I heard there's a storm coming.

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welcome to Life Is Weird!

this is the official/original askblog for @twoplayergame's Life Is Strange AU !!

it's a bit disjointed, but yes, the blog is still running! it’s 8+ years old:) please send in asks in to the characters at any time! this blog is multimedia due to the nature of it’s evolution over the years! comics, sprites, splash art, writing, etc.

disclaimer: trigger warnings of Life Is Strange will apply here!

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for modtalk, OOC, and bonus content, please see sideblog @bemorestrange !

[bemorestrange]

great news guys: jeremy heere 🦋🎉

i love this bitch— and he is SUCH a bitch (positive).

featuring:

3 SUPER OLD icons from 2017 that were never used on-blog. the first one was i think the first coloured image of jeremy for the concept of the blog/AU?

a brand new reference i did this week for jeremy's blue-brown sectoral heterochromia (heereditary from his dad) & his acne (freckles? idk. the dots on his face)

unfinished sketch from 2022 of young jere and his dog

in another post i will share the full-body, multi-age ref sheet(s) i did in 2022 that i've been wanting to share for a while. if only because several characters had their lineups done, and i think those should all be posted together

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gonna post some works-in-progress & other never-seen-here Life is Weird arts,

so, pick a character you want to see something of !!

dustin kropp

jeremy l. heere

rich goranski

chloe valentine

brooke e. lohst

michael mell

christine canigula

jake dillinger

jenna rolan

jeffersquip

side characters (nicole, madeline, katrina, stephanie)

REROLL (any char not otherwise listed; reply to this post!)

Voting ended onNov 25, 2025

aside from any specifics in the replies, we're just gonna go from most to least voted!! there's too many characters for one poll in this AU— especially when we've taken every name we could possibly find from the original book LOL

[bemorestrange]

hello Life Is Weird fans (all ~5 of you)

there are things in the works, but i will not say them publicly yet until we've gotten somewhere with it, for fear of ADHD whims changing my focus around again.

just know. 2027 is the 10y anniversary of this AU :)

[bemorestrange]

btw happy birthday to Jeremy Heere Lifeisweird !!!

i have nothing specific to share for today (maybe i'll find something previously unposted?), but! it's still his birthday :)

[bemorestrange]

hi guys <3 still alive:)

[[ i (mod mell) have been working lately (AKA the past several months) on a neocities site for all things Life is Weird, most notably the wiki-esque thing i was trying to make in another sitemaker. this static wiki will have a lot of spoilery information in it, and obviously will be much more in-depth than [this page] ! but it will look WAY cooler and should be fairly responsive on desktop AND mobile :D

it's nowhere near done, and what IS being worked on isn't quite shareable yet imo, but i've been coding a lot and porting information into it for a while now. with this site, i'll also be able to host any non-linear story installments made using twine (program) without a fuss \o/ plus, it's another place to host the regular written updates, most important art, and other stuff!

in other news, a few days ago i got home from visiting mod nova for a month :} it was a good trip, and accidentally the longest one to date, oops ^^; now we're slowly starting a backlog of LIW story stuff again, though it'll take a hot minute to have enough for any of it to be post-ready. bear with us as we pull the curtain closed on episode 1, slowly but surely haha. please continue to read and reblog!!

i also hope to start crossposting the story onto pillowfort.social sometime this year, once their drafts & queue features are finalised. there's a lot i have on my plate wrt the AU, so we'll see when that actually starts, though it HAS been planned for a while now.

thanks for reading this modpost <3 ]]

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[Jeremy jumps around on his bed, a blissful smile on his face as he dances. Michael snorts a laugh, amused at the thought that Jeremy thinks he has a bad side. But he watches the other take a drag from the joint made earlier and just smiles.]

[Michael brings Leah's Jeremy's his the camera up to his face to catch Jeremy in the viewfinder, but he holds out on pressing the button, content with just watching him jump around like nobody's watching (and with their close history, it's not like it's far off). For all the punk bravado he puts on though, Jeremy still dances like the white boy he is, and it makes Michael's lips curl up into a grin.]

[The thought is out of his mouth before he has a chance to filter it first.]

Shake your bony white ass for the camera, then!

[Immediately, however, Michael's aware of what he just said and his face fills up red like a cartoon thermometer.]

