I had a thought (while also acknowledging that like 99% of my following are Hazbin girlies, spoilers if you intend to watch/play The Last of Us, or of youve ONLY seen the show and dont know whats to come [im sorry])
In an alternate universe where Joel's face was NOT bashed in with a golf club, how long do we think it would have taken for Ellie to get to the point where she could forgive him completely?
I say JJ's birth would be where she realizes that a life with Joel in it is much better than a life without