#recitals ykwim!.. it's a little different from B+G because isaac isn't maggie's stand-in parent for their neglectful parents.

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dear god... suddenly emo about Magdalena and Isaac 😢😢

#this is funny because i have so little of their relationship defined in comparison to Gioia and Benedictus #but 🥺🤌🏻 thinking about isaac losing his whole family and fighting like hell to get his sister back.. it's so 😭 #but once he gets her back she's painfully quiet. always looking over her shoulder. and simmering with anger! #i think he struggles to reconcile the past version of her + her present self. and how to connect with her through all the muck 🤔 #OH.... WAIT i figured it out! just like regular bennie and gioi (fun fact. i realized her name doesn't really shorten nicely just now lol) #i think they build that strong underlying connection because isaac invests attention and care into maggie's music. he shows up to all her #recitals ykwim!.. it's a little different from B+G because isaac isn't maggie's stand-in parent for their neglectful parents. #he functionally Is maggie's parent. but I think Maggie still takes away the same love from it as gioia‚ for different but similar reasons. #I think this is so important for her too because it is. Very Difficult for Maggie to make friends because she's so shaken up.. #i feel like bennie would try to get her to go therapy but she'd either refuse on the basis of not trusting authority anymore? OR‚ just like #kat‚ they'd tell her her experiences weren't real... in any case‚ music is maggie's Only outlet. so isaac taking interest and supporting #her in that endeavor‚ when she has very little else‚ would mean a lot to her. i think this all adds a level of 😢 to isaac and vergil's #relationship too because. originally isaac just didn't like vergil due to the whole underground rebellion schtick. that's what got his and #maggie's parents killed. BUT since Magdalena literally had no friends once she came home‚ I think Isaac is really overjoyed when she and #vergil strike up a friendship‚ since this is before Vergil's realized his true nature- the order is a collaborative thing between the two #of them after all. so at first Isaac is glad that his sister finally has a friend. and‚ just like in their future‚ Vergil helps Magdalena #grow into herself and come out of her shell. so isaac likes Vergil in the beginning‚ is grateful for him! plus V's his bosses/sponsor's kid #so there's a nice little 😊 there too. BUT THEN magdalena starts helping vergil remember things - dante - and they start #creating the Order‚ and i think Isaac feels this Great Dread. because vergil is maggie's only friend. vergil saved her! #but the things magdalena gets up to with vergil will get them killed in the future. (and it does lol!) #i think this is where the great split happens between B+G and I+M‚ because Benedictus disappeared before he had to make any Tough Parenting #Choices with Gioia. he was functionally a parent to her‚ but she just saw him as her Super Cool Older Brother. #Isaac is magdalena's older brother but he's also her Guardian (derogatory) ykwim? so. i think when he puts his foot down and tries to #forbid Magdalena from doing anti-demon stuff‚ which evolves into her not being allowed to see Vergil‚ it causes a rift between them. #i'm not sure how severe i want the rift to be... 🙁 by the start of the game it can't be super deep because kat has to be familiar with #isaac 🤪 but then ig he doesn't need to know Magdalena knows her Because of the Order? kat could just be... a friend... 😳🤫 #although this then begs the question of whether or not he even knows Magdalena was still involved with the Order all this time? because on #the surface Maggie's schedule really is just work work work. he doesn't have to know What her work is... #that also adds a ☹️ when Magdalena goesmissingdies and then comes back possessed by a demon because it's like groundhog day for him- again‚ #he could do nothing to protect his sister from the demons BUT this time it was him raising and watching her‚ not their parents