#and I love his dynamic with sherry

[sagetoadtea]

I see your father in you

[throughpatchesofviolet]

I've been thinking about Heathlock a lot, lately, but I have no way of putting those thoughts into words, at the moment.

[grahoriasfancave]

I know Capcom loves trying to pair Leon with every pretty lady that makes eye contact with him, but consider:

Leon adopting everybody.

Sherry’s his daughter in everything but name, obviously, but oh she’s found a genuinely good guy who adores her? Well, Jake’s father sucks anyway...

Piers tags along with the Redfields all the time, guess that makes him kind of a nephew.

After everything he’s been through with Ashley and Manuela and Helena, it’d just be weird not to view them as his little sisters.

Even the people closer to his age aren’t immune. He runs into Claire at a gas station outside of Raccoon City and one narrowly-avoided bomb later, he’s half convinced they’re twins separated at birth.

The Redfields are a package deal. Enough said.

Jill he doesn’t know quite as well, but they get along and the Redfields see her as one of their own, so it kind of feels like they’re cousins. He also approves of Carlos.

Rebecca being his doctor doesn’t stop them from hanging out whenever they can, and by now they’re some kind of family. Sometimes you don’t need more of a label than that.

And while Leon and Hunnigan are pretty professional on the job, he privately thinks of her as something like an older sister. And if Hunnigan sometimes leans into the sibling dynamic as a cover for work, that’s nobody’s business but theirs.

[the-overreactress]

Lorelai and Rory egging Jess’ car is not talked about enough. I’d love to hear your thoughts about it. IMO it’s such a shitty thing to do??? But some people think it’s a girlboss moment.

I re-watched this episode before I answered this. Honestly, I think the most telling thing about this scene is how quick to judgement and/or mocking everyone (including Lane and Luke) is. Season 3 is a weird one for me because on one hand, we get what we want (canon literati), but at the expense of everyone treating Jess worse than they did in Season 2. They are utterly convinced of his troublesome nature and give no room for redemption. To Luke, it's even thought of as a joke ("Someone really hates you!")

Rory using Lorelai's rejection over Chris and Sherry as a rationale to devil egg Jess' car is the most impulsive, teenage girl thing ever. They point out this dynamic between them over and over again. In a way, they are both teenage girls and friends before parent and child. It's a distinction they play up every chance they get (as opposed to Emily). Sometimes, I think they wrote in all these insane acts and behaviors from every townsperson and character just to get Milo to wig out as Jess (which, from an acting point of view is genuinely hilarious). I think we forget this show is more of a comedic teen drama than an outright family drama (even if it certainly leans into the latter in later seasons). Like, so much of this scene still works because Jess and Luke have that conversation where Jess yells "Someone prepared deviled eggs to THROW at my car!" That line delivery is peak Gilmore Girls.

To actually answer your question, I agree it was a shitty thing for them to do, especially given the circumstances (Jess working hard for the car and not really having done anything seriously wrong since Season 2). Doubly so for Lorelai because she was angry about an unrelated thing and felt egged on (lol) by Rory to target someone who didn't deserve it.

Thanks for the ask!

[localkiss]

i just saw a reply to my anonymous message sorry 😭 and thanks for the answer!

i think a very dynamic story would come out where leon’s romantic feelings for us bordered on parental ones. and yes, this is forbidden love and dark notes won’t hurt, i guess

okayy I have some written down, lmk if I'm picking up what you're putting down, anon! :D

You swear up and down that nobody will ever love you like he does. Care for you like he does. Pamper you. Put up with you like Leon does.

Or maybe it's the way that he loves you. It's weird. Constantly wants to be called daddy, sometimes even dad. Needs to be showered with authority and respect on the daily. Cook his meals for him and make sure the house is relatively cleaned up. Simple things he wants from you.

Shit, maybe it's because he's known you ever since you were a teenager. Saved you from dying when he was just a rookie Agent, on Operation Javier. Said, "I've got you. I'm not going to hurt you. Okay?" Had to hide you from the government. Not because you were injected with a virus, but because you were just a regular civilian.

