Love Having A Hypersensitive Nose. What Do You Mean My Mom Can't Smell This Thing, But I Can Immediately

love having a hypersensitive nose. what do you mean my mom can't smell this thing, but I can immediately clock that this is the smell of hospital? it's the smell of ultrasound gel, and rough calloused hands of an old doctor, and rough paper towels in a dark exam room with a box of goodies to give kids because no kid likes going to doctors and not getting a little treat, and taking school off but not knowing the full extent of why

Poll Tuesday

I feel like I’m exposing myself a little bit with this bc my introduction to fic is soo random I think, but whatever your answer please tell me the story! I wanna know haha

people have made headcanons that Ellie, or Joel, finds a stuffed giraffe and she is obsessed with it. I absolutely love that headcanon! I started playing the game again to get all the achievements (I think we're almost there :)) and because of this, I've noticed more of the small background pieces. there's a giraffe plush that just shows up. I do not have any screenshots, but I can definitely go through and get them at some point!

the first one is when Joel and Tess are trying to find Robert. right before you go down an alley, there's a bulletin board with a bunch of wanted posters on it, right? there's a kid near it who's playing with a giraffe plush!

also when Ellie runs to that ranch, there's another one! obviously you can explore that house a bit, I think there's a bigger giraffe plush in one of the rooms. I don't remember which one, but it's a tall boy and it's next to a desk and window!

don't know if there's anymore for the first game because I haven't finished it yet, but there's also one in the second game! at least one. the weed house. right before Dina and Ellie find the basement, one of the shelves in the backrooms has a little giraffe plush on it!

I don't know why, but I love this little detail SO MUCH. will update if there's anymore :)

edit: here's the post for all the ones I found in the first game :)

love when they do things like this cause you don't always notice until its pointed out

A Youtuber pointed out something about the lighting at the mall in episode 7. It's kind of interesting to think about, and I'm not sure if it was intentional or a happy accident.

First off, the sets of colorful lighting we see when Riley turns on the lights of the mall are the colors of the Lesbian flag. We get hues of pinks and oranges along with a smattering of white lighting.

Secondly, the arcade is decked out in hues of pinks, purples, and blues. Which would represent the bisexual flag.

Again, this could just be a happy accident, but I'm not gonna lie, I can't unsee it anymore.

Thank you to jude on YouTube for pointing this out.

lyrics from Noah Kahan's "Your Needs, My Needs"

also because it's gonna bug me now, I HATE that the fucking fireflies can steal Ellie from you if you aren't fast enough in the hospital. I forgot where I was supposed to go to get out of there TWICE. I had to watch and hear Joel plead for his daughter TWICE. I will never forgive them for that. never. shit was fucking brutal