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I live for the day when the average person understands that bad acts don't discredit good acts AND good acts don't discredit bad ones. People can be both hero and villain AT THE SAME TIME and still deserve love and understanding. This goes for irl and fictional characters.

#ive had it with people taking a side and completely villinizing the other.#like your side doesnt have its own problems

cruella1989

Ian McDiarmid and Christopher Lee are caught playing Star Wars video games.

namchyoon

hobi slowly realizing that namgi were not vibing with the arirang sample 😭 cr. ouranxingg

tenartist

water master

cherry-x-blossom

Can you tell what my favorite Leon Kennedy scene is 🥀

starberrymatcha

uh huh him with the chains in re4r is something else alright *fans myself of hotness

waddingham

LEON S. KENNEDY RESIDENT EVIL REQUIEM (2026)

rockleaf

never forget the time itachi trash talked kakashi during their first showdown with absolutely zero problem and then was like “KISAME WE NEED TO LEAVE” the second gai showed up

narupikalover

Reminder that every Uchiha is canonically terrified of the straight up ass whooping powerhouse that is Might Gai. Itachi decided to run away from Gai, Gai beat Obito’s ass twice, and Madara acknowledged Gai’s ability to absolutely crush him and his rib cage even though he was basically a ninja god.

siderealsandman

Sasuke got completely squashed by Lee and never tried to get his win back because he knew better than to throw hands with Konoha’s beautiful green beast

suplexedbygod-deactivated202502

@warlockrightsactivist you cant keep this in the tags

thymedog

Leon, the fact that you keep getting yourself into this very particular scenario is getting really suspicious

comabite

trained you well, Leon

— c0mms open!!

mmeiram

"Senator Amidala showed up to the Chancellor's Yearly Gala with her jedi bodyguard hanging from her arm, instead of attending the ball alone or with former attachment Senator Clovis, Padme Amidala amazed everyone by bringing her Jedi friend and bodyguard as her plus one. May this show the galaxy how close the Republic is with the Jedi Order!"

i love drawing them at balls and galas.... wish i couldve done her wave dress more justice but i got tired

comms//tip jar

roxiedaisie

maybe Aeon...

I keep seeing people insist Leon and Claire would not make a good couple and to be honest, no one really knows that because we really haven't seen them in the same room together long enough to see their dynamic :/ They're friendly with each other, and obviously care deeply about each other, but in terms of anything deeper—that remains to be seen. I say this as someone who really likes the idea of them as a couple—the-fierce-and-independent-can-take-care-of-herself-and-is-lowkey-a-loudmouth-gal with the sweet-guy-who-is-always-trying-to-save-everyone-all-the-time-and-is-a-little-shy-sometimes (at least, this is how I would say the Resident Evil 2 Remake characterizes them in response to each other). The problem is that the games have always pushed Aeon.

Maybe it is anti-ship-war but I've never necessarily been a "one-ship" only type of fan. I can see Leon with Claire and I can see him with Ada, Chris, and I can even see him with Ashley (it's not that big of an age gap, guys...the biggest problem is the power imbalance and should she go on to become an agent as she considered in the RE4 remake, and should her father no longer be Leon's boss, that wouldn't be a factor anymore)—the only definitive no-no is Sherry and that has to do with the dynamic of their relationship (because she was a child when they met). All this to say, I do ship Leon and Ada, but that is solely because of what I have seen from RE6 (I am still playing through it for the first time, but I have seen clips of their moments together), and especially the new characterization of Ada from the RE4 remake.

In the original RE4, I always felt like Leon and Ada interacted really weirdly with each other? "Oh hey, I know you! I thought you died?" "Nope! I just pretended because I had stuff to do and you were clingy!" "Oh. Well that's fair. Anyway, what're you doing? Not more evil mercenary stuff, right? Because you know I'm against that?" "Ah, well, you know me! See you around Leon!" Followed by them meeting again and again and not really discussing anything important, yet still looking out for each other and still demonstrating an odd familiarity that implies they spent more time together than they canonically did during that one night together in RE2.

This isn't so bad; it allows Ada to remain mysterious and sexy as is crucial to that femme fatale persona. It also allows Leon to flirt with her without betraying his morals. The issue with this dynamic, at least to me, was that Leon never really tries to hold Ada accountable for lying to him. This isn't a huge problem in the flirty and temporary nature their relationship is presented to us as in each game they appear in, but when you start to consider their potential as a couple long term, it paints a bit of a toxic picture of them in which Leon is the one compromising and making sacrifices for her. Yes, when it is important, she always comes around to save him, but if she refuses to be honest and vulnerable with her partner, how can he trust her? (He can't. Turns out this is part of the appeal). This makes their relationship, at least in this depiction, unhealthy (that doesn't mean it wouldn't still happen though. Lots of unhealthy relationships happen all the time and many are beloved in fiction).

However, in the RE4 Remake, Capcom made a handful of little adjustments to Leon and Ada's dynamic that, at least in my opinion, leave the door open to an actual relationship between the two of them that isn't just bits of flirting and flings. Specifically, having Leon actually verbalize his feels of betrayal toward Ada when they first meet in the castle is crucial to countering what seemed to be one of the most toxic elements of the original dynamic. He is no longer just a little puppy doing whatever Ada requests of him. He's jaded because of her, and yet he still has hope that she is who he believed her to be in the RE2 remake. But by holding her accountable, he isn't accepting being "played with" the same way the original Leon did. Ada does not get to just swoop in and mess with his head because he will no longer accept this treatment; he will no longer just go along with it.

