This is the first of the TMOB vs Until Dawn dissections. It was a tie between Sam and Ashley with both being 25%.
Now obviously, TMOB is going to have more details than itās source material. So itās going to be much longer in terms of what the characters do and how they act.
Just a few clarifications before we start:
I will be including the TMOB side stories as some of them actually add onto character development. (I will compile the stories after the prank in the prologue sections)
There will be choices that can be made in Until Dawn that by default are canon in TMOB.
I will refer to Until Dawnās chapters as Chapter (insert number) while I will refer to TMOBās list of chapter titles by the set titles (Example: Any chapter thatās take place in Chapter 2 falls within Darkness).
TMOB follows the remake so there will be things mentioned that only appear in the remake. That doesnāt mean I wonāt mention things from the original game.
I wonāt be going down the list of every choice a character can make because thatās frankly not needed and too much work.
Most, if not all of the dialogue options are present within TMOB unlike Until Dawn where you can only pick between one.
A lot of things happen in different chapters for consistencyās sake.
Examples include; The remaining walk with Mike and Jess and Jessā kidnapping take place entirely in Chapter 4 instead of Chapter 3. The cable car section, cliff section and the tower section with Matt and Emily take place all in Chapter 5.
The character are largely the same. The only differences are added details.
I wonāt be including Aftermath as itās not a finished product and things are subject to change pre-release of chapters.
Without further ado, here you are.
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In āOne Year Agoā, we first see Ashley with the group of pranksters involved in the prank on Hannah. She has no lines at all. The most she gets is laughing (original game).
In Chapter 1, we see Ashley at an observation post, looking through a telescope. She sees Mike and Emily through the telescope and is subsequently jumpscared by Matt.
In Chapter 2, she is seen sitting on the front steps of the Washington Lodge. When Chris finally talks to her, the player can make their choices. When Josh is trying to make the fire, Ashley cheers him on. When he tells both she and Chris about the spirit board, sheās intrigued and heads off to go find it.
In Chapter 3, Ashley, Chris and Josh have finally begun their seance. Josh gets spooked and heads off. She and Chris roam around the lodge, potentially finding various clues along the way. Eventually, theyāre both subsequently knocked out by the Psycho with Ashley being dragged to the shed.
In Chapter 4, Ashley is seen again being hung up in a saw trap where the player can make their choices. Regardless, Ashley is saved while Josh isnāt.
In Chapter 5, Ashley doesnāt appear.
In Chapter 6, Ashley and Chris are searching the lodge for Sam and are eventually knocked out once again and placed in another trap where the player can make their choices.
In Chapter 7, Ashley and Chris are still restrained to their chairs.
In Chapter 8, Ashley, along with the remaining others (and Emily, if she survived her section), encounter Jack and are told about what theyāre up against. Depending on your choice in the trap, Ashley kisses Chris. If Ashley is shot, Chris will not be let inside and subsequently be killed by Hanndigo. If not, he will be let inside. When they return to the safe room, Ashley can express pain over Chrisā death or be detached.
If Emily was bitten, Ashley will freak out and be fearful of what the bite implicates. If Mike shoots Emily, Ashley will be afraid of him. If not, she will still remain hesitant of Emily and the bite. She will read Jackās journal and learn about the history of the curse. If she says itās harmless, Emily will become irate and hit Ashley. She, along with Sam as well as Chris and Emily, if theyāre alive, follow after Mike to warn him.
In Chapter 9, Ashley, Chris and Emily (if the latter two are alive) follow Sam to the sanatoriumās tunnel to find out Mike locked it behind him. They travel down a manhole and into the mines. Here, Ashleyās first opportunity to die can be achieved. If Ashley doesnāt die, she will rejoin the group. Once at a dead end, she, along with the others will go back to the saferoom while Sam continues on.
In Chapter 10, Ashley reappears, running away from the escaped miners. Depending on your choices, Ashley can die in various ways or survive dawn.
