Funfact: In the boss fight, if you run around long enough, Ramon says that Leon reminds him of his father and it makes him want to kill him more.

@doomguydemonkiller

Жыл бұрын

So was it Ramon who killed his father? Or was it Saddler. Both are devils but I’m wondering who it was.

@MikeNapoli1989

Жыл бұрын

I don’t even think Leon reminded him of his father. I think that’s a thing villains say to sound manipulative. It’s like the joker in the dark knight when he says “you know, you remind me of my father… I hated my father.”

@sludgerat666

Жыл бұрын

@@MikeNapoli1989 How would that manipulate anything

@gamercarmen3957

Жыл бұрын

@@MikeNapoli1989 Their is a painting in RE4 Remake during the castle. it's a painting of Ramon's father, which looks similar to Leon(The face and the hair colour)

@gamersix4754

11 ай бұрын

@@doomguydemonkillerit was saddler due to one of the files saying ‘Catalina invited the devil into their home’

During Ramón's boss fight, when he starts losing, he gets increasingly angry and upset. But what's interesting is that he at one point calls Leon a "tiny, ugly, sickly half-wit" and screams that "You should never have been born, demon child", lending even more credence to the idea of him metaphorically fighting "himself" by casting Leon as "Pulgercito". He's not just cruel, sadistic and petty, but he's also deeply self-loathing. Like you said, nobody respects or likes Ramón. As his final battle shows... that includes himself.

@alerojas2952

Жыл бұрын

Pulgarcito, gringo.

@janjems_1210

Жыл бұрын

HE'S PROJECTING! HOLY SHIT, it just clicked on me, cuz of how ironic that those words he throws out are possibly the words that are used on him

@theguybehindyou4762

Жыл бұрын

@@janjems_1210 So he's basically Cyraxx, but with actual power.

@Ch50304

Жыл бұрын

That is kind of sad. I feel for him.

@saul2083

Жыл бұрын

​@@alerojas2952Gringos are completely ignorant. Don't expect much from them.

I fucking love Leon's "who the hell are you" to Salazar and interrupting him by the end. One look at him and he's just *done* with everything lol

@MikeNapoli1989

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!! He wasn’t having any of it .

@digitaldevil696

Жыл бұрын

Imagine how hurtful it is to Salazar's ego as well, to not be recognized, to be regarded as a pathetic nobody once again

@Ch50304

5 ай бұрын

Could have been better lines.

The physical contrast between Salazar and Leon is interesting, especially when you consider Salazar's own insecurities about his appearance. Leon is a fairly tall, well-built, extremely handsome young man who is fairly close in age to Salazar, who is short, ugly, and physically weak. Leon is, in many ways, what Salazar wishes he could look like.

@thefanwithoutaface8105

Жыл бұрын

Which is sort of understandable as Ramon's height and weakness were due to an illness he couldn't do anything about. Being ugly meanwhile is simply due to the parasite.

@kbssanik

5 ай бұрын

It is a fairly human thing to be insecure about such social factors like beauty or being likable. This one just chose to be a little shit all his life... Which is kinda understandable since being ill all the time must suck your happiness dry. Being able to despise so much a fictional character is a sign of a job well done by the writers.

@Ch50304

5 ай бұрын

@@kbssanik yes, it is understandable. You can pity him and still see he has been horrible either way.

@stingerjohnny9951

2 ай бұрын

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 I wonder if his “Illness” was a result of multiple generations of royal inbreeding. It would explain his odd appearance and why he was born sickly. One or two generations might be fine, but you can’t keep double dipping the gene pool without some eventual….issues

@TrelliessRose

Ай бұрын

I love the irony of Leon being older than his undead Queen Elizabeth II-lookin' self.

A bit about the Don Quixote thing: it's hard to know anything about the story without knowing that Don isn't the hero of it. He's the title character, sure, but he's a fanatic of a dead world of feudalism and knighthood and, even in his most benign moments, he profoundly messes everything else up for the other characters. If Luis refers himself to that, it's only because (and the last non-cutscene conversation you have with him basically says this in other words) he knows how far in the wrong he was that he sincerely believes that the only way his story can really end is in tragedy. To that end, it's more like Luis is accepting his role as the story's bumbling idiot than using it as any form of escapism.

@lupvirga

Жыл бұрын

yeah, he obviously knows what he's doing and what is most likely gonna happen to himself.

