She’s pissed, immediately vindictive, and focuses on just that for the moment. Joel tricks her, and pushes her in the water.
When Joel is taking Ellie to her birthday surprise, we see how bad Ellie is at handling trauma, revenge, and acceptance, and how little effort is put in to making sure she can handle those well. I know I’m late to this discussion, but the game even kind of addresses the idea of hearing “revenge is bad” since the third grade and thinking it’s not worth discussing.Įvery little story is a microcosm of the big story.
