The Raven Nest

She/They

[corvusalbus93]

Current Hyperfixation – Resident Evil Masterpost

Since I’m doing a lot around Resident Evil at the moment, especially Village, I’ve decided to make navigation a bit easier. Here you find fanfiction, theories, ideas and of course links to AO3. If there is anything you want to know or want to talk about, feel free to DM/ask.

AU Ethan sides with Heisenberg

Restructuring RE Village (ideas)

Part 1 – Ethan accepts the Deal (fanfic)

Part 2 – Alternative Boss Fight (fanfic)

Part 3 – Ending Miranda (fanfic)

Full story with bonus chapter on AO3

Village Epilogue – Heisenberg leaves for good

AU RE Village – Remnants (Rose & Heisenberg team-up)

Premise (ideas)

Bringing back Zoe (background)

Heisenberg – Making him a “Good Guy” without making him a good guy (background)

RE Village – Remnants on AO3

WIP – Openings aka Rose & Heisenberg get abducted

Rude Awakening – Rose (chapter link & preview)

> WIP – Rose meets Heisenberg

The Belly of the Beast – Heisenberg (chapter link & preview)

At the Heart – Rose (chapter link & preview)

Head of the Serpent – Heisenberg & Rose (link & preview)

Road Trip - Heisenberg & Rose (link & preview)

> WIP - Miranda haunts the narrative

> WIP - Heisenberg finds out Rose killed Miranda

> Ice Cream Scene (drawing)

Reprieve – Rose & Heisenberg (link & preview)

> WIP - Uncle Heisenberg gets Rose her first drink

> WIP - The Cadou, ageing and Rose's possible immortality

Nightmare - Rose (link & preview)

> WIP - Rose and the Bat Queen

> Rose returns the golden cog (drawing)

WIP - Heisenberg meets the Iron Steed

Others

WIP Iron Steed drawing

No Gods, No Masters (drawing)

Ethan’s Trial (theory)

The Duke's Origin (theory)

Donna Beneviento – Cinematic & Literary Inspirations (theory)

The reservoir (& tragedy) of Dr Moreau (theory)

Alcina & the curse of House Dimitrescu (theory)

Heisenberg Family History (theory)

More theories coming...

[corvusalbus93]

Little drawing based on a scene from chapter 8 of RE Village – Remnants. Rose has already faced the other monsters from “Village of Shadows” in her nightmare, including the witch with the help of the Iron Steed:

Carefully, Rose reached out, placing a hand on the forehead, as if it were a normal horse. It had no fur, but while the steed’s metal skin felt rough, it was pleasantly warm to the touch, not searing as she had expected. “This is yours, right?” she asked, and in response, the steed gently nudged her with its snout.

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WIP - Heisenberg meets the Iron Steed

Snippet from the upcoming chapter 9 of Remnants. This time it is Heisenberg’s nightmare and he finds himself lost in a graveyard. The graves around him are filled with those he’s killed, Soldats and even people that should still be alive. As he tries to find a way out he encounters the Iron Steed at a crossing:

Perhaps the other two signs were more helpful, but Heisenberg didn’t find out, because something emerged from between the mausoleums on the path ahead. It was merely a dark shape at first, two burning eyes all he could really make out, until it was fully out of the shadows. Into the cool light had stepped a horse, one Heisenberg was all too familiar with. And utterly despised.

His hand clutched the shovel, the knuckles hidden by the leather of his glove turning as white as the snow at his feet. This mockery of his family’s crest. Not a horse of flesh and blood, but a chained beast made out of rusted scrap. Of course he’d seen the picture book; it had been among Duke’s wares once. The only thing he liked about it was how the witch died in the end, which also told him Miranda probably didn’t have a hand in its creation.

But he’d always hated how he was depicted in its pages. Playing the part of Miranda’s loyal son had been necessary, yet the iron steed was still a bitter reminder of his servitude, of the very real way he had been chained. And here it now stood, as covered with dents and scratches as he was with scars. As much horse as he was...

