In the The Last of Us Part I, one of the major themes was innocence lost, both Joel’s innocence, and Ellie’s. With the collapse of society, the harsh and brutal world of The Last of Us has a tendency of making survivors grow up fast. The events of part one and its DLC Left Behind forged the fourteen year old Ellie into an adult through a trial by fire, where she emerged through a heroic threshold by facing her fears and letting the darkness pass through her. But the unforgiving world of The Last of Us can often turn heroes into villains, feeding the inner monster lurking within all of us until the point of no return is crossed. If Part I reflected Ellie’s innocence being traded for strength, then Part 2 was about her inner monster being tamed and restrained before it’s too late. Fortunately for us and Ellie, she did finally, in the end, manage to do this, but at great cost. I’m Dan aka Wolf, and today we’re going to be talking about Ellie’s Descent Into Darkness and the loss of her inner magic.

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Music in this video:
Restless Spirits by Gustavo Santaolalla (from TLOU2)
The Obsession by Gustavo Santaolalla (from TLOU2)
Ecstasy (Instrumental version) by Crooked Still
Left Behind by Gustavo Santaolalla (from Left Behind DLC)

English Captions generously provided by PatientElijah

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