#if code veronica didn't bring him back...

[whiskers-my-beloved]

Hi! Not sure if you already read it before, there's an interview of Kenichi Iwao, old writer and designer for RE1. He mentioned about his idea of Wesker as a person which I thought pretty interesting. I'm not keen posting on my personal acc, I hope I don't bother you https://www.crimson-head.com/interviews/kenichi-iwao

Q: What is the full story of Wesker including his ultimate goal and duties in the mansion as researcher and chief security officer?

KI: I imagined that he was in a special forces setting. Unmarried with no siblings, but was born into an ordinary American middle-class family. However, he was already too formed and believed the world to be worthless. He was a genius with scant feelings. He enjoyed ordinary family vacations, even displayed excellent grades in sport, but his heart was always cold and he was acting to blend himself into society. He was a clear-headed but tragic individual lacking human emotions. The only way he could live was to self-affirm his intense elitism.

Wesker was using the giant organization Umbrella and had his own separate ambition to create a second humanity of his own design. For that reason he believed that the Tyrant, which produces the Tyrant Virus, would also be useful as a resource to threaten Umbrella. Umbrella's aim was to sell the Tyrant to every country as a weapon and take advantage of every nation's weakness and substantially control them, but as they advanced that plan, Wesker aimed for another objective... To filter humanity using the Tyrant... he was scheming mass extinction and forced evolution. Ultimately the Tyrant was going to gain the ability to manipulate the virus and design living things. It was a “Creator.”

So to Iwao's vision in early days, Wesker has been always a disturbing nutjob from the start, even before his new background "Wesker children" came to existence in RE5. Even RE1 novel written by SD Perry, Wesker is described as someone who brings a something-is-not-right kind of feeling towards anyone with a decent sense of intuition, mainly Chris and Jill, even though he acts "normal" outside. And he's also enamoured with tyrant, your comic is spot on when you focus on Wesker's obsession with tyrant haha

Hello there! First of all thank you so much for this ask. And apologize for taking so long so answer you anon ;×;

And you could never bother me anon! It's all okay, I really don't mind getting asks (as my bio says, asks open) and if you all like to be anons instead of using your mains to ask that's all okay too ❤️

This was very interesting. Albert Wesker from back then RE1 to know changed a lot I feel. He didn't feel particular special back then in re1. He was just a guy that was stupid enougg to get killed by his creation. Well he didn't make T-002 personally I think.

All the added backstory for him is cool don’t get me wrong. The whole bit about him being a Wesker child , how much of a bastard Spencer was. He got a living sister and a son too. Shame we never got too see any of them on screen together ;×;

With my wesker x tyrant reader comic I wanted to show how of an obsession he has with them. I played the og RE1 and he really gave me the vibe that he *really* cares for it. And the way he died was so pathetic...like man I would feel bad for him if the translation and voice acting weren't so bad.

The outwordly normal guy but reqlly fucked up on the inside is really cool to me. They were all surpised about his betray and pissed. So he wasn’t a bad captain to his team. If only the game wasn’t so bad at showing this. I am pretty sure most people understood he was the bad guy, the way he dressed and acted were so sus. How I wish the game tried to hide it harder that Wesker was the main bad guy ;×;

Anyways, I do think that given the chance he would create a new tyrant that listens to himm 100%. Worst case and it goes berserk he killd it and restarts again. The tyrant reader in the comic got lucky in a way. Wesker thought it was a failure at first glance. Turns out the tyrant reader had fallen inlove with him

[playstation-dreamcast]

Hi, so I wanna talk more about Grant on here, but truly the only way to understand the son is to know the father. So, you know that that means!

A NOT SO BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ELIAS MCBRIDE!

Early Life:

Elias McBride was born to Donovan and Patrica McBride on August 12, 1960, making him a Leo- the worst zodiac of them all. (I'm also a Leo, don't come for me.)

Born tragically catholic, he was the eldest of nine sibling, three brothers and six sisters- some of which are younger than his own son. While he officially became a father in his teens, Elias had been preforming the father role to his siblings since he was like- eight. Honestly, he was never particularly good at it, and resented having to be- for lack of a better term- the "man of the house" from such a young age. But, with a drunkard for a father, what's a guy to do?

apparently hook up with a perfect stranger at a house party when you're 15, just to be forced to marry her four months later when she starts showing. Not how I personally would have gone about that, but to each their own.

He was always more focused on his studies and getting the fuck out of Texas, and out of his middle of no where town. He knew he didn't exactly have the funds to do so on his own- he came from a family of pig farmers for Christ sake. So, he focused on what he was good at: virology, anatomy, and human biology in the hopes of getting a grant and or scholarship and becoming a doctor.

