This Is A Brilliant Analysis, Thanks For Making Me Cry At 4 Oclock On A Saturday

This is a brilliant analysis, thanks for making me cry at 4 o’clock on a Saturday

So I hope we're gonna talk about how the choice to NOT have Joel be the one to pull Ellie off of David, to NOT pull her out of the burning restaurant, isn't just a change for no reason. It's A Choice

Joel can't save her. Joel can't protect her. Not forever. And certainly not here. His worst fears for his own inability, his worst fears for Ellie, came true and he wasn't even there for it. Only Ellie could save Ellie and she experienced David alone, ALL alone. She has to drag herself out of that burning building. ALONE. It's sadder and bleaker and it centers her experience even more than ever

Like, I always loved the scene in the game where Joel makes her stop stabbing David, where he hugs her in the middle of a burning building, but I also have to ask myself if that even means anything for either character, especially in the context of the themes that have been built up in the show (Ellie wanting autonomy and independence but facing the realities of violence/conflict, Joel aging and doubting himself and failing to physically protect 2 daughters from the violence of this world despite actually managing to be emotionally available and nurturing).

Ellie hitting her lowest point entirely by herself jives better with what's coming in season 2 and ugh I wish that it was being talked about more beyond people wishing that it was 1:1 with the game

WIP Title Ask Meme

Prompt: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Thanks for the tag, @adhdprincess!

(these are all TLOU fics)

Definitely Happening:

Scars

AbelCode

Support Group (not the final name)

Ghosts

Maybe Happening:

A Dungeon Master’s Guide to Trauma

Orange Juice

Turnaround

September (not the final name)

Criminal (not the final name)

Tagging: @mildredellie @captainredspade @wordspinning @logan178 @freetobeyouandmichi-me and anyone else who wants! (Sorry if I tagged you and you already did one, I tried not to tag anyone who already went but I probably failed lol)

*chanting* GHOSTS GHOSTS GHOSTS

It’s… well, believe it or not it’s sorta angsty, actually. Basically the synopsis is that back in Jackson, Ellie starts to see hallucinations of the people who she’s killed, directly or indirectly (that she blames herself for).

The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

Tumblr is cool because every day I find out that other people noticed the same gay ships in tv shows I watched years ago that I thought was just me being delusional at the time.

It’s pretty awesome how TLOU Game has some of the best VA performances of all time, and TLOU HBO has some of the best Live Action performances of all time. Like, jeez, the casts in both are just out of this world!!