#my for you page is filled with metas after metas of how evil Marlene is

[buttercuparry]

Y'all villainizing Marlene almost cartoonishly and not understanding that the show isn't about binaries is just as bad as those saying Joel took away Ellie's agency.

Joel did good and Ellie shouldn't think that it is her responsibility to die for the whole damn world. But my god the Fireflies aren't the evil mastermind out to get the protagonists! They are a rebel group living in a shitty world under military. And they think a cure at the expense of a life is fair for the good for this world. Not one time in the show I saw this as a venture to further their power grab.

Now we can say that this way of thinking is a personal failure on Marlene's part as this makes her go back on her promise to Anna. That it betrays the trust Anna had in her friend. We can also say that the end cannot justify the means. That even if Ellie's death saves the current human population and frees those who are to come from the threat of cordyceps...it cannot ever bear the weight of what Ellie was, is and would be to those who love her.

But my god I can't believe that instead of an in depth discussion, people are making this a Joel vs Marlene thing! They are arguing about vaccines ( on a zombie show!) and making fun of the doctors 😂 what, you all saw a guy as the protagonist and couldn't wait to tear into the woman ( finally without guilt!) who stands on the opposite end of the line? 🤣🤣

This story is about love and the destructiveness of love. So forgive me if you all sit there and tell me that had there been another immune person, Joel wouldn't have personally tracked them down and delivered them for Marlene to kill, so that Ellie would be safe. How then are you all trying to fit Joel in the role of a "hero"?

The Fireflies don't know Ellie. They care about Ellie as much as they care about their young recruits ( that is not much). You can make posts about whether the Fireflies themselves have lost their way while fighting Fedra. Because from what I gathered, Fedra doesn't care for its people...they are meats to rule over. And it seems like Fireflies care only about their cause, if they send a 17 year old in a sealed off building and don't even care to do a proper sweep. They also had this 17 year old build bombs.

So yeah- the Fireflies even as a rebellion aren't exempt from criticism. But you all are truly out there trying to turn this series into a good vs bad debate. As if you all in their world wouldn't readily kill someone for even the possibility of a cure.