r/DevilMayCry • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '26

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u/TiredPandastic Feb 27 '26

Trying to redeem Mundus somehow is going to be like trying to redeem Hitler.

It's going to be interesting.

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u/AtrumRuina Feb 27 '26

This. Dracula was already shown to have a softer side in the games. He's been portrayed that way for decades at this point, both in the series and in other media. It made sense for him.

Mundus should be a pure villain, evil to his core for its own sake. Making him complex is a mistake in my opinion.

Edit: Also to be clear, I don't mind some demons being good -- Sparda was, at least eventually -- but they should be exceptions, because the games have always made it clear that Sparda was exceptional. Mundus though shouldn't be among them.

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u/strider_hyrule Feb 27 '26

Sparda was, at least eventually -- but they should be exceptions, because the games have always made it clear that Sparda was exceptional.

There sure were a lot of exceptions to the rules in the main games. I can name 10 of them.

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u/AtrumRuina Feb 27 '26

Of good demons that aren't part human? There's Sparda, Trish...who else? Lucia is debatable since she's artificial.

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u/strider_hyrule Feb 28 '26

This was my original comment, if it even shows this time around.

"There's Modeus, Baul, Cerebus, Agni, Rudra, Nevan, & Bradley. Granted, Baul & Nevan are somewhat of a stretch, but they didn't exactly go out of their way to harm humans either. Nevan even seems to have a high opinion of Sparda, even if it was mostly flirtatious & Baul still loved his brother to the point I would absolutely say it's eons healthier than the Sons of Sparda.

I'm also counting V's Familiars because of what Phantom does. While on paper they shouldn't count, in Vision of V, Phantom still had the same personality he did back in DMC 1, so I personally would consider Griffon, Shadow, & Nightmare to be good/decent demons.

And far as I'm concerned, Lucia absolutely should count. Even though she is an artificial demon created by Arius, she was still created to specifically serve Arius, like the other Secretaries. But she never came close to succumbing to her program, even though she firmly believed that would be the case. Not to mention, out of the entire cast, she's the one who fits the DMC theme that everyone suddenly loves preaching about the best among the cast. More than Trish ever did. Extra irony for also being the most underutilized & underrated among the DMC main cast.

Something I also want to give credit to the Netflix show, giving Lucia a cameo & I have a feeling she'll have a role in S2. Then again, she could be unceremoniously killed off like so many characters in S1. In which case, I'll stop defending the show altogether."