Since There's Been A Lot Of Asks Recently (thank You Btw! I've Been Having A BLAST Analyzing With You

since there's been a lot of asks recently (thank you btw! I've been having a BLAST analyzing with you all), I've made a tag for them! all asks are now tagged as "menace answers" if you don't want to read all of that :)

Never apologize for long answers!!!! I love them!! I don’t have any IRL friends who like the game or show, so I love talking to someone else who’s as passionate about it as I am.

I also preferred Joel getting stabbed rather than impaled. In the game it worked, But also like- there’s no way he should’ve survived that. In Left Behind it takes Ellie a while to get medical supplies, so he should’ve bled out. Also somehow it didn’t hit any of his organs?? And he didn’t have any back/spinal damage from the fall?? The stab wound just made a lot more sense lol.

I love Episode 7 so much!! It was so accurate to the game. Also the way they displayed their emotions?? The pining, the awkwardness, and the friendship was so great. I loved it so much. Idk for some reason tv shows can never get teenagers right, they typically write them like they are older than they are.

Episode 8 was the only episode I never rewatched. Even the first time I went to watch it I skipped forward to the end because I had to remind myself they reunite and she’s ok. Bella better get an Emmy for that. Their screams still haunt me.

I get what you mean about mirroring! The finale scene where he tries to take the brunt of the bomb felt like the scene from the game where they jump off the bridge and he puts himself between her and the rock

AAAA thank you, anon! I also don't have anybody irl to talk to, so the amount of asks I'm getting about this silly little franchise means so much to me! I truly am having a blast >:)

yeah! how did he survive that??? how were no major organs hit?? how could he stand after that?? that was a two story fall? which sure, isn't that high, but?? with a stab wound??? that's a lot of damage?? but yeah, both work for their respective media? like, the impalement? works for the game and the stab works for the show. yeah! he should've! never thought about that, but yeah! she had to fight so many guys? and you're telling me he didn't bleed out? did Ellie even stuff the wound? is that the term? did she wrap it or anything? or was it just There while she ran around, looking for things? bonkers.

yes! I saw screenshots before having watched it, so I was assuming they were together the whole time because of the pining between them. like, the look Ellie gave Riley on the merry-go-round?? I totally thought they had been dating for a while lmao they do, yeah! I feel Bella and Storm were really able to capture the teenage gay experience. the staring through the Victoria's Sceret window? the complete adoration of the other? I remember being brought back to my own teenage relationship during that episode :')

totally get that! yes, be safe when watching stuff! I don't skip that episode, but I flip david off the whole time he's on screen and I make sure I'm doing something else for That Scene. I'm very forgetful, so I can't usually get away with skipping scenes/episodes? but I totally get why you would, it's a Bad episode (just the events). I got into reading tlou fics simply for the aftercare of that episode, so skipping to the end just to know they reunite? very smart. Bella does deserve an Emmy for that performance. their acting in that entire episode is just. spectacular. their screams are stuck in my head, too :( VERY worried for the next seasons for that exact reason

omg yeah! I never thought of that! he truly is a dad :((

I really hope they add that dinner to the show.

I don’t like the estrangement, but I’m dying for scenes during it. I want to see what they do when being forced to hangout. Joel trying to respect Ellie’s boundaries, Ellie trying to suppress her anger, all while making conversation so no one knows they are on bad terms

omg I never even thought of that, anon

I also really hope they include it in the show. Joel trying his damndest to respect her boundaries and Ellie trying to suppress her anger, while also trying to put on a show for everyone there. I think Jesse, Maria, and Tommy were all there, so she was probably trying so hard to put on a façade so they didn't pick up on it. but also, Joel, you need to sit ALL the way over there

Are there any moments not in the game you’re hoping they add in the forthcoming seasons? I really hope we get more info on her chemical burn!! They barley mention it in the game. I want to know how she even came up with that

there are! again, trying not to hold my breath so as to not be disappointed if they don't include them, but yes!

