My Obsessions

Meg | Libra ♎️ 

[what-the-hella]

Luchen + Every Wave by mxmtoon ❤

[trashwarden]

max and vinh ill love u no matter what

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Life Is Strange Reunion SPOILERS (spoilers will be under the cut).

Stuff I liked about Life Is Strange Reunion: Part 1/?

This post is kinda long so bare with me.

I really enjoyed the non-episodic format honestly. The lack of chapters/episodes helped take my focus off how far into the game I was and I had no clue when the credits would start rolling until they started. It made the game feel less rushed in a way. Pacing is an issue I’ve had in the past with Deck Nine’s work. I hated the pacing of True Colors and Double Exposure, with some chapters feeling more short and rushed.

The fact there was no never-ending nightmare sequence towards the end of the game was a huge win for me. One of my bigger issues with True Colors and Double Exposure was the fact they used like an hour of time to reuse the same repetitive nightmare sequence idea from the first game, Instead of using that time to build more on side characters and the towns. I liked that Reunion took a route similar to Before the Storm and spread out shorter nightmare (or in Reunion’s case: hallucinations) sequences throughout the game. The long nightmare sequence thing only worked well in the original LIS in my opinion. So I’m glad Reunion finally broke away from that formula for the first time since Before the Storm.

I loved the whole Abraxas Mabon party section of the game. It was all just really mysterious and it marked the point in the story where it felt the plot was entering the rising action stage for me and I was starting to get really hyped up to see how everything was gonna play out. The “Innermost Secret” being a damn skeleton in a box caught me off guard, was not expecting that.

The whole scene with Max after she drank the laced blood wine and was high as hell was written so well. I felt actual fear for Max once I realized what was happening. I also like how they used it as a way to include a nightmare/hallucination sequence without it feeling forced. And when Max goes to the basement where Chloe is and Chloe immediately realizes she’s tripping hardcore and jokes a little about it but once she realizes Max is genuinely freaking out she comforts her immediately. As someone who has once been in a similar situation as Max, that scene hit close to home for me. Definitely felt bad for Max. And depending on your choices, Max calls Chloe pretty and wants to kiss her, but she “can’t figure out which one of her lips is the right one”. This scene is Pricefield gold and brings a little light to a scary situation.

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LIFE IS STRANGE REUNION SPOILERS

A rant about a few things that disappointed me and left me with more questions than answers.

As a Life is Strange fan of 10 years and a Pricefield shipper who was kicking her feet when Max and Chloe kissed again, I very much enjoyed Reunion, but there’s a few things that kinda disappointed me.

I’m so bummed that the writers basically discarded most of the characters from Double Exposure. Especially Vinh and Amanda. They have very little screen time. Like why introduce new love interests for Max just to have them break up off screen in the next game. (At least that was the case if you romanced Vinh, not sure about the outcome with Amanda). One thing I really liked about Deck Nine is that they gave us the freedom to choose our love interest. I loved it in True Colors and Double Exposure.

Also what about Diamond and that whole plot with her having powers? They just abandoned that too. It was mentioned briefly in Reunion and that was it, despite Double Exposure ending off on the impression that plot would play a big part in the next game. Where is she? What are her powers? Did she end up meeting up with Alex and/or Daniel?

I just really wish they expanded more on some stuff from Double Exposure. I have so many questions.

Also the Crosstalk feature not even being in the game was a let down. I really enjoyed it in Double Exposure. Made the characters feel more alive.

[talen-and-other-stuff]

So there’s this musician…

🎸x📹

[skippersr2]

LUCIA and JASON in GRAND THEFT AUTO VI dev. Rockstar Games

[adeleth-croft]

James’s Appreciation Post in Johto Arc…<3

[doubletroubletrio]

Perfect post for Kojiro Day.

[holidaygirlelly]

Nora looking straight in Swann's eyes, while they're lighting each other's cigarettes. I love it because it's like she smokes as an excuse to get closer to others rather than something she inherently enjoys.

[what-the-hella]

A Grand Theft Auto game where the two protagonists being in love is the main plot device? Literally just take my money now Rockstar. I’m so pumped.

[lovinglylostwilderness]

I saw people bashing trailer 2 because they have love story

I bet they are the same people who bashed GTA V when came out.

Which to me is bizzare because all GTAs were amazing storylines.

So why people are disgusted by the idea of love

Love makes bond more stronger .

Even Michael on GTA 5 loved Amanda even tho they had ups and downs but they worked on that

[ch-4-eri]

if you’re afraid of hitting 30, just remember how hotter max keeps getting as she hits 30.

[svnsetromance]

SWANN HOLLOWAY & NORA MALAKIAN Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (2025) | insp.

[curiouslystrongmintsblog]

i think what kills me the most about kat calling swann her “soulmate” is just the hopelessness of it all. like kat knew she was going to die, knew she was trapped in that town with her family, knew her and swann couldn’t last, yet she still loved her so adamantly.

normally i hate it when lesbians are doomed to be separated or die in media, but there’s something so beautiful about kat loving swann despite it all, and swann returning to her after all those years.

[arcadiabaytornado]

The way the Life Is Strange franchise portrays freedom is so, so, so, insane.

It's portrayed as the ultimate goal Chloe, Rachel, Karen, Sean, Steph, and possibly Alex strive for. Yet, it's also portrayed as a doomed ambition that you'll have to give up everything to reach.

Rachel loses her life in her search for freedom, and so does Chloe unless Max makes the ultimate payment of everything she and Chloe have ever held dear. Karen has to sacrifice her family to be free, and Steph has to sacrifice her bonds in Haven Springs. Alex has to sacrifice her dream of living a happy life in Haven with her brother to end up on the road, and Sean loses A: His life or B: His freedom or C: His brother or D: His safety in his pursuit of escaping into Mexico.

But despite what all is sacrificed, freedom is still portrayed as something beautiful. It's portrayed as Chloe and Max driving off into the sunset for more adventures. It's portrayed as Rachel and Chloe happily daydreaming about their future with no awareness of the horror yet to come. It's portrayed as Karen, Sean, and Daniel star-gazing and letting lanterns lose into the night sky. It's portrayed as Alex and Steph playing in a band in front of their adoring fans

But it's also portrayed as something destructive. It's the tornado that destroys a town so Chloe can leave. It's the wild fire that engulfs a town Rachel feels stuck in. It's the bullet wound that made Alex and/or Steph realize they didn't belong. It's the blood shed by a nine year old as Sean crosses over the border. It's the deep emotional scars Karen left behind when she up and left in the middle of the night.

Freedom is portrayed as this beautiful ultimate goal that ends up being a force of destruction in the lives of everyone who seeks it. It makes me think of this philosophical question: "Can you be truly free if you have something? And it makes me think of how the franchise answers "No. At least, you can't have everything." It's an interesting twist from how freedom is usually depicted in media, and the choice to make the downside of freedom destruction makes me brain go insane.

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mikaelsen sisters 🦌

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Kat(hryn) Mikaelsen

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"dead doesn't mean absent...", tathev simonyan