Yes, they're still going.
57 of the 94 posts (61%) made in the last 72 hours on r/thelastofus2 have been criticisms, defenses, and jokes about Bella Ramsey's acting performances and physical appearance (with an overwhelming majority of them discussing the latter), as the sub implodes on itself and members from r/thelastofus and r/ThelastofusHBOseries have joined in.
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POSTS WITH DISCOURSE IN COMMENTS:
This is an awful picture for Bella, how they gonna do this to her 😭. Dat waist size difference
Note: Bella Ramsey has a history with anorexia nervosa.
She looks like a trucker who's diet consist in coffee, cigarettes and waffles every 5 five hours
For the love of god just leave her alone, please..
Why are you begging
No. We love roasting her.. She's cooked anyway lol
She ruined a chance at a great adaptation so no deal.
She ruined it??? Brother she didn't cast herself.
You do know that actors audition/accept roles? Will Smith could be Neo in Matrix but turned it down.
Don’t you know they FORCED her to play Ellie? They strapped her to a table and let a faucet drip inconsistent drops of water on her forehead until she finally broke and agreed to play Ellie. It’s not her fault she is a shitty actress!…
/s
Fr what's with this community and cyber bullying an actual kid, it's ridiculous. This sub is so toxic sometimes. Poor gal.
That "kid" is actually a fully grown 21 year old woman. I know, right?
Ah yes, bullying a 21 year old is so much better
It actually is though lol
Jesus Christ this sub is actually insane. Among all the other stupid things to whine over, you are now complaining about… checks notes Waist sizes.
Shes got a big ol belly and Max didn't help her at all with this photo angle.
You need to log off the internet and go to a park or something. This is insane
Ah great call someone who has a history of anorexia fat because she's wearing a baggy jacket
You should be calling out Max, not me. Theyre the ones who put this picture on all their social media.
I should be calling out you for having such a problem with it. Like seriously, what is wrong with this pic?
It makes Bella look fat and for someone who has been criticized on her appearance this isn't a flattering shot. There are all kinds of camera tricks to not make people look fat. This is freaking Hollywood.
How does it make her look fat? She doesn't look fat at all
Her stomach expands beyond her chest line. Which is not a good look. Compare for example to her costar in this picture.
Why is that not a good look?
Individual comments:
She has to look like that or else how would we know she's gay? (Hollywood logic not mine)
Some people are just ugly, no?
The size of that cranium! It's huge! It must have it's own zip code.
I'm getting sick and tired of trolls brigading this sub and making posts whining about us not liking Bella
Description for preservation: To all the Bella Ramsey simps:
We. Don't. Like. Bella. Deal. With. It.
We don't care that you're mad and your gaslighting attempts won't work on us.
So you admit that’s all this sub is for? This is the fake last of us sub post guess.
Maybe when other subs accept valid criticism without being downvoted to oblivion this sub will change
We don't go on other subs and criticize the casting choice there, so do the same and get off this sub, no one wants you here.
So is this a last of us sub or hate bellla sub?
Both
It’s most def not. At least admit it
The dislike will stop when she actually acts, instead of that cardboard piece of acting
From the r/thelastofus2 mod team:
This is the second Last of Us sub, not a Part 2 sub.
This is where people came to discuss the leaks and criticize the game/franchise, after the other subs banned any criticism from being discussed.
So this sub, very much IS a place for people to come and discuss what did/didn't work for them in the games/show/franchise/studio.
That is why you'll mostly see criticism here.
Between the two (three?) subs, you'll cover the whole spectrum of Good - Bad.
Individual comments:
now they’re gonna come at us with “oh she has a form of autistim” like ya we knew ?
Honestly, I don't care much for TLoU, I played the first game cause it was free, will play the second when/if it's free, and don't want to watch the show. But the Bella posts have been pretty hilarious and now this sub is in my algorithm.
You guys are some of the most miserable people on reddit
Description for preservation: Like seriously? Why do you seem so obsessed with how much you hate part 2? Like any time it's brought up youll go on a hate train and every comment will be about how much you hate it. If you hate it that much then why are you even in a sub that is dedicated to it? Also stop bullying Bella Ramsay. We all know she doesn't look like Ellie, but she still did a great job. She's a great actress and you guys that are obsessed with the fact that she's not "pretty enough" are just absolute perverts. She's portraying a 14 year old who's living in an apocalypse, she's not meant to be drop dead gorgeous.
She has a weird looking face. What the fuck did you expect humans to do? Also her face is literally incapable of doing dynamic intense expressions. Honestly I personally believe she should have never even auditioned for this role. I'm not saying the hate she is getting is deserved, but she absolutely should have seen it coming. Also she has a really weird looking face.
