Lupus Iucundum

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Sorry to keep spamming stuff like stupid screenshots. But for me as a writer, looking at Alex’ apartment tells me so fucking much about him, really. It’s the little cutscenes like this in Prototype 1 of Alex Mercer’s human life that make him fascinating for me. Here he is, trying to rediscover who he was and what he was and as he goes down the line and consumes minds and remembers, he hates it. He despises Alex Mercer, the human, the scientist who made Blacklight 10 times stronger. This is why Prototype 2 makes me so very angry. Because I see so much potential in Alex not to be a mindless villain who wants world domination to make everything better. At the end of 1, he wasn’t sure if he was above or below humanity. And he wanted nothing to do with the human Alex anymore, saying “what he did is unforgivable” in reference to releasing the virus. Though he still kept Alex’ shape, voice and name…sort of.

I’ve read the comic books that are supposed to relate to the transformation of his character, that he was disappointed without his ‘anchor’ restoring faith in humanity. But Alex didn’t strike me as though he sought answers about humanity at the end of Prototype. Actually, I think the Blacklight Virus Alex Mercer knows more about humans than he ever wanted to and he STILL saved Manhattan from the nuke. He still got blown up to save an infected city and hello, remember the part of the game where you run around defeating the infection effectively? Okay, yes, that was for your own ends too, to draw out Greene, to find answers, to kill Tagggaaaaaaaaaaart etc etc

But for me, the fact was that despite knowing that humans were responsible for all of this, experimenting on Greene and others, despite the fact humans are, in essence, food for him now, Alex still saved Manhattan, he saved Dana, he let Ragland help him. He still values human lives there. 

So why is it such a surprise to him that humanity does have a lot of rotten apples? (don’t even get me started on Dana’s transformation)

It just doesn’t make sense to me. The fact that Alex knows he is more so he would try to change something, yes, perhaps. Alex turning into a stupid idiot who unleashes exactly that which he vanquished before, hell no. And I don’t believe for a second that he would ever turn anyone into something like Greene, not by the way he reacts towards her.

If Alex was going to change the world, he wouldn’t have done it this way. He would have found a far more intelligent method, like infiltration, like taking control of important people. Not by making another infected nest out of New York again. 

I’m sorry, this has turned into a rant and all I wanted to point out was how his apartment makes me appreciate paranoid, slightly psychopathic scientist Alex Mercer who shut all those smiling people in the photographs out of his life and changed from that (very dorky but handsome) suit-wearing doctor into a recluse fearing for his life and preparing to abandon ship.

/end rant. You can thank my recurring Alex Mercer feels for this.

^^ THIS.

(Source: billywick)

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skadichan:

7bitarcade:

New information has come to light re Alex Mercer through an official Blackwatch Communication. 

Alex Mercer 

 

Alex Mercer was a brilliant scientist who worked for Gentek (the scientific arm of Blackwatch) prior to the initial Blacklight viral outbreak in NYC.  He worked directly on the Blacklight virus, increasing its deadliness by 1000%.  When news-leaks threatened the security of their work, Blackwatch closed the Blacklight project and ordered the entire staff killed.  Mercer stole a sample of the virus and escaped but was later cornered at Penn Station in NYC.  Rather than surrender, Mercer smashed the vial releasing the Blacklight virus.  The Blackwatch soldiers gunned him down and he was pronounced dead. 

 

However, Mercer’s body was infected with the stolen Blacklight virus and was soon reanimated, albeit with complete amnesia.  The virus granted him super human abilities.  He worked to discover his past and later saved the city by defeating Elizabeth Green and foiling Blackwatch’s attempt to nuke the city and its citizens.  Afterwards, Mercer left NYC and observed humanity, pondering his own status amongst them. 

 

Alex Mercer is an anti-hero both in deed and personality.  Mercer’s motivations and plans are utterly personal, and rarely take any human cost into account.  Even throughout the initial outbreak event, Mercer killed and consumed innocent people without remorse.  His attitude is grim and impatient.  He’s never shown any significant affection for anyone except: his sister, Dana; and his one-time girlfriend, Karen Parker (whom he later killed for betraying him to Blackwatch). 

 

In short, Alex Mercer does not make friends easily and his goals for both Sgt. James Heller and the human race remain shrouded in mystery.

Reblog for much Alex Mercer pics

All in one: He’s an massive asshole.

And thats why I love him <3

And a sexy asshole he is.

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jojodoodle:

piccioninja:

Dana! ;A; Thank Goddess you are alive! ;v;

/SCREAMING

/SCREECHING

YES.  SO MUCH YES!

xomnixmeowx:

Prototype Concept Art: Alex Mercer’s facial expressions

Intriguing is Mercer’s version of Duck Face.

I have to say, that’s the only duck face I’ve ever seen that doesn’t look absolutely stupid.  Alex can do anything, I tell ya.

(Source: feelinlikeafreak)