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❝ --- You either stick to your morals & die, or you do whatever it takes to survive.

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40 years old
Jackson, Wyoming
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Full Name: Joel Miller
Nickname/Alias: Jay. Texas. Old Man. Old Timer.
Orientation: Straight
Marital Status: Divorced
Age: 52
Date of birth: September 26th, 1981
Birthplace: Texas
Blood Type: B+
Preferred Hand: Ambidextrous
Eye Color: Hazel Green
Hair Color: Dark brown, speckled with grey
Hairstyle: Trimmed
Height: 5'11
Siblings: Tommy Miller (younger)
Children: Sarah Miller (deceased) || Ellie Williams (surrogate daughter)
Health: Despite his age, Joel is rather healthy and fit.
Memory: His memory is pretty good, but he does not like to dwell on the past much.


Personality


ISTJ -Logistician

MIND: 64% Introverted || 36% Extroverted
This trait determines how we interact with our environment.

ENERGY: 77% Observant || 23% Intuitive
This trait shows where we direct our mental energy.

NATURE: 66% Thinking || 34% Feeling
This trait determines how we make decisions and cope with emotions.

TACTICS: 92% Judging || 8% Prospecting
This trait reflects our approach work, planning and decision-making.

IDENTITY: 96% Assertive || 4% Turbulent
This trait underpins all others, showing how confident we are in all our abilities and decisions.

Joel never makes the same mistake twice. He can't afford to, considering the environment he lives in. The death of his daughter, Sarah, weighs on him very heavy. Every time Joel looks at Ellie, he sees Sarah. He applies his prior knowledge and experiences to survive and is well-practiced with multiple weapons. Before the outbreak, you see that Joel was a simple man, more than content with life in Texas with just him and Sarah. Sometimes he's outwardly nostalgic in small ways ("I miss coffee") but he really prefers not to think about his past as it's very painful for him. Joel's not much of a risk-taker, but his vast experience is how he's managed to stay alive as he knows exactly what to expect of the infected and gang members.

His quick thinking and strategies are also how he's managed to stay alive. He always has a plan of attack when going up against foes. Joel is blunt and even rude at times, but usually he prefers to keep the peace. After the death of his daughter he becomes quite cynical. He is quick to assert his opinion on taking Ellie to the Fireflies as he deems it impractical and unsafe. Joel can take charge of any situation. Before the outbreak of cordyceps, he was a hardworking man, likely working in construction/carpentry and had no trouble organizing his life despite being a single dad. It was Joel who raised his little brother Tommy as he likely had no parents.

Joel has very intense emotions but prefers not to talk about them. After the outbreak and death of Sarah, Joel becomes cold and ruthless, as he became a smuggler and a gang member. However, as revealed in a conversation with Ellie, deep down Joel feels terrible for having killed so many people. He does form a strong, silent bond with Ellie and his morals are reawakened to some extent. However when she was kidnapped, he mercilessly killed two gang members without batting an eyelash, indicating how he can be detached at times. When he finds Ellie ruthlessly stabbing David he is very quick to hold her and father her in the same manner he once did Sarah. He could not let Ellie die when they reached the Fireflies, even at the cost of discovering a cure for Cordyceps, and acted on his emotions. It is even hinted that he is somewhat of a romantic at heart.

He has a way of knowing the many possibilities of how a plan will play out. However, he can be fearful of the possibilities outside of the safe zones. He quickly figured out, when driving along the highway with Ellie, that the man trying to stop them was a hunter. Joel had big dreams of becoming a singer and even traveled with his brother Tommy on motorcycles.



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Characters: Joel Miller
Verses: The Last of Us
Playbys: Troy Baker, Pedro Pascal
Length: Multi Para, Novella
Genre: Suspense, Undead, Video Game,
Member Since:December 09, 2016




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Ruthless Strategist

Texan ● Anti-Hero ● Fighter ● Survivor ● Cynical ● Calculating


Joel was born on September 26, 1981 and grew up in Texas alongside his younger brother, Tommy.

As a child, Joel developed a passion for music, learning to play acoustic guitar and once even aspired to become a singer. In his teens, Joel had a daughter named Sarah, and he was married to her mother for a short period of time. Saddled early in life with the responsibilities of parenthood, he never had the opportunity to attend college.

Regarding his ex-wife, whatever occurred between them is painful for Joel to talk about. Shortly after Sarah was born, Joel's wife left him. As a result, he raised their only daughter as a single father for the majority of his life. The two lived together in a two-story single-family home somewhere in or around Austin, Texas located in Travis County through Texas State Highway 71.

As an adult, Joel worked as a carpenter, alongside Tommy. He kept a revolver locked in a safe box in his office and owned a pick-up truck outside his house. Building plans laid on his bedside table along with several copies of a book called Construction Regionalism on top of his bookshelf. He possessed ambitions of starting his own business, with a copy of Everything You Need to Know About Creating a Startup also on a table next to his bed. His job kept him fit, and he owned a treadmill in his bedroom. He mentioned in a phone call that he was struggling to keep his job with a contractor.

