#tlou bill

[hellboys]

“I’m old. I’m satisfied. And you were my purpose.”

#the last of us #the last of us hbo #tlouedit #tlouhboedit #tloudaily #tlounetwork #tvedit #tvgifs #lgbtedit #lgbtgifs #userconstance #tusercora #userkayle #tlou bill #bill and frank #bill x frank #nick offerman #my gifs

[chronicowboy]

the shot at the end when joel and ellie are driving away through the open bedroom window, how it slowly pans further and further back into the room but it doesn't invade bill and frank's privacy of their final moments together...

#sami rambles #i was sat there like 'don't show me their bed don't show me their bed don't show me their bed' and then the camera stopped #and i breathed a huge fucking sigh of relief #tlou #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo #tlou bill #tlou frank #tlou joel #tlou ellie #the last of us #the last of us spoilers #frank x bill #bill x frank #bill and frank

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I can’t claim this “The Last of Us” analysis, but I wanted to share it here because it’s a fascinating thought:

Bill in the game was a cautionary tale. He was a model for what Joel should avoid becoming, which was a closed-off, selfish loner who managed to push away the person he cared about the most.

Bill in the show is Joel’s inspiration/model. He is the one who puts into Joel’s head that he needs to stop being a closed-off, selfish loner and that he must do whatever it takes to save the person he cares about the most.

And what’s cool about this is that, even though both Bills are different, they both served the same purpose regarding Joel’s character.

#tlou bill #nick offerman #the last of us #tlou #tlou hbo #hbo the last of us #hbo tlou #tlou frank #bill and frank #game spoilers #tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #joel miller #pedro pascal #ellie williams #tlou tess #tlou tv #tlou game #joel and ellie

[myersesque]

all those emotions aside - something i liked about episode 3 was the emphasis on surviving vs living.

you have people like bill who are survivalists. he's resourceful, stubborn, and self-sufficient - bill knows how to survive, he spent his whole life pre-outbreak preparing to survive. he's not a people person, he doesn't like relying on other people, and he can survive just fine by himself.

then he meets frank - and frank is the kind of person who knows how to live. frank eats meals like he's at a fancy restaurant, and spends just five more minutes in the shower, and sings songs out of key on bill's dusty old piano. he repaints the walls, and waters the flowers, and grows strawberries in the garden just so he can watch bill hide his giggle behind his hands when he tastes them. he uses bill's radio to make friends, and throw little garden parties, and he makes a code out of nostalgic old songs.

the reason bill and frank lived as long and as happily as they did, despite the outbreak and the solitude and frank's health - it's because they had that balance. yes, survival is important - you can't survive an apocalypse without bill's resourcefulness, or joel's construction knowledge, or tess and frank's networking - but surviving isn't living. bill lived and died happy because he let frank in past his (incredibly literal) defenses, because he let him paint portraits and grow flowers and hold him at night.

i saw a youtube comment earlier that i think got it right; in the game, bill was an example of who joel would become if he kept shutting people out, if he didn't allow himself to live. in the show, bill is an example of what joel could have, if he just let himself live and love, if he realised that all his walls and defenses mean nothing if he never has anybody to share it with.

for bill, that person was a husband. for joel, it just might be a daughter.

#does this make sense? #og #the last of us #tlou #the last of us hbo #tlou hbo #the last of us hbo spoilers #tlou hbo spoilers #tlou bill #bill tlou #tlou frank #frank tlou #bill and frank #joel miller #tess servopoulos #ellie williams

[joseph-munson]

“We left the window open.”

#the last of us #tloudaily #tlou hbo #tlou joel #tlou series #tlou spoilers #tlou show #tlou #tlou bill #tlou frank

[bugcowboyart]

I’m old, I’m satisfied, and you were my purpose.

Frank and Bill from HBO’s “The Last of Us” Epsiode 3

#tlou spoilers #tlou hbo #the last of us hbo #the last of us #tlou bill #tlou Frank #really happy with how this came out #strawberries #I picked this pose to optimize the eye wrinkles #and beard smiles #nick offerman #murray bartlett

[the-irreverend]

I think it's safe to say that this has been a great year for MLM romance.

