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The song is "Love Grows" by Edison Lighthouse. Spoilers for Season 1 and BtS in the video.
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The song is "Late Goodbye" by Poets of the Fall. It's a damn good song in its own right, but it was also featured as part of the soundtrack for the video game "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. A Film Noir Love Story" (that title is a mouthful). It's an action game, but it prominently features a romance between detective Max Payne and mysterious hitwoman Mona Sax. A romance which seems to be doomed by cruel destiny, but can be saved if you put in enough work (finish the game on the highest difficulty). Spoilers for Season 1 in the video.
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The song is "Natalie" by Milk & Bone. You may know it from LiS Season 2. Spoilers for Season 1 and Farewell in the video.
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Spoilers for S1 in the video. The song is "Orchids" by Velvet Moon.
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Spoilers for S1 and BtS in the video. The song is "Circle" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. It's a very sad song about feeling abandoned.
In my mind, one of the most dramatic moments of LiS S1 is the confrontation between Max and "Evil Max" at the end of Max's nightmare in E5. It represents Max facing her fears and doubts and overcoming them, because of her love for Chloe. I wrote a piece of fanfiction based on the idea of "Evil Max" breaking free and coming back to haunt Max and Chloe. As you may have guessed by the title, this is a crossover between Life is Strange and Alan Wake. This is because a place featured in the Alan Wake games - Cauldron Lake - has the known property of spawning evil doppelgangers of the people who come into contact with it. I am first and foremost a Life is Strange fan, so that component of the story is much more prevalent, but I feel I did justice to Alan and Alice Wake too. This is a complete work. I separated it into four chapters for ease of reading. It's a little bit horror-y, but only a tiny bit. And I don't think it even counts as a spoiler if I tell you that no character is killed, that Evil Max gets her comeuppance again and that Max and Chloe drive off into the sunset together at the end. This story is a follow-up to both the LiS comics and the game "Alan Wake's American Nightmare", but honestly, even if you're familiar only with Life is Strange Season 1, you're going to understand everything that's going on.
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Spoilers for S1 and Farewell in the video. The song is "Worthy" by Casey Lee Williams, Martin Gonzalez and Ariyel. It's a part of soundtrack for the animated series "RWBY", but as usual, I hear Pricefield everywhere.
Spoilers for BtS in the video. "To the Moon and Back" by Savage Garden is a song about a deeply unhappy girl waiting for the right person to take her far away, where she can be happy. Sounds like Rachel Amber.
Spoilers for BtS in the video. ::: spoiler spojler The song "Supergirl" by Reamonn is about a girl who maintains a facade of being strong and composed on the outside but who in fact is hurt and vulnerable on the inside. Sounds like Rachel Amber. :::
Spoilers for BtS in the video. ::: spoiler spojler The song "Alone" by the band Heart is about fear of being alone and trying to find courage to confess your love. I think that fits the story of Chloe's and Rachel's love perfectly. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video. The song is „Stranded” by the band Heart. ::: spoiler spojler This video is meant to represent a lengthy flashback Max has after hearing Chloe’s self-flagellating speech and before she rips up the photo. „Don’t leave me stranded” – that’s Max’s reaction to Chloe saying she doesn’t deserve to live and should die. What about Max’s feelings? What if she needs Chloe? How can you throw your life away if there are people who would miss you dearly? As a bonus, the word “stranded” sounds vaguely maritime, so it fits the pirate theme Max and Chloe have going on. Promises are made to be kept, especially ones given to your parents-in-law. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video. The song is "Joyride" by Roxette. ::: spoiler spojler If after "maybe you made a move on me and I don't know", "I dare you to kiss me", "nobody is good enough for you, except me" and even "let's elope" Max still can't see the writing on the wall, Chloe might as well say "hello, you fool, I love you". :::
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Spoilers for S1 and BtS in the video. ::: spoiler spojler Between Max, Rachel, Eliot and Justin, who in Arcadia Bay isn't pining for Chloe? One of my favourite moments from the LiS comics is when Rachel is approached by a guy from her theater group and she immediately assumes that he'll ask for her number. Well, he asks for a phone number ... But not hers. He asks for the "blue-haired chick's" number. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video. ::: spoiler spojler One of the reasons I hate the Bay ending to Life is Strange Season 1 is that it feels like dealing a final blow to a deeply unhappy person, instead of helping them. Chloe lost her father and best friend in quick succession. She grasped at the chance for a new life with Rachel only to find out that Rachel not only died, but had wanted to leave town with someone else. David, Nathan and mr Amber told her she was worthless and a lost cause. All that piled up to the point she couldn't take it anymore and now Max is supposed to deliver the final blow and let Chloe down one final time? F that. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video.
