EthanRosemary

Ethanrosemary is the family ship between Ethan Winters and Rosemary Winters from the Resident Evil fandom.

Resident Evil 8: Village
Rosemary, commonly referred to as Rose, was born to Ethan and his wife, Mia Winters, on August 2nd, 2020, three years following the events of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Due to the Mold virus that Ethan and Mia encountered in RE7, Rose is a mutant human. By the beginning of Resident Evil 8, Rose is six months old and living with her parents in an Eastern European safe house, or so is believed. Unknown to Ethan, a woman named Miranda has taken Mia’s physical form, pretending to be his wife in order to get closer to Rose. Following Miranda telling Rose a rather scary story to fall asleep to, with Ethan present, she directs Ethan to put Rose to bed. As Ethan is taking her upstairs, Rose begins to whine, leading to Ethan gently patting her and saying how that story was too scary for her. Should the player interact with it, Ethan can pick up a toy monkey and make soft monkey sounds while holding Rose before laying her down in her crib. As Ethan lays her down, he assures her he’ll be right downstairs and that he’ll also protect her from the “weird fairy tale monsters”.

A short time later, Ethan is in a light argument with Miranda, still believed to be his wife, when suddenly she is gunned down in rapid fire by Chris Redfield and his team. As Ethan is being escorted out of his home, he sees Rose be handed to Chris and goes in for her aggressively, demanding what he’s doing with his daughter and to take his hands off of her. Ethan is hit with the butt of an assailant’s gun and falls to the floor. Before being dragged out by his ankles, Ethan reaches a hand out to Rose’s direction, groaning her name.

Sometime later, the convoy Ethan is in is overturned and Rose is kidnapped. Ethan wakes up, alone and outside in a snowy village. He heads for the center of the village where after having fought Lycans, a mutant human species whom are noted for their canine-like characteristics, he spots an old looking woman. The woman, the hag, also Miranda in disguise, recognizes Ethan as “the child’s father.” Hearing the “the child,” Ethan immediately mentions Rose, questioning if she means Rose is there. The hag claims that Rose is in “great danger” and ever since “Mother Miranda brought her to the village, they have fallen into darkness.” However the hag says nothing more of use and quickly leaves the way she came, leaving Ethan standing alone. Realizing Rose is there, Ethan finds a reason for staying and getting to the bottom of what’s happening.

Resident Evil 8: Village

 * Ethan gently pats Rosemary as she whines.
 * Ethan can pick up a toy monkey while holding Rosemary and make soft monkey sounds to her.
 * Ethan assures Rosemary he’ll be right downstairs and that he’ll protect her from the weird fairy tale monsters.
 * Ethan demands to know what Chris is doing with Rosemary.
 * Ethan demands Chris take his hands off of Rosemary.
 * Ethan reaches a hand out to Rosemary’s direction, groaning her name.

Resident Evil 8: Village
"Ooh, ooh, ah, ah! Well hi there, little Rose!"

- Ethan to Rosemary, picking up a toy monkey while holding her, Resident Evil 8: Village.

"There you go, sweetheart. Don’t you worry, I’ll be right downstairs. Daddy won’t let those weird fairy tale monsters get you."

- Ethan to Rosemary, laying her down for bed, Resident Evil 8: Village.

"Rose? What the hell are you doing with my daughter!?"

- Ethan to Chris, Resident Evil 8: Village.

"I said get your hands off of her!"

- Ethan to Chris, about Rosemary, Resident Evil 8: Village.

"Rose…"

- Ethan, after being hit on the head with the butt of a rifle, Resident Evil 8: Village.

Fanon
Ethanrosemary has become a beloved relationship within the Resident Evil fandom following the release of Resident Evil 8: Village. Resident Evil 8’s primary plot being that of Ethan rescuing Rosemary, his infant daughter at the time. Due to this, fans of the series have come to love Ethan’s complete devotion to her. When it comes to romantic ships that Ethan is involved in, Rosemary is often featured as being raised by the other half of the ship.

Ethanrosemary has 20+ general fan works in it’s tag on AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Variations

 * Winters Family refers to the ship between Mia Winters, Ethan and Rosemary