Lying Figure and Mannequin

Both of these monsters are from the game Silent Hill 2. This game was released in 2001, for the Playstation 2. 

Lying Figure: the body looks as though it is trapped in a straitjacket, made of its own flesh. It has a feminine body shape, with platform shoes in the skin. When they are skittering around on the ground, they make a high-pitched noise that sounds like metal scraping against cement. 

According to the guide Book of Lost Memories, this monster represents a hospital patient "squirming in agony". In Silent Hill 2, it seems to represent the main character's(James Sunderland) wife, Mary Shepherd-Sunderland. James killed Mary, because she had a terminal illness(also he was sexually frustrated about not being able to do the do with his wife) and she was in a lot of pain. Lying figures spit a poisonous acid at the player, suggestive of vomiting(illness). It could also be hinting at the hateful words Mary said to James during her illness. At some part in the game, when Mary was alive she'd said "I look like a monster!" insinuating that she thought she looked like a Lying Figure. The fact that the Figure's arms are restricted could be referencing James's disgruntlement from being unable to touch and hold Mary.

Mannequin: this body consists of a feminine torso, with two pairs of legs. The bottom pair is for walking, the top pair for fighting. There is a leotard made from flesh on the torso. According to Book of Lost Memories, this monster is a materialization of James's frustrations with his wife's illness. When the monster Pyramid Head is first shown, he is abusing two Mannequins. This could be implicating that these monsters resemble innocence and helplessness against a strong, masculine force.

James attacking a Lying Figure.

A Mannequin.

  

shAKIN THINGS UP A BIT

So I just wanted to change things up and maybe post about an excellent video game series, Silent Hill. This series is of the horror genre. It has my favorite video game soundtracks, monster designs, symbolisms, and storylines. The first game was released in 1999(for the Playstation). There are 9 games(and an "HD Collection", with remakes of the second and third games) in the series. There are two movie adaptations.

For a few weeks I will post about the monsters and their symbolisms. Each post will contain two or three monsters, their descriptions, meanings, etc. 

Claire Redfield pt. 2

Claire in Code: Veronica X.                             Claire in the "remake", Darkside Chronicles

So today we shall talk about Resident Evil Code: Veronica X.

Code: Veronica X took place three months after the Raccoon City incident(or three months after RE2, RE3, and RE:Operation Raccoon City). 

During RE2 Claire Redfield had been searching for her brother, Chris Redfield(more about him here, here, and here). In the beginning of Code: Veronica X, Claire had broken into an Umbrella facility in an attempt to find her brother. She was captured and taken to Rockfort Island(a private island owned by Umbrella, containing a prison and a large mansion). A viral outbreak occurred and the island was soon filled with many zombies and large B.O.W.s.

Claire was released from her jail cell by the man that delivered her there, Rodrigo Juan Raval. He had been injured(not infected) so Claire helped him by retrieving medicine for him and giving him her lighter.

She meets a young boy(17 years of age) named Steve Burnside. He was fairly obnoxious and cocky, and would run away from her quite often.

While exploring the island, she gets hunted down and stalked by an Alfred Ashford, owner of the mansion and son of a Umbrella geneticist. 

After uniting and reuniting with Steve multiple times they find an airplane and set off, thinking they are heading to Hawaii. But Alfred redirects the plane to an Umbrella Antarctica Base. The worn out Claire and Steve fall asleep on the plane. They crash-land in the snowy base, and begin to search for another escape. In the base, they encounter Alfred and fight him. He falls in a "crevasse" and supposedly dies. However, he survived the fall and limped to free his sister(Alexia, his twin) from her 15 year long cryogenic sleep(she was in a "coma" for fifteen years so she could adapt to the T-Veronica Virus: see below for more information). She awakens as he dies and soon after she recaptures Claire and Steve. 

She injects Steve with the T-Veronica Virus(created by Alexia Ashford, a product of the Progenitor Virus mixed with some plant genes and possibly ant/bug genes). He mutates and begins to fight Claire, but saves her and gets smashed by a giant tentacle. He transforms back to his former self and tells Claire "I'm glad I met you... Claire... I... love you...".

At around this time Chris(Leon gave him the coordinates of Claire) fights and kills Alexia. He then reunites with his sister again. She sets off a self destruct sequence in the base. They safely evacuate and the game ends.

Claire is one of my favorite characters in this game series. She can be very sweet and maternal(as seen in RE2 and in the movie Resident Evil Degeneration) and also totally badass. She's also sarcastic and good-humored, but still very caring. 

Claire and Steve.

Claire lookin' at a gross flaming zombie.

Claire running away from Umbrella employees in Paris.

Chris comforting Claire over Steve :''''''''''cccccc (Darkside Chronicles)

Frederic Downing

stUPID DOUCHE FAce

Frederic Downing is only in the CGI movie, Resident Evil: Degeneration. He is a main antagonist in the film.

He was born in circa 1961. Degeneration is set in between Resident Evil 4 and 5, which would be between the years 2004 and 2009.

