Hide in here!

"This will keep you SAFE."

"Mmmmph!" ["SAFE, he says..."]

Sppopy month sketch from featuring Jessie dressed up as Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4.

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For those who don't know Resident Evil 4, which stepped up the action while still keeping a spooky and tense tone of it's predecessors, was half 3rd person action game and half escort mission disguised as 3rd person action. The protagonist Leon Kennedy, originally from Resident Evil 2, spends most of the game finding, rescuing, and protecting the RE world's US president's daughter Ashley Graham. On 4 separate occasions Leon has to rescue Ashley from captivity, once because she freaked out and ran into a trap. After rescuing her, Leon has to protect her from harm and being recaptured as she isn't capable of defending herself (save for the one time you play as her briefly, because even she can pickup a lantern and throw it at baddies). This usually involves them picking her up and carrying off on their shoulders while she screams "LEOOOOON! HEEEEELP!" and if you don't knock down the baddie carrying her off before they reach a door or area transition, she's kidnapped again, which triggers a GAME OVER? Sounds legit.

Anyway, I wanted to play on that idea with Jessie the role of Ashley, as they both fulfill the role of traditional damsel-in-distress quite exemplary, and having one of two scenarios at play. One being the aftermath of Ashley being carried with them securing her properly with heavy bondage to make sure she doesn't escape again or her rescue would require some effort to free her. The other being Leon getting tired of having to bring Ashley around with him and storing her in one of the bins you can have Ashley hide in in game to avoid taking any damage, but securing her into the bin to make sure she doesn't go anywhere or get herself hurt. After all, the second time she gets kidnapped is because she freaks out and runs away from her protector only to get caught in a superbly dumb and elaborate trap. Sneak opted to go with the latter, though you can also think of this also as Ashley being properly secured as a damsel should once she's captured again. I'd be lying if I didn't hope that when Leon first found her she was bound and gagged, similar to him finding another character Luis who was bound and gagged in an armoire. While Ashley is at one point restrained to a wall by large metal bands and her hands are tied behind her back later on, an opportunity was missed with some more heavy duty bondage.

But I do like the idea of Leon not wanting to have to keep an eye on someone else and protect while fighting off the various threats he encounters throughout the game, so he just puts Ashley away somewhere safe and ties her up to make sure she doesn't follow him or get herself into trouble. Rescued from captivity only to be kept captive by her rescuer. While Ashley wouldn't likely enjoy it (or maybe she would, there's nothing suggestion she enjoys her captivity at any point), Jessie on the other hand wouldn't mind it in the least. Though his expression clearly suggests he's not understanding his protector's plan to "keep him safe". If anything, he feels it just makes him that much easier to recapture again. However, Ashley's role in the game is very much a role suited for Jessie. Ashley may not be entirely useless (often helping with a puzzle or two), but her constantly getting kidnapped after being rescued throughout the game fits Jessie and his own habit (and enjoyment) of being kidnapped and held captive so often. In fact it's a fantasy Jessie dreams out about quite a bit: being kidnapped and held captive in tight bondage, later rescued or possibly escaped only to be kidnapped again shortly after and held captive in tight bondage again, somehow again getting rescued or escaping, only to once again find himself kidnapped and held captive in tight bondage once more. An on going cycle and proper side goal, aside from stopping the bad guys/saving the world, any hero/protagonist should have. It's an old and tired trope, but it works (most of the time) and isn't likely to go away anytime soon. Only just be reinvented or subverted with a twist. In the meantime, Jessie will happily play the role of damsel while he waits for his hero to come back and properly rescue him. As to whether the hero decides to untie him right away or take his time or the badguys once again find their prize and make him their captive again, remains to be seen.