It’s been weeks from the day The Last of Us 2 (TLOU 2) was released and several fans had a chance to experience several overwhelming scenes along with a heart-broken ending, which resulted in a slew of negative feelings and reactions from them. So, what made them go that crazy?
Unlike TLOU 1, TLOU 2 has a gruesome finale as Joel Miller, whose adopted daughter is Ellie, was murdered by Abby Anderson as she sought revenge on him for killing her father. Witnessing the death of Joel, a bunch of fans can’t help burning up their extreme angriness and see those creating TLOU 2 as the main source of the problem.
Some of them even texted Laura Bailey, who voiced Abby, to criticize and threaten her. As per Laura’s tweet, these so-called “hooligan” announced that they’d find Laura’s home or would “slaughter”, “stab” Laura and her family for “what she did to Joel”. Laura now lives in terror of being threatened by tons of messages like that, day after day.
It's not only bizarre but also scary - most of such messages appeared to treat Laura Bailey as the real Abby. This is the very first time Laura unveiled these toxic messages after having to suffer from them for quite a while. In the meantime, she also gave thanks to many fans for staying around to help her fight back against bad stuff and balance her mental health.
It’s obvious that Laura shouldn’t be blamed for “what she did to Joel” – she did nothing but worked as a voice actress. After all, it doesn’t matter to TLOU 2’s storyline or the likes of it!
A few days back, a streamer named Reckful committed suicide because of hateful speeches from the community. What happens on social media now can end up with terrible consequences in real life, unfortunately.
As for the finale of TLOU 2, an insider who really went through the game might know why Abby was determined to murder Joel, and why Ellie decided to not kill her at the last scene of The Last Of Us 2.