#neil druckmann kept saying that the reason he made pt2 was bc he felt the story wasnt finished

[silentsockfeet]

my strongest argument for there being a part 3 is that ellie never finished singing future days! she only ever sang the first line or two. that in itself is physical proof that ellie’s story isn’t finished yet, because the song isn’t finished

part 3 releases and the story comes full circle when ellie and dina reconnect and ellie sings the whole song to her. ellie being able to sing the song shows how much she’s grown since the farm, since this was something that she originally shared solely with joel, but now she’s allowing herself to fully open up and share this with dina too. she’s able to do what she couldn’t before and what led to her leaving the farm, which is being open and allowing herself to remember joel and share that side of her life with dina.

bonus if she plays it on a left handed guitar, because that’s also a physical manifestation of her working through her trauma. she’s able to teach herself to play guitar despite her missing fingers, and in this way is able to reconnect with joel again. it symbolizes how she’s worked to rebuild herself and her relationships and grow past her trauma, physically and emotionally.