The Last Of Us 2: 10 Things Fans DON'T Want To See

3. Dina Being Murdered

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If we had written this before the currently running trailer, this would probably be #1, but unfortunately the current trailer all but confirms that Dina is going to die to give Ellie motivation. Because it's basically a rule I guess that if you establish that your lead character is gay and in a relationship, you must MURDER that relationship so that you can get brownie points without actually having to put in the work of writing a realistic lesbian relationship.

We guarantee you that the only reason Tracer from Overwatch is exempt from this is because Overwatch stubbornly refuses to even HAVE a story in the first place. Otherwise, Emily wouldn't last five minutes.

Just because all evidence points to exactly this happening doesn't mean fans want to see it. We would love nothing more than to be completely off base here. Maybe Dina is seriously wounded and Ellie goes on the revenge path because hey, they hurt her girlfriend, they die. Whether that would be any better is a whole other topic but at least Dina wouldn't get fridged just to make us feel sad for Ellie.

However, this exact pattern has played out this exact way too many times to trust that it won't happen again. The Last Of Us is remembered as a game whose story always asked itself what the smart thing to do was. It would be a shame if that was broken in its own sequel.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?