#tlou david

[made-ofmemories]

Me before episode 8: I hope they don't try make David too likeable

Neil and Craig: ok but what if we made him worse

#fantastic episode #wanted to punch david from the moment he showed up on screen what a creep #tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #the last of us #tlou #tlou ep 8 #tlou david

[mdawgswizzleinthehizzle]

the last of us thoughts…

i honestly don’t know why i haven’t really thought about this or caught the difference, and quite frankly, i haven’t seen anyone else talk about it, but there is a pretty significant difference between the way that joel and ellie hug in the game vs. the show.

and by this, i mean the way that the hug is initialized.

in the game, joel pulls ellie in and ellie doesn’t hug back. she just kind of curls up and leans into him.

in the show, ellie is the one to lean in AND she wraps her arms around joel’s neck.

and i think the main reason for this difference is the change from the game to the show with when and how joel finds ellie.

in the game, joel is there, first thing, to pull ellie off of david. within seconds of being pulled from actively killing him, joel is hugging her. her mind is not connected to her body, she can’t think straight enough to do anything other than whimper joel’s name and let him take her weight, pull her up and guide her out. let him take control.

but in the show, it must have been at least a few minutes before joel arrived. after killing david, she probably sat in place, in shock, her mind completely fogged, before she was able to reconnect it to her body and tell it to move. then she stumbles out, gets some distance from the building and finally, joel shows up.

now game and show ellie are just as equally traumatized, i’m not undermining one from the other, but show ellie at least had a few minutes to gain some (and that is a little “some”) mental stability and be the one to lean in and hug joel when the time came. instead of being ripped from david and immediately pulled into joel’s arms, it’s been minutes between killing david and hugging joel, so she is “aware” enough to initialize the hug. and joel is right there, immediately pulling her in, the millisecond he sees her leaning forward.

but this difference is ever important to exemplifying joel and ellie’s relationship on both sides. by this point, ellie and joel are connected. in the game, we see joel pull ellie in, and in the show, ellie hugs joel.

but by connecting both universes, it seals the fact that in that moment, BOTH ellie and joel connected. both of them wanted the hug…

and neither of them want to be separated again.

#the last of us #joel miller #pedro pascal #tlou #ellie williams #hbo the last of us #the last of us hbo #bella ramsey #joel tlou #ellie and joel #tlou fluff #tlou analysis #tlou angst #tlou david #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo #tlou part 2 #the last of us game

[lunalivvy]

david talking to ellie in the cage, telling her how similar he thinks they are and calling ellie an “equal” was equivalent to saying “you’re mature for your age”

#they way david spoke was so calm it was perfectly eerie #the things he said almost seemed normal if you didn’t already know who he was #that’s why i think hbo’s david is so much creepier #the last of us hbo #the last of us #tlou #tlou hbo #tlou david #ellie williams

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

So, remember how Neil Druckmann said the first TLOU was a game about love? Well, if we’re to apply that to the show:

1) Episode 1: Father-daughter love (from a blood-related angle)

2) Episode 2: Best friends/partners love (potentially romantic but also works from a platonic perspective)

3) Episode 3: Romantic love from beginning to end

4) Episode 4: Father-daughter love (from an adopted angle)

5) Episode 5: Brotherly/sibling love

6) Episode 6: How we show love to the people close to us, even if it causes conflict (Joel tries to leave Ellie to protect her, Ellie refuses to leave Joel because she feels safe with him)

7) Episode 7: Romantic love that is tragically cut short / friendship that grows into something more

8) Episode 8: How love can be twisted into something horrible (manipulation, sadism, abuse, etc)

9) Episode 9: The lengths we’ll go to protect our loved ones

#tlou #the last of us #hbo the last of us #tlou hbo #hbo tlou #tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #joel miller #ellie williams #sarah miller #tommy miller #tlou tess #tlou david #riley abel #tlou henry #tlou sam #tlou bill #tlou frank #tlou marlene #neil druckmann

[everygayfandom]

tlou ep 8 spoilers

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“we’ll bury him in the spring” mhm yeah okay hey by the way just outta curiosity what’s in that stew there

#tlou #the last of us #ellie williams #tlou ep 8 #tlou david

[bookofbonbon]

“What did the frustrated cannibal do?

He threw up his hands.”

Neil Druckmann & Craig Mazin, I will eat you for throwing that joke in.

#the last of us #tlou #the last of us hbo #tlou hbo #tlou spoilers #ellie williams #riley abel #ellie and riley #david tlou #tlou david #joel miller

[abbysthighs]

"Tell them that Ellie is the little girl who broke your fucking finger."