You wouldn't believe how happy he was when Spencer and the Umbrella corporation showed interest in him, offering him a scholarship they give to "bright, young minds" to attend their training facility.

IMPORTANT: THE LOYALTY NEURON:

And before we go any further, we need to get into Elias's fucked up genetics. This goes far beyond him, to his ancestor Ephraim McBride. A former suitor of Mother Miranda's.

When Miranda first discovered the mold, she knew that people were going to come for this power and for her. She wasn't scared of these outside forces, but she would have rather not have been interrupted while trying to do her work and bring back her daughter.

So, she did what any sane person would do and started to genetically experiment on her least insufferable suitor- Ephraim- using the mold and wolf DNA to create the perfect guard dog. This early version of the lycan could pass as a human, but had inhuman strength, speed, hearing, and sense of smell.

They also came equipped with the Loyalty Neuron, a switch in their brain that when triggered left them imprinted on whoever triggered it. Loyal to a fault, protective to the point of being willing to die for their attached, and (in some, but not all) virtually unable to deny them a request.

it slowed down the aging process, but didn't halt it. Luckily, the Gene was passed down to his decedents. Including one who ran from Miranda's cruelty by taking refuge in the states. And now we're here!

Code Veronica:

Skipping over some important bits here, but what you need to know is that in 1987 Elias was caught by Umbrellas "misappropriating" company assets (stealing samples of progenitor and T.) Wesker helped him fake his own death to get away from Umbrella so they wouldn't kill him. Elias perceived this as Albert saving his life, and as such triggered the Loyalty Neuron. Cool? Cool!

*Note, I know the picture says he faked his death in 1992, I need to update his reference sheet

Elias's first appearance! At this point he had spent just over 10 years forcefully separated from Wesker, and is genuinely still processing the relief of being near him again. Elias had always been prone to...obsessive, tendencies, and the Loyalty Neuron (henceforth referred to as LN) makes everything so much worse and more intense as we will soon see. He's giddy, and spends most of the gaming coming off as a psychotic asshole. spends even MORE of the game bullying Chris and trying to make his life hell out of spite and jealousy. I mean, the man Elias has unwittingly dedicated his entire soul and being too won't shut up about this guy, can you blame him for being petty?

Also, shoots Grant in the chest, so, ya know dad of the year really

Resident Evil 4:

It's at this point Elias really starts coming into his own, developing a sick fascination with Las Plagas and happily dedicating any free time he has into researching it for Wesker. He also adopts two lab rats that he got attached too purely because humans will pack bond with anything, so really he's thriving.

He's both incredibly shocked and not at all surprised to see Grant with this Leon guy in Spain. He's a man who despite his faith in science also believes in fate and destiny, the universal narrative and all that jazz. Of course he'd come across his magnum opus and his first, greatest mistake now: while he was teetering on the precipice of something big.

Thing is, he fucking hates Saddler. He sees him as annoying, childish, and too idiotic to think beyond his on myopic desires. So, whenever he's sure that it's not going to interfere with Albert's ultimate goal of getting the amber, he's not above pulling the strings behind the scene to make sure that asshole gets put right back in his place in hell.

also to make sure that Grant gets cured of Las Plagas, but he won't admit it and will physically fight you if you try to call him out on it

Resident Evil 5:

Okay, so Elias is in bad shape here. Post Lost in Nightmares, Wesker discovered both Elias's and Spencer's research on the LN. Once he realizes just how deep Elias's loyalty and admiration go for him, Wesker takes full advantage of this new found power dynamic.

Not that Elias is complaining. Once Wesker starts to spiral in to mania, Elias isn't far behind. Suddenly, ever word out of Wesker's mouth is gospel, and Elias full intends to see his vision of a new world all the way through- even if Uroboros consumes him in the end.

He's fully aware of what's happening and what they're doing, and some small part of him begs him to stop. To figure out how to walk away. Sometimes, late at night he'll let that voice ring in his ears, but never more for a few moments before he remembers that that part of him is stupid and should die. He's in it for the long haul with Wesker, and as long as Wesker keeps saying all the right things to him he will gladly keep being his dog.

This also just so happens to be the first game where he tries to kill Grant for real for real, no shooting him where he knows Grant's wearing kevlar, the kid gloves are OFF. Why? Well, because his Weskee asked him too ofc.

Yeah, you're never gonna guess how he reacted to the end of the game.

Resident Evil 6:

TW: SUICIDE IDEATIONS

The answer was "Not Well."

With his attached gone the LN has basically set Elias into self destruct mode. In fact, the only reason he hasn't is because one of the final orders Wesker ever gave him was for him to live. So here he is.

Though, he wouldn't exactly call this living.

