the difference between the way wesker treats jill vs chris in re1 is really interesting to me.
to start it off, my brain immediately goes to the second time you meet him and the fact that wesker smiles when chris appears and does Not smile when jill appears … a small detail but i always thought it was pretty cute tbh. and interesting if you overthink things like i do
also the way he talks to them in these scenes just feel really different?? i guess digging into how lines are said probably isnt the most Concrete evidence for anything but what is the point of existing if you cant dig into things. voice acting exists for a reason
like. “chris… (pause) you’re alive” vs “jill. so you’re safe.” ??????????????? listen to the way he says the line to jill and its so weirdly blunt 😭 he sounds relieved when he talks to chris (whether that is a front or not. You decide.) but when talking to jill he lwk sounds disappointed. or just like. really dry. like he doesn't care at all and doesn’t bother to hide it
and then just bringing up the og re1 because. yeah. i’ve gotta. despite the bad voice acting. he sounds happy to see chris and then sounds genuinely Disgusted to see jill it’s actual comedy LMFAAOOO… and even if we say its a front. that shows that he cares about what chris thinks of him in comparison to what jill thinks of him. For Some Reason….
the third meeting just straight up doesn’t exist in jill’s playthrough which makes sense. i just wanna briefly mention it because it Is an extra mini cutscene that chris has revolving wesker.
alright. the betrayal scene. there is genuinely so much to talk about here that i am baffled. i don’t know where to start tbh
with jill’s solo cutscene, when she enters the room, wesker doesnt even comment on her specifically. he just shit talks barry. when chris enters the room bro has the irresistible urge to say that chris makes him proud no matter if hes solo or not like okay
wesker was genuinely about to shoot jill before barry shot him. and then lets compare that to … wesker showing off his science project ??
something i noticed. “i don’t think you want to die just yet, i have something thats of some interest to you” said to chris is kind of an interesting line to me. like yes i’m probably digging too deep but hear me out. the way it’s said kinda makes me think wesker had expected chris to see the tyrant and be like… Damn… Holy shit… You were right wesker this is Amazing… or at least understand his point of view. but Obviously. chris did not.
i really do think that wesker wanted chris to join him. we don’t know much about their relationship pre-re1, but we do know that chris typically didn’t have a good relationship with authority figures, and yet he seems to be on pretty good terms with wesker. what made wesker different ??
the scene where wesker “dies”, chris instinctively runs forward and calls his name before stopping himself. wesker literally killed all of chris’s friends, betrayed STARS, and just shot rebecca point blank in front of him. and yet chris runs forward as if he wanted to save him.
yeah you can call that instinct or whatever but if that were me i’d be CHEEEERINGGGGG like are you fr?? shooting rebecca should mean instant death for anyone. okay nah fr though. it’s somewhat heartbreaking that chris still showed visible concern for wesker despite everything that had happened between them. it makes me think that they were previously close in some way.
also. jill does NOT run towards wesker or even say his name in surprise as he gets impaled. she just stands there. which. yeah. completely valid of her to do that. but like it shows that she did not gaf about wesker after what he did in comparison to chris.
the fact that wesker only helps chris is interesting too. yes theres gameplay reasons. chris doesnt have barry. jill has barry. but also we arent analyzing the gameplay now are we. theres obvious lore implications to the fact they chose wesker to be the one helping instead of rebecca. yes rebecca doesnt share the exact same role as barry but you get what i mean??
like. imagine wesker taking his time to fix the fucking doorknob are you kidding?? hello?? literally why did he do that. he could’ve just left the bullets but no. “i also fixed the doorknob 😊” WHY DID YOU DO THAT ???? ill be so fr the fact that he leaves bullets can be more easily passed off. he wants chris to be able to fight back and show off his strengths yaknow. but FIXING THE DOORKNOB??? yeah okay. let me make this more convenient for you for no reason at all.
i genuinely cant think of a reason he’d do that other than him just genuinely wanting to make it nicer for chris. if he hadn’t done it chris wouldn’t have even thought about the idea of wesker fixing the doorknob so its not like chris would’ve been like??? aghhh i cant believe he didnt fix the DOORKNOB like no. wesker just wanted to be nice. and fym wesker wanted to be nice???
i wanna also bring up re5 and its correlation to some of this but. BUT. i think i should make that its own post. so i think im gonna leave it here.
tldr: wesker is a homosexual