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Our first look at Alex Chen, the brand new protagonist of Life is Strange: True Colors (2021)!

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tfw people still think you’re straight even though you have literally the gayest haircut in existence

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Life is Strange: True Colors Theory (Alex’s parents and her powers) (spoiler warning!)

What happened to Alex’s parents?

During the full True Colors presentation at Square Enix Presents, we learn that Alex has not seen her brother Gabe in eight years, that she has spent most of her life in the foster care system, and that she calls her powers a “curse” and has long suppressed them, likely for years.

While she’s playing guitar in her room, we see that Alex still keeps a family photo on her desk, likely during a happier time when everyone was together. If Alex is 21 and she hasn’t seen her brother in eight years, that means they were separated when Alex was about 13. Gabe looks older than her by at least a few years, so it’s possible that he aged out of the foster care system sooner, but wasn’t old enough or financially independent enough to become her legal guardian, which could explain their eight year long separation.

True Colors is the first LiS game with a protagonist who already knows about their powers at the start of the game. Given that Max unlocked her powers when she witnessed Chloe die and Daniel unlocked his powers when he saw his dad die, it’s possible that whatever caused Alex to enter foster care and be separated from her brother, that event triggered her powers. 

And how did she wind up in foster care? Abuse or abandonment seems less likely if Alex still keeps a framed family photo in her room. Most likely, it was because her parents died, possibly together and on the same day in some sort of freak accident.

Why an accident specifically? Because the townspeople of Haven Springs described Gabe’s death in the same way: “a senseless, tragic accident.” And after he dies is when we see Alex’s powers only grow stronger and more out of control-- enough to break windows and cause small earthquakes. When an entire town is grieving, Alex realizes she can no longer suppress her powers and must learn how to use them-- for good or for bad.

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Alex even sits like a bi. Wow I love representation 

(new footage from this video!)