The Friend Mae Needs - The Importance of Bea in Night in the Woods

[@bocatadeclavos1274]

"Did you FORGET that my mum died??" That line made me pick her every single day. Mae is a fucking mess and Bea is barely keeping it together, they really needed to heal that relationship.

[@owlbatross9187]

Well said! Yeah after that comment, all I wanted to do was help them patch things up. They need each other!

[@IsaiahRichards692]

@@owlbatross9187No one “has fun” at parties, now or ever! Literally everyone is that one introverted friend that gets dragged to social events with a knife to their throat! I don’t know where extroverts come from! They could be Federal agents, Russian spies or Martians!

[@livingtaco7876]

And the convo about rather being trapped together vs trapped alone

[@antexe9056]

I've actually always picked Bea over Greg, and I feel like people are always confused when I say that, but imo Bea is super misunderstood and I just personally relate to her way more than Greg. Justice for Bea!!

[@owlbatross9187]

That's awesome! I totally agree, Bea is super misunderstood. I enjoy the Gregg route a lot, but I've come to prefer Bea's because of how much Mae learns and grows along the way. Justice for Bea, indeed!

[@realboomslang]

Same! Seeing the development in both Mae’s character and Bea’s interactions with her is a great payoff for the game’s hangouts

[@matthewbates9629]

I’m sorry but I never liked Bea she blames Mae for things happening in her life if she was really her friend, she wouldn’t be toxic to her let me explain in the first encounter with Mae Bea says I see you’ve returned from college “ she says to her and Mae says to her yeah and she responds “and why is it your not still there “? throwing shade at her not once have they had a good encounter Bea constantly walls Mae out in the game over the fact she left so please explain to me why she’s your favorite character again ?

[@sixfeetundertheradar6080]

@@matthewbates9629she’s gets character arcs. She’s not perfect, Mae isn’t either, that’s kind of the point of the game. If you take the time to chose Bea’s options it really shows a lot of growth for both characters

[@aazhie]

I feel like Bea is the kind of person who doesn't care if people don't like her, to some degree. She reminds me of a friend I have who is suspicious & prickly, but once you are really friends, she's super cool. But she still won't hesitate to say what she thinks

[@juliemassam933]

Bea is awesome and yeah, even though some things she says would hurt Mae, they need to be said.

[@owlbatross9187]

She's the best! You're right though - it might've hurt her at the time, but it was definitely stuff that she needed to hear.

[@moniquevandijkadema4053]

​@@owlbatross9187i feel like that was stuff mea already knew about herself and that it was mae who was miss understood but i dont dissagree with that she needed to hear it

[@ShiraCheshire]

I hung out with Gregg not because I disliked Bea, but because I felt like every time I hung out with Bea I just made her life worse. I didn't want to keep hurting her.

[@owlbatross9187]

I can understand that! I mean, the ending to their third hangout is pretty rough, and I always feel so bad watching what Mae does in the fourth.

[@aazhie]

awww, I kinda felt the same way too. At least Gregg and Mae are having fun stabbing each other, right?? xD I love them all so much, but Gregg doesn't feel like he's one push away from total destruction or getting his soul sucked out by life

[@Starburstnova]

@@aazhie This is a big part of why I love this game so much. It makes more logical sense for Mae to hang out with Gregg, rather than awkwardly trying to rekindle an old friendship. But Mae and Gregg are bad influences on each other (Mae encourages him to slack off and commit crimes, jeopardizing his plan to leave Possum Springs), and Mae and Bea are good influences on each other (Bea helps Mae grow up, and Mae helps Bea have a little more empathy and gets her to relax and not have such a pessimistic view about everything), which is part of what motivates you to choose Bea for hangouts instead. I love both their routes, but I find Bea's much more satisfying for that reason. I kind of wish you could do Gregg's hangouts THEN Bea's all in the same playthrough...maybe not all at once, but it feels like the most natural progression would be for Mae to mostly hang out with Gregg then once the Donut Wolf hangout happens and they realize they both kind of need to grow up a bit, Mae could start trying to bond more with Bea.

