#tlou HBO spoilers

[ellies-knife]

Reddit wins this one

[Image ID: post from Reddit thread r/thelastofus titled "When is a gay relationship on screen not "political propoganda?""

Post reads: "It's the same criticism I see levied at the last episode over and over again. "I'm fine with gay people, but keep politics out of my entertainment."

I'm genuinely curious. How in the holy hell is a gay relationship pictured on screen inherently "political?"

It's maddening man. I'd prefer they just come out and say what they're actually thinking."

User catnap_kismet replies: "there are two sexualities, straight and political. there are two genders, male and political. there are two races, white and political. etc".

This reply has many awards and 1.2k upvotes

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[maxbegone]

no context spoiler for the last of us episode 3

[billy-crudup]

THE LAST OF US | 1.03 “Long Long Time”

[djarinslover]

Let’s talk about the absolute disbelief and horror on Joel’s face when Ellie swore at the table. Lmfao his southern heart was shook

[bookofbonbon]

[orangechickenpillow]

No, you guys don’t understand, winter is going to be BRUTAL. It’s going to be HORRIFIC. If Joel acted like that just from infected Sam attacking Ellie... if Ellie acted like that, screaming Joel’s name, crying for help, just from infected Sam... I cannot even fucking fathom what David is going to be like. How heartbreaking it’s going to be to watch Ellie go through that. How fucking rage-filled Joel is going to be. 

“I’ll pop your goddamn knee off” is gonna be more like “I’ll rip your goddamn spine out and choke you to death with it.” It’s gonna be more “I’ll tear your throat out with my own fucking teeth unless you tell me where my little girl is.”

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, I live in fear and it’s your fault. 

[myersesque]

all those emotions aside - something i liked about episode 3 was the emphasis on surviving vs living.

you have people like bill who are survivalists. he's resourceful, stubborn, and self-sufficient - bill knows how to survive, he spent his whole life pre-outbreak preparing to survive. he's not a people person, he doesn't like relying on other people, and he can survive just fine by himself.

then he meets frank - and frank is the kind of person who knows how to live. frank eats meals like he's at a fancy restaurant, and spends just five more minutes in the shower, and sings songs out of key on bill's dusty old piano. he repaints the walls, and waters the flowers, and grows strawberries in the garden just so he can watch bill hide his giggle behind his hands when he tastes them. he uses bill's radio to make friends, and throw little garden parties, and he makes a code out of nostalgic old songs.

the reason bill and frank lived as long and as happily as they did, despite the outbreak and the solitude and frank's health - it's because they had that balance. yes, survival is important - you can't survive an apocalypse without bill's resourcefulness, or joel's construction knowledge, or tess and frank's networking - but surviving isn't living. bill lived and died happy because he let frank in past his (incredibly literal) defenses, because he let him paint portraits and grow flowers and hold him at night.

i saw a youtube comment earlier that i think got it right; in the game, bill was an example of who joel would become if he kept shutting people out, if he didn't allow himself to live. in the show, bill is an example of what joel could have, if he just let himself live and love, if he realised that all his walls and defenses mean nothing if he never has anybody to share it with.

for bill, that person was a husband. for joel, it just might be a daughter.

[bikananjarrus]

i’ve only had bella ramsey’s ellie for 2.5 seconds but if anything happened to her i would kill everyone in this room and then myself

[moon-ursidae]

still thinking about how after showing the knife and telling this guy "you're next," Joel then makes direct fucking eye contact with him while stabbing his friend.

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Last of Us: Left Behind February 14, 2014 The Last of Us HBO: February 26, 2023

[maxbegone]

OG CAST IN THE LAST OF US (HBO)

bonus laura bailey cameo:

[ekkoh]

joel is ellie’s safety and ellie is joel’s weakness. joel makes ellie feel more safe than she’s ever been and ellie makes joel feel the most vulnerable. ellie cries when joel can’t help her and joel cries because he only fails ellie. i’m on the floor sobbing.

[rondanchan]

TLOU HBO SPOILERS!

One good surprise deserves another 🍓🍓Had to draw Bill and Frank!!

[bookofbonbon]

Neil Druckmann - HBO's The Last of Us Podcast: Episode 5

[bimrsadler]