Talk:Characters of The Last of Us Part II

Merging with List of The Last of Us Characters
I would like to propose that this article be merged with List of The Last of Us characters; the main benefit of this would be that, as several characters appear in both games, it would be better if the relevant information was compiled in a single article. Furthermore, the two games form part of a single franchise, and most list articles for characters in fictional works encompass the entire relevant franchise, rather than dividing the article by installment. --LordNimon (talk) 03:00, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm strongly opposed to this. The only characters with sections on both articles are Joel and Ellie, and Tommy is the only other notable secondary character across both games. Even more important is the development and reception information; the games, especially the characters, were so distinctly different in their development that I think any attempt to merge the two articles would be messy and confusing. I think the reception is similarly different for many reasons. Most importantly, though, the characters of Part II are independently notable enough to justify a split. – Rhain  ☔ 03:39, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I will accept your reasoning, but it still feels odd that the TLOU character list is split, when similar articles for most franchises are merged. Also, do you think it would be acceptable to include info from Part 2 in List of The Last of Us characters for characters that appear in both games? I also think that, if we are going to maintain separate articles, we should mention in the intro to List of The Last of Us characters that the list only covers Part I, as the title alone is ambiguous. --LordNimon (talk) 20:17, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It's a valid concern, but simply referring to other similar articles feels like a case of WP:OSE to me. I think there's enough information to justify the Part II list. I've added brief mentions to Joel, Ellie, Tommy, and Maria's sections in the first game's list (anything beyond that is unnecessary), as well as a hatnote that links to Part II's list for clarification. – Rhain  ☔ 00:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much!--LordNimon (talk) 03:04, 11 August 2020 (UTC)