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etcelsior2015-05-22 01:29 am
restingstitchface) wrote in etcelsior2015-05-22 01:29 am
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Some things are best kept secret.
The Headcanon Meme
I. Post with your character. If you've got a bunch, consider doing a catch-all under one header.
II. Poke other characters with questions. Ask about their childhood, crushes, their thoughts on game events. Anything you can imagine.
III. Answer questions people have left for you with your headcanon, or canon if it's been covered there.
IV. Feel free to go into as much or as little detail as you want.
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and what if riley showed up with a bite
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Well, with my headcanon, Ellie and Riley waited it out. They hid away in an abandoned apartment and Riley turned within the general 24-48 hours it takes to turn. When nothing happened to Ellie and things were getting progressively worse for Riley, the discussion of what should be done came up, because it was obvious that Ellie wasn't going to change anytime soon.
Well, the answer was to make a change of plans and put Riley out of her misery, which Ellie couldn't quite handle the responsibility of. She put off shooting Riley until it was too late, and Riley wound up turning and coming for her. Ellie didn't get her on the first shot, due to inexperience with a gun. She emptied out Riley's pistol on her.
If Riley were to show up here, it would initially be met with emotional disbelief which would promptly turn to excitement. Lots of ugly tears, Ellie grabbing onto Riley and not letting go, a sudden and completely messy and embarrassing kiss.
But there would mostly be the disbelief of seeing her friend that she saw dead last. It would take a lot of discussing to make her understand which would end up evolving into Ellie being stoked to introduce her to Joel, show her around, etc... But I don't think Ellie would ever truly be able to be comfortable with Riley being there. She saw her dead, she killed her.
And if she showed up with a bite?
Actually... That's a real tough one. It was hard enough killing Riley the first time, and she really prolonged putting her down. Unfortunately, with the experiences she's had and the exposure she's had with Joel and how he deals with things?
She'd probably shoot her on site.
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After exposure to Joel's teachings of internalizing everything and the violence that they've both had to revert to very often, it just seems the most likely that she would force herself to put matters into her own hands. She feels a really hefty sense of responsibility when it comes to the infection, given her immunity. The fact that she was with Riley during the time she got bitten, what she agreed to with her and all that, she did make a promise.
It's super cold though, I am not going to disagree.
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after all that shit that happened to her? you bet ur britches she'd do it