So is this thing a reference to something?It's treated as a fairly important treasure. It's the only one Ashley seems to be impressed by, and you have to jump through a bunch of hoops in order to reach both of its instances in the game.And yet, it honestly doesn't seem very "depraved" to me. Or creepy, even. It just kinda looks like a golden anteater.So what's the deal? Is it a reference to some deep Resident Evil lore I don't know of? Like an enemy from a previous game? How is it significant? Why does it look like that?
>>730873708So, the Las Plagas were discovered buried deep underground hibernating, meaning they have been around for a long time. The art itself appears to be Iberian (pre-roman Spain) mixed with north african art like Egypt (Spain has a lot of African influence and Spanish has a lot of borrowed words from african languages.) Iberians and Africans love their bronze sculptures.The statue itself might be an in-universe ancient depiction of the dogs in the game infected with Las Plagas, since that's how the virus presents itself with tentacles popping out the back.Given its African influence, I wonder if it's meant to be a foreshadow to Resident Evil 5 Remake, which would be set in Africa and also has Las Plagas. That game has a big mining area as well, so maybe they will tie in that the Las Plagas arrived in ancient sprain from ancient African trade routes. This is just a big fat guess though.
>https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil4/comments/1qdnfpz/so_whats_the_deal_with_the_depraved_idol/nigga nigger niggorna
>>730873708ngl, the thighs on it are getting me going a little
