The Mystery of Chloe Price [Life is Strange Theory] 

There are three times in the game Cloe CAN be shot, she has a necklace with three bullets on it. I don't think this is a coincidence either.

I've noticed something I thought was interesting. Max is a photographer (bear with me here). In the old days, many Native Americans believed that having a photograph taken of you meant that the photographer was stealing your soul. ->Max only gets her powers after she snaps a photo of the blue butterfly.

I love how much depth there is to this game and not everyone will even notice that. Chloe having no regard for disabled people and then ending up disabled herself in another life...The whole thing is very interesting

Is it weird that I have nostolgia rewatching this now? Also I was right.

But nobody could have predicted what Mr. Jefferson did. That shit was crazy!

*stares in disbelief at the accuracy of this video*

Holy crap, did you predict all of this before all five episodes were out? I'm blown away by how accurate you were. Amazing job on catching all the symbolism, too.

This got me thinking, she parked over two disabled parking spots, wanted to take the money for the handicapped fund, then (SPOILER) She became disabled in the alternate world at the end of the third episode....

It is amazing how your mind works. I sometimes wonder if developers watch these things and go"Oh shit that is cool. I just liked that color"

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I think it's so ironic that Chloe parks her car in 2 handicap spaces, and the game even gives you an option to steal from the handicap fund (while Chloe insists that they should) when in an alternate universe Chloe herself is handicapped. Intense foreshadowing early on in the game, love it.

I wouldn't be surprised if Chloe had to die in the end to fix everything. Why? Because in the game she keeps saying I'm never leaving you to Max. Whenever a character says this, I always get an uneasy feeling because that's usually foreshadowing something big in the future of the game. I really hope I'm wrong and that doesn't happen, because Chloe and Max are so cute together :3

I think Chloe is going to end up as the main antagonist of the game. By saving her in the bathroom, you give her a change to flap her wings. She eventually gets some power like Max, and causes the cyclone. Maybe this is out of revenge for something Nathan or others did to her and Max (i.e. getting Max kicked out of school, ruining their reputation/lives. which Nathan has the power to do with his money). To stop Chloe and save the town, you let her die in the bathroom. This causes it all to stop and create a "Good ending" for as many people as possible. The game becomes about Max's struggle to live her life in the moment and not be caught up in changing everything to her liking. It is an experience that teaches her to be more open and accepting of herself, and she ends up handing in that photo she tears up at the start of the game. Max moves on from what is keeping her held down, which probably has something to do with Chloe and mystery girl.

Oh my god this makes perfect sense. Especially how.. [[SPOILER ALERT]] When Max rewinds back to the day William dies and saves him, she comes back to the present and everything is all messed up. My bet is that she's going to have to go back and let him die to fix everything, but then with that- it 100% makes sense that she'll realize that in order to fix everything for good, she's going to have to go back and let Chloe die too. Welp I hope we're both wrong because if Chloe dies it's going to rip my heart out of my chest. Quite possibly the most upsetting video game death for me since Lee Everett in The Walking Dead.

you were close. But Nathan did answer for his crimes in the end. That's why Chloe had to die, so Nathan would be caught red handed, and rat out the photography teacher, who turns out to be a serial killer.

Chloe's trunk is on two handicapped slot. It all makes sense when you think about what happen next. The developers planned everything

*DANGER: MY ENGLISH WILL MAKE YOU CRY* Now all my doubts point to the phrase "Think like a man". What does it *exactly* mean? Psichologists say that men and women think differently, women being more imaginative and intuitive and men being more realistic and methodic about life and society (through this is not a rule). Maybe it is related to Rachel and Chloe's dream about going to Los Angeles getting scrapped, making Chloe frustrated, less imaginative and more realistic... like a man. Maybe the blue bird represents Chloe when she used to think "like a woman" and the blue butterfly, that can only be blue if it's a male, represents Chloe thinking "like a man" through I'm not 100% positive about that. One think that keeps me thinking is how you can save the bird just as you can save Chloe, by rewinding. What if there is some sort of dimensional mind-break and Chloe actually exist on two realities just because she was supposed to die in one of them? That would explain her having two spiritual animals, one coming from a *window* alive (butterfly) and the other one dying at a *window* (bird). So why are there two spiritual animals representing Chloe on the same universe? Well, maybe two parallel universes mixed or something, you know this game is just as strange as life is and I'm really expecting a breath-taking plot twist. Whatever, I think I'm missing something important up there but that's the biggest part I wanted to get out of my head.

