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Victor's backstory is completely unexplained in the game. It's no surprise that the fandom is forced to invent their own headcanons about his former life and how he got to his current state. And as long as we don't have a canon biography for Victor, any theory has a right to exist, but in my opinion, not all of them fit his character. So today, I’d like to share my vision and address two very common headcanons, namely:

Victor never actually knew Spencer.

Victor implanted the parasite into himself.

I completely disagree with these claims. And here is why.

The in-game files don't give a clear answer as to why Victor calls Spencer his "Master." It’s unknown whether Gideon worked directly under him, if Spencer was his mentor, etc. But the tone Victor uses when talking about him, and the specific word he uses—"Master"—must imply a personal connection. I mean, wouldn't it be incredibly weird to call someone your "Master" if you'd never even met them? It is far more likely that Spencer mentored Gideon and served as a role model for him. Otherwise, I don’t know how else to explain this fanatical devotion.

Given that Victor used to work with the T-virus at Umbrella, it’s easy to imagine that that’s exactly where he could have met his future mentor. But what if I told you his connection to Spencer might have been much closer? What if Victor didn’t just work at Umbrella, but was actually one of the researchers at ARK, working on memory transfer experiments?

In ARK, there’s a file written by a new employee who is thrilled to soon begin experimenting on orphans. The author isn't named, but the writing style and the breathless, reverent way they speak about Spencer clearly hint at Gideon. On top of that, you can find the exact same kind of notebook, filled with bookmarks, belonging to Victor in Rhodes Hill.

So from 1990 to 1998, he worked at ARK on preserving his master’s memories, which could also explain his attachment to Spencer. But then September 1998 happened, and Victor, sensing things were going south, managed to escape the city. However, this meant he had to abandon all the research he had worked on for so many years. The memory transfer experiment was never finished, meaning he now had to become the torchbearer of Spencer’s ideas himself.

As you know, practically the entire Umbrella staff was eventually killed off due to Spencer's paranoia. Yet, Victor survived the employee purges. It’s highly possible he’s the sole survivor of the entire ARK research team. What if that wasn't an accident? Victor might have seen this as a sign that Spencer chose him to carry on his work.

And the next headcanon flows naturally from the last one.

Could Victor have implanted the parasite into himself? For some reason, the fandom collectively decided he did. Probably because he radiates those mad scientist vibes, the type who experiments on their own body. I don't know.

In my previous post, I broke down in detail what the Nemesis parasite is and what its primary function is. The whole point of this thing is to mind-control the host. Why on earth would Victor voluntarily implant a parasite in himself that turns him into a compliant puppet for The Connections?

But maybe he did it for the strength and the upgrades the parasite granted his body? In that case, mind control is just the price to pay for evolution.

Well, let’s look at what these "upgrades" actually are. Due to the mutation, Victor acquired a massive list of health issues. Because of the T-virus, he is literally rotting alive, and his cracked skin looks incredibly painful. Let's not forget his ruined eyesight, destroyed joints, and sterility. The next step of evolution, clearly. Apparently, this is exactly what Spencer's "master race" is supposed to look like.

If Victor did this to upgrade his body, why doesn’t he use the advantages the parasite supposedly gives him? Strength and regeneration? Sure, Victor is highly efficient when dealing with unarmed people. Strangling a young girl? Easy. Tearing his own staff to pieces? No problem! But the second a slightly more serious threat like Leon S. Kennedy appears on the horizon, Victor immediately turns tail and runs. He's a Nemesis, an unstoppable killing machine with boosted regeneration – he should be engaging in combat without a second thought. Imagine Mr. X seeing Leon with a handgun, getting scared, and running away. It's absurd.

Victor isn't stupid, and he understands this perfectly. Any severe injury carries the risk of irreversible mutation. So, he isn’t going to take unnecessary risks. In his encounter with Leon, he wanted to avoid hand-to-hand combat, and during the motorcycle chase, he tried to stick strictly to ranged weapons.

He's a doctor first and foremost, not a fighter. In terms of physical strength, he's clearly inferior to a regular Tyrant, who doesn't have the parasite inside him. Even when Leon is sick, he easily kicks Victor off himself. It's hard to imagine something like that happening with a Tyrant, who would slam Leon into a wall with a single strike.

So what advantages does the Nemesis parasite actually offer? Boosted regeneration at the risk of losing your sanity and mutating into an amorphous blob? Highly questionable. Mind control? That’s a plus, but for the handlers, not the host. And other than that, the parasite doesn’t really do much. I don’t quite understand what kind of "evolutionary perfection" the fandom is talking about when describing Victor’s Nemesis.

