I think it's fair to say that The Last of Us Part II excitement levels is spilling over at this stage due to fans eagerness to hear more about the upcoming sequel by Naughty Dog, but the studio is notorious for holding their cards close to their chests and revealing very little of what's in store for Ellie in part 2.At the start of the year, The Last of Us composer Gustavo Santaolalla added a spit of fuel to the fire by stating that The Last of Us Part II would “be coming very soon”. Whether coming soon is this year or next remains to be seen, but in the meanwhile, we can always fill our time with some gritty The Last of Us cosplay.

 
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“They should be terrified of you.”⁣ ⁣ 🔪THE LAST OF US PART II⁣ 🔪Ellie by (me) @molzenna⁣ 🔪Photo by @makks_tobi⁣ 🔪MUA @fuwamua⁣ ⁣ Ellie is my first ever videogame character (if we don’t count Undertale which is a whole another story), and I’m a little bit terrified because game cosplay has it’s own community and A LOT of competitiveness. But I hope everything will be fine as long as I’m trying my best 💔 Hope you like my Ellie! ⁣ ⁣ Вкатилась в игровой косплей с Элли, конкуренция с TLoU, конечно, не как в Ведьмаке, но всё равно в игровом косплее своё отдельное соо и свои запросы :D Надеюсь, не пожалею о содеянном :D⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #thelastofuspartII #thelastofus #thelastofuscosplay #naughtydog #sidebysidecosplay #thelastofus2 #tlou #ellie #videogames #thelastofusellie #elliecosplay #thelastofuscosplays #elliethelastofus #playstation4 #tloucosplay #thelastofuspart2 #e32018 #tlou2 #lastofus #lastofus2 #gamecosplay #molzacosplay #thelastofus2cosplay #thelastofuspart2cosplay #thelastofusparttwo #thelastofuspartiicosplay

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Things don't come more gritty than this Ellie cosplay by Cyprus born cosplayer Molza. Here we see Molza capture Ellie's iconic scowl to perfection as well as reincarnating her determined gaze as she mutters the chilling words "I'm gonna find...and I'm gonna kill...Every. Last. One of them." With guitar in hand in one picture, Molza recreates the scene from the first The Last of Us Part II trailer that we all witnessed at PlayStation Experience in 2016 where Ellie sings a soft melody called "Through the Valley" which is in stark contrast to her harsh, threatening tone that follows.

 
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“I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.⁣ I fear no evil because I'm blind to it all...”⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 🎼THE LAST OF US PART II⁣⁣⁣ 🔪Ellie by (me) @molzenna⁣⁣⁣ 🔪Photo by @makks_tobi⁣⁣⁣ 🔪MUA @fuwamua⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Let me sing you a song! 🎼⁣ ⁣ I look a little bit like actress Ellen Page (“Inception”, “Umbrella Academy”) on these photos in my opinion :D And I think it’s a good thing, because young Ellie was partly inspired with Ellen’s appearance.⁣ ⁣ Я кажусь себе немножко похожей на Эллен Пейдж на этой фотке :D⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #thelastofuspartII #thelastofus #thelastofuscosplay #naughtydog #thelastofus2 #videogames #thelastofusellie #elliecosplay #elliethelastofus #tloucosplay #thelastofuspart2 #tlou2 #lastofus #lastofus2 #gamecosplay #molzacosplay #thelastofus2cosplay #thelastofusparttwo #cosplay #cosplayofinstagram #cosplaygirl #cosplaytest #cosplaymakeup #cosplayvideo #cosplaywip #cosplayideas #cosplayphotography #cosplaywig #cosplaybabe

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“Just a girl. Not a threat.” . 🔪THE LAST OF US PART II 🔪Ellie by (me) @molzenna 🔪Photo by @makks_tobi 🔪MUA @fuwamua . I was posting cute and bright photos for a while, and now it’s time for something brutal! I wish my phone had a machete emoji for times like this :c BRUTALITY! Angry girl is coming for you! 🔪🔪🔪 После всех недавних манипуляций по загрязнению/состариванию костюма Элли для @gamescom он на старых фото кажется мне вопиюще чистеньким :D Будем считать, что это look на самое начало игры (скорей бы она уже вышла, сил нет). . . . #thelastofuspartII #thelastofus #thelastofuscosplay #naughtydog #sidebysidecosplay #thelastofus2 #tlou #ellie #videogames #thelastofusellie #elliecosplay #thelastofuscosplays #elliethelastofus #playstation4 #tloucosplay #thelastofuspart2 #e32018 #tlou2 #lastofus #lastofus2 #gamecosplay #molzacosplay #thelastofus2cosplay #thelastofuspart2cosplay #thelastofusparttwo #thelastofuspartiicosplay

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Luckily for Molza, Naughty Dog caught wind of her stunning Ellie cosplay and featured it as a Tweet on their official Twitter account calling her reenactment of the kick-ass angry teenager "Exceptional"

It certainly seems that Ellie is a popular choice among cosplayers as recently Allie (@TheMarvelousMrsMiller) shared a few images of a recent cosplay where she also created Ellie which Naughty Dog also picked up on Twitter - those dogs can definitely sniff out some amazing The Last of Us cosplayers.

You can check out Molza's Instagram page for current and upcoming cosplay activities

The Last of Us Part II is currently in development for PS4