Was Ellie Gay 'The Last of Us' Game? Answered | The Mary Sue

Contents:

• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME?
• HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE
• ‘THE LAST OF US’ CONFIRMED THAT BILL WAS GAY YEARS AGO
• WAS ELLIE GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH RILEY EXPLAED
• GAMER EXPLAS WHY BILL AND FRANK TOTALLY WEREN’T GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME, YOU GUYS
• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH FRANK EXPLAED
• THE LAST OF US EPISO 3 REP: BLOOMG LOVE STORY OF A GAY UPLE, FRANK'S ILLNS AND BILL'S REMPTN
• WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED
• WAS ELLIE GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME? ANSWERED
• THE LAST OF US’ GEO GAY LOVE STORY COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME?

The most recent episo of HBO’s The Last of Us has left some fans wonrg if Bill and Frank were a gay uple the origal game. Wh such drastic chang, pecially when to Bill and Frank’s relatnship, some are left askg if Bill was really gay The Last of Us vio game.

HBO’S THE LAST OF US IMPROV ON THE GAME’S IMPLIED GAY ROMANCE

The biggt hts towards Bill beg a gay man are his relatnship to Frank and a certa magaze that Ellie steals om his stash the church basement, both of which n be missed by players not engagg optnal ntent or not payg close enough attentn. Bill is gay the game, but ’s referenced so vaguely that plenty of players missed . The cisn to keep muted, hted at a sgle le of dialogue and a hidn letter, was both praised and cricized — was easy to overlook, but also avoid a lot of gay-character trop, and allowed Bill to be a human and not “a maniftatn of sexualy, ” as Polygon’s Danielle Rien put at the time.

The game’s storyle don’t avoid trop altogether, though: It was cricized for “buryg s gays. “Long Long Time” has sparked several plats om the worst si of Twter about how The Last of Us allegedly shoehorned a gay relatnship. But the fact is Bill has always been gay.

‘THE LAST OF US’ CONFIRMED THAT BILL WAS GAY YEARS AGO

So yeah, Bill has always been gay.

WAS ELLIE GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH RILEY EXPLAED

Ellie is gay.

GAMER EXPLAS WHY BILL AND FRANK TOTALLY WEREN’T GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME, YOU GUYS

In a 2014 terview wh the web se GayGamer, Neil Dckmann, “The Last of Us” creative director and wrer, said: “Now when I was wrg [“Left Behd, ” the game’s prequel] I was wrg wh the ia that Ellie is gay, and when the actrs were workg they were fely workg wh the ia that they’re both attracted to each other. In Part II, the story ntas even more diverse characters and ncepts than ual for a big-budget nsole game (pennt gam have been historilly more diverse), cludg bisexual and trans characters as well as exploratns of homophobia, xenophobia, and other salient issu. It’s a far cry om today’s gam that feature more gay, lbian, bisexual, trans, and genr fluid characters.

The relatnship between Ellie and Riley is only briefly touched upon the ma story of The Last Of Us vio game, but episo 7 of HBO’s TV adaptatn lv to much more eply, leavg some askg if Ellie was gay the origal game self.

© HBO | Liane HentscherWas Ellie gay The Last Of Us game? Y, Ellie is nfirmed to be gay The Last Of Us vio game as well as the the ma game, Ellie’s sexualy isn’t really discsed as there are only a few referenc to Riley dotted throughout the story and we’re only told that she was Ellie’s ’s only the DLC add-on, Left Behd, where the te nature of Ellie and Riley’s relatnship is revealed, meang some players of the origal game may have missed this the TV show, the pair enjoy a night together at the mall where they share a kiss before they are attacked by a hor of nners and get bten and bee we know, Ellie is immune to the fectn but Riley was not so lucky.

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? RELATNSHIP WH FRANK EXPLAED

Like, what’s gay about a zombie apolypse? I mean, I’ve only played The Last of Us Part One, but I’m pretty sure there aren’t ANY gay characters. I’ve even played the Left Behd DLC, and the libs like to say ’s gay, but ’s so totally not.

Boys don’t though, e that’s gay. Nothg gay about science. This is why Bill And Frank are f NOT gay the game Don’t believe the hype, bro.

There are SO MANY reasons why Bill and Frank aren’t gay the game.

THE LAST OF US EPISO 3 REP: BLOOMG LOVE STORY OF A GAY UPLE, FRANK'S ILLNS AND BILL'S REMPTN

” But fely NOT a gay way.

WAS BILL GAY THE LAST OF US GAME? EXPLAED

It’s fely not gay to dance wh your bros when there aren’t any girls around. And sometim when he dips me and I look to his ep green ey they remd me of soft, rollg fields of grass that I jt want to stretch out naked on wh him while the sun warms our glisteng bodi—but totally NOT a gay way.

I thk I need to tell Kyle somethg … that I love him … forever … But TOTALLY not a gay way. *WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Last Of Us*The story of Bill and Frank is only briefly touched upon The Last Of Us vio game, but episo 3 of HBO’s adaptatn has dramatilly expand on their relatnship what is a notable viatn om the source enthrallg episo is filled wh tensn, joy and heartbreak as tells the pair’s story over almost two s, begng wh their first meetg after Frank fell to one of Bill’s follows is a betiful love story that has left fans wh a number of qutns, wh some askg whether Bill was gay The Last Of Us game self. TERMINAL ILLNESS: FRANK’S FATE IN THE LAST OF US SERIES IS A HUGE DEPARTURE FROM ORIGINAL GAME© HBO | Liane HentscherWas Bill gay The Last Of Us game?

Y, Bill is nfirmed to be gay The Last Of Us vio game. Speakg The Last Of Us podst, Craig Maz reerated this pot, sayg: “This wasn’t a new ncept that Bill was gay, that’s the game. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

WAS ELLIE GAY ‘THE LAST OF US’ GAME? ANSWERED

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". In other words, they’re a perfect gay uple, a “normal” gay uple, a world which the mere thought of takg re of someone else is somethg of a ath sentence.

THE LAST OF US’ GEO GAY LOVE STORY COULD NOT BE MORE TIMELY

Some might fd the pivot tone and narrative to be rehg, and the seri has already been praised by crics for liverg a gay love story, but the tonal shift om bter loss to lovg oasis feels disgenuo. Watchg the episo, feels as though the wrg beme stuck 2003, which is when the fungal panmic hs the show, rultg the kd of gay love story that would have been groundbreakg TV back then, but is now jt wearisome. To settle for a narrative this bland and dated, one termed to wrg tears while both metaphorilly and lerally buryg s gays — bee, y, strippg them of any narrative purpose is a thematic burial before their actual on-screen aths, is flat-out mortifyg, particularly a world where more and more nuanced and plited queer characters e to life every day.

“It was geo, and I was so not expectg , ” said Darn Lowenste, 41, a vio game nsultant, who is gay.