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The Last of Us HBO It seems strange to argue with the creator of a game in terms of whether the explanation of his story is correct, but that’s where we are, once again, as Neil Druckmann has addressed an infamous The Last of Us debate. This is all coming up again because Joel fully confessed to Ellie what he did to the Fireflies to save her in the last episode, adapting a scene from the game. Druckmann was asked about the idea that the Fireflies could have definitely made a cure, and he said the following on the Sacred Symbols podcast: “Could the Fireflies make a cure? Our intent was that, yes, they could.“ “Now, is our science a little shaky that now people are questioning it? Yeah, it was a little shaky and now people are questioning that. I can’t say anything. All I can say is that our intent is that they would have made a cure. That makes it a more interesting philosophical question for what Joel does.” Again, it’s weird to argue with the guy who wrote this, but it just does not make sense in the context of the game, nor do I think he should even be explaining the “intent” of something that was purposefully open to interpretation. The Last of Us Naughty Dog Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes There is a difference between Joel believing they would have made a cure by killing Ellie, and the idea that Druckmann is saying that would happen. The philosophical question is about what Joel believes, not that it’s literally confirmed true the Fireflies would have made a cure, which Joel couldn’t possibly know. There are of course logistical debates about all of this too. How could the Fireflies make a cure with one doctor…

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