I hate so much how theyāve butchered Alfred and Alexiaās relationship in Darkside Chronicles. The unconditional love these two shared was the best part of the game. Seriously, if you think Alexia secretly hated Alfred, you havenāt played CV. In the infamous video where they torture a dragonfly and feed the ants with it, you can already see that there is some mutual affection between them. It isnāt one-sided. And if this isnāt enough to convince you, Alexiaās reaction to Alfredās death makes it obvious.
For context, in DC, Alfred survives moderately injured in his final confrontation with Claire and Steve. He wakes Alexia up, and then she kills Alfred because she is bored of him. He was a toy for her, and now he is no longer useful or entertaining. DC-Alexia is childish, megalomaniac, and purely evil. Thatās it.
In CV, Alfred barely survives his final confrontation with Claire and Steve. He is heavily injured and loses a lot of blood, but he still makes it to the room Alexia is in, and wakes her up shortly before his death. Witnessing her brother die makes her go fully berserk. Alexia sends her tentacles after Claire and Steve, who have already brought some distance between themselves and the Antarctica Base. In the meantime, Alexia holds Alfredās dead body in her arms and gently strokes his hair. He is already gone no need to pretend anything. Also, she sits there fully naked on the metal floor, her skin probably still wet from the liquid in the cryostasis tank. It must be freezing cold. Alexia doesnāt care about herself at this point. Everything that counts at this very moment is her brother. Later on, you can see her again. She is still sitting there, but now she is dressed up. I assume this is after she injected Steve with the virus. Let me get this straight. She was with Alfred for who knows how long, took a little break to take care of Steve and Claire, then returned to cradle his corpse in her arms and sing a lullaby for him while the warmth was leaving his body. How can you think she didnāt love him?
Afterward, Alexia places Alfredās corpse in the cryogenic freezer, probably to slow down or stop the decomposition. She does not accept his death, isnāt ready to say farewell forever. Likely, she wants to use the t-Veronica virus to revive him, if possible, without severe mutations or waiting 15 years. Thatās also the reason why she didnāt kill Steve and Claire immediately out of revenge. She needs someone to test it, but everyone else in the base is dead. Steve is male as well. Therefore, he probably will deliver better results, so she uses him first. Claire stays glued to the stairs, otherwise unharmed, as a backup.
The only time Alexia said anything remotely negative about Alfred is when she calls him an āinept but loyal soldier antā in one of the files, but this is situational. She wrote the text shortly before she went to her cryogenic sleep. At this time, Alfred was a more or less average 12-year-old kid and very clingy too. Her brother was simply way too young for the important and difficult task that lay ahead of him. However, she couldnāt trust anyone else with it. He has to keep her safe for 15 years. Having doubts that Alfred has the strength to do this is a legitimate concern. And yes, in another document, she wrote: āThe ecosystem of the ants seems truly ideal to me. There is one queen ant in each anthill, and the soldier and worker ants are the queenās slaves. They dedicate their lives to the queen. The death of the queen ant means the doom of the entire anthill. However, the soldier and worker ants can be easily replaced as long as the queen ant is alive. This is exactly the same relationship between myself and other ignorant masses.ā Things like this are easy to say when youāve never lost anyone who was dear to you. She may have thought so at the time of writing this, but her reaction to Alfredās death proves that she was mistaken. He is the only one she ever cared for. Billions of slaves cannot replace her twin brother, no one can.