He finds out via Ada of all people that some asshole has stolen his entire life's work, as well as the life's work of his soulmate, to use for sex pest shit of all things, and SUDDENLY he has a reason to live again, albeit temporary.

Knowing he can't take this one on his own, he manages to contact Grant (who was in the middle of his own crisis thanks to Chris fucking wondering off this plane of existence) letting him know that he has insider knowledge on the C-Virus and can help him get revenge for his fallen teammates as long as Grant helps him kill Simmons first.

Oh, and also "I'll finally tell you why you're so fucking weird. No, it's not progenitor...that's probably not helping though. Yeah...yeah, my bad."

He gets his mini redemption arch here, actually fighting with the good guys for once and finally fully in control of his own actions for what feels like the first time in well...ever.

He's still not sure where Wesker ends and he begins though.

He finally explains their entire family history, giving them the tip on Miranda and permanently altering Chris and Grant's relationship in irreparable ways. The BSAA deems him a valuable asset that "wasn't working under his own volition" and decided to keep him around for their own use.

Grant shoots him in the head anyways. Don't worry, it's a mercy killing. It's what Elias would have wanted 💖💖💖

[maya-matlin]

hi ashton!!! <333 I'm asking you this on anon because I don't wanna get hate I do ship all three ships lol I watched a barchie video and on it a barchie was like "I love how planned they were" and etc and maybe I'm blind asf but planned??? other than a few looks, throwaway comments and etc to cause drama for bughead and varchie it wasn't planned at all imo?? they barely interacted in s2b, S3 and s4a (I'm only talking about those seasons because this video was after 417 lol) and yeah they kissed in 415 but it was to catch donna and the preppies and to protect jughead, they fake dated for like one episode and the barchies are like "they love each other they've wanted each other all along" like what??? and dgms on comments about how they were with jughead and veronica so they wouldn't ruin their friendship and as a rebound, you don't date people for 4+ years to protect your friendship or as a rebound I'm sorry lol 417&418 were done very badly imo, if they wanted us to think they had these feelings for a long time they did a terrible job of showing it!! imo betty thought she had those feelings for him because she loved the idea of him and the 1x01 fantasy quote is very true imo lol I'm sorry but if they were planned from the start they did a terrible job at writing it and showing it!! what cheryl says is so true in 418 bughead (and varchie) were so beautifully developed and they showed how endgame they were which is more than I can say for barchie and I do ship them I'm just saying lol also them saying how it makes no sense for archie to have feelings for veronica in s5 after he was gonna leave her for betty even though he's loved veronica since s1 and always goes back to her and it's him having feelings for betty after everything that makes no sense tbh (talking about S4 ofc lol) it was written very poorly which is the rvd way but lol people saying betty didn't truly love jughead and archie didn't truly love veronica are literally stupid because they were both so endgame coded!!! anyway my question is what are your thoughts on this? that they were planned and how they were written and anything else you wanna add lol I know you hate riverdale and barchie so sorry if I'm bringing up old wounds <3

I'm genuinely sorry you feel as though you can't be honest all because some people on this site don't know how to act. That's ridiculous and completely inexcusable.

Sigh. First of all, it's Riverdale. That show seemed much more committed to the week to week ridiculous, over the top moments meant to garner attention and the instant gratification (for better or worse, in the case of a ship like Bughead who hooked up extremely early on but managed to be a mostly lovable cornerstone of the series for most of its run) than they ever were interested in doing anything long term. So the idea that Betty and Archie's eventual relationship was anything resembling a "slow burn" or well thought out with years-long development is just.. no. Fans are allowed to enjoy what they did get and relish in the smaller moments, intentionally or otherwise, that came before what they believe to be an epic hookup. But in my opinion, it wasn't that deep. The Betty/Archie arc was one of the sorriest excuses for a so-called "inevitable" relationship that I've ever seen. Again, we all interpret things like ships and story lines in different ways. But again, I have to disagree completely. It's as though you're only ever allowed to have loved or cared for one person to the extent that relationships that lasted for the majority of the series are written off as rebounds. For fans who are so committed to recognizing and celebrating tropes, it's interesting to see how often stuff like this gets misinterpreted and how there's a severe misunderstanding for how teen dramas in general work? To be fair, there are other shows where I feel the writing was so terrible that I simply have to call bullshit on it and can't look past my own, personal viewpoint. That being said, ideally if you want to make a compelling, rational argument you need to come away with actual evidence and not just resort to "she liked this guy first, therefore she only ever liked him and we're prepared to write off 77 episodes of content that suggests otherwise."