@anders6326

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit. I never read Quixote but this rockets up my already immense respect doe Luis. Dude was literally the Genre savvy character, haha. Poor guy :/

@thdenwheja756

Жыл бұрын

@@anders6326 It really makes you appreciate the almost absurdist outlook he has throughout the whole game. 'Everybody's dead, it's largely my fault, and I feel awful about it, but I might as well ACT like things are going my way."

@thdenwheja756

Жыл бұрын

@@anders6326 also, here's a summary if you don't have access to the book. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Z3j49xn5azhqg.html

@cruisinobscurae3274

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, this made me like new Luis even more

the first time ashley runs off, and you find her crying in that room near the hedge maze, i was CONVINCED the first time i played that Leon was gonna get close and “ashley” would turn around and be Salazar in drag, and attack Leon while cackling madly. i was seriously so on edge that i was honestly a little disappointed when it wasn’t him 😂

@LeonardoStupidKenway

Жыл бұрын

Why did this remind me of that one scene in code veronica.

@chexfan2000

Жыл бұрын

@@LeonardoStupidKenway exactly, there’s series precedent for it, and the way we couldn’t see her face… but I suppose that wouldn’t be very lordly of him, despite being so dolled up in aristocratic finery that he’s practically a drag queen already

@burritocat6038

Жыл бұрын

What is this new super Mario bros wii?

@booneshow1863

11 ай бұрын

WTF😂😂😂. Now I can't unsee that. Saddler would have to have a pun or catch phrase. Any ideas?

@chexfan2000

11 ай бұрын

@@booneshow1863 BITCH YOURE SMALL!! IM NNOTT SMALL YOU- AAAAAAHHH!!!! it’s not the snappiest but he’s mostly rage so that’s what we get

I kinda feel bad for Salazar. To have a disability like dwarfism is already rough when the world isn’t built to accommodate you, but to also be subject to mockery your whole life would probably make anyone really insecure and want to lash out. It doesn’t excuse what he chose to do, but there is something to be said about how media often codifies any kind of deformity or disability as a sign that someone is inherently untrustworthy.

@Sercil00

Жыл бұрын

The world isn't built to accomodate anyone, any more than a hole in the road is built to accomodate a puddle of water. For any of the villagers, it would be nearly impossible to survive without a lot of help. But Salazar has so much wealth and such a ludicrous castle, it overshadows irl castles that were known to be absolutely nuts. He has anything tailor-made for him, he has servants do everything for him. He doesn't have to work and he's never going to starve. Most wouldn't dare to mock him because of his position. He may not have had it easy, but he would have it easier than most people who have this condition. And most of those people irl don't turn out nasty evil bastards who hate everyone.

@deleted01

Жыл бұрын

@@Sercil00 wrong

@hachiko2692

Жыл бұрын

As 5'2 dude, yep I can relate.

@chuckled125

11 ай бұрын

​@@deleted01fucking gottem lol

@Betsybabe3218

10 ай бұрын

@@Sercil00I- do you know how many kings and queens born to royalty were just straight evil bastards

If you listen closely, everything Ramon calls Leon is something that applies to him way more. One of his lines "You tiny, ugly, sickly half-wit!" Is almost certainly something someone else called him. He's a master of projection.

@kikrinman1450

Жыл бұрын

"You'll be my pulgarcito"

@NotAGoodUsername360

Жыл бұрын

He identifies with Leon because his hatred of him is equal to his own, and the defiance Leon shows to Ramon reminds Ramon of the defiance he showed his own father. Hence he starts projecting and screams the insults his father doubtlessly threw at him when Ramon unleashed the plagas on him.

@Ch50304

5 ай бұрын

@@NotAGoodUsername360 Mabe, but makes for an interesting story.

Im not too sure on the timeline, but i gathered that Salazar has been hated since birth due to sickness and that Saddler, with his charisma, was the one that offered kindness, althought fake, to him, in that way there is a tragicness to salazar, he was condemned from birth due to appearence and the only one to show him "love" was a manipulator.

@Ch50304

Жыл бұрын

Not to show love, more like to manipulate him for his own ends.

@idontlikerome2744

Жыл бұрын

@@Ch50304 Its that Alexia in ur pic?

@Ch50304

Жыл бұрын

@@idontlikerome2744 yes. I love her.

That jab at Prince Harry was so unexpected yet so funny lmao

I love how the remake Merchant is emphasized to be against monarchy much more than before to the point of setting up shop in the same debut room as Ramon.

