In the last few weeks, I’m rewatching Markiplier’s playthroughs of RE7 and RE: Village. And an opinion started to form inside my head - the further I’ve watched, the stronger the opinion got. Honestly, I watched these games being played by multiple people (I just love having creative noise in the background) and this was the first time this shit hit me.

But before I get to say what I think, it would only be fair to explain my personal relationship with this particular game franchise:

Personally, we were a Silent Hill household, and Resident Evil games weren’t a big part of my childhood, so please, I am in no means any sort of an expert regarding this super convoluted storyline and timeline, I just know there’s some sort of Umbrella Company baddies and that Milla Jovovich portrayed the main character in the first movie (which, in all honesty, is one hell of a nostalgic blast for me and one of my all-time favorite horror movies). And… Yeah, people mutate because of T-Virus and they turn into zombies, and then there’s some G-Virus? That’s where any sort of extended knowledge regarding the game series ends.

Now, let’s move to the protagonist of Resident Evil 7 and 8, the one and only Ethan Winters, and why I think he deserved better. I’ll explain why some of it doesn’t make sense to me, but don’t forget this is just an opinion and you don’t have to agree at all.

Ethan Winters. Your normal everyday guy. He’s your neighbor, he’s someone you can bump into anytime; in the downtown, in the restaurant or Home Depot, wherever. Why? Cause he’s just your regular normal everyday motherfucker (author’s notes: if you know the song, I think it suits Ethan perfectly). This guy’s charm lays in him being so normal. He comes to save the day, whips out his ✨  enormous big dick energy ✨ and murders all the bad guys in his way, one by one. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Bakers possessed by Eveline or if it’s Miranda and her lords, Ethan is literally the definition of ‘man literally too angry to die’ and he will make them all perish.
And I think he deserved so much more, he deserved better and a lot of it is Mia’s fault, and here is why:

Why the fuck did he go after Mia after that ship video log?

I cannot seem to empathize with this decision made by Ethan and I also know that I am biased against Mia cause I simply cannot stand her. First off, I know Mia was manipulated into sending the video by Eve. I also know and realize that Mia was his wife, I know he loved her insanely much and that he suffered when she allegedly died on the tanker that had crashed during the hurricane (not sure if Ethan was even aware of what happened).
She disappeared for three years, right? And I realize that everyone needs their time to mourn and that the pain never truly passes away… But he thought she was missing (without any explanation in that matter), maybe even thinking she died. What would I do if I got to know that my wife not only lied to me for possibly the entirety of our marriage but then she also suddenly fucking disappears for 3 entire years? I’d make sure I take my time to mourn, make myself feel better, start living step by step, and  ✨ I’d fucking move on ✨.
What if Mia sent the video to a completely different, changed man who moved on - what if she sent the video to thisEthan Winters? What if she contacted a new, changed man? What if Ethan met a new, amazing girlfriend, then proposed to her, settled down, and started anew? What then? Would he still just storm off to Louisiana just like that? 

And just by the way - Ethan is not ugly, he’s actually quite handsome… So don’t tell me there was not one single woman who’d be interested in him.

But okay, canonically, he did what he did and it was what needed to be done to put the story in motion.

Why, in the name of Lord, did he stay with her AFTER Louisiana?

Now, after everything that happened, Mia and Ethan are saved by no one other than Chris Redfield (hooray!). We know she’s a liar and that she was living a double life. We know Mia has tons of shit to explain and Ethan won’t leave until he listens to all the shit. All of it.
Okay, let’s say she explained herself and everything that happened and that she was really sorry and mentally exhausted. They are strangers now - Mia lied, was completely absent (held hostage by Eve), and also is the source of all the shit coming Ethan’s fucking way.

Sure, I get that he had to stay under Umbrella’s little eye (since he came to contact with the mold), but why on Earth did he stay with that woman?
They loved each other, but was that love this great? Sure, it could be, but… It just doesn’t seem too logical for me to stay with her.
All of the above, I’d be repeating myself.

She continues lying and keeping things away from him. And also, Village happens, having Ethan die just to protect his daughter, whom he loves above all.

