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Topic	Did Joel make the right choice at the end of TLOU? spoilers
Darmik 02/09/21 9:41:50 PM #95:	Shablagoo posted... The Last of Us Part II SPOILERS ~~Thats a retrofitted thing from the sequel. It was not at all what the first game presented.~~ It's not really presented as such in the second game either more than an 'actions have consequences' sort of thing. The Fireflies hospital was a catalyst for a lot of shit. But Joel himself became a good person afterwards. Ellie ultimately regrets holding a grudge against him and forgives him. Joel wouldn't do anything differently even with how it turns out. If certain things were handled differently it could have all played out differently. That's the ultimate tragedy of it all really. UnfairRepresent posted... Except they were. Fireflies actions were to save the human race and build a future for the world. Joel's actions were mass murder and lying so he could be happy and fuck everyone else. Fireflies are morally superior. Completely. Joel is a monster The people they were blowing up thought they were doing the right thing too. That's sort of the whole thing with the series. That there is no real moral superior group. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Murdering a teenager is not morally superior in any scenario. Killing people for the greater good is what many of the monsters in TLOU believe. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:950470859] in Did Joel m... [t:79284271]...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted... </cite> <quote>The Last of Us Part II SPOILERS Thats a retrofitted thing from the sequel. It was not at all what the first game presented.</quote> It's not really presented as such in the second game either more than an 'actions have consequences' sort of thing. The Fireflies hospital was a catalyst for a lot of shit. But Joel himself became a good person afterwards. Ellie ultimately regrets holding a grudge against him and forgives him. Joel wouldn't do anything differently even with how it turns out. If certain things were handled differently it could have all played out differently. That's the ultimate tragedy of it all really. UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>Except they were. Fireflies actions were to save the human race and build a future for the world. Joel's actions were mass murder and lying so he could be happy and fuck everyone else. Fireflies are morally superior. Completely. Joel is a monster</quote> The people they were blowing up thought they were doing the right thing too. That's sort of the whole thing with the series. That there is no real moral superior group. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Murdering a teenager is not morally superior in any scenario. Killing people for the greater good is what many of the monsters in TLOU believe. --- Kind Regards, Darmik</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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