Next Chapter Of Scars Is Gonna Be Even Longer Than The First! Im Already Over 4k Words In And It Isnt

Next chapter of Scars is gonna be even longer than the first! I’m already over 4k words in and it isn’t even halfway done!

Aghhh, this scene is SO good😭❤️ It’s so sweet and adorable while simultaneously being the saddest thing ever

Im sorry but the eye contact and the emotions in this little scene where so high. Ellie noticing Joels not doing so hot and asking how he is and him just being caught off guard, he quickly refocuses the question to her, he is fine so she's fine too. But she's so curled into herself, she's self comforting, and he knows it. He's even impressed slightly when she says "You're glad I did it right", he's like 'ah damn kid'. He doesn't have to comfort her, he could've given up after he said he wasnt good at this, but he pushed, and genuinely apologized. Which in turn caught her off guard...They are just..... screams

Fuck it let’s ride

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One of the biggest complaints about TLOU HBO was the lack of infected, and while I do understand the reasoning, I can’t help but strongly disagree. There are two main reasons for this…

Reason 1: Fear

I believe that the toned down action not only allows for more deep and incredible character moments, but it also gives every encounter far more weight than it would have with constant enemies (this goes for people, too). Every time an infected appeared, I felt (rightfully) scared for our characters. I think it’s like if you were in a forest filled with wolves versus in a forest with one huge bear. You can constantly encounter wolves, but after enough time they don’t really become that scary. You’re constantly taking down wolves left and right, and sometimes a wolf manages to bite your ally’s neck. But now imagine you’re in a forest with a huge, terrifying bear. You’ll encounter the bear less, but every time you see it someone dies and you barely escape. That seems just as scary to me!

Reason 2: Theme

I feel like the world of TLOU Game is scary, but the world of TLOU show is haunting. Obviously, you’ll have a preference on which one you prefer, but I just love the latter. The world filled with constant enemies and things trying to kill you is intense, it’s exhilarating, but the world feeling lonely and isolating, filled with ghost towns and empty ruins, is such a bleak, heartbreaking picture that I can’t help but adore. Joel is empty after Sarah’s death, and that’s reflected in the world around him. This image of a destroyed, broken down world, is tragic. Seeing these characters make their way through what used to be cities or nurseries, now just empty husks like the survivors, is so hauntingly dark and spectacular from a storytelling standpoint. But seeing these empty husks with a child, with someone excitable and curious is beutiful in a way that’s difficult to describe. By showing the world bleak, rather than intense, the thematic elements of the story and world building are cranked up to 11.

I also understand there’s the matter of audience expectations. If you played the game first, you’d be surprised by the lack of zombies. If you started out thinking of them as you thought of them during the game, the scariness is undercut. The game is chock full of intense action sequences, so if you were expecting constant new obstacles and challenges like in the game, you’d feel like the lack of action was more glaring.

Personally, I think the show would’ve suffered from an over-abundance of actions scenes, and the more ‘Bang!’ tone of the game would’ve hurt the show. I’m not at all saying it’s bad in the game, it’s just the difference in mediums. If you presented the world of TLOU HBO in game form, it wouldn’t be nearly as good. However, if you offer the world of the game in show form, that wouldn’t have worked either. It’s all about knowing what works when, and that’s something I tremendously respect from the teams behind both the game and show. They both knew how to take full advantage of their medium, and squeeze excellence from both.

Ellie’s face in this scene breaks my heart. You can see in her eyes that she knows. She isn’t crying or yelling, but just with this look you can see it so clearly. She’s hurt, she’s betrayed, she wants to cry but she can’t. She’s knows. She doesn’t want to, but she does.

It’s such a feat of acting, the fact that you can look in Ellie’s eyes and see everything she’s thinking. You can tell she knows, even though she denies it. But it’s so… real. It hurts! There’s no exaggerated look back at the camera or snarl, but somehow the look in Ellie’s eyes express even more.

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last song: Vienna by Billy Joel

favorite color(s): Red. Any type of red. I’ve yet to find a shade of red I don’t adore…

currently reading: The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson, which is pretty good!!

currently watching: House of the Dragon and Hacks, so I’ve got a good lineup!

last movie: Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’. I saw it in theaters and I’m rewatching now that it’s on Max. The visuals and sound design of that movie are absolutely spectacular (should I make a cinematography post for that movie?)

sweet, spicy or savory: Yes.

current obsession: My fanfic—I’ve been working on it a ton—and also Phoebe Bridgers. I listened to I Know the End because it was at the end of a movie and now I can’t stop because OH MY GOD—

tea or coffee: ooooh, I like both, but I guess I’ll go with tea?

last thing I googled: Alex Edelman (he won an Emmy so I wanted to find out who he was)

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