also can we talk about how Dina, from the moment Ellie saves her by taking that bite, she's in a different genre altogether?
Ellie is still in action hero mode, "no biggie, just a scratch" and immediately goes to find shelter. Meanwhile, Dina is going through all five stages of grief at the same time, because in her mind, not only is Ellie going to die. She is going to die while she was too much of a coward to admit her own feelings.
She thought she'd have enough time, and now that time is ripped away from her. She even begs Ellie not to make this harder than it already is, because she probably expects Ellie's final words before she has to shoot her that she loves her. Because Dina knows. She admits later on she totally knew about Ellie's feelings and it would hurt too fucking much to hear that confession and then immediately after having to shoot her.
Dina is in a tragic gay play, where she admitted her feelings too late for the girl she likes and – given how her mother's dismissal affected her so much – now probably will never be brave enough to embrace her bisexuality. Because Ellie was the one that made her feel brave.
Of course she immediately confesses everything in one breathe as soon as she realizes Ellie isn't going to turn. Girl got a second chance and she's not going to waste a single moment this time.
