History Headscratchers / ResidentEvil7Biohazard

!!! Did Lucas [[spoiler: actually kill Oliver?]]

** For now, it seems like inflicting enough physical damage on advanced Molded like the Baker family is enough to overwhelm their healing factors and cause them to calcify. In the "Not a Hero" DLC, an Umbrella research file states that Jack's healing factor was abnormally more powerful than what the other Bakers possessed. Molded with more advanced regeneration would require a special serum to kill.

!!!'''Why did Marguerite [[spoiler: calcify when you kill her?]]

!!! '''Zoe's Diet'''
* Okay, so Zoe spends three years on her family's estate, avoiding them, keeping to herself, helping strangers, and trying to survive. That's all well and good and all, but how the hell DID she survive. She's the least infected of the family and isn't under the normal mind control. Okay, so maybe Evie was taunting her and just didn't care as long as she was cowed. However, what the hell did she ''eat''? One of the notes says that the food the family feeds you accelerates the transformation. Even if we assume that Zoe could eat that and not go absolutely insane from it, there's no way that she would be able to stomach it. She can't eat fish or birds because they get infected and die near the house. She can't hunt. It seems like any animal that gets close is killed, chopped to pieces, and hung like Christmas tree decorations. Plus they are probably infected. She certainly can't go to town and simply buy food. Evie doesn't trust her and calcifies her if she tries to leave. I also have a really hard time believing her parents go out and buy her food. While they can pass as creepy eccentric people if they go out into town (assuming they can control their murderous instincts), I doubt they still care about their daughter enough to get her real food. The food can't come from the people she helps. So... what the hell is she eating?
** Add to that the overcrowded ashtrays everywhere, when it's unlikely she'd be able to nip off to the convenience store for ciggies, and the beer bottles, potato chip bags and fast food drink cups littering the house, when it's doubtful the family had been sitting on a 3-year supply of that stuff before everything went to pot. It's likely that Evie ''does'' allow the other Bakers to make trips to town for food and supplies (and to scout for new "family members" to kidnap), as she can make certain they don't try to escape or attract any unwanted attention to themselves. In fact, if I'm remembering correctly, one file even flat-out states that the Bakers ''do'' leave the property to search for victims. As for how Zoe feeds herself, the Bakers appear to still eat normal food in addition to the more disgusting stuff --you can't make a proper roux with just mold, after all-- and must not particularly care if Zoe helps herself to the pantry now and then; she doesn't pose any threat to things as they are, and Evie already knows she isn't going anywhere.
!!!'''Why did Marguerite [[spoiler: calcify when you kill her?]]
* [[spoiler: You don't have the cure, so why does she calcify? Did Evie get bored/ decided to cut her loss and calcify Marguerite remotely, like Zoe in the bad ending?]]
** Because [[spoiler: Eveline already has a new "mommy" in Mia. Marguerite meant nothing to her now. Well, that and the fact that Evie was getting pretty old, so she wouldn't have as much control over the mold as she used to.]]

** Speaking of the Deputy, it's standard SOP that Law Enforcement Officers get routine check-ups every two to ten minutes (vary depending on exact dept. policy and circumstances) when on a call, traffic stop, or simply out talking with someone in town. Within five minutes of his death, every available cop should be on their way to the Baker Estate.

** Speaking of the Deputy, it's standard SOP that Law Enforcement Officers get routine check-ups every two to ten minutes (vary depending on exact dept. policy and circumstances) when on a call, traffic stop, or simply out talking with someone in town. Within ~five minutes of his death, every available cop should be on their way to the Baker Estate.

** Speaking of the Deputy, it's standard SOP that Law Enforcement Officers get routine check-ups every two to ten minutes (vary depending on exact dept. policy and circumstances) when on a call, traffic stop, or simply out talking with someone in town. After he dies, there should be a running timer of 60 minutes max (and only that long because of how isolated the Baker Estate seems to be) before every cop within 50 miles is on scene to provide back-up due to lack of response. Although I suppose this could be what eventually leads to Umbrella showing up--although that doesn't seem to be the case based on in-game information.

** Speaking of the Deputy, it's standard around the entirety of the United States that Law Enforcement Officers get routine check-ups every two to ten minutes (vary depending on exact SOP and circumstances) when on a call, traffic stop, or simply out talking with someone in town. After the Deputy dies, there should be a running timer of 30-60 minutes max (and only that long because of how isolated the Baker Estate seems to be) before every cop within 50 miles is on scene to provide back-up due to lack of response. Although I suppose this could be what eventually leads to Umbrella showing up--although that doesn't seem to be the case based on in-game information.

** The "No More Heroes" DLC finally puts this to rest. The giant monster is Jack and Lucas escapes in the base game. The entire plotline of the DLC is Chris hunting down Lucas after he rescues Ethan.

** The "No More Heroes" DLC explains that the remnants of Umbrella were reformed into a PMC dedicated to combating bioweapons and cleaning up the old Umbrella's messes.