Alexia is usually a very rational and calculating person, as you can see in the game. Despite her hatred for Claire and Steve, she hasnāt given in to the heat of the moment and killed them. Neither did she allow herself to cry once. Succumbing to sadness wonāt help. Crying has never saved anyone. The enemies surrounding her wonāt allow any signs of weakness either. She must stay strong and think rationally while the situation spirals increasingly out of her control. But you can see her emotions slip through occasionally. About to lose her brother forever, she goes through a emotional rollercoaster. Alexia isnāt as cold as you would expect after everything youāve learned about her. There is hatred toward Claire and Steve, who did this to Alfred. She tosses the snowmobile around in a rage, about to obliterate them. There is sadness when her brotherās lifeless body lies in her arms and the unwillingness to accept his fate. When Steve is about to kill Claire, Alexiaās tentacles hold her in place. She wants him to suffer, wants to afflict the same pain on him she is feeling right now. And before the final battle with Chris, Alexia starts one last attempt to make Claire pay for want she did. Also, Alexia giggles like a maniac in every dialogue. But imagine her situation: you wake up after 15 years just to see your brother dying, the base is partially destroyed, you have no idea what is going on, everyone is dead, zombies and BOWs everywhere, and youāre attacked by multiple enemies for unknown reasons. It wasnāt planned like this. She wanted a kingdom, not this post-apocalyptic nightmare. There is nothing unusual about people reacting with laughter as a response to a terrifying, traumatic, or surprising experiences. Itās too much to bear for her. Her laughter is likely an acute stress reaction, not a sign of madness.
Letās skip to the end of the game. After Chris activates the self-destruct system, Alexia rushes toward the control room. The whole place is about to explode. Why doesnāt she escape? Apparently, she only needs the t-Veronica virus for her world domination plans to succeed, and she has it in her blood. Losing her ants and the equipment would slow her down, not stop her. Alexia is patient, she waited 15 years and can wait a little longer.
Is she bent on revenge? Alexia has already proven that she can control her emotions, no need to take any risks. Attacking directly with less than 5 minutes left doesnāt seem to be a logical decision. If she wants to kill Chris and Claire, nothing is easier than this. She can destroy the jet, their only way to get away from Antarctica. They can still get out of the base, but with temperatures below 0 Ā°C, a snowstorm raging, no vehicle, and without appropriate clothes, this equals a death sentence.
And why does she go after Chris, not Claire? Claire is responsible for Alfredās death. She should be the target. However, after this one attempted attack, Alexia lets her escape. Chris defeating her earlier in a fight was inconvenient, but she can regenerate, no problem. And Chris wasnāt even the one who started it. How can this be worse than killing her brother? Except for this, Chris hasnāt even done anything to her. Girl, just leave.
Also, have you ever noticed how passive Alexia is and that she has surprisingly little dialogue? The only time she actually engages in a fight is after Wesker enforces it. Otherwise, she says only a couple of sentences (usually threatens Chris), giggles manically, and disappears again. And when sheās confronting Chris and Claire for the last time, she doesnāt even say a single word, no elaborated villain monologue, no talk about how superior she is, how she wants to reform the world and turn all humans into her slaves, nothing. Sheās completely silent.
At this point, Alexia has already made up her mind. This is one final desperate attempt to stop the self-destruct system and save Alfred or die trying. She doesnāt want revenge right now, nor does she want to escape. World domination is suddenly not important anymore. The only thing she truly wants is to have her brother back. She must have realized how stupid her plan was, a childish delusion. And Alfred had to pay the price for her foolishness. All her powers werenāt worth it. She isnāt a queen ant, and Alfred wasnāt a soldier ant. She cannot live alone without him. Her powers, her intellect, nothing matters anymore if she canāt save him. She must stop the self-destruct system, otherwise, Alfred will be lost. To have a chance, Alexia needs a lab, the cryogenic freezer, and she canāt drag Alfredās body around in the frozen tundra for hours.
Alexia has tried to threaten Chris, tried to scare him away with Alexanderās remains, and hoped he would leave her alone after he got what he wanted (Claire). It didnāt work. Now she says nothing because there is nothing left to say. Every word would be a waste of time. Chris and Claire are her enemies. She canāt expect mercy from them, especially not after everything that happened. Alexia attacks Chris because he stands in her way and wonāt just go. Claire can wait. Alexia has decided that she doesnāt want to live in a world without her brother. The past hours gave her a glimpse of how empty her life would be. It ends here either she can save him now, or she joins him in death.
DC didnāt do her character justice. Alexia was misguided. She was never the plainly evil monster they tried to make of her. Deep down under her cold and calculating faƧade, she had a very caring side. During her last hours, Alexia must have been full of pain, guilt, despair, sorrow, fear, and regret. Her brother meant the world to her. Not only Alfred was ready to die for her, Alexia was ready to do the same for him.
