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[jillvalentinezxo]

I will never forgive re6 for getting Chris so wrong <3

I have supporting evidence in the form of two things that happen in his introduction to Chris' campaign. 1. The sexist comment 2. The whole premise of Chris drinking his pain away instead of doing smth about it.

1. You might be like 'why is number 1 a big deal?'

In my opinion, it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the character on a small scale that makes it easier to prove a point than trying to tackle the whole thing. I will only be addressing 2 points right now because they are fresh on my mind but they are INDICATIONS of the writers FUMBLING THE BAG.

When has Chris displayed language anywhere close to this? Twice. One in that scene, and another in a letter.

"Me? I just got back from a date with a hot chick. Bet you can guess what we got up to under her extra-large umbrella."

In this instance he's talking in code, and Claire finds it weird enough that she drops everything to try and find him. She specifically says that it doesn't sound like her brother.

Speaking of Claire, Chris raised her after their parents died. He clearly was good at it since she is so close to him and goes and risks her life twice for him. He only tries to keep her away because of her lack of training and her being his onlu remaining family, but when he realizes she can take care of herself he doesn't fight her involvement in things.

Jill is his partner in everything, they started the BSAA together and he trusts her full heartedly to take care of herself. He believed in her so hard that he was like "that girl ain't dead" even when it was very plausible that she was. His instinct is to protect her when she's weak but when she tells him to save the world he respects her wishes. Up until 6 he exclusively has female partners and never sexualizes or belittles them even jokingly ie Leon . Jessica THROWS HERSELF AT HIM and he actively unsexies every single thing she does or says.

He also trusts Rebecca back at the mansion to take care of herself too. He is the epitome of the man who is just unquestionably respectful of women and he doesn't make a big deal of it. It's shown through actions.

So when he said that I felt like it was out of character. It's like they were writing a scene for Leon and then the other team was like "we wrote a scene for Leon too and it actually has a presidential assassination in it which is cooler, you should change lanes".

It is way way more consistent with Leon's behavior from the line in question (I don't think he's misogynistic but this line wouldn't be that out of character for him) to the drinking himself silly. It just doesn't line up for Redfield.

2. Speaking of the drinking to Forget it is SO out of character for him.

Chris doesn't give up. He is like a hunting dog that can only ever be thrown off a scent for a little bit before he finds it again. This dude does not ever back down. He chases his work and goals *relentlessly*. He doesn't ever give himself a break. From the mansion incident he immediately takes off to chase a lead. And from there he does work against bioterrorism until he loses Jill and then he relentlessly attempts to *find* her even after she was declared dead. Realistically, outside of his sister, losing Jill would be the most devastating loss he has left but it didn't break him. The BSAA searched for her for a pretty long ass time and even after they gave up Chris didn't.

And I think that while Chris is burnt the fuck out the thing is that he always *chooses* to go back. It's a sort of twisted vocation. The difference between Leon's motivation and Chris' is crazy because Leon *didn't * choose this. Chris continues to. Leon's coping mechanism is drinking off his nightmares, and Chris' is throwing himself at impossible odds until he succeeds or it kills him. He's just been very lucky that it hasn't killed him yet. Chris doesn't cope by escaping..he copes by trying to fix everything even when its unrealistic. So in my opinion 6 doesn't do Chris justice. They seemingly don't understand what drives him, which i believe is a hope for justice/a better world and maybe a little bit of a harmful coping mechanism.

I think a counterpoint to this argument might be like "it was the point that he wasnt himself" but i think that could have been done in a better way. Specifically overexerting himself to the point of injury or dissapearing again to do something dangerous by himself. While two characters in a franchise can have the same vice, it would be preferable for stronger characterization to make it consistent, especially since Leon's alcoholism has been a documented part of his character since the 90s.

Thoughts? Xo

[jillvalentinezxo]

Why I believe Albert Wesker is not a sexual predator:

He's an evil man I am not disputing that but I have a few points to dispute that he is a creep on top of a bioterrorist asshole.

1. Wesker is not into Rebecca.

The debate is endless but it’s also fruitless. What people don’t really mention is that the film found in Wesker’s desk is undeveloped. I checked both in the Re2make and the original Re2 and this is the case. Not only that, you have to search the desk fifty fucking times. That is not, in the slightest, easy access for perving. There are two images, one for each game.