@forickgrimaldus8301

Жыл бұрын

I mean to be fair to the Merchant he would lose business in the long run if he doesn't sell shit to Leon so its probably less "eat the rich" and more "I am gonna lose cash if these Cultists somehow win because nobody would have free will"

@heroicgangster9981

Жыл бұрын

@@forickgrimaldus8301 It could be that. But I feel Ramon would be the type to charge leases on people making shop in his castle XD Exploit and eat the rich >:3

@massgunner4152

Жыл бұрын

Nah the merchant has a major vendetta agaisnt los iluminados, he was petty enough to find every treasure in the game just so Leon would wreck the place like a medieval raider.

@YouWillBeHappyOrElse

6 ай бұрын

@@forickgrimaldus8301 The Merchant was accepting outdated currency and buying useless stuff from Leon with it. I have a theory that the Merchant isn't about the cash; he's savvy. Give a man something, and he'll wonder what you want from him. Sell it to him, even for the dumbest possible exchange, and he'll shrug it off as you being odd but mostly harmless.

salazar’s boss fight in the remake almost had me throwing my controller out the window 😅 he is a LOT stronger in his final form now.. so finding out the gold egg trick gave me the best satisfaction in immediately taking him out

@Saikugo

Жыл бұрын

Wait? Golden Egg? I sold mine already... What's the trick?

@Prisna

Жыл бұрын

​@@Saikugo he's apparently allergic to eggs, so if you throw the Golden Egg at him, something like half his HP goes down.

@laurenk2412

Жыл бұрын

@@Saikugo the game hints that salazar is weak to eggs with the “disgrace of the salazar family” side quest from the merchant where you have to throw the gold egg at his portrait in the thrown room. if you actually throw a gold egg at him during his boss fight, it depletes 50% of his health i think? so keep the two gold eggs you collect up to that point to defeat him in under one minute 😆

@Zero101189

Жыл бұрын

@@laurenk2412 i just watch the other gameplay, i can confirm that you dont have to throw golden egg at salazar portait to complete the quest, any other eggs will do.

@bluestar3144

Жыл бұрын

The bolt thrower plus mines is really effective since when I hit him directly with one he gets stunned instantly for melee and I didn't even do damage to him other weapons before that.

Salazar really does embody a lot of the dark side of aristocracy. Not quite Prince Andrew dark but still. That the servant was so loyal to the memory of Ramon's father suggests that the late count was a decent human being at worst and at best a generous leader. And it's that kind of charisma and kind heartedness from individual founders and leaders that makes some aristocrats insufferable. There's an old saying that goes along the lines of "no worse birth than to be born to a great man." How do you think it'd be being born to an entire dynasty of great men? As an aristocrat Ramon was always going to be in someone else's shadow. Be it his father's, his grandfather's, Hipólito the Demon Sealer, or Gregorio the Conqueror, Ramon was more likely than not going to be in his ancestor's shadow. Combine that with his dwarfism and illness and I think that destroyed his ego. I think he keeps bringing up "knights and princess fair" because when he was a boy before the illness hit or the dwarfism became clear that's what he wanted to be, a knight. He probably dreamed of being a knight when he was in the throes of illness. His joining Saddler may also have been as much a desire to free himself from the legacy of Gregorio the Conqueror as much for religious beliefs and personal loyalty to Saddler. If he renounces the man who made his family in the first place he may think he has become a new Gregorio liberating a castle for his king. For all of his petty pride Ramon's a slave to his family's legacy and the inadequacy he feels not just from the greatness cast by those ancestors but also his own ailments.

@anders6326

Жыл бұрын

His fight dialogue certainly does confirm this. He even turns insults thrown against him toward Leon, calling the latter everything people have Ramon to his face or back (devil, evil, thumbnail, etc) Ramon is basically expressing his own self hatred brought out by Leon bulldozing through his own castle.

@Ch50304

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that is an interesting view f the character.

Regarding his fragile ego, here's a little secret: if you nail him in the head with a golden chicken egg it does ASTOUNDING damage. Bullets don't hurt him nearly as much as egg on his face.

