#the director and/or producer just showed the very end of the krauser fight in OG

[sapphire-weapon]

probably the most interesting observation about RE fandom since the release of RE4make is that RE4make brought in a shitload of new fans, and yet it created absolutely zero new leon/ada fans.

this isn’t even a case of “fandom only cares about m/m” either, because i’ve seen a dramatic uptick in support for leon/ashley. it’s just that the only people that i’ve seen making leon/ada content have already been doing it for years.

it’s just fascinating to me because for like 20 years, leon/ada was THE SHIP in RE fandom, outclassing even chris/jill, and it seems to have fallen out of favor ever since capcom starting releasing the new remakes.

you know, the remakes that are determined to write the characters as though they were actual people and not ridiculous caricatures.

funny how the ship just falls apart when you do that. which is what i’ve said for actual literal years, but, much like RE2 leon, no one ever listens to me.

#i'm not going to put this in the tags because i don't want a fucking shitshow on my hands #but it's like when they sat down to make the remake and had a discussion about what leon and ada's dynamic was going to be like #the director and/or producer just showed the very end of the krauser fight in OG #and pointed out the frustration and exhaustion in leon's voice as he says #'maybe it's time you tell me the reason why YOU'RE here?' #and how ada just walks away from him and flippantly says #'maybe some other time' #and said director/producer was like #THAT #THIS #THIS IS WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP SHOULD BE THE WHOLE FUCKING GAME #and that was absolutely the right call to make #because absolutely nothing about their relationship after RE2 makes any fucking sense at all #unless you look at it from the perspective of #leon clings to ada only because she's been the only constant in his chaotic shitbag life #even if she treats him like an asshole #it's something he can always count on happening #and every time she does it to him #he's reminded of a rookie cop named leon kennedy who bled to death in the sewers underneath raccoon city in 1998 #and the whole thing is just a sick horrific trauma response #AND FOR THE DEVS OF THE REMAKE TO ACTUALLY *GET THAT* #AND GO #NO #FUCK THAT #IF WE'RE GOING TO LEAN INTO LEON'S TRAUMA WE NEED TO GO ALL THE WAY WITH IT #AND THAT INCLUDES ADA'S BETRAYAL OF HIM #is just #it's so good #it's so vindicating #this remake is everything