#tbh i'm torn on my clementine's first kill because i stand by my opinion that the wellington ending is the best outcome in s2

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

I just realized something -- based on your choices, both Clementine's and Louis's first direct human kill happens by accident (Eli and Dorian). Their reactions are very different though ...

Mmhmmm... if you play your cards right, Clementine can avoid directly killing the Stranger, Lee, and Kenny. I'm trying to think if there are any other opportunities where she can kill someone like that pre-ANF but I'm drawing a blank. I've replayed TFS a few times now but I haven't replayed the whole series for a long time.

But yeah, then ANF comes along and she shoots a guy, and then turns to Javi like "Okay you need to lie for me--" which most people do because it's Clementine and players often will do whatever she asks, whether it's something Javier would actually do or not. Personally, I think that's kind of a flaw with the choice, but at the same time, it can't really be helped? I don't think it's good to lie for her, honestly, even if she's really pissy about it.

Like I know it's an accident... but Clementine knows better than to point a gun at someone and pull the trigger, bad bullets or not, unless she intends to kill. Lee taught her that. She knows better. The first shot was enough to prove her point that the bullets don't fine, but then she shot again and whoops... that bullet fired, and now you have to deal with the consequences.

Even if it's not her first kill, it's still a good indication of how hardened she's become at that point. She doesn't show remorse for killing him, even if he's a prick who could've gotten her killed by giving her bad bullets, she just thinks about how she's going to get out of this: by lying.

Then there's Louis who kills Dorian and is a mess about it initially. Also an accident given Dorian snuck up behind him, but it's not like she was there for a friendly chat, y'know? He's clearly not okay afterward, but he still wants to go with Clementine to get AJ which I wish he would get more credit for.

But like I said before, Louis being one of the few in the Ericson crew who has directly killed someone is so interesting to me. Especially the way he talks about it later on, how he's glad he has it in him to kill because he gets it now, he gets that having a home means protecting it and his home isn't just Ericson anymore, his home is Clementine and AJ.