#badass #young ellie #tlou #tlou remake #tlou cinematic #tlou david #tlou game vs. show #tlou show #tlou remake photomode #tlou photomode #tlou photo mode #tlou remake photo mode #virtual photography #the last of us #ellie williams

[orangechickenpillow]

The way that Joel's trying to hard to reassure Ellie in the post David scene but he can't even get full fucking words out beacuse she's hitting him and fighting back and screaming and he's so shocked at her reaction that he like can't even take enough of a breath to get anything more than a few vague sounds out.

Like what gets me is Ellie's mumbling because she's fucking terrified and Joel is too

#tlou #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo spoilers #tlou hbo #the last of us #tlou david #ellie williams #joel miller #ellie and joel #pedro pascal #bella ramsey

[demigoddessqueens]

“It’s ok, baby girl, I got you.”

WHEN I TELL YOU I SCREAMED

#tlou #tlou series #the last of us #hbo the last of us #tlou hbo #pedro pascal #joel miller #joel and ellie #ellie williams #bella ramsay #tloudaily #tlou spoilers #the last of us hbo #the last of us spoilers #tlou david #troy baker

[arcanejude]

and now the bad parallel

THE LAST OF US

1.08-When We Are in Need |1.09-Look for the Light

#the last of us #the last of us hbo #tlou hbo #tlouhboedit #tlouedit #tlou spoilers #tlounetwork #tloudaily #ellie williams #joel miller #joel and ellie #tlou david #bella ramsey #pedro pascal #scott shepherd #*my gifs*

[millsheat]

the fact that before outbreak, david used be a middle-school teacher. that’s just fucking twisted.

#calling therapist #the last of us #tlou #the last of us ellie #tlou david #ellie williams #ellie williams tlou #ellie the last of us #tlou hbo #hbo #tlou ellie #tlou show #the last of us hbo #tlou series #tlou bella ramsey #bella ramsey

[ggardengirl]

this man was a TEACHER before the apocalypse??????

oh those poor fucking kids

#that adds a whole other level of horrifying #the last of us hbo #tlou hbo #tlou david #david tlou #tlou hbo spoilers

[im-smog]

Can we just appreciate the parallel of Joel beating that guard vs Ellie stabbing David?

She was fascinated watching Joel beat this man, blinded by rage and arguably being completely out of control just wanting to protect. Then we see her, also blinded by rage and being completely out of control as she just keeps going until she’s left with horror and fear.

No one stopped her like Joel was stopped, he didn’t get to release all the anger through the violence like Ellie did. But Ellie doesn’t have a “violent heart” like David said, she’s left exhausted and terrified, she didn’t enjoy it like maybe she thought she would after seeing Joel do the same. She’s horrified by what she had to do, and she then gets the comfort she needs. A beautiful juxtaposition honestly

#tlou #the last of us #tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #ellie williams #joel miller #tlou david #the last of us hbo

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

At the rate “The Last of Us” season 1 is going, I’m assuming:

Episode 1 - Intro to Joel and Ellie

Episode 2 - the rest of Tess’s storyline

Episode 3 - Bill

Episode 4 - Henry and Sam

Episode 5 - reconnecting with Tommy

Episode 6 - Joel gets impaled

Episode 7 - “Left Behind”

Episode 8 - David

Episode 9 - the hospital

#the last of us #tlou #joel and ellie #joel miller #ellie williams #tlou hbo #hbo the last of us #hbo tlou #naughty dog #tlou tv #tlou tess #tlou bill #Henry and Sam #tommy miller #tlou left behind #riley abel #tlou David #predictions #hbo max #tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #the last of us show

[twd-obsessed-bitch]

David is so much worse in the show. Just so much fucking worse.

The voice actor for him in the game got the creepy part down, his voice just sends some chills up the spine. But in the show??? His actions, his monologues about god and being the father, which idk about anybody else I read that as him somewhat believing he is god??

He's so much worse. To my game friends that haven't seen episode 8 yet, David is so much worse

#tlou hbo #the last of us spoilers #the last of us #tlou david

[bookofbonbon]

They were smart to bring Troy in as apart of David’s crew which is when Joel is at his weakest and mostly out of action because if both game!Joel and show!Joel were sharing the screen, I would simply ✨stop breathing✨ from how much I would be losing my mind.

#Joel miller #troy baker #pedro pascal #the last of us #tlou #tlou hbo #the last of hbo #tlou david #david tlou