Resident Evil 8 Spoiler, Is Ethan Winters Dead?
Resident Evil 7 hero Ethan Winters returns as the main protagonist of the Resident Evil Village game while he is a more mature and interesting character for his second game appearance; he also seems to have slurped down an invincibility potion in between games. Ethan takes a serious amount of damage over the course of Resident Evil Village. From having his hand bitten half off to being stabbed in the chest with axes; Ethan is not an easy man to kill. And all that happens just in the game’s first few hours.
So, can Ethan actually be killed? One would think this would be an obvious question; certain plot points towards the end of Resident Evil Village make things way more complicated. There’s more to Ethan and his absurd ability to shrug off living ending wounds than meets the eye; it’s for that reason it’s unclear if Ethan can actually be killed by normal means. It all makes for some pretty confusing stuff; that’s pretty par for the course for Resident Evil lore. From being brutally maimed to possibly surviving massive explosions; here’s a look at the evidence on whether or not Ethan Winters can, in fact, die in Resident Evil Village.
Ethan Winters Died By the Hands of Miranda:
As revealed in the game’s final hours; Ethan actually has already died once – at the beginning of Resident Evil 7. But after being murdered by the Baker family; Ethan is also infected with the mold that has spread throughout their home, effectively bringing Ethan back to life and giving him some powerful regenerative powers. It’s those powers that allow Ethan to survive all kinds of brutal injuries which would kill any normal person. For example, in Lady Dimitrescu’s castle, Ethan’s hand is sliced off, only for Ethan to essentially glue it back on a few minutes later as if nothing happened. It’s also what allows Ethan to survive having Mother Miranda literally rip out his heart at the end of the game. Ethan would appear to be invincible then, right?
cw//re8 spoilers, death?
NO ETHAN NO, DON’T LEAVE TOO EARLY! This is too much, i admit you’re great man and a great father for Rose!
ALSO CANT YA SEE CHRIS IS LIKE TRAUMATIZED?! Idk but I feel like the thoughts of Piers’s death is haunting his mind again.. /sobs pic.twitter.com/PE2YzacuRJ
— Seth🔸️bismillah Klee haver (@alberiarty) May 14, 2021
Of course, players can die over the course of Resident Evil Village should they be killed by an enemy and happen to run out of first-aid medicine. These deaths can include anything from being swallowed by RE8’s terrifying giant baby monster to being mauled to death by a giant werewolf. But because these deaths don’t happen as part of the story, it can be assumed that Ethan actually would survive these encounters; if not for gameplay purposes.
