Y’all Hating Abby Over the Wrong Shit

Absolute spoilers for Last of Us I & II

So listen, your boy was out here doing his virtual residency for grad school (cuz everything gonna be virtual for a while…stay your ass at home or at least mask up. You ain’t Ellie yo, stop acting like you can breathe spores). The Last of Us II dropped on the same Friday I started hanging out with my MFA cohort (Randolph College represent!) and sitting in on lectures and what not. So I would be sure to stay focused, I vowed that I wouldn’t touch TLOU 2 until I was done with residency (10 days later). But when I was done, cuz I too, have been waiting most of my adult life on this sequel, I dove right in and basically played that shit until I was hearing clickers in my sleep. What I’m saying is, I’m a little late to the party but at least I brought snacks.

Let’s get a few things established up front: The internet can be, and often is, a terrible, unintelligent, and inarticulate place. Before I started my playthrough, I did a damn good job of avoiding spoilers (I was also on Twitter hiatus to be more productive so I didn’t know all these things would work for me). But I still looked at my phone’s newsfeed and saw that the game was polarizing to folks. Which was intriguing but also a little concerning. Especially since the first one was just about unanimously loved. When I saw there was a change.org going around to change something in the story, I somehow dodged seeing what it was for, but I immediately had a suspicion. I figured J…