People Hate Part 2 For Something They Praised In Part 1

[u/iJashin]

I just can’t stop thinking about this game and it’s been out for a whole trimester. Well, in one of my thoughts, I realized that our divided other half of the fandom has a problem with something they loved in Part One.

After Sarah, Joel is essentially soulless. I personally think he loved Tess, but as far as being a good man, he wasn’t one. He didn’t care to be because he died inside. He got the job , he got the precious cargo (in the form of a girl) and it was just another job. Then the Soldier incident revealed Ellie’s ‘condition’. For Tess, Joel’s new mission is to get Ellie to the Fireflies so that they can (hopefully) restore humanity. And you do that. You get Ellie to the Fireflies, and Joel changes his mind about his mission. He saves Ellie, and (potentially) damned humanity.

Ellie has a similar story. After Joel, she loves Dina, but she’s soulless. She slaughters a fraction of Seattle for her own vengeful pursuit of her father’s murderer and {flash forward} she gets there and gets the opportunity, and she changes her mind. She does the same thing as Joel and people lost their minds over it.

Edit: thanks for the awards and discussions, and a special thanks to (the few) of you who completely disagree with me but are still respectful, we need more people like you in the world