#he calls himself Eveline’s ‘father’; everyone else calls him ‘Daddy’

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Jack Baker is one of if not the most genuinely terrifying antagonists in the entire RE franchise and I think the fact that the same game wherein he grabs you and forces you to look him in the eye as a section of his skull regrows around his visibly pulsating brain also features him stumbling around as a pair of disembodied pants and fretting over whether or not his bug wife heard him say something rude about bugs. I think that’s actually a reason why everyone seems to find him so crushingly intimidating. Not something that happens in spite of it.

#there was an article #that went like ‘the rotting but still very mundane artifacts of the Baker house’ #‘force you to consider that Jack must’ve been a normal man once who somehow became this malicious deathless THING’ #and that’s so right. #he’s literally just some guy! even in that state! he doesn’t take himself seriously at all! #the only role that he treats as a matter of grave importance is his role as Eveline’s father figure; not his role as persuer #he calls himself Eveline’s ‘father’; everyone else calls him ‘Daddy’ #his brother calls him ‘Jacky boy’ his wife goes ‘kiss me lover’ at him as her mouth overflows with insects #Zoe who was a whole ass teenager during the Daughters DLC still called him ‘Daddy’ #cus that’s what Jack was at his best and that’s why he works so well. he’s not an inhuman creature he’s not a monster made in a lab. #he’s your best friend’s pig father who loves her stepmom more than her #he’s the worst facets of paternity drawn to a very drastic very nasty conclusion #with absolutely zero pretensions about how ridiculous that role can be EXCEPT when it concerns Eveline #jack baker #resident evil 7