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Based off her dialogue during her boss fight, I would say that no, she didn't know that Miranda had been testing the Lords and that she had ultimately failed her qualifications.

There is one line in particular where she goes: "Rose is our only hope! We won't hand her over to the likes of you!". Considering that she was the only Dimitrescu left by that point, it seems that her "we" refers to herself and Miranda. I've talked about this before, but looking at the cradle in her room and the fact that the daughters are named alphabetically so that E would come next (and we know from RE7 that this was also how the Mutamycete girls had been named), my theory is that Alcina's belief that she was special made her think that once the ceremony was over, Miranda would ditch the other Lords and the two of them would make up this pseudo-family. She continues to speak of Miranda fondly/obsessively until the moment of her death, too.

Mother Miranda & Lady Dimitrescu 

"... however, the dragon was not yet vanquished - and the knight trembled in fear."

Resident Evil: Village celebrates its 1-year anniversary today - and of course I wanted to post my artistic contribution to this milestone. Lady Alcina Dimitrescu has transcended the confines of the game - and rightly so! She's a brilliant and iconic character. I might never get tired of drawing her. So I think it's only fair that I give her kind of a happy ending with this artwork. 😊

Over the past year, RE8 has led me to a wonderful community, which has even resulted in some friendships. Oddly wholesome for a horror game, right?

(And yes, lesbians have entered white and lavender marriages before, but I really doubt Capcom would dare make this into a plotpoint and that the fandom at large would ever see past that “Mrs.” title.)

It almost seems like there is this huge chunk of the fandom that desperately wants to prove wrong those who interpreted her as gay, beyond a simple “I disagree with this reading of the primary material and will therefore ignore it”, and the more I see it, the more I think these people resent the notion that a character as great as Alcina could ever be a lesbian. And boy, does the subtle lesbophobia suck.

Not only that, pay attention to these two elements from the game:

As per her diary, the phone call scene, and her dialogue with Cassandra, Alcina places utmost importance on her daughters' obedience. She primarily cares about how well they perform to her standards - to the point where she will write off Bela's failure to put Ethan down as him "proving himself too much for her daughters to handle", and then telling Cassandra to kill him or else she wouldn't be acting like her child. She does care about the girls, but that does not make her soft or beyond acting cruel to her own kind.

During the scene where they bring Ethan to Alcina, the daughters respond to all her commands rather formally. "Yes, Mother" is their answer, and they act accordingly to all her non-verbal cues in a way that is very much practiced. The knife, the handkerchief, how they bring the prey to her before having their fill - all things they were most likely taught to do. They also exit only after she has, showing that she takes precedence as the matriarch.

On a similar note, a few interviews with the developers have Alcina described as "the de facto cult leader of House Dimitrescu" and mention how the daughters are constantly fighting to see who will win her approval. Some of Bela's lines reinforce this idea of all girls trying to gain Alcina's favor - for example, Bela planned to kill Ethan and then make him into a meal for Alcina to enjoy. Cassandra ends up eating nails and skin when she isn't fast enough, even though Alcina promises food for everyone. There is an edge to their family life that should not be ignored.

Just a Lady enjoying her blood bath B)