(SPOILERS) A theory about Steph and Mikey

[Zoey]

Neither of them show up in Life Is Strange, even though Chloe can befriend them, and it seems like they'd warrant at least as much of a mention as Justin when Chloe passes through Blackwell, if they were still around, so where are they?

I mean, the obvious answer is that they were new characters created for BtS, but STILL.

I'd like to think that both of them moved away before LIS began (hopefully not too far apart), so they survive the storm unscathed. Chloe probably gets a text from Steph now and then.

[Spag]

I assume because we dont see Drew either that the issues with Mikey's father increased and they had to move town or something, so that makes more sense in that case. Steph, well....we dont exactly have much of her backstory really so we can only speculate.

[nihilistninja]

Both Chloe and Rachel (March and July 1994) are both over a year older than Max and her LiS classmates (July - November 1995 except for Warren who is from Nov '96 but was that a typo in the end?). My assumption was that Mikey and Steph are in the same age group and so graduated the year prior to Max's enrolement and are off in college.

I always thought Max and Chloe weren't part of the same year at school due to their age difference but Farewell retconned that as they seem to have been doing projects together at one point.

My primary school was a smaller Catholic one and there weren't enough teachers or students to require two classes per year group but too many for just one so they organised a conjuctive class with the top third of each year to pair up. So a combined Year 1 and 2 class, 3 and 4 and so forth.

My new headcanon is that a similar thing was implemented in Max and Choe's elementary (I think that's what it's called in the States?) school since Arcadia is a smaller town.

[Jeckenn]

Mikey seemed like a kid though compared to Chloe and Rachel, so you really think he is off to college?

[Zoey]

Originally posted by nihilistninja:

Both Chloe and Rachel (March and July 1994) are both over a year older than Max and her LiS classmates (July - November 1995 except for Warren who is from Nov '96 but was that a typo in the end?). My assumption was that Mikey and Steph are in the same age group and so graduated the year prior to Max's enrolement and are off in college.

I always thought Max and Chloe weren't part of the same year at school due to their age difference but Farewell retconned that as they seem to have been doing projects together at one point.

My primary school was a smaller Catholic one and there weren't enough teachers or students to require two classes per year group but too many for just one so they organised a conjuctive class with the top third of each year to pair up. So a combined Year 1 and 2 class, 3 and 4 and so forth.

My new headcanon is that a similar thing was implemented in Max and Choe's elementary (I think that's what it's called in the States?) school since Arcadia is a smaller town.

Huh. I'd always thought Chloe was a little older, but they would've been in the same grade if Chloe hadn't dropped out. Max just has one of those faces where she's gonna get carded buying alcohol well into her thirties because she'll still get mistaken for a teenager. Plus, the way Chloe had to grow up a few years early makes her seem older than 19. I didn't realize both of their birthdays had been specified and Max was over a year younger

I don't think any head canon or retcon is necessary though. When small towns like Arcadia Bay have their own schools at all, they typically combine classes at the lower grade levels like that as well, since they don't often have enough students, teachers or classrooms otherwise. They tend not to get split up until high school, so the two of them meeting because they were in the same class makes sense.

If Steph is Chloe's age, then she probably really did leave town, if only for college. Awesome.

Hopefully that creeper Ellicott got flattened tho. Eff that dude

[Zoey]

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Mikey seemed like a kid though compared to Chloe and Rachel, so you really think he is off to college?

Nah, but his dad was homeless and looking for work. If he found work and somewhere to live, it seems likely they'd end leaving Arcadia Bay as a result.

[nihilistninja]

Originally posted by Judiciary:

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Mikey seemed like a kid though compared to Chloe and Rachel, so you really think he is off to college?

Nah, but his dad was homeless and looking for work. If he found work and somewhere to live, it seems likely they'd end leaving Arcadia Bay as a result.

I'd assumed he was just a late bloomer. In any case Mikey was homeless as well and forced to crash in his brother's dormitory. He may have been forced to move when Drew graduated even if his father didn't find work.

Alternatively, if Mikey was even younger than Max he may have been culled from Blackwell when it was reformed into a finishing/seniors only school.

[nihilistninja]

Originally posted by Judiciary:

Huh. I'd always thought Chloe was a little older, but they would've been in the same grade if Chloe hadn't dropped out. Max just has one of those faces where she's gonna get carded buying alcohol well into her thirties because she'll still get mistaken for a teenager. Plus, the way Chloe had to grow up a few years early makes her seem older than 19. I didn't realize both of their birthdays had been specified and Max was over a year younger

I don't think any head canon or retcon is necessary though. When small towns like Arcadia Bay have their own schools at all, they typically combine classes at the lower grade levels like that as well, since they don't often have enough students, teachers or classrooms otherwise. They tend not to get split up until high school, so the two of them meeting because they were in the same class makes sense.

If Steph is Chloe's age, then she probably really did leave town, if only for college. Awesome.

Hopefully that creeper Ellicott got flattened tho. Eff that dude

Yeah, 18 months difference in Max and Chloe's age. It means that that first Halloween photo of them both as cookies was taken shortly after Max turned 6, so they'd been friends for over half Max's life by the time she moved to Seattle. She probably never had any memories of a time she wasn't friends with Chloe.

[Deusuum]

Originally posted by Judiciary:

Originally posted by Jeckenn:

Mikey seemed like a kid though compared to Chloe and Rachel, so you really think he is off to college?

Nah, but his dad was homeless and looking for work. If he found work and somewhere to live, it seems likely they'd end leaving Arcadia Bay as a result.

Also maybe Drew's sports career was a success, and he managed to take his brother and dad closer to him. Come on, guys, why not give a good life to one character at least!