He's no Joel Miller or Sebastian Castellanos, true, but he is a capable and supportive White male which is a rarity in the shit-ocean of today's DEI slop. You could argue by being hands-off he's achieving the "fatherly" role of fostering independence (and it's nice that Grace never becomes a cunty girlboss type even at the end). Though he's undeniably a mentor figure to Sherry all the while.
I kind of tuned out of the Resident Evil games around Resident Evil 7. Capcom has a tendency of waffling -- trying to appeal to the liberal progressives while still trying to hang onto the traditional audience for actual sales.
Did you just sleep through RE9?
To be fair, only Grace really interacts with Emily. Leon's too busy kicking zombies and spouting one-liners to be a dad.
He's no Joel Miller or Sebastian Castellanos, true, but he is a capable and supportive White male which is a rarity in the shit-ocean of today's DEI slop. You could argue by being hands-off he's achieving the "fatherly" role of fostering independence (and it's nice that Grace never becomes a cunty girlboss type even at the end). Though he's undeniably a mentor figure to Sherry all the while.
I actually did.
Is that a father-daughter-style story?
I kind of tuned out of the Resident Evil games around Resident Evil 7. Capcom has a tendency of waffling -- trying to appeal to the liberal progressives while still trying to hang onto the traditional audience for actual sales.
Not as explicitly as Ethan in 8, but there are elements (and the fandom predictably squeed over his upgrade to silver fox status)