Downing was in Raccoon City during the outbreak in 1998. He stole samples of the T-virus and G-virus from the Umbrella labs in the city before fleeing.

He was the head researcher at WilPharma, a pharmaceutical company. WilPharma created the vaccine for the T-virus.

In Degeneration he released the T-virus onto the plane that crashed into the airport in the beginning of the film(turning everyone in it into zombies. It also escaped into the airport through the air, resulting in many more zombies.). He also blew up a few trucks filled with vaccines for survivors. This was all disguised to be terrorist attacks, and he even blamed the Senator, Ron Davis(alsO A STUPID DOUCHE FACE) for involvement. 

In the end of the movie Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Angela Miller arrest him.

Some cool information: 

When Frederic closes his office door, it has the same sound as in the early Resident Evil games when doors were shut.

Also, he was a researcher for Umbrella until 1998. 

I do not like this character.

1. Stupid voice and face.

2. Grabbed samples of the T-virus and G-virus in 1998 and continued to help with bio-terrorism and testing.

3. Used T-virus on many, many innocent people.

4. Blew up vaccines that could've helped those who were infected but not mutated.

5. He thinks he's hot shit. (he's not. he's just a stupid dweeb.)

6. Tried to kill Claire and she's my baby so I hate him.

 Frederic being a frickin' nerd while Claire wonders why she hangs out with losers.

Loser Frederic leaving the room, an embearassed fool.

i bet u think ur so cool freddy

 fred brushing off the fact that he's 420% dweeb

 stupid face

claire angry because she's hanging out with a pleb

Piers Nivans

Piers is only in Resident Evil 6(unfortunately).

There is a much more in-depth explanation of this campaign/storyline in this post.

There will be quotations around the name Ada. You will find out why in the next post B)

Born in 1987, death July 1, 2013.

Piers's family, dating back to his great-grandfather, was involved in the military. As a young boy, he wanted to follow the tradition. When he graduated from an military academy, he was at the top of the class. He later joined the U.S. Army Special Forces. 

Sometime in 2010, he met Chris Redfield(see here, here, and here), who invited him to join the B.S.A.A. He soon became Chris's second-in-command in the Alpha Team. 

In 2012, Alpha Team(of the North American branch) was sent to Edonia to help with the recently released C-virus. They met Sherry Birkin and Jake Muller(a government agent and a mercenary) in Edonia. Chris had known Sherry from Claire(his sister), who rescued Sherry in Raccoon City(in 1998) with Leon S. Kennedy. The group helped each other out and defeated two giant B.O.W.s. After Alpha Team got to their mission objective, the city hall, they met a woman calling herself Ada Wong. She trapped them in cells and released the C-virus on the four other members of Alpha Team. They mutated and turned into Chrysalids(a B.O.W.). Chris and Piers were the only Alpha Team survivors. 

In the six months that followed this event, Chris had taken up smoking and drinking, and the memories of his last mission were repressed. Piers found him in a bar in Edonia, and convinced him to come back to the B.S.A.A.

They were sent to Lanshiang, China, to rescue United Nations diplomats being held hostage by J'avo(B.O.W.s, pronounced "Joo-ah-vo"). The building was bombed after the rescue. They were soon encountered by a giant, invisible snake(I wish I was kidding). The remaining Alpha Team members had to fight and defeat it. 

They later had to pursue "Ada" in a car chase to the dockyards, when B.S.A.A. headquarters told them she was headed for an aircraft carrier. They met up with Leon S. Kennedy and Helena Harper soon after. "Ada" got away, so Chris and Piers had to chase her again. She was shot off a building by a man in a helicopter. She left a briefcase on the roof, which contained a strain of the C-virus. 

They then had to fight another giant B.O.W. and stop it from releasing the C-virus across the world. Their strategy failed, and a missile containing the C-virus was shot at the Tatchi district in China. Chris contacted Leon to warn him, and Leon requested that Piers and Chris go rescue Sherry and Jake from an underground oil rig. After they retrieved the two, they encountered the "ultimate B.O.W.", HAOS(the name comes from the Serbian word for chaos). They are separated from Jake and Sherry, and are forced to run from and then fight HAOS. 

During their fight with HAOS, Piers loses his right arm, and injects himself with the C-virus strain he obtained from "Ada". He develops a squid-like appendage, enabling him to release bio-electricity from it. The two defeat HAOS and get to the escape pods.

Piers pushes Chris into an escape pod and locks it. He knew he would fully mutate and hurt Chris. Chris yells at him, but he knows there's nothing to do. (this part is super sad btw) After the escape pod is launched, HAOS attacks it, but is then hit by a surge of electricity(indicating that Piers saved Chris's life). 

Chris honored Piers's memory by staying in the B.S.A.A.(He was planning to retire after the China mission and let Piers be captain.)

I absolutely love this character. He has such an admiration for his captain. He also saves his life multiple times. He has a strong sense of justice. 

Piers being a potty mouth.

Best part of the game.

Infected Piers.

Piers's infected arm.