He felt bad for you, reminded him of RC and Sherry. This time, he can save somebody properly. Albeit, he might have to hide you for a bit and get you a new identity. You, on the other hand, fell in love with him at first sight. Didn't even care about what was going on, except for if he was hurt or not.

After awhile, Leon decided to shape you up. Make you somebody who he can look forward to coming home to. Had to teach you how to cook what he likes, wash his clothes the way he likes, and greet him the way he wants to be greeted. Thought to himself, "If I can't have a normal life and a family of my own anytime soon, I'll just teach them to call me daddy."

Or at least that's what it was at first.

Now, he's kissing you, groping you and burying himself deep inside of you. Says it helps him ground himself with the now and helps get rid of any stress from work. Since he's the government's lap dog.

Constantly filling you to the hilt with his cum. Especially when you call him dad. Makes him all fuzzy inside, thinking about a family of his own. Whatever he wants, you deliver to the best of your abilities.

"Hey baby," he presses a kiss to your temple, snuggling up behind you on the couch. "Whatcha doing?"

"Resting my eyes." You mumble into the blanket, feet moving backwards to tangle with his legs.

"Sounding more and more like your old man," he chuckles heartily, giving you a nudge to which you groan at.

You flip over and bury your face into his chest. The warmth of his body and the scent of his earthy citrusy cologne is overwhelming your senses in a good way. Makes your mouth water a little bit. Truly feels like home when Leon's around.

"Shut up, daddy." You headbutt his collarbones and his chest shakes and you can hear him trying not to laugh at you. Breaths coming out of his nose rapidly as he lets out a soft laugh, patting you on the butt.

[seraphdesire]

I played Jake's route in Resident Evil 6 with a friend today. Can I just say? JAKE AND SHERRY. Oh my god. Not only are they amazing as standalone characters, but as a couple they are FANTASTIC. I love their dynamic so so much. They're definitely my favourite re ship at the moment. Kinda hot take but Leon and Ada didn't deserve that kiss in re2, it should've been saved for Jake and Sherry in re6. Like??? There was so much tension there. Jake actively checked out Sherry when she was naked lmao. He was ON TOP OF HER too in that shack and they both got a lil flustered about it. She's probably the first person he's been soft and gentle with too, considering his work as a mercenary. Fuck I love them so much

[sauk]

I have a request (if you want to make it happen haha). I always thought that if Gin had met Ran an obsession would have been created in him like between Esmeralda and Frollo (Notre-Dame de Paris) and as happened with Ai/Shiho. I say this because thinking back to the manga Ran and Gin almost don't look at each other (or at least he never turns to look at her).

So I thought about Gin she tries to get the better of Ran, Ran ready to defend herself, but Shiho/Ai stands in front of Ran to protect her. And some slogans like "You won't touch her." Too much haha?<3🩷

Actually, imagining Ran and Gin is a little weird, but I don't doubt the idea of an obsession on his part would be great. Although he already has it with Sherry, and that's part of his story. Instead, I'd rather have someone else obsess over Ran, like our beloved Kid. I love teasing Shinichi, so who better! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The idea of Ai protecting Ran is sublime. I gave my best effort, and in fact, I want to bring more content from these two. It's not enough to say that I love the dynamic of big sister Ran and little sister Ai, even though because of their ages it's the other way around. Sometimes I think they would do girly things together. Maybe since Shiho didn't share moments with her sister, she would be encouraged to share them with Ran. I can even imagine Ai being jealous of any man who wants to get close to her “sister” hahaha.

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Hey! This is Anon from the "love OC's ask". I just wanted to thank you for defending the OC's from idtiots on internet. Like the post Amor made about Scarecrow's work still being used was such fun thing to read. To have someone call it cringe just because they add something about they OC in regard to the post is upsetting. They even added warning before OC part so people can skip it! I adore Amor headcanons either they are about Jonathan or her OC and relationships with them. But why do you think Scarecrow has such toxic part of fanbase? Like they even don't acknowledge his "canonical" comic partners. Like Sherry Squires was big part of Masters of fear! Jonathan or Linda Friitawa and her relationship with Scarebeast! Jonathan? Why are some people so mad that Jonathan has a partner, be it canonical, OC or self insert?

