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[Bousf]

I am expecting 2 endings, or one ending with an extra cutscene. I feel like something extra is going to go down if you saved or freed both blue birds and left their nest alone. There is some symbolism going on there.

Oh and I rewatched the winner announcement scene and Victoria hands the mic to Mr. Jefferson when she ends speaking and we can hear him talking all the way until Max and Chloe leave, so they leave first.....I think he may indeed have similar powers to Max (or know a shortcut to the junkyard, which I very much doubt, as Chloe goes there a lot)

 

[Gbraga]

I was really expecting the Dark Room to be some supernatural Black Lodge-like shit. With red lights, Rachel Amber sitting in a chair and talking cryptically and Samuel wiping the floor wearing a suit.

Of course, Rachel would still be dead anyway.

I see a lot of people mad that they couldn't put the stuff back in the Dark Room, but I'm thinking there wasn't a choice to rewind because then Chloe wouldn't remember and Max wouldn't do that to her friend. Though I can't explain why you couldn't take pictures.

Also is there any set of choices you can make for Max to seem genuinely interested in Warren? Or does she always facepalm after Chloe says "That kid is so in love with you" and she responds "I know." I mean that exasperation is pretty much my reaction, but I was curious if there was a different outcome.

I mean, they could at least fucking organize things the way they were before. The way they did it, might as well write MAX WAS HERE again.

 

[SubiyaCryolite]

Just saw this on reddit, lmao.

Pure gold

 

[chrominance]

I am expecting 2 endings, or one ending with an extra cutscene. I feel like something extra is going to go down if you saved or freed both blue birds and left their nest alone. There is some symbolism going on there.

As an aside: where are these birds, anyway? I've literally only seen them in the decisions section where it tells you "you left the birds alone" and I'm all "birds? what birds?"

 

[UnluckyKate]

As an aside: where are these birds, anyway? I've literally only seen them in the decisions section where it tells you "you left the birds alone" and I'm all "birds? what birds?"

in Chloe's house you can let the bird out / in

 

[chrominance]

in Chloe's house you can let the bird out / in

Where, though? I thought I'd seen every room of the house and I didn't see anything significant in the backyard besides dead birds.

 

[InaudibleWhispa]

Where, though? I thought I'd seen every room of the house and I didn't see anything significant in the backyard besides dead birds.

Upstairs when you go to get her morphine. It flies into the bathroom on top of the shower rail. Then you scare it to the stairs, open the window, and scare it free. The birds nest is in front of the garage door to the far left behind a plank of wood (which you can move, take a photo, and put back to not disturb it).

 

[UnluckyKate]

Where, though? I thought I'd seen every room of the house and I didn't see anything significant in the backyard besides dead birds.

in the first ep, when entering the upstair bathroom, open the windows or the bird crashes into it. In the last ep, open the windows, shoo the bird away a couple of time outside the house (his nest in under a plank inside the garage near the doorway corner

 

[Voyevoda]

So, alternative Chloe said that her best friend - besides Max - was Megan Weaver, but even she stopped coming to see Chloe. Chloe thought it was because of the accident, she couldn't see her like this, or just couldn't be bothered to come and hang out with her, now that she was in "this state".

But what if it was another reason? In the bunker, I looked at the names on the red binders, and guess what?

Megan must have been a teenage girl, about Chloe's age, in Arcadia Bay, so she has the profile to be one of the victims, and the binders seem to tell us that Megan was one of them.

That's why she stopped visiting Chloe, apparently. It's not important in the main storyline, but still a nice detail to discover.

 

[KingBroly]

So, alternative Chloe said that her best friend - besides Max - was Megan Weaver, but even she stopped coming to see Chloe. Chloe thought it was because of the accident, she couldn't see her like this, or just couldn't be bothered to come and hang out with her, now that she was in "this state".

But what if it was another reason? In the bunker, I looked at the names on the red binders, and guess what?

Megan must have been a teenage girl, about Chloe's age, in Arcadia Bay, so she has the profile to be one of the victims, and the binders seem to tell us that Megan was one of them.

