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How does the fact Adam being an alternate work? (Forgive me because I haven’t watched anything after ep 4) I understand that Adam was taken as a child by intruder (for whatever reason, is that ever explained?) and is killed and turned into an alternate, which is why he objectively acts like a sociopath due to his nature being that of an alternate, but is he still capable of doing anything good? And did he play a more direct part in Jonah’s death in some way (unintentionally)?

I’m genuinely in distress over the ending
I saved everyone but Noelle and that one female student. Then when I had the choice to burn the picture or not, I chose to give it to Max, cause I thought of the ending of BtS with Rachel.

TELL ME WHY MAX GOES BACK AND LEAVES CHLOE STRANDED AGAIN

DEFEATS THE ENTIRE FUCKEN PURPOSE OF THE ENDING

CAUSE THE WAY I PERCEIEVED IT IS THAT MAX IS FINALLY LETTING GO OF HER THINKING SHE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO SAVE EVERYONE

AND INSTEAD SHE COMPLETELY THROWS THAT OUT THE WINDOW FOR A RANDOM ASS SECURITY GUARD AND A STUDENT SHE HAD ONE FUGGEN INTERACTION WITH

THE WHOLE DAMN ENDING HAD ME CRYING TEARS OF HAPPINESS (which is rare when I even cry period) AND WHEN I SAW THAT DAMN ENDING PART I LITERALLY HAD TO TURN MY DAMN PS5 OFF AND SIT IN SILENCE FOR A SOLID 15 MINUTES

IM STILL SAD

FUGGEN D9 AND THEIR HORRIBLE WRITING DECISIONS

I WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO PREDICT BOTH FUGGEN FIRES

AND SHE STILL LEFT CHLOE TO BE ALONE

GENUINELY RUINED THE ENTIRE GAME FOR ME CAUSE NOW I CANT HEADCANON IT

AM I OVERREACTING

Just finished DE and am gonna play reunion later, anyone else think that Safi’s character was more like a watered down Chloe? Or am I too deep in pricefield? Like I wanted to feel for her character but I don’t think that D9 actually fleshed out her character as much as Chloe.

As of recent I was given a hoodie by my uncle that reminded me of my deadbeat father. However it has the word hell written on the front. I am aware of God’s understanding of my true meaning behind what I wear, but I’m not 100% sure as a few days ago, my cross necklace was broken and I haven’t worn it since, although I still have a bracelet with a cross on it I always wear. My logic behind wearing the hoodie is as follows:

1. The way I wear it reminds me of my father, which as much as I dislike(though forgive him), I’d like to have something to recognize part of my heritage, if that makes sense.
2. I got it today, which for me was a great day as lots of stuff went well, I had a fun time with my uncle, and overall had a few nice experiences.
3. I see hell as horrific, yes, however i believe it to be a constant reminder of how to stray away from the path of the devil in order to be with god. So more the acceptance and recognition of hell, but the acknowledgment to be better than it.
4. I think it looks good on me.

Please be honest, I truly want to know what would be the proper way to go about this. God bless 🙏

I love the story of BtS and 1, I find myself especially relating to Chloe as a character, though I’m kinda on the fence about DE and Reunion though due to reviews I’ve seen (though I find myself often enjoying things majority of people don’t enjoy). And just generally from what i’ve seen from the two games they kinda lost the charm and I guess the writing too, any suggestions?

Rachel is the Storm.

Ok now listen I know it sounds weird but I just came across a few revelations after my second playthru of BtS (I’m pretty new to the games and community as a whole and am actively still thinking about this whole theory so bear with me)

To preface this I know VAGUELY about the contents of every game post-LiS 2 so please if anyone who’s played those games with input, please do it.

Now I KNOW THIS IS A LONG POST, and to be honest I’ve never really written this much before, and for all I know this theory has already been a thing for years, but if you can, please read it all as I really think this an interesting theory I’ve thought up.

As I replay BtS, I notice 2 phrases that are used that kinda stick with me. When referring to Rachel, her dad says she’s a “force of nature” and Chloe says (in the journal I believe) that she’ll leave Arcadia Bay with Rachel, and leave a trail of destruction in their wake.

