#jill valentine was the first playable female character in survival horror
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listen i’m not saying that old resident evil was peak female rep and without its faults but its so sad to me seeing how quickly the female characters in the franchise got sidelined or fell to tropes
#resident evil#jill valentine was the first playable female character in survival horror#a badass in re3#then…. reduced to a sexy brainwashed woman in re5 and since then her role as one of the main protags has dwindled compared to chris#claire redfield was a resilient and resourceful character with solid interests and goals#and was a strong main protag for re2 and cvx#then she gets sidelined because….. ?? why#ada wong quickly got sidelined for the male counterpart as soon as she appeared in re4#and her character has been more and more dependent on her sexuality#and her relationship to leon#shinji mikami just straight up hates rebecca because he didnt make her strong enough#but she still is only really a plot device in the other things she showed up in save re0#resizura rants#edit:#sorry i have to add more tags about claire#because she was well on her way of being a more compelling character than leon#she had a direct relation to one of the first protags#her route (claire A) is considered the canon one in the original game#and she got her own main game (that people ignore because theres not a number next to it)#which is one of the most important games in the franchise storywise#which saw the redfields actively trying to take down umbrella! like she had a hand in the downfall of the MAIN ANTAGONIST#but SHE’S the one who gets sidelined?
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