Red Mosquito

Mecca wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

Jorge wrote:I like Ellie. She's a livewire of pure emotion, and she fumbles the ball a lot, but I find her very interesting. To me she wasn't the problem. I just don't think the story is that good or interesting compared to season 1

I think a character like her would work for me if the story was good or interesting. When the whole season is essentially on that character with a plodding, paper thin story, I want to actually enjoy watching the character, or at least root for them. From the moment they saw that Seattle is basically an army base, her determination for retribution just felt like selfishness.

Sounds like there’s a lesson in there

B wrote:People are messy, and they behave in messy ways. Ellie is shitty, but true.

Bi_3 wrote:

B wrote:People are messy, and they behave in messy ways. Ellie is shitty, but true.

I don't know why this bothers me, but the scene in the finale when she was talking with Jessie and he said something like 'you would burn the world to save me' and she responded 'I would' just sucks. She should have silently acknowledged it. Terrible writing/directing at an important point in Jessie's storyline.

@SkitchP wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

B wrote:People are messy, and they behave in messy ways. Ellie is shitty, but true.

I don't know why this bothers me, but the scene in the finale when she was talking with Jessie and he said something like 'you would burn the world to save me' and she responded 'I would' just sucks. She should have silently acknowledged it. Terrible writing/directing at an important point in Jessie's storyline.

I think she became irredeemable for me when she left Jessie to go rescue Tommy by himself, just so she could continue get revenge quest. She had two good qualities- determination and loyalty, and after that just one.

Mecca wrote:

@SkitchP wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

B wrote:People are messy, and they behave in messy ways. Ellie is shitty, but true.

I don't know why this bothers me, but the scene in the finale when she was talking with Jessie and he said something like 'you would burn the world to save me' and she responded 'I would' just sucks. She should have silently acknowledged it. Terrible writing/directing at an important point in Jessie's storyline.

I think she became irredeemable for me when she left Jessie to go rescue Tommy by himself, just so she could continue get revenge quest. She had two good qualities- determination and loyalty, and after that just one.

It’s like she lost her north star