EntertainmentThe Last of Us: Why did David want to keep Ellie alive? Played by Scott Shepherd, David is the big bad guy in episode 8 of The Last of Us today at 10:03

[Atenção: o texto abaixo apresenta spoilers da primeira temporada de The Last of Us]

In one of the most tense episodes of the first season, the eighth of The Last of Us showed EllieInterpreted by Bella Ramseyfending for herself to be able to find food and medicine for Joel (Pedro Pascal) heals after being wounded by a wooden stake. In the meantime, the character encounters the terrible david (Scott Shepherd), main villain of the chapter, titled “When We Are in Need.”

It is worth remembering how david is a leader of a community, who offers to exchange some medicines (essential to take care of Joel) by a deer that Ellie hunted. At the beginning, david he looks like someone good and friendly, because the people in the group depend on him for food.

However, david reveals how the men who attacked Joel It is Ellie at the end of episode 6 (one of them was killed by Joel) were part of his community – and promises how he wants to bring the protagonist to justice. he manages to capture Elliebut still insists to keep Ellie alive – and the reasons are dark and dark.

Why did David want to keep Ellie alive in The Last of Us?

When I was with Ellie for the first time, David explains how he wants her to be a part of the community, because he can relate to her. The character insists on this statement, because both would have “violent hearts.” Afterwards, he just says how he simply needs a friend. david he also says that, because he is the only leader of a community, he needs someone who sees him as an equal.

Right away, david insists like Ellie it’s that person he’s been looking for so much – and the two can do amazing things together if they manage the community as a duo. Everything starts to unravel when the character reveals a certain obsession with the Cordycepsand explains how he “loves” him, because he preserves the future of humanity through violence.

The situation gets even worse when he tries to arrest Ellie and she fights back with violence to protect herself. The villain says lines like “or are you that special?” and “you don’t know how good I am. You don’t know what I could have given you if you’d just let me.” david it also says, “I’ve decided you need a father, so I’m going to stay with you. And I’m going to teach you.”

The end of “When We Are in Need” shows something that the original game of The last of us original suggested and implied: david tried to attack Ellie sexually. He says that “the fight is the part I like the most,” but the character manages to overcome the villain and kills him with his cleaver.

Be careful who you trust.

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