Some Of The Bits Definitely Seem Lazy Though - Tumblr Posts

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.