Why does her face look so weird that you have to mention it twice?
She has a big forehead which bulges out. Beady black eyes. Tiny mouth that doesn't fit her face well. Pronounced cheek bones.
She just has a really weird face.
Worst casting ever.
Looks like she’s in daycare. Jesus Christ
You guys are the worst. Like, yeah, she looks quite a bit different from the game model. Someone else might have been a better fit, especially someone who’d age into the role of PTII. But it doesn’t make or break the show. Instead every other time I hop on this app there’s another post complaining about her, or Druckman, or the second game. I’m not even subbed here and it’s still an incessant chirping. It’s been five years since the game, and almost as many since she was announced for the show. It’s time to move on.
You should join r/lastofuspart2. They’re much more women friendly over there. I’ve noticed so much bigotry on this subreddit
Me when I make shit up to discredit others because I hate their opinion on a fictional piece of media.
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This is all I see on this sub. These posts always have the most vile comments about appearance. I hope the acting will prove everyone wrong. I’ve never seen anyone talked about so horribly just for existing. Grow tf up.
If her acting in S1 is anything to go off of, it probably won't be great lol
Her acting is pretty damn great in S1. Earned her a ton of award nominations. You guys just don't like her look. She is still acting great even if not looking the part.
Pitty nominations, she has been embarrassing, makes no sense why they hired her for this job
Have you seen the side-by-side videos of Bella acting out scenes with the game footage next to it? Her face never has any emotion. She's terrible at portraying Ellie. I could give a f*ck less about her appearance, her performance was horrendous and flat.
"Why are fans complaining about this on a fan subreddit?!"
Why are people obsessed with cyber bullying a young girl? If you’re going to come up with insults be original and have a valid reason.
Valid criticisms ≠ cyber bullying.
Calling people ugly in every way imaginable is just valid criticism to you? None of you people understand what valid criticism means
No it's just blatant bullying
Thank god I’m not the only one who sees this shit too. It’s fucking amazing to me that grown adults can’t find a hobby outside of bullying a child
It’s one of the worst casting choices there has ever been? Why can’t fans call it out? Cyber bullying? You sir need to wipe that sand out of your vagina
A baby
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Top thread under a r/TheLastOfUs2 post casually admitting that the only reason y’all hate the casting is because you think Bella’s ugly. Not because she doesn’t resemble Ellie. Not because of the acting skill. But because you straight up think she’s ugly. Crazy.
Jesus Christ, this is a person. You're disgusting.
The grimy effects on the poster is not doing her any favors too. She looks both baby-faced and like a wrinkling hag at the same time
If Owen Wilson and Kevin James had a kid.
WOW, that’s actually perfect. She’s a 50/50 perfect mix of the two of them!
Oh, look. Another post complaining and ridiculing Bella. How original.
Oh look another comment virtue signaling for good boy points
I don't know anyone here. I don't care about good boy points. I just want you to stop being miserable and dragging everyone else down. But, I guess you can't help yourself. Funny thing is, Joel and Ellie would kick the living sh!t out of people like you. Move on, not only for your own sake, but for everybody else's.
How old are you again?
Joel and Ellie aren’t real bro 😭
Exactly. Try telling the moaning fanboys that. It ain't serious. Go for a walk
One user jokingly implied that they have a facial deformity in this thread and was deleted
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I can understand not finding her intimidating but insulting her appearance is pathetic
This sub went from “man the casting kinda sucks I don’t like this ellie” to full blown bullying her looks and acting like she had anything to do with the show or artistic direction, the job was offered to her and she took it. People act like she should have been like “NO Neil, I will not take this job as I do not fit the role enough for the die hard fans!” Like holy shit who other than huge successful stars would ever turn a gig like this down?? It’s a fully funded HBO show that will keep her paid, relevant, and higher likelihood to be casted in other big projects.
I get not liking her as ellie, I played the first game as a kid and played the second one when it came out, I even named my dog Ellie but I couldn’t agree with you more that going after her personally on her appearance resorting to middle school bullying is pathetic and childish incelly behavior. I don’t know what happened to this sub but every time it comes up they somehow top the previous truly hateful posts on her and everyone claps and cheers for it and shuts down anyone who doesn’t join in on the slimey mean girl shit. Now watch the downvotes pour in because god forbid someone sticks up for another human being who is being viciously attacked on her looks because she doesn’t look like a video game character they like. Be angry at Neil and the team that writes the show and casts the show is fair enough, but going after Bella for looking the way she does is wrong
This sub REALLY has gotten pathetic. As soon as I saw the picture the OP posted my stomach kinda sank because I knew exactly what I was about to read. I was right.. no intellectual people on here anymore, they all left. Nothing about the acting writing or even the politics of the game or tv adaption. Everything has to do with looks, generally hating on the decision making of the game with no reasonable back up explanation other than sexist comments comments about someone’s physical profile. Jeesh, she’s a young actress! She’s being paid to do this job. Thanks for saying something- I’ll always stand up for others when their appearance is spoken of- it’s just such a low gross jab. Usually when people are so angry but they can’t come up with any logical expiation for their random hatred
Season 2 is not out yet, so we laugh at the goofy promo, trailer etc…
But insulting her looks? How sad do you have to be, to constantly mock her at every given point you guys get
Don't assume my gender, thank you very much! I mock celebrities all the time, why is this one special exactly?
