https://www.businessinsider.com/hbos-the-last-of-us-episode-three-review-bombed-homophobic-2023-1

Neil Druckmann, the co-creator of the series who also developed the video game, told The Hollywood Reporter that Bill and Frank's relationship "went over a lot of people's heads" in the game.

"At the time, [the subtlety is] what helped get it in," he said. "It's sad to say, but it would have been controversial otherwise."

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Spouse got me to watch this in spite of my initial "I'm sick of zombie shit" hesitance, and this most recent episode had me bawling. Didn't expect Nick Offerman's performance in a zombie video game show to evoke strong feelings but it really was very beautiful and sad.

    Uh, in short gamers delenda est

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      That episode had everyone bawling. I had to stock up on more handkerchiefs halfway through, it's so incredibly emotional. In every LGBT space i come across, everybody's like " i cried so much during this, it was so beautiful".

      And it also seems that every anti-LGBT space is full of people crying. Except they cry "Noooooooo they made based prepper man gaaaaaayy" :wojak-nooo:

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Except they cry “Noooooooo they made based prepper man gaaaaaayy”

        But he was always gay. He was gay in the first game, which was released what, 9 or 10 years ago? I legitimately do not understand this from the chuds, did they play a completely different video game to the one I did?

        • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          idk you have to take into account that these people are really fucking dumb

      • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Except they cry “Noooooooo they made based prepper man gaaaaaayy”

        That makes me cry with tears of the most sweetest laughter