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Fictional Women Around the World: Riley Abel · Stuff Mom Never Told You

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  Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and welcome to Stephane
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  Speaker 1: Never told you Protection of iHeartRadio, And welcome to another
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  Speaker 1: sub sub sub segment of feminist activist advocates around the world. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: Fight that Way, have changed the name several times, but
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  Speaker 1: do you know what we're talking about. We got here
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  Speaker 1: and this is the sub segment wherein I talk about
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  Speaker 1: fictional women or non binary folks and I just give
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  Speaker 1: you their whole backstory. And today we are talking about
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  Speaker 1: Riley able from the Last of Us and so there
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  Speaker 1: will be spoilers from both the most recent episode of
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  Speaker 1: the HBO Max series, which is an auto sponsor, but
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  Speaker 1: also the first video game, Last of Us video game,
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  Speaker 1: the downloadable content called Left Behind, and the comic book
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  Speaker 1: American Dreams. So all that to say, the game and
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  Speaker 1: the comic book have been out since twenty twenty fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like that's a pretty decent amount of time,
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  Speaker 1: but I will put it in there. I also to say,
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  Speaker 1: we actually aren't going to talk about the show that
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  Speaker 1: much because we are doing a full episode for our
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  Speaker 1: Last of Uzz miniseries recap Rewatch thing about the most
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  Speaker 1: recent episode that featured Riley. So listen out for that.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, we're not going to talk about it too
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  Speaker 1: much here because actually there's a lot of ground to cover,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of ground, And as always, Samantha, I'm just
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  Speaker 1: gonna try to run this down and if you have
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  Speaker 1: any questions, please let me help you. Good news is
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  Speaker 1: about this one. I actually kind of know a background
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  Speaker 1: on this one, so I'm not going to be too confused. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so this is maybe just as you explaining, you'll love
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  Speaker 1: and owed to Riley, So I'm down for it. Let's go, yes, yes, yes, yes, okay, So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about Riley Abel from the Last of Us.
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  Speaker 1: We are mostly focusing on her in the game and comics.
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  Speaker 1: So the downloadable content, the DLC as it's called, which
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  Speaker 1: you might have seen if you're in the same circles
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  Speaker 1: as I am trending on Twitter Left Behind as it's called.
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  Speaker 1: It came out in twenty fourteen on Valentine's Day, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, and Riley is also so. She was primarily
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  Speaker 1: introduced in that, but she was also featured in the
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  Speaker 1: comic The Last of Us American Dreams and is now
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  Speaker 1: in the HBO series. She was mentioned by name and
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  Speaker 1: alluded to several times in the first last of US game,
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  Speaker 1: so she's kind of prevalent throughout, even if she's not
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  Speaker 1: really there. She's a sixteen year old survivor living in
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  Speaker 1: the Boston Quarantine Zone or the QZ, and Ellie's best
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  Speaker 1: and perhaps only friend at this time. O'Riley doesn't like
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  Speaker 1: the military, but often speaks favorably of joining the Fireflies, who,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't know, are this group of people who
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  Speaker 1: were trying to restore democracy, or that's what they say,
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  Speaker 1: at least by taking back power from Pedro. And Pedro's
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  Speaker 1: this military organization that came in after the outbreak and
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  Speaker 1: kind of took control over things. When Riley was a child,
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  Speaker 1: her father was infected and ripped her mom apart in
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  Speaker 1: front of Riley, and Riley had to kill him to
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  Speaker 1: save herself. At the age of fifteen, she was given
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  Speaker 1: the option of joining the military or being left to
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  Speaker 1: fend for herself, and she knew she probably wouldn't survive
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  Speaker 1: very long, so even though she didn't want to join
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  Speaker 1: the military, she did, but was determined to find a
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  Speaker 1: way out. So, if you've watched the show and you're
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  Speaker 1: listening to this already, like, well, wait a minute, this
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  Speaker 1: is We're going to talk about the comic first, but
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  Speaker 1: this is the backstory that happens before she ever whatever
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  Speaker 1: happened in the show, all right, So the comic Riley
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  Speaker 1: defends Ellie from bullies in the QZ. She threatens to
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  Speaker 1: stomp the balls of the leader, and the thread is
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  Speaker 1: credible enough that the whole group runs away. When she
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  Speaker 1: asks Ellie what these bullies wanted, Ellie says that they
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  Speaker 1: implied they wanted to steal her Sony Walkman. Yes, product
