Why should she be missed? Don't get me wrong. I love Rebecca. But she was never a main cast member.
So bc she wasn't a "main cast member" she shouldn't be missed or at least missed less than someone like say Jill (a woman who just appear in a 2012 game) for example? I don't understand this logic at all.
But aside from fans wanting it, what logical reason is there to bring her back. I love Rebecca too. She's my second favorite female character only to Jill. But at this point, it's pointless to bring her back. She's not really relevant anymore. An explainer as to what happened to her is enough. They need to focus on honorable ways to RETIRE characters. Not bring them back. Even if they should bring characters back, why does Rebecca take more precedence than anybody else, logically speaking?
Are you sure this is one of your favorite characters bc imo you kind of sound like a Rebecca hater with this comment.
Now you should be grateful for the following explanation I'm about to give bc honestly no one really owes you an answer on why they want her back and/or why her return (or any other character) would be logical (even though I get the odd feeling you won't accept any answer as logical regarding this character's potential return but this is for all of the forum users to see so I don't mind answering it).
IMO the using of the "not being relevant" excuse as a reason why a character should stay away from the series is so tired and honestly weak. I mean you act as if Capcom couldn't write this character (and others like her) back in in a way that is logical. I mean technically after the destruction of Umbrella, there was no reason to see characters like Chris, Jill, Claire (who's real goal was to find Chris which she did) and Leon again. However they made up the BSAA to give Chris and Jill a reason to return, expanded the idea of being Leon a government agent (although imo this isn't really that good an excuse) and created Terrasave to give Claire a vehicle to be seen again. So doing something similar could be done for other characters and I think the following would be more logical and believable.
Barry- A member of the BSAA. I mean we still don't know who the original eleven are and the fact that Barry was in an early RE5 draft seems to support that he very well could have been a BSAA member. In fact he doesn't even have to be an original eleven. He could be new to the BSAA following RE6 events as an passive agent (which would flow better imo) Maybe he could be their new Weapons Expert or even the new O'Brien of the organization. Just show him in a Hunnigan like manner in the next game or cgi film the BSAA is involved giving orders and advice to Chris and/or Jill. Just include a big file describing what he has been up to all these years. Barry is back in a way that matters without feeling too forced (although imo it wouldn't even matter if he did feel forced- he should still be a presence in the series in the first place) and his fans would finally know what he's up to and stop asking about it. Win-Win for everyone really.
Rebecca- Doctor focused on Drug Protocol Research. She has so much potential it's crazy (then again my bias could just be speaking.) Here's one idea I have. They could connect her to Alex Wesker. I would personally make it so that she worked with him sometime after RE6 (with him living under a alias) at his new pharmaceutical company (which is a cover as viruses are actually perfected there and sold on the black market to be used in attacks). Learning that it was she that created the C-Virus vaccine (maybe Chris referenced her to Sherry you never know)he sent her an offer to help her make an even more powerful C-virus vaccine. While she accepted the offer as he had a decent reputation, she didn't trust anyone completely. So while they worked on it, she hid an important piece of the formula from him just in case he was untrustworthy and it is this piece that would make the vaccine work more efficiently. Sure enough, Alex later manipulates the formula into a virus that's even more powerful than the C-Virus. Figuring he had the vaccine, he decides to unleash the virus in a major city to make a statement and planned to use the vaccine to make his company look good and keep his cover up. However when his company tries to relief the people with the vaccine he and Rebecca made, he realizes it does nothing, thus threatening his and his company's cover as a "savior" of the people. He later comes to the conclusion that he's been had by learning she has the right vaccine (but cant get anyone to give it to the people thanks to Alex's company publicly blaming her for unleashing the virus on purpose to "spite them for not working with her") thus she could endanger his cover and his company's secrets as well. So Alex has men go after her, with orders to bring her back alive in order to give him the rest of the formula. So she deals with this all while going back to the infected city to provide relief to the infected area as all while try to repair her reputation and bring Alex down. Not only would this make her more relevant than before (I mean a rival of Alex Wesker), imo this wouldn't even be that far fetched thanks to the fact that she is a genius with a strong chemistry/science background, could have went to med school after leaving Raccoon City to become a researcher/doctor. Then there is the fact that we don't know what she's been up to all this time or who she even knows at this point. We don't know who made the C-Virus Vaccine talked about in the RE6 files (if they did please correct me) so just say she did (better her than some random) Besides we had enough evil researchers and genius, we need a good genius (she's the only one) and another good researcher (Luis Sera was the only one so far) in the fight to help out with these viruses. This would also make her more of a civilian compared to everyone else as of late, something this series needs.
Now I personally am not saying that every forgotten character has to make a grand return (nor does it necessarily have to be a game if they do. That's what the cgi films should be used for), a detailed file would be great for most but I just don't think that's good enough for characters like Barry and Rebecca (two characters who should be just as important as former comrades Chris and Jill as they all started in this series the same way, by being betrayed).
Now IMO Rebecca seems to stand out bc unlike most "forgotten characters", she actually made two canon appearances and was the star in her second appearance (unlike Barry who was just a cameo). Plus the way Capcom left her fate open is just unbelievably stupid esp considering the things I said. I mean we dont know what she did after leaving Raccoon City (which could be used to her story's advantage if she makes a return) or when she even left exactly [as she didn't even get a epi in RE3 (something I still question to this day), at least Barry got something]. I mean don't say a character is alive then treat them like they are not. It would make any fan interested in her disappearance and question such ridiculousness. Considering all this and her story potential (bc it is there), I can see why most would want to see her back first out of all those characters.
If anyone want to hear anymore of my character return ideas, just let me know and I may start a new thread about it for you all. The Rebecca one I posted(also just made it up right here and now so I may clean it up later) would make a good cgi film plot I think.
