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TLOU Headcannon:
Once, Joel was taking Sarah home from one of her soccer games and they were stopped in the parking lot by one of her teammates and her mom. Sarah and her teammate start talking about the game and stuff and Joel and the teammates’ mom make polite parent conversation. Eventually though, the woman asks “are you single?” Sarah and her friends’ conversation grinds to a halt as they both look over at them.
Years later Joel never knew where this came from, but he just nodded sadly and went “As of recently.” Then he placed a hand on his heart and looked up at the sky and said “rest in peace, Julia.”
The mom and her teammate excuse themselves with the haste of people who just realized one of them is flirting with a recently widowed person. But once they’re out of earshot, Joel and Sarah burst out laughing.
Sarah’s mom is still very much alive, and her name isn’t even Julia. For years afterwards, Sarah teases him about it relentlessly, which only gets worse when Tommy hears the story. “Dad’s dead wife Julia” becomes a common phrase in their household from then on.
After the outbreak, Tommy made that joke just once, desperate to see some glimmer of the old Joel. But he just shook his head and turned away.
When they’re in Jackson, Joel brings it up at dinner and Ellie goes “Joel, you have a dead wife?!” And he and Tommy burst out laughing. And Tommy has to take a second because god, Joel’s dead wife Julia means more to him than he ever realized.
@adhdprincess here! I have a headcwnon ask:
How do you think the Jackson community deals with troublemakers/lawbreakers? Do you think they give second chances? Do you think they have executions? Exiles?
Hmmmmm, that’s an interesting one.
I think they’re very particular with who they let into Jackson (and the only reason Joel and Ellie got in was because of Tommy), so they try not to let anyone in who has the potential to really fuck things up.
But sometimes things happen, and I think that the leaders of Jackson have a very in-depth conversation about what the perpetrator deserves.
Things like thievery are taken very seriously, since the state of resources in Jackson are so fragile. If someone steals food or other important resources, they’re probably given a very stern talking to (VERY stern) and forced to do community services and maybe lose some privileges that they have to earn back.
I don’t think they deal with more serious crimes much because of how exclusive Jackson is, but it’s probably happened once or twice.
We know Jackson isn’t above killing people, but the people there don’t really seem to be living in fear or oppression. My bet is that if someone does something really bad, the perpetrator gets ridden out into deep into the forest, maybe to some large gorge or river, and killed. They don’t make a big deal out of it, it’s just sorta “one day they’re there, the next day they’re gone.”