I really love Code Veronica. love the atmosphere of this game, love OST, love the graphics, love the plot, love the characters and their dynamics. this game is amazing, it's one of my favorite RE-games. this game made me cry.
not only on the death of Steve (my poor boy), but also on the death of Alfred. it was very touching when he saw before his death how his beloved sister finally woke up, and Alexia stroked her brother's hair after his death. they are well-written villains with their tragic backstory and strong connection to each other. this makes them one of the best antagonists in the franchise (for some, the best). Alexia's infecting Steve was her act of revenge for Alfred.
I'd like a remake of this game if it's really good. Code Veronica is a very large-scale game and if Capcom takes it up, we all wish them good luck.
but personally, I would be very disappointed if they did it the way they did in Darkside Chronicles, where Alexia killed Alfred herself, because in the interpretation of this game (fortunately it did not become canon, the canon is still Code Veronica's version), she sharply absolutely does not care about her brother. they killed all the connection and tragedy of the Ashfords, making Alexia just an "evil villain." it was very lazy, but think Capcom just didn't want to bother too much with a "brief retelling of the story" (which was Darkside Chronicles).
the way the Ashfords were presented in Darkside Chronicles has received a lot of criticism from fans, so I'm thinking in a remake (if there is one) Capcom will follow the narrative of the original Code Veronica.
Cassandra is ready to start a family of her own, but can she tame the town Cassanova? And can Mortimer bounce back after the disappearance of his wife Bella?
Goth Scripted Events Complete! I wonder why Mortimer looks so worried?
Even though Bella's disappearance turned out to be just a mistake by the developers, who were trying to find out if the character could exist in two towns at the same time, many players, for their own understanding of the story, try to explain it from the point of view of the plot, since this landmark incident did happen.
The canon version of Bella's disappearance was the abduction of UFOs, even if people had many other theories. It is obvious that Maxis always meant exactly the abduction of UFOs (memories of the abduction and "Bella" in Strangetown), even if some ignored these facts for theories that Mortimer burned the "unfaithful wife" in the fireplace or that Caliente Sisters with Don killed Bella in an inconspicuous Pleasantview's house.
Now, when other games directly tell us "Bella was abducted by UFOs," theories are being built about who exactly could be responsible for the abduction. Starting from the Caliente Sisters, who somehow miraculously connected with alien ancestors, ending with Mortimer, who could do it as a scientist (I myself stuck to this theory for a while because of some murky details in Mortimer's behavior throughout this story and what they marriage with Bella seems to have been like in recent days).
However, I have recently come to the obvious conclusion that it is actually quite lazy to look for the culprit "from the outside". Bella didn't need a "hot lover" in the person of Don, a "jealous husband" in the person of Mortimer, or a "treacherous gold digger" in the person of Dina.
This is not about the outcome of a doomed marriage between spouses, where Mortimer decided to get rid of his wife in this way. This is not about an "offended womanizer" who, offended by being rejected, decided to take revenge on this woman in this way. This is not about the "plan" of the "jealous" sisters (or one specific from them). It's about Bella and only Bella.
This is information from the Sims Wiki, but I don't think it's right to say that the whole Bachelor Family had a connection with mysticism. It seems to me that even here it is specifically Bella. Ā«Bella is capable of magic.Ā» Bella, not someone else from the family.
Ā«It is said that the Bachelor family descended from a long line of occultists, mystics and decadents. It is quite possible that they have an alchemical origin, since throughout several games it is implied that Bella is capable of magic, and is also interested in paranormal phenomena and astronomy.Ā»
To be honest, I don't take all of The Sims 3 as canon for The Sims 2. I disagree with the idea that Bella and Mortimer are childhood friends, because other games imply that Bella is younger than Mortimer.
