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The Last of Us: Part 2 is rumored to be a story of revenge against a "homophobic Christian cult"

Naughty Dog's now-delayed sequel to The Last of Us will feature a revenge plot against a homophobic Christian cult, acc…

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The archived plot leak claims The Last of Us 2 will center around a budding romance between protagonist Ellie and love-interest Dina – a plot point that has already been confirmed by the game’s developers. However, this subplot is interrupted by an attack from a religious sect known as the Seraphites, who allegedly view the relationship as sinful.

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IF true (it's 4Chan after all), could this angle have contributed to the indefinite delay with that sort of story not going over well around Easter and when everyone is isolating?

 

[NeoGiffer]

Spoiler

 

[M1chl]

I hope it's going to be that, so I can freely hate on that. I am that mature, I know, who would have thought.

 

[Gold_Loot]

.... Or , how to ruin a franchise in one installment.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Yea it sounds like a pretty cringe worthy story. If there's a zombie apocalypse the "Christian cult" is gonna be more worried about the zombies than taking out a couple of lesbians. The first game did it right by focusing on the virus and the zombies and how it affects people's lives.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

This sound exactly like the kind of bait tailor made to piss people around here off.

I’ll wait and see

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Trash if true.

 

[CatLady]

It sounds like a load of garbage to me. I seriously doubt ND would go that far into extreme SJW territory.

 

[Romulus]

That just doesnt make sense in an apocalypse. People worrying about oppressing sexual orientation, meanwhile society has collapsed and flesh eating zombie roam but no, let's go find gay people to kill.

 

[INC]

Sounds plausible irl, so fine with me

 

[hyperbertha]

This story was leaked a week ago. Article sounded like an SJW wet dream tbh. Surprised this thread took this long to be made.

 

[FrozenFlame]

This sound exactly like the kind of bait tailor made to piss people around here off.

I’ll wait and see

Yeap, too much details. No way the family member told all that and he would remember it for a 4chan post.

 

[Moogle11]

Would be fine by me. Haven’t gotten to enjoy murdering a bunch of bible thumping trash since Bioshock Infinite.

 

[M1chl]

It sounds like a load of garbage to me. I seriously doubt ND would go that far into extreme SJW territory.

*cough, cough* Have you played the first one? Brave girl killing bad white men.

 

[DESTROYA]

I don’t care about the lesbian storyline but the It grinds my gears seeing a religion specifically Christianity being used as the villain, would people be OK if they used an other religion?
I doubt they would use a different religion for example Muslims , if true instant no buy.

 

[INC]

That just doesnt make sense in an apocalypse. People worrying about oppressing sexual orientation, meanwhile society has collapsed and flesh eating zombie roam.

Makes perfect sense, people with delusions of grandeur and religious power trips, sounds exactly how it would be in an apocalypse. Free reign to carry out their twisted beliefs, with nothing but god to judge them.

 

[sonomamashine]

Smells like Tells From Someones Ass.

 

[INC]

I don’t care about the lesbian storyline but the It grinds my gears seeing a religion specifically Christianity being used as the villain, would people be OK if they used an other religion?
I doubt they would use a different religion for example Muslims , if true instant no buy.

Well christianity is pretty big in America, so again it being a Christian cult makes sense to the setting of the game. If it was based in Jerusalem then yeh, it would be a different matter

 

[iconmaster]

Imagine the multiplayer modes:

Queen of the Hill
Rapture the Flag
Make Them Bake the Cake

 

[CatLady]

*cough, cough* Have you played the first one? Brave girl killing bad white men.

I played it. For me it was a protagonist killing bad guy antagonists and I didn't feel it ventured into SJW territory until that boring-ass DLC, Left Behind, that seemed like it's only purpose was to virtue-signal oh, look, look! Ellie is a lesbian.

 

[hyperbertha]

*cough, cough* Have you played the first one? Brave girl killing bad white men.

Pretty sure there were some black enemy models.

 

[sonomamashine]

Sounds plausible irl, so fine with me

I'm not surprise, you even took the time to troll on a Xbox Series X MEME Thread.
Just lol.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Although that's worrying if true, I'm going to reserve my judgement until I can see how the context is handled.

 

[Gamerguy84]

WTF I hope not. Ill accuse druckmen of hanging on ree.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

So in this post apocalyptic world ND built where almost no one is safe and everyone is barely surviving, God Hates Fags groups still exist and have the time to pursue hating people?

They must have incredible infrastructure to be unfazed in this post apocalyptic world ND built where almost no one is safe and everyone is barely surviving.

Wonder if this group is all white... Naught Dog mostly is.

 

[Lionel Richie]

For a game called The Last of Us, there sure seems to be A Lot of Us.

 

[Enjay]

It's sad that this is totally believable.

 

[INC]

I played it. For me it was a protagonist killing bad guy antagonists and I didn't feel it ventured into SJW territory until that boring-ass DLC, Left Behind, that seemed like it's only purpose was to virtue-signal oh, look, look! Ellie is a lesbian.

Yeh shame younger lesbian gamers have a character they can sort of relate too, takes the piss, they should play more DoA with jiggle physics.

 

[LED Guy?]

Makes perfect sense, people with delusions of grandeur and religious power trips, sounds exactly how it would be in an apocalypse. Free reign to carry out their twisted beliefs, with nothing but god to judge them.