I think Chloe NEEDS to die. Like the universe is upset she didnt die when she was supposed to its trying to get her every chance it gets. Think about it, she shoots the bumper, dead. Train tracks, dead. She's going to die in this game, i can already SMELL it.

Damn you were right

*SPOILER* After Kate died, Victoria's slate at the dorm reads, "wherever you are, there I am."

Just my crazy theory about this game : Max and Rachel are the same person. Not sure, could be multiple personality disorder, space-time warp or other things. Notice the similarity between two selfies : Max-Chloe and Rachel-Chloe : Position of Max's tied hair-Rachel's feather ear ring, Max and Rachel both have blue eyes. Chloe says "Rachel saved me". Max saves her too, twice and probably will do that again. Max and Rachel are both Chloe's savior because they are the same person. Max never contacted Chloe after she left to Seattle, well, why would she do that for? She was always with Chloe, under Rachel disguise. Chloe says Rachel's parents in denial. Does she know them personally or just heard some rumors? How if Rachel's parents never exist? This could be the reason why Sergeant Shithead is paranoid, maybe he knows Rachel's parents never exist but never tells anyone. He's afraid everybody will laugh at him. Or he's a conspiracy theorist who thinks Rachel is a CIA agent in disguise bla bla bla. And the local cop is too busy licking Prescott family's rich asses, they never care much to search a missing person so they never realize such a person never exists. In the cafe where her mom works, Chloe jokes about Max could make a move on her and rewound time after that so she couldn't remember. Max replies like "Yep I did that." Max's sub-consciousness tells the truth? She indeed did that to Chloe... as Rachel? Max got her scholarship in July 2013. That's about two months after Rachel's disappearance. I think Max (Rachel) suddenly suffered amnesia in May 2013 (possibly accident or using powers too much). Oh, and the incoming hurricane, probably is the consequence for Max who plays God.

Does anyone remember the men in black three movie, where that prophet alien guy with the sweaters and stuff says "Where there is death, there will always be death." In that movie, Agent K I think was going to die. Agent J saved him, but his father died instead of K. When someone was suppose to die, someone will die. In life in strange, that is the same thing. Chloe was suppose to die in the bathroom by Nathan, but Max interrupted it, and changed it. Four days later, the hurricane will come. One way to change it might actually be the death of Chloe, or someone else. Where there is death, there always will be death. That's my theory. ~Miss Dork

This may sound weird but I believe Chloe saved Max's life. This video actually gave me a little bit of insight to use in that theory. I'm kinda thinking up the details as I'm writing so I hope I make sense. contains spoilers. So it is widely accepted that the blue butterfly is Chloe's spirit animal. or spirit. as is implied by its appearance in the sacrifice Chloe ending. Anyway so if this is the case why did it appear in the bathroom before Chloe was even dead? The butterfly was in fact the direct cause of Chloe's death. If max hadn't been distracted by the butterfly Nathan would have discovered Max in there and the confrontation between Nathan and Chloe would never have happened. and since Chloe was right behind Nathan it is likely that Chloe and Max would have reunited shortly after. either in the bathroom or the halls. So if that were to happen I think events would play out from there pretty similarly to how they played out in the game. Chloe and Max would have rekindled their friendship and go on to investigate Rachel's disappearance which would have led them to her grave. Chloe would have been killed by Mr. Jefferson and Max would have been captured and been his next victim. what's even more interesting ( as this video pointed out) is that the rose on her tattoo represents sacrifice, or in this case self sacrifice, and Nathan shot the skull on her shirt in the exact spot Chloe was shot by Mr Jefferson. I also believe that's why there isn't an alternate ending where Max can sacrifice herself for Chloe (which ironically is an ending that I've put a lot of thought into and this theory completely shuts it down) because if she tried, Chloe would simply sacrifice herself again creating an endless loop. Chloe can't stop herself or Max from dying. Only Max has the power to make that choice. which Chloe even says at the end of the game. "I can't make this Choice!" "No Max... you're the only one who can." It's probably wrong and I'm sure there are holes I overlooked but it's fun to think about.. Food for thought. Thanks for reading.

