Cassie Saying Lexi Hasn't Lived And Has Never Been The One To Get Hurt Made Me VIOLENT.

Nah please like

Spoilers for house of the dragon

I mean major spoilers. Don't say I didn't warn you.

If the show ends like the book says it does, I'm gonna have a tiny tiny hope it doesn't since Leanor faked his death. But if it does, can we at least have an after life scene with Daemon and Rhaenyra like they did in Reign😭

Where she dies, but instantly gets to see Daemon again and they get to be together. I know this show is not the kind to give happy endings or scenes after death, but I want this badly.

I stg if he dies ill go into a year long stage of mourning

Ash..... Like Why. Just why.

Since the show put this eternal debate about the validity of Joel's decision back on track, I wanted to talk about it and explain why Joel was right. Note that I'm not talking about Joel's reasons so don't tell me "yes, but Joel wasn't thinking about that so...", that's not the issue. The issue is his decision in itself.

Btw, I specify here that I talk about the show but considering its fidelity to the games, my arguments also work concerning them.

So... let's take a look at Ellie. Firstly, she was unconscious at the time. There's just no way to justify that. Marlene or the fans who defend the Fireflies can speculate all they want about what Ellie would have wanted, the truth is that we fucking don't know. We know for sure that she wanted to help produce a cure, but at the time, no one knew that this would require opening her head and killing her.

If Marlene was so sure of what she's claiming here, she would have woken up Ellie to give her the choice. But she didn't because she knows it's bullshit she's saying to convince both Joel and herself.

I'm sure I'll be objected that in TLOU 2, Ellie blamed Joel for preventing her from dying on the operating table and that given the fidelity of the series to the games, this will surely be the case in the next season. Yeah but that's irrelevant too, it's not the same Ellie. In a few years, especially during adolescence, we change a lot.

Then, since we're talking about Ellie's consent, I would like to remind you that regardless of whether she was conscious or not, she's a 14 year old girl. I have the impression that too many people tend to forget that, no one at that age can make the decision to sacrifice their life with full knowledge of what they're giving up and with the maturity to think about it properly. Especially when the 14 year old girl in question is victim of survivor's guilt after having seen several of her close ones die.

For those who have trouble visualizing what I'm saying, I'll make an analogy : If an adult slept with a 14 year old and the latter justified herself to you by saying that she was consenting and that it was her choice, would you find this relevant ? Of course not, because almost everyone knows that there are decisions that children/teenagers can't consent to !

Now that was just about Ellie, but what about the cure ? Because in spite of all the utilitarian debates about whether or not Ellie needs to be killed for the greater good, we're forgetting one essential point : What proves that the Fireflies could have made a cure ? Because whether it's in the games or in the show, there's no real evidence of that. Even the Fireflies don't know anything about it, Marlene and the others directly assume that they will be able to create a vaccine from Ellie's Cordyceps even though they barely had time to do some tests on her while she was unconscious.

Hey you know what ? Even Marlene implicitly admits that they don't know about it : "Our doctor… he thinks that the Cordyceps in Ellie has grown with her since birth (…) He thinks it could be a cure, Joel."

They literally had no plan or certainties, they didn't even take the time to conduct any in-depth study of Ellie, of her blood for example to find a way to produce a vaccine without killing her. They just chose the easiest solution out of impulsivity without worrying for a single minute about the opinion and safety of the concerned one.

Whether it was for the greater good or not, all of Marlene's justifications are based on biased assumptions and intellectual dishonesty. Joel hurt many people and was wrong about a lot of things but certainly not about stopping reckless morons from butchering his 14 year old daughter.

Nah I'm shitting bricks

Anybody else just dreading the next two episodes? Like I’m excited but I’m also not, bc I’m nervous that the spoilers are true and that Fexi will be ripped away from us before we really get to see them fall in love. And yea I know we will always have ff but it’s not the same.

I REALLY JUST SAW SOMEONE SAY MIKES LOVE CONFESSION TO EL WAS PLATONIC IM DYING

I saw someone compare El and Brenner to Jinx and Silco and like, I kinda understand what they were going for, but Silco didn't keep Jinx locked up for the majority of her life. She was pretty much free to go wherever she wanted.

Oh and also Silco didn't originally plan on adopting Jinx until stuff happened and he was like "alright let's go with this I guess"

Meanwhile Brenner literally had El in his "possession" (bc let's be real that's what she was to him) since she was born

Actually I think Hopper should get to beat the shit out of Dr. Brenner. As a treat.

Why is the Stranger Things fandom so toxic about shipping? Jfc

Just keep your anti bullshit out of the ship's tags. Like this isn't complicated.

ENOUGH

fez checking the bike option on google maps with his and lexi’s addresses plugged in and if she doesn’t text him that’s she’s home within that time frame he start freaking out