After Piers pushed Chris into the escape pod :((((

#ihavealotoffeelingsforthischaracter

Ricardo Irving

Things to remember: 

Tricella: pharmaceutical company. Funded Africa's branch of B.S.A.A. Participated on Bio-terrorism testing. 

B.S.A.A.:Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance

SOA:Special Operations Agent

Ricardo Irving is only in one game, Resident Evil 5.

Irving was director of the oil facility for Tricell.

In 2006, Irving was contacted by the butler of one of Umbrella's founders to work with Tricell on a new virus. He agreed and began testing the fatal virus on local African tribes Sodibaya and Ndipaya. Some of the information from Tricell was leaked to the B.S.A.A. In 2009, Chris Redfield was sent to Africa to investigate Jill Valentine's three year-"disappearance". He was assigned to partner up with Sheva Alomar, a SOA. 

Chris and Sheva chased down Irving on their mission, eventually catching up to him in order to get answers about Jill's whereabouts. Irving injected himself with the virus, transforming himself into a giant aquatic monster. Sheva and Chris must fight the newly mutated Irving. After gunning him down for a while, he transfigures again, only this time smaller. He tells the two B.S.A.A. agents to continue to a cave, where there questions will be answered. He then dies and bubbles away into nothing. He was about 27 when he died.

Irving was a greedy and selfish man, only caring about money and power. Along with his Tricell job working with Excella Gionne and Albert Wesker, he sold bio-weapons on the black market.

I absolutely love Ricardo Irving. He is quite annoying, and he is sort of crazy. He has the most majestic New York/Brooklyn accent I've ever heard. He is a very obnoxious character, but I think it's his accent and his lines that draw me to him. Also he has a very unique and pretty face. 

Irving getting angry at the B.S.A.A. agents.

Yelling at Chris and Sheva.

Infected Irving.

I suggest that you click this link and listen for 0:15-0:27

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6yj8XHdvo

Steve Burnside

Steve in Darkside Chronicles, 2009                                      Steve in Resident Evil Code:Veronica X, 2000 

Things to Remember: 

B.O.W.:  Bio-Organic Weapon

Umbrella Corporation: Created the T-virus, G-virus. A pharmaceutical company that secretly makes fatal viruses.

Steve Burnside appears in two of the Resident Evil games, first in Code: Veronica X and then in the mini remake, Darkside Chronicles.

Steve's father worked for the Umbrella Corporation. He was selling Umbrella's information at an auction, landing him and his son in a prison on Rockfort Island. Also when he was caught, his wife was killed. 

Rockfort Island was attacked by the airborne T-virus, causing all of the prison guards, wardens, and prisoners to turn into zombies. Claire Redfield (sister of Chris Redfield, who was first mentioned in this post.) was also on the island at the time that Steve was. 

Steve was separated from his father during the zombie attack, but he managed to survive long enough to meet Claire. He left her to find an airplane soon after their encounter. 

When Claire found Steve again, he was in a computer room. Using a computer, Steve found out that Claire's brother, Chris, was being monitored by Umbrella. Claire emailed Leon (her friend from Raccoon City, mentioned in this post) and told him about Umbrella's recording of Chris, additionally the coordinates of the island. Steve got mad and told Claire that her brother wouldn't save her an that she would "just end up disappointed if she relied on others" and then angrily rushed out of the room. 

There was a trap in a palace on the island, in which there were two guns that when picked up, would heat up the room and cook you. Steve fell for this trap, when Claire came and saved him. He left her alone soon after.

The next time Steve shows up is when he saves Claire from a dangerous B.O.W. Later, the owner of the island, the possibly insane Alfred Ashford took them down to the basement of the palace. After they reached a certain floor, they fell off a shifty walkway. Claire's foot got stuck under some rubble, when Steve's infected father came after her. Steve was forced to shoot his flesh-eating father. Claire leaves Steve alone to give him some time.

Steve saves Claire once again, from Alexia Ashford, Alfred's twin sister. He wounds her, and they realize that Afred, with his split personality, was pretending to be his sister. A self-destruct sequence is activated in the palace. Claire and Steve find an airplane, and leave the island, only to crash in Antarctica.

They encounter Alfred again, this time sending him off a railing, sending to his supposed death.

They eventually come across a B.O.W. that was once Alfred and Alexia's father, Alexander Ashford. Steve is almost killed when Claire saves him, to which he says "Next time, I'll protect you, Claire". ((aw my bbys))

At about this time, a dying Alfred revives his twin sister who had been "asleep" for fifteen years. She destroys the truck Steve and Claire planned on escaping in, while capturing the two as well.

Alexia injects the T-virus into Steve, causing him to transform into a beastly B.O.W. Claire is forced to fight him, but he briefly regains consciousness and attacks Alexia. She counterattacks with a fatal blow. As he was dying, he degenerates back to his human state. His last words were "I'm glad that I met you.. I... I love you.. Claire.". ((sobs for an eternity))

The game continues with Chris rescuing Claire, and them escaping Antarctica and Alexia. 

Steve lookin' at Claire's booty in Darkside Chronicles.

 Alexia and Alfred as children.

Steve infected.

Steve infected.