I Took Enough Drugs To Learn How To Craft Silencers.
The Last of Us, Part II continues! Still day one in Seattle. I've entered the theatre (or cinema? it's not clear) and I am currently mid-flashback.
I could have cheered when Dina saved me by shooting my attacker through the glass roof. MURDER GIRLFRIENDS.
And then it was VERY STRESSFUL when Dina fell through the roof, and even more so when I was trying to escape my bonds in time to save her. That whole scene made me realise that I'm invested in Dina by this point, which feels like both good and bad news. I'm glad I care about this new character, or at least about her relationship with Ellie, but I have a very strong feeling that the game is going to use my investment to hurt me!
Very disappointed that Ellie didn't try to play Marco Polo when I ran her into the swimming pool.
Extremely realistic: the lookout who drew a bunch of tits and cocks all over a piece of paper during a boring shift. Extremely unrealistic: Ellie didn't immediately tell her girlfriend about all the dick doodles she'd found.
I wish I could have seen the moment the Naughty Dog employee responsible was instructed to draw that sheet. No doubt they'd been waiting their entire career for this opportunity.
I like that Ellie considers the plight of people who can't read if you're putting up warning signs. It hadn't really occurred to me before, but I suppose literacy rates probably did go down substantially after the apocalypse.
Holy shit, I love the panicky scene where Ellie's gas mask gets broken and Dina tries to share hers and Ellie has to disclose right then and there that she's immune, everything shifting in an instant.
Ellie says, 'I can't get you infected, if that's what you're worried about,' and I'm intrigued; she's obviously thought about this before and somehow reached the certainty that she can't. I can only conclude that at some point she unthinkingly bit a girlfriend and then spent two days freaking the fuck out, watching her like a hawk in case she turned, unable to tell her why she was so scared.
I suppose there was the time she bit David, but I don't think he survived for long enough after that for her to be certain she can't infect people. Look, I just want my 'Ellie panics because she doesn't know if she's infected her girlfriend' fic.
(I relayed this idea to RD, and her response was 'I mean, the infection passes through the saliva; Ellie doesn't necessarily have to have bitten someone.' This is admittedly a fair point.)
I was going 'Dina seems a bit off; I hope this isn't going to be Tess all over again.' Pregnancy is definitely a better revelation than a bite, and a more surprising twist!
I genuinely burst out laughing when Dina said, 'Don't worry, it's not yours,' in the middle of that serious scene.
:( Ellie no, tell Dina you're sorry, tell Dina she's not a burden, nooooo
This is a very sweet flashback. Joel found Ellie the dinosaur of her dreams! I love Ellie's note in her diary that he'd said he'd found something she'd love and he'd been acting very smug about it.
I also love that the game took into account the fact that I'd look at the huge dinosaur model and immediately go 'I WANT TO CLIMB IT'; I could!
Everyone's been very good about keeping spoilers quiet; I really appreciate it! I'm trying to be responsible with my entries in return.
I could have cheered when Dina saved me by shooting my attacker through the glass roof. MURDER GIRLFRIENDS.
And then it was VERY STRESSFUL when Dina fell through the roof, and even more so when I was trying to escape my bonds in time to save her. That whole scene made me realise that I'm invested in Dina by this point, which feels like both good and bad news. I'm glad I care about this new character, or at least about her relationship with Ellie, but I have a very strong feeling that the game is going to use my investment to hurt me!
Very disappointed that Ellie didn't try to play Marco Polo when I ran her into the swimming pool.
Extremely realistic: the lookout who drew a bunch of tits and cocks all over a piece of paper during a boring shift. Extremely unrealistic: Ellie didn't immediately tell her girlfriend about all the dick doodles she'd found.
I wish I could have seen the moment the Naughty Dog employee responsible was instructed to draw that sheet. No doubt they'd been waiting their entire career for this opportunity.
I like that Ellie considers the plight of people who can't read if you're putting up warning signs. It hadn't really occurred to me before, but I suppose literacy rates probably did go down substantially after the apocalypse.
Holy shit, I love the panicky scene where Ellie's gas mask gets broken and Dina tries to share hers and Ellie has to disclose right then and there that she's immune, everything shifting in an instant.
Ellie says, 'I can't get you infected, if that's what you're worried about,' and I'm intrigued; she's obviously thought about this before and somehow reached the certainty that she can't. I can only conclude that at some point she unthinkingly bit a girlfriend and then spent two days freaking the fuck out, watching her like a hawk in case she turned, unable to tell her why she was so scared.
I suppose there was the time she bit David, but I don't think he survived for long enough after that for her to be certain she can't infect people. Look, I just want my 'Ellie panics because she doesn't know if she's infected her girlfriend' fic.
(I relayed this idea to RD, and her response was 'I mean, the infection passes through the saliva; Ellie doesn't necessarily have to have bitten someone.' This is admittedly a fair point.)
I was going 'Dina seems a bit off; I hope this isn't going to be Tess all over again.' Pregnancy is definitely a better revelation than a bite, and a more surprising twist!
I genuinely burst out laughing when Dina said, 'Don't worry, it's not yours,' in the middle of that serious scene.
:( Ellie no, tell Dina you're sorry, tell Dina she's not a burden, nooooo
This is a very sweet flashback. Joel found Ellie the dinosaur of her dreams! I love Ellie's note in her diary that he'd said he'd found something she'd love and he'd been acting very smug about it.
I also love that the game took into account the fact that I'd look at the huge dinosaur model and immediately go 'I WANT TO CLIMB IT'; I could!
Everyone's been very good about keeping spoilers quiet; I really appreciate it! I'm trying to be responsible with my entries in return.