in a perfect world the fireflies should’ve explained to ellie the procedure requires her to sacrifice herself, and let her make her own decision
…in a perfect world. but this world is fucked, and the fireflies were desperate
so instead they attacked ellie and joel, knocked joel unconscious, prepped ellie for death surgery without her agreement, forced joel to gtfo by gunpoint leaving his “daughter” behind, and they thought shit was gonna be sweet? they had joel wick fucked up
but joel was wrong because he made an incredibly selfish decision since he couldn’t handle losing another daughter
everybody wrong but i understand why they made those decisions