#commitment

I think people are misunderstanding the ring scene at the end of RE9.

And I say that as someone who has done an absurd amount of research on wedding ceremonies.

When I got married I wrote my own vows and ceremony script. Which meant I spent a stupid amount of time studying the structure of weddings — why we say what we say, why rings are used, what they symbolize, where that moment sits in the ceremony.

And almost every ceremony includes some variation of this explanation:

The ring is circular.

No beginning. No end.

Infinite.

It represents a promise that is meant to endure beyond whatever the present moment looks like.

Here’s a piece from my own ceremony:

These rings represent the vows and promises you’ve willingly exchanged. They reflect the commitment those words inspire and all your hopes and dreams for the future.

Hope.

That’s the word that matters.

So when Leon S. Kennedy — a man pushing fifty, who has spent the last thirty years fighting bioterrorism, drowning himself in alcohol, flirting with death on a near-annual basis, carrying the weight of entire cities on his conscience — quietly puts on a wedding ring…

The moment isn’t actually about who he married.

The moment is about the fact that he did.

Because if you step back and look at Leon as a character, that’s the real miracle.

This is a man whose life has been defined by survival, sacrifice, and loss. Raccoon City. Spain. Endless missions. Watching people die. Being ordered to do things he never wanted to do. Living inside systems that grind people down.

Leon has always been written as someone who doesn’t expect a future. He lives mission to mission. Crisis to crisis.

So the symbolism of the ring is almost aggressively simple.

It means at some point he chose something outside the war.

A life.

A commitment.

A future he intends to live long enough to see.

And that’s why the ring is powerful.

Not because it confirms a ship. Not because it resolves thirty years of fandom arguments.

But because it quietly says something about Leon Kennedy that the series rarely lets him have:

He survived long enough to build a life.

It’s a promise.

And more importantly, it’s a choice.

Someone stood in front of him and said I choose you.

And Leon — the guy who spent decades believing he was disposable — said it back.

The ring is the physical symbol of that exchange.

Hope for the future.

And for a character like Leon?

“Service members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service. 139 of them had been held captive since 2022.” ~ @mfa_ukraine 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 157 Ukrainians have just returned home from Russian captivity!

Service members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service. 139 of them had been held captive since 2022.

The youngest freed Ukrainian defender is 23. He was captured at 19 while defending Mariupol and was illegally sentenced by a Russian court to life imprisonment. The oldest defender released today is 63.

Today’s exchange took place after a long pause, and we thank everyone working to make these exchanges possible. We must, and we will, bring everyone back.

This is my personal favourite and the method that made everything click for me.

It was how I built confidence in my ability to manifest. I started with smaller things. Money. Unexpected wins. Compliments. Things that felt easy to test.

Every time something showed up, I let myself fully claim it.

If I affirmed for something and received it the next day: “Yes, that was me. Of course it was. I am powerful. I always get what I want.”

That kind of self acknowledgement mattered. It strengthened my trust in myself.

I used to rely on this method often. Now, getting what I want feels natural enough that I rarely need structured techniques. But this was the approach that built that foundation.

How does robotic affirming work?

It is exactly what it sounds like. You pick an affirmation, usually just one because it is easier to stay focused, and you repeat it over and over.

No emotional intensity. No forced belief. No trying to generate a particular feeling.

Just repetition.

You continue until the statement feels familiar enough that your mind stops treating it like something foreign.

What is the science behind it?

At its core, robotic affirming works through repetition and directed attention.

Your brain is constantly adapting to what it is repeatedly exposed to. This is known as neuroplasticity, which is the brain’s ability to reorganise itself by strengthening certain patterns of thought through repetition.

When you repeatedly return your attention to the same idea, your brain becomes more familiar with it.

Familiarity carries weight.

The mind tends to stop resisting what feels known, even if it once felt unnatural.

There is also the role of the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the network in the brain involved in filtering information and directing attention.

It helps determine what stands out to you.

When your attention has been repeatedly placed on a particular assumption, your mind becomes more likely to notice experiences, opportunities, and interpretations that align with it.

This is part of why your perception begins to shift.

You start relating to yourself differently.

And because identity is largely built through repeated self reference, what you consistently return to internally begins to feel more natural to embody.

Why people like this method

— It reduces overthinking

The repetition gives your mind something direct to return to.

There is less room to spiral, analyse, or overcomplicate.

— It is easy to stay consistent with

There is very little to figure out.

You choose a statement and repeat it.

That simplicity makes it accessible, especially when you are starting out.

— It often feels fast

A lot of people find this method effective because it is so direct.

There is no waiting to feel perfectly aligned before doing it.

You simply persist.

For me, this was the quickest method I used.

I often saw movement within days, sometimes within hours.

Can you use more than one affirmation?

Yes. Some people do what is often called a rampage session, where they repeat a longer set of affirmations, sometimes a full paragraph, several times.

That said, I usually recommend starting with one. It is easier to stay focused, and easier to notice when it begins to feel natural.

Does it matter how long you affirm?

Not really. You can affirm for five minutes or fifty. The point is not hitting a perfect amount of time. It is repetition.

Does it really give the fastest results?

That depends on the person. For me, it absolutely did. I think that was because there was nothing to decode and nothing to perfect. It was simple, direct, and easy to commit to.