r/LiSReunion

Sorry for such a controversial topic but I'm really trying to get to the bottom of something here and this isn't an attempt to change anyone's opinions or discontent about anything related to the series but at the same time it does sound like a bit of a rant.

So just because I love Safi and Amanda does not mean I hate Chloe or vice versa. I made a full character tier list a few weeks ago and I have those 3 characters included at the top. I can comment the link to it if requested and you can see for yourself. I've been saying a lot of pro Chloe comments on the main subreddit and on the Reunion subreddit is well for weeks and even for months prior. I have stated time and time again that I sacrificed Arcadia Bay and that Chloe deserves to live when those LIS 1 ending posts come up but when I say anything pro Safi related for example whether its within something to do with Chloe or about Safi on it's own it seems to get hate but sometimes less hate than others and I've seen that recently. Why is it so bad for people in the fandom if someone loves/likes a particular character that you don't and why do I get the impression that me and others can't love certain characters at the same time? To me, saying anything positive about these DE characters in particular is like I'm attacking our blue/green haired idol. A post that was uploaded by someone on the main sub earlier this week (either Monday or Tuesday) regarding love for Chloe and how her character has effected and awakened different people in different ways, I stated on there that I was wearing a Chloe Price men's t-shirt in that moment. Does that sound like someone who has a problem with Chloe Price? 😆

Is the problem about threats to Pricefield or something because they are my main pairing and they have been for a really long time, particularly for Max. Safield is 2nd and Thomfield is 3rd. I had Max with Amanda during DE and I will continue with that within my own personal timeline but if Safi was an option I would have done it. That doesn't change anything about my stance on Pricefield and I hope a lot of you realise that.

Sometimes I get problems the other way with people who are not Chloe or Pricefield fans but it's not as common but I feel like it still exists. If that's something to do with my split Reunion opinions, I'm not 100% sure on that.

Any answers to this or points to make go right ahead but I may not have a lot of happy people here. I just want to understand and see what the problem is.

Okay so basically I’ve just spent about 17 hours straight replaying Life is Strange and 100%-ing it and now I’m having a complete emotional crisis over fictional characters 😭. I’ve played the game around 10 times and for most of those playthroughs I sacrificed Chloe because it felt like the morally right thing to do. You’re saving an entire town full of people like Joyce, Warren, Stella, David and loads of others who aren’t bad people. But this time I played Before the Storm properly and saw Chloe as a kid and it completely changed how I viewed everything. Max left just before Chloe’s dad died and then barely spoke to her for 5 years. I don’t think Max is a bad person because she was only a child and didn’t choose to move away, but she definitely failed Chloe in a way that would have been devastating. From Chloe’s perspective her dad died, her best friend disappeared, she got bullied, struggled through school, then finally found Rachel at the lowest point in her life only for Rachel to be murdered. It made me realise Chloe wasn’t just an angry rebellious teenager, she was a hurt kid who kept getting abandoned and losing people. The whole thing hit me even harder because Chloe and Max’s friendship reminded me of my own childhood best friend who left when my life got difficult, and honestly some of their dynamic was also part of my first bisexual awakening 😭. In the end I chose to save Chloe because if this is the last time I ever play the game I wanted that to be my ending. It felt like the story had more purpose and magic that way with the butterfly, the storm, Rachel, the ghost doe and Max’s powers all seeming connected to Chloe. I also like that after everything Chloe goes through someone finally chooses her and stays. But weirdly I still think the sacrifice Chloe ending is probably the stronger ending emotionally because you actually see the consequences. Chloe’s funeral makes me cry every time because you see how many people loved her and how much she mattered. The game is so painful because neither choice is completely right or wrong. Arcadia Bay isn’t full of evil people like Chloe and Rachel sometimes make it seem, but Chloe also isn’t just one random person. She’s someone who has lost almost everything. My only disappointment with saving Chloe was that after all that emotional investment the game basically ends with Max and Chloe driving away and you don’t really get to see who survived or what happened afterwards. So now I’ve been awake from 9pm until 2pm crying over fictional lesbians and debating moral philosophy with an AI. Please explain why a video game has emotionally destroyed me 😭.