Hiya

Hiya

I was reading through some of your asks and I saw one person say it was out-of-character for Ellie to move into the garage, and I just want to give my 2 cents on why I personally disagree.

I think a lot of people tend to forget that Ellie has only known the FEDRA schools. Shes exclusively lived in dorms and had to be independent her whole life. So she’s never had a family or any domestic life. So it would pry be weird for her to move in with Joel and be a family unit like that. She doesn’t know what that is.

I would of loved if they did live together and been a father/daughter duo but i understand why that didn’t happen

hi!

I agree! I sometimes forget that she's only known fedra schools her whole life, too. it does make sense for her to move out so quickly now, even if it's not what we want :( I would have loved for them to stay together, but yeah, it makes sense why we didn't get it. I do wonder, though, if they're gonna change it for the show. since they have made joel and ellie different than in the game. I think she should still have the garage! I just wonder if they'll do it differently. but yes, I agree with you! it isn't too out of character for her to move out when she's known independency her whole life

woah I have liked 2500 posts on here O.O that is so many

When Ashley Johnson was first asked about Ellie's 'okay' at the end of the game 10 years ago she said "it means okay I know you are lying but I trust you and love you enough that I chose to go to Jackson with you and have a future together"

This past year she changed her statement and said “It means okay that's it I know you are lying and I can't trust you anymore and we are done.”

The interview seemed like she was speaking about both game Ellie and show Ellie. She may of been leaning more towards the game since that’s who she played.

Overall it seems she just changed it based on how the second game ended up going. But it sucks to see how she was originally under the impression that they would be ok and get to have a father/daughter relationship in Jackson.

woah! I have not seen that, thank you, anon <3

I have seen the latter interview, though, and can agree with you that it felt more like she was talking about both ellies! but yeah, she might've been leaning more towards game ellie since that is who she played. we can only hope she was, I guess. that's so odd to me, though. I agree with you; it sucks to see that she thought they'd be okay, but knowing they're not has changed her stance on that ending scene :(

One thing I loved about the show was the subtle symbolism. I’m pretty sure in every episode there was at least one scene where Joel was standing in the dark and then there was light shining on Ellie.

woah! I noticed it at the beginning, but not throughout! I know in ep2, they had a scene where Ellie was fully basked in light, Tess was right in the middle of being basked and being in the dark, and Joel was completely in the dark. that screenshot means so very much to me. gonna have to rewatch it again, aw, shucks!

but yes, I love the subtle symbolism, too! like the butterfly flying over Ellie in ep2 for Sarah? chefs kiss. I wonder if they're gonna have moths scattered throughout the next seasons for Ellie? cause they did plenty of wolves and mooses (I want to call them meese lmao) in the second game for Joel. I wonder if they'd do moths. also for Abby? would she get any subtle symbolism, or is it the wolves for her? I do not know

I sent in the original ask about your thoughts on the estrangement and wow!! I never expected to see this much conversation about it!! This is so cool! I love seeing everyone’s different perspectives!! Thank you for answering!

famous anon haha!

I also did not expect there to be this much conversation about it! I love seeing everyone's different takes on it :) thank you for asking!

and thank you to everyone who's been asking me stuff! I love analyzing this silly little franchise >:] feel free to ask me more!

I used to hate the world and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong, because there was one person worth saving. That’s what I did. I saved him.