/lisg/ - Life is Strange General #441

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Max is best.

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>>159521907
I know I've seen this edition somewhere before..

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goodnight lisg

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BFFs, Pirates, Partners in Time & Crime & In Love, Fellow Dorks, GFs, Wives.
OTP.

One year ago for us and a little over three for them. Amongst the tragedy, fear, and doubt they found bravery, inspiration, and happiness in each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvZxmgLfNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe358vPzjSI

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Max is #1

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Kate is #1

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Chloe is #1

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Molli is #1

>>159526167
Yes she is.

>>159524178
>>159524662
>>159524979
Who isn't ?

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>>159527072
Guess.

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>>159527639
Rude!

>>159528298
Yes she is.

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>>159529579
She can be nice too though!

C- Can you?

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Morning /lisg/

>>159529902
I dunno anon. The only time she seemed "nice" is when she was afraid for her life.

>>159522621
Good night.

>>159530434
Good morning.

>>159531246
Is that so?

I found it pretty nice when she apologized to Max and told her she deserved better. Or when she admitted to her insecurities and said Max is cool. Or when she believed her Nathan was dangerous and told her to watch out and call her if she needs anything. Or when she sent Kate an apology and get-well letter.

But maybe you didn't see much of that because you decided Max wouldn't be nice to her.

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Pricefield is #1

Max is a good person!

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>>159533123

>>159533102
Now and forever

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Max is a rockstar!

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>>159535219
And she's hella ready for the mosh pit, shaka brah!

>>159535219
She always is shown with a Les Paul. I think it fits though.

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>>159535219
>>159535364
They're gonna cause the mosh pit!

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>>159535748
A Hannah and Ashly duet would be the most touching thing. One sentimental song and a rawk out one.

I think Hannah on some recent Blackwell Podcast thing has actually said she would cover a more hard-rock-y song I forget the name of. But so maybe we'll at least get some of that at some point.

>>159536298
I would love to hear that. I know Ashly can rawk out and show tons of emotion in songs (That one chiptune cover, the musical she was in, etc.), but I've only hear Hannah sing softly. It would be interesting to hear her try that.
A Glass Walls or Pianofire Duet would be perfect for them.

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Love this. Maybe I'll make it my homescreen.

Friendly reminder there is a creepy anon that wants to kidnap Hannah and Max and force them to sing for their own sick pleasure.

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>>159539037
Hey, I never said this at all!

>>159539037
Logistically speaking, I think you could probably grab one or the other. Grabbing both would be exponentially more difficult.

It's sick and noone should do it, but I'm simply saying I don't think it is something the average autist could achieve. I draw some comfort from this.

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Sunday, Lazy Sunday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgyVvoODWGA

>>159541010
That would be like being Jefferson. And nobody here wants to be that mentally insane or artistically worthless.

>>159542243
I might argue the artistic worth, but I agree it's disqualified by the insanity and being a dick.

>>159542487
Personally, I don't see any artistic appeal in his work. I really don't.

>>159542487
For what Jefferson was doing he could have used mannequins.
They are just as motionless and expressionless as a drugged model. Jefferson said he wanted to capture a moment of panic and loss of innocence (Which in class he called "bullshit" when talking about the phrase "Humanity is tortured") but the model wouldn't know to be scared.
They are drugged out of their mind and the only time Jefferson gets the fear and panic he is looking for is when he or Nathan fuck up and don't drug the subject enough.
You cannot call yourself a great artist when you contradict yourself and only achieve what you want when you mess up.

>>159543752
>Jefferson said he wanted to capture a moment of panic and loss of innocence... but the model wouldn't know to be scared.
I think that last part is where you are running into the contradiction. He rants about how the drugged model doesn't know 'to pose' and displays no vanity or something like that, not that they aren't scared or entering a moment of panic.

>>159543752
>>159544249
I think you could have found willing models and achieved the same photos, but he took it beyond what the photo looked like and wanted it to be a statement. A fucked up statement. This is what makes him an evil maniac. This is truly art gone too far.

>>159544249
Other anon, but I agree that Jefferson's stuff doesn't even work as what he'd set out for it to. He says he wants to capture loss of innocence, and specifically a transitionary moment. But his subjects are unconscious. They are not innocent and do not lose any innocence either. Because they are simply not there. He does not capture "them" at all.

Let alone the artificiality of his entire setup. He says models are unauthentic. Well, now he is. Rendering his art arguably even more vain. His obsession is masturbatory, not artistically valuable.

>>159544795
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/140800778006/lets-talk-about-hitler

>>159545041
As a staged natural shot or a *willing* posed shot, it could indeed be very nice. Beautiful even. Void of color, capturing true emotion and vulnerability. As long as it comes from a place of trust such as if Max photographed Chloe laying down.
But the method in which Jefferson does it is a disgrace to that style of photography. To capture death and despair is to be a witness (And while some ague it's wrong and a violation of privacy, it's not hurting someone), to cause it for the sake of documenting it is disgusting. You're not showing evil in the world or showing the pain of someone- you're causing it.
>>159545246 is right when he says Jefferson's work is maturbatory. A very creative and correct term.
He could have gone to various places in the world to show suffering, loss of innocence, etc. and he could have become renowned and respected for doing so. Instead he chose to cause the pain himself and keep his work private, under the delusion that they were some kind of masterpiece.

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summerfell's characters always look like they are suffering hypothermia. Which is kind of sexy.

>>159547570
You like-like dead corpses, anon?

>>159547570
I've said similar before. His drawings look lifeless due to the pale and cold colors.

>>159547392
Oops. Botched one of my biggest point first sentence.
As an UNstaged, natural shot...

>>159544795
>germans wanting to go to war with russia once more
Wow, they sure like to get their asses handed to them

this is also evidence that germans are subhumans imho

just finished the game.
And yes, I chose bae over bay.

I never thought this before but does everyone act their age?

>>159548520
Good job! Welcome to /lisg/

>>159533102
fucking definitely. I've never seen such perfect romance before.

>>159528298
who's the artist?

>>159537731
definitaly lockscreen worthy.

>>159549753
We don't know the ages of many of them. But I can say that Max acted well beyond her age and Chloe grew up five years in just a week.

>>159536298
>I'm a little bit country
>I'm a little bit rock and roll

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>>159547925
No, but I like freezing people. It's a fascination I've acquired when I was young, watching a TV show I have been as of yet unable to re-discover in which a pretty, almost androgynous boy was shut into the trunk of a car in a junkyard and forced to stay there the night. Intermittently they would have shots of him hugging and clinging onto himself, shivering, blueish-purple lips, pale face and all. I'm not gay, and this is not strictly a sexual fascination (i. e. fetish) at all, but I like it. The cold, pale, blue vulnerability.

Some day I will happen upon a girl suffering from exposure and rescue her with my body warmth.

>>159548086
I could dig the palette if the style was a little softer. Still, she does also have a few pretty nice works and overall I consider most of it save-worthy.

>>159548520
Hi.

And welcome. Max and Chloe are proud of you.

>>159549753
Yes. Psychopathology excluded (but even that not necessarily), everyone acts and cannot not act, their age. "Their" in the narrower sense of acting how they, individually, do - that behaviour necessarily being product of their distinct psychophysiologcal "age"; which is the actual physical, biochemical state of their brain as a culmination of influence experienced over the time they have been alive, their brain has been a functioning, ficitile system for.

