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* ThisCannotBe: Prior to the InternalReveal, it's implied that Chris already had some idea who the masked man stalking him was, he was just heavily in denial about it. When he finally learns [[TheLostLenore who]] [[FightingYourFriend it]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy is]], the only thing he can say in response is Leon's name.
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* ThisCannotBe: Prior to the InternalReveal, it's implied that Chris already had some idea who the masked man stalking him was, he was just [[IRejectYourReality heavily in denial denial]] about it. When he finally learns [[TheLostLenore who]] [[FightingYourFriend it]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy is]], the only thing he can say in response is Leon's name.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: For both Chris and Leon, who are explicitly shown to have romantic feelings for each other throughout the fic. In canon, Leon has a [[DatingCatwoman complicated romance]] with Ada, while Chris at most has ShipTease with Jill.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: For both Chris and Leon, who are [[SlashFic explicitly shown to have romantic feelings for each other throughout the fic.fic]]. In canon, Leon has a [[DatingCatwoman complicated romance]] with Ada, while Chris at most has ShipTease with Jill.
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** It gets much worse for Chris in chapter 5, as he finds Leon's DyingDeclarationOfLove and then finds out that Leon not only is the masked man stalking him, he [[AmnesiacLover doesn't remember anything]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy is fully attempting to kill him]].
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* SuperPersistentPredator: Leon just will ''not'' stop coming after Chris, no matter what gets shoved in his way.
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* DyingDeclarationOfLove: A heartbreaking variant in chapter 5. Chris has been picking up Leon's ApocalypticLog in pieces. When he reads the last piece, it's implied to have been the last time Leon wrote as himself, as his mental state is bad enough that he's lost almost all his memory. He begs Chris to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy forget him]], and admits that he loved him.
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** Chris, too, surviving getting shot with a shotgun.
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** Chris, too, survives multiple encounters with an ImplacableMan [[{{Determinator}} single-mindedly hell-bent]] on killing him. WordOfGod in the comments states that this is the entire reason ''why'' [[FemmeFatale Ada Wong]] resorted to coming to him for help: because he had the best chance of surviving getting shot with a shotgun.fight against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Leon.
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* SuddenlySpeaking: Leon lacks any dialogue in all of the first four chapters and the majority of the fifth, preferring to resort to wordless screams to express his fury or FacialDialogue for his annoyance. When he finally speaks the WhamLine near the end of chapter 5, the narration notes that his voice is rough with disuse, implying that he hasn't actually spoken a sentence in some time.
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* SilentAntagonist: In a sharp contrast to canon, especially ''[=RE4=]'', Leon doesn't speak a word through the chapters posted so far. Most of his dialogue comes through [[ApocalypticLog written notes]] in the style of the usual files in the game.
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* SilentAntagonist: In a sharp contrast to canon, especially ''[=RE4=]'', Leon doesn't speak a word through the chapters posted so far. Most of his dialogue comes through [[ApocalypticLog written notes]] in the style of the usual files in the game. Some descriptions of what little of his FacialDialogue can be seen above the mask, though, have him edging toward SilentSnarker territory.
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** A list of movies used as a decoy clue includes not only ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'', but also ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' and ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate''. The latter two prove [[ChekhovsGun relevant]] to the plot.
** The entire fic is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and even borrows the most iconic WhamLine and WhamShot in chapter 5.
** The entire fic is a WholePlotReference to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and even borrows the most iconic WhamLine and WhamShot in chapter 5.
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** Finally subverted in chapter 5 for the story's version of the iconic WhamLine.
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* ThisCannotBe: Prior to the InternalReveal, it's implied that Chris already had some idea who the masked man stalking him was, he was just heavily in denial about it. When he finally learns [[TheLostLenore who]] [[FightingYourFriend it]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy is]], the only thing he can say in response is Leon's name.
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* DramaticUnmask: Chris finally manages to rip the mask off of his stalker's face in chapter 5, and is stunned with horror and heartbreak when he sees that it's [[TheLostLenore Leon]], who Chris has been desperately looking for since he learned he was NotQuiteDead.
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* FaceRevealingTurn: How TheReveal of the Reaper's identity in chapter 5 is done. Once Chris pulls his mask off in the fight, Leon turns around, shocking Chris.
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* FaceRevealingTurn: How TheReveal of the Reaper's identity in chapter 5 is done. Once Chris pulls his mask off in the fight, Leon turns around, shocking Chris.Chris into only managing to [[SayMyName croak out his name]].
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* FaceRevealingTurn: How TheReveal of the Reaper's identity in chapter 5 is done. Once Chris pulls his mask off in the fight, Leon turns around, shocking Chris.
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---> '''Leon:''' [[InternalReveal Who the hell's Leon?]]
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---> '''Chris:''' ''[[InternalReveal Leon?]]''
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---> '''Leon:'''
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** Chris, too, surviving getting shot with a shotgun.
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** [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Once again,]] Chris tries to talk down a BrainwashedAndCrazy friend by begging them to snap out of it.
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** He finds out in chapter 5.
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* InternalReveal: The audience knows, right from the start, that Leon is the masked stalker pursuing Chris throughout the first five chapters. Chris doesn't learn this until near the end of chapter 5, when he yanks the mask off of him.
