#i'm not suddenly disinterested in RE or eagleone

[sapphire-weapon]

My favorite moments from the remake:

When Leon entered the throne room and even though he was surrounded by enemies he didn't give a shit, he immediately asked Ashley if she wasn't hurt. And Ashley who was about to be subjected to that creepy ritual from the moment she saw Leon enter the room she only cared about him. ❤️

Not to mention when Leon looked up and says, "Hang in there Ashley, I'm coming for you" with that completely serious and determined expression. ❤️

The contrast of Leon being a complete badass, slaying hordes of enemies and a freaking armored giant straight out of Lord of the Rings, only for as soon as he found Ashley crying, his tender side came out to comfort her. ❤️

The way Salazar says Ashley is Leon's princess on more than one occasion. ❤️

The way he strokes her head in the lab. ❤️

And of course, the way Leon went absolutely ballistic when Saddler touched Ashley. ❤️

How after all these moments are some people saying that they're "like brothers" or that there's "no romantic tension between them"? Are we playing the same damn game? 😂

That first one is like the cinematic parallel to the gameplay moment in the hedge maze, when you're up in the one tower and you hit the lever and then a bunch of dudes come out and go straight for Ashley. This might be such a weird and minor thing to point out, but Nick did such a good job with his delivery of Leon's lines in that moment, because he sounded so panicked that I started to panic.

And my brain is like "you've beat the original version of this game no fewer than 20 times what the fuck are you worried about" but I'm like NO THEY'RE GONNA GET HER I SUCK I FAILED HER

I remember an anon a while ago saying that Leon touches Ashley like she's the only thing keeping him going, and like -- not only is that actually true, but RE4make did a really good job at putting her directly in the center of his world and his focus.

What drives me up the wall is people being like "Leon's just doing his job."

Homie, no. We've seen what Leon "just doing his job" looks like in relation to other people. It looks like his relationship with Helena in RE6. To say that the way that he treats/regards Ashley in RE4make is comparable to his relationship with Helena isn't just disingenuous, it's pretty much just an outright lie at that point.