Dina/Ellie Williams
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| Pairing: | Dina/Ellie Williams |
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| Gender category: | F/F, Femslash |
| Fandom: | The Last of Us |
| Canonical?: | Yes |
| Prevalence: | Moderately popular |
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Dina/Ellie Williams is a femslash pairing in The Last of Us fandom.
Canon
Fandom
As of December 2023, Dina has not officially been introduced in The Last of Us TV series – though some fans believed Dina had a very brief cameo in one episode[1] – so most the fandom to-date is focused on Dina/Ellie from The Last of Us 2 video game.
On Archive of Our Own under The Last of Us (Video Game), Ellie/Dina is the second most popular pairing in the fandom behind the platonic pairing of Ellie & Joel. As of December 2023, there are 1,715 works tagged with the pairing. In centreoftheselights AO3 Ship Stats, Ellie/Dina joined the list in 87th in 2021, moving up to 70th by 2023.
Fan Commentary
I love them so so so much. I think they've both been pining for each other for years before the winter dance and they are both totally In love
But it's also doomed. Their relationship starts on a bad day and Ellie is totally consumed by her need for revenge throughout their relationship - she pretty much entirely loses herself. Dina, who has also definately seen and done some shit in her life, is forced to be the caretaker for an infant and a (probably at least a little) suicidal woman with severe ptsd and she can't take any time to herself to heal. Right person wrong time sorta deal.
I'm hoping for part 3 to include ellies redemption and her finding her new thing to survive for and my shipper heart hopes that is Dina and their son
Common Tropes and Fanon
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- Angst
- Explorations of mental health difficulties, particularly PTSD - Ellie canonically has PTSD by the events of The Last of Us 2 and fanworks of the pairing often explore this.
Controversies
Example Fanworks
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Fanfic
- Gravity series by ehefic. A canon companion series exploring Dina and Ellie's relationship and how it developed from Ellie and Joel's arrival at Jackson.
- waiting for dawn by acceptabletwig. Dina returns home to Jackson. Ellie follows.
- You go, I go. End of story. by scrappymitchell. A companion fic to scrappymitchell's fanvid (below), picking up after the events of The Last of Us 2.
Fanart
- Ellie and Dina by cactiired. Fanart of a scene from The Last of Us 2.
Fanvids
Meta
(This is where any fannish essays discussing the ship are to be linked.)
Archives and Communities
- Dina/Ellie tag at AO3
- Dina x Ellie tag at Tumblr
Other Fannish Resources
(Rec Lists, Big Bangs, Thing-a-thons, Holiday Exchanges, wiki links, etc.)
- elliedina week tag on Tumblr
References
- ^ Samantha Riedel, Fans Think The Last of Us Sneakily Introduced Ellie’s Future Girlfriend, them, 22 February 2023.
- ^ freshprinceohogwarts post, Reddit. October 16, 2022. (December 17, 2023) (Archived-December 17, 2023)