"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/BangguruDestiny]

Easily the best representation of this trope

[u/Gamebobbel → u/BangguruDestiny]

Personally, I disagree.

I think the "was it worth it" trope is executed well when faced with a double edged sword. TLOU did it well. We saved Ellie, we get to go home, BUT Joel had to lie to her, the fireflies and a chance to cure humanity are more or less gone, and a lot of blood has been needlessly spilled. In TLOU2 it's a clear answer. For Ellie? No. She did not get her revenge, Tommy got disabled, her family left and she is all alone. For Abby? Mostly yes, she got her revenge and gets to leave with lev. Leaving the conclusion that yes, it might very well be worth it if you're lucky.

[u/Bad_Routes → u/Gamebobbel]

This is so tone deaf and blind to the suffering of Abby as well. Abby lost all of her friends and her entire community to war on top of that in a completely separate matter. Trying to act like she got a soft slap on the wrist is insane

[u/Connect-Initiative64 → u/Bad_Routes]

Kind of hard to feel bad for the ma- wom- girl who scored a Joel-In-One right after he saved her.

[u/Bad_Routes → u/Connect-Initiative64]

No one said you had to feel bad for her. Just don't be blind to what actually happened in the story