Misogyny and fetishization is your answer, as mentioned in a previous ask. This isn't just Scarecrow, it's any and all shippable male characters. If given the choice between shipping two males who (more often than not) never interact / absolutely hate each other, or shipping a canon male/female ship, they're gonna ship the gay stuff.

Look, I have absolutely nothing against shipping an lgbtqia+ pair, but don't think you're being sneaky when you very obviously ignore or erase canon in any capacity to make your ship work. Note, this isn't just a problem in the rogues fandom, it's ALL fandoms. (it can also be said that erasing a characters culture or skin tone falls into the same bucket of oh fuck no. Ever see people complain about Damian Wayne being drawn to look white? It's a real issue; and not just in comics)

This is a multifaceted issue. The majority of pop culture is straight and white. Obviously we're getting better. I see more gay ships in popular shows, I see more non-white characters with real stories and lives that aren't used for a racist joke ala family guy

I totally get wanting to explore dynamics of different ships, or shipping what you as a person are attracted to. That is always OKAY. Wanting to see yourself as the hero, for example, is okay. Characters like Tiana did SO MUCH for children who previously didn't see themselves as a disney princess.

Let it be known, your average gay male ship isn't an issue. Nor are most fandoms or people in said fandoms. Most people genuinely just ship for fun. Many are multi shippers. Many have m/f and m/m and that's being really general and not mentioning trans ships!

Its when very loud minority send death threats and tell others to commit suicide because they're shipping a female presenting self insert with a popular male character in a fandom dominated by a certain gay ship.I was once told in an anon ask that I should give up talking about my OC because why would Scarecrow love her when he has Riddler? Riddler is SO MUCH better, nobody cares about my stupid OC!

That's not why I stopped, but it didn't help

Not only that, but men in general greatly dislike popular female characters, not so much for shipping reasons but because they can't imagine a world were men are not in the spotlight. And then there's the problem of straight women blatantly creating fetish content about gay men.

it's a huge can of worms, there's so many strings attached to this issue. I honestly don't know if I am giving the problem justice.

[adasknife]

realistic ada x claire headcanons (re2)

- based on darkside chronicles, ada and claire don't really get along, but we have to reduce and understand why that is so. in og re2 ada helps claire with no issue, they don't know each other. in darkside, claire is annoyed. leon is thinking with his 'other' head. og re2 ada is actually quite relaxed and not very flirty, so without leon, they would be decent around one and another

- in remake re2, the dynamic would be different in one way or another. in leon's story, ada isn't super exactly using leon, but she uses him as an advantage many times. ada would do the same with claire, and claire is very similar to leon in that way. claire would be demanding ada to give her answers either if sherry was or wasn't around. although, in the story presented, claire would be more assertive towards ada because look at claire's story. she won't stop

- ada would be annoyed with claire. worst than with leon because claire wears more the pants in the relationship. if sherry was there, ada would try to use sherry as an advantage to get the g virus. ada would explain more to claire the situation (considering as well, in claire's story we get more actual plot/lore of what is happening)

- depending on ada's mindset/plan, she probably knows who claire is (if wesker told her). if ada knows, she would say she isn't an fbi agent or she would heavily bullshit on hoping claire isn't suspicious. if she doesn't know claire, she would be very loose around claire but still hold on to being an fbi agent. in my personal theory, claire would know the dress code of cops and such so she would immediately know

- claire would get shot for ada as well. if sherry was there, ada would try to assure the girl would be okay

- if sherry is infected with the g virus, oh, ada is excited to get her hands on it. ada would be kind towards sherry, but after taking care of sherry with claire. ada would soften up a bit.

