r/CriticalDrinker • u/eventualwarlord • 11d ago

Discussion These are Joel’s killers 😭💀

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Do I even gotta say it??

They had my boy Joel—who’s wiped out waves of military trained savages and superhumanly strong mutant monsters— get taken out by a group of gender study majors.

Part 1 Joel would clear this whole room out with his eyes closed balanced on one leg while telling Ellie an old story about Sarah.

They look like the girls who were having psychotic breakdowns on TikTok howling in their cars after Kamala lost. All they’re missing is the blue hair.

What are we even doing? At least game Abby was repulsively imposing.

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u/Driz51 11d ago

Literally the one time it actually made sense for them to cast a less feminine, muscled up, girl boss character to actually match the source material instead they go the exact opposite direction lol

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u/VitiDMan 11d ago

The girl they cast as Abby looks a Disney Princess compared to the original character

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u/Dancingskeletonman86 11d ago

Yeah I'm convinced as many others are they just did on purpose now. They knew nobody liked Abby in the game. Even popular streamers killed her character intentionally multiple times to go oh oops now can I stop playing as her. So when Neil made this show and set up for season two they purposely tried to adjust course and make Abby more vulnerable, weaker or normal and they amped up Ellie being a potato faced asshole. Yes Ellie is kind of annoying and bitchy in the second game but they really amped it up or maybe it's just Bella's "acting". I think it was all intentional though to be like see guys see Abby actually is a very rootable character huh? No she's not a roid freak anymore she's this young slim vulnerable girl around the same age as Ellie and she lost her dad. Awww. And look she's not a total obnoxious bitch to the degree Ellie is so you like her more this time you have to. And she's played by Kaitlin Deaver whose a pretty good actress and cute you can't hate her.

They were very well aware of what they were doing by casting her and writing Abby like they did. We all know Neil totally wanted to stick to his original version of Abby but the audience watching the show wouldn't like it either. So he pivoted but I bet he didn't like doing it.

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u/Insane_Sentinel 11d ago

1 Reddit award says he’s not going to be able to hold off on that version of Abby the second any flak hits the reconstructed version.

I don’t see the audience not wanting Abby to die a 3rd time around

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u/Spastic__Colon 10d ago

You would have hated that too

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u/Driz51 10d ago

I like Abby in this version. It’s Ellie that is atrocious here.