@commanderponds | it’s ellie’s show personality in season 2 as a whole, dina’s casting, jewish erasure, and writing, along with the casting of abby.
the biggest point of Season 2 is the cycle of anger and grief, but they made ellie significantly less angry than she was in the game (especially with dina’s pregnancy which her angry reaction was very important since it showed how deep she was in her need for vengeance.)
dina is ethnically jewish and canonically bisexual, and she KNOWS her identity, and yet they made her say “you’re gay and i’m not,” and casted a known zionist and non-jew for her role.
abby’s muscular build is very important for her character because it showed how important it was to seek revenge on joel, and how dedicated she was to taking him down. instead, they casted a petite short woman who is also a known zionist.
on top of all that, they completely messed up the pacing of season two. a big part of people disliking abby is because we didn’t know why she killed joel until the middle of the games but in the show it showed us her drive immediately. it completely ruins the pacing.