[To cover his ass, he takes the picture he meant to as Jeremy brings the joint to his lips again. (He lowkey hopes the flash will blind Jeremy long enough for Michael to either turn around or cool off, but he's not sure the universe will be that kind.)]

[Jeremy laughs as he exhales, beaming. The flash does nothing as his eyes are closed, but he keeps dancing with more excitement from the comment. Michael plucks the photo out after it prints, shaking the old film some as he turns away from Jere. The familiar action soothes him, and he breathes in and out until he’s less red in the face.]

[It’s a good photo, if a bit blurry. Michael smiles at it as the song changes.]

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[Michael’s getting lost in his thoughts, looking off into the distance.]

(Jeremy's always hung up my pics like my own personal gallery... maybe he'd do it again?) 

[Michael rotates the idea in his head for a while, only breaking out of his thoughts when the music starts playing again and Jere's voice filters back into his ears.] 

[He’s not quite jumping but bouncing on the springs when Michael spins around, and Michael breaks into a grin at his friend’s generic bouncy dancing. Jeremy raises a brow at him.]

Wanna dance?

[Picking up the camera again, Michael shakes his head. He lifts the camera in an explanatory gesture on why he doesn’t join in, but doesn’t say anything.]

[Jeremy laughs and rolls his eyes affectionately. As he speaks, he reaches towards his desk for his abandoned joint, right by his Mystery Cube.]

In that case, I guess I’ll have to have fun on my own.

[Joint stuck between his lips, Jeremy flicks a lighter he grabbed out of his pocket and lights the end. He inhales deeply, then blows out a puff of smoke. He keeps the joint in his mouth a moment longer as he pulls off his jacket, tossing it to the edge of the bed. Michael’s eyes widen a bit as he stares at Jere’s tattoos.]

Get my good side at least, will you?

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[Jeremy cracks a smile.]

Glad to hear it’s in good hands.

[Michael puffs out his chest a bit.]

The best.

[Jeremy’s grin widens mischievously.]

Buuuuuut... if it makes you feel better about taking something, I’ll snag something in return.

[He picks up the photo of the butterfly and holds it between his index and middle fingers.]

[Michael rolls his eyes, but nods. That's fair, even if Michael thinks he's getting the better end of the bargain still... he'll just have to take lots of pictures in return. He smiles.]

I can live with that.  It's like that blue was meant for you anyway.

[Jeremy smiles, placing the photo on top of his radio.]

And since that’s settled, I think it’s time to celebrate a heartwarming reunion.

[He hits play before he walks away, then hops onto his mattress and doesn’t stand still.]

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“ Hey Rich, what do you think about Chloe? ” RICH:  We run this fucking school, LOL. Didn’t you know?

an updated redraw of a panel from 2019, now in colour!!  i love these two so much, y’all, i’m happy to give them a glow up here!!

full image ID & old panel comparison below the cut <3

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[Michael taps his toes against the floor, swiveling the chair as Jeremy moves over towards his dresser and pulls open a drawer.  He watches as the other starts taking things out, and studies each one until he takes out the next one.]

[First, a pair of stuffed rabbits holding each other... one of Jeremy’s mother’s projects.

Second, a framed photo of Jeremy, younger, with his parents– all smiling. Jeremy sits on his father’s shoulders, pointing excitedly at something out of frame.

Next, a book, but Michael doesn’t get a good look at it, because then Jeremy pulls out something better.]

We missed a lotta birthdays, but... I hope this makes up for at least one of them.

[Then, with a grin, Jeremy offers him the camera. Leah's camera.]

I– Jeremy...

[He almost wants to reach out and take it and never let it go, but he hesitates. After Michael's neglect of their friendship for 5 years, he's just going to give this memento to him? Sure, Michael saved his life (more than Jeremy knows right now), but...]

I- I can't... are you sure?

[A smile on his lips, Jeremy rolls his eyes. Michael pushes himself up off the rolling chair and takes a step towards him as he speaks.]

I'm not gonna use it often enough to warrant keeping it.

[He offers the camera to Michael once more, holding it out closer to him this time.]

Plus... anything you take would come out a lot better than the amateur shit I could put out.

[Michael glances between the camera and Jeremy for a second before gently taking it. He lightly snorts out a laugh when Jere praises his photography. Michael thinks to himself with a smile, but doesn’t respond yet out loud. Yeah man, boost my ego.]

[Jeremy then looks away, towards the floor.]

