Is ellie gay in the last of us
After the revelation of Ellie's kiss in Left Behind, the downloadable expansion to The Last of Us, I decided two things. One, that I was sufficiently over being terrified of the game the first time to offer it another go, and two, that I was curious whether or not the game would perceive different knowing that Ellie was gay.
When I first reviewed The Last of Us one of the things that I most applauded the game for was the character of Bill. Bill was Joel's smuggling contact, a paranoid loner that lived in the overrun and extremely booby-trapped town of Lincoln. Joel and Ellie face up with Bill hoping to cash in some favors and get a car to head west in.
Bill is also lgbtq+, something that you don't realize until you appear across the body of his ex-lover Frank. Frank had grown tired of Bill's small-mindedness and set-in-his-ways attitude, and had attempted to steal the wagon battery Bill was going to give to Joel. In the process he was bitten, infected, and hanged himself after disappearing a very rude remark for Bill to find.
What makes Bill and this chapter of the game so awesome is the fact that for the first time I can ever remember a major character in a Triple A game was gay a
The Last Of Us: 'Left Behind' Shows Why Ellie Is A Great Gay Protagonist
In The Last of Us: Part 2, Joel (voice of Troy Baker) asks Ellie (voice of Ashley Johnson) about Jesse (voice of Stephen Chang), a young man he presumes Ellie has feelings for — because Joel has a “pretty keen eye” when it comes to observing people. “Not so keen with this one,” Ellie replies. Given the game’s unique narrative structure, players already realize that Ellie is in a relationship with Dina (voice of Shannon Woodward), a young woman who also lives at the Jackson commune. In flashbacks, players get glimpses of Ellie’s journals: “Should I tell him? I don’t know. I don’t recognize how he’d react.”
After framing Ellie as gay in The Last of Us: Left Behind — downloadable content (DLC) that expands upon The Last of Us: Part 1 and delves into Ellie’s association with Riley (voice of Yaani King) — Naughty Dog made it a priority to write an openly queer Ellie in The Last of Us: Part 2. When the game came out in 2020, it was a landmark moment for Queer representation in gaming. After all, Ellie is the firs
Is Ellie gay in The Last of Us? Her sexuality in the video game explained
15 April 2025, 16:22
By Sam Prance
Here's what Bella Ramsey and The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann have said about Ellie's sexuality in the series and the game.
The Last of Us has distant been praised by fans for its queer advocacy but is Ellie homosexual in the game and the series?
Fans of The Last of Us will already know that the show has made several key changes to the game it's based on. For example, Bill and Frank's romantic affair is merely implied in the game, whereas, it gets a full devastating episode in the demonstrate . Most recently, The Last of Us season 2 has completely changed how Abby is introduced to viewers.
The Last of Us season 2 also introduces fans to Ellie's identity new love interest Dina and they kiss at a dance in the first episode. This comes after we find out Ellie had a lovey-dovey relationship with a teen named Riley in a flashback episode in season 1. If you're wondering if these scenes take place in the games, we're here to fill you in.
Here's what we understand about Ellie's sexuality in
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