I feel as if Chloe was meant to die... First she gets shot by Nathan, then she almost dies by getting hit by a train, in another reality she gets paralyzed and doesn't have long to live, then Jefferson kills her. As much as I hate to say it I think Chloe might get killed off but even if she doesn't there's still the tornado coming to Arcadia bay who's to say that wont kill Chloe too tbh I think there might be an Ultimatum deciding whether to save Arcadia or Chloe. Ugh this sucks I just want her to live :/

You're the only RU-vidr that I can actually understand when it comes to theories and how it's in very detailed order! :D

It just makes me wonder, if Chloe was supposed to die at the beginning why did Max suddenly discover the power to rewind time right when she wanted to save her. Also, letting Chloe die after you had to go through all this kind of feels like a betrayal - for what reason did I even play the game then if everything I did was for absolutely nothing? And what about Max? She still has all those memories of what she went through. During the ending where Arcadia Bay gets destroyed she at least has a friend by her side who went through the same together with her (also, people say that no one in the town survived but how can we know for sure - the game never shows conclusive information about that). During the ending where Chloe dies Max still has all those memories but she is completely alone with it because to the other people it never happened. I still need to finish playing through the game myself and though I tend towards picking the ending where Chloe dies since it was probably the rather intended "good" ending for the game I am still not completely sure if I actually will go for it. Mainly because of of that feeling of betrayal - "here, have a game in which absolutely nothing you do matters and before the last credits roll you will end up at the beginning anyways. We hope you enjoyed your massive kick in the balls."

We are all thinking that Max has visions of the tornado but... what if they are not visions but memories? Is it possible that Max has already lived through the tornado and discovered her power in the future and somehow rewind time to the beginning of the week? That somehow Max loses her memory? It's interesting but very improbable xD. I think I have been reading far too much theories...

So, this occurred to me after finishing the game, so i can't discuss it without warning people about SPOILERS!!! In one of the endings Max goes back in time to the bathroom with the help of the butterfly-photo, she does nothing and let's Chloe be killed. Another choice makes her rip the photo and they drive away from destroyed Arcadia Bay. Couldn't the two options be combined to have the best of both worlds? Max saves the photo as they leave the destroyed city. Then they live a long happy life as a married to each other and when they're both old and weak, Max goes back in time with the photo and saves the city. They would have had a long happy life together instead before and still save Arcadia Bay, if they didn't rip the photo and if Max would have her powers all her life... I'm not sure if others have thought of this, but i think it could have been worth considering...

I'm usually a silent observer, but I feel compelled to comment! I just love your videos! The fact that you think and research so throughly is just amazing to me! I love hearing your theories, and I love even more how detailed you get

"She doesn't offer any, which is bad weed etiquette" That was so funny to hear.

This is a semi spoiler of episode 3's ending I think you're right about having to let Chloe die because at the end of ep 3 Max can travel back in time via pictures. And remember the butterfly picture max took in the bathroom before it happened. I think you will have to travel there.

"The studio is French, so it's gonna be deep." xD you've got that right. I really enjoyed this analysis, perhaps more so because you don't get too deep into what-if's and simply point out a few things with the gender of spirit animals and such. Looking forward to checking out more of your stuff :)

Great theory video, as usual Mari. I loved that you included the weed etiquette if only because it's the only thing I caught onto with Chloe. One question though, do you think that Chloe's death will happen no matter what in the end or that it will be a choice for Max to decide whether Chloe will live for better or worse? Always impressed by your research and deduction skills, excited to see how it plays out!

Why Mari? Why are you doing this...? It all makes sense and I hate that....I don't want Chloe to die T___T But the video is still awesome!! It's so cool how deep you go into stuff like that. Thanks to you there is a complete different way to look at games like this one, it's amazing! :)

Blue is the warmest color

I caught the butterfly symbolism, but godDAMN. Chloe's quite possibly the best character design in the history of anything ever. Subscribed!