In the broader sense, "acting one's age" is just varying composition of vague cultural and societal, even personal concepts that - while they do certainly overlap with biological realities of "age" at times and in parts - have no bearing on the specificity of individualistic behaviour and behavioural idiosyncracy conceivable of every single mind at any conceivable point of its - as far as we know - neverending plasticity.

>>159551926
Me neither.

>>159552158
kiwiclementine.tumblr.com

>definitaly
Only Sherly gets to do this! (Still cute though.)

>>159549753
>>159553214
Or did you mean whether the characters in LiS specifically act "their" age? Well, I have answered that indirectly already, but there's the distinction there that they are written characters, so their behaviour actually is product entirely of cultural, societal and personal ideas about age-specific behaviour of those that created them. Which is then even more undebatably a "yes" - they act according to the actual idea of "acting their age" of their creators; the validity of that idea however is largely insusceptible to debate. Glaringly obvious behaviouristic oddities aside, which I can't say I have seen any of. (But Victoria wears grandma clothing! Max has a teddy bear! Alice is way too wise to be of any age a rabbit realistically could be!)

>>159542953
The pictures are still amazing, let's not delude themselves.

>>159553214
thanks you!

>>159553748
Poster above, and posts from earlier threads, have had very valid criticisms about Jefferson's work from many aspects.
The conditions they are taken under destroy almost all merit of they may have. Without the appeal of the illegal method they are taken in, they have little worth.

>>159554634
As an artwork they're great though, legal or not. This is like finding Hitler's work horrible cause Hitler did it.

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>>159553748
I don't think they are. They are genuinely not interesting in most of any sense to me.

We've talked about that before. I consume a lot of LiS art; a year later I still have the motivation to go and spend some time browsing through the various art sites every second day or so. But I have never beyond a couple of times (and then it was mostly to do with discussion) felt the need to re-visit any of the Dark Room art. Not the canon work, not the fanart that revolves around that theme. It is genuinely not intriguing to me.

I could see how it could be... but mostly as a type of sexual fascination. At least something specifically to do with the perfidious nature of the entire ordeal. Some kind of morbid fascination with the imagining of the characters in such a state.

I can't see anything inherently aesthetically or artistically pleasing in it. And again, no merit or value either.

And that's not me hating Jefferson. If anything, I had wanted for him to be something more than a delusional, criminally stupid and artistically boring at best character. As is, I just can't help but feel he is quite pathetic in quite a lot of ways... His obsession certainly seems to me. It really seems an uninspired and masturbatory one.

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Can some one drop the comic of chloe coming out to her mom and she reacts with no shit?

>>159554760
They're not great though. They are black and white shots of someone bound and laying on a floor or sitting in a chair. There is no emotion or talent on the part of the model, the background is just a white tarp, and the photographs themselves are nothing special.
There is a focus on Chiaroscuro but as the only artistic element it doesn't do enough to make the piece worth much. It's still just a black and white photo of a rigidly posed model.
Hitler had problems with perspective and proportion but he was a painter and that takes more time and effort than taking a picture. He is allowed some slack because he was a student and using a harder medium.
Jefferson was well-known and a teacher of the subject and yet he still makes such mediocre work. Hardly worth his massive ego of that huge office that occupies a large portion of Blackwell's floor space.
Nathan's image of the grave digger was better than anything we see from Jefferson because it has a message and is a better framed shot.

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>>159555416
The kind of reaction I would expect from Joyce.
But still loving in its own way.

>>159555759
"Oh and Max is my girlfriend."

"Chloe, how oblivious do you think I am? What's next? Going to tell me you have blue hair and that you got a tattoo?"

"I just wanted to finally say stuff and be more open, since I've been a bit of a bitch the last few years..."

"I know, Chloe. I know who you love, I know you still miss William, and I know you're trying to be better now. It's okay. You and Max have both grown up so much. C'mere."

>Group Hug

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>>159555438
Agreed. The only Dark Room-themed fanart I do like is as you last discussion around had also said the fierce Max stuff. That confidence and defiance, righteous disgust for him and dismissal of his art.

And sometimes, to an extent, some psycho stuff. That Ghost-Rachel that ripped his head off. Or the one where Jefferson is drawn as that intestine-eating painting hanging on the Dark Room wall. The paintings in there were actually themselves pretty intriguing in a way. Some "Psycho-Jefferson" art and the idea of a more unsettling character that's in that can be cool too. Or "Max is beyond you" art like pic related. Jefferson thought Max was locked in there with him. But he was locked in there with her! He didn't scare her. She was determined and composed throughout, manipulating time and Jefferson, ultimately winning - Jefferson's life being completely in her hands. Unconsciously at her mercy. She can have him killed if she wants. (But she doesn't. David doesn't deserve that, and Jefferson deserves worse. And this universe was doomed for erasure anyway.)

>>159557631
Now that's a photo I'd appreciate! A shot I would actually let David take.

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(If anyone has the original, pls gib.)

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post your most gorgeous screenshots

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The one truly good shot Jefferson actually takes of Max is the one she asks and poses for. It's not his style (color, consciousness, sitting postition, etc.) and a candid shot as candid can be down there. Max asks, he lines his camera up without much regard and snaps one shot quickly. And in that is captured Max's defiance. Her unimpressedness with him and his work. Asking for the shot is a manipulating move to begin with. She is playing him.

>>159560020
"Did you play on a potato?"

Sorry, dumping other stuff now. People have taken absolutely gorgeous photos with the free-camera mod though.

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>>159558749
Another lie of Jefferson's works. Trying to portray Max as weak and helpless when it was really one of her strongest and most defiant moments.
Even when she knows she may die, her concern is about Chloe and saving her. she doesn't give Jefferson the satisfaction of seeing her cry or panic. She lashes out at him to show who he's fighting and she buys time until rescue conveniently arrives.
Even though I don't want Max to have to know she has blood on her hands, I would have liked for her to use her power to freak Jefferson out and ultimately destroy him.
Teleporting around, moving objects around the room, saying what he is going to say before he can say it. Make Jefferson think he is in that room with a demon.Because he is.

Hell hath no fury like a Max facing someone that hurt her Chloe.

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>>159560687
(Appropriately, we are looking at it once won and freed.)

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>>159560773
Well said.

>>159558749
That would be awesome photo. Maybe Max could even take one of Chloe, Joyce, and David looking happy.
I really wish there was more art of Max, Chloe, and their families. Let's face it, both Ryan/Vanessa and David/Joyce will see Max and Chloe as both their daughters anyway.

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>>159562146
A great family.

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>>159562567
>MAX IN THE DORK ROOM

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>>159561343
wait is this who i think it is?

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>>159562840
>every room Max is in is a Dork Room
>if Max and Chloe are together in a room, it becomes The Dork Room

>>159562935
Yep.

This one is another interesting fanart. It's not a photo Jefferson took. It has color, Max is wide awake. She has a sense of superior clarity here. Even in those drugged moments, he had no control over is, is the figurative re-translation then.

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>>159563289
Any vehicle they are in is Dork force One.
Just trying to keep things light-hearted amongst all the Dark Room/Jefferson stuff.

Although I gotta go for a while. So stay comfy!

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>>159563289
over her*

>>159563431
Still feeling like dumping some general Dark Room art (only non-threatening stuff though)...

Take care!

>>159563289
why can't i find the picture on their deviantart?

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>>159563820
Check his tumblr!

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Stop posting Jeffershit, it's disgusting.

