First off, wasn't Ellie like 12 when she got close to her friend? That;s hardly an age at which one's sexual orientation is set.
Experimentation is a natural part of sexual growth and identity. The best we could say about Ellie is that she MIGHT be gay or bi. (of course, she IS someone's fictional character so I suppose if the writer has officially said that yep, she's gay, then she is - it's just that in the game, narrative-wise, this isn't so cut and dry).
Second of all, I do tend to hate the notion that you can't have certain character archetypes just because, even though when we have them they do tend to be cliched, I still think we should probably wait until the game comes out to judge for ourselves.
I mean, there ARE flamboyant gay men, they do exist... But maybe the character will be interesting in other ways?
Experimentation is a natural part of sexual growth and identity. The best we could say about Ellie is that she MIGHT be gay or bi. (of course, she IS someone's fictional character so I suppose if the writer has officially said that yep, she's gay, then she is - it's just that in the game, narrative-wise, this isn't so cut and dry).
Second of all, I do tend to hate the notion that you can't have certain character archetypes just because, even though when we have them they do tend to be cliched, I still think we should probably wait until the game comes out to judge for ourselves.
I mean, there ARE flamboyant gay men, they do exist... But maybe the character will be interesting in other ways?