00:00Is The Last of Us cooked after airing this scene?
00:07The second season of HBO's The Last of Us just wrapped up, and a lot of fans of both the game
00:13and its season 1 adaptation have a bad feeling about the direction the show is taking.
00:17Despite overwhelming acclaim for the first season, some of the game's most diehard fans
00:21have been unhappy with certain aspects of the show since day one. The most common complaint
00:26is the choice of actor Bella Ramsey as Ellie. A lot of people simply don't think their
00:30portrayal of the character is accurate, both in the way they act and the way they look.
00:33While complaining about the portrayal of a beloved character is valid criticism,
00:37most of those criticisms have been bogged down by cruel memes about Bella Ramsey's appearance.
00:42On top of that, some fans aren't happy with the changes made between the source material and the
00:46show, while others are mad that the show kept some of the more progressive things from The Last of Us
00:51Part 2 game, such as Pride Town and Ellie's relationship with Dina. Many of these complaints
00:55come from the anti-woke crowd, who are now targeting one brief scene in the show's fourth episode
01:00as the ultimate sign of the show's new woke identity. If you haven't seen the fourth episode
01:05of season 2 yet, consider this a spoiler warning. In the episode, Dina admits to Ellie that she's
01:10pregnant with her ex-boyfriend Jessie's baby. Ellie, who is now dating Dina, reacts to the information
01:15enthusiastically and says, I'm gonna be a dad.
01:18So we're all having a baby. Holy s**t. I'm gonna be a dad.
01:28This joke sparked an angry flame in some viewers, who saw the line as a step too far into woke
01:33territory because technically a woman can't be a dad.
01:36Two lines means pregnant.
01:38This one's pretty old.
01:40The show's defenders tried to cool down the situation by reminding people that it was just
01:56a quick throwaway joke. But that hasn't stopped the wave of posts complaining about the scene
02:01from littering social media. The scene became a huge meme across social media platforms,
02:05inspiring edits on TikTok, memes on Twitter and Reddit, and more than a few criticisms about the
02:10game versus the show. In the game, the scene plays out very differently. Instead of celebrating
02:15the pregnancy, Ellie gets mad at Dina for not telling her earlier so they could turn back to
02:19safety, calling her a burden.
02:20How long have you known? It was late a few weeks ago. A few weeks? We could've...
02:28We could've still turned back. I didn't know. I wasn't sure, okay? I didn't want to be a burden.
02:35Well, you're a burden now, aren't you?
02:36The memes about the scene have elevated a lot of other negative memes and opinions about the
02:41show's trajectory. But they've also inspired more people to come to the show and Bella Ramsey's
02:45defense. The Last of Us was recently renewed for a third season, with plans for a fourth season also
02:50being discussed.
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