While I've been more tolerant of the character changes in Castlevania: Judgment than many others, there were always a few aspects that stuck out to me. For instance, Eric Lecarde. Considering he was portrayed as a close friend of John Morris in Castlevania: Bloodlines, it was odd that he, being born into a family meant to work alongside them, would become so bitter about them and their whip. Even if he was a rebellious teenager. And then I thought of something. Castlevania: Bloodlines, and Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin after it, tied their Dracula-resurrection plots to the military struggles of the time. Something could have happened between the previous Dracula battle in 1897 and Eric's involvement in Judgment, estimated to take place in 1907, that would cause the Spanish-born Eric to resent the American-born Morris family. Like, say, the Spanish-American War and its aftermath? —Falcon Pain
From the same game, and somewhere between Fridge Brilliance and a Stealth Pun, Cornell is looking for a cure to his lycanthropy. When he asks Sypha, who is still in full-on Van Helsing Hate Crimes mode in this game, she tells him that no known solution exists. "Death is your only salvation." So what does Cornell do for the remainder of his storyline? He seeks salvation fromDeath. —Falcon Pain again
As another person who actually liked the game, I was always puzzled why the developers didn't include insanely popular new character Soma on the roster. Then I realized there was an in-story justification for this — during his mirror match, Aeon mentions having multiple copies of an individual in the time rift is dangerous. Having Soma present would have meant two Draculas. —Kazmahu
