I have spent the last 2 days obsessively consuming Walkthroughs of the Resident Evil Games and have arrived at Resident Evil 2 at last which finally introduces me to the fan favourite Leon Scott (I didn't even know he had a second name up until recently) Kennedy. Obviously I have seen plenty of Gifs, edits and clips of him in the newest game. Something that very much sticks out to me as someone who is currently watching him as a 21-year old police officer is how much more jaded he looks in the Requiem game. Understandable of course considering the shit I will see him go through from here on out.
As a Yandere writer it has me very naturally thinking though how much his experience would probably end up changing him throughout the time you are forced to spend with him. At the beginning he is probably the picturebook definition of the delusional police office Yandere who believes he is only doing what he does because he wants the best for you. He's clingy, he's painfully earnest and he justifies all of his actions because he wants to protect you. Throughout the years though that idealistic and innocent facade is just stripped away until he is this tired old man who is still very much prepared to break bones if anyone messes with you. He's just learned to preserve his energy better.
At that point though at the ripe age at 49-51 (the internet doesn't seem to be completely sure about this) he has finally had time to reflect on his younger years to finally arrive at the conclusion that he indeed was back then kind of obsessed and lovesick when it came to you and that a lot of the actions he took were in fact not justified. He was just selfish. And he still is. So you actually get an apology over 2 decades after this hell started for you. An apology that obviously comes decades too late and Leon knows this. He doesn't even know why he apologises in the first place. It's not like he plans to let you go now. Perhaps with his age wisdom has come though and he just thinks some of the actions he took in his younger years could have been handled somewhat better as he acted on much more brimming paranoia and desperation than he would now. Not to say that he isn't paranoid and desperate for you even now but he has learned to handle it better.
You at this point can't even get mad anymore either. Not after nearly 30 years of being in a relationship and 20+ years of being married with most likely one or two daughters as a result of his love for you too. It's been too long and you have come to terms with your situation. Probably a good thing because if he would have apologised a rough 10 years earlier, you would have still had a meltdown of frustration.