My mom would want it to be used... and years later, I've used it less than a dozen times.

[He looks back up quickly, though, and says with a smile,]

Just don't break it.

[Michael starts to repress the sad thoughts about Jeremy's mom threatening to surface with the other's words, but they're overtaken anyway by mock-offense when Jeremy tells him not to break the camera. He lays said camera down on the desk for a second to gasp dramatically with both his hands.]

I would never. I'd rather break myself before I ever broke another camera on my watch.

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[Jeremy grimaces.]

Shit... Does anyone else know?

[He doesn’t sound angry, a relief in and of itself, but he does sound anxious as hell.]

[Michael looks guilty for a moment, and fidgets with his sleeves again. He did tell someone, but it's not like he mentioned Jeremy at all, just the rich kid waving a weapon around...]

Iiii...

[He draws out the word, stalling as he thinks.]

...may have mentioned Rich?— and his gun...— to the principal..?

[He chews his bottom lip for a moment, then adds on,]

But I didn’t mention you at all. Just Rich. ...not that he seemed to believe me anyway.

[Jeremy rolls his eyes.]

The principal? Dude isn’t gonna do jack shit. Not when the Goranskis have the money to fund his drinking problem.

[He sighs, getting up.]

Glad you didn’t mention me though. Things could’ve been a lot worse I guess.

[Michael scoffs and rolls his eyes in return.]

Who else was I supposed to tell? Rich or not, he was waving a gun around! I had to tell somebody.

[He shrugs.]

Yeah, I didn't think mentioning that some-kid-I-thought-I'd-never-seen-before was on campus was a good idea.

[bemorestrange]

happy 5th anniversary Life Is Weird <3

15 september 2017 was the date the opening comic was posted, meaning it’s been five years of this AU!

i have my thoughts, but i’m happy to have at least kept up with LIW this long ♥  i don’t plan on letting it go anytime soon of course, but for all the hiatuses taken in the early days, it’s nice to keep coming back to it no matter what!!  we’ll get to the end of this story, i promise.  we have so much put into this AU i want to share!!  once we get to episode 2, things will start to change and pick up!

thanks to those of you who’ve stuck around this long, and to those who have found the blog somewhere along the way! <3<3

anyway, i wanted to have a grandiose art piece to post for the day, but i’ll be honest.  i have not stopped playing splatoon 3 since it released.  but i’ve been working on background things for LIW though, i swear.  i have a LOT of documents for this AU.  i also still want to do that DTIYS event!!

question though: what should i post today? a collection of old art for the AU? works in progress by request? random AU art? let me know!

~mod mell

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MICHAEL:  Was too busy freaking out, and discovering my new powers...

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JEREMY:  Glad to hear you think it looks good though.  's been half a year of only doing one color and it still feels weird to me.

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[Jeremy swallows down the lump in his throat.]

You pulled the fire alarm too, didn't you? —when you saw him pull that gun on me.

[Michael purses his lips and doesn't make eye contact for a while. He's nervous, and also trying to decide just how much he can say without sounding like a total nutcase at the moment. Jeremy mentions the gun though, and a shiver runs down Michael's spine.]

I mean– yeah? What else was I supposed to do—besides wet myself, maybe.

[Michael tries to make a joke, but isn't sure if it lands.]

[Jeremy's expression soon changes into a more teasing smile, however.]

Man, it would suck so much to piss yourself in the restroom.

[Michael snorts and punches the other lightly from where he’s sitting.]

It would, that piece of shit had a gun!

[Jeremy’s playful smirk fades into more of a guilty smile.]

Well... Thanks for saving my ass, superhero.

[As he teases Michael again, he leans over and elbows him gently.]

[Michael huffs out a laugh as he’s nudged, finally looking back up at the other.]

A superhero would've kicked Rich's ass into next week. All I did was take a photo.

[Jere’s lips quirk into a small, but happier, smile.]

Looks like you and Brooke can form some sorta duo together, then. I can't imagine how fucked up he is. You do not wanna piss off that girl.

[He laughs, then looks at the photo again.]

‘Sides, it's a good photo. The blue's a good shade.

[Michael rolls his eyes with an amused exhale, then sits back a bit.]

Oh, please. Brooke gives a hundred-'nd-ten percent in like everything she does, I'm lucky to be on her good side.

But maybe she would let me be her magical girl sidekick...