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>>159565607
Just a handful more than he gets rekt.

His character sucks. But some of these pictures show him as something more than he is, something more compelling he could have been.

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>>159565678
юбaны хипcтep

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>>159565918
*then he gets rekt

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The Rekenning Begins.

Mr. Jefferson was a hero.

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>>159568524
Emphasis on was, either way.

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Overcoming "obstacles" in style.

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Ok, tired of looking for pictures of that clown.

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>>159560020
Some cool screenshots for you, then. Not mine though.

Look mate if you're gonna post scenery at least post in 4k, 2016 is almost over, we don't need vhs resolution.

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Decisive moment.

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Spiritual ladybug? It was blocking it clock.

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>>159572803

>>159564120
>>159564120
I wish Jefferson had more dimensions

>>159564815
>I love you Mr. Jefferson
The most haunting moment of the game.

>>159566889
scary

>>159569580
are these actual screenshots?

>>159573639
>HELLO HOW DO YOU DO

is Arcadia Bay the cutest little town on earth?

>>159575957
Nope. Max is.

You see, none of LIS is real! Max was killed in a freak car accident on her way back to Arcadia Bay! This is all her afterlife! That's why there is so much magic shit, she gets to be a superhero that everything revolves around, she gets to be super talented, everyone likes her (even if just secretly!), everything in town is qt or nostalgia driven, she gets to pal around with her cool and hot af childhood friend.

D U H ! ! !

“Stop hogging the bunny” Chloe said, jostling for hand position.


“We can time the pats, so we can both do it” Max offered, slightly annoyed with the blue haired woman’s forwardness.


“Idea” Chloe said, setting Alice down on the coffee table with strict instructions not to move a muscle. “Here” Chloe grabbed Max and pulled her sideways on to her lap. Max grabbed Alice and they began to pet her in turns.


“Better?” Max asked Chloe. A nod was the only response.


The two women and one rabbit sat like this for a long time. Outside the storm had picked up again and the wind blew the rain hard against the windowpanes. Max closed her eyes and for a moment was once again back in Arcadia bay circa 2013. The wind whipped against the picture windows of the Two Whales diner. Lightning flashed and thunder boomed, shaking max's bones. Pompidou was warm under Max’s fingers. She had a decision to make, but she wished to God she could sit here forever, and not have to do what she knew she would have to. A sense of dread crept over her and she shivered.


“Wazz ron, babe?” Chloe was nearly incoherent at this point. Max leaned in and planted a kiss on Chloe’s lips. After a moment of surprise, Chloe leaned into the kiss. Grabbing Max by the back of the head, Chloe let out a small mmmphh.


Max pulled back, smiling ear to ear. She was here and she was now. “Not in front of the Rabbit” Max joked.

>>159576525
don't do this to me. please man..

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>>159575768
Taken with the free-camera mod. Uploaded to tumblr @ shitres, unfortunately.

>>159575957
It's Pricefield's hometown town after all.

>>159577343
w-wait did someone edit this? What is this screenshot?

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>>159577426
Yeah it's an edit, relax.

>>159577754
I thought maybe it was a nightmare thing I missed

>100 images already

Woah.

>>159576660
P comf.

>>159577831
( ͡° ͡°)

>>159560687
actually I am playing on a potato, and I hate it.
nice screenshots btw.

>>159560687
>The one truly good shot Jefferson actually takes of Max is the one she asks and poses for.
when was that?

>page 9

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>>159581035
That sucks. You could watch a Let's Play on high res for that eye-candy LiS experience.

I would post cool high-res screenshots, but it's been enough dumping for a night.

>>159581712
Among the pre-David confrontation manipulation options is one where Max can ask Jefferson to take a photo of her. "I want to be your best subject."

>>159583724
wow lifting with so much ease!

>>159584000
that sounds disgusting, how does it play out? Why does she ask that?

>>159585667
Chloe is strong!

>>159586474
did someone draw over cosplay?

>>159585667
Chloe is a big girl.

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Well, that was an experience. I finally got around to playing, and man this game had a fucking murderboner for Chloe. So, partially because I'm a contrary and stubborn fucker, partially because of the one sided writing, and mainly because I actually really liked her, I chose to let Arcadia go boom.

And really, everyone was happy.

Well, everyone who was still alive. And now Max has a spine and knows the cost of cause and effect, and is willing to pay with interest and tell fate to die in a fire, and Chloe can go on further adventures and likely destroy more towns if Death keeps stalking her and Max has to keep saving her.

On a side note, is it just me, or is there hints of it actually not being Max so much as the town being built on a fucking worship site to Cthulu or something? I get the idea that Rachel was the doe, but it almost felt like she was fucking with Max in such a way as to be with Chloe forever, and ever, and ever, in that creepy corrupted spirit way. I got into the game because I wanted some interesting time manipulation and lesbians, and I got a game mix of World of Darkness, Doctor Who, with a hint of I don't even know.

Damn good game. A shame that if they ever do a sequel, it will probably have only tiny links to this volume, or as the Save Arcadia option was most likely the fan favorite follow that ending.

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>>159587290
Bean?

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>>159587428

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>>159587330
Welcome friend, it's good to know you're one of us.

A lot of the shit is up to interpretation so I couldn't tell you one way or the other but I 99% believe the doe is Rachel also don't believe the tornado was her fault and death stalked Chloe but would no longer stalk her from beyond the tornado.


Both endings are canon btw.


Have this video and also have this webm because I like you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN9TucT5gfk

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>>159586603
Again, they are things she does to manipulate Jefferson. She wants to stall for time, change the situation, anything. She obviously didn't mean it. But it worked.

>>159586671
Yep.

>>159587330
Welcome. One of the nicer post-game recaps we've had recently.

There's novel-length stuff to write about the ending choices, but I dig your personal reasoning behind which one you chose for what it is. Most here dislike how the game ended, and the final episode overall altogether, but the preferred choice is unanimously saving Chloe. BAE > Bay, every day.

The idea that death is following Chloe has been discredited multiple times. It's obviously easy to get a sense of Final Destination there, but for now it suffices to say that up until Episode 4 dontnod hadn't even planned to have Chloe die from the bathroom gutshot... so it really is not that she's supposed to die.
But I like your Rachel reasoning with regards to that; particularly the idea that she is trying from the afterlife to get Chloe. People have had similar theories, even if they don't really make much conclusive sense in the end. But there's still plenty room for rather elaborate theories on Rachel's (posthumous) involvement in it all - of both benevolent and malevolent nature, most reasonably a mix of the two. Like you say, there's all this Cthulu (Pazuzu, actually) stuff in the game with spirit animals and native american lore and whatnot that gives reason to believe there's something magical going on in Arcadia. Not to mention the Prescott stuff.

The endings are pretty much 50/50 still, and most people still in the fandom (i. e. the hardcore fans) are decidedly in favour of saving Chloe.

So do I vote for Maxine or Chloe?

>>159576660
Nice! Neat that you used my idea from the other thread of the storm momentarily bringing Max back. I think that's something that would happen from time to time and she would just need someone to talk to her, ideally Chloe.
Alice getting lots of attention. And Chloe also getting some.

>>159587330
Don't worry. The storm wasn't as bad as Max thought it would be. Most buildings were still standing and people had more than enough time to get out of the way or find shelter. Also no indication that anything else bad related to max's power will happened. It was just a consequence of using them for the first time.
Also many see Rachel's spirit knew who Max was and helped her save Chloe.

