Thoughts on Mr. Jefferson, Rachel and general rambling.

[Mirage]

I never really suspected him up untill a different thread had a '' leaked '' video where there is a small clip of a person that looks like Mr.Jefferson in combination with Kate's file in the red binder.

Not entirely sure what to think of it, might be a placeholder, might be intentional to put you off track. but I did decide to do a little brainstorming and line up some things.

First off, Stella said something about a relationship between Jefferson and Rachel, rumour anyways, which probably originated from Victoria.

Victoria having a crush on Mr.Jefferson aswell, so that would be a reason why she seems to dislike Rachel so much to write things on her missing posters like; Who cares? ♥♥♥♥♥. and removing other 'missing' posters from campus.

Rachel wanted to be a model, so hooking up with a famous photographer like Mr.Jefferson could be that special person that ''changed her life''
There a several photos from Mr.Jefferson in the school, mostly young girls on magazine covers.

In a letter you could find in episode 2, Rachel talks about a secret relationship that Chloe would probably not approve off, a teacher-student relationship could be that, but she also had a relationship with Frank on some level, which could also be what she is referring too.

i̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶R̶a̶c̶h̶e̶l̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶1̶7̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶e̶d̶,
Student-teacher relationship would be a reason for Mr.Jefferson to to keep it a secret and not allow Rachel to tell anyone since that would jeopardize his job and career.

According to the wikia, the disappearance of Rachel mirrors that of the murder of Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks, which is also referred to on the license plate of Chloe's truck, TWN PKS.
Aswell as the reference 'Fire Walk With Me' that is written on a mirror.

Laura Palmer who was well known and loved, but secretly had a double life, cocaine addict, victim of abuse, pros-titute ( gets censored otherwise) , had a secret relationship aswell as having sexual encounters with several other people, including a rich man who practically owned half the town, aswell as a drug dealer.

Possibly meaning Rachel had connections with the wealthy Prescott family, whom ofcourse owns the school, the principal and even have the police on their side based on the conversation with the cop in the Two Whales Diner.

Which could mean that the entire school is involved since after the ordeal with Kate they talk about how important the schools name and reputation is, meaning it would be in the schools best interest to cover up any shady business that would involve one of their most respected teachers.

Thoughts?

[sarahisstrange]

Do you think Rachel is dead?
I guess with all wt u said. Jefferson is some sort of creepy. Rachel's disappearance has sth to do with the Prescott family, but i don't think Nathan really drugged Kate.

[Mirage]

Originally posted by Jeans (sarah):

Do you think Rachel is dead?
I guess with all wt u said. Jefferson is some sort of creepy. Rachel's disappearance has sth to do with the Prescott family, but i don't think Nathan really drugged Kate.

I'm not sure if she's dead, but she would be if she's related to the twin peaks story.
6 months is a long time to be missing, and very rarely do people like that show up, but that's realisticly speaking, with Max her powers she might be able to go back to before Rachel went missing and get some information and answers.

The fact that Rachel her parents don't seem to care about their daughter missing, according to Chlie is really odd aswell.

[muff]

"i think Rachel was 17 when she disappeared,"

she was 19

http://dontnodentertainment.wikia.com/wiki/Rachel_Amber

[Mirage]

Originally posted by pi-pa-po:

"i think Rachel was 17 when she disappeared,"

she was 19

http://dontnodentertainment.wikia.com/wiki/Rachel_Amber

Yeah good point, I realised my mistake, I first assumed 2015, but then she dissapeared in 2013 and I messed up with that 2 year difference.

Either way a teacher-student relationship is worth covering up I'd say.

[sarahisstrange]

I just found sth about Jefferson and posted a thread on reddit http://redd.it/37kuge

[sarahisstrange]

omg, the admin deleted that link. so maybe i should just post the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtf3NaKBmg&feature=youtu.be

[Mirage]

Originally posted by Jeans (sarah):

omg, the admin deleted that link. so maybe i should just post the video here:

That's the video I was referring too, because that appears to be Mr.Jefferson, would be my best bet anyways.
Aside from the fact that it could be a placeholder character or something like a red herring.

[Ну я убил и что?]

looks like fake, official room with folders was smaller and wasn`t so "hi-tech"

[sarahisstrange]

not fake. check your game folder from SteamApps\common\Life Is Strange\LifeIsStrangeGame\Build\PCConsol­e\DLC\Episode03\LifeIsStrangeGame\Conten­t\Packages\DLC\Episode03\Movies

and use a bik player like RAD video tools to play the darkroom.bik

[Mirage]

Originally posted by Mr.Br&3kΞr:

looks like fake, official rom with folders was smaller and wasn`t so "hi-tech"

How is it fake if it's in the game folders?

[Ну я убил и что?]

Originally posted by Mirage:

Originally posted by Mr.Br&3kΞr:

looks like fake, official rom with folders was smaller and wasn`t so "hi-tech"

How is it fake if it's in the game folders?

sry, thought it was like Chloe`s and Max`s kiss, from random guy from reddit

[Ну я убил и что?]

Wait what?
Jefferson said that he can take our most depressed photo, he takes them in black and white, folders` pics are in black and white. THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE ENDING. Dayum, I though Dontnod has some style.

[Hobbes]

Eh, even if it turns out to be him, I don't think most people playing picked up on it, it mostly us here discussing it lol. It's an off-handed comment that really isn't that out of place for an art teacher. I'd rather have it be someone where little hints within the game hint towards it than it be some random out of nowhere thrown in to be "unpredictable".

Still, it could be a placeholder, or something to throw us off. Or since it's from ep 3 and something we didn't see, it might be something they changed their mind about.

[Sandra]

I have seen leaked text from game scripts and it seems Mr Jefferson has a dark side...

I like so much a theory about Jefferson i read while ago in this forum:


Now, if you think back to Jefferson's photography class lecture during the opening of the game, you'll remember there's a portion regarding Diane Arbus and her attempt to capture 'tortured humanity'. Jefferson criticizes her work as ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Anyone could frame someone in a corner and capture a moment of desperation. It's too obvious, too cheap, he says. He suggests, instead, starting with capturing the subject at the very height of their beauty and innocence, and hints at another method for capturing tortured humanity before moving on to an unrelated part of the lecture.

I believe what he had in mind was to start the photo-documenting of the subject, as he suggests, at the height of their beauty and innocence, and to continue photographing them as they transition from those highs to the rock bottom lows of misery. Thus capturing 'tortured humanity' more completely than a single photograph of the end result ever could. And not just that, but the whole journey from innocence to tortured as well. An avant-garde photo documentary on journey of human emotion.

And that's exactly what he does.

Jefferson meets these young, probably naive girls, woos them, makes them fall for him, gives them 'happiness'. There isn't a surplus of things i can think of that would be more 'life changing' to many teenage girls than meeting and falling in love with a famous, handsome older guy. This is the part when Rachel tells Chloe that she meet someone who changed her life. And remember, according to 'serious' Stella, Rachel and Jefferson were sleeping together around this time. Their relationship would also explain Victoria's (who's obviously after Jefferson) hatred for Rachel.

It was soon after Rachel meet the person that changed her life that she disappeared. This was the beginning of the transition from 'the height of beauty and innocence' to 'tortured humanity'. Jefferson does this by abducting the subject and doing god knows what to them, and probably eventually killing them. Photo-documenting all along. From meeting, to getting to know, falling in love, through the personal degradation and destruction of captivity.

[Cabrito [SK]]

That's make sense. A lot.