bananaking21 said:
sales2099 said:
I realise his ignorance was essential to move the story along and provide that emotional conflict of interest that defines the end, but it seriosuly is something that he should have realized sooner. My take on it anyway.
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nobody thought they were going to kill her, it was always thought to be just testing. even marlene didnt know until the end when they had her and made the initial tests the doctors found out the only way they can get a vaccine is to basically kill her, this is what happens when you only watch the cutescene's. in one of the recordings you find during gameplay you find one for marlene, she talks about how she got informed that they have to kill her and how she is struggling to make the call whether or not to do it, marlene promised ellie's mother to take care of ellie and she wouldnt have sent her if she knew she would have to be killed in the first place, even at the end of the recording you can hear her say why she accepted and gave the green light to the doctors, because she is tired, not because of humanity, not because its the "right" thing to do, its because she was tired of the situation, she cant handle it, it was marlene who was selfish, not anybody else. the firelies initially thought they just needed blood tests and what not, everybody thought it was just a matter of tests and nothing would really happen to ellie.
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Marlene also said that when she found out , them asking her to greenlight the procedure was just a formality and they would do it anyway regardless of her decision.
@ sales2099 , Regarding knowing they could kill her , lets not forget that joel and tess where only going to drop ellie off to the fire flies and it was only tess's plea that got joel to continue on with ellie , so for much of the story you had a joel who had walled off his feelings treating ellie as a package to be delivered so there was no reason for him to delve into possible outcomes regarding ellie post delivery , plus most laymen would assume that they would use her blood or what ever to make a vaccine and that's exactly what I thought, also surviving the journey and even finding some fire flies alive where much more pressing concern's , rather than a subject that only came to the fore at the hospital.