This wife, aight. This bitch has the audacity, she has the nerve… Goddamit, just gimme a gun and I’ll finish the deed myself because she’s the cause of everything going down.
She doesn’t learn throughout the time skip, she still lies to Ethan, she still doesn’t tell him everything that is going on, and then, when she gets swapped by Miranda - Ethan doesn’t even fucking notice? That speaks volumes about what Mia is like.

Keep in mind Miranda probably didn’t know how Mia acts at home, she probably had really sporadical access to modern technologically, she couldn’t know how Mia talks to Ethan and she didn’t have her memories - and her own husband, the one who vowed to spend his entire life by Mia’s, side doesn’t see a difference? Don’t forget he witnessed Louisiana - by the logic of things, he’s probably noticed something being out of place like that, right?

No. No, he doesn’t. Ethan just goes ‘aight’ - and then she’s “killed”. To be fair, Ethan could’ve been overlooking it just because this pour soul wanted to take a breath and have a normal life; he was struggling with trauma (to be fair, Mia was surely too), they just moved to the other side of the world, and they had a newborn that was undergoing some monitoring and testing since Umbrella must’ve known that Rose is a mold baby. And… In addition to that, Ethan isn’t the brightest bulb. I digress.
But holy fucking shit. I don’t think he’d notice anytime soon - God knows for how long was Miranda fucking around his house. And he was like 'okay wifey, let’s have dinner!’.

Then, when this is said and done, Ethan goes on a rampage once more - just to find he has a mold baby with Mia (that had been to cut into fucking flasks and), that he HIMSELF is made out of the mold (which Mia clearly “forgot” to mention to Ethan since, again, she has a tendency to lie and don’t tell things) and that HE FUCKING DIED, BEING KILLED BY JACK BAKER IN 2017. THAT HE IS DEAD FOR 3 YEARS ALREADY.
I digress and once again, I wanna remind you that Ethan is not the brightest - but did he just think that re-attaching limbs at will are normal? He got his hands sawed off, torn off, his entire skull got crashed… How the fuck didn’t he figure out he’s fucked up too?

And this, all of this, ultimately leads him to his death in the village. 

While he could’ve lived a full, beautiful life. 

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That’s my 3 points about why Ethan Winters deserved so much more. And that Mia is actually the driving force behind all the conflicts.
I try to understand her side of the story and her troubles, but I… I just find it so hard to sympathize.

✨ Ethan winters is the world’s best dad and deserved better. ✨

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard!!!

moldwinterz:

redraw of an image posted on the resident evil website around the anniversary!! i love mia winters

theonewhoknocks997:

Resident Evil Village as Vines:

to-draw-time:

Resident Evil is an important franchise.

jewishsora:

hidingoutbackstage:

hidingoutbackstage:

People joke about things regarding Ethan that seem like they don’t make sense or sound lame to them but honestly if you think about them they’re genuinely intriguing

“Why was Ethan dressed like that in 7?” He received the video from Mia and left his home to drive to Louisiana IMMEDIATELY he’d probably just gotten home from work or was still at work and dropped everything to go

“Why didn’t Ethan call the cops?” He was THAT desperate to rescue his wife and he obviously didn’t expect to be texas chainsaw massacred by the people there because who would expect that?

“How did Ethan genuinely think the medicine was helping him especially when his hand reattached that’s not how bodies work” He’s not exactly in a position to question it when he’s fighting for his and his family’s survival now is he???

“How did Ethan not realize what Mia was up to?” Because she lied to him and after 7 made a deal with the BSAA specifically to keep her past hidden from her husband in turn for information about the Connections

“How did Ethan not realize he was made of mold?” He’d survived the Baker house and yet was still worse for wear and still looked like a human being, like idk why you think that’s something he’d suspect, being completely made of fucking mold probably sounds unrealistic despite what he went through

“Why was he so terrible to the four lords? Waaaa my hot wives and husbands” THEY WERE WITHHOLDING HIS BABY FROM HIM AND TRYING TO KILL HIM OF COURSE HE’D ACT IN SELF DEFENSE AND DO LITERALLY ANYTHING TO GET HIS INFANT DAUGHTER BACK

“Why did Ethan sacrifice himself?” This one is merely my speculation but I think he’d just rather be dead than live as a mold creature, and since he thought his wife was dead and he believed his daughter would be safe with Chris, he had nothing left to live for

EXTREMELY good points here in this Chili’s tonight

I love how the resident evil writers just decided that Ethan Winters was such a good character but he didn’t have enough trauma and so they wrote RE8 to see how much trauma they could put one character through

maniacwatchestheworld:

Mithanberg but Ethan is a Mushroom Man who can’t stop digesting his cuddle buddies

Ethan cuddling with Mia

Ethan: You taste delicious today.

