u/Taimaniac

Absolutely no spoilers here, but I'm gonna put my thoughts in spoilers so as to not even allude to anything.

>!Right off the bat, I'm just going to say the whole of the last season was lacklustre (barring perhaps A-Train's redemption arc), and seeing the finale get roasted in the TV and The Boys subs is funny. However, as bad as it was, it was somehow still better than the writing of Part II, even down to its themes of "revenge is bad". By the end, I felt the villains mostly got their comeuppance, and there wasn't any last minute, asspull redemptions (barring perhaps one or two characters). The villains stayed despicable until the end and mostly got their comeuppance.!<

I think this might resonate with a lot of us on this sub who hated the story of Part II, that's all. I can only foresee the absolute bloodbath that will ensue following the finale of the TLOU TV series if the ending stays true to Part II.

Of particular note:

>When asked whether the team anticipated controversy, she said, “Oh, yeah…Most of the studio is like, ‘Really? You’re going to – well, spoilers, right?’”

>Cerlana confirmed that the disagreement wasn’t limited to a handful of voices. “I think the studio is pretty split on [the] outcome of what happens,” she said. “Yes, absolutely. It was controversial internally too.”

Finally, this came as no surprise and extremely funny/telling to me:

>The former Naughty Dog artist acknowledged a certain narrative strength in the decision. “I guess if there’s one positive from it, I guess you can say the story is definitely not forgettable, right?” she mentioned. “You definitely remember the story.”

My god, if the ONE good thing someone could say about the story is that it's "not forgettable", you already know it's an extremely bad story. You'll find this sentiment, that Part II was a "masterpiece" by virtue of it simply being "unforgettable", being constantly parroted by Part II Stans and Druckmann cultists.

Next time the holier than thou Part II Defenders come and claim that people who hate the story are the "loud minority", just scoff and see them for the pretentious hypocrites that they are.

https://twistedvoxel.com/naughty-dog-divided-on-joel-fate-the-last-of-us-part-2/

The Boys Series Finale