#tlou is so good

[yeagrave]

the grip that old gays have on me is unreal :”)

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[oscarisaacsspit]

i’ll be like “need him so bad it makes me stupid” and it’s this guy:

[bikananjarrus]

i’ve really enjoyed how they opened the first two episodes not focused on our main characters at all, and showing us just how terrifying the cordyceps infection is.

the scientists at the beginning of the pilot on the talk show, and at first there’s that good-natured talk show feel, but the longer the scientist goes on explaining the cordyceps and how it would be possible for it to survive in humans and imagine thousands upon thousands being controlled, and the whole auditorium goes still and silent, and it ends with just two words, “we lose.”

and then in this episode, with the mycologist and her complete fear after examining the body. the shaking of her hands and the quiet terror in the way she says that there is no cure, no medicine. that the only solution is to bomb the city with everyone in it. and can someone take her home so she can be with her family, because she understands what the scientist said from the first episode. we lose.

[molt3ngold]

I’m convinced being held by him for one (1) minute would heal me

[assiraphales]

the last of us is remarkable to me for a lot of reasons. the writing. the acting. the choreography. the marriage of practical effects (costuming, props, set design, make up) with digital effects as a helping hand.... aka the way CGI should be used. the on location filming. the homage to the original material while editing when necessary to elevate it. but most of all? the amount of pain it makes me feel

[thedgeofsleep]

Joel wearing Frank’s shirt.  THE LAST OF US — 1.05 — Endure and Survive

[soft-cryptids]

[dykecadence]

ellie: *pops out of the door like a feral cat*

joel: what the fuck *instinctively uses her momentum to launch her face-first into a wall*

[moghedien]

I’ve watched two reactions for episode 9 so far where the people saw Ashley, didn’t recognize her, heard her voice and went “that’s Pike from The Legend of Vox Machina!” which is objectively the funniest way to recognize Ashley Johnson in this situation

[eddievedders]

THE LAST OF US — 1.08 "When We Are In Need."

[a7estrellas]

PEDRO PASCAL | Get To Know Me - The Last of Us 

[stevenrogered]

Joel visibly panicking when he couldn’t protect Ellie from the Clicker inside the car

[no-nameno-face]

Blooper Reel #1 (AUDIO)

Ellie Williams Blooper Reel

Warnings: NSFW, 18+ ONLY, minors do not interact. You will be blocked. miscellaneous sexual lines (but not sexual in tone at all lmfaoooo)

Author's Notes: what the fuck is this BAHAHAHAHA... i guess its just a silly little behind the scenes treat for my followers (and whoever else might see this<3). when i make my audios i get so many insane outtakes so i saved a few funny ones and threw them together for a little blooper reel. i laughed so hard making this. hope you guys get a giggle out of it.

(made this silly little gif from a tiktok off the account @.ellieswitchblade_ i had to throw it in here to really set the mood.)

[writeywritey]

ok ok ok I have to rant specifically about how PERFECTLY they adapted and changed Joel for the tv show

because in my opinion, his characterisation has changed the most and it’s absolutely geared towards character development we don’t see in the game

in the first game, after the prologue and beyond, Joel does not change. the text and subtext makes it explicitly clear through his involvement with hunters, to the breakdown of his relationship with Tommy, that he has always been violent and cruel when it comes to his own survival. his humanity died with Sarah; it does not return with Ellie. to save himself the pain/grief of losing Ellie, he (potentially; arguably maybe not) dooms humanity.

Ellie changes. Ellie grows up; the first game is her bildungsroman.

but in the game, we’re POV Joel. we don’t want him to change; we dig in the trenches with him and by the end of the game, we’re gonna save his kid no matter what it means- fuck the fireflies.

this is a fantastic choice for the game, but it would not work for a tv show.

we don’t want to watch an already-formed character lead in tv shows. we want to watch them change.

Joel in the tv show, Joel right now, is not completely hardened. he’s not a murder machine who would torture Robert over guns and watch Tess blow his brains out and say nothing about it. hell, Tess of the tv show doesn’t seem like she would do that, either. neither of them are framed as the untouchable trafficker badasses they are in the game.

Joel in the tv show wants to get to his brother. Joel has PTSD. Joel is, despite the alluded-to argument, still motivated by interpersonal connection, and love.

anyone who has played the game knows what happens next- knows the amount of people Joel loses over the course of crossing the country. and instead of being an already-hardened, stoic, untouchable badass who just takes the losses on the chin, over and over again, Joel is going to hurt. Joel is going to feel every single one.

and then he’s going to deliver Ellie to the fireflies. they’re going to succeed. and they’re going to try and take her away from him.

and that is going to be the moment he becomes Joel from the game.

‘the world has already taken one of my daughters away from me; this is the one thing I cannot let be. you cannot have her.’

[candylovestheshield]

Listen, if I had to deal with underground tendrils waking up hoards of infected miles away in the game I would’ve shut that shit off without saving

[lmanburs]

I think what makes TLOU show both enjoyable for the new and old fans is that they've kept the main story beats the same but the ways we actually get to these points are extremely different and take full advantage of the transition between mediums. We get a lot more time with the actual characters rather than on exploration and I'm really digging the pre-outbreak exposition we're getting before every episode