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Jill's Trauma
Major Death Island Spoilers for this post:
With the majority of people having seen the movie already and the DVD coming out in a few days, I've already seen people completely misunderstand the depiction of Jill's trauma in Death Island. Most of the time, it usually falls into the "Jill was such a bitch" or "why is she so mean/cold/distant" category, but neither of those stances are correct. All of the RE characters are traumatized, so calling them "bitches" or "rude" for exhibiting symptoms of trauma is rather ignorant.
Much like the other characters in the franchise, Jill has repeatedly been through extremely traumatic situations. But perhaps the most traumatic for her was being abducted and brainwashed, spending years under Wesker's control. As she says in the movie, she was still conscious through all of it. She knew what she was doing, but she couldn't stop herself, and all she wanted was to kill Chris-- her best friend for over a decade at that point.
When Chris confronts Jill in the shooting range, telling her he wants her off the missions and Jill is understandably upset, she's not being rude to Chris nor is he trying to be an ass to her. After watching Jill rush in without backup, Chris genuinely thought pulling Jill off the missions was what was best for her, although he doesn't realize it's really what's best for him. An aspect of Chris's trauma is that he "loses teammates on every mission" which is something Dylan directly brings up later on. Chris already thought he lost Jill once, he doesn't want to experience that again. Time and time again in the series we hear about and see how Chris treats his teammates like family, so it's easy to understand why he'd be so worried about potentially losing Jill, especially when she's being reckless and putting herself in danger because she feels the need to prove herself. During the convo with Rebecca, we can see Chris arrive at this conclusion. He makes it known that "no one blames Jill for that" to which Rebecca counters, "except Jill."
Her arc in Death Island is about her confronting her trauma and realizing that she can rely on others, she doesn't have to be reckless on her own. Together her and the rest of the team are able to take down Dylan and save the day, then ride (fly) off into the sunset. That's why Chris tells her "it's good to have you back" at the end and they have their little fist bump. She was never rude to Chris or bitchy or any of that stuff, she was traumatized and trying to work through her trauma while having people (who meant well) tell her what she should and shouldn't be doing. She was trying to push Chris away, and Chris was trying to protect her, but in the end Jill realizes that it's ok for her rely on Chris, he doesn't blame her, and he realizes that what best for him isn't necessarily what's best for Jill and everything turned out fine in the end.