[@bipolaron2149]

A surprisingly common take I've seen is that Mae coming back screws up Bea's life and ... I genuinely don't know where people get that from? At the start of the game, Bea isn't just unhappy with her life, she thinks she's doomed to be unhappy forever and consequently can't bring herself to try and change anything. As disastrous as the Jackie party winds up being, if you decide to hang out with Gregg that day instead, Bea just ... doesn't go. She loses her nerve and stays home. Which to me at least is infinitely sadder. Bea is TWENTY YEARS OLD and she truly believes her life is already over. Mae can be impulsive and inconsiderate, but she gets Bea to consider the possibility of a future where things get better. I think that's where the "Best Available Friends" thing comes from. They're not the best POSSIBLE friends - they get on each others nerves, they fight, they frustrate each other - but they're also good for each other in a way no one else in town is.

[@owlbatross9187]

Thanks so much for the awesome comment! I've heard that take as well and I'm right there with you, I don't know where people get that from either. Your point about the party is a great one, I was unaware that she didn't go at all if Mae doesn't go with her! Great catch! Losing her nerve and staying home instead of going, even though it doesn't turn out the way she hoped, is definitely sadder! Very well said about them being the Best Available Friends! Sometimes, especially in a place like Possum Springs, a friend like that is what you need the most.

[@Montgomeryyy]

I hung out with Bea the first time I played the game. I actually didn't like Gregg all that much but I've since warmed up to him too. Mae and Gregg are amazing friends but they're extremely bad for one another and bring out the worst in each other. I was especially angry with Gregg during the last hang out when he more or less blamed Mae for almost destroying his relationship with Angus and making him go off track ("Mae, you have to let me change") when doing crimes, smashing lightbulbs and stealing things was his idea, not Mae's. Gregg seems like he can't take responsibility and I personally have only the worst experiences with people like that. I guess he triggered me in a way.

[@owlbatross9187]

I totally understand where you're coming from! Given that you've had personal experiences with people like Gregg, it makes sense that you'd have that reaction to him. You're not alone in feeling that way either - over on my Gregg video, I've had other folks say similar things about him. It's a point that I hadn't really considered, so it's good to see a different point of view on the Gregg VS Bea dynamic. Even before I started making these videos, I felt pretty strongly that the Bea route was where Mae grows the most, and the more I dive into the topic, the more confident I feel about that.

[@aazhie]

Gregg feels like he is damaged in his own way for sure. While Mae is nihlistic and scared of it, Gregg seems to have a slightly healthier nihlistic view. But that kind of viewpoint can still be scary when it isn't balanced by thoughtfulness! Angus and Gregg are really good at balancing out each other, where Gregg is perpetual motion and Angus is the anchor that keeps him slower, so he isn't destructive.

[@Montgomeryyy]

@@aazhie Angus will find he has better options when they move to Bright Harbor. Bea said this at the end of the game if you primarily hang out with her and I honestly believe it's true. Angus is like a babysitter to a manchild and relationships like that just don't last. Even things you find endearing about your partner will eventually become things that irritate you the most.

[@GregJonson]

I think Gregg and Bea are two basic archetypes of who you can be as a social person. Gregg provides vibes. Bea provides help.

[@owlbatross9187]

Well said! Gregg is the type of friend you have fun with, while Bea is the kind of person who helps you grow

[@sinceritynature202]

I've played through NiTW 3 times now. And I've picked Bea every time..... I like Gregg fine, and I DO want to play his 'route' eventually, but Bea and her storyline connected with me really personally. And I also felt that Bea works so well as a foil to Mae, and also ties into the underlying themes of the game the best.