Most likely, these perceptions were shaped by Wesker's line in RE1 when he called the Tyrant the "ultimate lifeform." Meanwhile, the ultimate lifeform: has no dick, and all its weak spots are completely exposed.

So why would Victor need to implant a parasite in himself if it doesn't offer any positive effects? It's simple: he didn't. The Connections did it to him.

First, let's figure out how such a devoted Spencer fan ended up working for The Connections. For the very people who did everything in their power to bankrupt his beloved master's company. Shouldn't Gideon absolutely hate them?

After the Raccoon City Incident, he was called as a witness in the Umbrella trials, but the court couldn't track him down.

So, we have a gap of several years from 1998 to 2003. It's not clear what happened to Victor during this time, but the next time he surfaces in the story, it’s as the director of Rhodes Hill. And that immediately raises a question for me: where did an ordinary scientist get the money to acquire such a building? It’s obvious that The Connections appointed him to that position.

So my version of events goes like this:

For a few years, Gideon was hiding out from prosecution somewhere, until The Connections tracked him down and told him he was working for them now. The Connections were desperate to get their hands on Elpis, and Victor – as a former (and likely only surviving) ARK employee – was the perfect fit. He had experience working with clones and knew everything about blood factors, making him an incredibly valuable specialist.

Victor himself might have been glad to return to his research, but helping the very organization that bankrupted Umbrella and hijacked his master’s life's work? He would never submit to such humiliation. To which the people from The Connections would clarify that this wasn't an offer. He was going to work for them, and his consent was completely irrelevant. So, Victor is sent to get the Nemesis parasite implanted, after which he becomes far more cooperative and compliant. They hand over a building from the former Spencer Foundation for his use and set him up with everything he needs, just so he can make the key to Elpis for them.

He spends the next 22 years under Zeno's supervision, unsuccessfully trying to recreate Spencer’s key. He can't run away; he has to do exactly what he's told. Siphoning funding out of them for his meaningless clone experiments while actually spending some of that money on jewelry and snakeskin coats – that is about the only thing he can get away with. His own little rebellion against his captors.

The Connections treated Victor strictly as a tool to achieve their goals.

What I'm trying to say is that in this story, Victor is a victim of forced labor. This by no means excuses his crimes – he would have done the exact same experiments anyway, probably with great pleasure, if the hand of The Connections hadn't been looming over him.

His attitude toward The Connections shows in everything. Even down to how he keeps his lab coats. Here is a relic of his past at Umbrella – clean, pressed, kept under glass like a sacred artifact. And then, the polar opposite of his attitude toward his work at Rhodes Hill, which was forced upon him by The Connections: a completely tattered, stained lab coat.

Source

So, as soon as he finds Grace, he easily discards Rhodes Hill and slaughters its entire staff. He doesn't need this place anymore.

All these years, he remained loyal only to Umbrella and Spencer’s ideas. Victor never considered himself part of The Connections. He draws a clear line between himself and them.

Yet he outwitted you all.

There is "me," and then there is "you."

He doesn’t give a damn that Zeno and The Connections no longer need him. He is finally free; he no longer has to dance to their tune.

In character analysis videos, people often claim that Victor is such a blind Spencer fanatic that it doesn't matter to him what Elpis actually is – he will accept any reality and follow his master’s vision. But in doing so, nobody looks at the situation from Victor's perspective. For him, Elpis is, first and foremost, a way to put an end to The Connections. At first, he thought it was a mind-control virus, and perhaps he pursued it not just because of his ideas on evolution, but also to regain control over his own life.

What? Elpis turned out to be an antiviral agent rather than a weapon? Even better! Now all virus-based weapons will become useless, meaning bioterrorists are in for a rough time. What an excellent way to screw over the people who have kept you on a leash all these years.

That is what the Nemesis parasite is for. Not for strength or regeneration, but for control. To keep Victor on a chain and force him to work for the benefit of the very people who were his master's enemies. And once he does his job, to dispose of him by sending him on a suicide mission.

But if even that wasn't enough for you, here is the final and most important argument for why Victor could not have infected himself. The NE-γ is listed in The Connections' product catalog. It is a biological weapon for sale. Here is how its description reads:

Code: CM-NE-γ-001 (Nemesis-γ) Price: Negotiable Product Specifications: Based on the Umbrella Corporation's parasitic "NE-α," this mass-produced model focuses on cost reduction and performance enhancement. Repeated improvements have resulted in a significant boost to physical ability and recovery, regardless of the host's durability.

