Interesting Correlations Between BioShock Infinite and TLOU

[Joel]

I'll keep this as spoiler-free as possible, although I do have to delve into some details regarding the games.

As you may know, I go by the name "Joel" nowadays. Joel is the main protagonist of The Last of Us, who is the guy you see in my Steam avatar. He was voiced and motion-captured by Troy Baker, who also did the voice work of Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite.

In The Last of Us, Joel is tasked with escorting a young girl named Ellie to safety. In BioShock Infinite, Booker DeWitt is tasked with escorting a young girl named Elizabeth to safety. The similarities don't end there. The girls themselves are no ordinary people. Elizabeth is able to manipulate "tears" in spacetime while Ellie—minor spoilers incoming—

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is immune to the fungus that wiped out and/or infected more than half of the human population in The Last of Us.

Here's another thing: One of the people that worked in the BioShock Infinite team left the company to work on The Last of Us.

Conspiracy theory ahead
That got me to thinking: What if The Last of Us is an alternate reality of BioShock Infinite, and Joel and Ellie are actually Booker and Elizabeth in an alternate universe?

Bonus: There's a sequel to The Last of Us. It takes place about a decade later, Joel and Ellie have assumed different names, and they pick up two other survivors—a black guy and a biker dude.

[Soup Nazi]

[The Domer]

[Cpt._Keyes]

i think you are over thinking people stuck in a rut

[Joel]

i think you are over thinking people stuck in a rut

What are you trying to say? Also, what's with all the image replies?

[Cpt._Keyes]

i think you are over thinking people stuck in a rut

What are you trying to say? Also, what's with all the image replies?

as in lazy writing is probably a more likely culprit...there are no more new stories, just change the names and a slight situational difference. It happens with books, shows and movies as well.