@stingerjohnny9951

2 ай бұрын

It’s apparently due to a severe allergy he’s had since childhood, but it’s also a VERY good metaphor, so good catch 🤣

It isn't made explicit in the game, and it's purely my interpretation of the visuals, but I think there's yet another reason for Salazar to hate Leon so much. Leon is a brave, healthy, handsome and strong man, going out of his way to protect innocent people. Leon IS the valiant knight Salazar craves to be so much. Leon is everything Salazar is not. Leon is very hands-on, Salazar is very remote, Leon is no-nonsense and snarky, Salazar is all about theatrics and grandeur, etc etc. And on the characters trying to live out the fantasy only to be violently interrupted - it's so interesting that it's done to Luis by Leon's dark reflection, yet another parallel between Leon and Krauser. They both play the role of an iceberg that crushes the ship of another character's fantasy dreams, but Luis dies while managing to do something good in his troubled life, honoured and respected by his newfound friend, and Salazar deservingly goes out undignified, with the castle gates literally falling on his body

Ramón Salazar: The Prince Harry of Resident Evil

The devil mentioned in the note about killing Ramon's father was Ramón Salazar himself, not Saddler. There is another note scattered around the castle which says that Rámon is an "Usurper" to the throne. He killed his father prematurely to become an heir to the throne and the only ruler.

@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@reddskair9523

Жыл бұрын

Yes. There is a boot knife stuck in his father's portrait in the throne room.

@ronc8632

Жыл бұрын

Link to this note? Not on the wikia.

@MorteIsHere

Жыл бұрын

@@ronc8632 It's during the Ashley section. The note speaking about the "Blue light" protecting

@ronc8632

Жыл бұрын

@@MorteIsHere The English localization is a mistranslation. The Japanese description reads: " Oh God! That mad tyrant, heartless brat, Curse Ramon Salazar! Blue light! Protect me! " It mentions nothing of him being a usurper.

these deconstruction of villany videos are some of the best stuff ive seen on youtube in a hot minute - keep up the good work!

Anyone else kind of miss some of Salazar's old banter? Like yes this performance is amazing. But how could you not love how much energy the lil gremlin had in his original introduction

@lupvirga

Жыл бұрын

Or the famous line "no thanks, Bro"

@Annausagi2

Жыл бұрын

Same here... I wish they had spread some of his boss battle lines to earlier parts of the game, through him communicating with Leon. Even if less goofy than his OG counterpart, he had such potential to be memorable, but it feels like they just removed an entire middle piece there.

@Ch50304

5 ай бұрын

Yes, the original one he was an annoying little insect who tried so hard to be intimidating.

7:16 Incorrect. It's actually heavily insinuated that Ramón is the devil that took Diego's life. A piece of environmental story telling is what gives it away. After the knife fight with Krauser with Leon returning to the surface, you can go back track to Salazar's throne room (where you can get a Golden Egg that can take away half his health during his fight if thrown at him). Besides his throne there are two large portraits, one of a woman and one of a man. Leon even comments that these must be his parents. If you look closer at the painting of Diego, you'll notice that you can collect a boot knife that's lodged in the former counts heart. Coincidence? Maybe, but I don't believe so.

@slavicfixer8438

Жыл бұрын

During the boss fight, if Leon hurts him enough, Ramon will call Leon the "Deamon Child" and that "he should never been born". I think he was talking about himself.

@presseagainidareyou4704

Жыл бұрын

@@slavicfixer8438 Also also, in the fight if you keep it going Ramón will say he wants to kill you more because Leon reminds him of his father

@slavicfixer8438

Жыл бұрын

@@presseagainidareyou4704 yes, I got that line too.

I miss the old goofy Salazar, but I do enjoy our creepy new lad. His boss fight was rough as hell for me though, man absorbs ammo.

@Deepstab1

Жыл бұрын

I always use the golden egg trick, he has waaay too much HP, hard and short weak point windows and never shuts the fuck up, he's easy to dodge at least

@nicholascauton9648

Жыл бұрын

@@Deepstab1 At least golden eggs now have legitimate use apart from just full healing properties.

@f.e.areproduce5298

Жыл бұрын

I read last part of your comment as "man morbs ammo".

@jonathanjoestar3785

Жыл бұрын

I literally just used a rocket launcher on him, just like in the og, although in the og it was the free one you found in the castle. I'm not opposed to fighting him normally, but I did it for nostalgia reasons.

He’s an evil little shit, and I love it. It works so well, and it’s highly effective in the story.

Even though Salazar was presented as the black sheep who sadly took power, I have a hard time believing the Salazar family wasn't always kind of messed up. The guy has a giant death pit in his throne room, with spikes at the bottom. Don't tell me that was added later. Who has something like that? This screams "evil tyrant"

@toxicwaste159

Жыл бұрын

I mean it might've been added later, or is there anything explicitly speaking against that?

@massgunner4152

Жыл бұрын

One of the documents you can find has details about Salazar's family, most of the castle's odd and deadlier mechanisms were ordered by count gregorio's grandson, who was declared insane by the author and described as wasting the family's fortune to defend the castle from las plagas.

