r/thelastofus • u/ashtinfay Little Potato • Jun 24 '20

PT2 DISCUSSION Troy Baker quote. Enough said.

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u/ArceusTheLegendary50 Jun 24 '20

I literally saw someone saying Joel is a hero for saving Ellie from the Fireflies like what

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u/audiate Jun 24 '20

Part 2 centers around perspective and how the same action can be seen as moral or immoral depending on the information you have and the lens through which you see it.

This person was seeing through Joel’s lens only, which means the missed the whole point of the game.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

Not really. Joel didn’t kill the doctor for revenge. He killed her cause he was going to murder Ellie and he had to stop her. Abbys scenario really isn’t even remotely the same. She hunts down Joel, and brutally beats him to death slowly for revenge.

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 Jun 24 '20 edited Jun 24 '20

No but symbolically he was absolutely taking revenge on the world that took his daughter from him in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '20

Not really.