Theres an increasing trend of remedial media literacy among modern audiences.
Fandom is a double-edged sword.
High school romances rarely work out, with people drifting apart and changing who they are.
Safi and Max in ‘Life is Strange: Double Exposure’Square Enix
Unlike online rhetoric, Chloe isnt ignored at all.
Spoilers ahead for the final chapters of Life is Strange: Double Exposure.
Yet its also misunderstood.
Similarly, this is how Max discovers her time manipulation powers.
Unlike Max, however, shes not using them wisely, or for the greater good.
Shes using them for personal gain for revenge.
Yet,Life is Strange: Double Exposureisnt naive.
Often, this manifests in family problems.
Perhaps family members are too overly judgmental, perhaps theres an insistence on not showing emotion.
Maxs perceived one true love abandoned her, and its left a hole.
In the timeline where she lives, though, theres something fascinating about how different it all is.
Gone is the initial sadness, the desperate need to reconcile.
Max is pretending that nothing happened and that she and Chloe are happy when theyre so clearly not.
Friends and family of both characters are dead, with no real time for reflection for Max or Chloe.
An entire town died, specifically because Max couldnt let go of Chloe.
The action of changing time had a consequence that killed hundreds of people.
When Max gets her powers again after Safis death, its a relapse.
Its very clear that Max doesnt want this.
Max never came to terms with the events of Arcadia Bay.
Shes been lying to the people she cares about and shes been lying to herself.
Again, the game isnt perfect.
