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[ranna-alga]

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.

[clonehub]

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*

[jesusology]

why have i been seeing some of the worst connor takes imaginable lately what is happening

[koobiie]

shoutout to everyone who wants to infodump but cant string together coherent thoughts to form sentences and instead just look at you like this

[some-pers0n]

I hate how people will look at popular indie artists who had one or two songs go viral on TikTok and start making fun of anybody who listens to them. "Oh you listen to Lemon Demon, Will Wood, Jack Stauber, Glass Animals, and Mother Mother? Tsk, don't you know that is stupid TikTok neurodivergent white transmasc preteen music? It's so mid and bad you should listen to real music–" you are a pit of misery

[aropride]

interaction i have with shocking regularity is when someone’s complaining abt someone they know and theyre like “ughh they’re 21 and dont have a job and refuse to learn to drive” and then they remember who they’re talking to (me. 21 cant work cant drive) and go like

[riacte]

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]

[x0401x]

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?

[enemywasp]

I'm sorry I keep posting my tiktok comments but please. What does this mean. What do people THINK shipping is for anymore???

[sillyguy-supreme]

white americans when you tell them that the idea of climate change as an impending disaster is a reductive first world perspective because it’s a tangible reality for many in the global south already:

[12neonlit-stage]

you're allowed to discuss and work together, reblog for a higher sample size or something

You have 1 week, good luck!

[mythtakens]

“these characters should be mentally healthy before they get together 😌” ummm no I actually think we should smash their mental illnesses together like clumps of play-doh and see what colors it makes

[butchfalin]

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

[haunted-xander]

If you skip a meal Senshi will materialize next to you w/ food at the ready

[mountainshroom]

If she has no fans call the ambulance cause I am dead