>>159591859
Max, never Maxine

>>159593353
Sorry :(

'Life is Strange' is really a look back. It's the story and early works of famous photographer Max Price-Caulfield. Every photo Max takes during the game is one that was published in her first album book.
You're just seeing the context she took the photo in.

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>>159594445
Here's the thing about that. Maxine is a particularly powerful name, meaning 'greatest' or 'bright' and 'noble'. By Maxine preferring to go by Max, it implies that she feels unworthy of the name. This is why Chloe says at the end of the game, "You're Maxine fucking Caulfeild, you can do anything". Chloe recognizes that Max is indeed worthy of her name. Perhaps by the end of the game, Max realizes this too, and accepts people calling her by her full name.

Or maybe she just prefers being called Max.

>>159587428
Just steal a beanie from Chloe

>>159595820
She just prefers Max. Either because it sounds nicer to her or because she doesn't want to make a big deal of her self.
But we all agree with Chloe that Max is more than worthy and noble enough for her full name. But as long as she prefers Max, she shall be Max.
Although I will say that Maxine Price does have a very nice ring to it. Max Price sounds a little silly.

>>159595820
I like to think it's because she thinks it's too feminine and/or formal.
Maxine doesn't really fit her slightly tomboyish nature.

>>159596046
Stealing from Chloe is not polite

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>>159596352
I can imagine a more confident Max in the future. One who has already had a successful career in photography and now teaches the subject at a university. At the start of the school year she'll tell all her new students, "By the way, Maxine, never Max". Max at the start of the game is far less confident in herself than Max at the end of the game. She may even prefer Maxine by the end of it all. But who knows, just a thought I had. Maxine Price is defiantly (I feel like it's less cute when I do it on purpose) the best combination you can get from their names. Max Price sounds like a Saul Goodman car salesman type.

>>159596672
I also prefer Max. I just thought it was interesting to consider that Max may prefer Maxine (or at least not mind being called Maxine) by the end of the game. I think it was a very specific choice to have Chloe call her Maxine, especially considering they are potentially Chloe's final words to her. But I'm probably giving dontnod too much credit.

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>>159597816
Max stole her heart!

But Chloe got revenge and stole Max's in return.

>>159598193
I also see Max becoming a photography teacher, but she would be one of the 'cool' ones. She wouldn't want to be called Professor Price (or Caulfield) or sucked up to by her students.
She would just want to encourage her students to follow their dreams, be confident, have fun, and be nice to one another. If allowing students to call her Max helps that goal then that's fine.
Personally, I think she would always ask to be called Max by people that know her, but she may use her full name for official stuff. Also a good icebreaker to meet her and address her as Maxine, and then she says with a smile that Max is fine.

As for when her and Chloe get married. Maxine Price is the best. It sounds the best, Chloe keeps her name, and William's name carries on (I can't remember if Joyce took David's name after they got married).
Plus Chloe Caulfield doesn't sound that good either.
So the choices are either Price, Price-Caulfield, or Pricefield (Some same-sex couples have merged their names). But I like Price the best for the reasons I said above.

>>159598935
It was more of a mutual exchange. Just one they couldn't help make.
In every timeline they find and fall in love with each other.

>>159588395
These webms always make me happy when I see them.
I hope at some point Youngchosugar does more.

>>159589368
pretty damn neat

>>159589368
how exactly does it play out though?

>>159595820
>The Noble Maxine
I was wondering why you didn't call her the freckled wonder, then I saw her face! Now I'm a believer! Not a trace! Of freckles there!

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>>159605318
Chloe Elizabeth Price, Bae, Wife of Max

What type of Camera does Max and William have?

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>>159605001
Todah!
Very todah indeed.
She actually does have a few discreet freckles in that pic but I appreciate the sentiment.

>>159605318
Ghloe

>>159606882
According to the game's (unofficial) wiki, Max's camera is a Polaroid JobPro and William's is a Polaroid Image/Spectra.

>>159608024
Chloe's got wood!

>>159608718
Polaroid Jobpro, one step 600, sun 660 all look like Max's camera right? Which do you think is the closest?

I can't find one like William's at all, spectra isn't really the same considering it pops open like a clam.

>>159609702
Keep in mind that Dontnod only took inspiration from designs and didn't directly copy one due to artistic/legal reasons. The same thing for the firearms in the game (Which I've tried to find the closest examples).
Looking at a post on Reddit where someone asked the same question, they said the 600 is the closest to Max's. As for William's, I don't know.

>>159610208
oh ok thank you. It's a shame though cause William's camera looks amazing and Max's camera has that really long cool flash. These people should really design cameras huh? I wouldnt mind 600 points to buy a working version of William's camera.

>>159607983
You got something there, Max.
*wipes blood with napkin*

>>159612180
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4cLWRSjEUU

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Sleep tight, Pirates.

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>>159612826
Goodnight, and be warm!

What is Kate doing now?

>>159615330
She's sleeping six foot under

>>159616732
that's kinda rude my dude

>>159588395
>>159589368
>>159592064

Thanks anons. Went to sleep shortly after posting, and actually had LiS dreams. That's not happened with a game for a long time, so kudos to the devs all around, aside from those endings of course. But even then, I've experienced worse, as you buys elaborately explain.

Since I'm so late to the choochoo, is there any word of a sequel or other project by Nod? If they are anything like Telltale, this will be it, most likely. And that might even be best; lest they canonize an ending that do not want. At least this way both endings have equal weight.

>>159618392
They're making a season 2 but it's not announced yet and it will not be featuring out beloved Max and Chloe. There's also going to be a live action digital tv show probably made for Netflix that's going to be about Max and Chloe.

If you want another emotional and meaningful game to play, play undertale, it's like 5-6 hours

If you want another nice and sweet emotional story that's short play brothers a tale of two sons which is 2.5-3 hours long.

>>159617707
How? She's dead, I was just stating the fact

>>159615330
She's up early preparing for class of course.

>>159618807

Yeah, just discovered that with googlefu, but surprised they would do a digital tv show. It would have to follow the 'Sacrifice Arcadia' ending, or an alternate setting, as they don't talk for years and then Chloe dies in all other situations...? Same issue as if they were going to continue with Season 2 focused on Max. The game ends pretty conclusively either way.

Where did the info that Chloe was never actually intended to die from the gunshot come from? Because that would actually have made 'Sacrifice Chloe' feel like a reward and good ending, and still have the bitter-sweet elements of Rachel still being dead, and everything Max had done and gone through basically being a hell of her own creation, because ironically doing nothing resulted in the best ending, with everyone who could be alive and well.

I'll check Undertale out, but I actually really hate that 'hole' left behind by the completion of a game that really pulls you in. It fucks me over emotionally for days, sometimes. I'm in the recovery stage now, and short of fanfics and pictures there is no LiS content to medicate with, so I'll likely drop out of the fandom as quickly as I entered it until something else is eventually released.

I'm actually really looking forwards to Vampyr. I'm a massive urban horror nerd, so it hits all the right marks, especially now I've seen what they can do.

>>159619318
She should have graduated by now anon.

She probably married Warren and they are expecting their first baby any time now so she's became a housewife while working on her children's book on the side.

>>159619464
We don't know what ending they'll pick for the game, perhaps it'll take a new conclusion or they'll allow users to pick what's right! Or even better yet just end with her trying to make up her mind.