[@owlbatross9187]

I completely agree about her being a great foil to Mae and tying into the game's themes! I've gravitated more and more towards her on recent playthroughs for exactly that reason. I've heard from several people who prefer her for similar reasons, so we're definitely not alone there!

[@sixfeetundertheradar6080]

I usually pick Bea and this last time I picked Greg. It was fine but it felt like it was…lacking? It just felt like something was missing from it. I’m going to play it again this time choosing Bea, I love Greg but I love Bea’s story line more

[@NERlNERl]

Even though I'm gay and I come from a small town like Gregg, I remember choosing to spend time with Bea the first time around and after finishing up the game through both routes, I totally related more to her. Gregg was funny and chaotic, but Bea's struggles, her cynical remarks and more down-to-earth personality felt more compelling to me. I especially enjoyed the proximity event between Mae and her and have since thought "would I be friends with this person if it weren't for proximity?" on more than one occasion. Great video!

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel the same way about Bea - Gregg is great and all, but her story is really compelling, and reminds me a lot of what my wife was going through when I first met her. The proximity question is a great one too - I've found myself wondering that about some of my own friends from time to time as well. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@0eveez]

I would love a video about Germ and his role throughout the story! I feel like he is a sid character bit he somehow always has a crucial role such as saving the team by pulling them out of the well at the end. Also his friendship with Mae is simple and honest

[@owlbatross9187]

Oh definitely, Germ is one of my favorites! He's up next, actually - I have a lot to say about him! That video should be out in the next few weeks!

[@jedrzejkoszewski4342]

Greg is the friend that Mae wants. Bea is the friend that Mae needs.

[@owlbatross9187]

Well said! That is 100% the dynamic of the two paths!

[@pufferishofpeace]

Bea used to be my favourite character, but I ended up getting super attached to angus and restarting to do the gregg route so i could see more angus

[@owlbatross9187]

Angus is the best! His hangout segment is a highlight of the game for me.

[@anthonycuevasproduction]

Amazing analysis I actually always liked bea I never really hated her even at the begin of the game I ill always felt bad for her she’s been thought a lot and I’m glad she has a great friend like Mae to always be there for her she definitely is the bestest friend mae need along with Gregg also can’t wait for your video on angus which btw is coming out on my birthday month

[@owlbatross9187]

Same here! Even before we got her full backstory, I had a good feeling there was more to her story and that she'd probably been through a lot. I'm super stoked to get to work on the Angus video! He's a great character and I think I have a very unique take on what makes him so important. Hopefully it'll be a nice birthday present for you!

[@xubthemad]

Bea is best girl. The world needs more brutal honesty.

[@owlbatross9187]

I definitely agree! Sometimes, we all need a friend like Bea to help us get our act together!

[@melimsah]

So, I had a little bit different of an interpretation of the whole thing with Mae not remembering that Beas mom died. I think its not that she forgot, it's that she didn't really know. If Bea and her drifted apart after middle school, then maybe they were in different social circles during much of high school. And maybe her mom got cancer and died after Mae had her whole killer episode, so Mae being in recovery from that could have made her less aware of what was going on outside her more immediate friend group. Just an additional thought.

[@owlbatross9187]

That's definitely possible! Mae very well could've been caught up with everything going on in her own life, and anything that might've come about as a result of the Killer Incident, to the point where she really just didn't hear about what happened. Mae's also fairly easy to distract, which makes all of this even more plausible lol.

[@livingtaco7876]

Well and Mae does talk about her just being si detached from reality leading up to the bat incident. So it's 100 percent possible that she just didn't know.

[@michelleang9870]

I relate to Bea so much since my mom passed because of cancer and how I am also stuck with no options left because life forced you to. I immediately picked Bea for everything cause Gregg already had Angus, Bea doesnt have anyone and the saying we both stuck but it's better to stuck together with with someone really hit hard, I cried a lot during their river side scene.

