#im soooooo incredibly normal about those old men. perfectly normal. the blood seeping from my mouth and beneath my nails is unrelated.

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If I told you there was a series of games created before I was born, developed by Capcom, and that I was obsessed with a pairing of middle aged men within; The pairing being comprised of a someone around a decade or so older than the younger, lighter colored hair, stern and serious with a very deadpan sense of humor, along with “this is my job. I shall do it perfectly” demeanor about his work— very cat-coded in general, if you can think it, it will most probably apply— and the younger being very a determined brunette with firm morals who goes toe to toe with the older man and is frequently one of the only ones who can do so with their hell-bent insistence to do good and defend those who cannot, no matter the cost, who is quite dog-coded in reverse. They spend a few years in each other’s company, learning about each other (even if it’s at a distance and professionally) and then. Something happens. The older one of the pair betrays the brunette — his strings being pulled by a higher power, but it does not excuse him— and in the process reveals a cowardly and vengeful side after the event, causing the entirety of the franchise we play to happen. And then only a bit later in the storyline, one murdered the other, in cold but passioned blood, because destiny deemed it this way and they only heed the call of it. And whether or not it was intentional, leaving said murdered man’s child an orphan completely alone in the world as a side effect. For years after the event, they are satisfied with what happened, if burdened by guilt. But they were right to do so, weren’t they? They proceed to be metaphorically haunted by the man they killed for the rest of their life, however. And that will come to a head for them.

Now… am I talking about Chrisker (Chris Redfield/Albert Wesker), or Shingou (Mitsurugi Shin/Karuma Gou) ?

#rea rambles #Ace Attorney #Resident Evil #Chrisker #Shingou #sorry for banging out post after post about those old men but. my mental health now rests partially on them. like a normal person. #im soooooo incredibly normal about those old men. perfectly normal. the blood seeping from my mouth and beneath my nails is unrelated. #I had a minor epiphany and swore out Capcom because godDAMNIT I have two nickels #I dont WANT THIS MANY NICKELS!!!! #anyways #both von Karma and Wesker are so intertwined with ouroboros in my mind it’s. A problem. Stop eating your tail stop this cycle of destructio #they won’t. but that’s what makes it a delightfully fun and very good story. #and the shipping aspect is LITERALLY just on my side of things; they are very important to each other regardless of how you view them #I see Chrisker as a tale of betrayal and rage— yearning and despair— and Shingou as a tragic and almost *twisted* version of Narumitsu #it’s all FASCINATING. #but god DAMNIT Capcom. TWOOOOO NICKELS!!!! #I could even draw parallels to Jean Valjean and Javert into this BUT I WONT. #because that is a completely different mental illness that exists within me. They are similar. Not as Close to chrisker as it is to shingou #but it SURE DOES EXIST. #rea rambles in the tags #shut up rea #blueberrypancakes #rea’s trash