- if sherry isn't there, and the circumstances of ada's wounded leg, ada wouldn't kiss claire, but there's small sexual tension. i think it would be fun if in the tram, claire tells her she knows ada isn't an agent. ada doesn't fall in love easily (headcanon) but there's respect between them.

- claire wouldn't be rambling over and over to get the 'shut the fuck up kiss'. claire is much calmer than leon. if sherry was there, claire would focus on sherry's comfort then talk to ada. and if sherry wasn't. claire and ada would talk a bit more

- if claire would ask ada why she needs the g and ada would still mutter a lie. she needs the end of this

- nevertheless, ada and claire have a small mutual understanding with each other. claire would judge ada of being a mercenary, for using the possible death of sherry or the using a virus none of them really understand

- many people say that leon couldn't get over ada; realistically, neither would claire if roles were reversed. what affects leon was her 'death' and if claire fought to protect ada many times as the times leon did. it would affect claire as well. death sticks with you. survivor's guilt as well. ada would live in claire's memory

[askjimdefroque]

JIM DEFROQUE HEADCANONS

As requested below the cut

TW ⚠️: Bipolar mention (🪿 is not a doctor!), drug abuse mention, broken family dynamic, tell me if I’m missing anything

• Smells of suspiciously heavy cologne. So not bad but you can just tell he’s been in the locker room if you catch my drift

• This man loves the color orange, actually. It’s just a good color and whenever anyone asks why orange, he just smiles because he doesn’t know why orange.

• Diagnosed with bipolar 1. He has severe manic episodes that have lasted for up to a month, followed by either relative calmness or deep depression that also have lasted over a month. Bipolar is different for everyone!

• Along with being bipolar, Jim abuses drugs, whether or not he’s having a high or low day. Oftentimes, he’ll use when he’s having a severe depressive episode in hopes to feel that high he gets while manic

• Secretly in and out of rehab. Can’t let the church members know.

• Jim met the satanic cult when he was in his mid 20s, where he met Secondo, actually, because Secondo is a party animal.

• His actual relationship with god is…difficult, at best. Sometimes he genuinely asks for forgiveness, other times he does it for show. It’s hard to tell though.

• Has a wife named Sherry and two kids. He does care about his kids and wife, but addiction strains the family dynamic, which is why Jim often seeks intimacy elsewhere without his wife’s knowledge

• Despite all these shitty circumstances, it is completely Jim’s fault he is the way he is. He actively avoids help and cheats on his wife, and he doesn’t feel remorse until he’s sober.

• Also he’s not a little pathetic man. Yes, he knows this is his fault. Will he stop? No. Not until he either dies or gets a hard reality check.

• will 🪿 continue to love him? Absolutely. I adore him as a character, but as an actual person, he is awful.

• enough sad hc, back to happy

• He loves cats! He has 2. They’re named Lampshade and Mary (Mary is a male)

• Canonically, he listens to ghost. So in headcanons…

• when he’s not at church or a public event, he’ll often dress down, like a t-shirt and sweats. He loves being cozy, especially at home.

That’s all for now! These may change in the future depending on how I feel about them/any actual canonical lore (so around the time the ghost movie comes out will be a good time to keep an eye here)

How do you like these? I tried to not make them super angsty, but more realistic based on what I know/I’ve seen. Whether or not you see these as accurate, I hope you enjoyed reading them!

Thank you guys :)

-🪿

[letstrywritingmaybe]

Hi! I suddenly very invested in the shinsherry ship dynamic, of course I have my own ideas and hc. Do you fancy the dynamic? If it is a yes, do you have some sorts of hc for them?

Pd: I am still working on in this shinsherry fic so I need a bost of energy.

Oh my, idk if I’m the best person to ask tbh since I tend to write shinshi and CoAi exclusively compared to other dynamics. The closest I’ve come is probably Don’t Blame Me. I won’t be much help, but I do agree we need more of it in the fandom! It needs to be explored! I’m hopeful you’ll be able to share your fic with us!

Idk if it’s cause I’m a Gemini, but as much as I believe Sherry to be a part of her. It’s more of a persona to me, so underneath it all she’s still Shiho. Just forced to be this character that she never wanted to be out of survival. So when I do dabble with her being more of a bad girl, that’s the approach I go for.