Fuck it. He finally had something he could let his frustration and anger out on.

It would have been easy to create a magnetic field strong enough to crush it. But that wouldn’t be satisfying – it would be over too fast. Instead, the thin metal of his shovel was crushed and compacted into something resembling a spear-point.

The iron steed pawed at the snow with blood-covered hooves like a bull ready to charge. Heisenberg grinned. He was looking forward to what was about to happen. “Come on, you piece of scrap.”

Steam rose from the steed’s nostril like a response and the chains hanging from its body were rattling with each motion.

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[corvusalbus93]

I wonder if anyone noticed that in chapter 8 (“Nightmare”) of Remnants, in which Rose faces all the monsters from the “Village of Shadows”-picture book, Rose ends up fighting the evil witch/Miranda like this:

The sword and shield-combo was on purpose and will reappear later. (Note: Find it interesting the feathers, which remind me of Miranda's, emerge from behind the demon the maiden is about to slay.) After the game did nothing with the Maiden of War, I thought I try to incorperate her.

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[corvusalbus93]

"Karl Heisenberg is (one of) my favourite characters in Resident Evil."

*Have him endure body horror & psychological horror in the upcoming chapter 9 of my story Remnants (post Village)*

“Turns out that is not a good thing for him.”

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[corvusalbus93]

First time I saw the cutscene of Gideon and Leon in that hallway (with Leon subsequently getting knocked out), my first reaction wasn’t “damn, Gideon is tall” or “Leon, not again”, but rather “Hey, did Gideon steal my ring?”:

It’s not exactly the same, but there is a resemblance. My family (and I) has been keeping snakes since I was a kid, so friends on occasion got me themed gifts. I don’t even wear rings, never bought one for myself, I just keep getting them XD.

And each I could see Gideon wear now.

[corvusalbus93]

RE Village – Remnants Nightmare – Rose

Next chapter it out: It should have been a restful night after finally escaping the Connection’s facility. Instead, Rose finds herself in a nightmare, pursued by monsters from her old picture book “Village of Shadows”. Old fears and doubts bubble up to the surface, but maybe this time around, the iron steed will be more amicable.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Preview:

“No, and my dad...”

The witch came to her, moving as if she floated rather than walked. “He died before you ever got to know him. And your mother? She helped to create bioweapons; can you be certain she had no plans for you?” Rose felt her body stiffen. She had no idea, not with her mum absent for so long. Now circling, almost touching her, the witch went on. “Chris? He still feels guilty for your father’s death and the role he played. All he’s doing is keeping the promise he’s made. And the hounds simply follow his lead.”

No, that wasn’t true! “Shut up!” Rose yelled anger burning away her fear, though her heart felt heavy, each of the witch’s words weighing it down more and more. “You don’t know them! I do!”

“Has he not attempted to sway you to join his operation? Has he not prepared you to fight? No matter how you use your powers, you will never be a true human in their eyes. Just a tool. A weapon. Or a threat.” A howl could be heard from beyond the briar, and through the branches, Rose could see the wolves, running back and forth, looking for a way to get into the circle. The witch had spotted them as well and was now pointing to them. “Why do you think these wolves have followed you all the way here? You are unnatural; any animal can sense it.” She placed her cold hands on Rose’s shoulders, paying no mind to the injury the scythe had left there. “Go on, finish them! Or they will never stop hunting you.”

Rose tore herself free, wincing briefly as the wound reopened, and stepped away from the witch. “How would you know?” she hissed back.

This time the witch placed a hand on her own heart as she tried to close the distance again, but Rose kept backing up. “Because we are alike. And I know that you have already embraced your powers, but child, it is time you use them for yourself. Not for those who would only cage you, who fear you behind all the pretence.”

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[corvusalbus93]

Got a Family Dispute last run – Hera & Hephaestus. And of course I had to defend my boy (he sounded so surprised when I picked him 🥲 "What, really, me?")

Also, high level Heroic Volcanic Flourish (down to 4 sec.) with Chain Reaction (Heph’s hammer aka blast effects hit twice) deleted Chronos.

