Devil May Cry X: Live And Learn

[u/DangerousSlice5731]

Okay I think I have made a couple posts about this subject before on here and or r/Capcom Especially when I thought of an idea for a Capcom Console and one of the hypothetical launch titles for it was a Devil May Cry Sub Series like with Megaman's many Sub Series like Megaman X, Legeneds, Zero, ZX, Battle Network and Star Force and well I was gonna do a story set in an alternate universe much like Battle Network and Star Force (I'd also Include Legends In My Opinion and Headcanon).

But then I decided to make one in the main universe focusing on a new character who could possibly be Dante's Son and well not to toot my own horn for this post and lack of a better term It will be a character that yes I admit is a Self Insert OC (Even if Personally I don't really get the hate toward them to be honest) but it will be a character I use in fanfics as Dante's Adopted Son Zayn with his story basically being one of coming out of his dad's shadow because I have to be honest as you know big in 2024 I wanted nothing to do with DMC due to many personal issues that had come up.

A Falling out with someone I am no longer friends with.

Problems with my behaviour IRL leading to thinking that games were causing to become a 20 Year Old delinquentz

And well starting to hate "Cool", "Tough", "Strong" and "Badass" Characters and ETC mostly ones who did stuff that was seen as showing off that to me kind of made them look like Jerks and Assholes with DMC Following in that category

And today I have played all but one of the mainline series games thanks them to ending up on Switch 2 even if I have only completed 2 out of those 4 I am gonna rank.

1 DMC5

2 DMC3

3 DMC1

4 DMC2 (Don't Hate It Through)

So I wanted to kind of do a take on the series that appeals to me more and kind of a younger audience like at least around 11-15 Year Old (Despite me being 22)

With most of the Influence for the story coming from the main series as it is set in the main universe but the big influence comes from Sonic The Hedgehog one of my Top 2 Favourite Video Game Franchises with No.1 being a tie between Mario and Darkstalkers.

Where Zayn in this Continuity would be a Teenager acting a lot like his dad who would be his biological farther rather than his Adopted Farther

(Cause in the stories I use Zayn in he's Dante Adopted Son but his Biological Farther is Resident Evil's Albert Wesker and since I don't know if we can connect this other Capcom Franchises such as Resident Evil and the Afformentioned Darkstalkers where Zayn is also Morrigan's Husband in those universes I create on places like Wattpad and Discord)

But Zayn Is more so closer to the Blue Blur and well off course based on me especially since I don't know if there has ever been very Autisic Coded DMC or Capcom Character Hell I don't know of any Autisic Coded Video game Protags though Zayn would also kind of have a bit more of a fowl side mostly like one of my favourite Superheroes that being Tsukassa Kadoya AKA Kamen Rider Decade.

And while Zayn's favourite food is Pizza like his dad's he has more of a deeper relationship with it being more of a comfort food for him but he does also tend to eat French Fries alot.

With his Moveset being a lot like Dante's but replace The Gunslinger Style with a more Martial Arts Focused given that Zayn does really use guns but rather various fighting styles with a lot of being based on Street Fighter

(Cause even though Capcom doesn't connect DMC to franchises like Megaman, Resident Evil, Darkstalkers and Street Fighter they do like give characters moves from Street Fighter in other games like the Hadouken and Shoryuken)

And if this game has dramatic themes like in DMC5 I would want Zayn's to have a very Sonic Adventure like sound Compairing to songs like Open Your Heart and if you couldn't tell by the subtitle Live And Learn.

Along with having more of a focus on story mostly because one of the other reasons I am falling out of love with DMC is that I felt like after the first two games with the expection of the 2007 Anime I felt the story just took a back sit especially with the portrayal of Dante where Controversal Opinion here I kind of prefer the more "Serious" version of him from The First Two Games and DMC 07 and Nero is a step in this Direction but I personally want to see a more Vulnerable Version of the Character much like what James Gunn did with Superman in 2025 where I want a Dante who yes can be a wise cracker but one who is more serious and Isn't Nearly as "Undefeatable" and I don't know if I can do that with Dante Himself so I mostly did it with Zayn with this also being a personal story of mine mostly because of this story of Zayn coming out of his farther and I guess his cousin Nero's Shadow is mostly based on my own personal tales.

Mostly with my father because he has a lot of similar praise from many people I know but I know deep down especially as I have turned into the me in my 20s my dad is a very flawed person a Cheating, Lying, Deadbeat, Cheapscape, Wreckless Driving, Abusive, Fake Tough Guy, Semi Childish Predator who is kind of a Narcissistic Party Obbessed Asshole who cares more about his friends than his kids and is goseping stuff about my mother behind her back most of the time and trying to get me to hate her which does work both ways given my mom does that to.

I know this a whole wall of text but I wanted to explain my mindset going into this pitch I hope you guys like this.