there is just something so inextricably personal to me about life is strange, not just the whole aspect of max as a character, her shyness and fragility and emotional-ness as a young person trying to find themselves, new to a scary and challenging environment in the very last year of high school, struggling to find her place and confidence in her art and herself just as a person
and then you add in the aspect about her leaving chloe and abandoning a best friend, lifelong friendships broken and the fallout and guilt but not really- just brushing it aside, still wondering but trying not to think about it too much even tho it h u r t s like a mother
then you throw in the aspect of her finally coming in to the realization, gradually, slowly just Barely acknowledging that heartstopping reality and question of Wait.. do i Really LiKE GoRLs That Way????
just.. my fucking heart...