"...standing in the dark wearing nothing but honesty, jill could feel his jaw clenching against her temple, his breath stirring her hair. the only one who'd dug through a three-year tunnel full of dead leads and an empty grave and the whole world telling him no, jill is gone, chris, let it go — and still came to take her home.
now she was home, in his arms, with her hand gripping his, his heartbeat thumping against her chest and a long-kept confession he was trying to hold back, the words catching in a broken, uttered syllable of her name; and all she could think was say it — say it, whatever it is, ruin us, I don't care. please don't stop, don't stop, hold me until i feel whole again."
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Jill Valentine + Chris Redfield - Post RC apartments (RE3R/Veronica)
Jill's unsent letter (for Brad) from RE3R - "I'll be moving out at night. Five days. Wish me luck."
Concierge in Veronica trailer - "He's made such a mess again. Think, I just cleaned it up a week ago! It's like a boulder rolled through here!"
RE Universe's reasoning for Chris:
The RE Veronica trailer already had me THRILLED by ONE thing, right off the bat, that I wanted firmly established from a potential CV remake or new Jill game—Jill moved into her OWN new place post RE3R. This is what the game was establishing from the opening section. Of course I wanted to see them continue to show the living spaces of more characters, but It was tiring seeing people literally trying to make the ending scene NOT about Jill, when NOTHING suggested ANYTHING else. Jill said, and it was shown in perfectly clear detail (for those who actually paid attention and LOOKED at her apartment and understood the lore establishing what she was doing and even what her immediate INTENTIONS were), that she was moving out of RC. She NEVER said she was leaving the country in RE3R.
Jill was NOT said or even suggested to be following OLD LORE, nor were Chris and Barry. Chris already established in RE2R that old "canon" was not valid in this new/current timeline, so it was weird to see people clinging to some things so hard. Chris was doing his OWN investigation somewhere in Europe, and later wrote to Jill and Barry in CODED language, he didn't plan on coming back to RC for at least another 6 months possibly. NONE of the stuff Jill said in her old diary, was ever acknowledged as still being valid either. BARRY NEVER RETURNED to RC for Jill in the current timeline of events. Chris told Barry not to think of following him, and BECAUSE Jill was going to continue her OWN SOLO investigation in RC, all he asked of her was to let Claire know he was okay, IF she reached out to her. None of this suggests an idea of them all going to Europe.
Jill was CLEARLY packing up her stuff to try and move out of RC, due to having her investigation put to a halt, thanks to Irons putting her under house arrest for obvious reasons, and we SAW all of the investigative work JILL did BY HERSELF in her apartment. She even has her CAMERA on her desk where she woke up from!
You know, just like CHRIS is shown having been doing HIMSELF in the CV remake trailer!
Naturally it did make me think of the man Jill had a photo of in TWO places in her apartment (by her desk and on her refrigerator)
Could just be a coincidence, and I also can't say it's OFFICIALLY meant to be Chris, but I'm just saying it gave 90s Chris vibes, and Capcom has shown they do deliberately drop hints with easter eggs in the form of assets. They even reused some assets in RE9 for a locker filled with Jill's things (they also moved Chris's desk to be beside Jill's and replaced the photo of the man on her desk, for her old dog). Someone even recently showed that the "daily report" easter egg asset you find in her apartment was named as Chris's Diary.
Yes, Jill originally had an unlockable diary with the same design, but as you can see in the current timeline, that diary doesn't exist, so this is an interesting choice (despite us not having any text for what he would've written). Likewise, this also would suggest, that whatever Chris would've had in his diary, would NOT be the same as it was originally. I'm not saying Jill did not possibly still leave where ever she went to (following the events of RE3R) to find him at some point, but the OLD lore is NOT valid with what they have been establishing in the CURRENT timeline. Even REV2 RETCONNED Barry having any involvement post RC. So all of the plans to have Chris, Jill and Barry all agreeing to go to Europe was changed YEARS AGO!
Jill's original RE3 epilogue took place a couple of months after RE3 (so during the events of CV's time) anyway, and look at WHERE she ended up.
A messy apartment with Chris's knife and blood found. NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with RE3R's ending.
Jill was NOT depicted as LOOKING for Chris in RE3R. NONE of her focus was on Chris! The woman just found out an entity outside of UB that had it IN for UB even, made sure the city was bombed/was thwarting her efforts, and thus destroyed her efforts to save what was left of the city she called home and was trying to protect, and some people legit think Jill's focus was on CHRIS!