That's why she stopped visiting Chloe, apparently. It's not important in the main storyline, but still a nice detail to discover.

Damn...

They went all out on those winks and nods this time.

 

[Gbraga]

Really nice attention to detail right there.

 

[backflip10019]

So, alternative Chloe said that her best friend - besides Max - was Megan Weaver, but even she stopped coming to see Chloe. Chloe thought it was because of the accident, she couldn't see her like this, or just couldn't be bothered to come and hang out with her, now that she was in "this state".

But what if it was another reason? In the bunker, I looked at the names on the red binders, and guess what?



Megan must have been a teenage girl, about Chloe's age, in Arcadia Bay, so she has the profile to be one of the victims, and the binders seem to tell us that Megan was one of them.

That's why she stopped visiting Chloe, apparently. It's not important in the main storyline, but still a nice detail to discover.

Wow, good catch! Very interesting.

 

[MikeDown]

Feel like Max is going to escape and the whole Jefferson, cereal rapists/murderer plotline will be tied up at least half way through the episode. And the other half will work on resolving the whole supernatural side of things and the funky weather.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Max seems to have a near supernatural ability to influence people by saying the right thing thanks to her Rewind powers. What are the chances we are able to turn Nathan? He seems unstable and I think based on how nervous or panicked he is around Jefferson especially with Max as the latest victim, could help us in the end. I suppose the final choice with him would be death or arrest.

Feel like Max is going to escape and the whole Jefferson,cereal rapists/murderer plotline will be tied up at least half way through the episode. And the other half will work on resolving the whole supernatural side of things and the funky weather.

Are you cereal?

I agree unless we go all David Cage and Max fights Jefferson in the eye of the tornado while flying around and shooting energy blasts.

 

[BY2K]

So, alternative Chloe said that her best friend - besides Max - was Megan Weaver, but even she stopped coming to see Chloe. Chloe thought it was because of the accident, she couldn't see her like this, or just couldn't be bothered to come and hang out with her, now that she was in "this state".

But what if it was another reason? In the bunker, I looked at the names on the red binders, and guess what?



Megan must have been a teenage girl, about Chloe's age, in Arcadia Bay, so she has the profile to be one of the victims, and the binders seem to tell us that Megan was one of them.

That's why she stopped visiting Chloe, apparently. It's not important in the main storyline, but still a nice detail to discover.

Something that's also very dark is look at how many binders there is! How many girls did they get like that? Some perhaps without even realizing it.

But something's weird, it seems like Kate is the only girl that wasn't killed after they were done. Why? Or if it's the opposite, why is Rachel the only one that was killed?

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Something that's also very dark is look at how many binders there is! How many girls did they get like that? Some perhaps without even realizing it.

But something's weird, it seems like Kate is the only girl that wasn't killed after they were done. Why? Or if it's the opposite, why is Rachel the only one that was killed?

Like it or not, Rachel may have been an accomplice turned victim.
Perhaps she wanted to run away with Frank/Chloe and tried to blackmail them
Jefferson gets pissed and kills her which would make a sore spot for Nathan.

 

[BY2K]

Like it or not, Rachel may have been an accomplice turned victim.
Perhaps she wanted to run away with Frank/Chloe and tried to blackmail them
Jefferson gets pissed and kills her which would make a sore spot for Nathan.

Rachel lied to Chloe about being with Frank. Frank was (unknowingly) providing drugs to Jefferson and Nathan that helps them in their scheme.

...

Oh shit...

What if Chloe was a target and Rachel was the bait? Maybe Rachel was also a distraction to Frank, so he wouldn't realize what was going on with the drugs he was selling to Nathan, and by extension, Jefferson? But something happened, Rachel became a liability and Jefferson decided to get rid of her?

No, it can't be that dark...

 

[Gbraga]

If we're going full David Cage, Max needs to pull out ZA WARUDO again, freeze time and ora ora Jefferson's ass.