[@owlbatross9187]

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, my condolences. Thank you for being willing to share this. My wife relates to Bea for similar reasons - she lost her mom to cancer around the same time Bea did. Your choice of Bea over Gregg makes a lot of sense to me! As others have commented, picking Bea really does help her to end up in a better place by the end of the game, whereas Gregg seems to be about the same thanks to Angus. I love that scene at the river, it brings tears to my eyes as well!

[@skyboxAngel]

i actually haven't yet played through gregg's route in all my years of loving this game because because i feel like mae and bea need the time together more than mae and gregg do. the only mae and gregg hangout i pick consistently is their woods knife fight outing because it feels like a "mae's and gregg's greatest hits" all rolled up into one event with some touching dialogue at the end (it also has my favorite track, "cycles"). it reminds me of the times when my own best friend comes back to town from school and we go out and catch up, reminiscing about the past while looking forward towards the future, even though we're on different paths in life now. bea's route feels like a painful but necessary growth for the both of them. gregg's just feels like he and mae are enabling each other to recapture the destructive chaos of their youth, and it makes me kinda sad :(

[@owlbatross9187]

Thanks for the awesome comment! You raise some really great points. The knife fight outing is definitely a bit of a "Gregg and Mae's greatest hits" type thing, that's such a great way to describe it! I totally agree that Gregg and Mae enable each other, there's a lot less growth from her on his path. As you said, Bea's path is full of painful, but necessary growth, and I really do feel like both of them benefit tremendously from spending that time together over the course of the game. Bea's monologue before the final about Mae being like a sister to her really drives that home for me

[@catbatrat1760]

I don't know if Mae should really be blamed for forgetting... Some people just can't remember stuff, no matter how important it is; like Mae said, it's not personal, and I don't think it really could be helped.

[@owlbatross9187]

I can understand that! To be fair to Mae, by the time that car ride rolls around, she's been through a really rough couple of days.

[@pokkets9284]

Bea became my favorite character over time, I feel like she was so real. She was the most complex character. I love their talk after the party, about how maybe they’re just friends because of close proximity, but she’s still grateful for it

[@clancykohl]

Gregg provides escapism, that makes the moments where he gets real all the more impactful. While Bea provides realism, making the moments of escapism all the more impactful. Like with Gregg it is all about, despite someone going around being happy, they still have struggles and problems. While Bea is all about, despite the grim reality, you still can feel happy. In the end Gregg is about despair and Bea is about hope.

[@VANQUlSHED]

Very well done analysis, I would enjoy just more talk of the contrast between mae's interaction with gregg though, and how it may be good or bad for her

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you! And that's a great suggestion - I'll definitely cover that topic in a future video! People debate Bea's path VS Gregg's path all the time, so it'd be interesting to cover the differences between the two and which path might be better for her growth

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

Bea is the best character in this game, and honestly once I get the game, I'll play the Bea route all the way

[@owlbatross9187]

I totally agree! She's definitely the best written character in the game if you ask me. Enjoy the Bea route, let me know what you think of it once you play the game!

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

@@owlbatross9187 aproght, and yes, Gregg Rulez OK, but so does Bea!

[@samdoodle5297]

my girlfriend and i really really love nitw, and you are one of the only solid youtubers i have found who make rly good videos abt character analysis and fan theories!! this video made me subscribe, so excited to see what you make in the future :)

[@owlbatross9187]

Hey there, welcome to the channel! That's awesome that both you and your girlfriend like NITW - I actually got into it because my wife introduced me to it! I put out two NITW videos a month, so stay tuned for more videos like this!

[@conorkrystad4634]

I like this analysis, Bae

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you! I had a great time putting this one together!

[@jamespruitt4756]

love Bea and then there's Lori and Germ. love the side folks!

[@owlbatross9187]

She's great! Lori and Germ are awesome too - I'll be making videos about both of them as well!

