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Tommy Miller is the deuteragonist of the HBO TV series The Last of Us, based on the video game franchise of the same name.
He is Joel's younger brother and a former soldier who maintains idealism in his hope for a better world. He would meet a woman named Maria and set up a community of survivors in Jackson, Wyoming. The community would be full of survivors who maintained a fierce reputation towards their enemies, but a loving family to those they accepted.
He is portrayed by Gabriel Luna, who also played Ghost Rider in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Biography[]
Born between 1972 and 1973, Tommy is the younger brother of Joel and grew up with him in Austin, Texas. They were close growing up, with Joel greatly protective of him, especially from their father, Javier who raised them but struggled to control their behavior so resorted to corporal punishment as a solution. Tommy feared him, the man belting him whenever he was in trouble. In 1983, Tommy got into trouble when trying to buy drugs from a local gang in Austin. Joel spotted the deal and ran over to help him, beating up the boys harassing Tommy. However, Javier (a member of the police force) found out and Tommy panicked that he would be belted severely. Joel, protecting Tommy, lied to their father that he was the one seeking the drugs, not Tommy.
Tommy dreamed of making a difference when he was young, leading him to enlist in the United States Armywhen he was eighteen in 1991. Tommy served in the military in Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War, as a part of the 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides."
After growing disillusioned with the military, he was discharged and joined his brother's business as a contractor and ran various jobs with him. Joel ensured they worked together on most jobs, to ensure they both received a high payment for their work. Tommy also bought a pickup truck and stuck a combat veteran bumper sticker on the rear, proud of his service in the Army. After Joel had a daughter, Sarah, Tommy helped to raise her, becoming a close uncle. He regularly drove the girl to school and soccer practice for Joel, though Joel scolded him whenever he smoked in the car while she was there.
Personality[]
Tommy is defined by his selflessness towards other through care and collaboration, believing when people were dependent on someone, that was a sign they truly loved them. In Joel's words, Tommy was a "joiner" and had always wanted to "fix things" and seek to help make a better society in life. This started in his youth, with Tommy joining the Army to accomplish this. After leaving the Army, this selflessness continued, stretching from his efforts to help Joel run his construction business to caring for his niece Sarah. Even during the outbreak, Tommy got into a fight with an infected man to protect a waitress. Furthermore, when realizing how bad the outbreak had become, Tommy allied with Joel to help keep Sarah safe and even saved Joel from a soldier, risking his own life to keep him alive. He also expressed he and Joel shared a bond that meant if one or the other was ever in danger, then they would not let anything stop them from saving each other.
This selflessness left Tommy morally conflicted when Joel convinced him that surviving in the apocalypse meant they had to murder innocent people, making him believe there were no other means to survive. However, Tommy's desire to restore society eventually led to him abandoning Joel to join the Fireflies and later join Maria's community in Jackson, always choosing the chance to build a new society based on cooperation and mutual trust rather than keeping family safe through violence or isolation. He even married Maria, a leader within the group, and became a lead councilman with her, displaying how his desire for a better world is equal to his love for family. Tommy's dedication to the community further drives conflict in Tommy when Joel later re-enters his life, the man having to choose between his old relationship with Joel and his new life with Maria, Tommy eventually deciding to honor his connection to Joel and take Ellie to the Fireflies for him. Tommy's selfless nature also made him committed to moving past Joel's death rather than seek vengeance, firmly against Ellie's plan to personally go out and kill Abby, indicating he would still put the community in Jackson before his own selfish desires.
Tommy was also a highly optimistic individual. Consequently, he was dismissive of the potential that an infected horde could mount an attack on Jackson in the winter of 2028-29. He even rebuked any concerns about the group of infected Kat and her patrol team had encountered. He also believed in an afterlife, expressing hope that Joel and Sarah were together again after Joel's death in 2029.
Having served in the Gulf War before the apocalypse,Tommy was a calm, collected and courageous individual and instinctive natural leader, the man rallying his team atop Jackson Hole to fight an infected horde. He also gave them clear, decisive commands and exuded a confident control over the situation, ensuring each person knew what to do and how to fight. He also once more displayed his selfless nature, charging into the horde to draw the bloater towards him rather than Maria and bravely fought on to the end with the rest of the defenders.
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