Maria, Annette, and Getting Out-Gene'd

TBH, it was a shocker when Richter picked Annette over Maria, even though he originally was gonna propose to Maria in the first episodes (when he tells Mizrak "when you see Annette tell her I... never mind, I'll tell her myself")

So it just occurred to me that the Belmonts have some kind of meta where they just pick mates that will give extra powers to their descendants.

Trevor picked Sypha, giving Speaker magix to his descendants.

And now, though Maria has some nifty summoner powers, well, Annette is a literal descendant of a god (Ogunn). So Richter's genes tell him "Yeah, Annette is golden-haired and shiny and all manners of cute, but our bloodline is missing godly ancestors, so it's Annette"

Now, the Belmonts are going to have:

・The classic Belmont powers (holy? anyway... whips and stuff)

・Speaker magix (from Sypha)

・Spiritual realm powers (from Annette), plus rock & metal powers (rock-mancy? metal-mancy?)

・Lineage to Ogunn (from Annette) which may come in handy if godly assistance is required

So all in all, this is another win for the Belmont gene pool.

Sorry Maria, for getting kicked out of the candidates list.

Maybe Maria's instincts recognize this and that's why she's dark and angry at the end of season 2