I would! Because it's ultimately selfish. Abby does not *deserve* life from Ellie, at that point. She *gets* it, but she does not *deserve* it.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl
So now we're talking about grace, huh?
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Replying to @mssilverstein @BootlegGirl
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment." One can acknowledge that Ellie is giving Abby a *gift* of unearned mercy, and still also say mercy is preferable.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @BootlegGirl
Yeah - I mean, 'what Abby deserves' vs. "what Ellie should do" are not necessarily congruent.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @BootlegGirl
Exactly! Abby still *DESERVES*, at Ellie's hands, exactly the same cruel violence she gleefully dealt out to others. Ellie doesn't do so, and that is a laudable and praiseworthy act, but that doesn't change that Abby continuing to breathe is an unearned gift.
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Like that's how cycles of revenge *work* - they are fueled by what someone "deserves" at the hands of the wronged party. And that's what I meant when I said I can understand why people are irritated - Abby comes out of things way better despite having started the whole cycle.
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All I can say is that when Ellie turned around and said to Abby that "I can't let you leave" I was like "No, Ellie, no!"
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Honestly, it seems like it was really Abby's fault the whole thing got so vicious. If she had just killed Joel quickly and cleanly like her own dad had died, it might not have fed into Ellie's and Tommy's own fixation.
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Oh absolutely. Which is what her own friends hate her for and why she's isolated at the start, with only Mannie really being her friend anymore. If she'd just killed Joel none of it would have happened.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @loudpenitent and
Yeah. If she just shot him after he said “let’s get this over with” things would have been better. Ellie would never even seen the killing blow. But think about how long that had to have gone on for Ellie to be able to nearly save him.
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"Pray that the man who comes to kill you is an evil man An evil man will draw it out, he enjoys it, he wants to give you a fighting chance so he can see the look on your face"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @markemer and
"When a good man decides you have to die... you won't even see it coming"
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