#this was long as hell sorry akjkshfs

[cordycepspog]

Hey! Would love to know your thoughts on TLOU 2. And on Abby's character ? I know the game got a lot of mix reviews I personally thought it was really good. I'm so curious on how they are going to do the next season and if they will change anything.

Hi! Just gonna put my response under the cut bc I’m talking about big spoilers for tlou part two and the show and also I tend to ramble about things I’m passionate about so this is kind of long lol 

It’s honestly been a while since I played through part two (I should really do that when I get the time since I just finished part one) but I do remember loving it. It made me cry so much, especially over Joel and Ellie’s relationship and how things ended for them, but I really did like it for what it was; a tragedy. 

I’ve grown to like Abby’s character the more time I spent with her. I understand where the dislike is coming from, but I think the hate surrounding her character got blown waaay out of proportion. And I think a thing a lot of people missed, or refused to acknowledge, was that the way her character was introduced was entirely intentional. It’s supposed to make you conflicted! The same way that Joel’s choice at the end of the first game is supposed to make you conflicted!! That’s the whole point !!!  

You want to think of Abby as the Bad Guy(tm) of the whole story, because we’ve spent so much time with Ellie that we can only see it through Ellie’s perspective. 

And then they make you spend time with Abby, and you learn her story. 

When it boils down to it, Abby and Ellie are almost mirror images of each other. Abby’s father was killed by Joel, she had no one there to fill that role, and so she was consumed by revenge. She got it, and in doing so she set up Ellie for the same fate, a girl who lost her father figure set on revenge. It’s a ruthless cycle that ends up nearly killing them both. 

In their quests they lose those closest to them, both by pushing them away and by the other monster they’ve created. It’s a sad, tragic story, and neither of them get what they wanted in the end. But they can walk away from the cycle, try and find something else to keep going for. Abby choses Lev, and Ellie can choose to go back to Dina and JJ. She just takes a little longer with getting there. 

It’s a heartwrenching tragedy, and that’s the entire point of it. And I think it was done really well, despite other reviews. 

As for the show, I think they are already setting up themes for part two! Ellie’s already shown that affinity for anger and revenge that’s been simmering inside her ever since Riley died. And even with the episode with Henry and Sam, Kathleen’s whole entire speech was basically, “hey, are you sure you were morally correct to damn someone else’s loved one for your loved one who happens to be a kid?” which is pretty on the nose lol. Either way I’m very, very excited (and also full of dread) to see where it goes!