#just really dont like how they handled sam and henry like whyd they do that....liked it better when he was also an outsider to the city | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

spacedlexi · 1 year

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up until this point i feel like hbo’s tlou has been pretty good at expanding upon pre-existing content from the game, but for me this new episode was kinda mid..

i wouldve liked to see more expansion on sam and henrys story, or maybe even kyle and ish?? (loved that story)(they showed the drawing of them for a half second and they renamed kyle for no reason 💀). but instead we get introduced to this kathleen (?? can barely remember her name) lady who i couldnt get myself to care about. cared more about her 2nd in command guy

sam and henry were my favorite of the original supporting cast and they have to share their time with this lady that puts me to sleep, while frank and bill got nearly an entire heartfelt episode dedicated to them

with the side stories theyre choosing to tell so far i feel like by the time we get to part 2 its gonna be like “we’re doing THIS again??” (and part 2 was already kinda like that for me as in it didnt really do anything new or interesting for me)

like oh my god we’re still going on about revenge and forgiveness and ooooh nobody is perfectly good or bad we are all shades of grey 2 sides of the same coin yadda yadda except now theyre all self aware about it 😭💀

like can we write anything else?? besides trying to make both sides of a violent conflict equal of course because they love doing that (dont think i forgot abt the weird palestine/israel parallel in pt2 i think that was the worst one for me). but kathleen is basically just abby again and unless part 2 is a complete rewrite then im gonna be honk shoo mimimimi ASLEEP

#hbo tlou #tlou hbo #spoilers for the new ep and i guess part 2??#but yeah ive been mostly enjoying this show up until this point #but theres been like a little gnat every once in a while buzzing annoyingly at my ear #and i go 'ugh shut up fuck off' and swat it away #and im still enjoying it dont get me wrong #i really wanted them to do sam and henry well so my bar was high and that little fuckin gnat is buzzing at me again #indulge my little rant so i can let it out and cool off #i like tlou as a whole but i do feel like at this point these are things that i guess niel?? suffers with as a writer #and whoever else is in the writing room with him #cuz these are problems ive had with the games too #grabs my airhorn AND I STILL LIKE IT!!!!!!! I STILL LIKE THE LAST OF US!!!! YOU CAN HAVE CRITIQUES AND LIKE SOMETHING!!!!!!#sometimes people act like you say anything bad about something and suddenly it means you hate the whole thing and why are you watching it??#you are so BORING #but ive been very nice to this show so far so let me have this #it speaks #also just a little thing they made henry less 'savvy' i guess and more reckless? game henry was tense and no nonsense but also chill #like they had him trip up a few times and i was like psh game henry would only do that on accident #just really dont like how they handled sam and henry like whyd they do that....liked it better when he was also an outsider to the city #and i have mixed feelings about....sams whole thing...#SIGH BIG SIGH OH WELL at least i still have game sam and henry to look forward to i will be getting back to that stream #its been almost a decade and game sam and henry manage to rip my heart out EVERY single time like i said the bar was so high #so im not holding the S+H stuff against them as much as i am the fuckin revenge/forgiveness shit #im so tired of it #if this story was supposed to be some kind of precursor to pt 2 then like i think theyre starting to overdo it

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