This isn't an ad for a body-mod surgery like in Cyberpunk, where you can get an implant to make yourself stronger. Like: "Hey, come to us, we'll turn you into a new, perfect being." No, this sounds more like: "Hey, want a personal slave/bodyguard/mercenary? Price negotiable."

So I find it hard to imagine anyone voluntarily undergoing this procedure, whether for a load of cash or for free.

Victor x OC fanfic lovers, I have some bad news for you.

You can't kiss Victor because he is contagious.

3D Render: van_vindigo

He’s infected with the T-virus, right? And the T-virus is transmitted in several ways, including the entry of the infected host's DNA through blood, saliva, and other bodily fluids. Meaning, if Victor kisses someone or sleeps with them and comes inside, he could easily infect that person with the T-virus through micro-wounds in the oral cavity, etc. It’s like HIV, but worse.

I mean, you can kiss him, of course, but it will most likely be the last kiss of your life.

If he wanted to kill Leon, he could have just made out with him right there on that chair.

It's also known that the NE-α parasite produces a secretion capable of infecting anyone who comes into contact with it with the T-virus. I don't know how much this applies to the NE-γ, but just to be safe, physical contact with him should probably be limited too.

So, if you are seriously determined to sleep with Gideon, here are the basic rules:

No kissing

Condoms only

Hazmat suit (optional)

In fanfiction, he’s constantly portrayed as some kind of ladykiller who can’t keep his snake in his pants. When in reality, his sex life is probably an absolute nightmare. He hasn't had a proper kiss in a continuous eternity. Maybe he had some hookups before the mutation, but after? If he ever laid anyone, it was probably just escorts at The Connections' corporate parties.

It's a good thing Grace is immune🥰. I can't even fathom how absolutely flabbergasted Victor would be if Grace suddenly laid a massive kiss on him out of nowhere (hey, you never know?). I really love his reaction in this fanart.

How well does he see? Why do his eyes look like that?

Part of the answer can be found in the lore. Since Victor is infected with the T-virus, he has typical Tyrant eyes – with a red sclera and a golden iris.

But what sets him apart from a standard Tyrant is his incredibly narrow pupils. This exact detail is what gives Victor's eyes such a creepy, wild beast-like look. I love it when artists draw him with big, round pupils, like right here or here – he instantly looks like a little puppy. But it got me wondering: can his pupils even dilate at all, or are they permanently this narrow?

In the previous post, we established that the NE-γ parasite is attached to his brainstem. Does it have something to do with this?

So I decided to ask Google's AI what this phenomenon is called and what a person with permanently constricted pupils experiences. I'm afraid you guys won't like the answer.

A permanently constricted pupil that doesn't react to changes in light is medically referred to as fixed miosis. This condition signals a malfunction of the iris muscles (the sphincter or dilator) or the nerve pathways controlling them.

One of the many causes is neurological pathology:

Damage to the brain, brainstem structures, or the autonomic nervous system interrupts the signals to dilate the pupil.

"Damage to brainstem structures" — bingo. That's our patient right there.

A person with fixed miosis faces specific difficulties directly related to the pupil's inability to adapt to changing light levels. Here are the main problems and limitations caused by this condition:

1. Impaired night vision

The pupil cannot dilate to let in more light. This leads to the following consequences:

Night blindness: The person can barely see anything in twilight, poorly lit rooms, or outside at night.

Spatial disorientation: It becomes hard to distinguish steps, obstacles, and small objects on the floor in dim light.

2. Hazards when driving

A narrow, fixed pupil makes operating a vehicle extremely dangerous:

Tunnel blindness: During a sudden transition from bright light to darkness, the eyes don't have time to adapt, and the driver completely loses control of the road for a few seconds.

Blinding by oncoming headlights: At night, the headlights of oncoming cars hit the retina much harder because the pupil cannot properly regulate the light intake.

3. Reduced quality and clarity of vision

"Sunglasses" effect: The person sees the world as less bright and with less contrast; colors may appear more washed out.

Narrowed visual fields: Due to the physical restrictions of the narrow opening, peripheral (side) vision deteriorates.

Focusing issues: If the miosis is caused by an accommodative spasm (for example, from eye drops), it’s hard for the person to quickly shift their gaze from near to distant objects.

