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#cassius

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something I love about Limbus Company’s Dante is that they used a character who was effectively a self insert of the author in the original fiction to parody the ‘gacha game self insert’ trope.

Dante is very clearly their own character, but they paradoxically hit a lot of boxes that define the ‘self insert protagonist’ character, which honestly probably contributes to a lot of people still attempting to self-project onto Dante. And honestly, I feel like that itself is commentary.

I’d like to liken it to Omori’s Sunny, who’s another character who plays with this idea. Sunny is a silent protagonist who is set up to be your view into this world, to the point where you can even name him. But as you progress, you find out that Sunny *isn’t* you. And that’s kind of the whole point- you’re delving through an established character’s fantasy world, seeing things they idealize, and even though it’s never spoken directly to you what they think, the game shows you through their dreams how they really feel about their life.

Dante differs in many ways, but I think the fundamental truth is the same: Dante is not just a vehicle for the plot, they’re a person, but the narrative sets you up to believe You are Dante.

and this contributes nicely into the theme of dehumanization within the work itself- Dante is very vocal and opinionated, but because their words are only heard by a few, they end up disregarded- treated as a literal silent protagonist to anyone who isn’t a sinner. Dante narrates subjectively and should not be fully trusted as a narrator- and yet, because they’re the narrator of a gacha game in a genre defined by know-all protagonists who can do nothing but good and have no personality to speak of, their word is treated as gospel.

in truth, we ourselves dehumanize Dante as much as the narrative does. So many people just see them as the ‘audience insert’ that they forget that Dante was never them. Dante’s dehumanization isn’t just an issue in universe- it spreads and consumes even the meta narrative.

#YES I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU #it’s really interesting how they hit both the silent self insert protag of video games #and the weird thing people do saying dante a was a self insert or something #i’m really excited to see how pm continues with this aa #limbus company

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#did he really say this

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shy and sensitive dictator shows you his list of proscriptions

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had this weird interest in omegaverse stuff like last year but not even for the sex.... the sex was gross like. i learned abt it for the biology and the weird ass hierarchy system and the body horror of it all. anyway ciceros omega pussy tastes like pepsi cola

#just remembered the cassius cherry pepsi pussy ordeal.

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hello!! may we take a Dante Alighieri (from the Divine Comedy) kin flag?🥺

thx in advance!!

Hopefully this is the right one!

Dante Alighieri Introject / Kin Flag!

Hope you enjoy!

#crying

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they were literally having a mid off

#true

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[cicero voice] will you kill mark antony for me 🥺👉👈

#whatever princess wants princess gets #<- PREV..!

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Michael Parkes "Dante in Exile" 1998

#AHHHH this goes so hard… the colors wow #the divine comedy

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im NOT romanticizing history. far from it. im sexualizing it.

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T. Pomponius Atticus, Q. Hortensius Hortalus and several other famous yuri characters do not qualify for this poll for age reasons.

#i have no idea i just felt like i should reblog this

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Character: *has even an ounce of dignity*

Me: I need to see him completely out-of-his-mind delirious with fever NOW

#(shamefully) me with dante

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I love the possible easter egg from Buffalmacco of Dante and Virgilio in Camposanto, the Giudizio Universale section.

The affresco was made between 1336 and 1341, Dante only died in 1321.

Bonus note: the preparatory drawings, la sinopia, did not included Dante and Virigilio’s figures, they were added in the painting process. My professor said that Buffalmacco’s decision probably went against the will of those who commissioned the affresco.

#dante is so cute #vergil is there

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#OCTAVIAN.

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[cicero voice] will you kill mark antony for me 🥺👉👈

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Cicero when he's asked about anything that would undermine his client's case during a trial