There were plenty of chances for Riverdale to have properly teased the idea of mutual feelings between Betty and Archie brimming under the surface. Every single opportunity the show had prior to the cheating, they seemed to shut the idea down and instead stuck with the Bughead and Varchie pairings. The biggest one being, of course, the kiss in season 2. A better show (if they truly wanted to explore Betty/Archie) would have either paired them up while both were single or quickly put them back with their original partners, which they did, but demonstrated that in spite of this they couldn't forget the kiss and found themselves drawn to each other. Obviously, this didn't happen. Nothing notable happened again until season 4 where, of all things, they fake dated, and yet none of the intimate moments between the two characters were ever SHOWN to the audience. Just one awkward scene where they texted followed by a contrived musical number featuring flashbacks to their three episodes. Fan fic writers make a gourmet meal with themes like this on a regular basis. How did they fuck it up so badly??

Speaking of that, THIS is what Riverdale should have done in this context and failed to do:

I hate Lucas and Peyton together. They're easily one of my least favorite ships of all time. But the writers of One Tree Hill at least understood how to execute these moments well. Even though I wasn't a fan of everything done to push Lucas and Peyton back together, the actual moment where everything clicks for Peyton and we see through flashbacks how much Lucas has meant to her was very effective. The Origin of Love wasn't on this level because there wasn't anything to call back to outside of three episodes (101, 102, 209).

As for the time jump years, it honestly felt like the friends with benefits "arc" was supposed to be the beginning and end of the exploration between Betty and Archie. It had a clear beginning with them (literally) coming together out of loneliness and because they were trying to bury their respective traumas by losing themselves in each other. The whole thing ends with Betty realizing and vocalizing to Archie why they don't work together. Archie realizes independently of Betty that he's still in love with Veronica and doesn't want to be the guy Betty turns to for emotional stuff. That alone has pretty awful implications considering they're supposed to be former childhood best friends. But whatever. 509-518 did absolutely nothing to set up Betty or Archie missing each other or changing their perspectives and needs in such a way where their hookup at the end of the season made any damn sense. Season 6 felt as though Betty was given a lobotomy and was forced to be Archie's ideal woman at all costs as he did nothing but be his wonderful self because he only deserves the best. But even that's not really good enough considering the show made Archie the savior of Riverdale and Betty the Harlot of Babylon. Not even Betty, the so-called flawless girl next door, can possibly live up to the paragon of virtue that should be the future Mrs. Archie Andrews. In Archie's defense (even though he bugs me and I don't like defending him), he doesn't seem to put this pressure on Betty maliciously or even knowingly. But the narrative will not stop punishing Betty during the time jump years for her "sins" all the while never holding Archie accountable for doing the same or similar things. So as a result, somehow the relationship became even worse for me. Betty is constantly and consistently misunderstood with Archie barely scratching the surface of who Betty is as a person. It's so painful to see knowing how Betty and Jughead clicked on all levels and could clearly see into each other's souls. Even though they came from different worlds, they found love and acceptance in each other with their endgame basically already written until bad writing tore it apart.

ANYWAYS. I'll never know exactly what the show thought it was doing. It genuinely felt as though there was a plan in place as late as season 5 to put Betty back together with Jughead while keeping Archie and Veronica together. But then some genius got the idea for a 5 episode event that seemed to tease the idea that the ships they hooked up at the end of season 5 were the wrong ones. Then somehow, said ships were basically kept together for the entirety of season 6 even after the characters were back in "normal" Riverdale. Or you know, Lili and Cole went through a messy breakup considering Cole overshared on that podcast and so Bughead was potentially Chophia'd outside of a handful of episodes. But then, the series finale featured a lot of interaction between those two to the point where it feels strongly implied their characters end up together in the "sweet hereafter", so who even knows? All I know is that Riverdale was a terrible show and should never get any credit for good writing.

[possessionisamyth]

not gonna lie felt bad for Dylan in DI for a short time however it turned into boo fucking hoo very quick

it was so why not focus on Maria? why not focus on Jill (it makes no sense Jill charging in recklessly at the start Leon turns up and she lets him take charge)

can't wait to rewatch it whenever that maybe (got the dvd wrong region code of fucking course and i don't know how to make dvd do it)

Okay. After watching the movie several times, I definitely feel more equipped to answer this question (which I own the blu-ray of but am watching totally legally online in another place when I don't want to set up the dvd/blu-ray player).

When Death Island dropped, and everyone was throbbing over Leon, I was annoyed by many of the missed opportunities to make the movie entertaining in order to focus on "realism" like they have been with the remakes and with Inifinite Darkness. Yet, the biggest dropping of the ball was with Jill Valentine, and we gotta talk about Jill so that we can talk about why Dylan sucks ass fails as a character foil to her. However, let's do a little definition first so we're on the same page.

