Let's Play Life Is Strange Remastered Blind - Part 46 - Back In Time To Poke The Bear

[@lis4lifee]

damn its sad seeing how happy Chloe and max were before max had to rewind and change everything back to how it was. I mean Chloe was going to COLLEGE. That's crazy. Wish that could've been the permanent reality.

[@Knight_And_Day]

Definitely! There was so much going well in that reality. We would have liked it better if Max tried at least a few more methods to fix this version instead of immediately destroying the photo. She could have fought so much harder to make that reality work!

[@tanya1973]

3:12 and look what's behind her on the top of the cabinet 6:40. She can't. When she goes back in a photo she can only stay in the area and time where the photo was taken. After a few minutes she will pop back to present time. 16:22 No that picture was of her and Chloe.

[@Knight_And_Day]

Thanks for confirming the other picture was of Chloe and Max. Even if she needs a picture of herself for her power to work, it's still an insanely powerful ability. She can still save so many lives. Right now she's completely focused on saving Chloe and stopping Jefferson, but once they're in the clear... let's get the girl fitted for a cape! Max has her cell phone in this time warp - she can get so much done, warn people about the tornado, make so many changes, etc. To your second point, we realized she is locked in the photo environment a bit later in this video around 15:40. She seems to have a decent amount of time since she sends the text to David and then hangs out in the room, looks around, and talks with Kate, Victoria, and Jefferson. Even if her time is limited she can repeatedly rewind within the past to learn and give herself time to think like she did with William in Part 29. She can make sure she spends the time in the past as efficiently as possible. But the most important thing is that Max has her cell phone. She doesn't have to leave the photo boundaries to make changes. She can send texts to people who she knows will believe her. Chloe's number isn't in her cell phone yet, and Chloe might not even believe her at this earlier point. But she can still send messages to Warren or anyone who can get a message back to herself. This would let her make the key decision that she never seems to think about - get a collection of photos. She should keep a collection of photos on her and create a few backup copies so she always has the ability to go back to key moments. If Max has backup pictures she never has to worry about making changes that she can't unmake. If she spaces out her pictures, she can safely go back to points where she's happy with the outcomes of her changes and not risk messing anything up by changing things before those points - just like save points in a video game.

[@tanya1973]

@Knight_And_Day yeah, I suppose all of that and many other theoretical possibilities are true as well. It would be a very different kind of story if they went that route, though. You guys are looking at this from a very logical, science fiction point of view. But, in my opinion, this isn't really a "time travel" story. The time travel mechanic in this story is a metaphor for regret, in my opinion. The "what if I had done something differently? Said something differently? Gone this way instead of that way? Would that have made me a better friend? Would I have been a better person? Could I do something about someone else's pain, trauma, enough to change their life? Etc. Etc. It's a young adult story about friendship dressed up as a supernatural thriller, but in the end, it's a very small, personal, coming of age story. Along with the ubiquitous sci-fi/fantasy trope of "is humanity ready for this kind of power? Can it actually be used for good, or is the cure more terrible than the disease? Etc. Etc.