Zero999 on 18 July 2013
| Augen said: Keep in mind a few things. Their reality is not ours. Ellie mentions at one point how she does not understand girls from "before" concerning themselves with fashion and boys. She has lived a hard life where everyone she knows has died and life and death hang in the balance all the time. As for her language, it is simple, children with no authority figure to tell them otherwise test their boundaries. I knew kids who came from broken homes and often by 10 would swear all the time because no one told them otherwise. In the game Joel never says "watch your language!", in fact it is only an antagonist who finds her language mildly offensive. Frankly, when the world has gone the way it has there, who really cares about decorum? On philosophical issues. The notion of "we live and die" being what life offers is pretty common views and can take on various facets. Thinking this way can be negative or positive, personally I see it as an empowering view that gives life great value because of how precious it is. For Ellie it could be hard to handle because her life has been such a hard one to endure. On religion it is not odd to think after a great fall of civilization the myths and teachings of the before would be viewed oddly by the after people who have had no social conditioning to accept them as fact. They would look at modern religion same way many view ancient religions. Overall I found Last of Us characterization to be brilliantly thought out and indicative of how people think and act. Sorry you do not see it that way. |
bolded: I'll disagree on that. in real life, people notice when you walk right in their view range, specially if you're noisy.
