#Nico parker

[tomshiddles]

#making silly faces is reserved only for his daughters

[avasillva]

But you get it, though. You might not be her father, but you were someone’s. See, I could tell.

THE LAST OF US S01E01: When You're Lost in the Darkness S01E05: Endure and Survive

[manny-jacinto]

THE LAST OF US (2023) #01.08 'When We Are in Need' #01.01 'When You're Lost in the Darkness'

[pedrohub]

The Last of Us 1x01 || The Last of Us 1x08

[believeripley]

Just Tommy Miller enjoying watching his nieces give his brother shit.

[parkjammys]

confirmed: Pedro is the ultimate girl dad

[buckypascal]

She likes the idea of somebody defending her like that...

[userjoel]

THE LAST OF US — 1.01 tidbits,  joel+sarah ver.

[mdawgswizzleinthehizzle]

alright. i’m back for more tlou analyzing

so we all know that pivotal moment in joel and ellie’s relationship when joel calls ellie “babygirl”. *sobs*

but we’re gonna talk about these names a little deeper.

so we know that “babygirl” was kind of joel’s pet name for sarah. that and “baby”. he calls her this multiple times up until her last moments and then some even after she’s passed. those are joel’s pet names for sarah, his daughter, the most important person in his life.

it’s why when he calls ellie “babygirl”, we know then for certain that joel sees ellie that way, has seen her that way. in his mind, she hasn’t been “cargo” for a long time, but the moment he calls her “babygirl”, it’s out there between them both. it’s official. ellie is his kid.

but the thing is, that’s the only time we hear joel call ellie “babygirl”. that moment and that word served it’s purpose. it drew it’s connection within joel between sarah and ellie. we now know, as the audience, that joel feels for ellie what he felt for sarah.

so where am i going with this? well, every other time after this that joel calls ellie a pet name, it’s “kiddo” and i think that’s really cute and important. “kiddo” is ellie’s special joel nickname like sarah’s was “babygirl”. it’s also prevents sarah and ellie from overlapping in joel’s head and to us. he isn’t replacing sarah, he never could, so joel, whether on purpose or not, separates the two and affectionately coins them each their own pet name. maybe for his own conscience so it doesn’t feel like he’s replacing sarah, but either way, i find it super meaningful and cute. it probably makes ellie feel special too, like “babygirl” probably did for sarah. coming from a life like ellie’s, where she is an orphan and has been for fourteen years, i can only imagine what it feels like to be someone’s “kiddo”. finally.

sarah is “babygirl”, ellie is “kiddo”, and joel has two daughters and an equal amount of love for them both. he made extra room in his heart for ellie, he didn’t kick sarah out.

[clanmudhornblog]

The Last of Us. Season 1.

3 GIF's for every episode.

[animusrox]

THE LAST OF US 1.01 “When You're Lost in the Darkness“

[tomshiddles]

@tlounetwork The Last of Us Week 2023 Day 3: Favorite parallel - Joel & his daughters

[avasillva]

joel + his bloody and injured baby girls

THE LAST OF US S01E01: When You're Lost in the Darkness S01E08: When We Are in Need

[ewans-mitchell]

Nico Parker as Sarah Miller in THE LAST OF US (2023-) S01E01 | "When You're Lost in the Darkness"

[pedrohub]

The man the myth the legendddd Happy birthday pascalispunk ❤️ (via Nico Parker’s instagram)

[believeripley]

Joel saying Sarah and Ellie would get on is actually pretty sad because Joel clearly doesn't remember that Sarah would be in her mid-30s now. To him she is always the teenage girl she was when she died.