We can really say that Bella is special. She was always drawn to mysticism, to magic, to the otherworldly. But most of all, she was drawn to the Stars. What eventually became her destiny. It is not entirely correct to devalue this by stating that "someone was behind the kidnapping", that this "someone" had his own personal reasons and benefits for this. No, it's not about how someone successfully set up the circumstances. It's about Bella, about her connection to all of this, which has always manifested itself. About her dream, first of all. Her destiny.
I understand that her father's personality was also changed in The Sims 3, because in The Sims 2 he had romantic aspirations. Obviously, Bella had a different backstory in The Sims 2, but I like the perspective The Sims 3 shows, even if it's not quite correct to use for The Sims 2.
In The Sims 3, her father is a very controlling man, even if he hides it behind the facade of a "good man." His personality and life purpose show that in fact this is far from the case. This is a man who has set strict rules and restrictions for his children that they must follow. He did the same for his wife. Not a very pleasant person, is he?
Her mother accepted it. It seems like this is what suited her, what she considered normal and what she wanted for herself. This woman devoted herself to her husband and children, so much so that there was no time for herself. Her husband and children became the meaning of her life.
Bella's father was more than happy with that. he wanted to "live in luxury", but did not achieve it himself. He gets a sense of self-importance and a certain superiority, feels like a "king" with a housewife wife who devotes her life to him and lives "according to his rules." With children who also live by his rules. The fact that he considers other children "wrong", not that his, "so wonderful", is also about how he tries to humiliate other people and their children in order to elevate himself, to feel superior. He clearly feels the desire to realize himself and his ambitions through his children.
Well, if it didn't work out with Michael, then it did more than work out with Bella.
Doesn't he find it remarkable that Bella "married Mortimer for money" when her father's life goal is "a life of luxury"? It seems natural that such a person could "sell" his daughter for this. The Goths are the richest family in their town, and Bella's father couldn't miss such a chance. It would be amazing if he didn't do it with his ambitions. I'm sure he was the one who came up with the idea of marrying Mortimer, and Bella did what her father wanted.
She has lived in chains all her life. At first, in the shackles of his father, his strict rules, restrictions. Then in the shackles of marriage. In the shackles of motherhood. For Bella, it really was a shackle. Throughout her childhood, she saw a model of a family where her mother gave herself to her children and her husband. This is not what Bella would want for herself. Bella, who dreamed of freedom. Even if Bella was trying to be a good mother to Cassandra, Bella knew she didn't want that. First she played the role of a good daughter, then a good wife and mother. But that's not what Bella's soul wants. Bella's soul wants liberation.
Only, as we know from The Sims 2 PSP, Bella was unhappy in her marriage (you know, considering that in the same The Sims 2 PSP, Bella's husband is called a "jerk" and they say that Bella is happy to get rid of the shackles of marriage, you can go back to the path "it was all organized by Mortimer", but we will not do this today). Because family life is not for her. Because she's a romantic aspiration. In her case, romantic aspiration is not about striving for lots of lovers and the like. In her case, these are dreams of freedom.
Ā«[Bella] descended from a long line of occultists, mystics and decadents. It is implied that Bella is capable of magic, and is also interested in paranormal phenomena and astronomy.Ā»
In order to "disappear", Bella did not need an organizer. She herself is strong enough energetically for the stars to notice her. They noticed how much she dreams of freedom, of liberation. It was her silent message to the stars, even if it was unconscious. Whenever she had admired the stars since childhood. It started long before anyone could even want to "get rid of her."
She was waiting for this "liberation" when, as a married woman, visited Don Lothario's house in the evenings. Obviously, as a character with romantic aspiration who was tired of family life, she didn't come to him just to "kindly meet a new neighbor." Don definitely keeps her portrait in his bedroom for a reason, too. This little affair was for Bella a way to distract herself, to forget, to feel free for a moment with a man like Don.
But did she love Don? Definitely not. She didn't love Mortimer or Don. She could appreciate and respect Mortimer, but there was no romantic love on her part. She could feel the lightness and feelings of escape, even the passion with Don, but there was no love there. She wouldn't have tied her life to Don, he was just a "lover." At the same time, their relationship never crossed the line, when Don wanted to "kiss her passionately", Bella rejected him. If Don had been more than just a way to escape and gain an imaginary sense of freedom, Bella would not have rejected him.
