#tlou ep 2

[dyingroses]

✨ Even more of The Last of Us + text posts and stuff ✨

[boilingcowboy]

just Tess and Ellie having the beginning of a mother daughter relationship :((

Ellies first time getting lectured

also look at her face when Tess said “You got some balls on you sister” :((

Family Time!!

Average Mom look

Adoptive Daughter finally getting exciting enrichment and her new Parents watching her

Also just the way Ellie looks at Tess :(( Tess could’ve been such a great badass female adult figure for Ellie to look up to or even a great Mother figure for her

[zolimarts]

Deadly Kiss, Tess

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[toointojoelmiller]

Trauma bonding.

[bucketsofgiggles]

i am absolutely l o s i n g it at Tommy "Desert Storm Vet and Texan in 2003 When the World Ended" Miller realizing he's now a communist, like look at this:

this man's whole worldview got Rocked

[grannycandy]

The last of us episode two let's go babeeeey

[knightwayne]

It’s okay, baby girl. I got you. I got you.

[icalledhimpietro]

Joel has officially lost all the people closest to him and all he has left is his brother who may or may not even be alive and some strange infected girl who a woman who was in love with him begged to take with him to find a cure to give her death meaning in her last moments

Joel then finds two people who he was closer to have left the world behind because of how much they love one another

And then he considers his daughter who saved in a cul-de-sac, drove out of the neighborhood through highways, woods, and crowded city roads trying to comfort her and keep her from harm. Carrying her away from infected whe she hurt her ankle in a crash and losing her trying to get her to safety wish and hoping his love would be enough to keep ger going

Now he has this girl he is responsible for while everyone who depends on love dies around him and he's terrified because he too feels the twinge of warmth and fondness from this spunky little teenager who talks back, frustrates him, and does whatever she wants. He starts to notice a familiar feeling that he only remembers from when Sarah fell asleep on his lap after bringing him his fixed watch that is now forever broken, stopped in place at the exact time he never wants to remember. Now this girl who sees his watch and how broken it is, is making him realize that he, like all those who have passed before him, is human and he isn't immune to the love that infected each of the people he lost...

So comes up with three rules:

Don't bring up Tess...ever.

Don't tell people about your condition.

You do what I say when I say it.

In other words:

Don't remember what I've lost

Don't put yourself in danger

Listen to me so I don't have to choose to save my life or yours

[wildemaven]

Same vibes

[yutaya]

The Last Of Us (HBO adaptation) be like "localized spores seemed a little unrealistic, so instead, you know, uh, you step on a vine, you're stepping on a bat, you're stepping on Vecna."

[dyingroses]

The Last of Us + AO3 tags

[boilingcowboy]

rewatching tlou clips so my brain will shut up and let me live ANYWAYS in ep 2 while Joel and Ellie are interacting with each other or she is interacting with Ellie, Tess almost always has a slight smile on her face and she talks to Ellie in a soft voice that she doesn’t use with other people (except Joel but that’s different soft voice) and I don't know if I should crawl into a hole and cry about it because omfg that's so sweet wtf or cry cus for those hours she in a way go to relieve having somewhat a kid and said kid constantly bickering with her closest thing to a lover :((

[vi-v-iv]

NOTHING HURTS MORE THAN TAKE ON ME PLAYING. SEASON 2 IS GONNA HURT SO BAD.

[wildlyfreemoon]

thinking about how ellie said her fear is to end up alone (ep5) and how in ep2, she didnt want to leave tess to die alone, yelling about how she "is not leaving [tess]" as joel drags ellie out before the explosion.

[spacedlexi]

hbo tlou spoilers (and the game too) just rambling to myself bc i gotta get these thoughts out of my head

feeling.. conflicted about that episode still. wasnt gonna say anything but im a little bit nervous about how joel and ellie are being handled at this point just like overall

ellie to a lesser extent i just feel like shes a little.. one note almost (they gave her the joke book and she had some nice moments with sam at least). theyre just playing so hard into the spitfire side of her but game ellie was way sweeter and kinder than i think people remember? when i started my re-playthrough even i forgot how like.. chill she was honestly. a lot of her anger was reactionary/in defense and not always just immediately antagonistic. hbo ellie needs more softness to her its starting to annoy me a bit how just outright hostile she is to literally everyone

but in joels case.. the changes they made this episode honestly i feel were detrimental to his character development. they make it seem like joel asking tommy to take ellie is more about the fact that hes aging and hes afraid hes going to get ellie killed, so he needs tommy to take her because he has a greater chance of making it back. and they side step a bit the selfishness of joels request. when in the game it was SOLEY about joels selfishness and how he could tell he was starting to feel protective of/close to ellie and wanted to stop that shit immediately by passing her off to tommy so he could just wash his hands of the whole thing (which would also put tommy at risk and maria chews him out for it (which i wouldve liked to have seen in the show but alas...)). and the argument he and ellie get into (after she runs away!!) is supposed to be the culmination of those feelings and how hes pushing her away and hes afraid of being a dad again (im NOT your dad. and we are going our separate ways). but ultimately chooses to stay with ellie and that choice is SO IMPORTANT!! and now in the show its like... ok so... now youre Not afraid of.. getting her killed? because you STILL have a bad ear and ptsd? (that he wouldve had for a while anyway so honestly its a little funny theyre playing it up so hard all of a sudden him clutching at his chest all the time is just kinda funny to me again where is the subtlety i dont see it). and like with this change it makes their argument (and their reconciliation) less powerful honestly to me at least. that argument they have is seared into my brain its still one of my favorite scenes but i just wasnt feeling it as much with this different set up of events (and also imo the game still has the better actor performances PLEASE watch those scenes if you havent)

and this side stepping of joels selfishness as a character is honestly a problem for me. and im afraid what it might mean for future episodes. because joels selfishness is very integral to his character. knowing what i do about whats coming down the line, and how theyve been talking about the “cure” so far, im so 😬 just clenching my teeth so hard. because they just... keep saying every once in a while that “there can never be a cure making a cure would be hard how would you even manufacture and distribute it?” (squinting REAL HARD AT THAT LAST ONE!!) and im soooo nervous that they might downplay just how much of a selfish asshole joel is and how they might try to make his future actions less terrible.... or justify them in some way..... or something equivalent to downplaying what happens..... 

i mentioned it a while ago but these are arguments the fans have been having since summer 2013 but what annoys me about it is that none of it even matters!!! because the Only thing that matters is joels selfish choice. not whether hes right or wrong. the ambiguity is the whole point!! the selfishness is the whole point!! joel doesnt care and hes gonna do whatever he thinks is necessary regardless of the repercussions. and i am just so afraid theyre gonna undercut that. I HOPE THEY DONT IM CROSSING MY FINGERS SO HARD THAT THEY DONT WE CAN CELEBRATE IF THEY DONT but sometimes people are afraid to let their characters be shitty and have flaws and act selfishly and joel is a bit of a controversial character already. i hope they dont try to make him/his actions more “acceptable” somehow. i LIKE that hes like this it makes him INTERESTING

but yeah the rest of the episode was fine i guess. loved seeing jackson. oh but i will say that the end of the episode felt so uneventful to me which is hilarious based off of what happens, but the way things play out in the game is SO TENSE and drawn out that in comparison was just really weak in the show unfortunately. im sure it was a “for time” reason and like it still gets the idea across but again just more reason for me to stand by the game still being The True Last of Us Experience. looking forward to the left behind episode tho i am so excited to see my girl riley again 💔

[bugginbeetlew]

the end shot of Bill and Frank’s window broke me