[crowarmy]

I got him a lion hood and he is so unimpressed

[corvusalbus93]

It's Heracles from Hades 2!

And just as grumpy by the looks of it.

[corvusalbus93]

I gotta ask something, guys...

How many people are actually reading my Resident Evil-story “Remnants”?

Reading "Remnants"

Not interested / Not reading

Plan to read it

Not reading anymore

Voting ended onJul 7

Because going by Hits and Bookmarks, it seems to be in the single digits now, which is incredibly discouraging (and let’s not talk about comments). And I know, “Write for yourself. Write what you like,” but I also post so I can get a chance to talk with people who enjoy these characters as much as I do. For the exchange. I want to talk about these characters, hear what ideas people liked, what their own ideas and interpretations are... just anything.

I was trying to do drawings, hoping to get maybe a few more people curious (and there are scenes I just would have loved to illustrate jsut because), but I’m neither good nor fast enough to pull that off.

Look, I don’t know if it’s just a case of "No ship, no sex – no one cares” or if I’m just a terrible writer who wrote herself into the niche-est niche there is.

But if I really don’t have readers, I’m just going to finish the story with a big summary. Then I can just have spoilers in my posts and talk about the character development for Rose and Heisenberg I had planned, maybe post things like their individual nightmares and such.

Fanfiction just takes so much work and love – I just don’t want to feel lonely, like I’m just shouting into the void.

Sorry, if this was a bit of a downer to start the week.

[corvusalbus93]

Update: Thank you everyone who partook in the poll and especially those who commented <3

Going by the results the majority of people seemed to be reading or are interested in checking out the story eventually – the niche is not as lonely as I feared! Given what I observed on Ao3, I had feared most people had jumped ship, but, at least when it comes to the tumblr audience, that does not seem to be the case. Now I’m glad I did the poll to rectify that misconception.

So, I’ll be finishing the story as intended and it’s now part of a series with “Taking the Deal”. I hadn’t done it earlier because it was not required reading to understand what is going on in "Remnants", but it is the same AU, so why not. The series is called “Escape Artists”, as a nod to the Rise Against-song of the same name, since it mainly revolves around Heisenberg getting out, reclaiming his freedom & his humanity as well as finding his place in the world:

... We are products of a place But our ties have been erased A wilderness awaits And lost is something we've been tryin' to find The ones that got away now, drifted from the herd Slip through the fingers of your world The ones that got away now, never to return We left your world to build our own ...

Hope to see you all next chapter (sometime around this weekend if all goes well).

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[corvusalbus93]

“I’m a goddam freedom fighter!”

He hated Miranda with every fibre of his being and he’d despise a sycophant like Gideon. Still, Heisenberg is definitely a case of “I said he was my favourite character, I never said he was a good person.” XD

I sadly have no scanner, so some of the details of the drawing (1. Image) got lost... instead I played around with effects. Masterpost (for all things RE Village)

[corvusalbus93]

WIP - Rose and the Bat Queen

WIP/Snippet from the upcoming chapter 8 of Remnants. For context, Rose is having a nightmare (Heisenberg will get his own in chapter 9) during which she ends up in a forest not unlike the one featured in the “Village of Shadows”-storybook. Like in that story, she meets the monsters one by one, but this time around they are not as helpful:

With that barrier between her and the outside, Rose allowed herself to take a deep breath, filling her lungs with the musty air of the castle. She wrinkles her nose with instant regret, though, because she could practically taste the mould on her tongue. But as gross as the air was, at least it wasn’t as dark as she’d first feared. There were candles on the floor and on candle stands, which nearly matched her height, all lining the hallway, not in any orderly fashion but rather erratically grouped.

Did someone actually live here? They should really air this place out. But given what she had encountered so far in this forest, Rose had a second thought and took one of the candle stands, weighing it in her hands. Sure, it was no halberd, but it was metal and would probably hurt. Better to have it than go in completely unarmed.