#nimona #good omens #red white and royal blue #heartstopper #the last of us #tlou #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister boldheart #ballister blackheart #aziraphale #crowley #prince henry rwrb #tlou frank #tlou bill #bill x frank #alex claremont diaz

[magnetic-rose]

me: i’m ok.

also me: if bill didn’t reset the timer, 80′s music would go off signalling to joel and tess that bill and frank were in trouble. he knew it was just a matter of time before joel and tess came looking for them because of the radio. he said the letter was addressed to “joel or whoever” but he was really counting on joel being the one to find it. he said he didn’t care for anyone except for frank, but his last act was taking care of tess and joel. that’s how he showed love.

#tlou bill #joel miller #tess servopoulos #tlou #the last of us

[feral-peacock]

Tess and Frank with their emotionally stunted men

#tess and frank bestie era is TOP TIER #tess servopoulos #anna torv #tlou frank #murray bartlett #tlou bill #nick offerman #frank x bill #joel miller #pedro pascal #the last of us #tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #the last of us hbo

[hellboys]

so, what, you were a prepper or something? ‘survivalist.’

NICK OFFERMAN in THE LAST OF US (2023-) \ PARKS AND RECREATION (2009-2015)

#the last of us #parks and recreation #tlouedit #tlouhboedit #parksedit #tvedit #tvgifs #userbbelcher #usermallory #arthurpendragonns #userlolo #userconstance #trueloveistreacherous #userives #ron swanson #tlou bill #nick offerman #my gifs

[chronicowboy]

nick offerman's purely gleeful childish giggle when he eats the strawberry, the fact that strawberries are associated with the roman goddess of LOVE because they're red and heart-shaped, just the beauty of that moment, the knowledge of that shared trust between them, that bill now allows frank to use resources however he wants and trade with tess freely even without him knowing, the utterly joyful moment that they both bite into a strawberry after knocking them together, that we only ever see bill cook for frank but suddenly bill gets to eat something that frank grew for him, just... the strawb- the strwaber- the strawberries....

#sami rambles #THE MFING STRAWBERRIES #DO YOU UNDERSTAND #I CAN NEVER EAT A STRAWBERRY AGAIN #tlou spoilers #tlou hbo #tlou #tlou frank #tlou bill #bill x frank #frank x bill #bill and frank #the last of us #nick offerman

[fortheunhinged]

Can’t believe this one-off line in the game was adapted into such a beautifully depressing love story

#tlou hbo #tlou #tlou show #hbo the last of us #the last of us #tlou bill #tlou Frank #suicide tw

[hollandwhore]

“we left the window open so the house wouldn’t smell”

#tlou #tlou hbo #the last of us hbo #the last of us #tlou bill #tlou frank #bill and frank

[angelamcss]

THE LAST OF US | 1.03

#the last of us #thelastofusedit #the last of us hbo #tlou bill #tlou frank #hboedit #tlounetwork #myedits #i barely gif this show anymore but this quote randomly pops into my mind

[levithestripper]

the fact that this zombie show gave us a love story between two hairy gay men in what was possibly the most romantic thing ever shown on tv is something ill never be normal about ever

#jack likes to talk #tlou bill #tlou frank #tlou #tlou spoilers #the last of us #the last of us spoilers #murray bartlett #nick offerman #I love the fact that they go out of their way to show that they're both old #old queer men have a special place in my heart #usually we get one hairy one and one hairless one #I'll forever be grateful they didn't have murray shave

[trashcora]

Not today, you New World Order jackboot fucks.

@tlounetwork | THE LAST OF US WEEK 2023 ↳ Day 4: Favourite Supporting Character

#tlouweek2023 #the last of us #tlou #tlouhboedit #tvedit #nick offerman #tlou bill #hbotlou #tloudaily #mensource #tuserpolly #usergreta #userscary #*edits #glad i finally made a set for him♥️