The romance discourse might be the worst part of the fan discussion of the game, though. People are so groomed to see closeness between two girls as just how all girls act with each other, to the point where real life celebrities like Kristen Stewart can go on vacation with her girlfriend and have all the magazines report on it by saying 'wow gal pals! it's so nice that they cuddle tenderly on the beach like friends that are female often do!' instead of even considering that they might not be straight. It's Korra and Asami all over again, but with 200% more canon smooches and declarations of love.
I love Chloe and Max's relationship being optionally romantic, even if 'tragic lesbians' isn't really as nice as 'two girls kiss and live happily ever after and no one else dies either', but media is still catching up on how to tell non-heteronormative stories so I'll take what I can get.
ANYWAY I loved this video series, thanks for sticking with it!
That's super interesting because for a guy its the total opposite problem. Anytime there is any closeness between two guys people assume they are gay rather then just close friends.
As far as it ending in tragedy, having no happy ending was sort of the running theme the whole game so I really saw it coming, as much as I didn't want it too. I totally do need a story with a happily ever after ending now to balance it out though.
I know a lot of the internet consensus on episode 5 and the ending is rather negative but I actually really enjoyed it, and the game as a whole. I wish I played it last year cause it would have ended up in my top 10.
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