Except the same goes for the other side, they can be as delusional or more, you are being a hypocrite right now, calling out religious cults but not calling out SJW zombies.

All in all, this story (if true) would be trash and would be very divisive SJW trash mental diarrhea from Neil Druckman and the other writers.

 

[Entroyp]

Sounds like a load of BS, but if true I’m going to be extremely disappointed.

 

[sonomamashine]

It's sad that this is totally believable.

 

[iconmaster]

Would be fine by me. Haven’t gotten to enjoy murdering a bunch of bible thumping trash since Bioshock Infinite.

Hello to you too!

 

[Birdo]

It's funny how Christians are always depicted as religious homophobes, yet there exists another religion where homosexuality is literally illegal and punished with death......

 

[Romulus]

Makes perfect sense, people with delusions of grandeur and religious power trips, sounds exactly how it would be in an apocalypse. Free reign to carry out their twisted beliefs, with nothing but god to judge them.

That's common sense,, but not my point.

 

[hunthunt]

Sounds like a load of garbage and swj anti swj clickbait but

It could make sense if the disintegration of the society's made people adopt in mass some kind of extreme religious views controlled by powerfull people, not much different as what happens with ISIS for example.

It could be an interesting plot trhead if its well written

 

[DESTROYA]

Well christianity is pretty big in America, so again it being a Christian cult makes sense to the setting of the game. If it was based in Jerusalem then yeh, it would be a different matter

I get that, but it’s a little annoying they are going with a religious angle if true.
I’m just saying let’s say it was set in a Muslim country ( just using as a example you can insert any religion you choose )
they would never go along with a storyline like that.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

It's funny how Christians are always depicted as religious homophobes, yet there exists another religion where homosexuality is literally illegal and punished with death......

 

[Max_Po]

Sound pretty pathetic...

Spoiler

Hot Ashley Johnson "Lebanese" confirmed

 

[hyperbertha]

Sounds like a load of garbage and swj anti swj clickbait but

It could make sense if the disintegration of the society's made people adopt in mass some kind of extreme religious views controlled by powerfull people, not much different as what happens with ISIS for example.

It could be an interesting plot trhead if its well written

Making the main plot point about homophobia against ellie's romantic choice takes all the focus away from what makes last of us the last of us.

 

[Max_Po]

Although that's worrying if true, I'm going to reserve my judgement until I can see how the context is handled.

if you are expecting a naked Ashley Johnson kiss.. you will be disappointed...

 

[marianus]

Makes sense to me. These types of people hate the big bad Christians. They rumors about Ellie's gf being raped also seem to fit in. Did they rape her to try and make her straight? As a "punishment" for being a lesbian?

 

[CatLady]

Yeh shame younger lesbian gamers have a character they can sort of relate too, takes the piss, they should play more DoA with jiggle physics.

If she was making out with a boy, it would have been just as boring and pointless. I don't have the slightest interest in knowing the sexual orientation of characters in a video game. And I have even less interest in slogging through boring DLC just to find out what the hell their orientation is.

 

[INC]

Except the same goes for the other side, they can be as delusional or more, you are being a hypocrite right now, calling out religious cults but not calling out SJW zombies.

All in all, this story (if true) would be trash and would be very divisive SJW trash mental diarrhea from Neil Druckman and the other writers.

Why? because I have no issue if it's true, and can completely see this being not only realistic irl, but even in any other medium (film, book etc)

So now because its In a game, its SJW zombie shit.

Grow up, it's a revenge story, and it's been done before and will be done again, even if the characters are gay.

 

[SentientStone]

I understand why the director thinks this will be an artistic masterpiece now.
This game will be such a deep artistic masterpiece because it directly reflects our contemporary zeitgeist... the famous line from the first game will be evolved with Ellie telling her gal friend(s)... "We really are the last of us... SJWs!".

So artistic

EDIT: Oh ya, the last boss will be an infected Bill Gates in Seattle after his research into the toilet bioweapon goes wrong. Players will be able to tell it's bill because the last boss wears a sweater and has glasses.

 

[Psykodad]

It's funny how Christians are always depicted as religious homophobes, yet there exists another religion where homosexuality is literally illegal and punished with death......

Well, if Christians would do the same, the Vatican would be a ghost town.

 

[Wandering Leopard]

Whether or not it's true or not, and a lot of people seem to instantly believe what is only a rumour at this stage.

I care more about how well a story is told. A story can be about anything but if it's not told well it can pull down the experience.

 

[Metnut]

I hope this is true. Could make for a great game and would drive people obsessed politics and calling everyone SJWs batshit crazy.

 

[Nankatsu]

Sounds like an invitation to avoid the game.

I don't know why, but the next big round in this LGBT / SJW battle will be when Square Enix unfortunately decides to make Lara Croft lesbian. Mark my words.

 

[ExpandKong]

Ehhhh. On the one hand, the first game was a very basic and played out paint-by-numbers “post apocalypse we were the real monsters oh man” story, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Naughty Dog went for a very basic and played out paint-by-numbers “oh man religion hates gays” story this time around.

On the other hand, sounds like outrage bait.

 

[INC]

Sounds like an invitation to avoid the game.

I don't know why, but the next big round in this LGBT battle will be when Square Enix unfortunately decides to make Lara Croft lesbian. Mark my words.

At least theyll be a tomb worth raiding then