AND I WAS PROVEN RIGHT
in the end, with people dropping left and right and a task designed specifically to encourage the old no holds barred kind of final session killing spree, joel does not throw away all restraint the way he's done in previous seasons. no, even when he's on 2 and a half hearts he's careful and collected as he goes after one specific person - a direct contrast to his limited life death, when he was on death's door and needed to kill someone to live longer, and became panicked and desperate, trying and failing to kill people left and right, ultimately dying as a result. this joel, secret life joel, does not immediately charge in. he watches his own and his teammates' backs. and when he dies, he dies still loyal to his allies, fighting by their side-
and to scott. of course.
character development only goes so far, after all.
