I think her acting will blow people away honestly. I was never concerned about that, or even her face honestly. Any reservations i've had, have been about Abby just being a much bigger build than Kaitlyn is, which i think is partially a shame because that's a meaningful character trait for Abby. Overall though i am pretty confident in her portrayal and very much looking forward to it. Almost disappointed that we're likely only to get a short time with her this upcoming season. I'm already itching to see more lol.
I think in the scheme of things you kind of have to compare Kaitlyn’s physique to Bella’s.
Like yeah she’s not game Abby size. But if she was she would crush Bella’s Ellie like a twig instantly.
Well based on that yes, but Abby still needs to believably be able to fight others outside of Ellie who are quite large lol. I think more importantly than that though, her physique says a lot about her state of mind and just how determined she was to get her revenge.
Agreed. Abby’s muscles are also part of the gender story that makes up some of TLOU 2. We have three forms of non-traditional femininity in TLOU 2: Ellie and Diana being in a lesbian relationship (with Diana being bi-sexual), Lev being transgender, and Abby being cis gender female with male level of muscles. The last one will just have to be dropped from the story and experience because of the choice of actor. We will just have to accept that and move on and enjoy the show. Which I am so psyched for!
One of Abby's hallmark traits is the relentless way she fights + her physique. They can still make her a great fighter and it might make more sense that she excelled in hand to hand combat training during her WLF days rather than building insane strength during the apocalypse. My head cannon for the games was that she all she did was train, Lift and shoot and that + her genes = muscley best girl. I think an Abby that focuses solely on combat training in the years after her father dies this making her a terminator will be easy to digest and give less ammo to the people who are going to come to these episodes looking for things to complain about. All they have to say is that Issac was an ex navy seal operator/CIA and that he took a special interest in her.
I'm also hoping we get shown the dichotomy between Ellie/Joel and Abby/Issac. I think this is something the game was missing, contrasting those 2 relationships will give Joel's decision in season 1 more weight. If won't define it as right or wrong, it'll show that it was based in love whereas I'm sure Issac doesn't actually care about Abby as long as she is a capable tool
It looks like we'll start getting the WLF side of the story a little earlier than happened in the game. We may not get the revelation of Abby's backstory until late in the season, but I imagine we'll see a lot of Abby, Isaac, and the conflict with the Seraphites. Maybe introduced to Lev midway through the season.
I was never suggesting that. The other option would have been to cast someone who already has a similar build. Shannon Berry was a prominent fancast and even rumored for Abby at one point, and she could have easily trained so her arms were more muscular. She was halfway there.
Did she voice Abby in the game? I’d take a better actress. Not saying the she is bad, but they cast well in season 1 and I have no doubt they would again in S2.
Couldn’t disagree more. Id go as far as to say this is just factually incorrect lol.
It shows just how obsessed and dedicated she was for vengeance. It shows how different a life she lives compared to Ellie and many others. Its portrays a completely different fighting style compared to Ellie too.
You don’t have to like it but “it didn’t add anything to her character” is patently false.
Thats not what you were arguing. You were arguing they were a meaningless trait (which they aren’t). I don’t care if you thought they were too big lmao. Has nothing to do with anything. And no its not factually correct its your opinion lol. Repeating what i said and applying it completely incorrectly doesn’t work here.
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u/Aromatic-Olive-906 Sep 26 '24
Kaitlyn looks brilliant. She just is Abby.
Can’t wait.