That's more, I think, because the story is taking the position vengeance is inherently unjustified and useless, not because Abby holds herself responsible. She transparently doesn't. Abby thinks she is entirely justified and her dad was just a murdered saint.
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Culturing whatever makes Ellie immune without killing her is said by Jerry to be impossible, if not completely impossible then at least impossible with the tools and knowledge he has, and while he's not infallible he really is the only person who would know
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Agreed. Characters can only make moral calculations based on the information they actually have, not conclusions players might come to based on real world context. And as far as both Joel and Jerry know, operating on Ellie immediately is the only/best chance for a vaccine.
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Excuse me, Mr. "I will literally rather destroy the entire ship for the Cold Equations"?
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I mean my point has always primarily been that I felt the whole thematic point being made was that the fungus had done its damage, and the main danger now was humans refusing to build new communities instead of squat and squabble over the old wreckage in obsessive denial.
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Well yeah but it’s valid to criticize a contrived moral choice for being contrived
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