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The major reason Dante and Vergil's rivalry works better than almost any other take on the trope is because the games are totally self aware about how dumb and immature the whole trope is and they lean way the hell into it. Like yeah, there's real stakes, turmoil and emotional wounds between them that drive their eternal conflict but at the same time it's pretty obvious that the real reason they fight all the time is because they're both just the biggest goddamn children on the planet.

It really is just playground bickering elevated to apocalyptic proportions by sheer virtue of them both being demigods.

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vergil finds that he can rely on his other half for some things (like uncomfortable social situations)

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This is for you, tumblr girlies

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some traditional art 'cause i needed to go touch grass and get some coffee

NERO DO YOU REMEMBER OUR 11 HOURS LONG FRIENDSHIP NERO DO YOU REMEMBER THE 15TH OF JUNE 😭😭😭

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Nero as Hades character)

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forgot to post these two :]

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Drifting in the ocean all alone.

I’m on a fence if I should make something proper out of that later, but there was spare time, there was a mood, and there was BtL. So there we have it. 

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Nero: "I don't care who fucking started it first, STOP STABBING EACH OTHER IN PUBLIC! IT SCARES PEOPLE!"

Another pose/environment study, these are so fun. I was messing around with the lights/darks again but messed around with blending, idk if I like that way but this is why I'm doing it, kinda playing around and seeing what works and what doesn't (and putting Nero in cute crop tops lol)

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Beanie babies from hell (holy shit I finished this)

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The Sparda Brothers

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slay all

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Swap

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Happy anniversary to DMC5!

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I'm putting a stop to this sibling rivalry!!!

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Doodle Req: Dante noogie-ing his nephew to death against the young man's will

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the best Vergil bit is still that one scene in DMC3, where we see him reach the site of his Ultimate Plan and he dramatically offers his blood, the Blood Of The Dark Knight Sparda, to a shrine with a completely serious look on his face, certain he's going to get what he was after...and then a little gameplay while later we cut back to him pacing back and forth with a honest to goodness huff and you can hear him clenching his teeth and his sword so fucking tightly when he shouts out "WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING!?" like a teenager banging the top of his computer, and then you hear him and see him take a deep breath to calm himself down because for fuck's sake he's the cool twin damn it.

It's a bit funny yeah but its a good reminder that Vergil is a nineteen year old kid. Way over his head, way over confident, and really pissed off that he has to deal with his annoying brother today more then he planned on. "Calm and collected" yeah, sure, so long as 100% of everything is going his way, the second one singular thing goes wrong Vergil is so very very clearly Dante's brother and its a bit of an eye opener to see our so called Cool Rival be just as impatient as the smarmy dude we've spent this whole time playing as.