Sherry is all snark, sass, confident, and cutthroat who takes no shit. She’s not allowed to be weak, she fights back and isn’t above playing dirty. At least on the outside this is how she appears to be, but at the end of the day she’s soft and does actually own a heart. Shinichi I think sees this side of her despite her best efforts to pretend she’s pure evil. Though at first he’s definitely tricked into thinking she’s just bad news, but him with his savior complex wants to rescue her. Thus begins their interesting relationship

The more he tries to get close to her, the harder she pushes him away. But in the grand scheme of things they’re both after the same goal, so she helps him bring the org down. She’s a traitor anyway, may as well play the part to the fullest. She expects to be locked away to atone for her sins, but Shinichi has other ideas.

I’m basically retelling my own fic, but I think the most important thing to me is that Sherry is in charge and she gets to decide how close he gets to her. She’s the one with the experience and she knows what she wants and what she’s willing to give him and what she wants to take from him. As time goes on he gains more control and tries to defy her, but she’s one step ahead every time. My queen stays winning!

The second but equally as important thing to me is the devotion on his part. She has a bad reputation and yet he’s still willing to throw everything away for her. It’s like everyone on the outside is telling him she’s bad news but he’s still getting burned just for a chance to love her. Basically he’s down bad for her as he should be.

My girl is a bluffer and mostly all talk, but fuck around and find out. She’s ruthless in her own ways and won’t hesitate to play into her role, self destructive and insane but she’s just passionate okay.

This dynamic is honestly very intriguing, it’s all a game and not meant to be real. So very flirty and fun with very serious consequences but they’re not going to worry about that. It’s almost a break/relief when they’re together which doesn’t make sense cause everything they do is very high stakes and people’s lives are in danger but I think the risk is part of what gets them. It’s very push and pull, will they or won’t they? The almost, and pure frustration but also satisfying at the same time? They shouldn’t make sense, but they do. They made opposites attract, the tension is very real.

She’s cool, calm, and collected while he’s the exact opposite until they settle into their routine and he has no choice but to be just as cool about how casual their relationship is. Not that it’s much of a relationship, cause no labels. She teaches him patience cause he’s way too damn impulsive, and the consequences of his actions. He takes her teachings to heart.

He’s left in the dark a lot and he hates it but again he doesn’t have much of a choice cause she won’t give him the answers. There’s a lot of trust on his part, she doesn’t tell him anything, she has to trust him too but she definitely holds back just in case since she’s paranoid and she is still trying to protect him.

I’ve rambled too much and I don’t think I even made sense. But I think it depends on the setting too. Cause I have other ideas if she is for real riding for the org. There’s a lot to their dynamic but the tldr version is: Sherry is more dominant and Shinichi is hopelessly intrigued. Best of luck to you, Love! Happy writing! <3

[space-spring]

I reblogged that post the other day about never finishing video games and it made me stop and think hard about my life and the fact that. oh my god....... I really DO never finish video games........... So I have changed my ways by finishing up Chapter 4 and the ending of Chaos route for Tactics Ogre! Tons of endgame spoilers ahead but here are my bullet-pointed highlights:

My guy Azelstan the pirate! I love him. His whole arc with losing his daughter reminded me a little of Svarog and Hossabara from Triangle Strategy (albeit with substantially more nihilism!), and finding him at the port and then going through the story with the girl he takes under his wing made me die a little inside.