The narrative purpose of a character foil is that when these two characters are on screen interacting with each other, their differences become highlighted. You got Romeo and Mercutio, Betty and Veronica, Chris and Wesker, these characters are foils that we can easily recognize without putting any real thought behind it. We can clock their motivations and the patterns they execute to reach their goals and see where all those little funky lines cross. They can be friends, antagonists, or enemies, but their purpose is to bring out the other characters good and bad traits to deepen our understanding of them.

Jill Valentine is a character that is an active player. She doesn't let things passively happen to her. She gets shit done. She's very hands on about everything. We see it in Resident Evil 1 where you play as her route, and if you play Chris' route the only thing holding this woman back is the cell Wesker trapped her in wherein she has no tools to utilize whatsoever. We see it in Resident Evil 3 where Carlos often takes a backseat to Jill pushing the narrative forward until she's infected and needs help only to pick up where she leaves off as soon as she gets that cure. We see it in the Lost in Nightmares DLC where she's keeping pace with another active character, Chris, and ends the fight by sacrificing herself. In Resident Evil 5 where she's just been saved from mind control, she's actively yelling and shoving at Chris to leave her and save the world when Chris doesn't want to after getting her back. We see it in all of Revelations 1 in juxtaposition to Chris' route. Jill is our Ripley in Alien , she is our Sarah Conner in Terminator, and so on.

Dylan Blake is a passive character. Death Island showcased this to us much more heavy handed than they needed to, but we got the picture. He accepts orders to evacuate important people and kill civilians warily but with no real fight behind it. He cried out on the ground when his friend killed the rest of their infected teammates after failing to wrestle the gun away. Doesn't get up and try again. He's active in saving himself after his friend got infected, but that's it. He hires people to kidnap a guy to build robots for him. It's heavily implied the virus in the bots is one of Glenn Arias' weapons meaning he didn't even make the damn thing. He doesn't commit to suicide and hasn't for 17 years because Russian Roulette absolves him of any fault when he fails. (Something they stole from the movie Bullet Train btw.) He could've shot Claire to teach Jill a lesson, but that decision would be too active for his character. He talks about cleaning the slate with no plans to stick around to see if the slate gets cleaned. Even as a giant bloody poopoo monster he's just swinging his body around listlessly until things break. Unlike every other antagonist or villain we've had up to this point, Dylan is the most hands off when it comes to this schtick. He is the guy that says "I'm going to do this thing, but whatever happens next is out of my hands" as if he's not responsible for glassware breaking after snatching away the tablecloth.

On a surface level, you'd think after both of them went through Raccoon City that Jill and Dylan are perfect foils of each other. Which they would be if Jill wasn't immediately shuffled into the passive role herself as soon as Leon came on screen. Examples of this? Well, we can watch the movie together, and I'll point them out scene by scene, but for the sake of answering your question here I'll try and bullet point them. Of which I will also be listing things people have already complained about because they all take place in Alcatraz.

-Why does Jill keeps losing/not using her gun?

-Jill struggles with zombies the same as others despite enhanced strength and non-existent aging from the virus.

-Jill struggles with lickers.

-Jill doesn't shoot Dylan during his monologue.

-Jill doesn't shoot or fight Maria during Dylan's monologue.

-Jill doesn't shoot Dylan during his second monologue before he kills himself despite seeing the gun he holds that injects viruses.

-Jill is responsible for hand flare to get Dylan's attention, not driving the car or giving her the big gun. She has to yell at him when his mind is basically not even there anymore.

-Jill has the bag of bombs that is supposed to off him and drops it after setting off one under water.

"But Jill is fighting in those scenes." Yeah, but Leon has to save her ass by giving her a gun. Leon has to kill all the lickers. Leon has to info dump about Alcatraz, a place the BSAA should've collected intel on like they always do before missions. A place Jill would've researched herself if she were allowed to be herself. Leon had to give her the opportunity to run from Maria. Jill just yells at Dylan for most of his nonsense even when he loses and is trying to run away as a giant bloodied poopoo monster. Is this the behavior of an active character after we see her at the start go into that house by herself to look for civilians, and later deny Chris his friendship speech in the shooting range? Is this highlighting her normally active traits against Dylan, a person who just lets things happen around him? Short answer: No. Long answer: Hell fucking no. If Jill is not doing the same thing as everyone else in the scene, her actions are reduced to passiveness matching Dylan's and not contrasting them! They don't even put Dylan into more active positions when Jill is made passive, so what the fuck is the point of this guy?! We hate him. That wasn't hard to do. Where's the rest of it? Where is the rest-?!?!?!