Add to this the fact that due to his very light irises, he must have increased sensitivity to light (photophobia), and we get a whole combo of eye problems.

Light irises allow far more light rays into the eye than dark ones. Because of this, bright sunlight, camera flashes, or fluorescent lighting cause severe discomfort, sharp pain, tearing up, and force the person to constantly squint.

In the dark he can't see a damn thing, and in the light, his poor eyes hurt.

So he doesn't wear his visor just for looks. This thing is a vital necessity for him; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to ride his bike or perform surgeries. The visor helps his eyes adapt to different light levels, including night vision, and also solves his issues with focusing on fine details by scaling and analyzing them.

Bonus: Here are all three modes of his visor: night vision, analysis mode, and camera feed (the last one, by the way, is very often ignored or missed).

Another misconception regarding Gideon is that he has been stalking Grace for a very long time, likely since her childhood. I don’t know why the fandom collectively decided this. Maybe people find the trope of a stalker who has been watching her for ages and knows everything about her life highly appealing. But if you look at the game's canon and read the files carefully, it becomes clear that no, Victor did not stalk Grace since childhood. It wouldn't make any sense within the context of the game's plot. The exact reason Victor was creating clones of Grace was that he couldn't find the original. All he had at the time were the records of her genetic data, provided to him by the Organization back in 2004. From that year onward, he dedicated himself to recreating a perfect copy of Grace.

December 8, 2004

The organization was able to get me the child's medical records. It was lacking in certain areas, but did have her genetic information. I can use this.

Until 2018, Victor didn’t even know where Grace was or where to look for her. Most likely, The Connections stumbled upon her by accident while planning an assassination attempt on Alyssa, and in the process, he became intrigued: who is this girl the journalist keeps dragging along with her? Is she her biological daughter? And since Victor had spent his entire life working with these clones, he instantly recognized Grace as one of Spencer's experiments.

“It took forever to find you.”

"Forever" is right. First, for 14 years, he didn’t even know where to look for her, and then he lost her for another 8 years.

After the Wrenwood Hotel incident in 2018, Grace vanishes into thin air again for another 8 years. Don’t ask how a powerful organization that has the country's government by the balls and is capable of bombing an entire city couldn't find one specific girl for eight years – especially when they already knew her name and what she looked like. The game doesn't give a clear answer. Maybe Grace came under someone's protection (like Chris's, for instance). Well, let's assume she really is just extremely low-profile, and thanks to her shut-in lifestyle, she managed to fly under The Connections' radar all these years.

This went on until September 2026, when Zeno visited Rhodes Hill and pressured Victor, saying that the Raccoon City blockade had been extended until 2040 and that they needed to hurry up with securing Elpis. After that, Victor immediately scrambled and hired a private investigator, M. D. Birdie, who instantly tracked down the girl, including her workplace and residential address. The question is, what stopped them from doing that from the very beginning?

I have my own headcanon regarding this. I personally think that Victor actually knew where Grace was and had been secretly watching her for the past 8 years. But just to spite The Connections, he kept it to himself and simply continued to milk them for money to fund his pointless clone experiments. And he put off kidnapping Grace, perhaps because he felt she was still too young and not ready to fulfill her destiny. But that’s just my headcanon.

To sum it up: if Victor had been watching Grace since childhood, there would have been no point in creating copies of her. He could have just taken the original right away.

Warning: May contain graphic imagery (autopsy diagram).

Ever since RE9 came out, I’ve been wondering why Victor looks the way he does, , what that scar on his chest is, etc. Unfortunately, the game itself gives almost no information about his character, his past, or how he ended up like this. All we know is his age, that he’s been running Rhodes Hill since 2004, and that he is a massive Spencer fanboy. However, the Tyrant and Nemesis articles on the Resident Evil Wiki provided exhaustive answers to most of my questions, and today I’d like to share this knowledge with you. Because I keep seeing people in the fandom who don’t seem to fully understand what the Nemesis parasite is and what its purpose actually is.

The NE-parasite is an organism that is implanted into a host infected with the T-virus. Essentially, Victor is a Tyrant with an NE-γ parasite, possessing all the traits characteristic of Tyrants. The T-virus causes dermatological necrosis and an overproduction of growth hormone. This accounts for his abnormally tall height and pale, cracked skin.

His skin isn’t dry at all; it’s actually slightly moist. Fluid (most likely lymph) and even blood ooze from the cracks. Those bleeding cracks on his lips aren't scars, as it might seem. It’s more noticeable on his texture map.