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The Mountain of Butterflies
In "A Year Ago", Ashley is first seen with the group of pranksters. Unlike her original counterpart, she actually gets lines this time.
In āWinter Wonderlandā, the same plays out, only this time, Matt and Ashleyās conversation is a smidge longer to show that theyāre pretty close friends. It then shifts to Matt asking about what sheās looking at. She then tells him to look for himself, to which he sees Mike and Emily and becomes upset.
In āFreezingā, Ashley is seen sitting on the steps, waiting for the others to arrive and when they do, sheās glad to see them. Later on in āRide-Along, sheās seen again along with a few of the others cheering Josh on to get the fire going. Josh, like his original counterpart, sends her and Chris to look for the spirit board.
Ashley actually doesnāt appear physically in any of the chapters set in āIsolationā. However, she does get mentioned.
Ashley appears in both āSeanceā where she, Chris and Josh are of course, doing their seance as well as later on, roam the lodge, finding clues until theyāre lured to the kitchen and knocked out by the Psycho.
In āA Deadly Choiceā, sheās hung up and Chris is forced to make a choice. (Itās actually ambiguous as to which way he pulls the lever.)
Regardless, Josh is killed and Chris rescues Ashley. They run into Matt and Emily and explain their situation.
Much like her main counterpart, she doesnāt appear in any of the chapters set in āDreadā, however, she is mentioned.
Ashley returns in āConfessionsā where she and Chris search for Sam. While in the old hotel, Ashley is apologetic for what happened the previous year with Hannah and calls Mike āa total sleazeballā. After making it to the dummy in Samās cothing, the pair are knocked unconscious but before Ashley is, she stabs the Psycho in his shoulder, resulting in a punch to the face.
In āThe Revelationā, after Josh is revealed to be the Psycho, Ashley doesnāt really say or do anything. However, she says something when Mike mentions that Jessica is dead.
In āTrue Colorsā, Ashley is told by Chris to stay in the Great Room along with Sam and Hannah while him, Mike and Jordan escort Josh to the shed.
In this same chapter, when Beth and Hailey return, Beth notices Ashleyās black eye and is alarmed by it.
In āFlaresā, when Emily frantically returns to the lodge. Ashley frantically asks her questions along with the others.
In āCursesā, Chris decides to go get Josh, to which Ashley protests saying that Josh couldāve killed not just Chris but also her but regardless, Chris is adamant about it.
In āCreature of the Nightā, just before Chris and Beth head out, Ashley shows up and kisses Chris.
When Jack dies and the pair (Chris and Beth) run back to the lodgeās back door, Ashley hurriedly opens the door for them and they head to the saferoom in the old hotel.
In āInfectionā, much like her original counterpart, Ashley notices Emilyās shoulder and begins to freak out when learning she was bitten. After things settle down once Mike leaves, Ashley reads Jackās journal and learns what he wrote in it, including that the bite is a mere injury. This leads to Emily, slapping her.
This is where Ashleyās (and Chrisā) role diverges entirely from the original story.
After this, Sam says that they need to warn Mike. Chris says heād only slow them down and says heāll stay behind to which Ashley protests saying that if he stays behind, she stays behind. So, Ashley, Chris, Beth and Hailey stay behind while the remaining five head after Mike.
In āPricesā, Leon and Joseph return, attempting to get into the lodge. Just before theyāre able to break in, Ashley opens the door and pulls them in. She updates them on their current predicament, leading them to the saferoom.
In āSoldiersā, Ashley appears but she doesnāt do much as she is asleep against Chris.
In āMimicryā, Ashley tells the group in the saferoom that the creatures have the ability to mimic voices.
In āLodge of Ashesā, Ashley is seen along with the others who were in the saferoom running away from the miners that got in. She is the fourth character to escape the lodge.
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Overall, Ashley is fairly the same with a few new shifts from what happens in the original story.
I actually enjoyed adding more details to her relationships with the other characters.
And thatās Ashley vsā¦Ashley.
I hope you all liked it and want more. :)