The letter she was writing to someone (that was left unsent), was a RESPONSE letter to Brad. It's right across from his letter, and she literally addresses what he brought up in his RECENTLY sent message he had a pizza delivery person pass on to her, which is why Jill gave him a TIMELINE on how soon she planned on leaving RC. That is Jill responding to Brad, inquiring about hearing she planned on leaving RC. HER request was for HIM to pick up with where she left off investigating UB IN RC, IF he found out something happened to her, since neither seemed to think Brad would be a "someone like her" that UB would come after directly, especially since he wasn't doing anything against them like she and Chris were. NO ONE else could check up on Jill anytime soon besides him.
I'll post this again, but it's like people REALLY were missing the point IMO. Jill was packing TOILET PAPER and DISHES even, to go to EUROPE to find Chris?!!!
Like, Jill was packing up all of this stuff and having it SHIPPED overseas, with NOTHING even suggesting she KNEW exactly where Chris was, let alone anything suggesting she planned to meet up with him? He didn't even send anything directly to her or Barry from all we know. He only sent them a coded message to the RPD. I wouldn't doubt they had discussed some things before he left, but Jill didn't even have anything from Rebecca or Barry. HER focus in the entire game was on what happened in RC, and even her failure to stop the bombing and holding those responsible ACCOUNTABLE. She dealt with some fears she had as well. She literally even tried to recruit Kendo during the story!
Jill even having this happen is a RETCON! Leon being able to find her letter for Kendo is a retcon! HER MIND was on her FUTURE BATTLES! Her last WORDS were about HER OWN DESTINY and choices THEN AND THERE! Jill NEVER suggested the stuff she had lined up for herself (for when she had planned to leave) changed.
AS JILL TOLD CHRIS herself in her LASTEST canon appearance:
"I'm not waiting for backup when there's a chance someone's in danger."
Jill HAS ALWAYS been portrayed as someone WILLING to take action ON HER OWN! Even in RE1, even without needing Wesker to give her an order to investigate, she was willing to take action ALONE, even for CHRIS! Jill NOT going to Europe with Chris (because Claire got Jill's lead role position in CV in the end), literally cemented Jill as her own character. They have a meaningful bond that will keep them connected, but she's NOT just Chris's FORMER partner, or even just a love interest. Chris and Leon are who Capcom claim are the "main characters" of RE, but Jill still exists as her OWN character. I'm GLAD, that currently she's NOT just some canon fodder foot soldier/nobody following Chris's lead. RE5 already screwed her over.
I love seeing them work together, etc, but I also want to see Jill actually allowed to do something OUTSIDE of just one relationship. She's already been WASTED for nearly two WHOLE DECADES now, thanks to RE5, the same game where Jill being "dead" for Chris's story was ALWAYS part of the plot. Jill didn't even have DIALOGUE with WESKER! Now look at the state of the BSAA in the current events, and the FACT JILL has been COMPLETELY irrelevant in ALL OF IT so far.
"I decided then and there: the ashes of Raccoon City would be Umbrella's ashes too. I would end them once and for all." - Jill's closing statement in RE3R.
Jill said "I" not WE. This was Jill LITERALLY DECLARING WAR on Umbrella, and really whomever else (RE9 confirms the Connections involvement as well). It was ANNOYING AS HELL to see "fans" of Jill even LITERALLY thinking so little of Jill IMO. Seeing comments like, "Oh it must be Rebecca, because the figure has on a green shirt, (as if that makes any sense), stuff about shacking up with Carlos, despite his irrelevance and absence no less, or like, "She went to find Chris, and since the shirt is green IT MUST be Chris's (even though his clothing would NOT fit Jill the same, and it's LITERALLY a re-skin of the same top she had on in her nightmare!).
The apartment shown at the end establishes a few things THEMATICALLY, and established a DIFFERENT TONE for Jill's story. That's intentional, just as much as her being shown ALONE. There was a calmer environment (birds chirping even), it was a bright sunny day, a gentle breeze outside. There's some similar things that Jill had in her apartment in RC shown, a punching bag seemingly indicating that SHE is spending her time PREPARING for what's to come. The broken capsule for the vaccine Nikolai destroyed (which was in the foreground), that she grabs, IS the main focus. Jill is not finding a knife of Chris's and thinking about him. NOTHING about ANY OF THAT was about Chris based on what they established. Bad enough seeing people defend the choice to have Leon go back to RC over someone like Jill, by saying she didn't really care about RC as much as Leon did, so it made more sense for HIM to be used. Like EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!?