Bella's natural magnetism made Mortimer and Don fall in love with this woman (perhaps even to some "madness"), but Bella did not feel love in return. This is the whole tragedy of their love triangle, in fact, neither Mortimer, the legitimate husband, neither Don, the "young hot lover", could really "get her."
Ironically, it was Don who gave Bella what she so desired. He gave her the stars. Don has zero interest in paranormal and fci-fi, he has no reason to keep a telescope on the roof of his house. He doesn't even need a telescope for a career (which Don really interest in, just look at his job level and skill development), he works in medicine, not science. The only reason he could have bought this telescope was to impress Bella.
Bella was finally released. It doesn't make much sense for UFOs to kidnap women they can't "impregnate," but they still do it in the game. I think it's all about Bella's strong energy, as I said earlier. In her strong magical part, which manifested itself in her all her life. Her energy was enough to "summon UFOs" in order to materialize her long-awaited desire for freedom. The escape she'd dreamed of, but hadn't dared. Of course, this was not a conscious act on Bella's part, Bella herself did not realize it.
She opened up to him enough that he could find out about her love for the stars. That evening he wanted to show her the stars. He bought this telescope for her. Don hoped that this would help him "melt her heart", show her that he was serious about their relationship. Bella agreed to look through this telescope despite the "refusal of a passionate kiss," so this opportunity to look at the stars was more important to her. In fact, Don choose the right tactics, because the best date that can be is a date based on the interests of the partner. He couldn't have known that this would lead to the Stars finally noticing Bella that night and taking her with them. From her husband, from her children, from her "lover". From the shackles in which she was bound.
Don't think the UFO was aiming to "free" Bella, it's just that her energy worked in such a way that this is exactly what happened. The UFO would have brought Bella back, but there was an accident on the territory of Strangetown, the flying saucer crashed (in The Sims 2 PSP, Jenny is outraged that everyone thinks that the crashed flying saucer on the territory of Strangetown belongs to her husband, which is absolutely not true. so this is the flying saucer that Bella was abducted on). Miraculously, Bella survived.
We can say that Bella has lost her memory, but judging by The Sims 2 PSP, she remembers everything perfectly, at least remembers the basics. She's not coming back because she doesn't want to come back. Why would she return to the shackles of a marriage she had finally escaped? She finally got what she had wanted all her life.
Don still keeps the telescope from which Bella was abducted because he wants the return of the only woman he loved. Who was kidnapped in an act of damn fiction that must have shocked the hell out of him. He is going to marry Cassandra because he sees Bella's features in her, and perhaps to be closer to Mortimer, whom he may suspect of what happened as a "mad scientist".
Mortimer... Well, in this scenario, there are two possible options. Either he's grieving the loss of the woman he loved with all his heart, and then he and Don are more alike than they both think. Either Mortimer found out about his wife's adventures with Don, or their marriage broke down for any other reason. But their marriage cracked anyway, which is what the broken snow globe with Bella and Mortimer, which was cut from the final version of the game, symbolizes. Such a strong love could turn into burning hatred due to a sense of betrayal, hence the positive memory of the abduction, hence he so quickly enters into a new relationship with Dina (+ feels the desire to flirt with Nina), hence he does not seem to have made any real efforts to find Bella.
To conclude, this version of events raises some questions. For example, Mortimer clearly knows about the kidnapping, he looks through a telescope and realizes that Bella is "at the stars." This makes me think about Mortimer's involvement again, so I'm still torn between these two versions. But can we assume that Don and Mortimer once talked about what happened? Although it doesn't look like that was ever really the case... I don't know, ahah.
If Mortimer really misses Bella, then I see an interesting parallel between him and Don. That they're both trying to drown it out in "other women."
What Ifā¦ The Sims 2 Was An Early 2000s Drama Movie?
