History FanficRecs / LifeIsStrange

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* Tags: Max Stayed in Arcadia Bay AU, Big Sprawling AU, Pricefield is Not the Main Pairing in This, Second POV, I Just Have a Lot of Feelings and HeadCanons, Autistic!Max\\\

* Comments: An AU in which Max is a trans girl, Mark Jefferson does not exist, and Max's powers never manifest. First in the [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/714615 Perrenials series]]. Has a [[Fanfic/{{Bloom}} tropes page]].

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11608349/1/The-Hospital-Ending The Hospital Ending]] by IsraelBlargh

* Status: Dormant

* Comments: Despite a few rough edges, this story has a unique and intriguing premise that will make you want to read it again, and again. Perhaps the best thing about this story is how well the author is able to balance everything; Chloe does not feel overshadowed by her hyper-competent back-from-the-dead best friend, and Max's actions are played with equal awesomeness and horror.

* Comments: Despite a few rough edges, this story has a unique and intriguing premise that will make you want to read it again, and again. Perhaps the best thing about this story is how well the author is able to balance everything; Chloe does not feel overshadowed by her back-from-the-dead best friend, and Max's actions are played with equal awesomeness and horror.

* Comments: Sacrifice Max, with a familiar start, but with an unexpected and heartwarming ending. Chloe's characterization and the choices she makes are portrayed realistically.

* Status: Concluded

* Synopsis: At age thirteen, Max's powers Emerged. Identified as a Special, one of a tiny handful of people with amazing abilities, she is forcibly recruited and studied by the government. Though her life grows ever darker, she clings to one hope: to someday be reunited with her best friend Chloe. [Major AU. FederalAgent!Max. Pricefield. Rated M for sex, violence and naughty words.

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* Status: Dormant

* Recommended by: Euric87

* Comments: **Spoilers** Sacrifice Max will always be my preferred ending to Life Is Strange, and The Final Choice is the best written example of that ending that I have been able to find.

* Comments: **Spoilers** Sacrifice Max will always be my preferred ending to Life Is Strange, and The Final Choice is the best written example of it that I have ever found.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5074993/ All Wounds]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Destiny_Smasher/pseuds/Destiny_Smasher Destiny_Smasher]]
* Recommended by: starlight456

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5038093 there was another life I might have had, but I am having this one]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/theappleppielifestyle/pseuds/theappleppielifestyle theapplepielifestyle]]
* Recommended by: Scify, Arakhor
* Status: Complete (first in a series)
* Synopsis: Post-Episode 5. Max has made her choice, and now she has to live with it. Something of a study on regrets and how even if a choice is the right one, it doesn't mean living with it is easy.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6164365 Better Then]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/IsraelBlargh/pseuds/IsraelBlargh IsraelBlargh]]
* Recommended by: Tsunoba, CorpDelta, {{@/Ahiijny}}

* Synopsis: Chloe has been dead for five months, and Max can no longer live with the choice she made. She's tried to go back, but her powers are gone. Or are they just dormant? Could she trigger them again with the right motivation? She can only think of one way to find out. Drama/Thriller with time-traveling mind twisters and tons of Pricefield. Inspired by [=KoetheKoethe=] and his awesome music.
* Pairings: Maxine Caulfield/Chloe Price
* Tags: Time travel mind twisters, Regret and guilt, Badass Max, Spirit Animals, Oodles of gay love but no smut ya perverts\\\

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4194426/chapters/9474354 Saving Victoria Chase (again and again and again)]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/cinnamonsnaps/pseuds/cinnamonsnaps cinnamonsnaps]]
* Recommended by: Discar, TexasDex
* Status: Concluded
* Synopsis: For one snobbish perfectionist, Victoria sure does attract a lot of everyday accidents.
* Pairings: Maxine Caulfield/Victoria Chase
* Tags: Time travel, no storm, Chasefield


''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10883931 All the Scars you Cannot See]]'' by Vengesim
* Recommended by: TexasDex

* Synopsis: It's been two weeks since Max made the choice to sacrifice Chloe. It was the right choice, rationally. It was the choice Chloe would have choose. It's just not the choice Max can live with.
* Pairing: Max/Chloe

[[folder: AlternateUniverse]]
''Stories where one fundamental aspect of the series is completely overhauled from its point of origin.''

