u/RiverAcrobat11

So on the 4th June next month, it will be 10 years since I first saw this franchise from the first game in the series from a YouTuber's playthrough back in 2016 and my 25th birthday is also coming on the 9th June. As fitting as it sounds, I think I should at least celebrate this in some way or another as this franchise has stuck with me for so long. From starting out as a viewer, from then playing the games that were already out for myself in 2020 and then playing the games that followed after.
I already have some things I have planned to post soon to lead up to this but I would like to ask a quick question. Does anyone have any ideas on how I should celebrate this or do? Should I buy some LIS merchandise?, should I do a marathon of all of the games in the series? or what? I'm open for ideas.

(Disclaimer) This isn't me defending Safi's Reunion story as I still think she got done dirty anyway. However, I think I'm now starting to understand the entire angle and I think it makes total sense given to everything we know.

First off, We know Diamond eventually left Caledon to meet Safi for their search to find others with powers but we later found out that Safi's plan had failed because they couldn't find anybody. With this being the case, Diamond probably got frustrated with what they were doing and she might have got into an argument with Safi and more than likely just ditched her leaving Safi alone to fend for herself. Diamond ended up doing her own thing which is why she wasn't in Reunion physically and away from Caledon.

Apparently Ivy (The woman she was posing for a large portion of the game 😒) was someone who was romanticly involved with Safi probably within that time frame and had seemed to have broken down quite quickly.

Safi's troubled past and mental health was already an issue from what we learnt in Double Exposure and I guess all of this just made it worse.

She came back to Caledon for Max's help originally because of the overlight visions but she also probably just wanted to see her which was clear even if you supported her or not (dialogue and slight changes taking effect). The picture that she showed to Max regarding Yasmin and Abraxes was most definitely not the only thing she came back for and that's more than likely the case.

She was so sure she was going to find other people with powers and she ended up with nothing. Diamond probably leaving her and the apparent short relationship with Ivy were all triggers for her alongside the visions. The girl would have been a mess at that point.  She went back to Caledon thinking that it was going to be a 'walk in the park' for her, but she arrived back at the worst possible time with everything that was going on at the university. This is probably the reason why Safi was so persistent and desperate in wanting to leave with Max and/or Chloe.

And that is why she didn't want to be alone anymore. She just wanted her friends....
She just wanted to have someone who was there for her.....

Do you think there's some weight to my theory? What do you think?

So a number of you probably know already that Safi has been a favourite of mine from the franchise alongside other favourite characters that I have being Max, Chloe, Rachel, Steph, Sean and Amanda. I know very well that Safi is a very polarising and mixed character to many fans and I understand why several people in the fandom don't like her, but lately I've been seeing a lot more hate and discourse for the character over the last week so I think now would be the time to fight the noise and fight back against it. This post isn't to try and get people to like her, it's an attempt to show appreciation for the character to those that do. So to the Safi fans and to the people who like the character, what are some of your favourite Safi moments, scenes, quotes and other pieces of lore about her that sparks an interest and what would you have wanted from Reunion regarding her that we didn't get. Let's discuss and hope to find some areas of agreement.