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  Speaker 1: placement also very important throughout. Riley tells Ellie that she
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  Speaker 1: needs to make friends and watch her back, but Ellie
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  Speaker 1: boks at the implication she needs any help. She's basically like,
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  Speaker 1: who asked you for advice? And this causes Riley to
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  Speaker 1: tell her that she has serious trust issues and these
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  Speaker 1: issues were not helped when Riley pickpocketed her Walkman. So
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  Speaker 1: Ellie goes to find Riley and finds her in the
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  Speaker 1: mess hall and she's talking about the fireflies and everyone
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  Speaker 1: around her is like they're gonna hear you, and confronts
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  Speaker 1: Riley about the Walkman. Riley gives it back, but not
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  Speaker 1: before insulting her music taste. Later, Ellie discovers Riley trying
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  Speaker 1: to sneak out at night to leave the q Z,
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  Speaker 1: and Riley orders her to go back to bed, but
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  Speaker 1: Ellie demands that Riley show her how to leave the
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  Speaker 1: q Z, and Riley eventually agrees, calling Ellie by her name,
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  Speaker 1: even though Ellie had not given her her name yet
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  Speaker 1: and she won't tell Ellie how she knows it. And
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  Speaker 1: then she introduces herself, that's Riley. This is when to
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  Speaker 1: get her name. So they navigate the q z's rooftops
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  Speaker 1: they avoid patrols. Riley asks Ellie if she ever thinks
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  Speaker 1: about her future. At first, Ellie thinks that she's joking.
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  Speaker 1: She kind of laughs, like what future? Riley admits she
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  Speaker 1: plans on finding her own way, and that confuses Ellie,
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  Speaker 1: who doesn't know what else? What is this own way?
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  Speaker 1: What else could their lives be? And then kind of
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  Speaker 1: out of nowhere, seemingly, Riley asked Ellie if she has
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  Speaker 1: ever written a horse, and when Ellie says no, she
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  Speaker 1: leads her to an abandoned mall and as they're walking inside,
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  Speaker 1: Ellie makes a bee line for the arcade and pretends
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  Speaker 1: to play this game called Triple Phoenix and Riley mocks
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  Speaker 1: her and turns her intention instead to Riley's favorite game,
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  Speaker 1: The Turning, which is pretty much Mortal Kombat, and so
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  Speaker 1: Warner Brothers, who's doing the Hbomax show, has the rights
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  Speaker 1: to Mortal Kombat. Sony did not see Yes Yes. So
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  Speaker 1: Ellie expresses her jealousy of all of the kids that
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  Speaker 1: lived before the outbreak, and Riley kind of shuts down
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  Speaker 1: and says we should leave her wasting time, So she
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  Speaker 1: leads them to her friend Winston, promising Winston, who is
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  Speaker 1: all a grown up man by the way, that Ellie
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  Speaker 1: is cool, and offers him a bottle of whiskey that
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  Speaker 1: she stole in exchange for teaching Ellie how to ride
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  Speaker 1: a horse, and while they're getting ready, Riley tells Ellie
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  Speaker 1: she wants to be free of the whole system, and
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  Speaker 1: then kind of disappears for a bit. While Winston teaches
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  Speaker 1: Ellie how to ride a horse, there erupted by an
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  Speaker 1: explosion and Winston orders the two of them to go
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  Speaker 1: home and rides off to join his unit. Riley ignores him,
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  Speaker 1: instead listening to his walkie talkie, which she stole. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, Ellie realizes that Riley used her to distract
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  Speaker 1: Winston to get the walkie talkie, and is furious, but
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  Speaker 1: Riley pretty much ignores her, telling her she's going to
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  Speaker 1: go join the Fireflies now that she knows where they are.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie tries to convince her otherwise, but Riley decides to
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  Speaker 1: leave her behind. The title still, Ellie follows Riley over
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  Speaker 1: the rooftops towards the smoke They arrive at the scene
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  Speaker 1: and Riley produces two smoke grenades and hands one to Ellie.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie worries that they'll hurt people, but Riley tells them
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  Speaker 1: no one will be harmed. She just wants to get
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  Speaker 1: the Fireflies a chance to escape. Riley catches the attention
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  Speaker 1: of the soldiers after the firefly's escape, and the pair
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  Speaker 1: has to run. They kind of escape the military, but
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  Speaker 1: are attacked by an infected Riley orders Ellie to run
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  Speaker 1: away and is pinned down, but with Ellie's help, they
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  Speaker 1: kill the infected. Riley kind of panics says she's infected,
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  Speaker 1: but Ellie pulls up her sleeve and sees no bite marks,
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  Speaker 1: and Riley calms down. She admits to Ellie she was
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  Speaker 1: scared and thought she had been bitten, so more infected
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  Speaker 1: appear and they run until they hit a dead end.
