How Long Have You Been A Fan Of The Last Of Us?

How long have you been a fan of the last of us?

since march 14th of 2023!

I forget things really easily when watching shows weekly, so I figured I'd wait until the day after they were all released. I was able to watch it all in one go, which made a little brain goblin move in (and definitely did not empty me because of all the emotions I went through in less than 24 hours). after watching the show a couple times, I went through and watched a game play of the first game and the dlc cause i wanted to see what they changed :) (and also the "oh, he ain't even hurt" scene that everyone was talking about) I wanted to go into the second season blind, like I did the first, but I saw too many spoilers for it and alas, I had to watch the second game (although I'm sure brain goblin would've had me watch me it at some point)

hi, Ellie doesn't Anna's jacket anymore

part 2 game play time :D

What are your thoughts about them replacing spores with the tendrils?

tbh I never realized the tendrils replaced the spores, anon

but that being said, I am a bit bummed there were no spores? it's not a hindrance to the show since I just realized after x amount of rewatches, but I think that could've added a nice layer to it, you know? like having to make sure everyone has gas masks? and shit, if one breaks? I do enjoy the tendrils, though! the horror of them all being connected??? I am SO glad that's not in the game

I wonder how they're gonna show that Ellie's immune to Dina? her mask broke, but masks aren't in the show. are they just gonna keep giving her bite marks??

I feel like Ellie not showing she misses Joel that much could just be a result of his ‘parenting’ in part 1. He pretty much taught her to keep her emotions in and not talk about things

Show Joel did take a different approach and opened up to her more, so hopefully we’ll get some more emotional scenes

ooo true true did not think of that, thank you, anon!

also, taking into account her growing up in fedra, she's probably used to hiding her emotions and just bottling them up. so with Joel telling her to not talk about her feelings and other heavy things (ie. the conversation in game 1 where Joel snapped at Ellie for bringing up Sam and Henry), she already knew how to deal with it. the freaking details, man

I would also love to see more emotions in the show! especially with how different they are than in the game. I feel Joel is a lot more open with his emotions (even if he does bottle them up, too) in the show, so hopefully he can tell her what really happened

Do you have any fanfic recommendations?

hi, anon! I do! I read a little fic every night as ✨️enrichment time✨️ so there's gonna be a lot. all of these are on ao3 :)

"I think I saved myself by saving you" by @not-so-mundane-after-all was actually my first tlou fic that I read! it's a sickfic where Ellie gets sick before leaving Jackson

"violent heart" by @timelesslords is another good one! it's ep8 aftercare, but with aspects from the game and the show. she also has one from Joel's perspective called "never let you down again"

"never let me down again" by tayyys (I'm not sure what their tumblr is) is a good one! it's a rewrite of ep6 and on, where Ellie leaves after having overheard Tommy and Joel's conversation

"miller lite" by captainredspade (CodeNameArtemis) is also good! this one has a lot of Tommy and Ellie bonding, but it's angst cause Ellie got hurt on a day trip with him

"irreplacable" by captainredspade (CodeNameArtemis) is one where Ellie takes a bite for Tommy and there's more bonding between them

"heaven doesn't want me now" by @lkay-09 is one where Ellie (sort of) gets a choice at the hospital. some of the lines in there are just *chefs kiss*

"come tomorrow this will all be in our past" also by @lkay-09 is one where Tommy goes with Ellie, instead of Joel, in ep6

"triplicate" by @penandinkprincess is a very angsty one where Joel finds Ellie's file at the hospital in Salt Lake!

"a half-step to the left" also by @penandinkprincess is the Tess lives au we all asked for hehe :)

"glimpses unseen" by flannelfeelings (@boopernatural here :)) is one where we see Tommy's trauma of losing Sarah when Ellie gets hurt outside the walls

I shall stop listing them now as there are A Lot, but I recomend lkay, pen, and flannelfeelings' fics a lot :) there's a lot of fics between them all and they're all so good :)