It appears that Marguerite has the ability to control those bugs. Interesting.
Anyway a redditor made an analysis on why Ethan W. is Ethan Winters and that he is (or former) an Umbrella scientist:
https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil/comments/5h3z1x/ethan_winters_is_an_umbrella_scientist/
"Ethan Winters is also the
McGuffin.
Little to nothing is known about Ethan aside from what we are told in the last trailer: Tape-3 "Resident Evil" from another unknown narrator who; not only knows the
whole story, but also tells us that Ethan Winters presumed his wife to be dead for the last 3 years.
On the surface it appears this is all we know about Ethan, but if you know your Resident Evil history and/or lore, like I know many of you do, then you know that Ethan W. is the last of 7 names in the Resident Evil 5 file entitled: "Spencer's Notebook." Even more
notably, is a list of names written by Albert Wesker who are all declared "
deceased."
u/TempestRave was the first person here on reddit (I give credit where credit is due and you should too) to point out the possibility of a connection to the
Stairway of the Sun, and I happen to agree with him. Not only do I think
Stairway of the Sun is going to be a core plot element, but we will learn all about Ethan's involvement with the progenitor virus as well. There has been a lot of contentious debate over the last 3 days on whether or not Ethan Winters is Ethan W. in Spencer's Notebook, and I am in the camp that says he is.
First off, the list reads like a hit list, Spencer wanted these people to be killed, and he wanted Albert Wesker to do it. All of the names that have level 10 clearance are top level Umbrella officials, the names with level 9 clearance were all scientists employed under "Brandon B." who dedicated his life's work to the research and development of the progenitor virus. Everyone in his staff were listed as high-level umbrella employees who knew, and worked closely with Director Brandon B., and Ethan Winters was one of his staff. I bet Ethan not only has knowledge of Umbrella secrets, but has worked on
Stairway of the Sun. He has firsthand knowledge of the progenitor virus, and may even have worked to create bio weapons as well.
Now here comes the wildly speculative part: If Ethan Winters worked as a scientist for Umbrella then he may have been exposed to contamination that would never fully manifest in his body, lying dormant, showing no symptoms of infection, he may have never even knew w.
In many cases of viral exposure, depending upon the viral strain, it will remain dormant in your body
for years. Even the newly discovered Zika Virus, (AKA the Z-Virus) linked to microcephaly, which incubates within your testicles, and lies dormant in the sperm, can be sexually transmitted from dormant male carriers, to their female sexual partners. In the proper environmental conditions, if Ethan were a carrier for an unknown viral strain, he very well could've unknowingly infected his wife during procreation.
The mold / spores / fungus or
biohazard, that grows all over the house grew at an accelerated rate, the 'Molded' also grow at an accelerated rate and seemingly grow right out of the walls, instantaneously. We know the Molded thrive in the basement of the Baker house, they require a dark, damp space to incubate.
This incubation process is not limited to the Baker house. I believe it also gestated inside Mia, in the form of a
child, the
Shadow Child. Not only do I think Mia had a baby after she was presumed dead, but the Bakers raised this child, this
Shadow Child. The Bakers are not the type of people who would turn away a helpless mother and child, even if the baby was infected, they would care for, and protect an innocent child.
Because of the rapidly accelerated growth of the
bio hazardous infection, the child would also grow at an exponential rate. Not only would the
Shadow Child age quickly, but so too would
the host, or, the
mother, age rapidly. If the
Shadow Child bonded with the biohazard during pregnancy, then the fetus itself could be the
source of infection. Meaning: the
Shadow Child has the ability to control everything around her because the '
BIOHAZARD' is an extension of her.
At the
same time, you have this mold growing all over the house, altering the state of
the house itself. With every action, there is an equivalent and opposite reaction. The further the mold spreads the more influence it has on its surrounding environment (the house). I believe the mold is a temporal mold, the same temporal mold that is identified in the film
Primer (2004). The mold acts as a conduit that alters both causality and reality.
What I'm saying to you is this:
The Shadow Child The young girl, Mia's daughter, is also Ethan's daughter as well. And the woman described as the "decrepit elderly woman" known to us so far as Aunt Rhody,
is Mia. Mia is the elderly woman in the wheelchair. Furthermore, the woman on the phone is
also the little girl in the house. The woman on the phone is the
Shadow Child. She is Ethan's daughter navigating Ethan through the labyrinthian house from an undetermined or indeterminate point in time to ensure her own survival, and she will be the only survivor.
Remember way back at the beginning when I said Ethan is a scientist?, but Ethan is also the MacGuffin? That's because Ethan is the cause of, and the solution to, all of his own problems. Ethan. McGuffin. Winters.
Despite the numerous naysayers, I think our friends at Capcom were very careful in planning every single minuscule detail of this game.
Meticulously. Not only do I believe that Capcom have been working on Resident Evil 7 for years, but I believe Resident Evil 7 will tie-in with
every other installment (Yes, including
Resident Evil:
Vendetta) over their long rich 20 year Resident Evil franchise history."
