Why would it be fluid? If Riley was a boy nobody would question that she might be something other than straight. That aside, Neil said in an interview that was published today that Ellie is gay, so there's really no debate to be had on the issue.

The way Left Behind changed the ending for me had to do with Ellie accepting Joel's decision at the end. Riley asks Ellie to convince her to leave the fireflies because she's the only one that can. Ellie knows that Riley needs the purpose the fireflies gives her, but selfishly asks her to stay anyway, and she lets…

In before people with no taste in games (or no PS3's) claim The Last of Us sucks: