Chloe is the main protagonist in both games?

[Ether]

Is it possible that the main character of the Life is Strange series not Max, but Chloe?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ-asEDJT28&t=61s

EDIT:

Alright so Im closing this discussion because everyone is getting butthurt over it. It is a FAN THEORY, not solidified and canonized by the developers or story team. I made a THEORY that Chloe is the main character/protagonist because all of the events of LiS wouldnt happen without her. Its basically her story, meeting Rachel finding out what happened to her. Both games center around this story, and Mark Jeffersons twisted hobby. Without Chloe, the game wouldnt have much of a story. These are MY VIEWS, they are NOT CANON even though literally almost every comment is telling me I dont know what the definiton of "protagonist" is., and that all of my views are wrong.

pro·tag·o·nist
prōˈtaɡənəst,prəˈtaɡənəst/
noun
**the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.**

THATS what it means. Not the person you control, or whos eyes you view the story from. Sherlock Holmes is told through Watson's perspective, but the story's protagonist is Sherlock. Bisoshock Infinite is told through Booker's eyes, but the protagonist is Elizabeth.

I made a simple theory that was supposed to be thought provoking, and an interesting outlook on the LiS story arc, but everyone is commenting and telling me that Im flat out wrong and I dont know what a protagonist is. Believe it or not, I did research on the topic and spent a lot of time writing a script for the video I posted, and it took a long time to make. Im a huge fan of the game series, and I came up with a theory. Its not canon, its not solid fact, its a THEORY. So please stop treating it like I said it was a fact.

[Jeckenn]

Max is main character in Life is Strange, Chloe in Before the Storm. Without Max there is no story in the first game because everything revolves around her ability to manipulate time and without that there would be pretty much no story in LiS.

Chloe is a very important character because she grew up with Max from toddler age to around age 13 and then comes back into Chloe's life when they are both 18, and in fact I think the story really does need both girls to be complete, however Max is definitely the protagonist in Life is Strange.

[Ether]

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Max is main character in Life is Strange, Chloe in Before the Storm. Without Max there is no story in the first game because everything revolves around her ability to manipulate time and without that there would be pretty much no story in LiS.

Chloe is a very important character because she grew up with Max from toddler age to around age 13 and then comes back into Chloe's life when they are both 18, and in fact I think the story really does need both girls to be complete, however Max is definitely the protagonist in Life is Strange.

I actually feel as if everything in the first game revolves around Chloe and her mission to find Rachel. This is just a theory of mine, more than anything. Im extremely familiar with the game. Watch my video to see what Im talking about

[Jeckenn]

Yeah I see what you are saying in the video, the story in both games is really about Chloe when you look at it like that but personally in the original game I completely fell for Max and when I played it I saw the game definitely tthrough Max's eyes not Chloe's.

I totally get why Ashly Burch won the award for her voice over for Chloe but honestly I thought Hannah Telle did just as good a job with Max and I thought they both deserved awards for that game.

Oh, and you really should tag that post with spoiler, the video has some very bad spoilers in it..

[Ether]

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Yeah I see what you are saying in the video, the story in both games is really about Chloe when you look at it like that but personally in the original game I completely fell for Max and when I played it I saw the game definitely tthrough Max's eyes not Chloe's.

I totally get why Ashly Burch won the award for her voice over for Chloe but honestly I thought Hannah Telle did just as good a job with Max and I thought they both deserved awards for that game.

I agree, I fell for Max as well. After completing Before The Storm though, it totally changed my view on the first game and its story. I really do believe its about Chloe more than it is about Max.

[Jamboolani]

BOTH of them are main protagonist/main characters of this story as developers say.

In S1 you saw story evolved around them eventually. Even in Before the Storm, Max's presence felt. In, Farewell (upcoming game) despite we are going to control Max in there, Chloe also will be main protagonist/character to because whole story will evolve around them again.

[FleхAir Pootis]

Originally posted by Jamboolani:

Even in Before the Storm, Max's presence felt.

No sh*t it felt. Every single journal entry was devoted to Max, if I remember correct enough.

I also felt like Chloe's line is more important in that series after playing BTS, however she's not so high above Max in that priority list.

If to speak about simple awesomeness, badasseness and such stuff, yeah, Chloe's pretty same to me and many of us, that's why some people like her much more, sometimes unreasonably.

[Ñ]

Originally posted by Kyle:

I actually feel as if everything in the first game revolves around Chloe and her mission to find Rachel.

Felt like that ever since finishing LiS, Chloe has much more story background than Max.

[Ether]

Originally posted by kotjarich:

Originally posted by Jamboolani:

Even in Before the Storm, Max's presence felt.

No sh*t it felt. Every single journal entry was devoted to Max, if I remember correct enough.

I also felt like Chloe's line is more important in that series after playing BTS, however she's not so high above Max in that priority list.

If to speak about simple awesomeness, badasseness and such stuff, yeah, Chloe's pretty same to me and many of us, that's why some people like her much more, sometimes unreasonably.

After playing through LiS 3 times and BTS twice now, it just feels like Max is the supporting act rather than the leading role. I feel as if her powers were really just there to help out Chloe. The entire first game is virtually about helping Chloe finding Rachel. We just play Chloe's story through Max. I love Max and love her arc, but I really think these games are more about Chloe overall. These are my opinions and views though.

