Interesting idea. I thought that she was only looking at it because she was thinking back to her experiences with Riley and thinking about her survivors' guilt.
I was thinking along those same lines. Maybe it's something like "This is The Last of Us" where the game is basically giving you a look at what humanity has become/degenerated into in its final days.
Also, I wanted to ask you guys: Do you think Ellie overcomes her survivors' guilt and...
Your point about Joel not giving Ellie a choice (just like the Fireflies) is really good! I never really thought about Joel's lie from that perspective. But even then, I still think that Ellie is ultimately "at peace" with the life that is ahead of her because I'm pretty sure that she is aware...
Here's a pretty good link to a post-mortem discussion on the ending (as well as some other nice tidbits about the acting): http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/06/18/major-spoilers-naughty-dog-talks-the-last-of-us-beginning-ending-and-slightly-alternate-ending/
It's implied that Ellie...
I couldn't have said it better! I feel like Ellie can see through Joel in the very final scene when she asks him to swear to her. And like you said, I think that Ellie accepts the lie because she finally sees that Joel was willing to give up humanity's chance at a vaccine for her own sake, and...
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