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  Speaker 1: A firefly saves them and Riley thanks them and introduces herself,
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  Speaker 1: and it's Marlene who recognizes Ellie and knocks Riley out
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  Speaker 1: with the stun rod. Riley wakes up to Ellie negotiating
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  Speaker 1: their release. Marlene gives Ellie an envelope and orders them
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  Speaker 1: to go back to the QZI, but Riley instead pleads like,
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  Speaker 1: let me join the Fireflies. Please let me join the Fireflies.
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  Speaker 1: Marlene refuses, and then the group is attacked by smugglers
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  Speaker 1: and Ellie dives in front of Riley to protect her.
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  Speaker 1: A firefight plays out, and Ellie distracts the smugglers so
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  Speaker 1: that Riley can grab a gun from one of the
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  Speaker 1: dead and shoots the smuggler that had Marlene pinned down.
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  Speaker 1: The fight over, Riley once again asked to join the Fireflies,
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  Speaker 1: and Marlene reacts angrily, telling her just because she dresses
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  Speaker 1: like a firefly and knows the lines of a firefly
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean she knows what it means to be a firefly,
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  Speaker 1: and she shows Riley the dead bodies. She threatens to
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  Speaker 1: name her because that's what could happen to her. And
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  Speaker 1: Riley remains firm I want to join the Fireflies if
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  Speaker 1: you want to name her. Well, she's she's saying, like,
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  Speaker 1: that's what could happen to you? What if I maimed you?
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  Speaker 1: How what would you do? Like this is something that
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  Speaker 1: is the future. If you're not sure, you need to
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  Speaker 1: face the reality of what could happen. Oh, she's she's
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  Speaker 1: basically trying to scare her, like, this is a this
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  Speaker 1: is a reality you might have to face that an overreaction. Yeah, um, Ellie. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: it gets a gun, points it at Marlene and orders
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  Speaker 1: her to move away from Riley. Marlene says she knew
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  Speaker 1: Ellie's mother Anna and promise to keep Ellie safe. Um.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie asked Riley, like, what should I do? And Riley
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  Speaker 1: tells her you should lower the gun. Um, and Ellie does,
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  Speaker 1: and Marlene gives Ellie her mom's switchblade her hand knife. Um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's not in the show yet, right, No, it's actually okay, so,
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  Speaker 1: but they just have a switchblade that she just likes. Yes, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's interesting, okay hmm. On their way back to the school,
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  Speaker 1: Riley confesses she thinks there's no way out for them.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie suggests that they run away from the zone, but
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  Speaker 1: Riley dis missus heard telling her that they would die
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  Speaker 1: out there and obviously hurting um. She they get back
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  Speaker 1: and she basically is like I'll see you to mar Ellie.
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  Speaker 1: So this brings us to the d LC left behind.
