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Ellie and Joel, The Last of Us concept art

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If you had to pick between Ellie and Joel, who do you find more attractive? You can't say both.

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Ellie: How do people not swear??? Like where does their anger go?? How do they show their enthusiasm??? What if they stub their toe??? Like saying golly gosh isn't really going to cut it

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The tiny pocket in my jeans is where I keep Ellie Williams

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Can we talk about the insane detail of SWEAT in the winter dance scene?

I love how when Dina rubs her cheek against Ellie's, we get a glimpse of how much the girl is actually sweating when most of her sweat ends up rubbed onto Ellie's cheek. Not only is it adorable, but it's thought-through. I love this detail.

Then it's Dina's forehead. It is literally sparkling with sweat, and if you get a closer look, there's a little drop of sweat on her forehead. We can even see it rolling down on the side of her face in the second picture. I will forever love the creators for this.

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"He tried to-"

"Oh, baby girl... It's okay. It's okay. It's okay now."

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all tucked in and ready for death bed

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Ellie: We have fun, don't we, Joel? Joel: I have never been more stressed out in my entire life

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Ellie, with great delight: Oh, Joel is gonna hate this

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Does ellie have red hair like people say? I always saw a strange shade of brown, but Idk nothing at this point

Well, this is a tricky one because I think it depends on what colors the players have their game set to. Because once you set your hue and contrast to a minimum, you won't get bright colors naturally. 

Ellie doesn't have red hair canonically; the color of her hair is auburn. I guess people like to call her a redhead (including me) because there's something about her auburn hair that makes it look red whenever the sun casts a golden hue over it, which I personally find so freaking cute. I love calling her a redhead, even though I know she's not exactly red.

I guess that TLOU fans somehow just accepted it as canon, even if it's not completely true, and just went with it because she gets to be a redhead whenever she's in the sunlight. Maybe a metaphor for her being a sunshine in human form? Hm? Maybe it's also the freckles of hers.

Plus, although she doesn't look like a redhead at first sight, there is this map in Part 1 that you can find on a dead firefly soldier with a note describing Ellie as a redhead. (thanks to @exvamps for reminding me).

This, of course, only applies to young Ellie. Because in Part 2, this happens very rarely.

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Ellie went out of her way to save Joel's life that winter. That kid must have figured out how to drag the heavy mountain of a man to a safe place and then make sure to stitch him up, clean his wounds, keep him hydrated, feed him, and keep him warm, comfortable, and safe. To provide for him, she went outside alone, risking her damn life for medicine, which was the only light in the darkness for her at the time. She must have had a head full of dark thoughts, all worried she was going to end up alone, and then what?

When in that cage with David, surrounded by a carved-up body that could have been her, she must have been so scared and losing hope—even though she didn't let it show—which also must have taken a toll on her. Remaining strong and not losing hope when you're just a 14-year-old girl locked in a cage with a cannibalistic p*dophile sweet talking to you can't be easy. It's terrifying. 

But she did everything in her power to still be there for Joel, even though she might have been losing hope for his recovery too at some point. She didn't want to give up. She gave him her all.

I admire this kid so much.

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Ellie, 14 years old vs. Ellie, 19 years old [pics: virtual_els]

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So this is the peach pie who slaughtered half of Seattle

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Ellie: I'm not going to make the same mistakes again. Joel: No, you're making all new ones

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I love Pedro Pascal's whore waist, there I said it