Leon had a knife from Marvin he kept in the current timeline, JILL kept the capsule that represented a MUCH larger loss for the city she LIVED IN, formed connections in, and SUFFERED for! BARELY making it out of RC even. THE VISUALS were also representing a CHANGE! Jill came from the military, and had on a military green tank top (kind of like her REmake alt skin). She just declared WAR in her final thoughts. Heck often undershirts come in variety packs anyway, and Jill did have other colors of clothing in her old apartment.
Jill overcame the STORM from her nightmare and was vaccinated (this would allow her to abandon that fear of becoming a zombie).
She LIVED through the HELL erupting outside of her home.
And THEN she MOVED (though not how she planned for obvious reasons). She was beginning anew. She had to start over after what happened, but her resolve and determination grew in the process. She dedicated her life to something bigger, and that's what always seemed to be what the post credits scene was about to me. She lost everything she had in RC, but again she had already been preparing for her move! Things did not go as planned, but she ESCAPED in the end, and established herself elsewhere, and she was moving forward with her mission. She said she felt EMPTY seeing RC destroyed all for greed, and she was now FUELED (more passionately) by her desire to END this evil in the world.
Jill CLEARLY had plans following her move out of RC (before the events in the game unfold). I've shown this before, but again..
She HANDWROTE a calendar for the final days of September, all the way up to Oct 10th! Homegirl CLEARLY had things LINED up. The aftermath of what happened in and to RC, would impact her profoundly, and the ending was only focused in on HER!
I'm so GLAD this Veronica trailer put that stuff to bed it seems.
I love Chris has a tape recorder, a camera, pills, documents, etc. Showing he's been doing some investigating, and seemingly crashes right there on the couch. I love that the concierge is complaining about how messy he is, and how she just cleaned up after him a week prior to Claire's arrival. His furnishings are different from Jill's. Jill had a punching bag, Chris has adjustable dumbbells.
Yeah, I laughed my butt off, because it was annoying how people would just automatically write off the idea of Jill TRAINING in her OWN place, and some even bringing up a NON-CANON RE5 viral ad where Chris had a punching bag, to try to use that as some "fact" to TAKE AWAY from what is visually established for Jill's own narrative, and make it about CHRIS! TWO adjustable dumbbells, and that's it (thus far)! LMAO!!! THANK YOU CAPCOM!!! LET JILL have her damn punching bag OKAY!!!
I'm loving we are seeing more and more visits to places these characters live in since Rev2! Chris was snacking on treats, smoking, has pills, a walkie/radio, some clothes are on the couch and floor, even his belt is on the floor, and you see that disorganized aspect of him.
^They literally reused some of Jill's pills even LOL!
Jill's RC apartment was messier than it normally would've been, and she also was taking pills and having trouble getting good rest (especially with the spies watching her), but this does make me curious to see what notes or audio Claire might be able to find pointing out what was going on with Chris.
Like I can't wait to see more. I already like this is changing the intro from CV, and doing something more believable for Claire, and I hope they actually explore CLAIRE herself this time around. I wonder how much more they will change, as everything since this RE engine era came about, has been bringing about both big and small changes. Making usually more solid connections, etc. Hell, the RPD in RE2R ACTUALLY has restrooms, and the STARS office accounts for fitting ALL of them!
Anyway, just felt like bringing this up. I enjoy Jill and Chris's dynamic, and all of that, but Jill can and DOES have things that are just for her, just like Chris has had his own journey without her. Not everything is about Chris, or a "relationship," nor should it be. I suppose it's possible this game could throw in some surprises about STARS's former members beyond Chris and Wesker (I'm still loving the lore RE9 gave to Barry tied to both of Chris and JIll, and even Leon), but still, it just felt nice to see Chris had his own apartment that is NOT Jill's new place from RE3R's ending established.
fucked that you can’t fix other people especially when you really care about them. Oh so im just supposed to be there for you while you suffer. like a useless cunt gargoyle
ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds
I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study
after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines
et voila
and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)
my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on
this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏
BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise
ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!
Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹
we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos
the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you
power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,
the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis
and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.
Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp
thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.