'-and much harder to kill'. Can I offer you an egg in these trying times?

@TrelliessRose

Ай бұрын

Is it gold?

Salazar’s character is way more interesting, scary and pitiful in the remake. I love his character design. And his boss fight was so frustrating, but that’s what made it so damn good. RE4 Remake is such a blessing.

@malachieman1975

Жыл бұрын

Tbqh, his character is way, and I mean way more realistic in this remake. If you know, you know. There are sadists in this world and Ramon is dripping with it.

@Okkotsu86275

Жыл бұрын

@@malachieman1975 Straight up, I was actually worried about Salazar in the remake. His dripping with sadists juice

As a very short guy myself, I kind of symphatized with Salazar. It's not easy to do something out of yourself when people only focus on your physical limitations. I also could particularly understand the pain of being literally used by people you respect and or admire.

@CloudyWolf713

8 ай бұрын

Hey. You doing ok?

@LiuxueDeYueliang

8 ай бұрын

@@CloudyWolf713 No I've never been ok for years.

@CloudyWolf713

8 ай бұрын

@@LiuxueDeYueliang I’m so sorry. If you ever need to talk to anyone you can trust, it’s not too late.

@LiuxueDeYueliang

8 ай бұрын

@@CloudyWolf713 Yeah well I've done bad things. I don't deserve it at all.

@CloudyWolf713

8 ай бұрын

@@LiuxueDeYueliang I can only imagine what you’ve been through. And I certainly won’t force you to talk about it if you don’t want to. Still, if you ever need someone to listen to you, I or people online are available. And speaking as someone who once thought that they weren’t worthy of help, I just wanted to say that it’s not too late for your life and finding peace for yourself. And your past certainly does not have to define your future.

Its kind of implied that part of the reason Ramon killed his father to ascend to his throne prematurely is because he was ridiculed and wasn't respected even by his father. And during the boss fight he starts to basically project all his insecurities onto Leon. Salazar is still a spiteful, *evil* little shit, but knowing the circumstances that helped shape him into it definetly adds a flavor of tragedy to his character.

I like how Krauser doesn't enteract with Ramon at all. He has no respect to him and just waiting to see if Ramon has anything important to share -- imo.

No way, it’s Queen Elizabeth!

@MorteIsHere

Жыл бұрын

Margaret Thatcher*

@OgrynGrindset

Жыл бұрын

​@@MorteIsHeremerchant thatcher

@Mike-vz6xg

Жыл бұрын

Capcom save the queen 👸🏻

@damienbrown6764

Жыл бұрын

She was indeed the queen leech

@brandonstowe5849

Жыл бұрын

Quaker oats guy

Edit: "Pulgarcito" translates to 'little thumb'. The female servant was likely making fun of his childlike build. Children suck their thumbs, and Ramon looks like a child (physically, not the face). She basically called him a puss 🤣 In the Og RE4, I probably would've spared Salazar if the game let me do so. In RE4:R, I'll gladly turn him into a pincushion with my maxed out Red9 🤣 I enjoyed exploring the castle, they really outdid themselves with the armored Ganados. "Nighty night, knight!"

Absolutely loving your videos and channel, great work all around. I feel you missed an important piece of Salazar's background here, at least as I interpreted it in my playthrough. During his boss fight he's saying things like "small small man," and "Pulgarcito", and then as he starts losing the fight he gets more personal, saying (i think) things about Leon being a vile little child. As you pointed out, it's clearly projecting stuff from his past. Take all that with the entry in the book about his *father*, which called him "The Severe" and "exceedingly strict".... I think we can piece together that because he was born small and probably deformed even before the disease, that his aristocrat father hated him and called him terrible things, possibly physically abused him. This could explain why he killed his father (I didn't put that together, but I've gathered it from other commenters to this video).This also very nicely ties elaborates on why Ramon became the first Salazar to forsake their duties in keeping the plagas locked away. It also connects to him being disgusted that his ancestor's blood flowed through his veins. It doesn't make him likeable at all, but because of these things I definitely felt he was a bit humanized in the remake Edit to add: After thinking about it we can maybe even surmise that Saddler was the first father figure in Ramon's life to (at least pretend to) show him approval

I think remake Salazar is sadistic from the start to better explain all the deathtraps in his castle.

@juanmejiagomez5514

Жыл бұрын

The traps and puzzles in the castle I believe are due to one of his ancestors who was paranoid. I don’t remember exactly but it was in the file that talked about Salazar predecessors

@undead4500

Жыл бұрын

the castle itself was expanded with deadly traps, mazes, etc for generations.

