#tlou 1x06

[din-jarring]

joel miller in every episode of tlou

1x06 kin

tommMMEEHYYYY——

[bellarke-is-my-death-wave]

“Everybody loved contractors.”

History rewritten by the victors once again.

[rhcenyra]

THE LAST OF US ⇢ 1x06 | KIN 

All I know is that when I wake up, I know I've lost something.

[millerstation]

THE LAST OF US —

(1.01) when you're lost in the darkness -> (1.06) kin

[sexwithstilinskiandhale]

not joel thinking the only way he can protect ellie from sarah's fate is him making sure she is physically safe with someone else while in reality, ellie measures her safety not through his skills of defending her but through his ability to make her FEEL safe I-

[skelethereals]

Joel was struggling so hard not to tell Tommy:

"I love her".

But we simply know he does, terribly.

[mariatesstruther]

it’s so funny to me how quiet tommy and ellie were in their scene 1x06, especially since those are the two characters we all seem to interpret as never knowing when to shut the fuck up 😭😭

[spacy-snail]

[escapismthroughfilm]

The Last of Us 1x06 "Kin" | 2023

[niieonlogs]

Joel and Ellie bonding in EP6 is everything to me. They are so cute I cant-

Joel is my Father fr

I LOVE that they showed Ellie getting a menstrual cup and periods lowkey getting addressed again.

[farfartothewestofeverywhere]

seeing Joel having panic attacks was just like —

[din-jarring]

joel miller in every episode of tlou

1x06 kin

this one gif deserves its own separate post

[myeuphoricmindset]

Broken - Joel Miller

Request Fic by: @sn1peraj

Based on Episode 1x06

Summary: In-depth on Joel’s panic attacks and mental state while Tommy notices from afar.

Warnings/Tags: Panic attacks and feelings of worthlessness.

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Tommy’s words slice right through Joel’s heart, at least the small pieces that remain. They repeat in his head over and over as he walks outside. The mixture of the cold air and the heat of the words in his chest has Joel grabbing onto a nearby pole for support. His fingers curl around the pain as his racing heartbeat drums in his ears.

“Just because life stopped for you, doesn’t mean it has to stop for me.”

Stop? It never stopped. That’s the problem. The world kept moving and the pain kept growing. Rotting Joel’s insides and hardening his shell. Reminding him that it’s still there deep inside by stealing his breath and setting his cheats on fire. Family is what kept Joel going, fighting against the darkness inside him. And now that family has found a new family. Tommy’s world continues to spin, but it doesn’t spin off its axis like Joel’s does.

Joel wonders if Tommy even felt the loss of Sarah at all. She wasn’t his daughter, but she was his family. Shouldn’t his world have stopped too?

The pain within burns brighter as Joel remembers Tommy leaving without a word. He was all that Joel had left. Tommy started over as if he had nothing before. Nothing. Joel feels like nothing — dark and hollow inside. An empty feeling settles in Joel as he realizes that there is nothing left for him. Ellie comes to mind for a split second, but he pushes it. No. He doesn’t deserve her, especially when he fails everyone he’s ever cared about. Joel finally catches a single breath as he makes a home in his misery.

Tommy stands in the doorway watching Joel from a distance. He sees the way Joel clutches his chest and how he has difficulty breathing. The wounds that Joel has buried deep down rise to the surface in a way that Tommy has never seen before. It's so bad that the pain is forcing its way out. It’s the first time that he’s looking at Joel, truly looking, and realizing that Joel is broken. The kind of broken that doesn’t mend back together the same —or ever. He will never be the same and Tommy lives his new life mirroring what Joel’s life used to be. A mockery of what he lost. The life that Joel will never have again.

As the world breaks one brother down, the other wears their skin and lives a life that never belonged to them in the first place.

[movies-tv-more]

THE LAST OF US 1x06 “Kin” airs tonight at 9pm on HBO

[millerstation]

[ireallyamabear]

You know when they ride past the bighorn sheep sign ellie says that Joel's dreams are coming true.... and then at the end of the episode they do. Only it's his nightmares where he can't protect her :')