I asked that to myself today and did some fake stills related to the lore with the help of Bing AI! Some of these turned out so good (IMO) that I couldnāt help but imagine how a real movie adaptation of The Sims lore would look like š
What Ifā¦ The Sims 2 was an early 2000s drama movie? Pt. 2
DISCLAIMER: I DONāT support the usage of AI professionally, however itās really fun to use it to create concepts like these š some of yāall loved pt. 1 so feel free to drop some suggestions if you want more!
genuinely upsetting to see people hate on helena. yeah, re6 wasn't the best orchestrated game and was a little all over the place, but one of the most solid written characters (in my opinion) has to be helena.
"claire should've taken her place in re6!" don't get me wrong, i LOVE claire. it would've been interesting to see her and leon back as a duo, but in all honesty if you truly believe that everything helena contributed to the story claire could've done as well, you really don't understand helena as a character.
first and foremost, claire doesn't work for the dso. she's a terrasave member.
sure, that doesn't stop leon and claire from working together, but if claire was to take helena's place in re6 she would've been a hot mess, since that barely gives her any time to recover from rev2. the only way leon's campaign really works is because it mostly associates with the dso. helena and leon piggyback off each other since they work for the same organization and are targeting the same man.
keep in mind, the events of re6 happen 2012/2013 while the entirety of rev2 is wrapped up in 2011 timeline wise. claire was stranded on that island for six months, forced to repress most emotions. feeling any ounce of fear would mean she'd meet an instant death, that arguably being more traumatizing than raccoon city for her.
looping her into the mess of re6 would've just been cruel to do to her as a character.
secondly, the subtle parallels between younger/re2 leon and helena are very important to leon's campaign, as well as ada's. whether players notice them or not.
it should be pretty obvious considering one of helena's alternative outfits is a rpd uniform, despite her never actually being apart of it.
"deborah was a nothing character!" although she wasn't apart of the story for very long, her death resembles the events of re2 which is pretty important to ada and leon's development. helena again, representing younger/re2 leon.
i believe her character was very important to the story, mostly to ada and leon as they got to witness ada's fall that left leon traumatized for six years from an outside perspective.
the entire scene basically being a "remember this?" moment for fans who could catch on, especially given the fact ada and leon exchange glances.
after facing the similarities leon dealt with in 2, she can almost instantly charge through and deal with whatever is thrown her way without breaking down. similar yet somewhat different to leon in re2/r.
on numerous occasions, both said from players AND canon dialogue, it's mentioned how the outbreak is exactly like "raccoon city all over again."
and conveniently, the only three who weren't in the underwater base at the time and got to witness the outbreak were ada, leon and helena. sherry and jake captured, and chris and piers on their way to save them.
i believe the purpose of her character was to shine some light on the events of raccoon city and leon as a character himself and his earlier days.
they work extremely well together, and i truly hope to see her again in later games.
the most tragic thing is that after everything Ada went through with Luis, after everything they went through together, Ada did not have the opportunity not only to goodbye to him, but even to show her feelings about this loss (and this is certainly a loss). you know, because she should be chasing Krauser (and the inner anger with which she pronounces his name, trying to suppress it...), "the story of her life."
imagine, a person was killed in front of your eyes, whom you literally pulled out of the fire, who helped you cope with the parasite inside your body, to whom you gave motivation to keep trying, but you can't focus on this right now, because otherwise you won't to chasing his killer, who stole "Amber", and your "boss", like Albert Wesker, will definitely be not glad if you lost time.
"the most important to remain calm and collected, even in the most extreme situations" ā Ada, Umbrella Chronicles.
someone: I love Luis so much! and I hate that bitch Ada. I am waiting for DLS only for the sake of my Spanish boy, honestly this annoying Ada does not interest me at all.
Luis, who is in "Ada Wong's defense squad": Leave my group, please.
These two will be a wonderful bromance in the DLC, Ada will save Luis' life, and Luis will help Ada. They will probably build a close relationship with the development, you know (probably more than it was with Leon in the remake). But these people still hate Ada because... because?
although they are both good people who have done not the best things in the past? Okay, okay. I think there is no logic in this and the existence of those Luis Stans who will hate Ada should be ignored as a given.
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