** [[spoiler: The "No More Heroes" DLC reveals that Eveline was created by a criminal organization called Connections, and that the new Umbrella is trying to bring Connections down and stop their bioweapon research.]]

** This is mostly just GameplayAndStorySegregation. Funnily enough, the "No More Heroes" DLC does add a new Molded enemy type that can instantly regenerate.

** For now, it seems like inflicting enough physical damage on advanced Molded like the Baker family is enough to overwhelm their healing factors and cause them to calcify. In the "No More Heroes" DLC, an Umbrella research file states that Jack's healing factor was abnormally more powerful than what the other Bakers possessed. Molded with more advanced regeneration would require a special serum to kill.

** The "No More Heroes" DLC confirms it's Chris.

* The WMG for this game titled Marguerite [[spoiler: isn't in the Hive Mind because she's completely gone]] got me thinking. The implication given by the fates of [[spoiler: Jack, Eveline and Zoe if you choose to inject her with the serum is that you can only truly destroy these Moulded characters by administering serum to them, overriding their HealingFactor and calcifying them (additional physical damage before or after nonwithstanding). But ''Margeurite'' was never injected. Ethan managed to inflict seemingly-lethal damage on her with his firearms, but she calcified regardless and then crumbled. Is this because Eveline pulled a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness after Margeurite was unable to pacify Ethan and cut her losses by destroying her would-be granny for good? Perhaps. But this is not explicitly confirmed. Alternatively, is it possible that just as how we thought Jack was out for the count after the second round with him (but he nevertheless came back for one more go, eventually), that Marguerite's dust could be reconstituted and her form could come back for another encounter in a DLC/later game? It's unclear as to how Eveline's death would affect this possible outcome.]]

* The WMG for this game titled Marguerite [[spoiler: isn't in the Hive Mind because she's completely gone]] got me thinking. The implication given by the fates of [[spoiler: Jack, Eveline and Zoe if you choose to inject her with the serum is that you can only truly destroy these characters by administering serum to them, overriding their HealingFactor and calcifying them. But ''Margeurite'' was never injected. Ethan managed to inflict seemingly-lethal damage on her with his firearms, but she calcified regardless and then crumbled. Is this because Eveline pulled a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness after Margeurite was unable to pacify Ethan and cut her losses by destroying her would-be granny for good? Perhaps. But this is not explicitly confirmed. Alternatively, is it possible that just as how we thought Jack was out for the count after the second round with him (but he nevertheless came back for one more go, eventually), that Marguerite's dust could be reconstituted and her form could come back for another encounter in a DLC/later game? It's unclear as to how Eveline's death would affect this possible outcome.

* Where the hell is Zoe at in the middle of the game? The start of the game, she could be in her trailer, and at the end of the game, [[spoiler:she's tied up]], but when you first reach the yard, where does she go? Where does she call you from? Why does she not stay in her trialer to meet with you personally?

** Several possible reasons. If she was smoking before the incident (as opposed to after purely because of the stress) that's not going to make her a great endurance speed runner. More importantly, Zoe [[spoiler: is not an empowered protaganist like Mia or Ethan (and not motivated yet by a TraumaCongaLine like Clancy was to encourage rapid movement). She has no access to firearms, and her only means of physical self defence is using a broken bottle against Jack. She is a victim of events in the Daughters episode, so her sprint speed reflects this. It also evokes the common nightmares of not being able to run, fight back or move fast enough in other ways to protect yourself or loved ones, and the way these nightmares can reflect on how such horrible situations would play out in reality because certain people aren't built for running, period. Finally, in addition to all of those ideas, if Eveline was able to infect Zoe right from her creepy first words on the bed, it's possible Evie is able to restrict her running speed all the better to force her to watch her family being assimilated into this sick new family]]. In fairness, Ethan and the other proataganists are not ''much'' faster than her; it's common in survival horror to be unable to reach Usain Bolt levels (to maintain the tension) and especially in Madhouse difficulty, Jack can easily catch up with Ethan at full pelt.

** Several possible reasons. If she was smoking before the incident (as opposed to after purely because of the stress) that's not going to make her a great endurance speed runner. More importantly, Zoe [[spoiler: is not an empowered protaganist like Mia or Ethan (and not motivated yet by a TraumaCongaLine like Clancy was to encourage rapid movement). She has no access to firearms, and her only means of physical self defence is using a broken bottle against Jack. She is a victim of events in the Daughters episode, so her sprint speed reflects this. It also evokes the common nightmares of not being able to run, fight back or move fast enough in other ways to protect yourself or loved ones, and the way these nightmares can reflect on how such horrible situations would play out in reality because certain people aren't built for running, period. Finally, in addition to all of those ideas, if Eveline was able to infect Zoe right from her creepy first words on the bed, it's possible Evie is able to restrict her running speed all the better to force her to watch her family being assimilated into this sick new family. In fairness, Ethan and the other proataganists are not ''much'' faster than her; it's common in survival horror to be unable to reach Usain Bolt levels (to maintain the tension) and especially in Madhouse difficulty, Jack can easily catch up with Ethan at full pelt.