I would also love to see more on the chemical burn and the tattoo!! what was the thought process? well, we can assume the thought process, but what made her go for chemicals? did cat help her design the tattoo? what was joel's reaction? would love to see more there

would also love to see what happened in the theater after abby and lev left. like, everyone was down for the count, but then they're all relatively fine in the epilogue. (fine as in they're alive, minus jesse. I miss jesse) like, was dina the one to get everyone wrangled up and then saw jesse? or was it ellie, and she did it all with a broken arm? did she move jesse or make a makeshift sled, like she did for joel in the dlc? we know it wasn't tommy, but no one was in a good condition to take care of the others, if that makes sense. so I would love to see what happened afterwards

also the aftermath of the golfing. there's so much concept art, and I can't explain it, but I do kind of want to see that? it's gonna fucking destroy us, but idk it could also help a little bit? instead of jumping to him already being buried, but I think it would be fine if they didn't include any and did it how they did in the game

cat! I want to see cat! what was she like? did joel ever pick up that they were together? I just want to see her. maybe in the slow fall of her and ellie and then them together or in the giving of the tattoo. I just want to meet her haha

also did ellie ever come out to joel? or was that final scene him saying he knew?

part of me also wants to see more of pregnant dina? like, did it get any better once they got back to jackson? or did it get worse because of the amount of loss? how quickly did she and ellie move out of jackson completely? did she do it all while pregnant, and if she did, was she that far along? or was it pretty quickly after getting back to jackson that the two of them moved out? wait. they might've because of the amount of loss. the community still would've been mourning joel, and then to add jesse? a child? (I know he wasn't a child, but also, technically, he was. especially compared to joel) and did ellie get the wrath of maria because of the state of tommy? or was she understanding and that just added to her grief? this one's long, sorry, there's just so many possibilities

I kinda also want there to be more explanation of ellie and joel's estrangement, if they keep it in. I imagine they would, so I'd love to see how it affected ellie. cause they didn't show that in the game at all

I'd also just love to see more domestic jackson living. if you're keeping the golfing, give us more happy memories. please. make up for it

I'm not sure if there's any for abby? I thought there was at least one, but I can't remember it currently. mmm maybe was she in the hospital when the shooting happened? people pointed out there was someone running around who had a pretty long braid in that final episode. was it her? there was also an extra nurse that people thought was her. so I guess just was she at the hospital or was she out when All That happened?

I'm sure there's more, but this is all I can think of currently! I might reblog this if more come to mind :) thank you for asking, anon!

I agree with that other anon about lazy writing. I’ve always felt Ellie moving into the garage was particularly lazy. It seems they decided they wanted to do the estrangement, but realized it would be too hard if she lived with him so they just separated them early on.

It just felt out of character to me for her to live there. Especially since when part 1 originally came out Ashley Johnson said Ellie still trusted Joel a lot at the end, but after the hbo show aired she changed her statement saying Ellie no longer trusted Joel. So it’s obvious they changed up the original storyline and characters when making the sequel

ooo I could definitely see that. I agree that the garage situation feels like lazy writing - did they forget that joel's a contractor?? or tommy?? if ellie was that mad at joel, she could've had tommy fix up the garage. the fact it's unfinished will always bug me. wait. what if the reason ellie doesn't seem to care that it's unfinished is cause fedra was that bad? I mean, we got to briefly see what it was like in the show and in the dlc, it doesn't look up to code (yk other than the fact this is in an apocalypse) so she's probably used to the cold :( mmmmmm :((( it still does feel a bit lazy, though

I wouldn't say it's completely out of character for her - she didn't get a normal childhood, she isn't even a normal kid, so she probably wants one sense of normalcy. that being her moving out. it is odd that it's seemingly so early (wasn't it at like 14 or 15?), but I personally don't think it's too out of character for her. unless, of course, we take the relationship into it. then it is a bit out of character. woah, really? I haven't listened to or watched a whole lot of the game bts, but I have for the show. did she change her statement after the second game came out, or just the show? cause if it was the show, she might be trying to see it from show ellie's perspective since they are so different.

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