But I feel the most of this based off of the ending of BtS ep 1. Now from what I can tell, the community has mostly dismissed Rachel having powers as untrue, but I don’t think so. When she kicks over the flaming trash can and screams, it’s clearly visible how the wind starts violently blowing behind her, and just as she stop screaming, the winds stop, she screams again, the wind picks up violently again.

From what I’ve understood, people with powers first access them (controlled or uncontrolled) when under extreme stress and a life altering event in which their future drastically changes. If we look at that moment with Rachel and the fire, that meets basically all the criteria. She’s under extreme stress due to her believing her father is having an affair, and in doing so she begins down the rebel path along with Chloe which inevitably ends in her own death in the dark room. However the only reason she isn’t particularly able to access these powers at any other point is for the same reason Daniel in LiS 2 can’t, as it’s a force of nature which requires training to actually harness, rather than Max’s near-immediate control over her powers which exceed the forces of nature but are rather based in the entire fundamental dimension of time itself.

Now let’s look at the events of LiS 1 and the storm itself.
From my perspective of it, it seems to be heavily tied to Chloe. If Chloe dies - storm never comes, if Chloe lives - storm comes and Arcadia Bay dies. Now remember, Chloe said that her and Rachel would leave Arcadia Bay with a “trail of destruction in their wake.” If you save Chloe instead of Bay, she does exactly that, leaves with Arcadia Bay with a trail of destruction.

We’ve never really seen what happens when someone with powers die (Except for Safi from what I understand in DE), but what if when someone with powers does die, they become something incredibly large, made from elements of their powers themself. What if the storm itself is the embodiment Rachel’s fractured personality from who she was when she was alive? I don’t think it’s entirely her, but more of like a phantom of Rachel’s already very broken personality.

Now to explain what implications this theory brings with the two endings in LiS 1, which I feel make the endings hit harder with the pretext that it’s also the ending of the story between Rachel and Chloe.

Bay
Since Chloe dies by gunshot from Nathan, Chloe and Rachel are united in death. This leads to Storm Rachel not having the need to kill the entirety of Arcadia Bay due to her finally reuniting with the person she realizes she loves and loves her (although I know she had stuff going on with Frank and Jefferson, like I said the Storm Rachel is still her fractured personality, so it could be the true part of her that loves Chloe rather than the other parts that came after the events of BtS)

Bae
This one I feel is what the fractured personality of Storm Rachel would’ve wanted as much as the other ending. Rachel goes through with killing Arcadia Bay, leaving the trail of destruction her and Chloe wanted if they would’ve left Arcadia Bay together. And I believe she accepts and is content that Chloe is happy with Max, which is the objectively more stable and reliable match for a Chloe than Rachel herself ever knows, and the fact Chloe herself able to move on from the death of Rachel, and all the things that she’s been through, and officially leaves Arcadia Bay without her, paving the way for the girl that showed her to be free and not fear life, and to be finally free from her pain. You could also see it as Rachel trying to make amends for leading on Chloe in a way by getting with Frank and Jefferson after Chloe helped her truly grow and become who she always wanted to be.

And another thing I find odd too, Rachel’s death is an absolute constant no matter what. In the alternate timeline Rachel still goes missing, and is therefore implied she still dies. However, the entire reason that Rachel dies in the main timeline pre-timeline split, is BECAUSE of herself meeting Chloe. In the main timeline, Rachel meets Chloe, is inspired by her rebellion and frees herself from the things holding her back from truly being herself, same with Chloe. But if in the Ep3 timeline, Chloe never meets Rachel, Rachel still somehow goes down the route of rebellion and subsequent drug abuse, and death in the dark room.
I believe Rachel’s death is a single, unavoidable nexus event in all of time which causes the storm to be created, however I don’t get why the storm would still be existing in the ep 3 timeline as Rachel would have no reason to care for Chloe, unless someone else took Chloe’s place in Rachel’s life in the ep 3 timeline.

Ok I think that’s all I’ve got, if you read through all this THANK YOU, and please if you have questions about anything I’ve presented, I’m open to discussion. Thanks for reading, and have a good day!