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At Resident Evil – Code: Veronica:
- Incest Subtext: There's loads of hinted sexual tension between the Ashford siblings.
- Twincest: Implied between Alfred and Alexia.
Generally we go by what is visible in the work. If Word of God says it's intentional, then I suppose both entries could acknowledge that, but it wouldn't surprise me if Incest Subtext can be removed.
Note that, like the large part of the page (also bad), these two are Zero-Context Example and shouldn't stay as-is in any case.
Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupYeah I plan to improve the trope entries on the main Code Veronica page to be more specific like I did for the Character pages, but I wasn't sure on their entry on the Incest Subtext page itself. As you say, I can write an entry explaining the in-game depiction/implications, with the addendum to Word of God confirmation as an external link.
Incest Subtext/Twincest seem redundant with each other, so like you suggested, I can remove Incest Subtext as a separate trope on the Code Veronica page and consolidate the examples.
Edited by Elementroar

Ok, SPECIFICALLY, this is regarding the Resident Evil: Code Veronica entry in Incest Subtext, cos of the Ashford twins (obviously). The subtext from Alfred's obsession with Alexia is the entire basis of his creepiness, and also Alexia to Alfred in her awakening FMV cutscene. But in the same year that Code Veronica was released, Shinji Mikami confirmed in a Famitsu interview that the Ashford twins had kissed just as their FMV intro with the dragonfly torture cuts off. So like, is the incest still subtext? If the producer/creator was telling the story from their perspective that the twins are behaving as twins in an incestuous relationship, is that still just subtext?
My general question is whether Word of God is enough to propel something that SEEMS heavily implied, to actually being told straight to the audience but the audience didn't realize it because the confirmation was deliberately kept off-screen?
Edited by Elementroar