Paigegonerogue - Paige: Speaking Like A Normal Person

What if we’re living in an AU on AO3?

What if there’s another version of us in cannon running around killing monsters, but some random person wrote our lives ‘Alternate Universe—Modern Setting’ style?

What if that time you said ‘That’s make a good TV show’ the author was telling an ironic joke and giggling to themself?

What if when you meet a weird person on the street you never see again, the author was doing an Easter Egg for the readers where that was another character from the story?

What if you’re straight in canon but so queer-coded the fandom decided you weren’t?

What if you’re written OOC?

What if—

I think TLOU does something really interesting, where it uses exposition to show personality.

Like, when Ellie asks Joel about the world and he answers, it isn’t just ‘let me talk about the awesome world building we did’, but it’s also showing Ellie’s curiosity and efforts to bond with Joel, and Joel’s sort of grumpy knowledge about how everything just is.

I just think it’s very well done 👍

y’know, I watched NATLA the other day (I—like 99% of everyone who’s ever seen it—loved the original) and hot take, hear me out, I know this sounds crazy but… I THINK the original animated show was better (😱😱😱)

But because I’m obsessed, it got me thinking about the Last of Us. Making a good TV show is difficult as hell, and making a good adaptation, especially one not based off a book?! Really rough. I think it just sorta goes to show how GOOD TLOU HBO is that it not only captured the magic of the Video Game, but was just so fantastic in all regards. Writing, acting, cinematography, set-design. I think it was really special. It just helped me appreciate how hard it must’ve been to nail even more.

More TV shows should look to TLOU on how to make not just a good adaptation, but also a good show. Everywhere TLOU thrived, NATLA struggled. It’s just a fascinating dichotomy imo

Y’know what I want for society? If someone says they like a piece of media and someone else doesn’t, they’ll just say “it wasn’t for me.” Or even “I didn’t like it.” instead of saying “actually that piece of media is objectively badly written. You’re wrong for liking it and I’m right for not liking it.”

Also like, equality or whatever.