Feeling a little better with her portable light source and weapon, Rose ventured deeper into the castle, mindful to create as little sound as possible. Along her way she passed a few doors, all of them shut, and she didn’t feel like breaking any of them down, not as long as she had a way forward. Soon the hallway took a sharp turn and just ended a few steps further ahead, having led her to a great hall, which, while also lit by candles, didn’t look like it belonged here. It looked like a club with expensive wood panelling and emerald wallpaper, which reminded her of the old-timey ones she’d seen in black-and-white movies set in the Roaring Twenties.

But it was empty. No patrons, no one at the bar, no sight of a band or a singer despite the instruments on stage. By the looks of it, someone had broken off the microphone, leaving only the pole with a cable wrapped around it. Had the last performance been that lousy?

Suppressing the urge to look around some more, Rose snuck onto the stage in hopes of finding another door. The artists had to come in and leave somehow, right? She reached for the red curtains, only for them to move before she’d even touched the cloth. And a cold gust hit her from above.

Shit. Slowly, very slowly, instinctually trying not to trigger a response, Rose looked up and immediately wished she hadn’t. Above her, hanging between the curtain and spotlights hung the largest bat she’d ever seen, its fur white as ash, piercing golden eyes fixed on her.

Clutching the candle stand in her hands, breath held, Rose watched it stretch, claws cutting into the curtain, before a long, dripping tongue emerged from between its wet fangs. There was a part of her mind that told her to run, but like a deer in headlights, she remained frozen, even as the tongue licked over her bleeding shoulder. Rose hissed at the contact, the pain shooting through her arm and back. The candles shook, wax dripped onto the stage, and Rose dared to pull her shoulder away. A growl from above was the only warning she got...

As a little update: shout-out to @edibleeyelashes and @zero-gravitas for your kind & encouraging messages and @vodkafolie for your comments on Remnants – they all really helped, when my doubts were eating away at me again. Thank you guys <3 Masterpost (for all things RE Village)

[corvusalbus93]

I gotta ask something, guys...

How many people are actually reading my Resident Evil-story “Remnants”?

Reading "Remnants"

Not interested / Not reading

Plan to read it

Not reading anymore

Voting ended onJul 7

Because going by Hits and Bookmarks, it seems to be in the single digits now, which is incredibly discouraging (and let’s not talk about comments). And I know, “Write for yourself. Write what you like,” but I also post so I can get a chance to talk with people who enjoy these characters as much as I do. For the exchange. I want to talk about these characters, hear what ideas people liked, what their own ideas and interpretations are... just anything.

I was trying to do drawings, hoping to get maybe a few more people curious (and there are scenes I just would have loved to illustrate jsut because), but I’m neither good nor fast enough to pull that off.

Look, I don’t know if it’s just a case of "No ship, no sex – no one cares” or if I’m just a terrible writer who wrote herself into the niche-est niche there is.

But if I really don’t have readers, I’m just going to finish the story with a big summary. Then I can just have spoilers in my posts and talk about the character development for Rose and Heisenberg I had planned, maybe post things like their individual nightmares and such.

Fanfiction just takes so much work and love – I just don’t want to feel lonely, like I’m just shouting into the void.

Sorry, if this was a bit of a downer to start the week.

[corvusalbus93]

WIP of a drawing I’m doing for the next chapter (8) of RE Village – Remnants. Without spoiling the details, Rose is having a nightmare in which she encounters the monsters from the “Village of Shadows”-storybook. Of course things don’t proceed as in that fairy tale, culminating in her meeting the Iron Steed. For those not reading my story, Rose is currently travelling with Heisenberg, so the Steed also reflects how she’s come to see him – the scar-placement is not by accident.

Now that it was so close, she could see scuff marks and scratches carved by wicked claws, while dents and grime left the metal without shine. There was this creaking sound as it moved, hinting at some unseen damage.

Once the next chapter is out (and this drawing is hopefully finished) I’ll be talking more about what is going on here and in the chapter in general. @zarstarss you may remember me mentioning this a while back when I asked how 5th Lord Ethan would be represented in “Village of Shadows”.

