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What a great little Life is Strange story. Lily was a fun character and seeing more Chenrich moments along the way was nice.

The 4th issue wrapped up nicely, definitely shorter than it could have been, but I enjoyed it and the whole series with these characters.

So I know they're in different timelines, but it really seems like this series is gonna have some overlap with Heatwaves. (I still haven't read it yet but just post- True Colors Chenrich band life. I'm really liking the comics, but it does make me excited to read the new book once I'm done.

The thing with Steph in the last issue wasn't as big as I thought it'd be, but it was still pretty impactful. Just like a super on-brand in-character set of events for her. I know "Steph's Story" (the book) isn't in the same timeline as this comic but I think a lot of her arc from that book was shown in this one. Super glad she has Alex to ground her and that she's learned a bit from her past mistakes.

Lily's arc is coming to a close and that's the bit I don't want to spoil too much but it's good too. Like I mentioned her powers mirror Alex's nicely and her story is VERY Life is Strange imo.

...and the Life is Strange cringe moments have a new addition:

I think I expected more of this comics after all that happened with the previous series. But this comic seems like it's just gonna be a short series and that's it so I'm gonna try to have fun with it rather than raise my expectations too much. Though Steph seems to be going through something which does seem like it could go somewhere.

With that said though, this is a fun one. We got a Chloe & Kate flashback from Steph, which was nice.

I finally got the print run of Forget-Me-Not and also the new Heatwaves book. I'm gonna read the comics first since they'll be easier to go through but I'm not exactly sure where the are in timeline order.

After reading the prelude explanation I think Heatwaves might technically be first chronologically but in a different timeline so it's fine if I read the book after the new comics.

But anyway...

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So the Forget-Me-Not story as a whole takes place in a Life is Strange timeline where Max never came back to Arcadia Bay and also Chloe and Rachel made it out to California. It follows Alex and Steph after this timeline's version of the True Colors where they end up together in a traveling band (which was my ending so that's hype).

Honestly I think it's a little weird that it takes place in a completely different timeline to the previous comics but I'm still so in for more LiS comics. And it's been so long since I read the last comic, that it taking place in a different timeline, makes it more accessible which I enjoy.

Amberprice and Chenrich let's go!!!

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I don't think it's too much of a spoiler since the covers showed her already but yeah we got a new character with powers. Her name is Lily and we don't get to much of her in the first issue but it's definitely a nice set-up comic and just a fun little return to the series. I love seeing these characters, like regardless of context. <3

Hmmmmm, well, the comic itself makes no sense.

Apparently, the comic was planned for only the first 4 issues that came out between 2018 and 2019. The way they ended showed that Max lived through so many time jumps, because she didn't belong to that timeline where the comic began. Supposedly that's why she goes to the "who belongs" line.

But, as they were given more numbers to write, they no longer gave continuity to that idea they had proposed, and without even bothering to clarify that, they just continued with that hole in the script, implying that Max left because "she didn't wanted to deal with the guilt of her decisions" and she just left so she wouldn't fix it or think about it.

Then she looks for the idea of returning… just because. She just took a two-year vacation abandoning Chloe because… she had no idea dealing with the consequences of her actions and got people who shouldn't have gotten into trouble. The only good thing that happened was that Tristan didn't die (and Tristan is the only well done thing in the comic… and that's it) And the tornado of the final issues happened… just because.

The comic is very poorly narrated, and apparently Max only lived what she lived because she was a coward for not knowing how to deal with the fact that she killed an entire town and believes that the right thing to do is to be hypocritical by making "a memorial" with the people who died in Arcadia Bay for HER selfish decisions…

END.

Yes…that's why she's a coward AND a hypocrite.

A: First of all, I love that the comics aren’t explicitly canon! I think it’s nice that the series lets the fans decide the fate of their Max and Chloe after the storm, and I’m choosing to not take this comic as my personal canon since I’ve spent the last eight years making a very thought out ending for them in my head. However, this is a nice continuation, and I don’t mind at all this being a reality in the Life Is Strange multiverse! 

B: I’m also glad the sacrifice Chloe ending is left canon! It’s not my personal ending, but when you’re playing a choice based game I think all decisions should be equally valid!

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