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I know I'm probably late to the party when it comes to this article, but I need to talk about it since it pisses me off lmao
I am admittedly quite critical of TLOU2 - I don't despise it like others do but I do have my own gripes with the game. But this isn't about me talking about the game itself, but about the bottom section of the article as seen in this
Honestly, thank fuck that Troy Baker pulled back on the reigns a little bit from N*il Dr*ckmann and suggested that Joel's last words not be Sarah's name, because holy shit.
I don't know if this is a controversial take, but I really hate the idea and implication that Ellie was someone that Joel could have Sarah (or at least the remaining memory of her) live vicariously through. Or, in Dr*ckmann's own words, "his late daughter was all Ellie had ever been to Joel".
I hate this because of two reasons:
It severely undermines Ellie's character, who we have seen develop and grow throughout the entire first game, and reduces her into nothing more than some sort of 'replacement' for Sarah.
It completely goes against Joel's character development throughout the entirety of TLOU1. Much of the whole point was for Joel to - I don't want to say 'move on' or 'get over' Sarah (since that's quite a cruel testament and I don't think Joel could ever do such a thing, no matter how happy he was with Ellie) - but to accept what happened. He knows he can never get Sarah back and that no one could replace her, and this is why Joel loving Ellie as much as he did is so important. He loves Ellie like she was his daughter - not as if she was the daughter he had, but as the daughter Ellie is. She is her own person, not a copy-paste of Sarah, and Joel loving her all the same after two decades of emotional torment is significant to his character growth after likely never thought he could love someone like that again.
Maybe if Joel, on the verge of death on the floor and bleeding from everywhere, misheard Ellie's pleading and cries to be that of Sarah's the night she died because of how disoriented he was, maybe that would make a bit more sense, if Joel even had the strength to speak in the first place. There's a common trope done with character deaths where they're seconds from passing away, and it's almost portrayed that they can see their dead loved ones right in front of them in a similar way people say they see their lives flash before their eyes in near-death experiences. Perhaps that could be valid too.
But N*il Dr*ckmann very clearly didn't want to portray this scene that way. Instead, he thought a scene where a single word would completely taint the character development of a beautifully-written, morally-grey, and complex anti-hero protagonist was more "powerful". I simply disagree, and I'm grateful this version he wanted didn't make it into the final released version.
TLDR: If this version of Joel's death scene gets incorporated in season 2 of the HBO adaptation, I am going to place an ancient Egyptian curse on N*il Dr*ckmann and Craig Mazin.
#ranna word dumping#also the fact that part 2 is going to be split up in two seasons?#like what......#girl bye#the last of us#the last of us part 1#the last of us part 2#tlou#tlou part 1#tlou part 2#tlou hbo#tlou game#tlou series#tlou joel miller#tlou ellie williams#tlou joel#tlou ellie#joel miller#ellie williams#the last us series#pedro pascal#bella ramsey#hot take#unpopular opinion#tlou meta#the last of us meta#meta post
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There's been a sharp uptick in antisemitism recently and I do not think Cid's appearance in tbb is going to be helping things at all but like lmao. People don't like to listen. Obv i try to boost Jewish ppls voices as much as I can but it's been so disheartening seeing people just *not care*
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why have i been seeing some of the worst connor takes imaginable lately what is happening
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shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this
#and by 'everyone' i mean me. im just hoping other people relate lmao#someone asks me about a thing i like and im just like h..................#been thinking about The Character for a solid 6 months+ and let me tell you. expldoeing soon#this is about ffxv btw . how am i supposed to say how much it lives in my brain . i cant think#text#1k#5k#10k#15k#20k#great googly moogly#30k#40k#50k#60k#boooy what da heeel#70k#80k#90k#will this be my first ever post to hit 100k... it remains to be seen#good lord. we did it#100k
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not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]
#'your moon is here' things that make me explode like a supernova#UGHHHHHHH what if i was perpetually in your orbit. influencing the tides. protecting you from asteroids. and slowly drifting further away.#then you stopped moving and i was only pulse to your dead heart. orbiting you. right where ive been left. and so you started turning again.#ria.txt#personal#space opera au#(<- not about what you think is about)#hiiii this is gaining traction so glad we're all going insane :D your moon is here is SO fucked up. so good.#xkcd#randall munroe#space#moon#anyways xkcd comics are so good. entertaining witty and informative. check em out!#ok this is about false and ren from hermitcraft#falseren
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So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????
I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.
Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?
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I'm sorry I keep posting my tiktok comments but please. What does this mean. What do people THINK shipping is for anymore???
#its for fun#its meant to be fun#it can also have more important or personal reasons sure#but like whats wrong with doing shit for fun#proshipper#proship
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you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something
You have 1 week, good luck!
#neo.txt#girl idk i don't really care about tagging#challenge#ig#i'll just let y'all do this on your own#if 10 people join then that works#but the more people join the more likely you are to succeed#i just wanna sit back and see what you all do#and if you can succeed#(twitter is failing)#tumblr even poll challenge#i guess i'll name it this!
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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again
#yeehaw#1k#5k#10k#posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference#edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense#also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags#1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now#he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic#2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign#like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock#3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing#it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is#extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once#it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life#i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about#Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect#if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it#aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week
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Every time I advocate for voting people are like "no you shouldn't vote! Read this literature, it'll totally change the way you view voting!" And every single time it's the same fucking "you shouldn't vote because both parties are exactly the same so it won't make a difference who wins" bullshit wrapped up in some fancy language
#do people just like. literally not remember what the trump administration did??#like genuinely#us politics
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If she has no fans call the ambulance cause I am dead
#i love toxic yuri#for context i have no idea what ladypool looks like underneath the mask i havent read the comics#this is just my headcanon 🫶 i think she wears wigs like wade at the start of the movie#deadpool and wolverine#deadpool#ladypool#wolverine#wade wilson#logan howlett#poolverine#deadclaws#art#my art#fanart#digital art
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limited perception.
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#ohhh this one felt like coming home#pure experimentation no references speedrun#art and creativity and catharsis i missed you#anyway don't ask me what this one's about. let a slag live her life#art#illustration#my art#artists on tumblr#digital art#digital illustration#sketch#bethfuller#artwork
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its so scary to put yourself out there but a SINGLE message saying "hi i loved what you made it touched me in some way" makes it all worth it 10000%
#as a writer every time someone dms me saying thank you for what you do its like no THANK YOU for reading it and telling me#writing#art
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everyone loves to shit on shoebills like omg this bird is SO SCARY its TERRIFYING which like first of all shut up youre annoying second they are literally just standing there what the hell is your problem
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the 'what if you played it a little risky' post literally Changed my life but i cant fujkign find it in my blog because its. a tiktok screenshot
#like literally every time ive hesitated sending a text or complimenting someone or stuff ive thought of it#like youre right. what if i played it a little risky what do i have to lose in doing a nice thing!!!!!! ur so right!!!!!!!!#but its forever lost cos i cant search it with any words cause its an image#misery and pain. you know how it is#my post
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