Imaginative Last of Us followers got here up with fairly the idea about Joel from watching The Last of Us Part 2 teaser trailer.
Before you go any additional, know that we’ll be discussing spoilers for The Last of Us, and a doable plot element in The Last of Us Part 2.
The Last of Us Part 2 was introduced at PSX over the weekend. The solely factor we bought with the reveal was a short trailer, however that’s all some collection followers wanted to begin engaged on their theories.
The trailer featured Ellie enjoying a guitar following what regarded like fairly the combat. Ellie regarded drained, had bloody fingers and a few accidents, presumably the results of taking down quite a lot of dangerous guys. Joel solely confirmed up close to the top, and we solely heard his voice and noticed him from again.
This lead followers to take a position that Joel may very well be useless, and Ellie is simply hallucinating his presence as a coping mechanism. The idea is that Ellie is on rampage to actual revenge on Joel’s killers, probably members of the Fireflies group, given the unique sport’s ending.
This idea has been gaining traction on Reddit because the reveal, and on Twitter (through Polygon).
On high of it, Joel walked into the home showing as… properly, a ghost kinda.
Joel is greater than probably useless.
— Alpha ライアン (@AlphaFoxWarfare) December 4, 2016
Plot twist: Joel is useless the entire method by means of TLOU2 and Ellie is imagining him whereas she hunts down his killers
— Marianne Craven ❄? (@miss_mariii) December 4, 2016
Not everybody is able to let go of Joel simply but, although, and there are numerous counter theories on Reddit that recommend a few methods Naughty Dog might inform the story.
For reference, each Troy Baker (Joel) and Ashley Johnson (Ellie) attended a panel at PSX with author Neil Druckmann, and it was confirmed that each characters would return. Druckmann didn’t reveal additional particulars, for apparent causes.
It might go both method, however we’ll be ready an extended whereas earlier than discovering out. After all, it’s nonetheless early days for the sequel.
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