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love them so much <33

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Max wondering where Chloe's fearlessness comes from while having so little fear about trespassing makes me feel so many things.

Max always comments on how fearless Chloe is, but when push comes to shove, Chloe isn't really any braver than she is. Chloe is just more confident in her own abilities.

We see that here with Max's reaction the "No Trespassing" sign. Someone who wasn't a bit of a rebel would be nervous that they were trespassing on someone's private property since that could very well led to jailtime.

But Max isn't scared. She says "Watch Us" with the confidence of someone who's done this 100 times before. Because she's far braver than she gives herself credit for.

We see this again with the dark room. It would perfectly reasonable in most people's minds if Max didn't want to explore a weird bunker in the middle of nowhere. But she does. Because she wants answers to what happened to Kate and Rachel even if that endangers her...and that's absolutely bravery.

Max is brave. She might not see it, but the players and Chloe can. Her thoughts about herself are just another example of her being an unreliable narrator, which is part of why I love Max's character so much. It's so interesting to play as a character who doesn't have a strong sense of self, and as someone who loves meta, it's always neat to compare what Max thinks of herself to what we actually see in the game. Spoiler Alert: Those things often don't align.

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"pricefield isn't canon" what is this. no normal person writes THIS about their best friend im sorry it just

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missing sean so bad i made him in the sims 😭😭

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wolf brothers!!!

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max!!!!!! still getting used to digital art

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am i onto something guysies

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not sure if im satisfied with this, but its like my first finished digital drawing ever!! i always do traditional 😭😭

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Honestly I headcanon that Max has never given two thoughts about any part of her identity and forgets that people don’t know what she knows which means she forgets to tell people.

She’s super anxious about asking for a new camera for her birthday but forgot to come out to her parents because it didn’t seem like a big deal to her. Scared to speak up in class but forgets that Chloe doesn’t know she got diagnosed with autism.

I just imagine her parents sitting her down and asking her, “is there something you want to tell us?” Because she’s been obviously dating Chloe for months but she’s sitting there like ‘well I told them that I was bi and dating Chloe…, Right?….Oops’

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We all know Lisa from lis 1. Max’s plant that you may or may not water. Just a fun little ‘this action will have consequences’ jump scare, right?

It WAS until Before the Storm where we get a similar choice in Chloe’s room. Except if you choose to water it then Chloe will water it with a can of soda, figuring it’s better than nothing, killing the plant. On the surface this might seem to support Chloe’s insecurity that she expresses during her and Rachel’s argument in the junkyard where Chloe expresses that she only ever hurts people she cares about and screws everything up. That’s probably how Chloe sees it. But that’s not how I see it. How I see it is that in order to properly nurture something, you need to use the right method. Like how in the junkyard and Rachel’s room Chloe learns that the best way to comfort Rachel is to give her space and just be there for her, which goes against Chloe’s instincts. Something that might seem good in the moment is actually harmful in the long run. This reminds me of Chloe’s dream/vision of William when he talks about how the intense and destructive beauty of fire (Rachel) can blind you to the calmer and consistent beauty of the stars (Max) (this is not about a ship war, I swear. That’s just the messaging that I feel like the game is trying to tell us).

Chloe and Rachel’s relationship is not the healthiest. They did need each other for a time, and we see in the comics that there is a timeline where they end up having an amazing relationship, but it was pretty clear that in our canon timeline the longer their friendship/situationship lasted the more harmful it was becoming. Something that seemed good at first but in the long run would metaphorically kill them. If Rachel wasn’t killed then their whole relationship probably would’ve went up in flames.

Now we come back to Max. She’s the stars. She waters Lisa with water. She and Chloe are what each other needs in the long run. They’re what each other needs to live and thrive

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happy girlfriend day to these sillies and my gf!! i love my gf so munch

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oops!

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"lesbians for a free Palestine"

downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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he thought school was for one day only! he MAD!!

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shes just like me fr i love her

I love Max’s ‘well I guess we’re doing this now’ energy about everything. She has control over time? Alright, cool. Pointing guns at drug dealers ? Kinda freaked out but sure. Chloe dares her to kiss her? Literally jumps at the chance.

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i recently replayed bts and i have never seen this goofy picture of chloe 😭😭

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they really missed out on the opportunity to make max caulfield a reporter/photojournalist. like think about it she's nosy af why not get paid to investigate people's lives and file foia requests?