Hello again itās me your resident āEllie automatically started accommodating for Joelās hearing loss as soon as she knew about it and I have proof even if the show runners refuse to acknowledge itā bringing you yet another analysis. Also featuring moments of Pedro somehow managing to exceed my extremely high expectations
Iām risking my hotspot data before the finale for this but I GOTTA DO IT
TL:DR she does more to protect him than he will ever realize
Okay. Onto episode six, aka the one that really made me go
Okay. Rolling 7 and 8 into one because there really isnāt much in them. Episode nine will probably come Monday, assuming any of us survive the finale.
There really isnāt much to do with Joel laying on the floor for every interaction. BUT, itās consistent.
And itās stuff like this that has me believing that its NOT intentional. With the layout of this set, from a cinematography standpoint she has to be on his left. Thatās where the space is- thatās where the light is. There has been a theme of Ellie being Joelās light while heās lost in the darkness for the entire season. Sheās backlit for a symbolic reason
On the other hand, from a character standpoint, it would make more sense for her to be on the right. It would keep her shadow off the injury, keep her from having to reach all the way across to put pressure on, give her a better angle to work. But none of that is Ellieās focus. She needs Joel to hear her because dammit, sheās not letting him die. So she is on the left.
(This isnāt significant Iām just crying about it again)
Look at the shadows, particularly directing before this when sheās actually stitching. Sheās blocking her own light trying to do this from his left side, but sheās on his left because thatās where she goes. Even though they donāt say a word for this scene. It would have made more sense to be on his right, but sheās not.
Onto episode 8, where we see her on his right while checking on the stitches. However
When she actually talks to him, she leans in close and partially across him. Not on the right anymore. On the left.
Back with the meds and sheās on the right to made the most of the fading light. But when sheās taking to him directly? Sheās nearly shouting. Partially because heās knocked the fuck out. Partially because sheās on the wrong side.
I have nothing really to add here other than she absolutely shifted him to the right side of the mattress so there would be space for her to lay on his left also hi Iām crying again
Yet another moment of her interacting with him on the left but treating him on the right. And it contrasts from the previous episode because heās not conscious here. Heās not awake to hear her, so sheās making things easy for herself rather than accommodate for him.
And the final scene. The most important thing she has ever said to him, directly to the left ear. You listen to me now, you hear me. You stay alive, you kill them dead.
And he does.