[@IvoryiGoLDeN]

Amazing analysis, thank you for still making NiTW related videos in this day and age. I recently beat this game a couple nights ago and it truly touched me on levels I didn’t expect. I mainly focused on Bea’s hangouts and her overall route in the story and it was pretty damn sad & heavy, ESPECIALLY the talk after the party you mentioned. I can honestly see & understand why a lot of people canonize Mae’s hangouts with Bea as the true storyline, because Mae and Bea go through growth together, re-bonding their friendship into better levels. So once you beat the game, you’re like “wow! I just did all of that, I helped my friend and she helped me!” Truly felt rewarding. And yes, I do eventually plan on doing Gregg’s route, probably this week tbh! Once again, amazing video. Binge watching all your vids has been really fun!

[@owlbatross9187]

Hey there! Thank you so much for the awesome comment! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the NITW videos! I have so much fun making them and I have a bunch more on the way! Oh yeah, the Bea route is fantastic and I love how the two of them grow together. Gregg's route is awesome too, and it's wonderful to see Mae spending time with someone who supports her through all things and really just wants her to enjoy life for a while. But she grows so much with Bea that I'm firmly in the camp of that being the "canon route". It's great to see them rebuild their friendship, and I wish there was a sequel so we could see where things are at for them now!

[@IvoryiGoLDeN]

@@owlbatross9187 Oh absolutely, your very welcome! I look forward to what videos you have next, turned on post notifications and everything haha. Glad you see what I said! Mae grows so much with Bea’s route that it only makes sense of it being true canon. As what you said about a sequel, I really wish we would’ve / would get one man. It makes me really sad knowing we’ll probably never see these characters ever again. I just wish we’d get…..something, like a time skip, a literal sequel, just ANYTHING with these characters returning. And give to give us a better happy closure for them.

[@milesbrindley6314]

This is some great analysis, I definitely hadnt thought about some of the points you raised!

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you! I'd always considered her a great force for change in Mae's life, but I didn't realize just how much she changes her until my most recent playthrough of the game

[@boo_blue_boo9229]

i still think bea was a bit too harsh a lot of the time. like it totally makes sense that she would be mad about the mom thing, because that happened while mae was still living in possum springs, but some of her anger feels like “how dare you not know about this thing that happened when you werent here im not talking to you anymore” and it kinda rubs me the wrong way. she also made all kinds of cruel assumptions about why mae dropped out of college when she didnt know the whole story, or even any of the story at all.

[@owlbatross9187]

That's entirely understandable! That's actually how my wife feels about her - she spends the majority of the game hanging out with Gregg and Angus for exactly that reason. So you're not alone in feeling that way!

[@Notheare]

always picked/pick gregg over bea, but i love bea so much too

[@owlbatross9187]

She's great! Big fan of Gregg as well. Always hard to choose between them!

[@RatchetSly]

In both of my playthroughs of NitW, I mix n matched the hangouts. The first time, I went with Bea-Bea-Gregg, and that kinda feels like the best possible combo, because Mae is mostly a helpful chaos gremlin right up until her disaster at Bea's final hangout. The second playthrough, I did the inverse, Gregg-Gregg-Bea, and I call that the "Mae Ruins Everything" run. Cause relationship strain with the guys by enabling Gregg's worst impulses! Hang out with Bea once and get into a heated argument about her life! It really felt like seeing Mae at her most... I dunno, unstable, compared to the first route I took. The two routes feel like opposites. With Bea, Mae is the impulsive, wacky one, who both brings some light into Bea's bleak life and is gradually being pushed to be more responsible for herself. With Gregg, Mae is more or less an anchor on his own development as a person, simply by being down to go back to their old ways. Similarly, how the person you don't hang out with develops is markedly different to me; Gregg seems largely fine if you hang out with Bea more, because he has Angus as a companion, but if you hang out with Gregg more, Bea has nobody. Her isolated despair gets bad enough that, by the end of the game, Bea mentions she's getting the same Black Goat-caused astral dreams that Mae was through the game.

