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Originally Posted by Mierzwiak
Ellie in the game feels like a mature, traumatized young woman. She both witnessed and did some trully terrible things, we're not talking about a modern 19-year old girl, we're talking about someone who lives in a post-apocalyptic world. She's a survivor.
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No, no 19 year old would act the way Ellie does in the game. Ashley's performance aged more like 15 years than 5 between the two games, even before Joel dies. I still like the game, but now that I've seen the show, I know the show feels a lot more believable. Show Ellie is still feeling the same things as game Ellie, but she isn't mature enough to let just anyone see what she's feeling. She has a mask where she hides behind jokes and an appearance that she's doing better than she is. That's what the whole scene with Gail was about, where she called Ellie a liar. Gail could sense Ellie's pain through her mask. I could too. Pay attention to the moments where she's on her own, or when she finally starts trusting people. Those are the moments you see the real Ellie. Those are the moments she feels like the same person as the game, personality wise.
However, in terms of practical experience, it makes WAY more sense for how the show did it than to make Ellie basically a Rambo like character. Ellie has only just started patrolling and has just started learning how to fight. Yes, she's good at some things, but she's not some one person army.
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Abby was an experienced soldier in the game, what the hell are you talking about?
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She was but so was Ellie in the game, and that's a problem. That's why they focused so much on her strength instead, to give her a different edge over Ellie. This time they much more realistically didn't make Ellie a one person army, so they didn't need the muscles to offset that.