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  Speaker 1: So Riley hasn't given up to on becoming a firefly,
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  Speaker 1: so she follows one of the members and is brought
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  Speaker 1: before Marlene, who asked what took her so long and
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  Speaker 1: tells her that their last encounter was a test to
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  Speaker 1: see how committed she was, and Riley has given the
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  Speaker 1: test of killing and infected what she does and earns
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  Speaker 1: her firefly pendant. She asked Marlene if Ellie can join,
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  Speaker 1: but not only does Marley say know, she forbids Riley
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  Speaker 1: from ever contacting Ellie again. Row yep, So on Ellie's
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  Speaker 1: end one day, Riley just kind of disappears without a word,
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  Speaker 1: causing Ellie to worry about what happened to her three
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  Speaker 1: weeks past before one night, Riley sneaks into Ellie's room
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the night, and this is three
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  Speaker 1: weeks before the events of the first game. Ellie almost
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  Speaker 1: stabs her before realizing who it is and tells Riley,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I thought you were dead. Riley tells her
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  Speaker 1: that she's a firefly now and promises to explain everything,
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  Speaker 1: and they catch up on each other's lives. They sneak
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  Speaker 1: across the rooftops and they argue about the fireflies. They're
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  Speaker 1: very argumentative friends. Still. Ellie wonders if she could become
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  Speaker 1: a firefly, but Riley tells her Marlene wanted her safe
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  Speaker 1: in the school. They return to them all and when
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  Speaker 1: Ellie demands to know what's going on, Riley just says
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  Speaker 1: it's a surprise. They discuss about how their water guns
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  Speaker 1: have been stolen go confiscated. It's a vetter answer. They
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  Speaker 1: kind of got taken by the I guess leader of
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  Speaker 1: the school. How Winston had died of a heart attack,
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  Speaker 1: and they go seek out his bottle of whiskey to
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  Speaker 1: have a drink. They take a detour through a halloween store,
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  Speaker 1: trying on masks, despite Ellie's reluctance too. They play a
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  Speaker 1: game that involves throwing bricks at car windows and the
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  Speaker 1: winner gets to ask any question that the loser has
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  Speaker 1: to answer honestly. So this is a game, so you
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  Speaker 1: can win or lose If Riley wins, she asks what
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  Speaker 1: she has to do to be your friend again. If
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  Speaker 1: Ellie wins, the player gets to pick between three options,
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  Speaker 1: and they're kind of like, why did you leave? How
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  Speaker 1: do you feel about me? Things like that, and Riley
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  Speaker 1: will one of them. She won't answer straight faced. I'll
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  Speaker 1: say I've played this many times. Yes, oh, yes, I
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  Speaker 1: have all right, So Riley reveals the mall still has
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  Speaker 1: power and flips it on, apologizing for everything that has
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  Speaker 1: happened between them. They enter the illuminated mall astounded. They
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  Speaker 1: ride the carousel. They take pictures in the photo booth,
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  Speaker 1: and yes, you can choose the theme, including one that
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  Speaker 1: is a love based. They read puns from the Infamous
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  Speaker 1: Pun Book. They go to the arcade, making a bee
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  Speaker 1: line for the turning the game. I'll want to find
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  Speaker 1: out it doesn't work. Unfettered, Riley instructs Ellie to close
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  Speaker 1: her eyes and then describes what's happening on screen as
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  Speaker 1: Ellie pushes buttons. It's a really beautiful scene because Ellie
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  Speaker 1: kind of seeks into her imagination and then you can
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  Speaker 1: hear the sounds in her mind and like to see
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  Speaker 1: the lights on her face as Riley's like, you've got
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  Speaker 1: to kick now, and she'll kick. It's really cool. Riley
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  Speaker 1: here's music overhead and urges Ellie that they need to
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  Speaker 1: keep going, but Ellie hesitates, saying they can't get in
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  Speaker 1: trouble at school again. Riley tells her, Hey, I have
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  Speaker 1: been assigned to a firefly unit in a different city
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  Speaker 1: and I'm leaving, so this is it, like this is
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  Speaker 1: our last night. Disappointed with Ellie's reaction, Riley leaves to
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  Speaker 1: check out the music, and Ellie eventually catches up and
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: they fight some more. Riley reveals that she didn't come
