Okay so im the anon that asked you if you've ever played/watched the last of us, and i asked that because i kind of....threw Simon into Joel's place, and i was wondering: How the FUCK would he act around Ellie? Sometimes Simon being a complicated character is a bad thing because i genuinely cannot figure this out in my head.
oooohhhh shit this is interesting to think abt. Simon and Ellie are very similar
I feel like simon would be pretty similar to Joel in how he approaches things with Ellie, but much more stubborn, 4x more aggressive, and much slower to warm up to her ragebaiting. He'd be pretty clueless with how to parent/protect/talk to a teenaged girl whereas Joel had at least a little bit of expirience. I'd imagine kids are hella rare to see after the Quiet Rapture so maybe Simon kinda just treats her like he would an annoying coworker??? Maybe he goes into it expecting her to know some survical things she really doesn't,, like basic self-defense. And when she doesnt have a clue he's just like "man you're fucking useless did they teach you fucking anything???"
basically i think it would be a lot of scream fighting. At the end of the day i do see them getting along after facing Some Horrors together maybe, but they'd be more like siblings than father/daughter. Ellie would probs look up to simon a lot bc of his history, but i doubt she'd admit that at all