Despite his long, hard-working hours, he still managed to spend quality time with Sarah, as seen in photographs displayed throughout their home showing the two on a cruise, at a carnival with Tommy, and one of Sarah's soccer matches. Additionally, the two often went on several hikes together. Sarah also made him take her to every museum in Texas.

In the hours leading up to the outbreak, Sarah gave him a new watch as a birthday gift to replace the one he had broken months before. This became a cherished memento he manages to keep in the turbulent years ahead.

During the early hours of September 27, 2013 Joel was attacked by his neighbor and forced to shoot him dead with his revolver in self-defense. After calming Sarah, Tommy arrived to evacuate them in his truck.

After driving towards the highway and trying to make sense of the situation, the group found the road blocked so took another route, only for their car to collide with an oncoming vehicle. Once he came to, Joel kicked the windshield out so the three could run on foot. He had to carry Sarah as her leg was injured in the crash. After running through the city, Tommy stayed to hold off the infected so Joel and Sarah could flee.

The pair reached the highway but encountered a soldier. The soldier's commanding officer ordered him over the radio to kill the two, so he opened fire. Collapsing to the ground, the soldier moved to execute Joel but Tommy arrived, gunning down the soldier. However, Sarah was fatally hit. Despite Joel's efforts, she died in his arms.

Downward Spiral

Shortly after Sarah's death, Joel found himself in a triage clinic after making it to the highway. He witnessed how families had been torn apart and how much chaos had erupted in the world. While there, he considered committing suicide but was unable to, finding something to fight for. However, what he found was worth fighting for was something his brother, Tommy, greatly disliked.

Over the years, the pair survived by descending into a sinister way of life. Joel tortured, deceived, and killed countless innocent people, becoming a hunter. He adopted tactics such as tricking passersby into thinking he was hurt so he could ambush them when they let their guard down.

Joel and Tommy eventually reached the city of Boston, smuggling themselves into the city. Tommy finally had enough of Joel's philosophy on how to survive, abandoning his brother to join a growing militia group known as the Fireflies after being persuaded by the leader, Marlene. The two argued furiously over this, Tommy finishing with "I don't ever wanna see your goddamned face again!" Tommy eventually left the Fireflies as well but did not return to Joel, leaving Boston to go to Wyoming.

Joel spent a considerable period of time alone, eventually meeting a woman named Tess. The pair grew close, teaming up to act as smugglers in the quarantine zone. They worked with several people, namely Robert (whom they grew to heavily distrust), Bill (who owed Joel some favors), and Donovan. It is unknown if the pair ever had a romantic relationship, though dialogue heavily implies they both care deeply for one another.


Joel's relationship with Ellie started off on sour terms. Both Joel and Ellie were against Marlene's idea for Joel to watch over Ellie. Joel didn't even look at her in the eye until much later after their initial meeting. Joel viewed himself as someone who had to escort her rather than develop a relationship with her. Their relationship grew even more unstable after Tess' death, who made Joel promise to get Ellie to Tommy for his assistance on finding the Fireflies. He now viewed Ellie as someone he had to protect but still keep himself detached from to save his spirit, not wanting to lose someone close to him again. Joel's dedication as her protector was high, the man even attempting to reach his gun to defend Ellie despite the high possibility of Henry shooting him in Sam's defense.

While Joel was willing to give Ellie small portions of responsibility like driving the truck at Bill's, he was reluctant to let her use a gun and refused to admit that she saved his life. However, he eventually admitted he needed her when he taught her how to snipe the hunters and gave her one of their guns.

Months later, after seeing Henry's devotion to Sam drive him to suicide, Joel desired to be rid of Ellie. He pushed to pass her on to Tommy. When Ellie overheard Joel wanted to pass her on to Tommy, she stole one of the settlement's horses and ran away. Before Tommy informed Joel that Ellie took one of his horses, Joel shed a tear. Joel by this point, believed that parting with Ellie was for the best because he did not trust himself enough to go along with the journey, and doesn't want to be held responsible for another person's death, especially Ellie, who reminded him of Sarah. However, he asserted she was not his daughter.

Eventually, their bond grew stronger later in the game. Joel, having had time to think about what Ellie said, realized that abandoning Ellie was worse than staying with her, harming any relationships she would form in the future. Therefore, he went with Ellie to the University. Their relationship peaked there, evident in how Ellie no longer feared Joel would leave her; she stays with Callus as Joel wanders around, whereas before she would try to find him like in Pittsburgh. Joel even opened up about his life with Sarah and was polite about letting her know when the topic got too personal rather than brushing her off entirely as before.

When Joel was wounded and on the verge of death during the winter, Ellie tended his wound during the winter, becoming the protector he was to her. Though their bond remained strong for Joel, he noticed that Ellie was distant because of the incident with David, signifying that she was no longer as close as he was.

