I feel like they made the nora scene and mel’s death even worse in the show. not killing nora and leaving her there to turn with her bones smashed up is sooo much more brutal than putting her out of her misery and killing her (we don’t even know if ellie killed her in the game either). mel being conscious and wanting to save her baby and ellie’s helplessness in that moment was just devastating. people are mad about her accidentally hitting mel rather than intentionally killing her. but she DID kill her. whether or not it was an accident doesn’t change that fact and doesn’t change the effect it has on ellie. I feel like I’m losing it reading people’s takes about this show ngl
The show is definitely more brutal then the game, and I also don't understand how people think Ellie isn't as dark?? But the thing with Mel is Ellie DOES kill her accidentally in the games too. People misremember that fact because it happens differently then the show but she absolutely had no intention of killing Owen or Mel. She wanted info and she accidentally kills them before she could get it. But yeah. People are being so weird about the second season.