Here’s the original one:

Here’s the remake one:

While I can see why people would say this is sexualized due to the crop, it’s not as if she’s bent over or anything, she’s just resting/stretching on a basketball court. It's also taken when she's fully aware, and smiling at the camera. If she was uncomfortable with the picture I doubt she'd look so at ease.

When it comes to his interactions with her in game he just shoots her, that's it. He's done. I don't think there's anything more to it than that. In re0 he's like "she's just a rookie" but beyond that he has nothing to say it's kind of funny.

2. Resident evil is not afraid of showing when creeps are creeps.

I’d be more willing to buy the theory that Wesker is a creep if the games were unwilling to show actual creepy behavior and it was left to subtext.

Enter stage left: Brian fuckin irons. He’s a grade A creep.

Claire can find this in a letter in RE2 in the english localization

“​​Mr.Irons had been arrested under suspicion of rape on two separate counts during his years as a university student”

There’s also the implication that he uses his connections with umbrella to get away with violence against women/ killing women.

In resident evil outbreak, this file is revealed-

“It is said that groans can be heard from the drainage system at night.

It is easy to dismiss it as a ghost story that middle school students love to talk about on camping nights. But the amount of missing people has increased rapidly at this locale for the past month.

8 people have gone missing. Strangely, the missing people have a lot in common: They are all single white females aged 18 to 23 with beautiful blonde hair.

The street was wrapped in a dense fog the day after they went missing. From the sewer drain, which runs north-south along the street, a woman's constrained voice could be heard for several hours.

Of course, the drainage sewers have been thoroughly investigated. But neither the missing person nor any traces have been found.”

Irons has a taxidermy room that he can access the sewers through. What an unfortunate coincidence, right? Oh… but that could have been anyone, right? It’s not as if the mayor’s daughter that he tries to taxidermy during the outbreak is also 18 to 23 with beautiful blonde hair or anything.

3. In contrast, Wesker is shown to display no sexually predatory or even sexually reciprocal behaviors even when pushed

For one, he does hire two women for an elite task force when it’s still likely uncommon to do so. For two, neither woman seemed uncomfortable with him before the betrayal. Jill specifically seems to trust him very much in her interactions pre-betrayal. That’s probably because he never gave her a reason not to.

On Jill being used as his super-weapon, well she launched him out a window and she had antibodies he wanted so it makes sense. People act as if he put her in a sexual outfit but she’s just wearing a matching skintight suit to his. She also wears a cape and cloak until she fights, and her suit is zipped up all the way, only revealing her chest when the fight commences in which you need to remove it from her.

The only two times Wesker has been flirted with on-screen is by Ada in the Re4make’s DLC separate ways and in RE5 by Excella. I only bring up the separate ways one because I've seen people bring it up before but I honestly don’t really think it’s anything of interest. That’s how Ada is. But it also kind of shows how Wesker is. He is to the point and not very interested in anything she may have been offering, seriously or otherwise.

With Excella, he was physically disgusted by her advances and rejected them blatantly. To be honest, these are not complete indications of his character outside of a high pressure situation, but when a character is flirty or sexual we know it. Capcom is not shy. Capcom would have made Wesker a freak if they wanted to, but they didn’t. It can only be assumed that his encounter with Ms. Muller was consensual (if misguided on her part bc wtf) even if I don’t really subscribe to Re6.

Finally, kind of bringing it back around to one of the first points of this section, he works with women pretty damn often. Usually male predators towards women don’t really see their worth or see them as ‘equal’ because of their sex-oriented mindset but he regularly works with Ada, hired two women for his team in a very male dominated R.P.D, and even into RE5 he works with a woman until he discards her. But that’s not a statement in of itself since he readily discards literally everyone, regardless of gender. Bro works towards equality… by that I mean equally killing everyone with no discrimination. Regardless he ends up often relying on women to help him get to his goals.

So yeah he’s a fucked up evil mastermind and he’s every bit as evil as he’s potrayed to be… just not like that imo. I want to hear everyone's opinions if they have different ones. I like being fully informed on my topics even if it's contrary information