#i also forgot to add how riley is a bit older than ellie and that difference is so important | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

jolivira · 2 years

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thinking about how riley was ellie's protector at school, beating up whoever messed with her and unconciously showed ellie how to stand up for herself once she left, much how joel taught her to hold a gun and from watching him ellie learned how to use other weapons (shotgun, bow, etc)

the whole date at the mall also reminded me of the time joel took ellie to a museum, in tlou2, feeding into her innocence and doing everything to make her happy

in a way riley is exactly like joel and bill, the kind of person that protects and would drop everything for who they love

furthermore given how much trauma ellie has on losing her protective figure not only once but twice, it suddenly makes a ton of sense how (spoilers for tlou part 2) once she herself had to become the protector of dina and her baby, ellie just couldnt let go of her pain

#im rewatching episode 7 and im emotional #the last of us #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo #left behind #tlou episode 7 #ellie #riley #bella ramsey #tlou 2 #tlou part 2 #rambles #i have so many feelings about ellie #and i feel the show is digging so much deeper at it than the game I absolutely love it #i also forgot to add how riley is a bit older than ellie and that difference is so important #riley watched her parents die #she knows more about the world and loss #and she needs ellie to smile and have fun so that she can also smile and have fun #dOES THAT REMIND YOU OF SOMEONE

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