One Of These Is A Fun-loving Kid Who Got Saddled With A Grumpy Old Guy On A Dangerous Journey And Helps

One of these is a fun-loving kid who got saddled with a grumpy old guy on a dangerous journey and helps him learn how to love again and goes through immense trauma because of a guy they meet who’s abusive to his followers and seems nice enough at first but is NOT… the other is from a fricken’ zombie tv show

Me: well well well, if it isn’t the darkness that haunts my every waking moment. What must I do to please you?

The darkness *whispering creepily*: angtsyyyy fanfiiiic

I always dislike it when people say that show Ellie is too ‘annoying’ or ‘bratty’ or ‘hostile’.

There’s three main reasons for this:

1, she’s a scared kid. She’s never been shown love and had to act tough as a defense. She just had to kill her bestie/gf and was chained to an AC unit for two weeks, just to be pawned off to two people she’d never met who just threatened to kill her. It makes perfect sense she’d be on edge at first, and we see her open up more and become more comfortable with Joel (and Tess to a lesser extent) as the series goes on.

2, I think the thing that makes me love TLOU HBO so much is just how real all of the characters are (TLOU video game too, but it’s a very different medium where there is less realism most of the time). Everything that characters do, every emotional response they have, makes perfect sense because of their personalities and histories. It’s really incredible writing, if you look at it all. It feels real, and is still so wholesome and tragic at the same time. I think it’s really special, and I think Ellie’s response is also incredibly real and well written. I don’t think it makes Ellie less endearing or adorable at all.

3, don’t be mean to Ellie I love her and she’s my lil’ fictional friend🥲

Is there anything better than ‘chaotic kid’ & ‘(outwardly) calm dad’ found family relationships? Romantic relationships are great and all, but no kiss will ever bring me as much joy to watch as ‘father-kid-bonding-time’.

Write all the beautiful monologues you want, there is nothing better than:

“Whoaaaa, this is so cool!”

“OHMYGODDON’TTOUCHTHAT—”

It can’t be beaten, sorry. I love them all to an unhealthy degree.

PEDRO WON LETS GOOOOOO

(Yes, last week I complained about award shows. Shut up, my guy won, award shows are great!)

Fanfic language makes no sense to me but I love it.

whump? Like wtf? Why is the sound of a wet towel hitting the floor used to signify immense pain and tragedy??

Smut? Is it an acronym? A reference? Some of that weird goo that’s in the corner of your dogs’ eyes? I’ll never know

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat? Why would I??? What does it mean??? Why is the dove the harbinger of doom???

Point is… I love fanfic. It’s so cool.