14 Bookmarked Items in Nonbinary Ellie (The Last Of Us)
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Ever since Sarah... well, ever since Sarah ten years ago, Joel's stayed as far away from kids as he can. Just the sight of one is practically enough to send him into a panic attack.
But then Tommy signs them up for a contracting job at a high school as a favor to an old army buddy.
And then there's a little girl in the front office, who somehow appears in the coffee shop Joel visits because the motel's coffee machine is shit.
Most damning is when Joel goes in to do some work at three in the morning and that same goddamn little girl is asleep in his construction zone and, when he wakes her up, says she's homeless.
Next thing he knows, she's asleep in his motel bed and he's filing foster parent paperwork.
What the fuck just happened?
(Foster parent AU! Featuring Joel Trying His Best And FailingTM, Ellie annoying local man and his friends & family into adopting her, and Tess/Joel as a lil treat for the masses.)
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Mid homeless ellie
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I'm Not Girly by lettucehater007
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
16 May 2024
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Ellie's having gender issues! Set after Kansas City and goes a little into Winter.
“And I’m not saying you’re not girly –”
“I’m not.”
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Ellie grapples with gender identity in a way she can’t quite name.
This is an expansion of the supermarket scene and the post-grow house scene at the beginning of TLOU2. Dina tries to connect with Ellie on a deeper level, but she’s not quite ready - steeped in doubt about where she and Dina stand after last night’s kiss.
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Ellie has always felt disconnected from gender, but without the words or space to express it while stuck in the QZ.
Maybe their journey with Joel will also be a journey of self discovery.Or
An overview of random bits of Ellie's life, in which I will be projecting my own Gender Issues™ very hard.
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- Part 2 of The Last of Us Stories
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I'll Be Coming For Your Love, Okay? by chaotictoaster
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
12 Jun 2024
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Joel is not a father anymore.
He’s not much of anything, really. A shell, perhaps. A ghost of what he once was, doomed to haunt the earth forevermore.
Melodramatic.
So when his not-quite-girlfriend-but-also-not-quite-not-girlfriend-partner? calls him at 3 in the morning, summoning him to the ER, his mind has no choice but to follow the worst case scenario. Spiral out of control as he drives on autopilot, not quite the same roads he drove that September evening. But similar enough, situationally, for his mind to trick himself.
He’s quite melodramatic, afterall.(or: modern universe where Joel meets Ellie AFTER David, but is still the best father in the universe. lots of angst, then lots of comfort, then lots of fluff)
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chap 6
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Trans TLOU Drabbles by growingpaynes
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Apr 2025
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A handful of short scenes and conversations between a transmasc Joel Miller and non-binary Ellie Williams. Written prior to the release of season 2. No spoilers for season 2. Not super polished or fleshed out, just trying to create some trans joy with some of my favorite characters because I needed it.
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Follow Joel from The Last of Us as he navigates parenthood, brotherhood, and the apocalypse as a trans man. Discusses themes of trans joy, solidarity, and dysphoria, along with how his relationships would be different with Sarah, Tommy, Tess, and Ellie.
Some stories are partially based on Fiachra's "Watch Me Bleed"
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Fics based in/around TLOU ep 3 Long, Long time
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young love don't last for life by dandelions_at_sunrise
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
13 Apr 2023
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“I loved her so much, Joel.” The words feel punched out of them, a confession.
It occurs to Ellie that they’re coming out to Joel, and that that should matter.
It doesn’t matter. Riley’s fucking dead.
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Don't You Think I Look Pretty (Curled Up on This Bathroom Floor) by SedumLineare
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
13 Jun 2023
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Joel guides his two kids through their periods
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- Part 8 of The Trans Joel Universe
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trans joel sjsbsjskene
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Plot Bunnies/Prompts & Requests by accio_draco
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
05 May 2025
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This is not a fic, it’s literally just plot points I want to read and humbly beg you lovely talented writers to write if you so choose 🙏🏻😩
Ya girls got daddy issues, a hyperfixation on Ellie & Joel and Bella & Pedro, and not creative writing bone in my body.
Other fandoms I’m in have fb groups where you can ask for fics with certain plot points and get recs but can’t see anything for this fandom so I thought this could work!! If you have any prompts of your own, comment them and I’ll add them to the “chapter”!
If you know of a fic that has any of the plot points, please comment with the link (or name/author, idk if you can link in comments??) but I am here for reading multiple iterations of the same plot over and over clearly 🤪
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Gender Doesn't Tell You a Damn Thing About Me by SedumLineare
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV)
24 May 2023
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Gardening, building, talking, listening, singing, playing
Or: snapshots of one summer as Ellie and Joel look out for each other in Jackson
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- Part 4 of The Trans Joel Universe
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Set in an AU where Bill and Frank live and got to meet Ellie, and now she and Joel are back to visit a year later
Chapter 1: Joel tells the person in the world most likely to understand what happened at the hospital
Chapter 2: Joel confides in Frank, under only light coercion :')
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- Part 5 of Bill and Frank fics
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Ch. 2
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this is my best friend joel. he's an ally. talk joel! “ally!” by dandelions_at_sunrise
Fandom: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
13 Apr 2023
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