About separating the Dark Room stuff from the wheather stuff, I find that highly unlikely. With how many times Max said that she just knows Rachel is connected to all of this, kind of in a "save the cheerleader, save the world" way, and also how shady the Prescotts seems to be, the bunker was even made for storms.

And what's up with the sudden owl? The owls are not what they seem was would be the obvious reference, but it had to be prevalent thorughout the series. Since it just came in this episode, it makes me suspicious.

 

[Pandora012]

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It's pretty awkward to see your name on the binders.

 

[NeonBlack]

Something that's also very dark is look at how many binders there is! How many girls did they get like that? Some perhaps without even realizing it.

But something's weird, it seems like Kate is the only girl that wasn't killed after they were done. Why? Or if it's the opposite, why is Rachel the only one that was killed?

Doesn't Rachel appear awake in one of the photos you find in the binder while Kate it's completely out of it? It's possible she woke up at sometime and he needs to keep this a secret so she was killed.

Another option is that all the victims are dead but they are pushed to do it themselves. I don't think it was a coincidence that Kate was filmed when she was drugged, it may have always been part of the plan. Are there any one in the binders we know for sure are alive?

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Rachel lied to Chloe about being with Frank. Frank was (unknowingly) providing drugs to Jefferson and Nathan that helps them in their scheme.

...

Oh shit...

What if Chloe was a target and Rachel was the bait? Maybe Rachel was also a distraction to Frank, so he wouldn't realize what was going on with the drugs he was selling to Nathan, and by extension, Jefferson? But something happened, Rachel became a liability and Jefferson decided to get rid of her?

No, it can't be that dark...

Are you sure? Dude, we're in George RR Martin territory now, EP 5 begins with Jefferson teaming up with Ramsay Bolton.
Well... not quite but you get what I mean.

But what is worse?
1. The person you loved was killed by a fetishistic sicko
2. The person you loved lied to your face about everything and was killed because she wanted to quit the sick games she liked playing.

It's pretty awkward to see your name on the binders.

Does this smell like Chloroform to you? Want to see my cool MAN CAVE-Photo Studio-Game Room?
Seriously, stay away from handsome, suave and friendly art teachers...

 

[PaulloDEC]

Another great episode. The wait is gonna be tough this time.

So re: Jefferson, are people putting him down as a serial killer? I kinda figured the point was more that he had a particularly sick fetish for non-consensual photography and that his gimmick (or his and Nathan's) was drugging girls, taking a bunch of pictures and then setting them loose with no memory of the whole thing.

I'm guessing Rachael Amber caused trouble and wound up getting killed for it.

 

[BY2K]

Does this smell like Chloroform to you? Want to see my cool MAN CAVE-Photo Studio-Game Room?
Seriously, stay away from handsome, suave and friendly art teachers...

Hipster. Don't forget Hipster.

 

[Gbraga]

Doesn't Rachel appear awake in one of the photos you find in the binder while Kate it's completely out of it? It's possible she woke up at sometime and he needs to keep this a secret so she was killed.

Another option is that all the victims are dead but they are pushed to do it themselves. I don't think it was a coincidence that Kate was filmed when she was drugged, it may have always been part of the plan. Are there any one in the binders we know for sure are alive?

Good point. Also fits with Megan just "vanishing" in the other timeline. The fact that more people weren't reported missing could also just mean that they're dead.

EDIT: But Kate can live though, that could be a problem to the theory. One could say that this is further evidence, in the other hand. After all, we get our first hint that puts us in the right direction for the Dark Room from her. The Dark Room being a thing clearly benefits from people not being able to talk about it.

 

[Chariot]

Rachel lied to Chloe about being with Frank. Frank was (unknowingly) providing drugs to Jefferson and Nathan that helps them in their scheme.

...

Oh shit...

What if Chloe was a target and Rachel was the bait? Maybe Rachel was also a distraction to Frank, so he wouldn't realize what was going on with the drugs he was selling to Nathan, and by extension, Jefferson? But something happened, Rachel became a liability and Jefferson decided to get rid of her?