[@owlbatross9187]

Well said, thank you for the awesome comment! I like the idea behind both of those paths! I've always gone with something along the lines of Bea - Gregg - Bea or Gregg - Bea - Gregg if I didn't go with one person all the way through, so it's really interesting to hear from someone who approached the hangouts from a different perspective! I definitely agree that your two routes are peak chaos gremlin for Mae! The two routes definitely feel like opposites! That was something that really stood out to me when I replayed the game to get footage for my videos, along with what you said about Gregg being fine if you hang out with Bea, but Bea struggling if you don't spend time with her. I had totally forgotten that Bea makes that comment about the dreams - I'll have to take a closer look at that!

[@RatchetSly]

@owlbatross9187 If I recall, her comments about having the Astral dreams in the Gregg route are towards the end of the game, in laptop convos and the final scene at the band practice stage.

[@midnightZer0]

Great video! KZbin recommended blessing me once again.

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@juliancabrera555]

This is kinda unrelated but You could also argue that Bea decided to drive mea home because she knew that Greg and Angus would have a better time at the party then her even though they’re closer with Mae ( and therefore more responsible for her well-being)

[@owlbatross9187]

That's a good point! I hadn't considered that, but that's definitely a possibility. Gregg and Angus did seem to have a good vibe going at the party!

[@DrW33kend]

Our sweet boy greg is a comrade. He understands the animal nature and rejection of autheoity that is mae intrinsically- but neither sre able to grasp what to do with their energy in effective ways. Theyre both tough and sturdy physically but are truly psychologically lost. Greg has angus, whos calm- very philosophical guide allows both of them to move forward towards a very hard goal. Bea, in this analogy, is a peer who's comradery you earn through blood. She challenges Mae's views and has a more principled-rigid view of their situation. When the two work together and have these talks (always in good faith) bea's view is softened and mae's is put into clearer focus. They have very adult conversations where the conplex nature of their situations challenges both women to confront realities they's been ignoring. As mentioned in the video, both kinds of friendship are integral to rock solid friendships and i only wish we could bring the group even closer together and hang out as a unit more often.

[@zoeluvsnge]

THIS!! i just started playing nitw courtesy of my friend who just graduated, and gregg is his fave character (as he should, gregg rulez ok). but instead of taking the gregg track i was so interested with bea and i took her route. i love her so much she's definutely my favorite character in nitw!! and dw im playing my second playthru rn with gregg loll

[@owlbatross9187]

I feel you there! Bea's great, her story really resonated with me. Glad to hear you discovered NITW, enjoy your Gregg playthrough! His track is much different, but still super engaging!

[@rickpgriffin]

Just found your videos, you don't know how long I've been waiting for someone to do a lengthy analysis of Night in the Woods (esp since it seems like the hbomberguy video on the topic isn't gonna manifest) First time I played Night in the Woods I took Bea's path, largely I think because of that blow-up in the car. Bea is quite abrasive, but Mae screwing up like that made me really wanna make it up to Bea, which of course Mae screws up again and again. But there are worse sins than Mae being a screwup. A lot of Bea's character is, ostensibly, "doing the responsible thing" but I actually think she allowed it to manifest toxicly inside of her. Even if it seems like Mae screwing up is 100% Mae's fault and She Should Just Stop... a large part of it is a problem because Bea *makes* it a problem. She is so rigid and so certain that she's got everything solved that Mae being an optimist at her seems like an insult. (I may be overstating; the fact that Bea sticks by Mae despite it all does mean that Bea considers that she may be acting unfairly) The Responsible Thing has made Bea's life a nightmare of drudgery and she knows it, which is why she's secretly looking for an escape despite the fact that she tells Mae that she can't escape. Mae's presence isn't just a matter of "Bea needs to learn how to loosen up!" in a flippant way like you might see a teen comedy do to a tightass nerd character. No, it's *critical to Bea's mental health* that she learn how to loosen up because she's clearly at a breaking point.

