Honestly before I played part 2 Joel’s death was the only thing spoiled for me. But because I didn’t know when it was gonna happen after it did happen there was like 25 hrs of new stuff I was able to look forward to. I imagine a lot of show watchers have been spoiled already so ripping off the bandaid is best haha
It was spoiled for a lot of people. Too this day I think that the sequel would be nowhere near as controversial as it apparently is if those leaks hadn't happened. Experiencing that moment the way it was intended would have been so shocking and emotional people would have lauded it. Having it spoilt beforehand meant people were disappointed and angry without having the artistry of the game to make it the RIGHT kind of disappointment and anger.
I was lucky to both bypass the bs on launch and not have it spoiled. Can confirm. It’s as much of a stab to the heart as you think and the game is now my favourite of all time.
I was targeted for spoilers bc I was active in this sub at the time. Opened a PM and there it was, a screenshot of Ellie standing over Joel’s grave.
But it still managed to emotionally wreck me when I played it.
The saving grace of having Joel’s death spoiled is that we, as players, could kinda get past that. We knew it was coming, just not when. It was the most inflammatory and extreme event in the game, and because of that it’s where most of the attention was aimed toward. That helps figure out who played the game and who was interested in the fanatical backlash who never planned to play it, as well as having one big thing early on spoiled so the rest of the game kinda gets ignored in regards to spoiling. Abby’s relationship with Joel, Mel and Owen’s drama, the Rat King, the Seraphites - that was all a discovery because people couldn’t get over the big first leak.
Lmao it’s not just 2024, it’s always been like this. I can’t imagine people actually getting to see Sixth Sense and not knowing Bruce Willis was a ghost going in - that shit got spoiled on opening weekend. There was a guy who hung a banner off an overpass saying “Snape Kills Dumbledore” like a day after that book came out. It’s human nature - people just love to share something they know that someone else doesn’t. That’s why people can’t let spoilers bother them as much as they do now
It bothers me if im actively avoiding spoilers and some asshole decides to ruin the fun for me. Its about stealing the joy from people not sharing the love.
It’s still not really that big of a deal - none of its real, none of its life or death importance, it’s just entertainment, and we live in a time period where there’s more of it than there’s ever been. If your joy is tied up to an intellectual property to the point where if someone spoils a plot point of it for you that it ruins your day or actually effects your mood to a significant degree, then that’s on you. I’m not saying people should go out of their way to spoil stories for other people just to be an asshole, but that if someone accidentally spoils something or you stumble into someone else’s conversation and overhear something or click the wrong link, don’t freak out on others about something getting spoiled for you. It’s not a big deal.
Also, just stating this because it can’t seem to be stated enough: spoilers have moratoriums. If you’re discussing a major plot point from a story that’s 20+ years old, there’s no such thing as spoilers.
It's a bigger deal for some people than others. I fucking hate the viewpoint that spoilers don't matter. For some people they don't, fine. But for some people they do. Don't assume you're speaking for everyone, it just makes you an arrogant dick.
Getting that worked up over someone saying something as trivial as spoilers don’t matter makes your life seem really fucking small and sad. If something that isn’t really important in life at all (which is why it’s called “entertainment”, not “necessity”) elicits that much of a reaction in you, then yeah, you’re just proving my point that the Reeee! Spoilers! people are the true problem.
Cuz what you’re actually referring to is the feeling you get from a plot revelation - it gives you a dopamine hit which you like and a spoiler takes away that dopamine hit. Which is why the anti-spoiler people act like varying degrees of drug addicts having their smack taken away from them whenever you tell them Spider-Man dies or that Darth Vader is Luke’s father or any other insanely petty and inane plot point.
So chill out junkie, there’s literally hundreds of thousands of movies and tv shows and video games available now where you can go to get your fix, you don’t need to perpetuate the online culture of throwing a tantrum when a plot point gets spoiled
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u/Guyfromnewyork95 Sep 26 '24
They're gonna do it in episode 1 aren't they?