I do really appreciate the fact that even once he joins you he's still a little bit of a mess! I feel like a lot of the characters join Denam out of anger or honor or something else equally passionate, and meanwhile Azelstan's out here going "I've lost everything I love and this is just a decent way to try and make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else." He's simply a very sad old man and I love him a lot

This is not a highlight per se but it IS funny: I had to play the whole pirate cove dungeon where you recruit him like three or four times because I kept thinking I had the recruitment conditions fulfilled and then. did not in fact have the recruitment conditions fulfilled. I killed SO many ghosts. I got to the point where I just bought like 30 exorcism arcanas before going in so I could just have anyone regardless of cleric status blast the stilled undead whenever I needed to

AUGHKDHJSHDGHJJS. I am. SO unwell about the Sherri recruitment scene. I cannot express just how much I am unwell about the Sherri recruitment scene. All the Phoraena sisters really are so cool and good and I spontaneously combust whenever they come on screen but this scene is just AUUUUUGH........ It kills me thinking about how long Sherri's been hiding out because she doesn't think anyone will welcome her back and meanwhile her sisters just!!! love her so much!!!!!!!!!! and SHE loves THEM so much!!!!!! it just makes me go woaugh..........

I also just replayed some of the earlier chapters with Cerya and Cistina to test out the endgame rewind feature, and I take back my little chart I made of them a while back where they're arguing over clothes and things. All of the sisters are defined first and foremost by Being Willing To Sacrifice Everything For Each Other and I love them so much about it

And in addition to all the Phoraena sister dynamics, looking at this scene through the perspective of Denam ALSO having a sister who's keeping herself apart because she feels unloved is so. wowowowow

And on that note Denam and Catiua are rotating around in my head 24/7!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really so in love with how far the writers went with their argument and fallout and also insane about the bad ending in this scenario because AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!?! and also I'm just a sucker for guilt arcs and having to live with mistakes even when it'd be easier not to. Catiua's absolutely insane (affectionate) and I think it's so fun how she changes things around and really comes into her own after this.

Also I really really love that the two of them got to have such a narratively clear conversation about everything that went down!!!!! This is a complete tangent but I sometimes kind of go insane over the fact that in Triangle Strategy we really don't get to see a ton of Roland and Cordelia after they reunite and Whiteholm is retaken. They have. so many things to talk about, and Cordelia has more than a few valid reasons to feel resentment toward Roland for the way he handled retaking Whiteholm. The closest they come to really talking about how they feel is that scene where they're standing in the garden and Roland's trying to explain why he killed Avlora and Cordelia just kinda quietly goes, "I know. I get it. I can't blame you." And while that scene is fun in its own "this bad boy can fit SO many emotionally traumatized Cordelia headcanons in it" sort of way, it's also so so so nice to see Denam and Catiua do the opposite and actually sit down and hash it out for a bit. They get to talk about why they're angry!!! They both get to explain themselves and then reassure each other that they're still loved!!!! They get to be genuinely close again and work as a team!!!!! and I love that for them :)

Also with comparisons to Cordelia, Catiua very distinctly doesn't get sidelined after Denam rescues her!!!! She's an active participant in the war and really takes charge over Denam, which is very neat imo, and I love getting to see her coronation and speech at the end

THIS ATTACK SPECIFICALLY. The whole final boss was so cool but I actually gasped and sat back when I saw this, it was just so so different than any of the other graphics in the game and it made me go nuts

AAAAOAUGH GHAGHG

The credits are really pretty :)

RHCKCHHGLGLRLRLAHHJG I am once again foaming at the mouth about the way the game blends game mechanics and story this is SUCH a fun explanation for how the whole world tarot system works and also I am absolutely gutted by the idea of Denam doing this canonically because he can't stand the regret of the choices he's had to make. I feel like Denam's guilt over the entire conflict isn't explicitly mentioned a ton (he actively makes a lot of comments to the effect of "I'm doing what my honor dictates and I have nothing to be ashamed of") and then every once in a while the game comes back and slaps you with stuff like this. Like hey. hey. yasumi matsuno. can we talk? I jst wantto talkk

Also all the endgame content is SO GOOD. I'm starting to move over to Reborn because I want to experience all the voice acting and stuff over on that version, but it's also so hard to leave my team and all the cool stuff I've unlocked. I need to read up on it more but I'm 90% sure you can recruit Lancelot and Warren if you do the Palace of the Dead stuff which I avoided in Chapter 4, so I'm tempted to go back and do that on there sometime. Or mayhaps I'll just play it through on Reborn once I get through Lawful and Neutral!