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4466672 Pawprints]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/thehaakun/pseuds/thehaakun thehaakun]]
* Recommended by: Sean Devine
* Status: Dormant
* Synopsis: Based off of: “I’m a newly-turned werewolf without a pack and i can’t really control myself well on full moon nights yet and you keep finding me passed out naked on your lawn” AU.
* Pairing(s): Maxine Caulfield/Chloe Price
* Tags: Werewolf!AU, pricefield\\\

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4013296 we are the wild youth]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Dandybear/pseuds/Dandybear Dandybear]]
* Recommended by: Sean Devine

* Synopsis: adolescence is hard, you stumble and get hurt-- you hurt others, especially the ones you love most. but, you learn and grow, and four years later you're a completely different person. AU Where Max stays in Arcadia Bay and William lives, but at what cost? Spans 4-ish years.
* Pairing(s): Maxine Caulfield/Victoria Chase
* Tags: Max Stayed in Arcadia Bay AU, Big Sprawling AU, Pricefield is Not the Main Pairing in This, Second POV, I Just Have a Lot of Feelings and HeadCanons, Autistic!Max\\\

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4564077 Marbles On Glass]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Denni/pseuds/Denni Denni]]
* Recommended by: Akromatic
* Status: Dormant
* Synopsis: Nathan doesn't know what he deserves--but it's not this. It's not a room full of people who aren't looking at him like he's a monster. (Or: Nathan saves Max and makes friends.) Takes place directly after episode four.
* Pairing(s): Warren Graham/Nathan Prescott, Maxine Caulfield/Victoria Chase
* Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Borderline Personality Disorder, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV Multiple, Slow Build, Mostly Gen, Found Family, Mental Health Issues, Time Travel\\\

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7615678 The Games You Play]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mogatrat/pseuds/Mogatrat Mogatrat]]/[[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Recourse/pseuds/Recourse Recourse]]
* Recommended by: Scify

* Synopsis: Chloe Price, the sorceress who was cast aside. Victoria Chase, the witch who casts no spells. Frank Bowers, the spell-seller with the pet dragon. Mark Jefferson, the monster hiding in plain sight. Rachel Amber has found all the magical curiosities of Blackwell Academy. With hopes of rising above them all, she weaves a web of love and lies. Until a single strand snaps, and everything starts to unravel.
* Pairings: Rachel Amber/Chloe Price, Rachel Amber/Victoria Chase, Rachel Amber/Frank Bowers
* Tags: Alternative Universe - Witches, Angst, Ambiguous Relationships, Depression, Mental Illness, Self-Harm, Body Horror
* Comments: First story of the on-going [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/518185 Book and Candle]] series. Fantasy AU that follows the beats of the original story without feeling like a retread. The second story ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7750162 A Chronic Desire]]) focuses on the burgeoning relationship between Victoria and Max, which begins when Max comes to the Chase estate to start her apprenticeship with Victoria's father. The third ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7990924 Presumed Lost]]) is about Chloe's time in the Wild, where she meets a young druid named Kate. The fourth (and, apparently, final) story ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8173985 Specter's Bargain]]) seems to be the synthesis of the plot threads from the first three, and kicks off when Chloe finally arrives at the Chase estate.\\\

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8539240/chapters/19577263 Bloom]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mogatrat/pseuds/Mogatrat Mogatrat]]
* Recommended by TheMountainKing

