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The last of us 1x07♡Uncut Reaction &Review ♡ (Patreon)

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2023-10-04 02:11:29
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2023-10-31 23:07:42
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Left Behind

As Joel fights to survive, Ellie flashes back to the night that changed everything.

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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fs93ohljdpib7kckj6sse/The-last-of-us-1x07.mp4?rlkey=flsk34ytw7dpby16nw6ksawis&dl=0

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Jasmine Reigns

Storm Reid being casted as Riley was actually genius , I mainly know this actress from the tv show Euphoria and from her small role she really is a rising star in the business 😭 really great episode! Can’t wait for your reaction to the next episode ❤️

Alyssa Dyson

You know it's great writing, storytelling and acting when they can make you fall in love with a character in just one episode and they do it more than once. 💜

Angelo Burton

In episode 1 Marlene asked Ellie “was Riley a terrorist?” Ellie’s choice to trust Marlene started through Riley.

Tony Hofmann

Again, I apologize for the length of this post. This episode just gave me a lot to think about. Show me, show me, show me, how you do that trick The one that makes me scream, she said The one that makes me laugh, she said Threw her arms around my neck Show me how you do it, and I promise you I promise that I'll run away with you I'll run away with you “Just Like Heaven,” the tune issuing from the carousel. I know some have compared this episode unfavorably with episode 3. Which is fare in that both episodes depart from the central dynamic of Joel and Ellie striving to survive against everything. But while episode three sweeps you off on a bittersweet engrossing romance between Bill and Frank, episode seven stands as a sorta coming of age fantasy for Ellie. It’s sort of a vignette, that lives and dies by the dimension and heartbreak conveyed in Bella Ramsy's and Storm Reid's performances. The way that simply restoring the lights in an abandoned mall creates a weird nostalgia and wonder, akin to seeing Disneyland for the first time. And there’s the “I’m not crying--you’re crying” gimme more schmaltz of Joel's face when he sees Ellie return to him with a needle and thread at the end. “Do you trust me?” and “I guess we’ll find out,” are shown in this flashback episode, to be echoed by Joel in earlier episodes. An especially nice touch that illustrates the bond between Joel and Ellie. Also, Ellie interlacing her fingers with Reilly after they've been bitten by one of the infected, and believing they won’t survive, syncs with the moment Ellie returns to Joel, with the needle and thread to sew up his wound. As Ellie intertwines her fingers with Joel’s, and he clasps on to them, showing his now total acceptance of her as someone he needs, it shows their fates are now aligned. Up to now, Joel has protected Ellie. But, in the aftermath of the quick and brutal chaos of one desperate rando and his wicked-sharp broken baseball bat handle, Ellie must now save Joel. Neither can survive if the other falls. There’s an interesting thematic aspect of “either/or” choice that stitches through episode 7. It’s starkly illustrated in the contrast between the choice of the kind of “life” that Terry Chen lays out for Ellie, when she is brought into his office for punishment, for fighting, and “Option one and Option two,” described by Reilly after she and Ellie are bit. But neither one considers that there could be a third option for Ellie… in either scenario. This scenario that Terry Chen describes seems to offer an aspiration to Ellie. If she works well, she’ll be rewarded. But really, it’s a contrasting philosophy, step in line, and you’ll receive comfort, fall out of line and you will be punished. It’s interesting to note that the captain’s motivation for Ellie is in contrast to what he says he actually believes. He tells her that he believes in FEDRA because it’s the only thing stopping the people from starving or killing each other. Since we’ve seen the Kansas City FEDRA fall, and what happens to the people who took over, he does seem to have a point. But his assertion to Ellie, to fall in line, because then you’ll become an officer, and therefore be in charge of those who will have to do what you tell them, or disobey, and you’ll be one of the grunts, who have to take orders, doesn’t speak to the value of FEDRA being the only instrument keeping the peace. He’s basically telling her, you should be a leader, because it will benefit you, and that’s the only reason that matters. It’s also interesting that later, when Reilly tells Ellie that she learned her assignment after she finished school was essentially to be a Grunt, she describes it as Sewer Detail. Then she clarifies and says that she would be guarding the workers, who would be the ones cleaning the sewage. It would seem that the incentive of being in FEDRA is that even the Grunts have somebody to lord over. The entire story can be seen as a consideration between two opposing alternatives, that are both nevertheless insufficient in accommodating and accessing the essence of humanity, which is our need for connection. Connection is especially powerful in a world where any emotional bond between people is rare and can also be dangerous. But the story also hints that the binary choice offered in all the various scenarios shown, is false; there is often a hidden third choice. A third choice that is not necessarily easy, or smart, or even right. But a choice that points people toward connection. These opposing alternatives, these binary choices, are illustrated in many ways throughout The Last of Us, but a primary metaphor is the distinction between FEDRA and The Fireflys. So, FEDRA are a fascist regime, in charge of the various pockets of surviving human society in the former U.S. The Fireflies are the organized resistance to FEDRA, bent on overthrowing the in-power regime and establishing democracy. But where FEDRA institute brutality to maintain order, they by and large do maintain order in the areas they control, in a world overrun by a chaotic actor, in the form of several billion infected people. The Fireflies do seem to be a preferable contrast, in that they want to reinstitute democracy to the remaining societies of humans, but in order to do that, they need to overthrow FEDRA, and the guerilla war they wage to achieve that end, leaves many people as victims of collateral damage… not exactly the splash page for democratic ideals. But what about that illusive third option? The will to seek out, or not reject human connection when it occurs, doesn’t quite supplant the need for society to move toward equality and freedom for the people. In some ways, that’s what Tommy and Maria’s "it’s not communist" communist township is trying for. But human connection is the option that comes from individual choices. It is not a panacea that washes corruption and malice from whatever form of government is in charge at whatever place and whenever time. But connecting with other people, even when it’s hard, is what reminds us that we can live with other people. It reminds us that the essence of living is not just surviving. Living is sticking around long enough to find somebody, or even a few somebodies, to make you grateful you survived long enough to find them.