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But if you finish her half of the game and still feel pure hatred, Naughty Dog would argue you have missed the point. In a world ravaged by a fungal apocalypse, there are no "good guys" or "villains." There are only people.

The moment Ellie lets Abby go—drowning her, then sobbing as she sees a flash of a peaceful Joel—is the climax of both characters' arcs. But for Abby, it is liberation. She rows away into the fog with Lev, the last remnants of the Fireflies. She is broken, but she is free. The controversy around Abby isn't really about her muscles or her actions. It is about structure . We love Joel because we spent 15 hours surviving with him before he made his selfish choice. We hate Abby because we saw her crime before we saw her justification. violetta abby winters

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. But if you finish her half of the