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I think one small and perhaps overlooked moment of foreshadowing that tells you who Joel is at his core is when the pandemic first breaks out, and he, Sarah, and Tommy are in the car, and they have a choice as to whether to stop for the family with the baby. And Joel immediately says no. Tommy says, “They have a kid!” And Joel says, “We have a kid too.” That’s it. No hesitation. No questioning. He has defaulted to protecting the unit in the car. His daughter and his brother. He will not risk their lives. His compassion for strangers, for “doing the right thing”, cannot be appealed to. He’s not torn. He makes the choice of a survivor, and he needs his family to survive because they are his reason for being. This aspect of him follows him everywhere, right down to the very end in the hospital. He couldn’t give two shits about saving humanity/strangers, not in comparison to how much he loves Ellie. “He has a kid too.” And why his kid over anyone else’s?

In the hospital, he gets driven to a more severe degree of remorselessness because he had lost his kid, and he will never, ever let it happen again. He has made it clear: losing a kid means there is no point in living. If he lost a child for a second time, I’m willing to bet he wouldn’t flinch.

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mmm something something about how in both these situations, the person holding the gun thinks the best chance at saving humanity is to kill the little girl in joel's arms - sarah's broken ankle was mistaken for an infection, ellie's brain possibly holds the key to a cure. sarah dies for nothing. ellie would've died for nothing, regardless if the cure worked or not. joel never gave a single shit about curing humanity, there was no choice here for him. he already lost a daughter by people who thought they knew what was best for the world, he wouldn't lose another one the same way

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“He saved the world. And his world is this little girl.” ― Troy Baker (insp.)

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Joel Miller the man that you are. (screenshots taken by me.)

#photomode #tlou joel #joel miller #tlou photomode #the last of us #the last of us 2 #tlou part 2 #joel tlou #game screenshots

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Joel miller Fleetwood Mac fan because I said so.

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

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ah yes i’m familiar with the tone indicators.

/pos- piece of shit

/gen- general

/hj- handjob

/nbh- nobody home

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© 2022 by Nineveh Sage. All rights reserved

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Seriously, you gotta take that kid back to where you found her.

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“We don’t have to do this. You know that, right?” 

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JOEL MILLER in THE LAST OF US 1 REMAKE

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Everyone I have cared for has either died or left me. Everyone - fucking except for you! So don’t tell me I would be safer with somebody else, because the truth is I would just be more scared.

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The Last of Us Part I | Remake (2022)

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Joel Miller | THE LAST OF US PART I

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Surprise Lake, August 2021

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