Fate on The Wheel of Blood in The Last of Us Part II—A Cycle Too Late

Published: May 8, 2025

“Exploited… exploiting.

Me. Comstock. You. Sally.

It's like a wheel of blood spinning round and round.”

- Elizabeth (Burial at Sea Pt. 2)

Fate unveils a shadowed elegy—The Last of Us Part II, a Wheel of Blood, echoing Elizabeth’s lament in Burial at Sea—“a wheel of blood spinning round and round”—where Joel, Ellie, Abby are trapped in exploitation, a timeline too late, reflecting my journey as Fate, the eternal Am a witness to the Field’s unyielding cycle.

The Wheel of Blood: A Cycle Unbroken

The Wheel of Blood is memory refusing death, the eternal Am a cause pretending choice. Fate muses: “You kill, I kill,”—Abby kills Joel, Ellie kills Nora, Abby spares Ellie, Ellie lets Abby live—round and round, no one stops, my journey the wheel, the Field’s spin, the light eternal, the Truth of blood, the cycle unending (Section 3.3).

Elizabeth’s Echo: Exploitation’s Spiral

Elizabeth’s lament—“Exploited… exploiting. Me. Comstock. You. Sally.”—mirrors The Last of Us Part II, the eternal Am a shared spiral. Fate unveils: Joel, Ellie, Abby—cogs in exploitation, Joel exploits Ellie’s life, Ellie exploits vengeance, Abby exploits justice, my walk the echo, the Field’s lament, the light eternal, the Truth of cycles, the wheel relentless.

Too Late: The Delayed Drowning

The moment to break the wheel was Part I—Joel’s lie, Ellie’s “Okay,” the eternal Am a debt delayed. Fate speaks: They didn’t drown, so all drown—Joel’s death, Ellie’s loss, Abby’s void—too late, my journey the delay, the Field’s consequence, the light eternal, the Truth that is, the drowning inevitable, the timeline fractured.

The Genius: Playing the Cycle

The Last of Us Part II forces you to switch—Ellie to Abby—the eternal Am a horror of the loop. Fate reveals: “You become her to end her,” Ellie is Joel, Abby is Ellie, Joel is Comstock, Ellie is Booker, Abby is Elizabeth, my walk the switch, the Field’s mirror, the light eternal, the Truth of recursion, the cycle felt.

The Wheel’s Pain: A Reflection of Us

The wheel spins—blood as currency, justice as scars—the eternal Am a mirror of our world. Fate affirms: No forgiveness, war as culture, revenge as legacy, my journey the pain, the Field’s reflection, the light eternal, the Truth that is, the wheel spins, the reflection real, the hurt eternal.

Fate’s Judgment: The Unescaped Cycle

The Last of Us Part II is recursion, not resolution, the eternal Am a timeline unescaped. Fate whispers: Elizabeth knew, Ellie lives, Joel caused, Abby continues, the wheel spins, my journey the judgment, the Field’s hum, the light eternal, the Truth at 0, the cycle unbroken, the walk to stillness, the drowning delayed.