One thing i noticed was that during the lighthouse scene, Chloe isn't wearing her jacket. However during Max's vision at the lighthouse she is wearing a black jacket. might be quite insignificant but its still quite odd

Very intelligent observations about the colors and equilibrium of life. I'm thinking good people have to be sacrificed and die for bad people to face their karma. If it's not with Chloe's death, then the hurricane must be the other way. Also black and white have powerful meanings associated with them. Black representing power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery while white represents light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. Notice how Chloe wears these during the part where she gets deep into her story. While she wears a black jacket, she talks about Rachel and the much negativity that was dwelling in her life, that is her coat of black. When Max finally comes back into her room, Chloe no longer is wearing her black coat, she starts showing more of her brighter side and you can see how she can be likeable and the good in her, smiling a lot more. Deep within that white, there is still blackness. I'm thinking we get to uncover that more as we progress through the episodes. The skull with black outlines being painted on white could symbolize that death is the needed evil to balance out the white. My theory is, without Chloe's death, the corruption of the rich keeps on going, snowballing and becoming into something much bigger and that really explains the hurricane being there to balance it out, wiping a corrupt community because Max unintentionally let it grow in size. As I stated, death balances out the white, innocence, and now without that necessary evil, everyone, including the innocent and pure has to suffer for it due to imbalance.

I can’t believe this was 6 years ago, I remember how much life your LIS theory videos gave me 😂 it’s so nostalgic now

Holy crap you got a so much of this game correct through observations. But screw that! Chloe lives in my game!

#MariWasRight2k15

I think you are absolutely right. I don't know if I necessarily agree about Chloe being a man or any indication of; I think those are just subtle references to the fact that she is gay and had an intimate relationship with Rachel. (Also definitely the reason Rachel didn't feel like she could tell Chloe anything about her relationships with other men, because Chloe was a possessive girlfriend!)

WOW! Mari, I've been watching all (or at least many) of your Life is strange-analysis vids now. So impressed by your analysis, depth of thought and wisdom. Just picked one randomly to comment ALL of them.

I gotta admit that your resolutions about the Chloe story and background are pretty darn deep but yet interesting, im looking forward for more videos with this kinda thoughts!

I just played episode 4 and I am truly amazed by your fan theory! o: You did a great job on researching!

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. (This game just went full Donnie Darko. You can find a copy of it in Max' room.)

holy smokes.... the research gone into this single video. Miss Holmes... you have officially given me goosebumps

I have a feeling that the person the Rachel met before she left was max.

I've just noticed that in the principles office there is a stuffed crow (or statue) I looked into this and this is what it said 'The power of this bird is sign of luck, it is also associated with the archetype of the trickster; be aware of deceiving appearances' I just thought how he might be working along with Nathan the thing what mostly stuck out for me was deceiving appearances probably about him being against Max.

Can I just say that the Life is Strange theories and analysis videos are what brought me to Geek Remix? Now they are one of my favourite channels! So...thank you!

I love how you went into detail on this. Really nice job and a really interesting theory. I just can't wait for episode 5! :)

**EP5 SPOILERS BELOW:** OHHHH so that's why choosing to sacrifice Chloe stops the tornado from happening! The butterfly effect never triggers in the first place. It's now a finite, deterministic timeline with one outcome: Nathan being unable to use his money to hide his crimes and people finding out the eventual truth about the Darkroom, etc. It's not chaos theory anymore. It's just one timeline. This explains so much. I was very confused on how sacrificing Chloe simply stopped the tornado from occurring. Now I know. Thanks so much. Can't believe you called this in Feb 2015. Huge props.

at :42 her smoke appears to be a heart.

Omg as this video progresses I get more and more chills!!! Really good insight, wow!!!

So I just started watching your let's play of Episode 2, and decided to go back to watch the fan theory videos from between the episodes. I have to say, holy shit, Mari. I love in depth analysis and little symbolic things. Seeing a game that took such care to do these things makes me incredibly happy, as does you taking the time to decode them.

This woman's quick wit, intelligence, and cognitive ability put mine to shame! Bravo!

That's like some BioShock intimate shit right there

This is so good, not seen anything else but I'v'e subbed - hopefully there's more content by Mari, her research, script and even voice over are sublime.

This video is wonderful! Thanks for making me think of maybe details I missed!

CALLED IT STOP CALLING IT I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND ITS FABULOUS! I also enjoy how you didn't assume Chloe's gender identity good on you.

