts and experiences, a situation that comprises much of human life. Without Dante to give him the answer as to what the crucial difference between the brothers is, V is forced to come up with his own hypothesis— that the difference is humanity. He sets out to test this hypothesis through saving the humans of Red Grave City where he can, but he is unable to truly see the value of humanity until he comes across a little boy who refuses to flee from demons that are obviously stronger than he is in order to protect his mother. In meeting the boy, V learns that even a weak human can become strong when they have the desire to protect another. The boy also teaches V that it's not wrong to ask for help by getting him to remember how Vergil wanted to do the same thing on that fateful day. After V saves him and his mother, he has another session of self-reflection, in which he confirms to himself that humanity is the answer he was searching for all along. He realizes that he, as Vergil's humanity, is necessary to make Vergil truly strong, even more necessary than the raw power which Urizen embodies. The most important lesson he learns is that the absence of power does not make one weak, something which Vergil had failed to grasp for his entire life. With the lessons he's learned so far, he resolves to proceed through the uncertainty of the rest of his journey, asking for help from his familiars, which shows how much he's grown from the beginning when his pride held him back from admitting that he needed Griffon. No longer will he run from his nightmares and trauma; he will "fear them honestly" and confront them. His motive changes as he does as well— at first, he wants to remerge with Urizen out of a simple fear of death and his contempt for being powerless, but as he tells Trish, after "regaining his human soul, he's realized the gravity of the crime he's committed. He's realized how important everything was... everything he's thrown away in his pursuit of power." He truly regrets his actions and wants to fix his mistakes and set Vergil down the right path. He knows that what he does might be a fool's errand, and yet... "If the fool should persist in his folly, he would become wise." In choosing to pursue the answers instead of constraining himself to one and stopping there, he has done the wisest thing a human could do and enabled himself to become someone greater.

    END

    So it is written. To anyone who made it this far, I sincerely want to thank you for reading, and please feel free to let me know what you think in the comments. :)

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    Spamming Royal Guard doesn’t always work, but when it does…

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 06:40 PM PDT

    Interesting Cut in the SE Trailer - Blocking Mechanic?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:40 PM PDT

    I'm addicted to Nero

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 04:48 AM PDT

    YEAH, I LIKE DMC2, GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:35 PM PDT

    I dont care if someone disagrees ,i need to get this off my chest lol

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 10:47 AM PDT

    YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! My second attempt of DMC3's BP was successful, despite being a bit harder en-route to the 9000+ floors than the first and having to fight Arkham, my run ender, early on. Somehow beat it in under 3 hours too.

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 05:31 PM PDT

    Steam DB DMC 5 just got updated with "Dlc 1" through 5

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 09:30 AM PDT

    I think I hit a glitch... is this score even possible?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT

    New (?) Mini game play clip of vergil shared on Twitter.

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 01:35 PM PDT

    Is there a mod to vastly speed up reloads ?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 05:57 PM PDT

    I'm on DMD difficulty, and of course I die a lot. But one of the things that pisses me off is how long I have to wait everytime I choose to repeat the mission (in order to not lose ranking).

    Anything that skips cutscenes and stuff ?

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    Can Yamato only seal the underworld from the inside?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 02:13 PM PDT

    We know it can open both ways but why are Vergil and Dante "stuck"?

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    I need help. I suck

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 03:44 PM PDT

    I'm really enjoying Dmc 3 I've just started it and although I am really enjoying it I am having such a hard time doing anything good. Currently I am constantly dying to cerberus and I before that I ended up constantly getting hit and barely doing anything good to raise my style meter. I really don't want to play on easy (also when it was unlocked it felt like a slap to the face hahah) because I really wanna get better. If anyone has any tips on playing with styles, moves anything at all please help because I want to fully get into this series so bad but I'm just very bad at the game thank you

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    The Order of the Sword, ha?

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 01:53 PM PDT

    DMC5 with Ed Edd'n Eddy Sound Effect by Daniel N

    Posted: 30 Oct 2020 06:21 PM PDT
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