But yeah!!! Overall, such a fun route and a fun game and a fun ending :) I do feel like I want to come back to Chaos route once I've finished the other two, because I miss Vyce and the role-playing part of my RPG-obsessed brain really wants him to survive the canon-ish ending because I think there's a ton of things from the beginning of the route that I'll think differently on now that I've finished (like all of the stuff building up to Vyce going nuts and Catiua leaving).

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Credit to @standreamy for putting together this amazing maxi relationship chart in not just one but two versions (found here; tweaked a bit with the orange category because there's a lot of dynamics I'm interested in that I feel didn't fall into BrOTP or any of the other ones).

Notes on some of them under the cut:

• I originally binged the manga in three days so I didn't pick up on it as much the first time, but going back I appreciate the brief focus given to Geelan and the second Lord Bayon.

• I also appreciate how the anime's director (Mamoru Kanbe) made the conscious effort to incorporate background relationships like Mark & Naila in the anime and would be interested in seeing how their relationship would change and evolve in the future.

• I default to the "Matilda is Norman's mom and Sienna is Emma and Carol's mom" headcanons because I like to play around with them, but could also see Sienna as Nat's mom.

• Split on whether Scarlet is Don's or Phil's mom, but I could also see Phil as Jessica's child.

• Would love to see Ray interact with any of the sisters who saw his note.

• Norman's relationship with Isabella receives the least amount of focus out of the trio and it makes me sad.

• Likewise, Don's and Gilda's relationship with Yuugo is often overlooked. I'd really like to see how the latter especially mend bridges after Gilda was ready to blow up the shelter when he showed up with Emma near death and without Ray. I think they'd do it through a tea party.

• I'm obsessed with the thought of Peter and Norman having dinners together, regardless of the Norman Ratri theory.

• They really had Adam reciting Norman's number only for them to never interact in a panel, huh

• For that matter, we barely see Adam and Violet interact despite this information from the mystic code book:

Would have loved to see Adam interact more with any of the Goldy Pond crew, but especially her and Paula.

• I'm normally not super attached to specific gender headcanons for the characters, but after Shirai confirmed Violet's favorite food is pickles, my default headcanon for her is she a trans lesbian. Love the idea of trans wlw Gillian taking her under her wing, and Violet in turn taking Gilda under her wing while they're searching for the Seven Walls.

• This is the funniest Phil & Sherry panel:

(Chapter 100)

While far from a spiteful monster due to being five, I love the brief glimpse we receive into her jealous/petty side here.

[bygoneboy]

✨ fic recs for 2023′s nivanfield day ✨

hey!! i’ve noticed that there’s a lot of new people trickling into the RE6 community, so i thought it’d be fun to put together a little rec list of my favorite fics for the nivanfield fandom. they’re almost all fix-it’s, since that’s my own personal personal preference, but i think there’s a lot of variety regardless!

crossed out by deansparkles: this is my number one favorite nivanfield fic of all time. what can i fucking say about this that hasn’t been said before, honestly— this is a simultaneously horrifying but equally beautiful jacob’s ladder-esque nivanfield wild ride fix-it, which blasted my soul into the ether and crushed my heart in its fist. i read this in 2018 and immediately fell headfirst back into the fandom. this author is far too powerful, PLEASE read this one.

you, me, and the monster by akumastrife: i feel like everyone has probably read this but that won’t stop me from reccing it. this is an all-time favorite for me— i love writing from chris’s pov but this fic makes me want to explore everything about piers’ mutation from his perspective. comfort and hurt and comfort. also, sherry repeatedly smacking piers over the head.

daydreamer by captain_tots: another oneshot, ONLY hurt but the best kind. sherry’s pov, she and chris get coffee together and she spends a lot of time in her own head just wondering what it would be like if the people they’d lost were there with them. i come back to this fic a lot— i love the way sherry and chris interact, not saying much but not really needing to either. 1338 words of heartbreak.