Man the lis fandom offered so much actually, it feels great that it exists, there's so much artwork and fan made music, jus so much dedication towards this game it is wonderful.

Yeah... I hope vampyr is good, it better be...

>>159572803
>we don't need vhs resolution
But doesn't it fit the hipster aesthetic? It's like the video equivalent of a polaroid

>>159619781
>I hope vampyr is good
The gameplay doesn't look good from the preview videos I've seen.

The story might be good though.

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>>159521907
Before Episode 5's release:
>Lol Mari's theories're shitty.It's way more than shitty to become true
>Chloe has to die thing doesn't make sense.Don't worry they will come with unpredictable story
>We're gonna learn everything about Max's powers,Rachel and Prescotts even Nathan,spirit animals..
>Jefferson knows about Max's powers
>Nathan,Frank,David or Samuel's gonna save us
>Victoria's with Max,she'll save her
>(After seeing Cemetery scene from leaks) I'm sure it'll be Williams,Rachel's or Kate's grave.
>Rachel's the doe and Butterfly and probably we'll see her in Max's dream
>Blue Jay's Chloe

After Episode 5's release:
>Mari's shitty cliche theory became right
>We visited the SF art gallery for 3 seconds. FOR 3 DAMN SECONDS
>Jefferson became a silly bad guy from Disney
>David came to save us.He's a former-soldier but he can't even fight,just listens teenager's orders. Even he doesn't know she has some time travel powers.
>Victoria's with us in the dark room.Laying there and we can talk her or not.Just it.
>Nathan get killed,Victoria too
>Nathan knew something about the storm but they cut it.
>Warren explained Max's powers(!)(thanks warryn) We found out her power causes/related with Chaos Theory and storm.It's not like we didn't know or something.
>Storm is only coming for Bay because Chloe lives in there but Max's the one who keep changes the time
>Prescotts story erased.Nobody even mention their name.
>Rachel's story fucked too.She isn't or butterfly,bluejay just spiritualdoe
>Spirit animals thing died.Blue Butterfly's storm summoner just it.
>Chloe dies again in one of endings (unpredictable) It gives you a lesson: You shouldn't have used your power.And you shouldn't play this game.Now erase your choices and cry like a bitch.
>Chloe has to die thing comes true, Cemetery scene explained with that.
>The other ending's short but it's less cliché than other.We saved Chloe,storm's hit the town and gone.That's it.
>Epilogue: Use ur imaginations:)muh budget

>>159621010
the story is all I hope for, game play can be sub par but if the story is good its good. Think spec ops.

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>>159619464
>>159619781
>they hyped for vampyr
remember we also hyped for the last episode of LiS and it ended up with Bollywood logic as a result.

>>159621725
how is that bollywood logic?

>>159621892
u implying ep 5 was logical, sucka?

>>159621892
>the way they've presented/explained time-travel part is neither loyal or rational to the events in game
>even though they aware of that,eventually player stuck between choose binary choices rather than getting a logical solution
>because they just wanted to give you a hard time,wanted to make you cry no matter if consclucion is foolish and obviously isn't loyal to game's events

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>>159621210
>spec ops
Do you feel like an everyday hero yet?

Also, the game play in spec ops was intentionally cookie cutter to make a statement about the moral absolutism of triple A military shooters. It was nothing more than functional because that's all it had to be. In that sense the game play was perfect because of how it was contextualized by the narrative.

>>159622889

Actually, I can agree with this. It's one of the reasons I chose to let Arcadia burn; I rebelled and washed my hands of the blood.

I still don't get why Max was seeing the storm before even entering the bathroom, or using her powers. To me that indicates that, originally, it had nothing to do with her powers, aside from perhaps being connected to the why of her getting them, and they (and it's allegedly been admitted they ran out of money) just tried to wrap it all up with maximum drama.

A shame that I'm going to treat word of god as pointless and simply take the story at face value, and not treat the citizens like idiots, nor put the deathtoll of Max for deciding enough was enough. People died in the storm. very sad. Same as in real storms in real life.

Kate was still in the hospital, and they have procedures for disasters, and thus almost certainly survived. Same for the school. David likely took other officers to arrest Dexter. The Diner was unburnt and there was no sign of an explosion, thus we have no reason to believe they didn't ride it out, and they were really the only characters in question for me.

Ritually sacrificing Chloe to a supernatural tornado in hopes that it doesn't happen anyway, and out uneducated theories are right on the cause, is just completely out of the question for me.

I reject bittersweet, or at least any that isn't related to the same sorrow that any (natural) disaster brings. It might even end up being good for Arcadia.

>tfw, according to the wiki, around 53% chose to let Chloe die after all that had happened.

>>159624035
>tfw 53% of people think that killing cats stops plague

>>159624174
>>159624035

To be fair, that's far more polarized than I expected the choice to be. I'm very much used to going with the unpopular choice in games, so it's nice to see it's almost even in this case. And the absolutely massive and passionate Max and Chloe fanbase might make the difference if they ever decide on a direct continuation, unlikely as that is.

>>159624035
what I meant by consclucion is bullshit is ''sacrifice A sacrifice B'' tragedy;while there are many logical ways to save both at the same time and one of them (bay ending) isn't even loyal to game's time-travel events.developers just ignored every rules,events in game for tragedy and leave that ending just to make you cry,that's it.that's what I didn't like.

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>>159624752
>[To Dontnod's logic] a happy or at least logical result wouldn't make anyone cry
>So let's ignore every rules,drop plotholes to make'em cry (if they complain about something, say you're just left things up to players' imagination:))

>>159624752

I honestly think it came down to money. I suspect they had a much more indepth plot for Episode 5, rather than Max's psychedelic adventures through recycled and slightly altered assets, but just ran out of the funds to execute it. Thus, we got what we did. I mean, they aren't terrible endings, really. Just somewhat nonsensical.

You aren't wrong (well, outside breaking pretty much every word of dialog to Chloe where you repeatedly vow that you will look after/save/be with her for ever) in choosing to go back, and of course I subjectively believe the ending where you stay true to your word and actions and save her is the best. But in the frame of Episode 5 neither are wrong. Hell, Chloe actively wants to do the noble sacrifice if you choose that option(, you monster.)

It's just the more I look at it, the more there seem to have been various plot revisions, and with Episode 5 likely a massive and panicked rewrite. Max having the vision of the storm before ever seeing Chloe again or using her powers is never explain, and we are expected to swallow some pretty flimsy in-character justifications for everything. We never learn where the powers come from, or why.

>>159624480
Actually choice stats aren't that important as long as you aware of what's going on in game and aware of Max's actual character.

>>159625635

Sure, and I agree. It just really annoys me when writers make it clear what they consider the 'right' choice, and they literally have (what I am certain is a fucking Eldritch being terrified of Rachel's vengeance and some larger story we never got told) an apparition of Max tell herself off, holding the rest of the characters none-nonsensically and incorrectly (as most aren't even in danger) hostage, so that you can't get rid of that niggle that even if you stand by your choice... you did it wrong, or at least not as intended.

>>159625612
>But in the frame of Episode 5 neither are wrong. Hell, Chloe actively wants to do the noble sacrifice if you choose that option(, you monster.)
>We never learn where the powers come from, or why.
it was just for* showing her character development,that was all.but if you think of time-travel events in-game again, letting her die will fix the storm is pretty much retarded if you follow events in game, like I said.
and what also annoyed me the most is developers thought that they actually explained all of these fuckery in the diner scene;with doctor warryn graham's dialogues.

