16 Bookmarks by Defy_them
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The Fireflies promise they're not going to hurt Ellie. They just need to take some blood. And some tissue samples. Run some tests. Investigate some treatment modalities. Ellie swears she can handle it.
It's getting harder and harder for Joel to watch.
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Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
15 Jan 2021
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Canon-divergent fic that explores what might have happened at the end of TLOU1, if Joel stayed with Ellie at the SLC hospital and reluctantly worked with Jerry Anderson to try to develop a vaccine from Ellie's infection. Fair warning, the end is SAD, but beautiful.
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A World Made Of Numbers (Echoes Of Light Shining Out Of The Midst Of Nothing) by Iamasortofvillain
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games)
15 Oct 2020
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Ellie and Dina are carefree. They are young and they are damn well enjoying it, despite the infected and the horrors and the potential death. They're rambunctious, they're full of beans; they're tough and seventeen, they're innocent and dirty, they don't give a fuck.
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A long one-shot about Ellie's time in Jackson. It's very poetic and comfortable and they play like children, without the pain.Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
24 Oct 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// VERY vibin' exploration of Ellie's time in Jackson before the events of part 2, starting with the day Ellie arrives there from the hospital, and ends with the dance and their night in the weed den. The author writes in second person Ellie POV, and has a very distinct and poetic style of writing. Lots to love about this one
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I Know Now What I Knew Then But I Didn't Know Then What I Know Now by DissonantDreams
Fandom The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 May 2021
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A loosely linked series of one-shots set within the NIMH timeline.
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Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
27 Sep 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// These are mid-length one-shots that give interesting insights into missing scenes throughout TLOU2. They tie in with the author's main fic, Nail In My Head.
The author is a huge space nerd, and both fics in this series so far have had space themes. After Ellie returns to Jackson from the museum, Dina and Ellie go stargazing and smoke weed. Then, for Joel's birthday, they have a night by the campfire (Joel plays the guitar, and Ellie and Joel sing together) and Joel takes Ellie to watch a meteor shower.
The author has a very cool writing style. They have a knack for picking out these interesting scenes to explore, and give very good narrative insights using Ellie's POV. They also have the banter between Ellie and the other characters down to an art - the fics are full of great one-liners and awful puns.
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*SPOILERS*
This wasn’t how Ellie expected find Abby – hands bound, hair chopped short, clothes hanging from her starved frame. Ellie had dreamed of this moment. She had nearly died for it, countless times. Her revenge was before her, and yet she never wanted it less.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
27 Sep 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Really interesting and original storyline for a canon divergence fic set at the end of part 2 and beyond. In summary, Ellie is too weak to fight Abby on the beach of Santa Barbara. Abby and Lev go back for her. Their journey involves reconciliation of their differences, an addition of Santa the Donkey to their party, and all-around interesting insights into Ellie, Abby and Lev. It ends with group therapy in Jackson, where Abby promises to seek out Ellie if the Fireflies ever have another chance at making a cure.
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Jesse Joel Williams is seven years old to the day that he decides to visit the Lady Who Lives Outside of Town, an Urban Legend to the kids of Jackson, an Urban Legend that feels just a little too familiar for the young boy.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
11 Sep 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// JJ is more grown (8 for most of the fic, 12 in the epilogue) and hears about the Lady Who Lives Outside of Town (it’s Ellie, surprise). Ellie has been living outside of Jackson, in an attempt to give Dina space, but Dina interprets it as Ellie running away and breaking her trust. JJ is the catalyst for Dina and Ellie reconciling. Very sweet, and cool original post-part-2 fic idea.
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Ellie hasn’t moved yet, sprawled out in a pool of her own blood wishing the world wasn’t here anymore.
She knows she needs to get up but the pounding in her heart is drowning out the pounding in her head. Each pulse feeling like another nail being hammered into her bloodied body. Pinning her down to the splintered wooden ground.