Listen, I'm not saying Jill needed to shoot Claire to inhibit her and possibly buy the scientist more alive time, but I am saying Jill needed to be firing at someone because it's not like Dylan would've handed her the cure if she kept him alive. Plus, Rebecca was already making a cure. So-?!?!? It's not like Dylan wouldn't have snapped his fingers sooner to make Maria act had Jill first gotten a good shot in his kneecap. If we want to highlight anything, why isn't Jill's brash actions leading to screw ups in contrast to Dylan's passive actions showing how he's winning and thus strengthening his spiel about all of them being pawns? I'm not expecting the world from a CGI Resident Evil movie. I know the quality to expect, but we have done better before this. I was more satisfied with Rebecca doing her smart thing in Vendetta despite the weird wedding dress scene of her on the table. I was more satisfied with Ada doing her spy thing in Damnation. I was more satisfied with Claire doing her thing in the first 20 minutes of Degeneration. But Death Island? For Jill? As a summation?

Jill Valentine has been used and abused by Wesker. She's been away from the BSAA for 6 years. She's been tossed aside by Capcom game wise. And in what's supposed to be the movie about her getting back on her feet, she gets sidelined because the director and writer were too busy furiously jerking off Leon Scott Kennedy to give her more than the bare minimum script wise in order to "achieve this goal". They didn't achieve the goal by the way. The little fist bump between Chris and Jill was not fucking earned in the slightest.

However if you truly want to know how dirty they did her overall, I can show you by simply comparing her famous rail gun scene depiction. In the original Resident Evil 3, the rail gun was a gigantic machine no one could lift unless they were a giant. For the Resident Evil 3 Remake, they changed it to something she can lift. In Death Island, they decided to do a callback to that rail gun from the Resident Evil 3 Remake as it's her pivotal final fight against Nemesis. They had her turn this iconic weapon, her iconic weapon, against Dylan.

Now anon, look at this big ass rail gun she gets in the Resident Evil 3 Remake where she barely flinches with the recoil. This is 1998. She is not buffed up by the T-Virus. It's a strap metaphor. This gun is two Jill's long, it's heavy as shit, and the camera angles tell us how hefty it is when we play the game.

Now, look at this fucking peashooter they have her struggling to heft around in Death Island. This is shorter than her. You could argue that because it relies on a generator and is portable, it's made of a heavier metal than the one on the charger in the Remake. It's still bullshit that she gets thrown back by the recoil considering she's buffed up from that T-Virus that doesn't let her age compared to how little she struggled with a bigger gun with a stronger recoil in the Remake.

Things that would've fixed this movie? Stop giving Leon all the lines. Make Jill the one that has clever thinking with the gasoline in exchange for Leon finding their exit out of the tunnels. Make Jill fight Maria during Dylan's monologue to emphasize that she's wasting time while her friend's are dying, thus making her take action role look futile compared to Dylan's passivity OR at least have her try to shoot and it fails by her gun jamming. Give Jill her gun back with one bullet in it after Maria wins the fight to then try and make her choose to kill Claire. Let her fire it once at someone and it do nothing. Liven up that Russian Roulette motif. Let the running away be her choice, not something Leon has to give her the opportunity to take. Let Jill have one flashback to any other fucking game which highlights how her usual method of decision making led her to failure before the Dylan showdown. Let her shoot Dylan as he shoots himself reiterating the foil contrast before the last big fight. Cut Leon and Chris' quirky little dialogue so Jill can have several more lines that would make the final shout at Dylan more hard hitting.

As for Maria, when we roll back that footage in Vendetta, she should've been beating the shit out of Chris in Death Island for killing Diego. It could've made the movie better with any of my changes of Jill VS Dylan by adding Chris VS Maria since Chris and Jill always do everything together.

[wowowwild]

Cringetober Day 2: Self Insert

I didn't know if I'd be able to find the original so I redrew her from memory as close to model as I could.

This is the original concept art, love calling it that:

This is the self insert oc I named myself after! She goes by Ace, a shortened form of her middle name (Aceline, her mother was French) and is set in the 2012 tmnt universe. I always have a blast telling people how I chose my name lol. I was really interested in the concept they had going with Karai with her being able to transform between human looking and her fully mutant form so obviously I made up an evil organization that kidnapped orphans and turned them into mutant super soldiers! (Weird and extra, I know. In my defense I was 11 when the show came out.)

FAQ below cut but feel free to send me asks!

Anyway her code number was Experiment 013 and together with 014 (fish, Lily) and 015 (bird, Veronica) they escaped and decided to fight back to end the organization! (I never named the organization. Got lazy lol.) There was also 016 (chameleon, only name was the nick name Popo, a shortening of Tampopo meaning dandelion, again, I was 11) who was a bit younger than the others and died during a harsh training exercise which prompted the team to make there escape that day.

