Growing And Barking. Ellie Probably Blamed The Entire Thing On Herself. She Was Messing Around With Dina

growing and barking. Ellie probably blamed the entire thing on herself. she was messing around with Dina when the golfing started (not that she could've prevented this), and then when she and Dina were gonna leave Maria helped and told her to bring her her husband back in one piece. Ellie said of course, but she didn't 😭😭

Hmm I do wonder about the horde. Episode 5 Joel was able to fight a horde from a distance, so maybe they’ll do something similar?

If they change it, I hope they still keep in the element of him saving Abby. Just because it adds another layer to the story

ooo maybe maybe

I don't know if shooting from a distance would work for this horde specifically, but they might change it around a little bit to where it isn't as big of a horde? and then shooting from a distance could work. I really do hope they keep in the fact that Joel and Tommy helped Abby, too! I think that just added to the whole story, so if they take it out, they take out some of that plot

I forgot about the Nora scene!! What I love about that scene is it really shows how Ellie can use the immunity to her advantage. She’s cornered and her only options are surrender or jump in. And she just jumps- and it makes her look crazy to everyone else.

we shake hands hehe!

truly, truly. same thing at Silver Lake, too. she was gonna get cut to pieces, but threw David off guard. I wonder if they'll play more on her ability to use her immunity to her advantage. like it throws everyone off enough because she is the only immune person. and for Nora, it was either get shot or just jump in after her. and no one else is gonna go after her because there's spores everywhere, and they don't have gas masks at the ready (I'm assuming). so by the time they do get down there, she's gone and Nora's dead. it's gonna throw everyone off their rocker

another day, more mourning for Ellie’s backpack

Do you think the future seasons will be as violent as part 2 is?

They definitely took a lot of the violence out of season 1, so they could focus more on building Ellie and Joel’s relationship. But I wonder if they’ll do the same for part 2.

I feel like some of the vioence may make them loose viewers (Joel golfing scene) just because non-game fans aren’t expecting that much

honestly? I have no idea

they did take a bunch of violence out of the first season to build stuff up more, so I imagine they'd take a bunch out for the second season, as well. but I feel it would be odd? I can't picture the second season/game without violence, so I think it'd be a bit weird, but they might be able to pull it off since they did for the first season/game, and because the viewers probably won't be expecting that level of it.

I don't see them changing the golfing tbh, but they might change other violent scenes/parts? like, the dogs? they better not kill the dogs. especially Alice??? please do not. no, but they might take out more of the fights. like I imagine they'll still have stuff for the scars/seraphites, but not everything? and a part of me is not expecting the rat king to be in the show. I can't remember the other fights right now, but I might come back to this once we finish the rewatch :) which we're avoiding cause we're about to be at the golfing

but yeah, I imagine they'll take some of the violence out. which I have mixed feelings on, cause the second game is so violent, it'll be weird to not have as much? but also, if they take stuff out, hopefully it's not the constant cycle of death and grief

What are your thoughts on them making Tommy and Maria parents in the show?

I wonder if it’ll affect the estrangement storyline at all, maybe Joel and Ellie will be forced to see each other more with this kid in their lives

I think I'm biased because I like the show better, but I really like the fact they made Tommy and Maria parents

I hope it changes some things tbh I don't think Tommy would make Ellie go back after Abby, since he has a kid. he wouldn't send his kid out, so he shouldn't send Ellie out. I hope this makes Joel and Tommy closer, too. I'm probably a bit delusional because of fics, but I hope Tommy having a kid helps Joel heal a little bit, cause he probably hasn't held a baby in 30+ years. and if he has a girl? that looks like Sarah? I hope there is some healing involved. I think it would change the estrangement, too. I imagine Ellie would babysit the kid and Joel would just stop by periodically, and maybe that's when Ellie realizes why Joel did what he did. there was no malice behind his actions; he was just trying to protect his kid. maybe (again, I am delulu) the estrangement is shortened because of this, too. there'd still be resentment and maybe some off days, but I think Ellie might forgive him a bit earlier