Fear paralyzing her. Getting up meant this was real, that it wasn’t a nightmare. Knowing if Dina was alive or dead.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
06 Sep 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Explores the timejump between the theatre fight and the day Tommy goes to the farm. Several memorable scenes, like Dina giving birth to JJ, and the day Ellie hunts a boar at a gas station near their farm and triggers an episode. The author writes in such a cool prose-like style, and has Ellie's humour down so well
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“You think I’d let you do this on your own?”
It’s Joel.
It can’t be Joel.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
03 Sep 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Ghost Joel. Character study of Ellie throughout part 2. She has hallucinations of Joel throughout Seattle and Santa Barbara. Really cool characterisation of Ellie and exploration of her inner dialogue. Very sad, but ends with a note of hope
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Ellie's back, but Dina has a hard time believing she's actually here to stay. There’s a lot to work through for them to get to an okay place, but she wants to try. Trying is all they have left.
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- Part 2 of New Leaves, Ever Turning
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
22 Aug 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Post part 2 fic. The author alternates between Dina chapters (traditional written style) and Ellie chapters (images of pages from her journal). So cool! Sweet fic.
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In the aftermath of fighting Abby in the theatre, Ellie must pick up the pieces.
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Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
16 Aug 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Exploration of the aftermath of the theatre fight. The author does a very good job at exploring Ellie's guilt from Dina, Tommy and Jesse being in Seattle because of her
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****UPDATED VERSION RELEASING 07/08/25****
"Dina brought the button-up close to her face, slowly closed her eyes, and deeply breathed in the lingering scent.
It smelled like…
...like the earth out in the woods.
Like the soap they all shared in the bath, tinged with lavender.
Like the oil she had watched Ellie rub into the fretboard of her old guitar.
Like whiskey.
Like Ellie."
A slow burn, Dina-centric story, about whether or not love can ever find it's way back home through hurt and loss.
Complete.
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- Part 1 of ...For the Rest of Mine
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Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
16 Aug 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// One of the definitive post part 2 reconciliation fics. Whiskey knew what they were doing, and they did it really fucking well.
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Ellie and Dina celebrate the holidays in their own way, and Ellie finds an old radio that plays cassette tapes.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
04 Aug 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Farm life holiday fluff. Ellie cooks latkes for a pregnant Dina, then the next year Ellie plays the Apollo 11 tape for JJ. Very wholesome and sweet. Spot-on characterisation and humour of Ellie as a parent
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Ellie is afraid of letting Dina see her intense pain, if only she knew Dina wouldn't judge her.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
01 Aug 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Dina is halfway through her pregnancy. Ellie is out hunting and triggers a PTSD episode. She comes back to the farm and sings Dina to sleep (Hallelujah). Tough read, but with incredible character study, prose and analogies (magma under her skin, a desert in her chest)
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*PLOT SPOILERS*
Ellie goes back to the theater after making Nora talk. A continuation of her and Dina's talk while Dina tends to her wounds.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
25 Jul 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Extension of the scene where Ellie returns to the theatre after killing Nora at the hospital. Really good and striking description of Ellie having a panic attack and Dina bringing her back
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Following the end of The Last of Us Pt. 2. Therefore, it contains massive spoilers.
The uncertain future is not so uncertain.
Ellie needs to make amends and make a new path, and she sees only one that can help her.
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- Part 1 of Recovery
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
21 Jul 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Ellie shows up in Jackson and finds Dina and JJ there. Some angst then they reconcile. Really good characterisation of Ellie — great internal monologue of her thoughts. Cool writing device where Ellie hears guitar strings when she thinks about Joel
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When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light. Ellie's not so sure that she'll ever see the light again.
Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
20 Jul 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Beautifully written post-fic. Three parts (pain, healing, peace). Beautiful prose and exploration of loss and healing. Brief resolutions for Tommy, Abby and Lev. Angst but Dina and Ellie reconcile.
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Bookmarked by FiresideGuitar (Defy_them)
19 Jul 2020
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Please excuse my bookmarking system, I have the memory of a goldfish /// Ellie gets in a mood each time Winter arrives in Jackson. Dina wants to find out why