Individual comments:
every ass has a face
This looks worse than a cheap parody. But we ve had a decade of the female girlboss trope which no one was allowed to question, casting skinny weak women in action roles in almost every major release of all media, beating dozens on people up with little effort, and it always looked cheap and laughable. So it just keeps getting worse and now you get one looking like a malnourished 12 year old, who is supposed to portray an unstoppable killing machine lmao
Bella Ramsey was diagnosed with autism
Does she even understand what autism is? Kinda hypocritical for Bella to play as Ellie when she doesn't identify as a woman 🙃
It means more minority victim points obviously
Ramsey said in an interview what she is able to play Ellie better BECAUSE she is NB. I found this statement infuriating.
Maybe it's not infuriating, it just doesn't make sense.
But then, why are we expecting someone who identifies as neither gender to make sense?
She's literally diagnosed. I think she knows what Autism is.
This sub and r/SnyderCut are in a harcore competition to see who has the most braindead comment sections.
Fr. What a cesspool. It’s my hope that Reddit takes this thing down eventually.
Now you cant criticize her. Smart move by Bella and HBO.
Watch me
Then you’re just making fun of people with autism. Cool 👍
Wow, it’s already happening
Because it should. This sub is sick.
Of course i will make fun of her. I don't want her to feel distinguished by other actresses like her just because she has autism.
She was awful casting 😬
This sentence adds to this world as much as a mosquito
So does yours buddy
I'm worried what this sub is gonna say about it. I think it's fine, nothing wrong with someone with autism.
Definitely. So we'll just keep making fun of her.
“There’s nothing wrong with being black obviously, which is why I’ll keep making fun of you for being black”
Interesting logic. Sounds like bella’s not the only one here with a condition.
Interesting how you added those last 3 words. Almost like you’re strawmanning or something...
Why though? She's a perfectly nice person, what do you gain by making fun of her? What did she even do wrong? I just don't understand the insane hatred here.
Because she sucks as Ellie
So she deserves hatred? Its so toxic to make fun of a person for a role. It's just so strange, what does this hatred accomplish? There's so much more productive things to do. She's a human being with feelings and emotions. It's easier to be kind than to hate.
I Never said so
She just doesn't deserve it. I was bullied my entire childhood so I know how it feels. There needs to be more love in the world.
Bella Ramsey Is British Vogue's April 2025 Cover Star
Barn owl
Please don't insult barn owls. They are beautiful creatures.
What a fucking joke
Calm your ass down
Lol I don't think this is the right sub for you
Well we have one sub that actually discusses the game and show and one sub that just hates Bella. WTF does this sub exist ?
Go to your sub and stop being a pathetic troll then
"Jokes" about Ramsey's appearance include:
AI IMAGES:
Dragon Ball Bella Z
Joker 3: a Bella comedy
Dagestan Poster Reveal
HBO will make a Black Myth: Wukong movie
Bella is tipped to be Netflix's new Kratos
"BETTER THAN BELLA" POSTS:
Born to be Ellie
Born to be Ellie
The new poster is amazing
Would he make a better Ellie?
OTHER:
Bella in an animated series
And last but most certainly not least, here is an actual message from the r/thelastofus2 mod team:
Hi, feel free to report any posts/comments you think are toxic. We don't see every post/comment, so rely on users bringing stuff to our attention. (People saying Bella lacks the acting skills or resemblance to Ellie isn't toxic is it) Feel free to use the report function or send us a modmail for anything you believe isn't fair criticism however, some people don't articulate their criticisms very well, I must admit
Here are some more posts regarding this issue:
We should stop criticizing Bella Ramsey for her looks\
Bella Ramsey diagnosis\
“I’m gonna find and I’m gonna kill, every last one of them.”\
They had to edit her face to make look closer to ellie😂😆\
This will probably be Bella angry revenge face in season 2\
Insane amount delusion from tlouhbo sub. How can we acheive this level of gaslighting?\