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barlowstreet · 3 months ago

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I just thought of something kind of awful.

Ellie is kidnapped by a group of people, locked up, and isolated while scared out of her mind. Then the leader of that group comes in and talks to her like she's an adult. They tell her they're the reason she wasn't killed by their group and she should be grateful for that. They bring up someone she cares about and make her feel guilty about them getting hurt. They tell her that she's special and that other people aren't like her, and they ask her to do something for them they think only she can do. They don't give her a choice in the matter, really.

Who am I talking about?

Marlene or David?

#the last of us #tlou hbo #tlou american dreams #ellie williams #joel miller #marlene tlou #david tlou #queue do you think you are #david's just his own trigger warning #i had to watch this scene muted to take these screenshots #there's more parallels even if you compare the scenes #it's kind of wild #and obviously marlene's intentions AREN'T the same #but she IS manipulative towards ellie #i'm not even saying this in a “rah rah marlene is secretly the villain” way #i just think the parallels are interesting

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