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  Speaker 1: back out of guilt that she almost got shot retrieving
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  Speaker 1: their lost water guns. So they play a game of
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  Speaker 1: water tag, which yes, you can win or lose, and
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  Speaker 1: Ellie tells Riley she should go with the fireflies because
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  Speaker 1: that was her dream. And this is after Riley tells Ellie,
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  Speaker 1: you're the only one that could stop me. Riley plugs
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  Speaker 1: in Ellie's Walkman into kind of like the PA system,
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  Speaker 1: and they dance on the counters of the store. Midway
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  Speaker 1: through the song, which is Edda James's cover If I
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  Speaker 1: Got Ebabe, Ellie stops and begs Riley to stay, and
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  Speaker 1: Riley pauses before tearing off her firefly pendant and dropping it.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie darts forward and kisses Riley, apologizing after, but Riley
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  Speaker 1: says she has nothing to apologize for. However, infected interrupted
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  Speaker 1: the moment and that forces them to flee. They almost
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  Speaker 1: make it out when some scaffolding Ellie was climbing broke
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  Speaker 1: and she fell, and Riley jumped back down to save her,
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  Speaker 1: and then is attacked by and infected herself. And though
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  Speaker 1: they defeat the infected, they are both bitten. Ellie break
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  Speaker 1: stuff and fiery and pain so hurt by this, but
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  Speaker 1: Riley tries to come down, tells her that they have
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  Speaker 1: two options suicide or being quote all poetic and losing
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  Speaker 1: their minds together and that's her preference, so that they
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  Speaker 1: could spend as much time as possible together before that happens.
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  Speaker 1: Ellie agrees, and that's how it ends. You never see
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  Speaker 1: any anybody, you die or anything. That's just how it ends.
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  Speaker 1: And because you've played the game, I mean, I would
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  Speaker 1: assume at this point, because if you're doing the downloadable content,
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  Speaker 1: that would be strange if you hadn't. But because you
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  Speaker 1: played the game, you know Ellie never becomes infected. But
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  Speaker 1: that Riley did it is very very beautiful. It's a
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  Speaker 1: very very beautiful game. It's very sweet and sad. You
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  Speaker 1: can goof off playing in the photo booth, like you
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  Speaker 1: can do multiple things in there if you want, like
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  Speaker 1: different poses. You get to choose the poses like every time,
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  Speaker 1: so like the back to back and yeah, it's like
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  Speaker 1: they do like angel pose and yeah, it's really cute.
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  Speaker 1: You can decide how much you want to fly, or
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  Speaker 1: you can read all of the puns like like I
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  Speaker 1: said in the past, last of this episode, you basically
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  Speaker 1: as long as you keep pressing triangle, you'll keep exchanging
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  Speaker 1: puns until they run out, which is what I did,
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  Speaker 1: which is what she did. Absolutely. So one of the
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  Speaker 1: main ways, if you have seen the most recent episode
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  Speaker 1: of the show, that this is different is that it
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: takes place right after Joel has been like mortally injured,
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  Speaker 1: like dying, and Ellie goes to it an abandoned ma
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  Speaker 1: all to try to find any kind of medical supplies,
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  Speaker 1: and when she's in there, it is flashing back to
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  Speaker 1: these memories with Riley. So this is why this is
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  Speaker 1: one of the things I couldn't quite predict how they
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  Speaker 1: were going to do it. In the show. It was
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  Speaker 1: probably my biggest question mark, just because I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: if they were going to intersperse or if they were
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  Speaker 1: going to do one big flashback. But by the time
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  Speaker 1: you play this again, maybe some people did it in
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  Speaker 1: a way I've never heard of, but by the time
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  Speaker 1: you play it, you know how it ends, so that
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  Speaker 1: it adds tension, Like you're having these like really beautiful, sweet,
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  Speaker 1: innocent moments, but you know ultimately they're going to get
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  Speaker 1: bitten at the end of it. And it's very different
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  Speaker 1: gameplay because whereas like the game, the first game is
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  Speaker 1: very you know, kind of action driven sneaking around, this
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  Speaker 1: is like literally pressed triangle to choose what photo you