[Deusuum]

I agree with things said above. It's Chloe's story, Chloe's problems and Chloe's dreams, and it was designed for us to be Max and evolve Chloe's story through her. But Max turned out very lovely, very alive and trustworthy, so it's the story of Chloe that we make the story of Chloe and Max. In BtS the situation is different - I don't think we have that much control over Chloe's actions and decisions - every time it's still her, and Max's presence is almost not there. And I would say that BtS made me confident about Chloe being the main character of the story of Arcadia Bay. And it is one of the reasons I'd like a direct sequel rather than new characters and story - I want Chloe for she is my favorite character, but I also want Max to get acquainted with her better.

[Chugster]

It depends, she may be the main character, around whom both game's stories revolve but in LIS we play as Max, so Chloe may be the protagonist in BTS and the main character in LIS but Max is the protagonist in LIS.

Protagonist = person we play as but can be different from the main character in the game.

[Dark Angel]

Originally posted by Kyle:

We just play Chloe's story through Max.

Did you saw movie "Sucker Punch"? Because your theory is exactly what this movie trying to convince. And like this movie your theory not working. Main protagonist is person, who we seeing all the time. Whose action we seeing all the time. Whose thoughts we know.
You can't draw random character from background and declare him/her as main protagonist just because you want this. Even if you creator of this movie/game you still CAN'T.
"Oh, looks, guys, main protagonist of this game is Daniel DaCosta. You didn't realize it by yourself? Congratulations, you fools then!"
Of course this GAME is about Chloe. And Warren. And Kate. And VIctoria, Nathan and even Rachel. Maybe even this STORY is about Chloe. Or Rachel. Or Jefferson's sickness. Or Price family. But MAIN PROTAGONIST is Max and only Max.

Same for BtS. Sometimes games/movies have two and more protagonists. But Chloe is not protagonist in LiS and Rachel is not protagonist in BtS.

UPD: Exceptions. Main protagonist of original trilogy of Star Wars is Luke Skywalker. But! Main protagonist of WHOLE hexalogy (all six episodes) is Darth Wader (Anakyn Skywalker).

[Ether]

Originally posted by Dark Angel:

Originally posted by Kyle:

We just play Chloe's story through Max.

Did you saw movie "Sucker Punch"? Because your theory is exactly what this movie trying to convince. And like this movie your theory not working. Main protagonist is person, who we seeing all the time. Whose action we seeing all the time. Whose thoughts we know.
You can't draw random character from background and declare him/her as main protagonist just because you want this. Even if you creator of this movie/game you still CAN'T.
"Oh, looks, guys, main protagonist of this game is Daniel DaCosta. You didn't realize it by yourself? Congratulations, you fools then!"
Of course this GAME is about Chloe. And Warren. And Kate. And VIctoria, Nathan and even Rachel. Maybe even this STORY is about Chloe. Or Rachel. Or Jefferson's sickness. Or Price family. But MAIN PROTAGONIST is Max and only Max.

Same for BtS. Sometimes games/movies have two and more protagonists. But Chloe is not protagonist in LiS and Rachel is not protagonist in BtS.

UPD: Exceptions. Main protagonist of original trilogy of Star Wars is Luke Skywalker. But! Main protagonist of WHOLE hexalogy (all six episodes) is Darth Wader (Anakyn Skywalker).

And you are perfectly able to have that opinion. Im not declaring anyone the protagonist, or saying that my theory is cannon and no one else can say otherwise. Im simply stating my thoughts and my theory on Chloe being more of a main character than Max. Its really Chloe’s story more than Max’s. This discussion wasnt supposed to be an argument, or start any. I just wanted to share my view but everyone is getting butthurt over someone having a different (and logical) view on LiS.

[Dark Angel]

Originally posted by Kyle:

This discussion wasnt supposed to be an argument, or start any. I just wanted to share my view but everyone is getting butthurt over someone having a different (and logical) view on LiS.

Yeah, that's true. :D Welcome to LiS forum. There is almost any of thread become hollywar.

Maybe it looks like my commentary offensive and I SCREAMING on you but I am actually not. I use capital letters only to make focus since bold font is almost invisible. (<<< see that?)
So you are perfectly able to have yours opinion, but still. How you explain we know almost every Max's move, but don't know what are "main character" Chloe doing most of the time? And why it can't be Rachel's story since this character present in both games too? This is rhetorical.
And did you saw this movie or not? I not judge, I just want to know you agreed this story is about "other girl" or you not?

[MADG]

I think she's the main character of Life is Strange as a series.

But she wasn't the main character in the first game.

[Ether]

Originally posted by Dark Angel:

Originally posted by Kyle:

This discussion wasnt supposed to be an argument, or start any. I just wanted to share my view but everyone is getting butthurt over someone having a different (and logical) view on LiS.

Yeah, that's true. :D Welcome to LiS forum. There is almost any of thread become hollywar.

Maybe it looks like my commentary offensive and I SCREAMING on you but I am actually not. I use capital letters only to make focus since bold font is almost invisible. (<<< see that?)
So you are perfectly able to have yours opinion, but still. How you explain we know almost every Max's move, but don't know what are "main character" Chloe doing most of the time? And why it can't be Rachel's story since this character present in both games too? This is rhetorical.
And did you saw this movie or not? I not judge, I just want to know you agreed this story is about "other girl" or you not?

I dont really understand what you are asking. Yes, Ive seen Sucker Punch. It was a horrible movie with cool effects and thats all I got out of it. If you are asking why I think we know Max's moves and not Chloes, I already explained that. We live Chloe's story through Max's eyes.