just finished s1, joel did the right thing. full stop

played the game on release, a few times since. just watched season 1 with family.

they didn't ask for Ellie's consent. the fireflies are wrong.

let's pretend a vaccine would work. it probably wouldn't, but for the sake of moral argument let's pretend it does. is killing an innocent worth that?

is killing one child to make everyone else safe (which, again, it wouldn't, but for the sake of argument), really worth it?

we already see with Jackson that the world doesn't need a "cure" to heal. it needs each other to work together. killing a child to make the world better is a fucked up way to think. no one should have to suffer. full stop. the fireflies don't have those reservations, and i hate them for it. joel did the right thing, the only thing, the moral thing. he put a stop to the unethical execution of a non-consenting child. even if it were the key to saving humanity, it would still be wrong.

but that's just my opinion. what is y'alls opinion?