Joel's death would have been worst. This is official concept art

Moment of realization: Joel was murdered without knowing why and died thinking Ellie was next : r/TheLastOfUs2

Concept art of moments after THE incedent that didn't make it into the game : r/thelastofus

Road-Tripping Through a Post-Apocalyptic America in “The Last of Us”

Ellie and Joel - concept art : r/thelastofus

The Last Of Us Part 2' Review: A Beautiful, Terrible Sequel

Humanising A Villain. A deep dive into why The Last of Us…, by Hamza Shehryar

⚡️ Soulstorm ⚡️ on X: First, let's address the elephant in the room: Joel's death. Probably one of the worst narrative decisions I've ever experienced. I want to preface this by saying

This is official The Last of Us 2 concept art. Was Joel originally supposed to somehow survive the ambush and be the one that got crippled instead of tommy? : r/TheLastOfUs2

Last of Us 2 Controversy Still Remains One Year Later

Saw this interesting early concept art of Abby and Joel that I haven't see posted here yet : r/thelastofus

Interesting to see what Joel could've looked like for Part II. Concept Art by ND Artist Hyoung Nam : r/thelastofus

Yeah no shit idiot, you practically killed us when Joel died : r/TheLastOfUs2

Joel Concept Post apocalyptic art, The last of us, Apocalypse art

Characters of The Last of Us - Wikipedia