[@davefromreality]

I personally think Bea is a better friend than Gregg. As Gregg is the best wing man a person can have. However, he is not great at calling Mae out when she does something wrong while Bea is more mature and is not afraid to call Mae out for her crap. Helping Mae see the areas in her life she needs to improve on.

[@owlbatross9187]

I totally agree! The first time I played NITW, I was all about Gregg, but the more I've played it, the more I feel that Bea is the "canon" route. She experiences more growth by spending time with her - with Gregg she just stays the same. She needs a bit of both, but I'm inclined to think that Bea's route has more story potential.

[@davefromreality]

@@owlbatross9187 Yeah, I agree the Bea is the cannon route. Though if Mae kept down the path of just hanging with Greg and doing crimes. I personally believe she would eventually be caught by the police.

[@michaels5741]

wonderful video, great points and such obvious care! cant wait for the angus video (: and maybe even mentions of lori m. if im lucky haha, i believe her and mae's relationship is worthy to be talked about

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you so much! The Angus video will actually be out a bit earlier than expected - I'll be dropping that one on the 26th! I'll definitely be covering Lori M. in the future! She's a very important character and I have a lot to say about her!

[@michaels5741]

@@owlbatross9187 aw hell yeah! glad to see someone finally covering her, shes been special to me ever since i played the game for the first time around release

[@saturniidspectre]

​@@owlbatross9187 Loving your content, man. Keep up the great work! Also wondering if you might take a look at Selmers or Mae's parents.

[@owlbatross9187]

@@saturniidspectre Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I'll definitely be covering Selmers and Mae's parents in the future. Selmers is probably my favorite minor character, and there's plenty to discuss about Mae's parents and their role in the game

[@realboomslang]

I just discovered your channel. I love the NITW content and the work you do! Excellent job on the videos

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! More NITW content is on the way!

[@invisyarcticfreak]

loving these nitw videos :)

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you! I'll have another one out on the 26th!

[@sagaevan9641]

gregg is the friend you want, bea is the friend you need or something

[@owlbatross9187]

Got that right! Well said!

[@yethmc3606]

i love your vids!!

[@owlbatross9187]

Thank you! Lots more are on the way!

[@cibianthellama]

ooooooooooh night in the woods, i made astral alley on my singing monsters smh

[@cultoftheblackgoat]

Hmmm intriguing

[@siinistram]

I don’t really like Gregg’s route because it always feels like Mae is a third wheel between him and Angus. They already happy together and Gregg knows many people to do crimes with. I feel like Bea is a one and only true friend who can actually affect on Mae and make her understand that actions has consequences

[@Ueslx.600]

Love ❤️ you

[@videog4me]

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[@matthewbates9629]

I’m sorry but I never liked Bea she blames Mae for things happening in her life if she was really her friend, she wouldn’t be toxic to her let me explain in the first encounter with Mae Bea says I see you’ve returned from college “ she says to her and Mae says to her yeah and she responds “and why is it your not still there “? throwing shade at her not once have they had a good encounter Bea constantly walls Mae out in the game over the fact she left so please explain to me why she’s your favorite character again

[@owlbatross9187]

Hey there! Totally understand where you're coming from. Many of the things Bea says to Mae are pretty hurtful. I've spoken with a lot of people since I've posted this video who feel the same way you do. For a lot of folks, her comments are just too mean spirited for them to look past, and I definitely get that. I wouldn't say that Bea is my favorite - that distinction is reserved for Germ - but I do prefer her path over Gregg's because of the growth Mea undergoes by taking it. By hanging out with Bea, Mea is forced to face a lot of difficult truths and come to understand why Bea treats her the way she does initially. And by the end of, they've become really good friends. From a narrative perspective, I prefer playing through something like that opposed to the alternative.