No, it can't be that dark...

Holy crap! Since when was he in the drug business anyways? What if Rachel pushed him there, providing him with a budget provided by Nathan or Sean.

 

[Pandora012]

Doesn't Rachel appear awake in one of the photos you find in the binder while Kate it's completely out of it? It's possible she woke up at sometime and he needs to keep this a secret so she was killed.

Another option is that all the victims are dead but they are pushed to do it themselves. I don't think it was a coincidence that Kate was filmed when she was drugged, it may have always been part of the plan. Are there any one in the binders we know for sure are alive?

That could explain how Kate survived and Rachel didn't. She woke up during the 'posing'.

 

[KingBroly]

Doesn't Rachel appear awake in one of the photos you find in the binder while Kate it's completely out of it? It's possible she woke up at sometime and he needs to keep this a secret so she was killed.

Another option is that all the victims are dead but they are pushed to do it themselves. I don't think it was a coincidence that Kate was filmed when she was drugged, it may have always been part of the plan. Are there any one in the binders we know for sure are alive?

Rachel being a Blackwell student means she was probably a student of Jefferson's, so seeing Jefferson probably is why she's pissed in that one photo.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Good point. Also fits with Megan just "vanishing" in the other timeline. The fact that more people weren't reported missing could also just mean that they're dead.

It looks like there was one abduction per Vortex Club party.
We should have had a LOT more missing girls.

 

[BY2K]

Good point. Also fits with Megan just "vanishing" in the other timeline. The fact that more people weren't reported missing could also just mean that they're dead.

But wouldn't there be words about a serial killer going around if that was the case? Not just one missing person?

 

[Gbraga]

But wouldn't there be words about a serial killer going around if that was the case? Not just one missing person?

Not if people are just killing themselves.

But yeah, it's unlikely.

 

[Chariot]

It looks like there was one abduction per Vortex Club party.
We should have had a LOT more missing girls.

Oh god, imagine if the abduction weren't just for sadist pleasure, but for a bigger plan. Like a ritual to summon something that brings a storm. The reason why the Prescotts are there in the first place and took control of everything over generations.

But wouldn't there be words about a serial killer going around if that was the case? Not just one missing person?

I don't think much more people than Rachel died. Most probably didn't notice. Kate was an outlier because she was hit bad at the party before. Others probably just thought they partied to hard and passed out.

 

[NeonBlack]

It looks like there was one abduction per Vortex Club party.
We should have had a LOT more missing girls.

I wish Max would have at least checked the other binders. Could have put my suspicions to rest.

 

[Gbraga]

Oh god, imagine if the abduction weren't just for sadist pleasure, but for a bigger plan. Like a ritual to summon something that brings a storm. The reason why the Prescotts are there in the first place and took control of everything over generations.

I like it, was really expecting some ritualistic bullshit going on after Episode 3, so that would certainly please me.

I wish Max would have at least checked the other binders. Could have put my suspicions to rest.

No time for that, too busy messing shit up and leaving without covering their tracks or taking pictures.

Also looking at everything and doing a quick monologue about it, and walking near everything to see if you can take pictures to get an achievement.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

If we do get a season 2 (hypothetically) I'm super curious to see how this season ends.

 

[BY2K]

If we do get a season 2 (hypothetically) I'm super curious to see how this season ends.

If we do get a Season 2, I think it's gonna be a different setting with new characters.

 

[Gbraga]

I'll still keep begging for a cosmic horror game in the same style.

 

[NeonBlack]

No time for that, too busy messing shit up and leaving without covering their tracks or taking pictures.

True, it's not like she can take as much time as she wants.

 

[Voyevoda]

If we do get a season 2 (hypothetically) I'm super curious to see how this season ends.

There were talks of a season 2, but in an American Horror Story/True Detective style.

The Max/Chloe story is supposed to be over with this one, I think.

EDIT: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8838761/life-is-strange-season-2-new-cast

"Whether or not Life is Strange continues with a second season, Baghadoust said that the series as it is now remains narratively complete. The idea was always to tell the story of Max and her best friend Chloe while delving into real social issues with relatable characters.

