Hello, Can I Interest You In Joining My Religion? Every Thursday Night We Watch Joel Miller Scream WHAT

Hello, can I interest you in joining my religion? Every Thursday night we watch Joel Miller scream “WHAT TOWN”… that’s it. That’s the religion…

I think a lot of people forget that Ellie and Dina in part 2 are only nineteen. Nineteen! They’re still teenagers whose brains aren’t fully formed, yet they’re dealing with a crazy situation and going through hell, on top of that losing loved ones and an unexpected pregnancy while they’re still freshmen in college!

It adds this whole other layer to the story, of these kids who grew up in the apocalypse falling deeper into the ways of the world they live in, and about breaking the cycle of violence and vengeance in the game’s conclusion.

Season 1 of TLOU HBO did amazing at showing the fact that’s Ellie’s still just a kid, way too young to be in this situation, and I bet (and hope) that’s something they continue to focus on in Season 2.

Y’know what, gamers, I’m confiscating your prestige tv adaptations until you learn how to behave like respectful people with basic human decency towards female, queer, and poc characters and even more so their actors

Please I need that extended Ellie killing Joel scene 🙏

You’re wish is my command🔪❤️🔥

There are two versions of this. The first one that I rewrote for the fanfic before finishing the final chapter and an alternate version I wrote after it was done.

TW: Written Graphic Violence

The reason I changed the first one was because of three reasons.

1: I came up with the 3 bullet idea later into writing, after I had written it, and I thought it was better than just a random amount.

2: With what happens right after, I didn’t want it to feel contrived. Like, she couldn’t run out, because then what happens next wouldn’t be able to happen, but I wasn’t sure that if she started shooting, she’d stop for a reason other than a new threat or running out of bullets. It just felt weird to stop randomly.

3: I don’t think that’s how physics works??

And the reason I didn’t use the alternate version, even though I was pretty proud of the writing was that I thought the image of Ellie trapped under the corpse would be more impactful generally. A little more bleak and sad and fit with the story a bit more.

TLOU Headcannon:

Once, Joel was taking Sarah home from one of her soccer games and they were stopped in the parking lot by one of her teammates and her mom. Sarah and her teammate start talking about the game and stuff and Joel and the teammates’ mom make polite parent conversation. Eventually though, the woman asks “are you single?” Sarah and her friends’ conversation grinds to a halt as they both look over at them.

Years later Joel never knew where this came from, but he just nodded sadly and went “As of recently.” Then he placed a hand on his heart and looked up at the sky and said “rest in peace, Julia.”

The mom and her teammate excuse themselves with the haste of people who just realized one of them is flirting with a recently widowed person. But once they’re out of earshot, Joel and Sarah burst out laughing.

Sarah’s mom is still very much alive, and her name isn’t even Julia. For years afterwards, Sarah teases him about it relentlessly, which only gets worse when Tommy hears the story. “Dad’s dead wife Julia” becomes a common phrase in their household from then on.

After the outbreak, Tommy made that joke just once, desperate to see some glimmer of the old Joel. But he just shook his head and turned away.

When they’re in Jackson, Joel brings it up at dinner and Ellie goes “Joel, you have a dead wife?!” And he and Tommy burst out laughing. And Tommy has to take a second because god, Joel’s dead wife Julia means more to him than he ever realized.