@anders6326

Жыл бұрын

​@@juanmejiagomez5514 Confirmed via file, yes.

Salazar reminds me of Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek.

Absolutely obsessed with the voice acting for Salazar too, it sold his character so well.

@Ch50304

5 ай бұрын

True. He sounds like a vicious bitch.

12:02 And in the boss fight he projects onto Leon by calling him a tiny, sickly, ugly demon child who should be sent back to hell like Ramon's dad said to him.

@jdiona

10 ай бұрын

You’re right. Diego was too severe, even with his own son and because of that Ramon hated his dad and everyone.

Interesting story about porbecito never heard of that which makes sense. In Mexico or at least where my family is from it means poor little one. It is typically used with small children when they are hurt but also can be used as an insult when it’s not a small child

Man I really love these deconstructions of villainy. Keep em coming dude

24:40 I think he also gives that insult to show authority, that he now shows the others who is laughing now. You notice how he is laughing at Leon during gameplay, and now he insults him to show that he is now the bigger one and Leon is "the small thumb" compared to him, and not the other way around.

One interesting note is that in the original Resident Evil 4, the second "Verdugo" (his left hand) gets absorbed into the plant with Ramon. In the remake, it's nowhere to be found in that scene. I'm guessing it'll be a DLC fight in some form.

@elianlorenzosaenz1413

Ай бұрын

You fight one and Ada fights the other one in separate ways in the remake

i never knew someone could look so young and so old at the same time

I absolutely love the scathing bashing of Prince Harry in this video. It’s highly entertaining.

@SuperNeos2

Жыл бұрын

“We just want privacy!!” *screams from the rooftops*

Omg his monster form looks exactly like the monster from Carrion

fat brett never disappoints. the only channel where i sit down and watch its videos in their entirely as soon as i get the notification.

I still feel sorry when Salazar dies, when he ask for help, hoping Saddler will save him. I don't know, still find it tragic enough to make me feel sorry.

Have you considered doing a video on Wesker, might be better when they remake RE5 or Veronica

@tdenzel101

Жыл бұрын

we will have to wait for the dlc of separate ways. Wesker was play more of a role than he did in the main campaign.

Great video as always. Im gonna have to give this a proper playthrough. Loving this series you’re doing

I really liked this video keep it up man❤, saw it during mi lunch break

I finally was able to remember who this new version of this character reminded me of especially the boss fight, King Cand/Turbo from wreck it ralph. They seem so similar to me and their final insect like forms makes it hard to look at the two and not assume that it wasn't just a coincidence.

Come for resident evil analysis, stay for the zelda music.

You really make excellent video essays. I always look forward to them

These videos are so damn good. I expected you to have a larger following. I’m sure you will soon with the quality I’ve seen so far.

I still miss the original Leon sarky reply to Salazar "No thanks! Bro!" because that line really annoyed the fuck out of Ramon because someone told him "no". Also wonder if the Salazar family had some inbreeding as a reference to the Hapsburg family where their generation getting more and more sickly

Great video and I swear your outro song lives rent free in my head

one fun thing about the boss fight is how the white and brown eggs stun him and the gold can even hurt salazar, mocking him by throwing eggs HURTS him that's how pathetic he is, even as a "all powerful monster" throwing eggs stops him in his tracks lol (and i forgot where i heard it from but supposedly he's allergic to eggs so a bonus middle finger to the thumb of a man)

The only thing I would change with the game would be Salazar harassing Leon more through the brass "intercom" system of the castle. I think the one way conversation would play well with Ramon being overconfident but also allow Leon to quip back and the whole thing would give us unease and hatred to Ramon.

Dude, I just want to say your voice is so relaxing it's crazy

24:25 Salazar is projecting his insecurities on Leon, like when he say "you demon child, you should never been, born" sounds like something he heard in his childhood, probably by his father (which he also comment about in his fight) . This made me pity him, even if the boss talk too much he's like give in to desperation and anxiety and like he experiencing a movie of his past frustration, to me he the most tragic of them all.

I love your deep dive videos! The trashing of Prince Harry is quite the enjoyable bonus lol!

Alright the follow up vid. Please do a video on evil charisma with Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.

21:25 When Brett is out here talking about how nobody likes stooges, and how they are archetypes, just like aristocrats, and then shifted to that slightly deeper tone when he said, "and you know who I'm talking about," the image of the Prince Harry book just opacity faded into my brain and I started dying of laughter.

