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Originally Posted by dmahurin

Spoiler!

So you think Joel did not change over the course of the first game or the subsequent time gap of the two games? He wasn't softening his stance to the world and being open to people again? He was a soulless juggernaut the whole time you spent with him? He never aged or changed at all?

Spoiler!

Oh, you're assuming this softening happened. Unfortunately, this is the responsibility of the writer to show this character development. Druckmann unfortunately couldn't be bothered here.

We should not go from soulless juggernaut when we see him last, to WHAT THE **** ARE YOU DOING JOEL?!

Druckmann was so hyped to shove Abby down our throats, that he just threw this utter trash out there, instead of taking the time to flesh out what has happened with Joel, and make what happened believable.