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Ellie Williams, The Last of Us; all stages

i am thinking about the changes to ellie’s response to killing david in the game versus the show. i think both are extremely valid reactions but there’s something about the disassociation and numbness she displays in the show that is extra heartbreaking. especially when you consider how this event changes ellie forever. and i was trying to think of how this trauma affects who she is in the second game, and i think i realized that the show is going to draw an absolutely devastating parallel between this moment and the moment she tortures nora. after she tortures nora in the game, she goes back to dina shaking, unable to get words out, covered in blood, and dina has to comfort her. just like what happened in episode 8. it’s all the more devastating when you realize the interrogation tactics ellie used are possibly ones that she learned from joel. joel is not there to emotionally comfort her like he did after she killed david, but in a twisted way he was there when she interrogated nora. it’s an excellent away of highlighting the dark parts of joel and ellie’s relationship, which i think the show is doing very well with (and much more than the games). and it’s a devastating way to highlight how the things ellie is doing are affecting her. this parallel is going to Hurt