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And more importantly, as evidenced by Safi, that she’s not the only one, that anybody else who might find themselves like this isn’t alone, and that they can always lean on her.

Again, the game isn’t perfect. However, no matter how long it’s been since the first LIS, Max and Chloe are unlikely to be forgotten. He’s just the perfect representation for the worst kind of guy.

Sure, the dialogue between Max and Chloe could sometimes be clunky and cringe-inducing. He’s good-looking, sharp tongued, and highly charismatic, but he’s also manipulative, lies a ton, and puts himself first. Back then, it made me angry how closely she stuck with Chloe despite her friend’s utter disregard for her, but in Double Exposure, it’s actually pretty funny how the game plays with bisexual tropes.

For one, Max Caulfield is the stereotype of a bisexual woman: terrified of women.

Despite her absence from the original game, players always knew how Chloe felt about Rachel.

Sean Diaz

Sean is the player character of Life is Strange 2 and, much like other Life is Strange protagonists, has two different romance options. Warren isn’t even mentioned in Life is Strange: Double Exposure, but Chloe was the focus of complaints, showing how heavily the fandom skewered towards a certain choice.

While it provides comfort, and a familiar surrounding to those who engage with it, there’s always something unspoken hanging over the discussion. Regardless, Life Is Strange has incorporated LGBTQ+ characters (yes, even main characters!) in their storylines consistently. I’m happy to see a character I’ve loved for years find ways to better herself, and to move on from her past.

She’s using them for personal gain — for revenge. Again, another reason why players resonated so deeply with the duo.

The true meaning

There’s a really curious inclusion in the game, one that could be completely glanced over by casual players: Max’s journal, which details her life in the gap between Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Double Exposure.

From the very first Life is Strange game, players could have a protagonist involved in a same-sex relationship without it being fetishized or out-of-place. She’s also the playable character in the prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, which explores her relationship with Rachel Amber. But to say that Double Exposure throws aside the characters of the original (with the exception of Max herself), to say that the most important choice from it becomes a footnote, well that’s just not at all true.

The ending is effective because it’s so relatable and so personal.

 

Out of the blue, Max realises she can time travel after saving her (at the time unknown to Max) childhood best friend’s (Chloe) life in the college bathrooms by rewinding time. He can become romantically involved with Cassidy or Finn McNamara, both of whom he meets in episode 3 of Life is Strange 2.

She literally collects conversation topics. And no tale is gayer than that of the very first Life Is Strange.

Plot 

For those unaware of the franchise, the original LIS follows awkward-college-girl Max Caulfield as she returns to her hometown, the quiet seaside town of Arcadia Bay, to study photography.

But she can’t be that until she acknowledges her own pain, which is why Safi rejects her help outright and tries to find people who are going through similar trauma, repeating Max’s mistake: attempting to help others without helping herself first. Finn is one of the few characters to explicitly discuss sexuality labels, though he doesn’t use one for himself.