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UnfairRepresent posted...

It's absolutely hilarious, a little bit disturbing and facinating for psychology the way TLOU fans bend over backwards to refuse to admit Joel did a bad thing.

It's a bit irritating that many of them try to simplify the situation with "the Fireflies would've failed to make the cure anyway" or something similar, because that reduces the weight of Joel's decision. There were no hints in the story towards the procedure failing, they had utmost faith in it and since Joel isn't a doctor he had no basis from which to object.

Joel's decision was understandable, especially given the fact that the Fireflies didn't ask for Ellie's consent. But it's supposed to be controversial too. There's supposed to be a good chance that he screwed over society and future generations just to save one innocent person.