They use ASL to communicate in silence during missions, I think more spy/heist/secret agent media should do this bc ASL is rad. They use it bc I was learning ASL as I developed the story.

You can see in 014 and 015's concepts I tried to design masks for them to wear as well. They had built in filters to block out harmful gasses and stuff.

They all have their specialties. 015 has the most real world skills and is very strong willed, has few doubts or insecurities. 014 has the most emotional maturity and brings more logic to the table. 013 is the tech/plans person. They all do martial arts bc this is tmnt.

Obviously Ace has a special place in my heart. I used her to work through a lot of stuff. By the time I was 15, just a bit before the show ended, I had begun to explore my gender. Ace uses she/her, but she helped me realize I wanted to use he/him! (Tbh she would probably use she/they/it)

[morgan1413]

In this drought period of news,I decided to dig into some interviews from Capcom in May . There is a interview from Capcon on the site Digital trends(Legit site) about Alcina . Almost every interview they have talked about being surprised about Alcina's popularity . Meanwhile here they mentioned how they take the positive feedback of Alci to heart and ended the interview like this,"Nothing is set in stone in the world of RE" . Keep in mind that,this was done month before the DLC was announced

People seem to think it's pretty much out of the question but I don't think they could be further from the truth, you only have to look back at Code: Veronica when they brought back Albert Wesker purely because they recognised the love for the character and the fan demand to bring him back. The lore is so versatile in this series and that's one of the things I love the most because it means they can not only tell so many stories but also react to fan's feedback in ways which will always make sense. Personally I always thought it was strange that Alci's dragon form didn't fully crumble away like the others, almost like Jack's third form in RE7 which he made a comeback from in the DLC, maybe we'll see something similar again here 👀

edit: found that article you were talking about 😁 https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/resident-evil-village-lady-dimitrescu-interview/

[himboronaldreagan]

"Arch"

(Dilton video connects)

(Jughead voice connects)

Jughead: Hey, Dilton!

Dilton: Come on video!

Jughead: I'm a mess though, man.

Dilton: So same old?

(Jughead video connects)

Jughead: Hey!

(Betty video connects)

Dilton: Betty's here! Thought you were busy.

Jughead: Betty!

Betty: Yeah, well, I made time between the Red Cross drive and my class, so. Dilton! How are you?

Dilton: All things considered, relatively intact!

Betty: Aw!

Jughead: Oh no.

Betty: What?

Jughead: Reggie, dude. He just sent me a Zoom code?

(all groan)

Jughead: Nobody tell 'im.

Betty: Where's, um-

Dilton: I accounted for time zones, so-

(Archie voice connects)

Jughead: HEY! ARCHIE'S HERE!

Archie: Hey, guys.

Betty: Come on video, Archie!

Archie: I just woke up.

Jughead: Please welcome to the stage: Miss Archie Andrews!

You awake there, Arch?

Archie: Hi, Jughead.

(Veronica video connects)

Veronica: Archie!

Betty: Hi.

(Archie video connects)

Archie: Oh, hey, Betty. How're things going for everybody?

Betty: On track to graduate by next Spring!

Jughead: Wait, you guys are in college?

Veronica: You told us you were enrolled.

Jughead: Veronica! Hi! And technical college, yeah. Technically not a lie!

Archie: What's up, Ronnie?

Veronica: Oh, Archie! Even on the low resolution, I can't help but recommend a matte concealer! For everyone's sake!

(Archie video disconnects)

Betty: No! Come back.

Archie: Voice is good for me, thanks gang.

Betty: Look at what you did. You happy? Veronica?

Dilton: If Archie's more comfortable joining us on just

voicechat, that's ok!

Jughead: Well, it is good to see everyone.

Veronica: Is Reggie texting anyone else?

Betty: No. He's in my DMs. I'm not giving him my number.

Jughead: I had to unfollow him. It got. Contentious.

Betty: Don't open it.

Jughead: Thanks for setting this up, Dilton.

Betty: Yeah, thanks, Dilton!

Veronica: Thank you, Dilton!

Archie: Thanks, Dilton.

Dilton: Hey, it's my job. You guys hear me ok?

Jughead: What mic you got there? It sounds stupendous! I can almost smell the bag of hi-chews you keep

crinkling.

Dilton: Wh- How do you kn-

Jughead: The wrapper has a slightly different thickness. I

suspect its location of manufacturing. Not important.

Archie! Feel free to hop back on anytime, buddy!

Archie: This is the first time I've seen you not eating in

a long time.

Jughead: Me? I'm not gonna eat on cam. Not for free

anyway.

Veronica: Well, it is nice to catch up before my trip.

(all pause)

Archie: ... Trip?

