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I guess we’re just gonna get emotionally eviscerated every week with this show, huh?
Frank once had to beg for resources just to paint the house and Bill was reluctant because he didn’t understand it.
At the end of their lives, we see Frank’s paintings everywhere, all over their house and town. Which means that he not only was able to get Bill to see the importance of maintaining art and beauty, but that Bill went out of his way to make sure Frank always had paint on hand.
That just goes to show the strength of their love and Bill’s character development. One of the most romantic queer media pieces I’ve ever watched. Beautiful, gutting, perfect.
Bill and Frank had no right to make me cry like that
Bill and Frank this week, Sam and Henry next…dang double suicide
I feel like I’m the only queer guy that didn’t cry at Bill and Frank what happened to my soul😭😪
“I know it’s a fucked up thing to say, but if I had to choose between living like this or living in a world that’s not infected but never meeting you, I’d choose the apocalypse every single day.”
— Bill to Frank probably at some point
i have thoughts.
i've been thinking about this all day long.
we were given two men who find love in a pandemic. this isn't the first time these two men have seen a virus take hold. we don't know their histories but we know that they were both alive during the AIDS epidemic. i think it's safe to say that frank probably had friends die. watched them get sick and watched them die. so, not only do these two men find love when the world has gone to chaos but they grow old together!
THEY GROW OLD TOGETHER!!
they get to.
THEY GET TO CONTROL WHEN THEY DIE. do you know how important that is?!?!? that they choose. when so many queer people have had their lives taken away from them. these two men get to choose.
we get to witness it.
they live a "normal" life. frank paints bill over and over again. bill takes care of frank. they take care of each other in their own ways.
during the scene where frank is painting and bill comes up with his watering can and winks i realized i was watching a queer story with old men. we have lost countless queer love stories because they've been hidden or destroyed; and here this fucking tv show gives us a beautiful, calm, kind, thoughtful, loving gay romance.
i know that this could have been better written but i don't care. we so rarely get to see old gays represented on screen. we so rarely get to see gay romance portrayed in such a respectful and loving manner.
the last of us showed people (who wouldn't normally get to see it) that gay romance is romance. that it encompasses everything (and more) that straight romance does.
this has probably been pointed out before, but I'm on my (number I won't disclose) rewatch of the last of us and realized something.
Bill and Frank are so similar to Joel and Ellie. obviously not the whole relationship, but the way that grumpy old man who doesn't want to deal with other people gets forced to deal with a happy and bubbly person. so much that it changes them. like Bill wanted nothing to do with Frank at the beginning. but he kept him around for a little bit and Frank's sass and sarcasm and optimism (in this world?) won him over. it got to the point they did everything together. and when Frank said "today's my last day," Bill was so worried because that's his man. what does he mean?? but then Bill decided if Frank's going, he is too. because there's no life without Frank. the world has no meaning. there's no point to living if Frank's gone.
same with Joel and Ellie. Joel wanted nothing to do with her at the beginning. there's no way he's gonna smuggle a child. but there was something in it for him, so he did. and they grew together. because Ellie's sass and sarcasm and optimism grew on him - and maybe it's because she reminded him of Sarah. but they did everything together and they crossed a country with each other, so of course they're gonna get close at some point. so when Joel finds out what they plan to do to Ellie at that hospital, something turned in him. cause they're gonna kill her and there's no point to living if he looses her. if he looses another daughter. you can't tell me he wouldn't have actually hit the mark this time if they did kill Ellie. he already lost one daughter and tried to kill himself. if he lost a second? he wouldn't have missed again. because there's no point. he was meant to protect Ellie and he almost failed her again.
they're protectors. they're meant to protect. so when the one person they want to protect the most is in a life or death situation, they're going to extremes. whether that be dying alongside him or murdering an entire hospital to protect her. because that's their world. Frank and Ellie are Bill and Joel's entire worlds. there's no life without them.
had another tlou talk with my sister and I have SO MANY thoughts :))
this is mainly just season 2 thoughts cause I'm getting to the end of the gameplay and I have thoughts about it for the show! cause we live in fear and excitement for season 2, so here are our thoughts!
are they gonna split the season in half? cause I think it would Too much to keep going back and forth between Abby and Ellie's perspectives since both of them have so much story to their respective parts
HBO has done like 20 episodes? for seasons before, right? maybe? if so, make it 18 episodes. maybe 8 per person. the first episode maybe starts off of like it does in the game, have both perspectives then The Thing to finish it off and leave us suffering for a week. and then the last episode be dedicated to Ellie on the farm and that cutscene :(
OR go through and still split the season, but start off with Abby. let us know who she is before you kill Joel. it would be a smoother transition from season 1 to 2, I think. just start the episode with the flashback of That, then give us the 2 perspectives and That Other Scene
I would say go through and do Abby first, then Ellie, but it would make everyone hate Ellie cause of what she did in her grief, but it could still be good. that way we know who everyone is, but you could still keep it a surprise and do Ellie first. I do not know, but I like the idea of having Abby first, that way we know who she is and why she did what she did
speaking of That scene, give us more of the after. there's concept art of Dina and Jesse finding Joel and Ellie in that basement. it would destroy us all, but I think it would be bittersweet? to have that scene. but also to keep it private, cause they did it for Riley and Bill and Frank
going off the last point, give us more after Abby found Ellie in the theater. what happened? no one was in the best shape. did Dina have to rip an arrow out of herself, then go help Ellie up and then do the same for Tommy? did Ellie crawl to Dina to help her? what happened, who helped them??? cause no one in Jackson knows where they are, other than Maria, but she doesn't know the specifics and there's no implication that she even went to Seattle. so who helped them?? how did they all, minus Jesse, survive that attack?