I'm starting to wonder if Salazar's new design didn't take some inspiration from how governors, high lords and nobles are generally depicted in the Warhammer 40k universe. They are generally fat, gross looking, weak willed individuals with egos the size of solar system that deflates quickly at the sight of real danger. The product of centuries of nepotism, negligence, overindulgence, and probably too much cross breeding. There's also the clothes Salazar is wearing - if you dropped him right into W40k, he can pass for a hive-spire's lord without difficulties. You'd just need a bio-mechanical eye or prosthetic arm to complete the look.

@jeambeam3173

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Also the some what strained look of the pale skin looks like it just wants to rot already but science prevents it

Off-topic addendum to your great Saddler analysis, some might find interesting: The part about Saddler stripping the servant Ganados of their individual identity really resonated with me. When I played through the Island, I wondered why the writers/designers stripped the Ganado soldiers of their Illuminados pendants they wore in the OG around their necks. Now I finally understood that that was probably to further emphasize their loss of individuality. Because if they're all just extensions/limbs of a collective hive mind, why would they wear anything to identify them? Identification, even as member of a cult or gang, makes only sense for individuals, to discern them from *other* individuals who are not in the cult. But if all Ganados are basically just cells of a body, why would you need to discern them in the first place, when they're all the same anyway? Of course, the Verdugo, for example, did wear distinct clothing. But one can think of that more as the result of task specific specialisation, just like human somatic cells will also have myriads of different shapes depending on what role they fulfill in their respective tissue. And those two are bodyguards and thus in a more or less representative role. We know from the credit pictures that Salazar at least in the beginning actually took them with him into the yet normal village, and you can't show up with your beloved insect-humanoid pets right at your first date with your future slaves without some degree of obfuscation, now can ya? Of course our little Lords preference for roleplaying and dramaturgy also played a role here (no pun intended), I assume.

A bit on the aristocratic thing, most where actually pretty ok and often the local population would like them, especially if they where as good as the previous generations of dukes, but well Ramon would be loathed because of his tyranny not because he is an aristocrat. In Germany for example when the monarchies where abolished after WW1 most germans countries where against it and even today the local houses have some sway.

Excellent video, one of my faves about the game tbh! Thank you for highlighting how unbelievably petty and sadistic this Salazar is! He's not just funny in this one, when you look at it up close he's a terrible person who's done a lot of harm to people who really didn't do anything wrong but work under him :(

Love these breakdowns! Subbed. Keep these up, great content!

I love these videos. Resident Evil 4 is just a classic.

man, i hate that your videos end, i could listen to you talk about re4 villains for hours. guess i gotta watch your other vids!

@mohabalserafe3795

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SAME

Please, please -PLEASE. For all that is good and true: I'd love to hear your impressions and analysis about a villain getting more colors over and over the years: A twisted, tortured soul who long for attachment and control people to keep them close; overly reactive over rejection commonly translating as bursts of fury towards their loved ones. A desolated mind which chooses destruction over tending to his psychological needs; and on the verge of that -a single parent who was left alone to raise a child from a failed marriage, looking for a mother figure to his boy, and reciprocal love that he never have. In their last movie, a desperate shout to justify his violence and psychosis: "You're gonna suffer as I suffered!!". All in all, heavy indications of a traumatic and violent childhood turning into a borderline personality disorder. Which I can relate it personally. And yes, I'm talking about Bowser, the King of Koopas.

As much as I love Monarchy and Aristocracy Salazar is a great example of how dangerous it can be. Even if you have a great family who runs a nation and governs it's people justly for generations, it often only takes one bad apple to bring it all crumbling down.

@thertsfan

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Agreed, not to mention the evil roots that might take hold on future generations onwards

I really like the voice acting for Salazar, the accent and enunciation remind me a lot of Londo Mollari from Babylon 5.

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS maaaan

I love that you use Ikana Valley's music throughout your videos.

Liked the class divide symbolism showcase in the double video essay

Those prince Harry bits just earned you a sub good sir. Very funny stuff 😂

Pulga also means “tick” and to and “cito” to the end of a word is something you’d do a kid so they were making fun of his height

@alerojas2952

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Pulga means flea, you ignorant twit.

@ratman4200

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pulgar = thumb, cito = little. which means the boy wasn't even as big as thumb

During the Salazar boss fight I only had handgun ammo and to make things worse the handgun I was using was the Matilda and I didn’t have the stock for it

I liked the fact that he is this way tbh compared to the original

One of my favorite characters for sure. I love him and especially in this game, he lost the cheesiness.

