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When asked about his favorite character, Mike says that he doesn’t like Cerebella’s story as much. The interesting part is that he says she hates working for Vitale but doesn’t want to quit because she likes him for whatever reasons. This is not something you can really see in the game until after Bell squashes Ms. Fortune, so that makes me think it will be a larger part of her personality in the cannon story.
It’s not much to talk about, but I thought I should share.
It was kind of nice to hear that Mike thinks Filia is a more interesting character than Cerebella based on things he knows about the story. I think the general opinion of Filia is that she was the boring amnesiac protagonist, so it’s cool to know that there’s more to look forward to finding out about her.
When Filia defeats Parasoul, sometimes she says, “You’re… being used…”
This furthers the speculation of Samson just using Filia for his own ulterior motive? Parasoul also knows about Filia’s past.
Edit: I found one more quote that may or may not lead into anything.
When Parasoul defeats Peacock, sometimes she’ll say,*** “Where’s your old man?”***
So I guess when Parasoul’s father was around, he was running all these Anti-skullgirl labs. Reasons why he could have done this may be that Queen Nancy has obtained the skull girl (at the time) and the King wanted to save her?
Peacock is saying “So’s your old man”, which is kind of an antiquated insulting comeback phrase (think like “your mom” or “drop dead”). It’s also the title of a silent movie from the 1920s, which incidentally features a princess. So… yeah.
It’s possible the King may have hung around the Labs at the time of their inception to oversee them, but weren’t they declared amoral by the Canopy Kingdom years ago? It wouldn’t make sense for the King to be there, especially since they’re running covertly by themselves. I think Peacock saying that is more of a general “fuck you” to Parasoul for beating her than anything else. Haha.
Are we sure, has it been officially stated? Because it looks entirely different, has a different face, eyes, mouth, ears, has fur, etc. Since Vice-Versa is a living weapon, based in a small hat that doesn’t come alive for anyone but Cerebella, I’d think it would be difficult to customize it to such an extent.
I was just wondering, since it really is such a different hat (aside from the fact that it’s big arms), that the hat could actually be someone different who perhaps, in the future, works with another girl (or boy) to fight.
If this did happen, I don’t think it’d necessarily be a bella clone, either. Most of her moves and attacks are focused around her being a high flying acrobat, and the hat accentuates that pretty well. It could make an interesting fighter, but it could also be a interesting plot-wise, if one of her weapon-hats gets stolen and used against her/Vitale. Or, it could just be stolen by some kid who just felt connected to it, and when Vitale orders Cerebella to go and kill him/her to get it back, she finally says no to her father (who’s ordering her to kill a more or less innocent person, not like Fortune)…
That outfit’s a reference to one Alex drew her in some time ago. I’m fairly certain that it is Vice-Versa, just “reskinned”. I think someone earlier suggested that maybe she can turn it inside-out to change its appearance? Or she can just magic it into looking different?
Personally I think the Cerebunny version of Vice-Versa is a different hat altogether, but I think she’s still the only one who can activate it. Maybe she has a whole closet full of differently-colored Vice-Versas that only she can use. I mean, part of the reason Vitale keeps her so close and manipulates her is because she’s the only one who can use a Vice-Versa living weapon. If someone else could, I don’t think she’d be as special, sadly.
Anyway… I went searching web archive on Skullgirls.com again yesterday and I found something!!
It’s really low-resolution, sadly, but it’s still pretty clear who’s in the picture. The filename was “mob_montage.jpg” in case you couldn’t tell. Black Dahlia, mob men, and that mechanical dude I talked about in this post. Even though the picture is small, I think it’s still pretty easy to see his face here. Kinda neat. :>
When you defeat Marie with Filia, sometimes Samson will say, "This one’s for Delilah…"
At least I think that’s how you spell it.
Anyway, WHO IS THIS DELILAH?? This furthers Samson’s ulterior motive by using Filia to get the Skull Heart.
What, seriously? That’s really neat, I’ll have to test and see if I can get that result. Too bad it’s kind of hard to test… Marie’s a pain in the ass.
Anyhow… that is actually very, very interesting. Samson and Delilah is a Bible narrative, you see. Short summary:
Samson was a warrior who was granted superhuman strength by God, which he would keep as long as he didn’t cut his hair. The source of his powers was known only to him. Anyway, he was an Israeli judge and was smacking down pretty hard on the Philistines, which they… didn’t like. So the Philistines hired a woman named Delilah to help find out what the secret to his super-strength was. Delilah seduced Samson and eventually got him to divulge his secret. He was none the wiser. So when Samson went to sleep on her lap, Delilah cut all his hair off, robbing him of his power.
I think that makes it painfully clear where Samson’s namesake comes from, what with the whole hair thing. I’ve never seen a character in concept art or anything labeled as “Delilah”, so I don’t think we’ve seen her before. It’s also a little curious seeing as that line seems like something you’d say about someone you miss, while in the classical story Delilah was a betrayer…
Okay, so the Philistines must be referring to the Medici? Could Delilah be a female parasite? Will Samson wish for Delilah to be revived? Or is Samson thinking of wishing for revenge? (Assuming Delilah is dead) Questions, questions, questions!
Oh and found one more quote from Samson when defeated by Marie, “… ***Not again!***”
So Samson fought the Skullgirl before and was defeated. Therefore, Samson must have retreated and then sought out to find a new host (AKA Filia) in hopes of a better chance to obtain the skull heart.
Wait I just thought of something. It could be a possibility that Delilah was actually Samson’s previous host that ended up getting killed by either the current or previous Skullgirl. So now he would have more than one reason why he would want the skull heart. Provided if he still wants to become the parasite of the Skullgirl of course. Im still banking on that particular possibility.
… Just a thought : P
This could be true, or at least some parts of it. If this is the case, then Delilah could also be part of the Medici Clan because Marie’s primary target is the Medici family.
I’m not too sure about Delilah being a host to Samson during the rampage of Queen Nancy because of Squigly’s story (that could ultimately be outdated) which would perhaps create a paradox. (as far as I can tell)
Seeing as Filia’s profile pegs Samson as an “ancient being”, Delilah could have been his very first host a long long time ago? This is all wild guessing, but hey.
The theory I’m personally going with is this “Delilah” was a host of Samson’s (possibly his first or most cherished host) who was killed by a past Skullgirl. Samson is afraid for Filia to go after the Skull Heart because he’s grown attached to her (no pun intended), and he doesn’t want to lose another host like he did the previous one?
Another idea is that “Delilah” actually became a Skullgirl and bad things happened as a result, so Samson harbors a grudge against the Skull Heart/Skullgirl without much regard to who’s actually wielding it. Though… I’m not 100% on that one, seeing as how Samson doesn’t seem to put in a whole lot of effort to keep Filia from using the thing.
And… idk about the old bios, nowadays. Seeing as how the majority of the characters’ backstories have gotten pretty drastic makeovers from their previous versions, I don’t see why Squigly’s would be any different. I mean, Peacock used to hate Marie, Parasoul had a tree growing out of her face, Filia was a medical student and Cerebella was kicked out of the circus. I know I want to go off the info we have, but I have a feeling it’s just going to be futile coz of not being canon.
I mean, part of the reason Vitale keeps her so close and manipulates her is because she’s the only one who can use a Vice-Versa living weapon. If someone else could, I don’t think she’d be as special, sadly.