David - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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  @zacharygilmore1075 · 2 years ago

  David&apos;s line about &quot;You shouldn&apos;t be out here all on your own&quot; is to test if Ellie is telling the truth about her living in a settlement with women and children. Obviously, sending a child to hunt in order to feed women and children is not very likely. And Ellie falls for it, saying that &quot;I don&apos;t like company.&quot; She didn&apos;t say anything about other hunters in the area, confirming that she is, in fact, on her own. But obviously there is no way for Ellie to have survived all on her own, so David guesses that she partnered up with at least one other person--several at most. <br><br>Considering how desperate Ellie was for medicine, it&apos;s also likely that she would stay close to her settlement, where at least one of the people she&apos;s with is too sick to fight back. David learned all of that by asking a single question, which makes him extremely dangerous.

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  @nightmare0xranmabloodedge · 2 years ago

  Just in case people didn&apos;t know, David is played by Norlan North. The same guy that plays Nathan Drake in Uncharted and is the voice actor or Deadpool in the Deadpool game and UMVC3 (Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3). If y&apos;all watch behind the scenes, Norlan plays it dangerously well.

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  @SingingInferno · 2 years ago

  From the moment of that &quot;I can protect you&quot; I knew immediately that he was a predator. The clear attempts to manipulate, isolate, and control Ellie are textbook behaviors of how predators behave. I was really scared going into that chapter that Ellie was going to be assaulted. Thankfully, David was turned into ribbons before that could happen, as should happen to all predators.

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  @northwindy · 2 years ago

  My mother, someone who knows absolutely nothing about The Last of Us, its world, or it&apos;s characters, immediately flagged David as suspicious, then a predator within the first 10 minutes of meeting him

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  @creationsylphfandom6256 · 2 years ago

  As someone who unfortunately encountered a man like David as a girl.. they got the character of a cunning predator pretty damn accurate. Especially the subtle touch on Ellie’s hand and the “you’re special”. He had me fooled until he dropped the mask. I wonder how many others felt that familiar unease with him from real life experience.

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  @matti.8465 · 2 years ago

  I like how one of David&apos;s tactic is shifting the blame. He&apos;s not the one keeping Ellie trapped and who wants to eat her, it&apos;s &quot;the others&quot;. David is just trying to help, he&apos;s positioning himself as the guy &quot;defending&quot; Ellie from the other settlers. So when Ellie rejects this, David acts like she&apos;s biting the hand that feeds her, instead of the one keeping her locked up.

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  @StolenAlias · 2 years ago

  I like how the further Joel and Ellie get from home, the worse the people get. To an oppressive government, ruthless murderers, and then finally depraved cannibals. Its like in the silence of the lambs, when meeting Hannibal, we go by progressively crazier inmates until finally we see a clean and and polite Hannibal. This is like with David where he presents himself as a polite helpful and trustworthy man. So in both stories we progressively meet nastier people until we meet a seemingly polite person who is actually a monster.

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  @MarcellusMaize · 2 years ago

  I never realized that David serves as the only real “boss fight” in the game. Perfectly fitting for what he represents in the story.

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  @MrPerryadultgentlemansenior · 2 years ago

  I think what makes David’s first scene so offputting in that subtle way, for me, is the feeling that he’s done this song and dance before. He does not look the part of a perfect negotiator, so the fact that he seems to pull that off so well is troubling, especially with his companion being completely at odds with that behavior. <br><br>David spins plans even his allies don’t know about, and the way he slowly reveals he knows who Ellie is shows his whole act is meant to confuse her and show her that he’s the one with control over the situation, even with a gun aimed between his eyes.

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  @Garrus1995 · 2 years ago

  Rewatching that scene where Ellie first meets him really shows how naive she was at first. She says that she also belongs to a group with “women and children”, literally just repeating what David tells her so he could probably pick up that that was a lie. She also too quickly asks for medicine which would tell them that whoever she is with is sick and/or hurt and probably not a major threat.

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  @yureiNekoX · 2 years ago

  the thing that gets me about David&apos;s character is that <b>every</b> woman and girl who has seen this game or seen the show, they know <b>exactly</b> what kind of person he is. it might not be an immediate realization, but its clear from his language and tone. but he&apos;s a surprise to most men who encounter him for the first time.

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  @Zack-bl2gg · 2 years ago

  I think it’s also interesting how JOEL is the one who pulls her away from David, from the hatred and merciless slashes.<br><br>When Joel’s gone, he can’t do that.

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