>It's just the more I look at it, the more there seem to have been various plot revisions, and with Episode 5 likely a massive and panicked rewrite.
yeah, aside from budget problems;their intention was the same sure, but problems are started with they tried to change plot with Episode 4 and of course,changing one of endings ''with the Episode 4's release''

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>>159625635 >>159625813

^

>>159627167

One of the benefits of joining a fandom a year or so late. All the cool shit is already there, along with a sequel announcement.

That image pretty much sums up why it was a none choice for me. It's also why I made them be in lesbians. It illustrates level of borderline obsession and co-dependency these two have. Seeing her as a cripple and the horrific choice only makes it more absurd.

That said, I don't know how the game handles it, dialog wise, if you do show interest in Warren and a complete lack of care in Chloe as best as choices allow. I can't imagine it making much difference, as she has pretty much 60% of the plot dedicated to her (the remaining split pretty well among the rest of the cast) and I don't see many of the scenes being that different. I imagine she is still your extra-precious best friend who you would do anything for. ANYTHING.

>>159627167

That almost takes the sting out of knowing the writer considers me to have made a mistake. Almost. Thanks.

>It's the fucking 'Destroy/Red' option all over again.

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>>159627681
>It's also why ''I'' made them be in lesbians
>if you do show interest in Warren and a complete lack of care in Chloe as best as choices allow.
wth are you talking about?

>>159627983

From what I could gather from a single playthrough, you can play the game as interested in Warren and just friends with Chloe. I'm just not sure how deep, or well executed/convincing, that path feels, and if it makes Sacrifice Chloe any more palatable.

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>>159627681
>>159628120

>Do Warryn favors
>*she ends up cucking him one way or another*
>Don't show interest to Chloe
>*she shows interest to her indepenant by your choices anyway*

>>159628196

Oh. Okay, I did wonder, but assumed a little more freedom of choice than that. I thought Telltale had managed to beat that out of me already, but it is a different company, so I made a silly assumption.

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Max is lewd!

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>>159628120
>you can play the game as interested in Warren
>just friends with Chloe

>play the game as interested in Warren and refuse Chloe's advantages
>no matter what did you do with Warren,she forgets all about Warren and shows zero affection for him afterwards.
>she fantasizes about blue chick eventually,feeling herself inadequate to her and jealous of thinking her with other people
>in two variations she ends up questions herself about if it's friendship or love.if you gave kiss her in episode 3 she realizes that what are exactly those feelings.
>if you don't kiss her earlier,she doesn't become aware her feelings (but nightmare implies subconsciously she's attracted to her) leaving her still feeling inadequate for Chloe and more deeply concerned about Chloe sees Rachel Amber in her future instead (she also has seen Chloe didn't change her background if you don't support her,since it triggers getting kiss in sac-chloe end) -'till Chloe's confession for Max in the end-
I had 4 alternate playthroughs.
You can create a Max which doesn't aware of her feelings for Chloe/feeling more inadequate.Or you can create a Max which's aware of her feelings more.Eventually you can change the path but result is the same.

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>>159629225
yes she is

>>159629468

Huh, that sounds pretty cool. A shame the ending being so final sort of killed any desire to play through again in the near future. Some day.

>>159631220

She ded.

>>159622456
>>159622889

What's the relation to bollywood?

>>159623162
I am aware but that was also my point.

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>>159619464
>It would have to follow the 'Sacrifice Arcadia' ending?
How so? If the show is about Max and Chloe, I think they will just have a re-imagining of the actual game story. Maybe even a re-telling.
As for the second season: We know that it won't be about Max and Chloe. If you take their word literally, it could conceivably be about either of two (prequel: Chloe; sequel: Max), but I highly doubt they will do that. Well, a prequel is possible, but still highly unlikely. Always sounded like they'd wanted to leave Arcadia behind altogether. And I can dig that. While the game does not "end pretty conclusively either way", it's true that Max and Chloe's story ends conclusively enough. A love story.

>Where did the info come from?
There was always tons of stuff in the game files. We've had countless spoiler-discussions in these threads when the game was still being released regarding those "leaks". One of those was the fact that the endings were called "On The Road" and "Hospital". The latter was replaced with "Cemetery" with the shipment of Episode 4. We also have concept art depicting Chloe in a hospital bed and dontnod saying they'd planned for her to be in a coma.

I don't think that would have made it a good ending. First, dontnod have always insisted it is primarily a coming-of-age story. This culminates in the choice Max makes and there's arguments for either why or how it could be considered an "adult" choice; with that choice being made however, the narrative had run its course. And as you rightly say, even without Chloe's death or Arcadia's destruction, there's more than enough bitterness either way. So having Chloe survive in one, and the storm dissipate in the other, would have actually made for better endings. But there's a lot of things that could have been better in Episode 5 altogether, and a lot of ideas for better endings specifically. Ultimately, I'm glad there's the outcome that has both alive, together, in love. Would never pick anything else.

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>>159633161

>>159633161
It means it's illogical af

>>159628398
In this regard, it is actually crucial to the story that they did not have "choices and consequences" concept expand to her feelings. Max is not an RPG character, it's not a dating-sim. The romance is always between Max and Chloe, and frankly, they are always strictly in love. That realization always hits Max, just sooner or later or stronger or more quietly depending on a respective playthrough. Warren was never a romantice option, and obviously there was never romantical substance there.

Without it being this strictly a love story, it would have been a lot less satisfying and ultimately meaningful to me. All that is between Max and Chloe, what they mean to and do for each other - it comes from a place of a deep connection of love that is certainly also a friendship, but clearly more than that.

>>159633364
>>159633519
all I know about bollywood are those weird indian dances

>>159633161
>bollywood logic >>159621725
>girl tries to reach her lover but the door is too far away so she can't reach him.since lovebirds've been seperated that brings tragedy consequently
>but ''if writers wouldn't drop logic for tragedy's sake'' she could've just used the door next to her so she could reach to the train and they could be together
which part don't you understand anon?

>>159633732

That's fair. I suppose I was too blatant in my choices or something and their feelings were taken for granted, because a lot of it felt like subtext. The pretext of being childhood friends who are a bit too attached seemed to persevere right to the end, even though I chose to kiss her when she dared me, chose 'girls', and made it clear that Max considered her the most important thing to her. That said, it was pretty clear they were in love, and I can see exactly what you are saying.

>>159633732
This.

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>http://chloepriceprotectionsquad.tumblr.com/post/131995621384/apparently-max-was-supposed-to-say-this-during-the
>"Oh, my Chloe..."
>"It feels like we've lived a thousand lives this week."
>"I'd do anything just to wake up next to you...

>https://instaud.io/dsa (try to not cry) you'll anyway

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>>159625612
I think there were more ideas and a little more conclusive backgrounds to it all that they would have touched on a little more elegantly (or at all) with more time and money... but the notion that they've had grand plans for all the things non-essential to their main bare-conceptual storyline I never bought. And there's obviously worse endings conceivable, but they are still quite terrible. Months of hate here and elsewhere of the fandom had been fueled by just how terrible. I've come to accept them for what they are and carved out something satisfying in either (in one infinitely more so than the other), but there's a lot of valid critique that goes beyond any potentially budget-induced issues.