Mia indiffrently: Ethan, stop digesting me and go back to sleep.

Ethan cuddling with Heisenberg

Ethan: You taste delicious today.

Karl: …

Karl: …

Karl turning to face Ethan: Alright, what the FUCK is that supposed to mean!?

Ethan:you think Karl and I are immature?

Mia:well, a bit, yes.

Ethan: hm. Well, Karl, what do you think?

Karl, from inside the blanket pillow fort: Mia’s not allowed to come in then.

Karl:Look, you don’t want Ethan to die, and I don’t want Ethan to die. So let’s work together to make sure Ethan doesn’t die.

Mia: Fantastic plan, but have you ever fucking metEthan?

Chris:and I brought you myrrh-

Ethan: thank you!

Chris: *pulls out a gun and shoots Mia 20 times in the chest* MYRRH-DER!

Ethan: *gentle, sassy, gasp* Chris, NO-

Ethan, face down on the floor: I’m just- I’m just gonna lay here for a bit.

Mia:

Ethan: if the smell of death and mold becomes too much, go dump me in the lake

Ethan:I’m burning through the sky, yeah

Mia: Ethan, your jacket-

Ethan: Two hundred degrees, that’s why they called me Mr. Fahrenheit

Mia:Ethan! You’re on fire!

Ethan: Who’s ethan? I’m mr. fahrenheit

Mia: why are there little handprints all over the house?

Ethan, turning to Rosemary: Rose, why are there little handprints all over the house?

Rose: because I have little hands.

Ethan, turning back to Mia: because she has little hands.

Mia, at their wedding: lets slow dance

Ethan: *does the Macarena at ¼ speed*

Mia, about to go to bed: I love you Ethan

Ethan:I love you too Mia

*silence*

Ethan: we both love you as well Karl

Karl, in a corner on the ceiling: thanks. I was feeling a little left out

In response to this ask I got:

Donna: Why is Ethan on Alcina’s shoulders?

Mia:he likes to feel tall

Mia:waitwhy is Lady Dimitrescu letting him ride on her shoulders???

The Duke: she likes to make Karl feel small

Karl:>:0

RE8 Mercy & Genocide route AU

Okay but like…what if you could choose?Like what if you could choose whether to show mercy to the lords?

I was thinking something along the lines of Ethan knowing what he is. Mia tells him, instead of keeping it a secret. How she finds out, I haven’t thought of yet, but it was probably something dumb like Ethan dancing to Waka Waka at 3 in the morning and just having his head vanish into thin air.

Mia would’ve told him, after having some time to think, finally deciding that he needed to know, no more lies, no matter how much it hurt. Eventually, perhaps a few weeks later, she would tell him, giving him her theory as well. He’s actually dead, having died in the baker house, the mold reanimating his body.

Naturally he would freak the fuck out, probably once again dissolving into the mold in the process. It would take a while, but they would be there for each other every step of the way, helping Ethan understand himself better and come to accept himself, with Mia assuring him that, no, he’s not a monster, and no, she still loves him, if he’ll still have her.

The two routes! I have more ideas about the Mercy route cause the Genocide route is just RE8 but now Ethan is aware of the mold powers he has, so now everyone’s fucked, whereas the Mercy route is a lot sweeter. If anyone actually wants to hear about this I’m down hehe, I have so many things to talk about so if anybody would be willing to listen to me rant I would take it in one swoop.

Friendly reminder now that Resident Evil 4 has been announced!!!

I’m still not over the events of Resident Evil 8: The Village that game will forever fucking haunt me and I swear to God if RE4 does that type of emotional man slaughter I might just burst into tears-