Veronica: It's fine! We're only bringing a couple people

and it's my own boat! I don't see what the problem

is!

Jughead: Personally, my isolation is mostly emotional. Haha, right, Arch? Anyway, Pop's has been a mess. Ethel? She quit. Midge? She quit. Haven't seen Pop himself in months-

Dilton: That sucks.

Betty: Yeah.

Jughead: Arch? Arch. Arch? Arch? Hey, Archie?

Archie: What?

Jughead: Love you.

Archie: Love you, too.

Dilton: Veronica, are you quarantined?

Veronica: Ugh! Yes, and it's SOOOO BORRING. An eighty inch has never looked smaller!

Dilton: .... Well, it is nice to see familiar faces.

Betty: Some more than others. He's being very insistent now.

Archie: You don't have to answer. My phone's been off for like three days.

Betty: What?

Archie: Way too many reach-outs from, like, everyone and every place I've ever written for. And... other stuff. It's... kinda embarrassing.

Veronica: Thanks!

Archie: Well, not you guys. You know what I mean.

Jughead: He's been around, theydies.

Betty: Anyone have any good news?

Veronica: Well, I WAS engaged. Before somebody couldn't do long distance.

Betty: Or work and school and long distance. And I was told it was on good terms.

Veronica: Mmm-hmm.... We're still... friends. Apparently.

Betty: Hmmm. Well. She can come get the expensive ring she bought anytime.

Veronica: Hmm... well, knowing her financial situation, she can keep it!

Jughead: Different energy in here! Ok. Let's keep going!

Dilton: Well, haha, can't really share my good news without completely ruining a certain campaign to a certain player.

Jughead: OHOHOHOHO! I am so looking forward to it!

Veronica: Please! Any real, not-fantasy news?

Betty: I mean, not really. They just canceled the next season.

Dilton: And the one con that WAS local, so.

Jughead: Fantasy con?

Dilton: No.

Jughead: That anime one?

Dilton: Naw.

Jughead: Wait, don't tell me... Don't-

Dilton: It was that death salon thing with all the morticians.

(long pause from everyone)

Archie: Sounds about right.

Dilton: I mean, I WAS going. For the book signing.

(another pause)

Jughead: I have a food baby. The father is Little Debbie.

Betty: Congratulations!

(Reggie video connects)

Reggie: Oh, you guys are on here? That's cool!

Jughead: HAHAHAHA! Reg-jay!

(Archie disconnects)

Veronica: Bye, everyone!

(Veronica disconnects)

Betty: Sorry! Gotta run, guys.

(Betty disconnects)

Dilton: Hold on, can't hear you! Gonna try reconnecting.

(Dilton disconnects)

(pause)

Jughead: Glad to see you, buddy!

Reggie: Where'd they all go?

Jughead: Oh, we talked about it. They got, uh. Class.

Reggie: You don't have class?

Jughead: Naw, sort of took an involuntary gap year... for my brain.

Reggie: Oh! Yeahyeahyeah, people are doin' that!

Jughead: Seemed pretty eager today, buddy. Sorry scheduling didn't work out, huh? So, uh, what's up?

Reggie: Oh, nothing much. Uh, just really missing everybody I guess. Hey, you know if Archie's, like, busy?

Jughead: Little bit from the sound of it, man. And general just everything.

Reggie: Oh. Yeahyeah. No, yeah.

Jughead: Could relay him something maybe?

Reggie: Just... thinking about him a lot lately. You know. Could you give him my number?

Jughead: Sure thing!

(Jughead disconnects)

(Reggie nods, pauses, and disconnects)

(Dilton video connects)

(Jughead video connects)

Jughead: Dude!

Dilton: We still on for DnD Friday?

Jughead: Absolutely! 'specially after that tease. Did you find a torrent for the Plastic Man show?

Dilton: Not a crisp one anywhere.

Jughead: We'll keep lookin'.

Dilton: What did he want, anyway?

Jughead: What, Reggie? He's goin' through it, man.

Dilton: Oh?

(Archie video connects)

Archie: Hey, Jughead, why's Reggie sending me really forlorn selfies?

Jughead: Don't worry 'bout it, zucchini. Thanks again, Dilton.

Archie: Thanks, Dilton!

Dilton: 'Welcome. I get it. I'll leave you ladies alone.

(Dilton disconnects)

Jughead: You doin' okay, Arch?

Archie: No.

Jughead: Hey! Call me anytime.

Archie: I know.

Jughead: Gotchu, buddy. But right now I do have a date with a box of Honey Buns, so... Ten minutes?

Archie: Ten minutes.

Jughead: Bye!

(Jughead disconnects)

(Archie's phone rings)

(Archie disconnects)