There is a part where we play as a younger Ellie and her journal is really interesting. I didn't see anyone point this out.
We finally see what Cat (with a C!) kind of looks like!
She's pretty cute! Apparently, she climbed on top of Ellie after doing a portion of her tattoo and kissed her, which freaked Ellie out because she thought Cat would turn. They watched a movie, Cat fell asleep after some time and Ellie spent the whole night watching her (looking for signs of infection but I'm convinced she would have watched her sleep anyway!).
There is another cute thing we find out:
Dina is super jealous and Ellie is such an Oblivious Lesbian™. Dina absolutely had a crush on her and Ellie didn't even realise! Useless™. Both of them. Even Cat could see it. The whole town could see it! Except, of course, either of them. If that isn't the most wlw thing ever, I don't know what is. Now the obligatory "read my URL".
Has anyone ever thought about Ellie's Tattoo and how it may symbolize the FireFlies little message at the opening credits of the first game? "When you're lost in the darkness... look for the light."
SPOILER ALERT FOR PART 2!!!!!
So I'm thinking about how Moths are attracted to the light this is important later on.
When Joel is killed by Abby Ellie is filled with so much anger that she loses herself to the darkness of revenge. She can't eat, sleep and is driven by her obsession to kill Abby and get revenge, this is what I believe is her darkness.
Ellie's light though is kind of hard to think about, but I'm clearly seeing 3 people Dina, JJ, and Joel. After Ellie and Abby's first fight to the death notice how Ellie is laying in the red light and Dina is laying in a white light. The red light is Ellie's Darkness and the white light is Ellie's Light which is Dina the love of her life.
Ellie may not be JJ's Biological mom, but she obviously see's him as her son no matter what. Ellie wants to get better for her family because she's afraid she'll hurt her family. When Tommy shows up and tells her where Abby is Ellie believes she has a way to end her suffering, but it ends up costing her, her Light. Any ounce of Light she had left is gone when she leaves Dina and JJ behind to chase after her quest for Revenge her Darkness.
When Ellie is choking and drowning Abby in that moment she sees Joel the night before he was killed. The night she said how she wanted to try and forgive him for what he did. This is her final realization that this is not what Joel would have wanted, not what would fix her.
The Moth is Ellie who was lost in the Darkness searching for the Light to save her from being consumed by the Darkness of revenge. The lights she was attracted to was Dina, JJ, and in the end the one she noticed the most was... Joel.
Thank you for reading this long ass post about me rambling on Ellie's Tattoo maybe having a deeper meaning. I already know that the developers already confirmed her tattoo is based on her journey with Joel in the first game, but I clearly see a deeper message from her Tattoo based on the first game and second game.
The Last of Us Part II is the one of the most controversial games yet, especially when it comes to the ending of the game.
Many people thought that Ellie should have killed Abby for killing Joel, and others think she made the right choice in letting her go.
Personally, I think Ellie made the right choice.
Ellie was the one to end the cycle of revenge.
In the first game Joel has killed many innocent people not just for survival but because he wanted to get back at the people who killed his only daughter Sarah. Therefor, Joel started the cycle.
Abby continued the cycle when she saw her father after Joel killed him. The rage and hatred made her kill Joel even after he saved her. She continued the cycle.
*Note: Unlike Ellie, who had to watch Joel get killed, and Joel who also had to watch Sarah die in his arms. Abby didn’t have to witness that with her own eyes*
Ellie didn’t kill Abby though. While she was holding Abby’s head under the water Ellie had a flashback of Joel and stopped, telling her to get Lev and leave. Ellie knew that this isn’t what Joel would’ve wanted her to do, and when she let Abby live she ended what Joel started.
Yes, I agree that leaving her family to go hunt the person that killed the most important person to her just to not kill her was wrong and she was stupid in making that decision.
The Last of Us Part II is a very divisive game but I loved it. The hate pointed at Abby isn’t entirely justified. I actually felt that Ellie was in the wrong...
Chapters: 3/6
Fandom: The Last of Us (Video Games)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Dina/Ellie (The Last of Us), Dina & Ellie (The Last of Us)
Characters: Ellie (The Last of Us), Dina (The Last of Us)
Additional Tags: Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Explicit Sexual Content, Explicit Language, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Happy Ending, Lesbian Sex, Lesbian Character, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Action/Adventure, Romance, Slow Burn, ellie is a dumbass, dina is a perfect badass angel
Summary:
Make my messes matter, make this chaos count
Or:
Five times Ellie and Dina had to run for their lives + one time they didn't