In the spring, Joel told her he would teach her to play the guitar after meeting with the Fireflies and says he would not leave without her. At this point, he saw Ellie as a surrogate daughter as he would now do anything to save her and keep her safe, believing she was like Sarah and speculated that they would have been good friends and liked each other. A structural parallel of Joel running away from the Fireflies and holding her in his arms as he did with Sarah demonstrates their strengthened bond, but this time, Joel would save his "baby girl" from dying. This expressed Joel's philosophy of doing anything for himself, rather than the world around him; he saved Ellie to save himself, not her or humanity. Furthermore, it displayed how Joel believed that sacrificing Ellie was not worth saving humanity, many of which were ruthless killers and cannibals.

Joel, in an attempt to alleviate Ellie's survivor's guilt, lied to her. He also shared his own struggle with survivor's guilt, opening up to Ellie in a way he hadn't done before, though it revealed his relationship with Ellie acted as a replacement for his daughter Sarah, rather than actually forming a unique bond with her.

Over the next few years, their relationship remained strong. The two would go on to visit a ruined museum for Ellie's birthday, have movie nights, and sometimes go on patrol together. Joel also taught Ellie how to swim and play guitar. Ellie eventually wanted answers to what really happened at the hospital and discovered that Joel did in fact lie to her. When she confronted him, Joel confessed to her the truth. This shattered their relationship, with Ellie treating Joel more as a stranger than a father figure afterward.

Their relationship remained broken for the next couple of years, though Joel tried to talk to and protect Ellie during this time, despite knowing that it was futile. Ellie eventually decided that she would try to forgive Joel.


It has everything to do with that little girl

Joel and his younger brother Tommy are close, despite their different views on life. Tommy cared about Joel enough that he covered him and Joel's daughter Sarah with his revolver during the initial outbreak and spent the majority of the post-apocalyptic years together, looking out for one another. In fact, given Joel's remark that "[Tommy] survived because of [him]" and the fact that Joel gave him commands when the pair were fleeing infected, the older brother established himself as the leader of the two, guiding and protecting Tommy throughout the majority of the post-apocalyptic years.

However, their different views of the world led to conflict between them, and when Tommy joins the Fireflies, the brothers lost contact with each other, their relationship completely breaking down; the last thing Tommy said to Joel was that he did not want to see him again. Tommy even claims during their argument that he still has nightmares over what Joel and he did in order to survive.

Despite this, when the brothers meet up again in Jackson County, Tommy was very glad to see Joel, embracing him and joking about his age despite Joel's doubts Tommy would forgive him. Regardless, the two soon argue about Ellie's custody, Joel greatly angered that Tommy is playing "the pissy little brother". Despite Joel shoving him and insulting his community, Tommy still accepts to take Ellie from him to save him from suffering the loss of another "daughter" and to avoid the turmoil that losing Sarah caused him. Even after all their years apart, Joel still holds him in high regard, stating to Ellie that he trusts Tommy more than he trusts himself.

After the Fireflies incident, Tommy questioned him about what happened there and what Ellie knew of it, to which Joel told Tommy that he lied to Ellie in order to protect her. Later, Tommy understood his intentions and decided to keep it a secret saying that he "wouldn't have done different."

As the years went by, their relationship had improved significantly. The pair now shared their trauma in the post-apocalyptic years, becoming practically inseparable. Joel and Tommy now shared jokes with each other and helped each other on patrol. Tommy even helped Joel and Ellie reconnect when they had a falling out, reflecting how Tommy valued their connection as much as he valued his with Joel.

After Joel's death, Tommy was overcome with anger and a drive for vengeance, causing him travel to Seattle in order to hunt down those responsible for killing his brother.


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𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋.

Mar 14th 2023 - 7:51 AM


hello, just wanted to send a friendly greeting your way, and hopefully get the ball rolling ( well, if you’re willing, that is ). i’m always up for plotting, or we can chit-chat, if that’s more of your thing - just let me know, though. i’m pretty flexible with timelines, so i’m pretty much game for anything -- and verses! while enid is from the walking dead, i can insert her into other verses. hope to hear from you soon! ( ‘finger guns. )
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Sep 5th 2022 - 4:40 PM


Hello there!
Thank you so much for adding/accepting me!
I hope we can discuss a storyline together soon and grow our connection!
I have discord available if you would prefer to discuss and banter there.
All my best to you.
Don't be a stranger! In this hell of an apocalypse we have to work together to survive!



𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 15th 2022 - 12:04 AM



I know, I was there.
-pats his shoulder and whispers-
I was there....
T____T

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:52 PM



-frowns and sighs-
No I thought you were the type to risk your own life to help out a stranger you never met and a shotgun shell to the back of the kneecap. 
u___u

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:48 PM



Oh, you like coffee?
-makes him a nice hot cup laced with arsenic-
Here ya go.
>.>

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:42 PM



We have nothing in common except for our love for shivs, kid companions, and tough exteriors. 

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:28 PM



-huffs and stops-
You're the worst person I've ever f*cking met! 
 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:19 PM



YOU!!
-rips bar counter out of the ground and BEATS HIM WITH IT-

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:15 PM



-scoffs-
Well what the hell would you call them? 
-___-

 
𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅

Aug 14th 2022 - 11:07 PM


 
But I did all this for you, baby.


 


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