By: Critical Lens Gaming
Abby refuses to fight. She says, "I’m not doing this." She has already won her internal war. She let Ellie live twice (at the lodge and at the theater). In the end, it is Ellie who forces the fight, and Abby who fights back only to protect Lev. violetta abby winters
Violetta "Abby" Winters is not a villain. She is the ghost of consequences. And in the ruthless ecology of The Last of Us , she deserves to survive. By: Critical Lens Gaming Abby refuses to fight
Joel was a hero to Ellie and a monster to the Fireflies. Abby was a monster to Ellie and a hero to Lev. She asks a question we don’t want to answer: If someone killed your father to save a stranger, wouldn’t you pick up the club? The Legacy As we look toward the future (be it The Last of Us Part III or the HBO adaptation), Abby stands as a landmark character. She proved that video games can make you hate a character, live as them, and—perhaps—forgive them. In the end, it is Ellie who forces
That purpose is revealed in the game’s devastating prologue: her father was the surgeon Joel murdered to save Ellie at the end of the first game.
Suddenly, the monster is a daughter. The brute is an orphan. Abby’s story is a brutal inversion of Joel’s. Where Joel lost a daughter (Sarah) and damned humanity to save a surrogate daughter (Ellie), Abby lost a father (Jerry) and damned her own soul to avenge him. The genius of The Last of Us Part II is the "Seattle Day 1" switch. Just as the narrative reaches a fever pitch—Ellie is hunting Abby down—the game resets. You are back to square one, controlling the villain.