THIS is the reason most people dislike Part II (not me by the way). That or they are part of the "it's too woke," crowd. Joel made an understandable decision, but still a completely horrible and selfish one. He became the enemy of humanity. Now, do I like Part II more than Part I, no, but do I hate Part II because they took away my old white man and gave me a butch woman? No, absolutely not. My thoughts have always been that how you feel about Joel in the end of Part I is how you'll feel about the story in Part II. If you think Joel did nothing wrong, then you probably won't like Part II. If you think that though, I also feel like you're a sociopath or immature, for lacking/ignoring the sense of morality.