Game Theory: Joel's Choice Meant Nothing! (The Last of Us)
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Channel: The Game Theorists
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Length: 12min 39sec (759 seconds)
Published: Sat Jun 20 2020
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What is with this word toxic now lmao π
People still saying Joelβs the villain haha
The thing is that Joel didnt consider any of the things that the video mentioned when making his decision. He did what he did solely out of his love for Ellie, with the understanding that she's the key to a cure. So in that way it was selfish, however completely understandable.
Ok, but Joel wasnβt thinking about any of that. He saw that his second chance at having a daughter again was going to die and he wouldnβt let anyone take that away from him. I agree that the vaccine wasnβt guaranteed to work or be distributed properly but thatβs not why Joel killed the surgeon, Marlene, and all the guards in their way.
These kind of videos are fun, but they rely on completely non-canon information. In the game world, a vaccine for the fungus is possible. In the game world, removing the growth from Ellie's brain is the way to get to that vaccine. In the game world, we don't need weeks, we just need one day. You can argue this is silly or bad writing, but to say "this explains why the Fireflies are dumb" when everything in the game contradicts this leans heavily into fanfiction territory.
I like MatPat. His dialogue can be cringy, and he really rambles on and on just to get to a simple point like "You can't make vaccines against fungal infection", but his videos are well made and edited.
I wonder why so many of us talk about the choice at the end of the first game when there was no choice to begin with. There is no option to walk away & carry on with life. The only choice is to save Ellie & that is the choice made for us by Naughty Dog because the story doesn't progress unless we do. In the end it just furthers the nonsensical elements of TLOU2
I understand this line of thinking, but I think that within the story, the cure was guaranteed.
Oh c'mon guys, Joel is not depicted as a villain OR a hero, he's depicted as a human with emotions and flaws. Did he deserved what he got? That's for each player to decide, but you have to take into account that the things he did were by no means heroic, or trully villanous either for that matter.