{"id":1840257,"date":"2023-02-08T16:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840257"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:36:24","slug":"the-last-of-us-goes-all-in-for-suicide-for-reasons-of-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-last-of-us-goes-all-in-for-suicide-for-reasons-of-heartbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Last Of Us\u2019 Goes All In For Suicide For Reasons Of Heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-last-of-us-goes-all-in-for-suicide-for-reasons-of-heartbreak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1840257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>There has been much discussion about Episode Three of The Simpsons. \u201cThe Last Of Us,\u201d This short detour from zombie violence was made to tell a long, more sentimental gay love story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media celebrated romance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-recaps\/the-last-of-us-season-1-episode-3-recap-hbo-nick-offerman-murray-bartlett-gay-love-1234667212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It can be called<\/a> \u201ca wonderfully powerful, achingly human story.\u201d Conservative critics, however, laughed and said it was simply another attempt to mainstream LGBT issues into all aspects of pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>There were many opinions on the merits and pitfalls of Bill (Nick Offerman), Frank (Murray Bartlett) sexual relationship, but almost none viewers paid attention to the other vital aspect of the episode \u201cLong, Long Time\u201dThe glorification and glorifying of suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood is familiar with this concept. The 2016 film \u201cMe Before You,\u201d The story, which was based upon a Jojo Moyes book of the same title, also made the case for assisted death. Louisa Clarke (a caregiver) falls in love with Will (Sam Claflin), a quadriplegic man. She tries to show him that life is worth it. He dies anyway and heads to Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Moyes was faced with backlash. He fought back and said, \u201cit was a kind of extraordinary situation but also one that it was very difficult to judge, because unless you put yourself in somebody\u2019s shoes, I think you shouldn\u2019t judge their action.\u201d She also maintained that there was no ambiguity as to which decision was correct. \u201ccorrect,\u201d She cites her personal experience with family members who needed 24-hour medical attention as an inspiration for the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, in the film as in the book, nobody else agrees with what [Will] decides to do. This is not by any means sending out a message,\u201d During a 2016 meeting, the author stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Joah6vLcl34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just about one character \u2013 it\u2019s nothing more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One more popular, suicide-glorifying television show was Netflix\u2019s controversial teen drama, \u201c13 Reasons Why.\u201d This series had mixed reviews. Media outlets were divided on whether or not it was safe and sound to market a teen-revenge fantasy with a graphic suicide depiction as entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/18\/health\/13-reasons-why-study-suicides-trnd\/index.html#:~:text=At%20the%20time%2C%20researchers%20found,trends%2C%20according%20to%20the%20study.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> found that suicides among children aged 10 to 17-years-old saw a 28.9% increase in April 2017 following the show\u2019s release, though the experts are divided on whether the show was a major contributing factor.<\/p>\n<p>Frank and Bill were both consuming poisoned wines on purpose. \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d Everyone agreed it was sweet and poignant. It wasn&#8217;t tragic.<\/p>\n<p>The basic idea of the story is that Bill, a hardcore prepper, lived alone in a super-fortified, heavily-armed house amid the imminent end of the world. Bill was struggling to survive until Frank came across one of his traps, and then he talked his way inside the fortress. They enjoyed a long and loving relationship that lasted over two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bill&#8217;s famous line &#8220;Bill&#8221; is one of the most popular lines in the episode. \u201cI was never afraid before you showed up,\u201d This shows how Frank&#8217;s love for Frank changed his outlook on life. But in the more current scenes, it\u2019s obvious that Frank is suffering from a degenerative disease and wants to kill himself so he\u2019s not a burden on Bill anymore. Bill reluctantly agrees that he will poison Frank&#8217;s wine to help him. In the last hours of their lives, Bill reveals that he\u2019s poisoned his wine as well so he\u2019ll never have to live without Frank.<\/p>\n<p>Frank tells Bill that he poisoned his entire wine bottle. \u201cI do not support this. But from an objective point of view, it\u2019s incredibly romantic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given the circumstances, this Romeo-and-Juliet ending is seen as a moral blessing and understandable. This episode&#8217;s pro-suicide undertones are negated by the fact that the two could live happy and fulfilled lives in the aftermath of a literal end of the world. Maybe it\u2019s \u201cromantic\u201d to think Bill couldn\u2019t live without Frank. But before Frank came along, he couldn\u2019t imagine life getting better than sitting around, drinking beer, and watching zombies get zapped on CCTV. Suffering is a part of the human experience and sometimes we don\u2019t find out the purpose for years to come, or even in this lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>It would be easier to let everyone give up on trying. The world is filled with danger, death and destruction, sorrow and unimaginable losses. But everyone can still be a part of it. \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d Seems determined to survive.<\/p>\n<p>The new hit HBO Max series is based on a video game  it\u2019s worth noting that Bill and Frank\u2019s story in the game is wildly different than it is in the TV series. Frank does commit suicide in the game, but it\u2019s because he \u201chated [Bill\u2019s] guts\u201d and \u201cwanted a better life,\u201d per the suicide notice. Meanwhile, Bill goes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much ado has been made about episode three of \u201cThe Last Of Us,\u201d which took a quick detour from zombie violence to tell an overly long, extra sentimental gay love story.\u00a0 Mainstream media celebrated the romance, calling it \u201ca wonderfully powerful, achingly human story.\u201d Conservative critics, meanwhile, rolled their eyes and insisted it was just &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1840260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6962,18077,10476,6530,9029],"class_list":["post-1840257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-the","tag-heartbreak","tag-reasons","tag-suicide","tag-us"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}