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[elliespuns]

Ellie in her Jackson outfit in Seattle is so fit I might get pregnant

#the last of us #tlou #ellie williams #ellie tlou #ellie jackson #ellie seattle #the last of us game #tlou game #the last of us part 2 #tlou part 2 #elliespuns

[nostalgiaispeace]

the last of us: part 1

#mine #the last of us #tlou #elliespuns #userharmony #sweeetestcurse #dailygaming #naughtydog

[pattwtf]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨ 🫶

Thank you soooo much for sending me this, love it! :) Sorry for answering this late, I've been too busy lately :(

I'm such a musical girl... I'm a singer, by the way hahaha So I like to listen to many different types of music, but these are the last 5 songs I've listened to today😊

Never let me down again - Jessica Mazin

Dress - Taylor Swift

Barefoot in the park - James Blake ft. Rosalía

Never going back again - Fleetwood Mac

E.T. - Katy Perry

You're so sweet, thanks again for thinking of me. ILY!❤️

#elliespuns

[thetipsybison]

drop this sunflower 🌻 into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! lets spread a little sunshine ☀️

AAAAAAAH THIS JUST MADE MY DAYYYYY 😭

#elliespuns

[ellieunbroken]

Hey, just wanted to say I love your blog! :)

;-; thank you! that's super kind !!

#asks #elliespuns

[a-jade-in-jackson]

I know the creators/showrunners of HBO tlou said Ellie’s eyebrow scar was due to some incident at a 7/11, but I noticed something else as I was playing last night.

When she sprints with her switchblade, sometimes it scrapes her forehead! Surely this is the actual reason for that scar!

#tlou #the last of us #tlou part 1 #the last of us part 1 #my gameplay #elliespuns tlou #I know my theory isn’t the canon version but I personally think it’s the more hilarious version

[anavatazes]

Yup.

@elliespuns @typewriter83 this is what I chose this morning and decided to share... I just... yeah... being horny has a lot to do with it, but I can't be blamed.

#joel miller #the last of us #tlou #joel tlou #tlou game #the last of us game

[abbysthighs]

Source: @elliespuns

#pedro pascal #pedrito #pedro is daddy #the last of us #tlou joel #joel miller #tlou hbo

[softlyspector]

i remember you saying you don't like the show/fandom interpretation of tlou. is it okay to ask why? im just curious because i was going to get the game soon and wanted to hear your opinion

Sure! You guys are determined to have me tarred and feathered it seems lol

I want to start by clarifying that I do like the hbo show. And when I first saw it, I loved it. It's what made me want to play the game in the first place and got me into gaming at all. After having played/watched both, I just prefer the game.

Before I get into the why of that I want to say that this has nothing to do with the actors. I love Pedro and Bella and their performances. I want to get that out of the way because people are really, really protective of Pedro in particular, and even though it has nothing to do with him it still ruffles feathers and gets me in trouble whenever I talk about preferring the game/game characters.

After playing the game, though, there was no going back for me. Especially after being spoiled for everything in tlou part II (which I won't go into, in case you're avoiding spoilers). It was apparent that a lot of the characterization in the show is retcon for the anticipated criticism. The creators looked at the crit of part 2 and made some changes so that things that happen later make more sense.

The characterizations of both Joel and Ellie in the show are different to their game counterparts. I, personally, find that there is more nuance and depth in the game for the characters, which is what's most important to me as a player/viewer. I talked at length here about what's different between show and game Joel. And @elliespuns talked recently here about what's different between game and show Ellie here.

They go to great pains in the show to portray Ellie as much more violent (relishing in violence more than once, David's comments about a violent heart, etc.) and more hardened than she is in the game. She's a child and I think the game does a better job of showing us that, that she's scared and needs Joel. She's a smart ass in the game but she's not an asshole. Similarly, Joel is annoyed with her in the game, too, but you can tell it's all superficial, which is not the same as in the show, where Joel does seem to genuinely feel contempt for her at times.

The show also goes to great lengths to paint Joel as uncaring and even cruel, and, at the same time older and weaker than in the game. I've already had asks about Joel's supposed 'lack of humanity' in the game which I just fundamentally disagree with and could probably write essays about.