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[corvusalbus93]

My pin-combo:

[zarstarss]

almost forgot to post this during pride month

[corvusalbus93]

Her other shirt he also "borrowed":

[corvusalbus93]

I see people compare Victor Gideon with Karl Heisenberg, but gotta admit I disagree. Here is how I personally see it:

Heisenberg does what he does, creates his Soldats, to kill Miranda and everyone in his way to make his life his own.

Gideon lives and researches to actualise what he thinks is his dead master's goal – he'd kiss Spencer's feet if he could.

But...

Salvatore Moreau conducts Cadou experiments on villagers to help his "Mother", Miranda, achieve her goal – he says he'd do anything for her.

Gideon is Moreau.

And neither get things done. Sure, their experiments create other monsters, but neither actually achieve what they set out to do.

Heisenberg would look down on them both. I could see him call them "tools" or something along those lines.

[temple-jules]

This AND Heisenberg and Gideon's similarities begin and end with how their conditions effected them mentally. They were both able to maintain mental stability.

Heisenberg feels he is a victim to Miranda's experimentation even if it granted him power. He thinks it's ridiculous to try and compete with his siblings for Miranda's attention because it's impossible to please her. All four failed to become what she wanted and Heisenberg sees that and (rightfully) resents her for that and all of the abuse she put them through.

Gideon is obsessed with Spencer (or, more accurate, the idea of Spencer) that he is willing to conduct experiments on himself to achieve what he thought Spencer would have wanted. I think being able to maintain his mental stability only bolstered his hubris, made him feel invincible. He never even worked under directly under Spencer, I think that's a huge distinction too.

Idk to me all of these characters are unique to their circumstance. If we have to make comparisons then I would agree that Victor is more similar to Moreau than Heisenberg. That being said, I think Victor (who is much more coherent and intelligent than Moreau) would have very interesting interactions with Heisenberg in the scenario they ever met

[corvusalbus93]

Yeah, beyond both being B.O.W. who managed to remain stable, and arguably falling iton the “mad scientist”-trope, they are very different people. And I agree with what you wrote about them.  

Gideon interacting with Heisenberg would certainly have been interesting – I’ve been thinking about writing a short fic, but I want to finish my others first. But unlike most of the posts I’ve come across, I think those two would have hated each other, or at least Heisenberg would have despised Gideon, based on their differences.

I mentioned in a reply to a comment below that Gideon may have learned about Miranda through Spencer’s notes, and I could absolutely see him look up to Miranda as his master’s “mentor”. And just as he told Grace how he “liberated” her, I wouldn’t rule out he would chastise Heisenberg for not appreciating his “gift”. Meanwhile Heisenberg would probably be reminded of the other, sycophantic Lords vying pointlessly for Miranda’s favour – becoming just as inhuman as her in the process. In Gideon he would see just another delusional sycophant, who like you said is reveres a man, or that version he has in his head, he hasn’t even work under.

Agreed. Heisenberg spent his life trapped in a cult in which your power and usefulness defined your worth, directly under Miranda. He spent decades having to play her obedient son, to buy himself enough time to come up with a plan to kill her. He never folded even though he had no one on his side, and despite the villagers worship Miranda, in his private notes he refers to them as “poor schmucks” - and is the only Lord not using living subjects. Everything he did was to survive, get his revenge and gain his freedom. All things considered, it’s a miracle he managed to preserve some of his humanity. If the circumstances had been just a little different, he might not have been a villain, which is what got me to write “Taking the Deal” in the first place. In an upcoming chapter he has the lines: “I don’t want to be the monster she created. I’m not a good man, but I like to think I’m more than what she made me.”

Meanwhile Gideon freely chose his path. Which makes for a fun villian that fits Requiem pretty well and I really enjoyed. But I still like Heisenberg better.

Haha, same. My blog has basically turned into a re8-blog these past few months. Have I played other games/other re-games? Yes. But it’s Village, and also Heisenberg, I simply can’t stop writing (stories & theories) or shut up about XD