** The same briefcase was also given to Marguerite for "safekeeping" which definitely did not received from Tentsu, but Eveline. It's more likely that Eveline gave Lucas the head as she had given Marguerite the arm, since Lucas who where part of her "family" ''despite'' not being under her control, should have appeared as far more trustworthy in her eyes since despite not having to keep him under a leash, he still ''willingly'' wanted to be part of her "family", which in a way, might have been the reason for her being so lenient on Lucas and his "games".

* [[spoiler: First a ship goes down in the bayou, far enough from just about anything that no one know it happened and the company want it to stay that way. So they don't send a salvage team. Believable. The Bakers find Evelyne and Mia. They don't tell anyone in town, don't get a medic or something. Weird. At some point however Marguerite is diagnosed with some fungus growing on her brain. Apparently they just drop from existence some time later. No medic put two and two together, in a world where it's a known fact engineered horrors are running around. Over the next three years, twenty persons disappear near the Baker house. At this point, it would be perfectly reasonable to call a really thorough investigation of that place. What kind of sweep the police did in the houses before and after the events of beginning hour is best left to imagination since they found litteraly nothing. ]]How exactly did the mystery of the Dulvey haunted house stayed a mystery for 3 years?

* A friend and I have been stumped on this for a little bit. In "Beginning Hour", the house is a mess - there's a bisected cow with a pair of bolt cutters stuck in it, there's creepy sculptures hanging on the ceiling of one of the rooms, there's a lot of mold near the Basement... But in the opening of Resident Evil 4, going back through this house, there's none of that. Sure, it's still a bit unkempt and gross, but there's no mold, there's no bisected cows, even the mannequins are gone. As stated in the Headscratcher above this one, the main player character in Beginning Hour is not Clancy (Except during the VHS segment where you play as him.) In the True Ending, [[spoiler: The unnamed protagonist escapes and tells the police, but they search the place and find no evidence of murder, and no video. They also find the protagonist has LSD on their person, which led to his story being discarded.]] So with that in mind, obviously the Bakers cleaned up the place between Beginning Hour and the main game, right? The only thing that doesn't match up is [[spoiler: The fact that the VHS is easily accessible from the attic in the main game, even though the demo's True Ending says that the police couldn't find it.]] I'm not sure what the deal is there, so it's hard to tell where Beginning Hour takes place in the game's timeline. I mean, "Beginning Hour" suggests it takes place before the game proper, but... you never know.

*** [[spoiler: It means the "third party" can't be Ethan, because the third party in question was in communication with the company for years before Ethan ever showed up. You're overcomplicating this.]]

** One, that wound was made by a chainsaw, missing pieces are to be expected. Two, the reason that wound doesn't knit up is due to what's in it to fill up the empty space from the missing pieces. Look closely when he holds it up in the light and you can see [[spoiler:the Mold]] neatly pasted in between the two halves, keeping it together. There's no knitting over that.

*** Jack's mention of a piece of shit hippy refers to Clancy (he had long hair). The events of the Beginning Hour demo likely aren't canon at all, given the unexplained supernatural things in it, as well as the different layout of the Guest House.
*** Or, you know, the character in that game was hallucinating a different layout from the mold hallucinations or the LCD he had on his person.

** It is possible that the events of the ''Beginning Hour'' demo aren't canon at all, considering that the player has Ethan's model and the Guest House's layout is fairly different in the basement; too different for simple "hallucinations" to HandWave away the discrepancy.

** It is possible that the events of the ''Beginning Hour'' demo aren't canon at all, considering that the player has Ethan's model and the Guest House's layout is fairly different in the basement.

** Because [[spoiler: Eveline already has a new "mommy" in Mia. Marguerite meant nothing to her now. Well, that and the fact that Evie was getting pretty old, so she wouldn't have as much control over the mold as she used to.]]

* At the beginning of the game, Ethan gets a call from his missing, presumed dead for 3 years wife, that tells him to stay away from a location. Instead of calling the local police (Ethan evidently isn't from Louisiana), he drives there himself, alone, without a cellphone. He also isn't dettered by the wall of animal carcasses, or even the video tape of the TV show crew being murdered (in fact, right afterwards, he goes down the exact same path they did, and sure enough, finds a body.) Granted, after he's met the Bakers, he does become more proactive in his attempts to get help or leave leave, but why can't he use the phones Zoe calls him on to call for help? And why can't he try to use the fallen deputy's radio? [[JustEatGilligan This kind of stupidity is a staple of the genre]], I know, but it makes much of the conflict seem manufactured, and plenty of horror movies and games have actually used the idea of rescue being as simple as getting out of the place or finding a working phone to their advantage .

!!! '''Zoe surviving for Three Years'''

!!! '''She can do ''what'', now?'''

!!! '''Mia's purse'''

!!! '''Zoe's diet'''