It feels calculated, that they changed them the way they did in the show, so that part 2/seasons 2&3 will make more sense. They're recognizable in the show as Joel and Ellie but they are at the end of the day, almost entirely separate characters.

Also, we spend a lot of time with side characters in the show (not that I would take that away from the show or change it) but Joel and Ellie's bond does feel much more rushed/not as strong because of it. It does not have the same development as in the game and the relationship (to me) is fundamentally different and changed because of it. When you only have 9 episodes in a season and 4/5 of the episodes are focused on other relationships or other characters entirely, and the first episode is mainly setup without the main characters really knowing each other, it becomes a little bit of an issue.

The subtlety of the game, the setup and pay off, are all just better done, in my opinion.

Again, I want to reiterate that I liked the show! It's just that after playing the game and seeing what the original story is, how developed the characters and relationships are, what the set up and pay off of the plot and relationships were, the show does fall to second in my mind.

In terms of fandom interpretation. . .I'm not sure I actually want to get into that too much. Interpretation is subjective and fanfiction is, at the end of the day, a read and write whatever you like situation. I'll never be the person to say don't write something that way/ don't read that, etc. HOWEVER. I will say that interpretation is often just projection. I said it before but, in particular, by virtue of Joel being played by Pedro Pascal in the show, there are a lot of tropes commonly associated with show Joel in the fandom that are just not my cup of tea and, in my opinion, not even close to in character. But as I said, that's not always the goal when people are writing and that's fine, it's just not for me. I do have trouble when people posit fanon and those common tropes as universal truths.

Again, this is all just my opinion and interpretation. I understand why people like the show better. It's not justifiable that I regularly have to defend my love of the game characters.

Anon, thank you so much for sending me this ask. I could talk about his kind of thing all day long and I love doing analysis and comparison.

#bec talks #tlou #tarred and feathered i fear #didnt reread this before posting sorry if it doesn't make sense

[elliespuns]

Young Joel Miller, appreciation post [pics: millerstommy]

#he's so yummy #the last of us #tlou #joel miller #joel tlou #the last of us game #tlou game #the last of us part 1 #tlou part 1 #elliespuns

[nostalgiaispeace]

the last of us | hbo

#mine #the last of us #tlou #elliespuns #filmtvcentral #tlouedit #cinematv

[veruneedy]

If anyone here loves The Last of Us or Ellie in particular, follow me on @elliespuns, I'm more active there and I use this one to mostly just reblog my stuff over here.

#the last of us #tlou #ellie williams #ellie tlou #tlou ellie #the last of us ellie #joel miller #joel tlou #the last of us joel #ellie and joel #joel and ellie #the last of us part 1 #the last of us part 2

[pattwtf]

drop this sunflower 🌻 into the inboxes of the blogs that make you happy! lets spread a little sunshine ☀️

Aaawww thank you so so so much, this made my day❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ you make me happy too, babe! 🌻🌻🌻🌻

#elliespuns #moots #ILY

[iamsherlocked-1998]

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨ 🫶

1- Unstoppable (Sia).

2- Shallow (Lady gaga).

3- Bohemian rhapsody (Queen).

4- All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor).

5- El primer día del resto de mi vida (La Oreja de Van Gogh).

@elliespuns Thank you very much for the mention, you're the best 🤗

PS: I know more people need to be mentioned, but I prefer that anyone who reads this post can do so 💕

#music #myself #kind people #❤️ #tagged <3

[elliescardcollection]

Hey everyone :))

Sorry I haven’t posted much the last couple of weeks. I wanted to let everybody know that I’m not gone, I needed a bit of a break from posting. As much as I love these games and the community around me here on tumblr, I needed a few weeks away between play throughs. I’ll be more active, but I probably won’t be uploading original photo mode content for another week or two.

I’ve gotten quite a few new followers the last week or so (thank you to elliespuns for the shout out) I just wanted to update everyone, new and old, who enjoys the pictures I post on this account :)

[a-jade-in-jackson]

So I was farting around in photo mode while playing the left behind dlc shortly after finishing the main game, as one does, and then um.

Yeah

#tlou #the last of us #left behind #left behind remake #my gameplay #elliespuns tlou #that is quite cursed methinks #ellie have you been possessed