Afterlife

[singedsun]

Chocolate Box is live and I got the absolute best gift. It's a wonderful coda to The Last of Us 2 and I'm so so in love with it. There's a lot of TLOU2 spoilers and knowledge and please watch the warnings, I think there should probably also be a warning for suicidal ideation as well.

Afterlife (10288 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Last of Us (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Abby/Ellie (The Last of Us)
Characters: Lev (The Last of Us), Abby (The Last of Us), Ellie (The Last of Us)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canon Divergence, Past Dina/Ellie - Freeform, internalized ableism, Trauma, Recovery, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, Past Relationship(s), Canon Lesbian Character, They're all messes, honestly most of this is pre-relationship, they have so far to go to find okay, Enemies to Friends, Enemies to Friends to Lovers
Summary:

“What—” Ellie clears her throat. “What do you do when you’re the shittiest person alive?”

Abby, to Ellie’s surprise, laughs. Really laughs.

“Do you want to fight me for that title?" Abby asks. "Because you literally did, and I gotta say, you lost.”

Comments

[broken_record]

I love the series. I need to go watch a full video of the second one because I haven't seen it all yet. I would play it but I sold my PS4.

[singedsun]

I LOVE those games. Lots of controversial opinions about the second one, I know, but I loved it too. If you do manage to watch the second one, I would highly recommend this video essay by ladyknightthebrave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2lFauyNMVA She does some of my favorite video essays and even though she's not much a fan of horror in general, she definitely does justice to the series. I wish I had a good link to a playthrough I could send you, but I haven't watched anyone play through it.

[broken_record]

I'm watching TheRadBrad play it. I think they're mad because a main character dies within 2 hours? But tbh I'm all for it. It's a really emotional experience.

[singedsun]

Yeah, it's a really emotional scene. A lot of fanboys really hated it. I didn't hate it, I love when a game can be emotional and impacting like that. I did have to walk away for a few minutes before I picked it back up, like it made me full on cry. But I didn't hate it.

LOVE. THIS.

[dauntless_heart]

Yeah!