Can you make a video about what is good about until dawn btw I love your videos keep up the good work

I love the tangent about prince harry particularity because I feel the same way

Salazar basically has the personality of Joffrey Baratheon.

I believe the servant who wrote the memo about salazar wasn't the one that created the insects it was the other one isidro The one in the memo here the house keeper was this woman who isidro turned into the red rope verdugo

@LETO27362

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Yes she is the first verdugo, then Isidro uriarte telavera became the black roped one

@kagekun1198

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I thought Isidro is the servant that lamented the fall of Ramon, then invented the Novistidors, and then became the Verdugo, the red robed one.

@LETO27362

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@@kagekun1198 yes but he is not the red one but the black one

@supersoldierx40

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@@kagekun1198 he is the black one and he's not the one that was talking about how he failed diego and he sees Ramon's evil that was the house keeper woman Isidro did create all of those yes

Failure of his ancestors; yet a great villain to face.

You're absolutely correct about the story being second place. This is true, in fact, for every single Capcom game. And can sometimes lead itself to incredibly interesting stories. Monster Hunter World for example, I can't fault anyone for saying that it's a game without story, that you're there to fight big creatures and anything else is just to contextualize. But the entire jouney to a new world as an aspiring hunter, learning the ecology of a new place, finding new monsters and figuring out their place in the ecosystem and watching your character grow from 5th fleet newbie into the Sapphire Star is incredibly endearing. That world feels more alive that a _lot_ of RPGs I've played, and it virtually has "no" story. Same thing with Devil May Cry. The series had a serious, despite arrogant, Dante in the first two games. The third one was a prequel to all, and he was a complete jokester. He simply mocked everything and everyone and that game was the turning point in popularity. THAT is the Dante everyone knows. So obviously, 4 and 5 had the same Dante as 3. That means that he went from funny Dante, to somber Dante, and then funny Dante again. It seems inconsistent, but the end of DMC3 has him losing his brother for a second time and forces him to take his job seriously. Hence serious Dante for 1 and 2. He then loses people he cares about in these two games as well, and DMC2 has him handing out his coin to Lucia near the end, a coin that he used to decide what to do. By that point he realized that taking things seriously wasn't related to how he acts or feels. He was himself in DMC3, so he simply returns to that while having more life experience to not push away family and friends anymore. All of these cases might be reading too much into it and you probably can find plot holes in it, but they're undeniable charismatic stories. Even if it's a side effect of focusing on gameplay and fun.

@naedanger123

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You’ll notice that in the beginning of DMC4, Dante is also solemn and serious as he executes Sanctus and fights off the guards. It’s only when he sees Nero’s arm and feels his possible familial connection that he begins to lighten up a little, and of course as the game goes on his spirits raise more and more and by the end he’s his normally joking self again.

@jackjax7921

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Capcom knows making a game is about gameplay first rather story. Unlike western game developers who have an agenda.

I love how when you defeat Ramon, the achievement sais “no thanks bro!” That’s amazing

Great Video about Salazar. Now what I wanna know is if you’re going to a video about Isidro Uriarte Talavera, the Verdugo who is also responsible for the Black Liquid and Novistadors of the game. I think he is also responsible for the creation of U-III which is yet to be seen

You're not doing any favors for his self-esteem.

Love this fuckin channel, man

I’ve no idea why I was unsubscribed from your channel. I watch your videos all the time. But I’m back lol

I've watched most of these breakdown videos (kudos btw they are great) but every time I hear the synth bgm crescendo I can't help but think of the win screen in among us 🥴🥴🥴

Gotta love the stone tower background music from majoras mask!

In the Separate Ways DLC the black robed Verdugo turns out to have once been Salazar's housekeeper and she was experimented on by the guy who became the red robed one.

well even in the og re4 saddler calls salazar his "small time subordinate" so heh... shows how much he care about him now or then

Such an sad tragic he put himself up so high only fall on the end. Also we need more info about the most important character on all of Resident 4 you know who he is 😉

"Hi, My name is Ramón and im a piece of shit"

They gave the Napoleon-looking character a Napoleon complex. Brilliant.

He is an evil Pulgarcito and here in the Remake he definetly was already a messed up mind that mixed with the Plagas just impulsed that to the extreme.

Ramón in this game looks like a 90 year old man wearing fancy clothes if he had plastic surgery to look like he was 20 again

Krauser always had that backstory, it wasn't expressed in the original game, but in supplemental material

Can you do a breakdown of your video essays?