Co-game director and art director Michel Koch added that if Dontnot does pursue a second season, it's likely to feature a new cast. He likened it to series like True Detective or American Horror Story, which refresh each season with new characters."

 

[Chariot]

I'll still keep begging for a cosmic horror game in the same style.

It could still be. Just wait for Mortllgh emerging from the storm.

 

[Gbraga]

It could still be. Just wait for Mortllgh emerging from the storm.

Too good to be true.

 

[Pandora012]

It looks like there was one abduction per Vortex Club party.
We should have had a LOT more missing girls.

Wouldn't people had started to notice that loads of kids were missing? Could Rachel's death have been a one off? If the girls are drugged the whole time, there is no need to kill them.

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

If we're going full David Cage, Max needs to pull out ZA WARUDO again, freeze time and ora ora Jefferson's ass.

If they do go full David Cage I'm most looking forward to watching the devs dance with Dana in the final credits.

 

[Pandora012]

Does this smell like Chloroform to you? Want to see my cool MAN CAVE-Photo Studio-Game Room?
Seriously, stay away from handsome, suave and friendly art teachers...

It's always the good looking ones....

 

[NeonBlack]

Wouldn't people had started to notice that loads of kids were missing? Could Rachel's death have been a one off? If the girls are drugged the whole time, there is no need to kill them.

I think the idea is that they were drugged to the point they wouldn't remember anything. He picks then up during the party, takes photos, and drops them off outside their dorm. Any questions of their whereabouts is chalked up to them being wasted.

 

[tomtom94]

Wouldn't people had started to notice that loads of kids were missing? Could Rachel's death have been a one off? If the girls are drugged the whole time, there is no need to kill them.

This is my thought, it's pretty easy just to get someone to drop them off at the hospital and claim they drank too much.

Which begs the question of what made Rachel (and Chloe, for that matter) different - I wonder if we'll find out more on that in the next episode.

 

[Reedirect]

I don't know if I'm in the minority with this or not, but I'm actually really glad that the Rachel reveal was so grounded in reality. After all the mystery and crazy theories, she's just well... dead. Probably the most believable outcome. Granted, we still have one episode to go, so I'm expecting the supernatural to make a huge comeback in the end, but my initial fears of LiS simply having too many supernatural themes (time travel, spirit animals, weather, destiny is destiny, native americans etc. etc.) to ever make sense and create a truly compelling story are pretty much gone. It's a very thin line and I think Dontnod are walking like it pros so far.

 

[chefbags]

Just saw this on reddit, lmao.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

There were talks of a season 2, but in an American Horror Story/True Detective style.

The Max/Chloe story is supposed to be over with this one, I think.

EDIT: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8838761/life-is-strange-season-2-new-cast

Life Is Strange Season 2 : JAPAN aka Life Is Kawaii
Would probably generate tons of salt from the weaboos and be like that VICE expose

Oh god, imagine if the abduction weren't just for sadist pleasure, but for a bigger plan. Like a ritual to summon something that brings a storm. The reason why the Prescotts are there in the first place and took control of everything over generations.

It's kind a been done but wouldn't mind it

 

[Gbraga]

If they do go full David Cage I'm most looking forward to watching the devs dance with Dana in the final credits.

Oh my god, I need this.

Wouldn't people had started to notice that loads of kids were missing? Could Rachel's death have been a one off? If the girls are drugged the whole time, there is no need to kill them.

Yeah, but at the same time, their victims remembering being in a bright room taken by Nathan and a soft voice talking to them is not very good at all. We need more info on their MO.

 

[Rockin' Ranger]

Which begs the question of what made Rachel (and Chloe, for that matter) different - I wonder if we'll find out more on that in the next episode.

Chloe was never taken to the Dark Room for one thing, she was drugged in Nathan's dorm room and woke up while he was taking pictures. Probably Nathan trying it out on his own without Jefferson and not administering the drug correctly.