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Spoilers for S1 in the video. Let's hope every anti-hero finds someone willing to root for them as hard as Max does for Chloe. ::: spoiler spojler Some of the lyrics fit Chloe like a glove. "Pierced through the heart but never killed"? Come on. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video.
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Spoilers for S1 and Farewell in the video. ::: spoiler spojler The song is "About You Now" by Sugababes. "I know how I feel about you now" - sure you do Max, we all read your diary. You shouldn't leave that thing just lying around. "I'll miss Chloe more than the rest of Arcadia Bay combined. It's not even close" - well, then the choice is obvious. :::
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When Chloe Price went to visit her mother at work, she didn't know she would bump into her old flame - Max Caulfield. Even though Max had already broken Chloe's heart once, miss Price was unable to resist her Irish charm.
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Spoilers for S1 and BtS in the video. ::: spoiler spojler Something more lighthearted. I was inspired by the LiS comics. Max has a "flicker" (a vision of a parallel universe) where she, Chloe and Rachel all go to school together (and Jefferson is in prison for an unrelated crime). Chloe would have a tough choice, but I'm sure she would pick the right gal. :::
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Spoilers for S1 in the video.
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Spoilers for S1 in the video.
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Spoilers for S1 in the video.
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I hope game music videos are ok to post. The video contains spoilers for Season 1. ::: spoiler spojler The song is "Hold On" by Chord Overstreet. It's about someone pleading with their lover, who attempted suicide, to pull through and not die. I find it incredibly difficult to perceive Chloe's self-flagellating "I don't deserve to live" speech in Episode 5 as anything other than a suicidal crisis. I think her offer to be sacrificed was mostly a result of her depression and feelings of low self-esteem and hopelessness. It would be deeply wrong for Max to take Chloe up on her offer. It would be no different than letting Kate jump, just because she wanted to when she was on the roof. In Season 1 Chloe is depressed and I mean in the medical sense. Max can find prescription antidepressants in Chloe's bathroom. Sweet innocent Max, not knowing what Fluoxetine is, comments the find with "Chloe is taking medicine? I hope she's okay", as if those were vitamins, but it's actually a potent antidepressant. This is also the reason Chloe craves weed - for its antidepressant properties (that's the whole reason medical marijuana is even a thing). Notice that Chloe starts blazing when she's feeling down, like when she's with Max in her room in Episode 1. Chloe most likely had suicidal thoughts prior to meeting Rachel. I don't know how else you can explain her standing in front of speeding trains. And she said Rachel had "saved" her, which implies she would've done something very bad hadn't it been for her friendship with Rachel. The thoughts came back after Rachel's disappearance. In Chloe's hideout at the junkyard, Max can find a scribbled note which says "I want to die". Max wonders aloud who wrote this, but at that point, Chloe has been the only one using the hideout for months. And the note is in all capital letters, just like "Chloe was here" on the wall, in contrast to Rachel's and Max's signatures. Chloe tragically lost her father. Her mother moved on way too quickly, hiding her late husband's photos and refusing to acknowledge Chloe's grief. Her only friend left and cut contact. She was bullied at school for being a "scholarship kid". Rachel promised her a life together but then decided to skip town with someone else. Her stepfather made her feel worthless (can you even imagine hearing from your own parent that you're a loser and that others should stay away from, because you would only drag them down?). Frank hooked her up on drugs when she was still a minor and when she couldn't pay her debt he exploited her as an accomplice to his crimes and then started threatening to cut her. Nathan slipped her date rape drugs and attempted to assault her, which she barely avoided. And then, in the span of four days, she was almost killed multiple times and she found Rachel's decayed corpse. It would be weirder if after all that she didn't want to die. Someone who went through all that cannot make a fully informed, conscious decision to be "sacrificed". If Max fought tooth and nail to save Kate, who was driven to suicide by all the bad things that happened to her, wouldn't she do the same for Chloe? :::