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Originally Posted by timun
Oh, of course. Like I wrote before, someone else had described the plot as "what two women would do for hate (or vengeance)". They brought it upon each other.
Abby though I just never really sympathized with. Yes, she suffered a devastating loss, and yes it was Joel who did it, but Joel wasn't without an underlying reason for doing what he did and did it out of a perceived necessity. Abby did what she did out of spite and hatred, and was sadistic and cruel. She was naïve for thinking she was doing Ellie and Tommy favours by sparing their lives, and a selfish hypocrite throughout the story.
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I think from an audiences perspective, you're not wrong. But from a character perspective, this maybe isn't right.
While us as the audience can agree or disagree with Joel or feel justified with what he did, Abby does not have to.
1) She has no idea the journey or relationship that Joel and Ellie had
2) From her perspective, her dad was a hero. Dr. Jerry Anderson was great man who was going to save the world by doing the right thing. Suddenly (from her perspective) this monster murders her father in cold blood, kills dozens of her friends, destroyed The Fireflies (an altruistic group whose sole purpose was to help people and save the world), and stole the only cure for the pandemic. All with no explanation.
If I put myself in Abby's shoes, I'd say her actions and journey were almost righteous. This man took everything from her. Her future. Her purpose. Her family. While Joel's death was awful, nothing about it was unjustified. I don't think she was a hypocrite at all. She was a broken young woman who was doing the best she could.
The irony in her journey, (which she will never know) is that by the end of the game, the consequence of her quest to kill Joel eventually leads her to becoming him.