Joel and Tess: We're just partners.
Everyone else: 🤨
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Joel and Tess: We're just partners.
Everyone else: 🤨
Every day I wake up and choose to be a Tess Servopoulos enthusiast.
Another poll fueled by curiosity.
In my brain, I see the tlou characters as a mashup of game and show when I write.
Physically, I am more drawn to the show because I connected with it on a deeper level than the game (I have a harder time connecting with animations in general). But! I like sneaking in small things from the games like Ellie’s freckles and giving Joel a little more body hair or leaning on Tess’s hair color.
As for their personalities, it’s a smorgasbord of game and show. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. A whole heap of whatever suits the story.
When you read (or write!) the tlou characters, which version are you envisioning?
Game or Show: The Last of Us Characters.
Purely the game
Purely the show
A mix!
Features? What features??
Note: this is not a safe space for hate or bullying. Do not start picking apart anybody’s appearance in the comment section.
The weird exciting feeling of: "Oh I miss Tess Servopoulos so much!! I'm gonna watch The Last of Us again!!!".
And then you remember there's only 2 and a half episodes of Tess, so you'll gonna cry over old fanfiction you can read at Ao3, because THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TESS/READER FANFICTIONS!!
Anna Torv as Tess Servopoulos The Last of Us | Infected
If you think Joel and Tess weren't together, we probably played different games.
Joel: How do you want your coffee?
Sarah: Black, like my soul.
Tess:
Ellie: Sarah, your soul is a latte.
Tess Servopoulos is proof that a character doesn’t need the most screentime to leave the biggest impact.