I think those are all the plot points, so onto the additional stories!
expand more on Dina PLEASE. she talked a bit about her time on the road with Talia, but you can give us more for sure! if you were able to give us an hour long 10K self insert fic for Bill and Frank, you can give us more on Dina (please please please I love her so much). maybe also her pregnancy? cause she had it so rough in the beginning, did it get any easier? at least maybe her and Ellie moving out of Jackson
give us more on Cat!!! GIVE US THE TATTOO!!! where'd she get the supplies? how'd she teach herself? WHAT WAS SHE LIKE???
GIVE ELLIE A DOG, SHE DESERVES A DOG, GIVE HER A DOG
also maybe expand more on the ending? I was telling my sister it hurt like a scab. if you think of the whole game like that, then the end is ripping the scab off. like Ellie was gonna forgive Joel? and then that's it? that's the end? it hurts SO BAD, give us a little more, please :) although maybe not (I guess smh) cause they stayed true to the ending of the first game
ooo maybe give us more for Yara and Lev? don't know when you'd throw it in the episode/season, but I think it would be so cool to see more of them
I think these were all the thoughts! if not, I will add more later :) we live in constant fear for season 2, so I figured I'd share some of the loose brain thoughts. I'm just REALLY curious as to how they're gonna film this season. I think Craig or Neil said season 3 might be unlikely? it was a while ago, so I am RIDING on the fact it's all gonna be in one season. I don't think they should go back and forth between Abby and Ellie's perspectives, though, cause I think it would be too confusing. unless they can find a way to do it? I don't know, I guess we shall find out
AAAAAA there is more devastation to episode 3 :(((((
someone found the letter Bill and Frank wrote (I do not know if it's actually the one, but we're gonna act like it is)
the last line????????? Bill was saying that Joel and Tess could do what he and Frank did, if it ever came to it. it'd be on their own terms, but they didn't get that! they couldn't get that! I am so freaking distraught
Oops, I tripped and fell and wrote Last of Us fic to cope.
the moon and the sun
Here are a few small survival details in TLOU HBO that I found!
1: In Bill’s town, he has saws surrounding the fence that get turned on when someone sets off a sensor. The saws are low to the ground and won’t actually stop anyone, however they turn on immediately while the flamethrowers behind the fence ignite. They aren’t meant to stop people, just provide a momentary distraction while the real defense kicks in.
BOOP BOOP BOOP HAHA GOT YOU BOOP BOOP
(Like three of these are only in the show, sorry to the gamers here without HBO)
I’m watching White Lotus rn and I’d just like to shout out Murray Bartlett’s range. I mean seriously, this guy is not participating in a beutiful gay love story rn.
For the WIP Ask Game -- 7.) Bright Fire 🔥
Please and thank you and you are beautiful 🥹😍😘
Bright Fire is a lil' WIP where Joel and Ellie get to Frank and Bill's compound, and they're both still alive.
Have a snip!
My Top 5 Shots in Every Episode of TLOU
Episode 3
TW: Mass grave
Number #5
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the shallow depth of field in this show is SO freakin’ pretty. I love how it uses focus to lead your eye and how it creates subtle patterns in the background. I also love the side-profile of Bill and the rim-lighting. It’s just overall a really, really well done shot.
Number #4
I mean what to even say? The lighting. The blocking. The framing. It’s just absolutely incredible. The way this shot showcases emotion through all of those factors is extradorinaiy, it’s just extraordinary. It’s soft and melancholic and beautiful just like episode 3 itself.
Number #3
*sniffle* I’m gonna love you for a-a long *sob* long *wailing intensifies* time…
Number #2
This shot is absolutely breathtaking in the worst (and best) way. The bones in the foreground, Ellie and Joel in the mid ground, and the hills and sky in the background. It’s beautiful, it’s horrifying, it’s incredible—it’s the Last of Us.
Before I reveal my #1, here are some honorable mentions…
This shot is so good. The fallen plane, Ellie and Joel, it’s just so well done.
Once again, the shallow depth of field works so well here. The flames, the lighting, the composition, it just all blends so incredibly well to make a fantastic shot.
*deep inhale* WAHHHHHHHHHHHH
Number #1
This image, two old men pushing each other through the ruins of the world, is so fucking incredible. I could go on about the incredible set design and colors, but really, it’s just beautiful. It’s emotional. It’s gonna stay with me for a long, long time…
Tune in for ep 4 tmrw!
@naughty-dog It's too soon!!!
Bill and Frank plushies from the amazing third episode of The Last Of Us
I'm not crying like a little bitch over 2 old gay men getting married and dying together, no no