Comment on 'The Last of Us' Season 2 Finale Viewership Down 55% From Season 1
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoThe story has good moments, and I loved the game play.
But the motivation for both Ellie and Abby has always been the weakest point for me. And that translated into the show. Both being driven by essentially only vengeance left me with a lot to desire. I didn’t particularly like the periods where I had to play as Abby because I didn’t think she had anything exciting to make me like her.
Without that initial drive the rest felt like it didn’t have a good foundation. Especially when the first had so much driving Joel and Ellie to reach the fireflies.
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Well, I think vengeance is probably a difficult thing for people to sympathize with in general. Seemingly everyone, even us, give up on it long before Ellie does. Personally, I did believe that she wanted to keep going even if I didn’t.
The difficult thing with Abby is that she’s built up like a monster, so when you switch perspectives, it almost feels like a cheap trick at first. Her being butch and woke or whatever didn’t help, but it is a tough transition, to be sure. The thing I liked about it, though, when they finally face off: I didn’t know who I wanted to win. I liked Ellie a lot more, but I also thought she was a worse person. To me, the game made the case for why Abby should live, and I kind of agreed.