nightlight by red_to_black: my favorite multi-chaptered nivanfield after crossed out! i’m not sure it’ll ever be finished, but i adore it regardless and routinely go back to re-read my favorite parts. it’s a really interesting look at the dynamic of the original alpha squad before edonia, and what chris and piers’ working relationship was like on and off the field. just an incredible balance of action vs downtime between missions, which was definitely an inspiration for a lot of the field work in my own fic.

the future is an open road by thevalesofanduin: post-re6-piers-lives-roadtrip au, aka the nivanfield fic you didn’t know you needed. only two chapters but extremely sweet, and just a really nice reprieve from a lot of the angst and grief that usually goes hand-in-hand with this pairing. there’s also this scene where piers makes a rookie mistake on his first mission back post-recovery and it will probably live in my mind rent-free forever.

happy reading!! and feel free to add your own favs if you don’t see them listed! :)

[stormi-the-pup]

You've heard about cg!Mr. X but what about little!Mr. X?

age range 2-5

he's one curious lil kiddo!

I can imagine him using baby ASL

his cgs are Leon and Claire and Sherry is his playmate!

I just love the dynamic of a monster little and a human cg

AWUHHHH STOOOOP 🥺🥺 he would have to be verrrrrry gently parented and told to now throw claire and leon around when he plays with them hehe

[vitospaghetta]

re: about Leon's emotions and feelings towards Ada and vice versa. This is my little attempt to break it down and offer a perspective that evidently not many in this fandom have and here's how: it's been romanticised to hell and back, I wouldn't be surprised if one day the division at Capcom reveals a big "well actually it was never about love between them, but rather a plethora of events that attached them to each other"

Because it can't be about love, it's just too ludicrous. It's not love. It's trauma bond, and like you said it's a sense of comfort and familiarity. But people in our society are too simple minded and once again viewing things through such short sighted romanticised lens to ever be objective about the reality of it. Nothing that Leon and Ada have is written in stone to set some "relationship" to flourish because it's not that, it's a situationship and nothing more.

This is why they resort to trying to use what the devs say and conveniently put words in their mouths to try and justify their biased perspectives. Just because they won't change their dynamic of the usual Ada being one step ahead of Leon and always leaving him in the dark and being a weakness of his, does not mean that it's love. Because it isn't, that's not what they're doing and it's emotionally inept to think so. Because everything they've done has shown the exact opposite. Leon's character was never about Ada and Capcom removing the "romance" from their dynamic isn't what's gonna alter the entire plot, it's the nature of their typical two steps ahead alienation that would wreck it and that's why they'll keep the core of it. But it was never romance.

Hope all this makes sense lol, if you got anything to add, please do :)

"Leon's character was never about Ada"

Everything you said here is 100% correct but I think that specifically stands out a lot, because I think a big issue with hardcore Aeon shippers is that they see Ada as an extension of Leon and vice versa. Like you can't have Leon without Ada, and Leon can never have feelings for anyone else because Ada is such an integral part of his story or whatever. Ada is no more significant to Leon's narrative than Claire or Sherry; the only difference is that he developed feelings for Ada, but having feelings for someone does not equate to love.

I've said this before, but I understand shipping from the perspective of 'these two characters look good together/have a dynamic I like to explore through fanon.' When it extends to taking developer comments out of context to prove canonization of a relationship dynamic that obviously doesn't exist, foregoing common sense and any understanding of nuance? That's touchgrass behavior.

Yes, the only canon longstanding love interest Leon has ever had in the franchise is Ada. This is a fact. However, love is something that is developed over time, and Leon and Ada barely know each other. A loving romantic relationship is not what has been established between them. It's very clear that they both have feelings for one another in the original continuity, but any chance of a normal romantic relationship is ruined by the complexity of their personal situations and moral standing. That's the interesting part about their dynamic, which is literally why they're written that way. That dynamic doesn't even entirely change in the remakes; it's tweaked and built upon, like everything else. Whether or not Leon has feelings for Ada, his story doesn't change, and neither does the foundation of their relationship.