Neither choice is wrong, that's true. But Chloe doesn't actively want to sacrifice herself. It's one of those things she does out of love - primarily out of love for Max. At the beach, the storm is already headed for them. Chloe says they have paid their dues, and that Max has got to stop beating herself up. She then brings them into safety. When Max still beats herself up over it on the cliff, Chloe visibly is thinking for a second and obviously highly conflicted, but she then offers Max this one "out". Chloe is willing to give everything to free Max of any guilt. It's not about her life or Arcadia; above all, she wants for Max to make her choice not out of guilt or regret or self-doubt.

And Max, out of love, sticks to Chloe. No doubt or regret; she realizes that she's not at fault and hasn't done anything wrong - she's been following her good heart throughout, and now in the end does once more, accepting and embracing all her choices and herself for who she is and truly feels is right. In that sense, SacChloe always felt like a great surrender and defeat of identity and love to me, a succumbing to the world and its cruel whim. And the other like a triumph. Love prevailing against all odds. Not least because I truly think they cannot make it without the other.

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>>159635094

>>159634437
There's very good things that come from the likely fact that dontnod did actually think they were telling a story that can "only" be about a deep friendship. Namely the authentic, quiet and sentimentally touching nature of their romance. But there's also the valid criticism that it can be a little too subtext-y for what it is, and for what it means to the story.

Still, narratively I clearly see that there's a love between them that stands at the beginning, core and center, and certainly end of it all. That's enough for me, even though it could have been conceived and conveyed so much more powerfully - at times certainly should have been: there's some key "Pricefield" scenes in the game that are crucial to this all-encompassing, all-defining love that I see at the core of the narrative, and those unfortunately lack emotional and romantical impact. Well, emotional and romantical impact that does justice to the emotional and romantical significance of these scenes in the context of the narrative.

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>>159635416
>SacChloe always felt like a great surrender [positive attitude is in overdrive] and defeat of identity and love to me, a succumbing to the world and its cruel whim. And the other like a triumph. Love prevailing against all odds. Not least because I truly think they cannot make it without the other.
Seriously though,for the first time I agree with you

>>159636181
But I have wrote something along those lines a thousand times in these threads! Entire posts just dedicated to that singular point. Still appreciate your agreement.

And appreciate that pic. You always have the most weirdly endearing reaction images. And you are the only one that posts generic reaction images here at all. Which helps make the place feel a little more "4chan" that it otherwise would. Which I suppose is a good thing.

>>159636474
*have written
*than it otherwise would

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They're alright

>>159636474
I assumed that you're the anon that I always calling him as Pollyanna (we always end up arguing like old ppl) and always accusing me for samefagging as result.Even though I get angry at him sometimes I have to admit,I agree with him at some points.Still not sure about if you're him tho

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>>159637530
Sometimes I am him. ;^)
Let's leave it at that. And how apropos that you posted twice!

Seriously though, I'm sure we "agree" on most things dear to us with regards to LiS. And as I've said multiple times, we are here together sharing a mutual interest in or love for the game as such, even if we don't agree on everything in it or tangentially to do with it. And while I don't think we two have argued anything strictly to do with LiS in a while, what would /lisg/ be without old ppl arguments!

>>159636752
The Kids Are Alright.

>>159638305
The first time In saw the picture a while back is helped me realize something: Chloe loved Rachel, but she wasn't in love with Rachel. The same goes for Rachel towards Chloe.
We see in Episode 3 that Rachel wasn't telling the full truth and that really hurt Chloe, but throughout the entire ordeal Max was nothing but honest with Chloe.
Unfortunately it took those awful discoveries about Rachel for Chloe to realize that her and Rachel were never really a thin/had a chance...but her and Max are destined. Rachel probably knew that as well and was totally fine with that fact, she knew there was someone for Chloe out there and she just had to wait.

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>>159638334
Yeah we are agreeing each other when it comes to LiS and talking about Max and Chloe.But when it comes to discuss thread's problems just like the one which's happened 4 days ago and things like discussing Michel,Warryn we are always start to arguing one way or another (not to mention you're accusing me samefagging) Probably we're gonna argue with each other again for some whatever reason,anyway.
But I still love you even though you drive me mad sometimes.

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>>159638334
>>159639659
can i join you?

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>>159639659
>ywn go to Wrestlemania with Victoria

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>>159639659
>>159640038
That we are still here together after all this time should mean enough by itself. Certainly enough for hugs.

>>159640152
I feel for you.

>>159639613
damn feels.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5torz91mAc

Just letting this here...

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>>159641925
>9:48-10:18
kek

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This game has served to highlight how shallow my relationships actually are. Of course, I should be happy to have a group of friends I see weekly and a great family, and I am, but I've never had one of those close friendships where you are as comfortable enough together to just hang out constantly, and know eachother as well as yourself. Or are at least woefully co-dependant.

Time to drown my sorrows and feels in more games, rather than alcohol.

What other games have that sort of character relationships? I remember feeling that way with a few Bioware companions, but a very few. I got a bit of it from the team in Tales from the Borderlands. Bioshock Infinite seemed like it might, until spoilers ruined it, in more ways than one.

>>159644014
>What other games have that sort of character relationships?
Sims

>>159644014
Nothing is quite like this relationship. Especially not in games. That's one of the primary reasons why this one has stuck and resonated with so many people so deeply.

Oxenfree, Gone Home, To The Moon and Undertale are commonly mentioned in this context though.

>>159644676

Well, yeah, but it helps if there is at least an attempt at a narrative to go with the character interplay.

I actually used to play a lot of visual novels to scratch the same itch, because there was often a route that would feel right. Tsukihime, Fate/Stay, and a few of the routes in the one about a disability school had the same feeling.

>>159645273
>Nothing is quite like this relationship.

Oddly, I can't quite put my finger on what it IS about their relationship that deflated my blackened blood muscle with longing and envy. How genuine and earnest it seems? How real?

Because, actually, from a cynical view they don't actually spend as much time together as they seem to, and a lot of their interaction is just chasing the mystery. Hell, Chloe spends fairly lengthy periods offscreen, dead, or pursuing her mystery. The game is relatively short, and there is some strife over the fact they haven't seen eachother in years.

>>159645273

Thanks, I'll take a look. Undertale sounds interesting.

>>159645803
It's because they haven't seen each other in years that it's so powerful.
Right from the start we see Max has problems with being confident in herself. One of the first things we learn about her is she wants to see Chloe again.
Similarly, we learn how bad Chloe has been the past five years. She's only had one real bright spot in her life during that time and it's missing.
It's clear that Max and Chloe separating entirely for five years was a big mistake. They realize that and they put their all into making up for it. We see how their friendship quickly resumes and begins to develop into more and how they both balance/compliment each other.

That's why Pricefield is so good. It's a true partnership and symbiosis. Unfortunately, both Max and Chloe have been hurt and damaged by numerous things. But they work together to make things better.
It's much more genuine and touching than just one partner propping up or rescuing the other.

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>>159646367

I think you're perhaps dead on.

>It's much more genuine and touching than just one partner propping up or rescuing the other.

This in particular, because relationships in games are usually the PC fixing all a characters problems and 'winning' a few romantic sounding banters, some hero worship, and a fade to black scene. Even in a lot of other fiction, one character is the strong main character who wins the other, though gaming is the biggest offender by far. In the same vain, I'm finding the Batman x Catwoman relationship in the Telltale game is the strongest portrayal I've seen in a while for the same reason; both sides are equal parts of the relationship, and both have something to offer.

