The Last of Us Part 2 - PS5

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Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Dude, what? Did we play different games? I have no idea how you can experience that story and not think Joel considered Ellie his new daughter. Like, did you not pay attention to anything? I can't even say skipping the cutscenes would suffice as there's plenty of dialogue in-game during exploration that completely disagrees with you. This is just one of the most off base and wrong readings of the original game I've ever read. I truly don't know how you can experience Last of Us 1 in its entirety and still think Joel never cared for Ellie or considered her family.

"CoRrEcT Me iF i'M WrONg"

He definitely wanted nothing to do with Ellie as a person until he comes to from his injury at the earliest. Before then she was just a job to complete to help the resistance