Revisiting The Last of Us: Part II

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VersusEvil said:

I’m hoping TLOU3 focuses on Abby and Lev only. Genuinely disliked Ellie by the time I finished the game, much preferred Abby. Abby had every right in the world to kill Joel, he had it coming and fully deserved it. What right did Ellie have after what Joel did in that hospital. It was a visceral and brutal game about the cycle of violence and the price of revenge, honestly loved it more after my first replay than I did on launch. 

Joel was fighting to save someone's life, Abby was fighting to kill someone for revenge. I dont get this opinion at all. Abby was at the very least, just as evil as Joel. Imagine Abby asking why her dad had to die... "Oh, he was going to murder a little girl in order to try and save humanity. And they weren't going to tell her." Not quite as straight forward as "Bad man went on murder spree." 

Maybe its the dad in me speaking, but what was great about the ending of the first game was how much I struggled with what I would've done in the same circumstance. When someone tries to harm one of your kids (I know, technically not his kid, but she became one to him) you'll do pretty much anything to save them. And after he had already watched his actual daughter get shot in cold blood? This "evil Joel" narrative is weird to me. Obviously murdering a ton of people is wrong, but to him, he was just trying to save one. What was Abby's motivation again?