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>>159645803
I don't think anyone can quite put a finger on it. Otherwise it wouldn't be this unique. Not even dontnod themselves. It is a wholly emergent thing, something magical and largely irreplicable. ...Of some kind.

Anyway, what it actually is about their relationship that strikes people so deeply, and how it does, are topics you can literally read novels about. Here and in fanfiction. I could go on and on, really. There's so much nuance, subtlety and facets to it. Certainly this also has to do with one's own imagination precisely because the narrative here has a way to leave gaps in things - both in having interactions literally happen off-screen (there's a lot of time Max and Chloe spend together we can only speculate about, but that speculation comes naturally, enjoyably) and in having authentic volatility in their behaviour and a self-evidence in the romance. As in, it's the showing-not-telling thing, but in a very fascinating and natural way that makes these characters, their dynamic and the love in that come so alive and feel so personal.

But I'm already starting to go into incoherent ranting mode. There's really too much to be said and has been said to get this across. And it's for you to discover, if it does stick with you like it does with others. Ultimately, it's a very personal understanding and appreciation of this relationship and game altogether that people have experienced and develop in continuously confronting and contemplating it. So maybe you will have to do the same old thing and spend months and more sogging it all up, fleshing it out, delve into those feelings and sentiments attached to and associated with it. Explore and enjoy it like people two years later still are.

...Or you just get over it. By conscious will because otherwise it consumes a lot of time, or just because you just don't feel as inclined to indulge in and aren't as attached to what is ultimately still a game.

>>159647074

>And it's for you to discover, if it does stick with you like it does with others.

There is a danger of that, as I tend to get fixated at the best of times. It caught me by surprise here. I came from the World of Darkness thread of all places, and felt the time manipulation might give me a supernatural fix. Them, wham. Most engaging romance and relationship I've experienced in... well, ever, perhaps. Painfully, it's in a quickly completed game.

>...Or you just get over it. By conscious will because otherwise it consumes a lot of time

I may have to try this, because I'm prone to obsessing over fandom, and my mood actually drops if I can't keep the beast fed. Thankfully Christmas is coming up, and Rogue One should draw me back to Star Wars for a while. I'll likely revisit when they release Season 2 and/or the animated film about Max and Chloe that got mentioned. Likely the latter, as while the rest of the game was fun, it wasn't what kept me enthralled.

>>159645803
There's also this: http://mugflub.blogspot.de/2016/07/why-life-is-strange-screwed-you-up.html

But I don't agree with or feel everything in there is accurate. Not least because it is, again, a very personal experience in a lot of ways.

Still, that read could help you understand it more for yourself. ...Without having to read novels here and elsewhere about it.

>>159646334
There's also Firewatch, but once you mention that a wider variety of other games would apply. It still has a very character and relationship-centered narrative and intimacy, so maybe try it if you haven't.

>>159646998
The friendship-gone-lovers quality of it just as a format is something quite magnificent we see seldom in fiction altogether. Combine that with the fact that it's a same-sex relationship, and it's just as a premise already a rarity. We as humans I'm afraid simply don't see "genuine" friendship between a man and woman. Especially not in fictional characters. There's always somehow someway the romantical or at the very least sexual implication to it to some extent, inside and out. But with people of the same gender, we really are more likely to buy that and embrace that friendship. When it then turns to or manifests romantically, that's more natural - it feels more like something that occurs organically "because they really love each other" and not because "they must love each other, it's a close relaitonship between man and woman, in a story no less".

But that's just the format/premise aspect of it. The brilliance of it really does have a lot to do with these very characters, their very stories, their dynamic, relationship, experiences, the distinct romance of this story and world that revolves around them and it in so many ways. I hope dontnod can replicate something similar, but this story stands as something wholly unique and it will for... all eternity? I have read a fair share of classic romance lit, we've all seen the films. There's nothing quite like it.

>>159648192
>Painfully, it's in a quickly completed game.
Well, imagine how it was for the people that played it in rhythm with the relase schedule! Months upon months of obsessing over every single detail. There was really so much to it during those periods, but with time it all for me has also really boiled down to the two main characters and even more the relationship they share that has stuck with me.

But there's still a lot to discover even if all our crazy theories ultimaltey led nowhere, and maybe you'll even find yourself compelled to play again, sometime. I have... 96 hours playtime or something. Sometimes just booting it up to have Max sit down for one of those moments of calms. And there's people that have more than double my playtime. Go figure.

>I may have to try this, because I'm prone to obsessing over fandom
Well, whatever you end up doing, I hope you'll enjoy it! It's an obsession alright, and I'm sure - and actually know if - plenty people grew to dislike how attached they are to this game, especially with how bitter and weak on the closure side of things it ends... but I maintain that it is an enjoyable obsession for me. I still like being here and "keeping Max and Chloe alive". And maybe it is an addiction of sorts, but I can still get shit done without it intruding my thoughts otherwise. But it's a lot of time spent, that's for sure.

See you around for the tv show (which has all chances to be utterly horrible, lol) or at latest next season.

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Pricefield 4 Ever

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>tfw we'll never see them again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRQPc-PK1gM

>>159649173

Hmm, I wonder what is actually worse, getting it all and it being over so fast, or as you say waiting, and arriving at Episode 4's ending and having to wait.

Hmm, just sitting on a bench might actually be therapeutic. I actually did leave them laying next to eachother the morning after the pool. I never do stuff like that.

Still, that's impressive playtime. As the closest allegory is Telltale, these days (except Batman, which I made an exception for) I let all the episodes come out. I loved Tales from the Borderline, but I think only as a whole. I'm one of the rare few who found the brief and barely touched on romance with Sasha pretty moving.

I guess we'll see how the obsession goes. I commented earlier in the thread that I actually dreamed about the game last night, after completing it. I don't usually do that, or even remember my dreams. So it has hit pretty hard.

>>159648239

Thanks, I may well need that link, lol.

I also agree with pretty much everything you said. I really wasn't expecting to get hit by a freight train as I did.

>>159650187
>Walking down the street
>See these two just talking and being happy together
Day brightened

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>>159650014
I can honestly say I don't even clearly remember how it'd felt during that time. I just know experiencing it like that and through this thread has gotten me invested like I just can't see I would have been if I had just played it in one go without all the thinking and talking between every episode.

But I'll never know. I was never too outright emotionally invested in the game (as in, it didn't make me cry horribly or laugh euphorically, more a damp eye here or a smirk there), but with time feelings regarding it have developed and changed and then there were actually some more powerfully emotional moments where some things came together just right in reading about the game, thinking and writing about it, certain music playing, seeing things I somehow associate with it.

That's never been what I was here for, more just comfortably and enjoyably wasting time I guess, but those moments alone are worth it. There's a lot of real nostalgia, melancholia, euphoria in it that can sentimentally translate into real life if you allow it to.

Or sometimes it just gets you by itself; people call it Post-LiS Disorder/Depression and apparently you can have relapses. I don't quite buy that it's so bad for people, but then plently have actually reported in these threads and other places that they've had trouble sleeping, eating or feeling anything but the game for days, and then there's obviously the lastingly emotional way in which it sticks with people over months and now years. So there certainly is a truth in that it makes for a very imprinting (/"traumatic") experience, for some viscerally emotionally so.

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>more than one year has passed since the finale

Why does this shit feel like yesterday?

I hope we see Max, Chloe, and others in season 2.
Even if it's just for a few seconds. Or hidden.

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>>159652896
Time flies like in sleep.