#EEEEEE MY MUTUALS ARE UNDERSTANDING THE QUENCES AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

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EEEEEEE YES YES YES YOU UNDERSTAND MY MACHINATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah thats FOR SURE how they got Eveline to do anything. She cant be hammered into submission she's too stubborn and angry for that she has to be convinced that the thing they want her to do is what SHE actually wants to do. They present him not only as a friend but a PROJECT for her. By that reasoning she sees absolutely nothing wrong with doing something like forcing him to play tag until he's too tired to move.

Ohhhhh good point. I think with Evelines intense desire to 'collect family members' she would take one look at Robbie in Gabe's memories and go 'BIG BROTHER DETECTED. WANT.' I think that might just be what sent her over the edge of sabotaging the ship in this au. She saw how much Gabe loves Robbie and how much Robbie loves Gabe and got so so incredibly mad about it. In the game, Eveline sends Ethan an email via Mia and thats how he finds her. I'm thinking Eveline is wanting to do something similar and Robbie just managed to show up a bit earlier than her plans

Considering Evelines fairly strong grip on the biology of her 'friends' and her 'family' I was thinking that Gabe's powers would actually develop after she is defeated. That means that the mold in his body has free roam to mutate into something unique (for better or worse). Also then you get the fun fun angst of 'IM FREE! no more mold!!! why am i glowing'. I think it would scare the shit out of him and he wouldnt tell Robbie because THE LAST TIME HE WAS INFECTED HE DID THE FUNKY DISMEMBERMENT. So once he's certain that this is different he might start to experiment independently and then end up planting as many as reasonably possible to defend the safehouse they're staying in between re7 and 8

ROBBIE IS VERY MUCH SO KICKING HIMSELF IN THIS LMAO HE IS HAVING. SOME REGRETS.

I AM COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH SPLATOON BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YEA! I think there would be a limit to how far he could be from the mold cores / sclerotium (had to google what they were called cause i forgot lmao) without them either dying out or him just not being able to use them. Just cause I think that would be way too op without proper limits. I think it also gives him a strong desire to find a home where he can stay in one place that he can properly defend. I keep alternating between having him travel with Robbie and Lisa and staying with the Duke. I suppose it would depend on the section of game they're in. Idk wtf Duke has going on behind the scenes but something tells me he doesen't want Gabe traveling between shop spots with him.

Alright I figure since Lisa gets her little redux / refresher so does Gabe!

Just a quick refresher so you don't have to scroll all the way back down that tag: Gabe was really REALLY sick and Robbie was getting desperate. The Connections (bioweapon company. A rival to Umbrella Corporation) reached out under the guise of a group wanting to test a new experimental medical treatment. Robbie hates the idea of being away from his brother but Gabe is DYING and they aren't even asking him to pay anything. So they ship Gabe out, do their testing with exposing him to the E series mold (they want to see if Eveline can manipulate the biologies of other people so they introduce him as a friend who needs help. Eveline is so excited to have a real friend to run around with, so she makes him able to run around. His mental disabilities remain but his physical disabilities are basically gone.) and he's better than ever! They get him back on the ship (new facility for more testing. They aren't really planning on returning him to Robbie i mean Robbies just some kid what the hell is he gonna do [<- lol. lmao]). When Eveline throws her tantrum and crashes the ship. Theres about a three month period (instead of three years. i really don't know what would happen to Robbie if he went that long without Gabe) until Robbie pieces together stuff from their video calls and news of a crashed liner in Louisiana and GOES. Thats where the games plot starts.

In the actual RE7 part of this AU Gabe is having. A BAD fucking time. Essentially being Mia's replacement he gets the great privilege of being forced to slam his brother into walls, stab him and cut his arm off (for the small small price of an axe to the neck some shots to the chest and a lifetime of trauma).

(That blood loss is hitting hard buddy you don't look so good)

During the opening I think Robbie is just thinking that if he can get them out of there then things will be ok and thats what keeps him going instead of just breaking completely.

Gabe is having a much better time in RE8. He's a bit wary of his abilities (basically Rose's in reverse. He creates little bulbs and if they have enough time to grow he uses them as an anchor to develop independent mold colonies that he can manipulate). Eventually (after just. a LITTLE freakout [which I kind of want to draw]). He eventually reasons out that this isn't so bad because 1. he is very much in control of this rather than being controlled and 2. It allows him to protect his brother. You cant tell me Gabe wouldn't feel SO BAD about what happened while he was being controlled. Every time he looks at the scars from Robbies spontaneous amputation via chainsaw he feels so absolutely terrible about it.

In RE8 Gabe's big thing is that he wants to KEEP ROBBIE SAFE and BE USEFUL. He absolutely hates seeing him get hurt, inevitable as it is. He doesen't trust Lisa until he sees Lady D go down (she was telling the truth about how to kill her own MOTHER that must mean something). But he doesen't really end up liking her until he sees how well she covers Robbies back. The verdict for future judgement is still out but for now the best path is to trust her.