The Nemesis parasite also secretes chemicals that corrode the skin, causing it to become covered in brown staining. These secretions also have regenerative properties, which further enhance the existing regenerative abilities of the Tyrant.

Victor has similar brown staining on the back of his neck and shoulders. The skin there is uneven, looking almost burned. This means, the closer to the parasite, the more damaged the skin is by its secretions, because his lower back looks perfectly fine.

In this photo, Victor is already infected. Along with his towering height, he has golden eyes with red sclera, and his skin is pale as chalk, though not yet as heavily damaged. Apparently, his skin condition grew progressively worse over the years. A scar on his throat is also visible.

This means we don’t have any images of Victor before his infection. We can only guess at his human height and appearance, but I still think he was quite tall in life - around 1.9 meters (6'3").

While writing this post, I also noticed a scar above his lip on the right side. Twenty years later, that exact same scar is still there, but it's more noticeable. (Probably something from his past life. Wrecked his bike and kissed the asphalt? This is why you wear a helmet.)

Slow burn gidcroft be like:

Grace's height is 1.7 m (5'7").

Oh, that size difference.

Gidcroft in a nutshell.

I don’t know how to format this post. It’s just a random bunch of facts about Victor.

He is 2.25 meters tall (7'4"). No, he's not 2.4 meters, despite what many people think.

I did all subsequent calculations using AI.

Given his height and build, he should weigh around 140–160 kg (310–350 lbs). Personally, I lean toward the 150 kg mark. (So yeah, missionary style with him is not a great option. RIP to your pelvis.)

Knowing this data, I got curious: how much does Victor need to drink to get drunk?

At 150 kg and 2.25 m tall, his blood and tissue volume is significantly higher than average, so intoxication would set in much slower. Here is the calculation based on the standard formula (0.5 g of ethanol per kg of body weight for a light buzz):

• Light buzz: ≈ 5–6 glasses. Requires ~75 g of pure alcohol. A 150 ml glass of wine (12% ABV) contains 14.4 g of alcohol.

• Moderate intoxication: ~10–12 glasses.

• Heavy intoxication: 15–16 glasses or more.

The verdict: Outdrinking him is impossible. Your liver would probably fail before he even gets tipsy.

A useful reference for artists. This is what his scars look like under his clothes. On his normal map, there are cracks detailed on the back of his forearm, while the inner side of his arm has almost no damage. There are also cracks on his shoulders. The rest of his body looks normal, though. Naturally, it made no sense for the texture artist to add detail to areas the player would never see, but for some reason, these scars on his arms and shoulders are actually there. And I like to think that this is his canon appearance.

So, it turns out Victor's skin is in the worst shape on his arms and face – the exposed areas of his body. Meanwhile, on his stomach, except for the surgical scar, the skin is relatively smooth. Could this be related to sunlight and the fact that it's harmful to those infected with the T-virus? In the mutated Marie, this manifested in an extreme form. Victor, on the other hand, was rotting gradually over the years, and his skin condition kept getting worse and worse in the places most exposed to the sun. And this got me thinking that, in that case, his dick should look normal👀

Let’s take a closer look at his clothes. He wears a biker vest. I don’t know why, but I find it hilarious. I laughed even harder when I looked at his shoes and suddenly realized they were cowboy boots. To be more precise, they are Western harness ankle boots, which are also quite popular among bikers.

By the way, his boots are 43.9 cm long, which corresponds to a European shoe size 68 (US size ~24).

Looking at the finer details, you can notice that his vest is splattered with blood, and the fasteners are covered in something black that looks like motor oil. Did he get messy while tinkering with his bike?

If you've been plagued by the question of whether Victor wears underwear, the answer is yes, he does. You can see the waistband of his briefs on his normal map. Enjoy living with this piece of information.

Among the models, I managed to find this zombie body with the exact same underwear (that normal map is practically burned into my retina, I recognized it instantly).

I tried to fit this underwear onto Victor. do not judge me

Canonical shirtless Gideon from the game files. Please welcome him with open arms.

Fandom draws Victor as fat.

Meanwhile Victor:

I want to run my nails down that back.

I also discovered that his hair is extremely thin at the crown of his head.

His wing has extra joints, allowing it to open much wider. I wonder how much more varied his moveset could have been during combat? Perhaps Victor could have used it as a shield, similar to the enemies in RE6.

Comparison of his height with Tyrant. Two wardrobes. Place your bets, who's knocking down whom?