That's a great way to summarize that, thank you! They said to save a life is to save the world entire, but not for Joel.
The extra twist is that Ellie would have said yes. She took it as her life's purpose in both games. Both the Fireflies and Joel took Ellie's agency away. People tend to be sympathetic towards Joel because he kept her alive, but her wants mattered just as little to him as they did to the Fireflies.
That's a great way to summarize that, thank you! They said to save a life is to save the world entire, but not for Joel.
The extra twist is that Ellie would have said yes. She took it as her life's purpose in both games. Both the Fireflies and Joel took Ellie's agency away. People tend to be sympathetic towards Joel because he kept her alive, but her wants mattered just as little to him as they did to the Fireflies.