"and the studio is french, so you know, it's gotta be deep, and complicated". I'm french and I didn't know that we have those kind of labels... that I actually find cool :P

Time to binge these Life is Strange theories for nostalgia's sake ♡

Some things were obvious, some things were predictable, you put out in the open EVERYTHING. Chapeau.

Did you hear about the Life is Strange TV Series?

You're just right, Geek Remix! :) Your researches are amazing! I'm subscribing :D

I can't remember the last time I've been impressed this much. Thank you for this Video! I will definetly share this with my Students!

The amount of research and explanation you went through this theory is astounding!

I believe you a correct. Great video, yes very deep stuff. Its a game that makes you think and that is refreshing to see.

Sorry but I call BS on this one. Most of this stuff is simply called graphic design and is not that important. And I think we shouldn't overthink this as much, may get disappointed later

Great video, it was very informative. I didn't realize there was this much symbolism in the game. I subscribed, and liked your video.

Yo! Sick video. Love all the detail that went into it. Amazing job

wow, i am amazed that you figured it out perfectly in advance.

You were eerily close. Kudos.

its amazing that you summed up; the whole game, and important points just from the first episode.

Woah, this is very in-depth and accurate, considering that you made this video 8 months before Ep 5. You work your cog wheels damn well. It's amazing how spot-on your theory is even though we didn't know what "canon" was back in February.

maybe i was watching too many game of thrones episodes, but i can't help but to think: "she stole another life from the manyfaced god" every single time when max saved someone. and i believe that he will get his lives, some way or another.

What if the tornado is the result of Max's time travelling? Like on the film Minutemen when they time travel too much and end up creating a black hole...

You are so good at what you do. I'm glad you already have an account where people can pay you for your videos!!

Cool theories! I think that most of this analysis might be spot on. Thanks for maikng this video since it's hard to let go of this fantastic game after you've finished it :)

Based on your theory, this really reminds me of Persona 3 with the way it seems to be handling life and death. Without spoiling too much, let's just say there are NUMEROUS occasions where one's death is for the better. Damn... just remembered how much I love Persona 3. :D

if you're right about even half of these theories, i'm gonna lose my mind, how do people even THINK of such tiny details to create foreshadowing??

I'm super excited for the remake! and i hope your LIS theories and analysis become viral again when it releases

Excellent analysis! Thank you for your work!

RIP blue lady! T_T what a ride... making grown men wanna cry too...

Your so smart at this

Ahhhh what a throwback! I remember watching tons of fan theories after each episode, OMG. I wish I could rewind back time to play this game again without knowing what will happen and watch all these videos again.

That was awesome! I loved how intricate this theory was

WEED EDICT OMFG THAT KILLED ME

From the description of the Blue Jay's symbolism, I think that it is actually Max's spirit animal, as she travels in an out of different time lines, where people are sometimes dead, or not dead, compared to the timeline she lives in. Hence, travelling to the land of the dead to help her sister...this being either Chloe or Rachel :) Spirit sisters ;)

You're awesome +Geek Remix. :) I really like watching this. Next time I play I'll try to keep a look out for the symbolism.

This makes so much sense and is so awesome! Amazing job on this theory subscribed ^u^.

Spoiler alert, Chloe is reincarnated as the blue butterfly, she is the blue butterfly and she is trying to tell Max not to use her power to save her but first playthough you dont listen...

Holy shit. If being a conspiracy theorist were a profession, you would be the best

I really enjoyed this video, letting it wash over me with an open mind but still of course mostly attached to my own intense experience with the game. What an amazing game. Very cool in-depth interpretations of the colors right here though. Thank you

This is a pretty awesome video. Thank you!

((THIS IS TRUE, if you don't believe me, watch a video of the ending at episode 2)) Towards the end of episode 2, Chloe mentions how much she wants to "drop a bomb on Arcadia Bay and turn into into glass", in other words, she wants the town destroyed. Right after Chloe said that, Max got the vision of the rain and the tornado, then Max lost conscious. But when she awoke, it started to snow and ever since, strange things happened. I think Chloe is the cause of the end of the world.

That was some deep shit. Nice study.

Wowser, you are pretty smart! And it's mind-blowing, that the Dortnod guys made such an astonishing job at researching and stuff!

Woah. That's a really interesting analysis, and basically gives away the end of the game. And after only one episode. Good job.

I got still hope for life is strange 2 and Chloe to come back :'(