smth super interesting!! these are notes found in Dante’s office. @RokusThangs and i talked about it, we both agreed they were likely written to purposely showcase Dante’s mental status. it’s so telling that the scribbles are so harsh and messy compared to his usual cursive

((obvs credit to Devil May Camera for the details!!) anyway, the notes themselves are not easily accessible, which had dampened my theory about their actual relevance to Dante, but after seeing that a note reads “Call Trevor, problem about door” that REALLY solidifies my theory

some of the notes read “dead by dawn”, “i suck on the bone until it’s dry”, and one looks like it reads “every —— look at the mirror (?)”. very strange, unhinged, and tbh this only furthers my craving for feral and/or unstable Dante. 2 had so much potential regarding that

Dante, as we know, has a fuckton of unresolved trauma. doesn’t matter if he’s unkillable and above others, one man can only take so much; other than 2, we see hints of his mental fatigue regarding demons, his brother, the world.. but never anything said outright

which, Dante makes sure of by refusing to vocalize his issues and PTSD. he really has built a mental barrier as strong as he is physically, and refuses to let anyone in. but, a scene, whether in a remake or in a novel, that showcases his uninhibited anger would be https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌🏻" title="OK-Hand (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: OK-Hand (heller Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌🏻" title="OK-Hand (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: OK-Hand (heller Hautton)">

there are rare moments in the series that show his actual anger, the few off the top of my head are after he realizes Trish’s betrayal, and when he snaps at Nero about not killing his father. very quick, and esp the second one he calms down right after.

for the sake of his characterization, my indulgence, and his mental health, i would like to see more of Dante stripped of his “wacky woohoo” persona. less so just depressed, but his drunken moments of destroying the office, or the rare ferocity directed toward demons

LAST THING: “dead by dawn” could potentially be a reference to Evil Dead, and MAN i have been wanting so badly to write a fic where the crew goes to a cabin in the woods taken over by possessed humans https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">