Another crucial but very small adjustment made to Ada's character in the RE4 remake comes from Separate Ways in which, at the start of the game, Ada's narration refers to "the night everything changed" as the same night everything changed for Leon. This means that Ada is not as callous and uncaring about the damage from her actions as she appeared to be. Her narration does not specify exactly how everything changed that night for her, but it is easy to speculate. Maybe because Leon made her care, maybe because she felt guilty for her part in everything, maybe because she regretted betraying Leon and leaving him behind. In any case, this Ada is different from the original Ada who comes across as cool and unbothered about the tragedies she takes part in because she's just there to do a job.

Lastly, the final adjustment Capcom made to Ada's character comes at the very end of RE4 Remake, right after Saddler is defeated. She offers Leon a ride in the helicopter—a far more direct flirtation from her (though most of her flirtation in the RE4 remake is more direct, especially compared to her initial resistance to Leon's involvement in the RE2 remake before she goes on to kiss him). Leon is brusque in his refusal, and she expresses disappointment before helping him escape with Ashley by giving him the jet-ski keys. What is important, however, comes after part of the credits, when she makes a decision that feels very unlike the Ada we know—she goes against Wesker when he reveals the projection of casualties. It feels like Leon's question back in the boat, about whether or not she has changed, is being answered. Yes—she has changed—because of him.

All this is to say that since Leon showed up with that wedding ring in Requiem and speculation is impossible to ignore, Ada has been the most obvious choice simply because their dynamic has been the only one presented with explicit romantic coding. That doesn't close the door to other candidates (personally I'm going with the theory that it's a civilian. I could absolutely see him ending up with a nurse, for example—someone who cares deeply about people and puts them first, like he does). While I would have been anti-Ada as a marital candidate based solely on the original games (if not because their dynamic was kind of toxic, then because she was really underdeveloped as a character), I think Capcom is leading Ada down a different path than she followed during the original Resident Evil games. They have left the door wide open for her next appearance (either in the Requiem DLC or in an RE6 remake, or anywhere else) to further develop that end credit scene in the RE4 remake. Maybe Ada has changed, and hopefully we get to see it.

I'd also really like to get a backstory on her, Capcom. Please. I beg 😭

felicitydareid

My headconnon of events and why is...

that Leon and Claire didn't have any major developments during their 20s. Mainly because of Leon becoming aquatinted with the realities of bioterror. Although he never abandons his principals, he seems forced to essentially put them on hold. To deal with having to this, he sort of makes himself numb to the grayer complexities of his new reality. Enter Ada in RE4. I think only in this more numb state he is able to accept Ada where Leon thinks she's at. Remember, a lot of the scenes that give Ada redeeming qualities Leon isn't privy to. As far as he knows, she isn't one of the bad guys, but neither is she good. She's caught in between, and will ultimately maneuver herself to some out on top, even at the expense of others. (Does he hope this isn't true? Probably, but this is the conclusion her actions support)

During Leon's 20s (as seen in damnation and RE4) I do think he and Ada would try a relationship. It would probably be very hot and cold and like you said, ultimately toxic. Ada I do think is open to becoming the person the Leon needs long term, but judging by her continued mysteriousness even through RE6, I don't think she ever really gets there.

RE: Infinite Darkness and Vendetta seems to be a turning point for Leon (and ultimately him and Ada). We see him at his most brooding, but it's a "darkest before the dawn" situation. It's him coming to terms and accepting that there will always be bioterror. And a part of that acceptance of this is also accepting that Ada will always be caught in the middle of the "good and evil" . He also accepts the needed "gray" morality of it all, but I think he decides to keep it to a minimum for himself, where as Ada lives and breathes gray morality.

Despite his hardened exterior, Leon, at his core is kind, caring, and always wants to believe the best in people. Ada would constantly be challenging this. And such constant challenge to someone's core is exhausting. This is why Leon and Ada do NOT work long term.

Enter Claire, particularly in death island. She is the very reflection of Leon's inner core. Not only is she beyond kind and caring in her own right, she gives Leon hope in the future of the world. She's the light at the end of the tunnel.

And even before death island, in infinite darkness, Leon meets Claire again fresh off of RE4 and under the impression that Ada is once again, out for herself. (She's not entirely but Leon doesn't know that.) Claire radiates this hope for the future that he so desperate needs, and more importantly, wants.

People mature a lot in their early 30s, and thinking about what they want for the future. This is also during the time where Leon is reconnecting with Claire and and maybe even collaborating with Chris, Jill, and the BSAA. Its here that Leon finally feels stable, and grounded. It's certainly not a leap to say Claire had something to do with that.

So although I do think Aeon did certainly happen cannon wise, it wasn't a long term thing. Cleon by far gives healthier building blocks for the characters as presented in the games and movies and with this, a far happier, and healthier marriage.

But if capcom said it was Ingrid or Chris as well, I would be okay. Leon is fairly compatible with a lot people in the RE universe. I just personally think Claire is the best choice when it comes to both compatibility and shared trauma. Aeon is literally the only ship that doesn't make sense to me on a long term basis, let alone for Leon's marriage in RE9.