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  Speaker 1: want to take. Like, it's a very sweet, different type
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  Speaker 1: of game. And you do see the huge impact that
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  Speaker 1: Riley and Riley's death had on Ellie's worldview on how
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: she feels the Survivor's guild, especially so the name. Some
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: people think the name because Riley's last name is Abel,
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  Speaker 1: is a reference to the biblical story of Kane and Abel,
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  Speaker 1: because the implication is that Ellie did have to kill Riley,
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  Speaker 1: and Riley is a very was a very capable self
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  Speaker 1: sufficient protective, impulsive person. And Ellie keeps her pendant, her
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  Speaker 1: firefly pendant, and her backpack. So at one point, as
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  Speaker 1: I've said, in the first game, you play as Ellie
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  Speaker 1: and you can look in her backpack and she has
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  Speaker 1: the pendant, she has the pun book, a couple of
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  Speaker 1: other things. And now, unfortunately you probably won't be surprised
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  Speaker 1: to know that when this came out, it was critically acclaimed,
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  Speaker 1: but there was a big backlash among people who homophobic,
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  Speaker 1: people who did not not like that this was a
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  Speaker 1: storyline in there. And we're going to talk about this
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  Speaker 1: more in the Last of US TV episode about episode
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  Speaker 1: seven Left Behind, but that episode has been review bombed
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  Speaker 1: with several one star reviews. Luckily, I would say, you know,
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  Speaker 1: those voices are so loud, but overall most people seem
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  Speaker 1: to be like, oh, this was a beautiful, like unique
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  Speaker 1: at the time love story in a game where, especially
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: like we've said before, in kind of these action and
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  Speaker 1: horror games, it was very very sweet and very very sad.
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  Speaker 1: I did cry a lot or tissues had to be found. Yeah,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: and it's kind of interesting too, because, as people pointed out,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: you know, you never see the death part of it,
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  Speaker 1: but it's just that their conversation at the end is
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  Speaker 1: so moving. And I mentioned this before, but Ashley Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who's been very out about like no, I don't care,
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  Speaker 1: it's stopped talking about homophobic people, has said how she'll
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  Speaker 1: get approached by like especially young queer folks who say
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: that this meant so much to them to see this
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  Speaker 1: and play this. But yeah, it is. It's like, really
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  Speaker 1: really beautiful. It's been interesting too because somehow a lot
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: of people haven't played the DLC. You're just kind of
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  Speaker 1: shocking to me, and there's been a whole like what
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: is where did this come from? And I'm like, what,
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  Speaker 1: you haven't played the DLC. But it is very beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: I highly recommended the comic book, which I have. Unfortunately
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  Speaker 1: it's in my apartment somewhere, but I cannot find it.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: It is very very cool and that one has a
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: lot of like world building in it. So I recommend
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: and definitely be on the lookout to pour our reaction
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: to the most recent episode of the Last of Us
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: as Us comes out that featured Riley and that's where
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: we'll talk more about her television depiction and all of
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: that stuff. But yeah, yeah, I love Reley. Do you
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: want to tell everyone how long you've been waiting to
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: do this specific character? A long time. When I say
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  Speaker 1: a long time, I think it might have been here
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning. Yes, I think it was an early trend. Yes, early.
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  Speaker 1: When we first started at it, made a list and
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: at first was like all last of us characters. But
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: I knew the show was coming out, so I was like,
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: I don't know what to do about the spoilers, right,
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: and then when the show started, She's like, I want to,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: but now I have to wait. Yes, so she was
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: very and she was very very much ready for this,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: and also a couple of other characters. And we're not
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: going to mention yet, but it's in the White Wings, y'all.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: It is. Oh it's coming yes, Oh so exciting. Well.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: In the meantime, if you have any suggestions for anyone
• 22:48
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• 22:57
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