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* ShoutOut:
** One puzzle plays [[Franchise/StarWars the Imperial March]] as a musical clue.
** One puzzle plays [[Franchise/StarWars the Imperial March]] as a musical clue.
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* SolveTheSoupCans: In true RE fashion. The most egregious example is the gun puzzle in chapter 5. Thankfully for Chris, Leon's left notes containing the puzzle solutions.
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** In chapter 5:
---> ''Leon:'' [[InternalReveal Who the hell's Leon?]]
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** In chapter 5:
---> ''Leon:'' [[InternalReveal Who the hell's Leon?]]
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Years after Leon's apparent death, Chris is [[TheMourningAfter still in love with him]], and the moment he finds out Leon's still alive, his priorities shift to rescuing him. And to surviving his encounters with [[ImplacableMan the masked Reaper]]. DramaticIrony kicks in when you realize Leon and Chris's masked stalker are ''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy one and]] [[FallenHero the same]]''.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: For both Chris and Leon, who are explicitly shown to have romantic feelings for each other throughout the fic. In canon, Leon has a [[DatingCatwoman complicated romance]] with Ada, while Chris at most has ShipTease with Jill.
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** During a firefight, Chris asks Carlos how he and Jill dealt with the Nemesis. Carlos casually notes that [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake Jill blew it up with a railgun]], and recommends that Chris deal with his stalker that way.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Chris and Carlos engage in some while Chris is getting shot at by Ganados and the masked man who's been stalking Chris for much of the story.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Chris and Carlos engage in some while Chris is getting shot at by Ganados and the masked man who's been stalking Chris for much of the story.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris's reaction to encountering a LaserHallway. Instead of trying to make it through them via acrobatics, he just [[CuttingTheKnots props bombs up against the walls]] to take out the emitters.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris's reaction to encountering a LaserHallway. Instead of trying to make it through them via acrobatics, he just [[CuttingTheKnots [[CuttingTheKnot props bombs up against the walls]] to take out the emitters.
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* LaserHallway: One makes an appearance in chapter 4. The impracticality of this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the note Leon's left at the end of the hallway:
--> Congrats on getting past the laser hallway. No, [[TakeThat I don't know what possessed them to think this was a good idea]]. I went through this on their first base too, and yes, they get their ideas from action movies.
--> Congrats on getting past the laser hallway. No, [[TakeThat I don't know what possessed them to think this was a good idea]]. I went through this on their first base too, and yes, they get their ideas from action movies.
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* WholePlotReference: Based on ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', with Chris as Captain America and Leon as the Winter Soldier.
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* WholePlotReference: Based on ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', with Chris as Captain America and Leon as the Winter Soldier.Soldier.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris's reaction to encountering a LaserHallway. Instead of trying to make it through them via acrobatics, he just [[CuttingTheKnots props bombs up against the walls]] to take out the emitters.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Chris's reaction to encountering a LaserHallway. Instead of trying to make it through them via acrobatics, he just [[CuttingTheKnots props bombs up against the walls]] to take out the emitters.
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* AirVentPassageway: Leon gets around this way, and manages to almost get the drop on Chris multiple times thanks to this. Chris also uses it once in the second chapter to escape the dungeons, but he's [[MusclesAreMeaningful more heavily built]] than Leon, so it's a much tighter fit.
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* HealingHerb: It's a ''Resident Evil'' fic. Notably, though, Chris's stalker also uses them, something no other antagonist, in canon or in the story, has been shown to do. It serves as {{Foreshadowing}} for his actual identity: a BrainwashedAndCrazy Leon.
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* SilentAntagonist: In a sharp contrast to canon, especially ''[=RE4=]'', Leon doesn't speak a word through the chapters posted so far. Most of his dialogue comes through [[ApocalypticLog written notes]] in the style of the usual files in the game.
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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Leon goes from a top government agent to the story's equivalent of the [[TheDreaded Winter]] [[ImplacableMan Soldier]]. Chris even compared him to Mr. X and the Nemesis.
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* TheLostLenore: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], they never quite got around to making it official, but Chris clearly still carries a torch for Leon years after Leon's apparent death. When he finds out he's still alive, finding and saving Leon quickly becomes one of Chris's biggest priorities in the story.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The author's notes in chapter 4 admit to playing just as fast and loose with biology as canon does.
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* CrusadingLawyer: In the years since ''[=RE4=]'', Ashley is revealed to have become a lawyer known for standing up for victims of bioterrorism. She cites [[DueToTheDead Leon]] as the catalyst for her career path.
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* AmnesiacLover: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Before Spain, Chris and Leon had mutual romantic feelings for each other, but has
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* AmnesiacLover: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Before Spain, Chris and Leon had mutual romantic feelings for each other, but has were planning to take it slow and go on their first date after Leon's return from Spain. He never came back.
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* AmnesiacLover: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Before Spain, Chris and Leon had mutual romantic feelings for each other, but has
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* MadeOfIron: Leon, who in the story ''alone'' survives grenades of various types, firefights, getting knocked down by a shotgun butt, and being repeatedly electrocuted while climbing an electric fence. All in the name of tracking down Chris. Somewhat downplayed, on multiple occasions he takes green herbs to recover.