* Synopsis: Maxwell Caulfield left Arcadia Bay, leaving a devastated best friend in the dark. Maxine Caulfield returns five years later, terrified that people will remember her, doing anything to avoid seeing Chloe again and having to explain herself; she just wants to be like any normal girl. But Rachel Amber picks her out of the crowd immediately, and seems unusually interested in getting to know Max, finding a place to fit her into her life, and Max is totally helpless before her substantial charms. Little does Max know about Rachel's ultimate plans for her...
* Pairings: Rachel Amber/Maxine Caulfield/Chloe Price
* Tags: Trans!Max, Trans Female Character, Polyamory, Bullying. Anxiety, Implied/Referenced Sexual Harassment, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, No Mark Jefferson, Alternative Universe - Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies, mostly happy, Panic Attacks, Recreational Drug Use, Eventual Sexual Content, Dysphoria, Slow Burn, Date Rape Drug/Roofies, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Abortion, Internalized Homophobia, Mental Illness, Depression, Threesome
* Comments: An AU in which Max is a trans girl, Mark Jefferson does not exist, and Max's powers never manifest. First in the [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/714615 Perrenials series]]. Has a [[Fanfic/{{Bloom}} tropes page]].


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[[folder:Shipping Fics]]
''Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.''

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6850537 Cockroaches]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mogatrat/pseuds/Mogatrat Mogatrat]]
* Recommended by: Scify

* Synopsis: After Nathan kills Max in the bathroom, Chloe is left alone in Arcadia Bay and spiraling down fast. Victoria inserting herself into Chloe's life does her no favors. At first.
* Pairings: Victoria Chase/Chloe Price
* Tags: Suicidal Themes, Sacrifice Max, Unhealthy Relationship, Abuse, Substance Abuse, Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Verbal Abuse, Dirty Talk, Hate Sex, Masochism, unhealthy masochism, Masturbation, Suicide Attempt, Mental Illness, Depression, Healing, Angst with a Happy Ending
* Comments: First part of the [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/479674 We Shall All Be Healed]] series. Like most of Recourse's work, starts off very dark but gets lighter. Seriously, pay attention to the tags.\\\


[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/6009742/chapters/13797751 Gun, With Occasional Hella ]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/GeneralIrritation/pseuds/GeneralIrritation GeneralIrritation]]
* Recommended by: RedJade

* Synopsis: In 2013, Chloe Price's life was saved by an old friend. In 2018, Chloe's in Arcadia Bay... and in a whole mess of trouble on both sides of the law.
* Pairings: Max/Chloe
* Part one of [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/418537 The Girls Who Broke the World ]]. At first a reader could start to assume that this fic is a dark crime AU but it is a continuation of the game with the ending many wish was an option, one where Max tries to sacrifice herself in the bathroom instead of choosing between her and the town. The Arcadia Bay of 2018 is wonderfully dark and there is a lot of world building put into it, a lot of surprising but believable turns on where the charterers have ended up, but really the highest praise I can give this fic is that it actually made me like Nathan\\\

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10851525 One Request]]'' by Valkyriav

* Synopsis: Post Sacrifice Chloe ending. After rewriting history again, Max is immediately thrust into the new present with Chloe's funeral the following morning. She has one small request for Warren before the funeral.
* Pairing: Max/Warren \\\

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5041915 Postscript]] by unknown ([[http://archiveofourown.org/users/orphan_account/pseuds/orphan_account orphaned account]])
* Recommended by: Discar

* Synopsis: An epilogue, takes place roughly over a year after the events of [=LiS=].
* Pairings: Max/Chloe\\\

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5606038 Saving Grace]]'' by buzzbuzz34
* Recommended by: @/Clatolawa

* Synopsis: After sacrificing her best friend, Chloe Price, in order to save the town of Arcadia Bay, Max Caulfield struggles to move on and accept the reality she now inhabits. Kate Marsh steps in to help her friend cope with the loss and eventually finds out that there is more to Max than she thought.
* Pairing: Max/Kate\\\

[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/415021 Seconds]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/415021 Seasons]] by midnight neverland
* Recommended by: @/ClatoLawa
* Status: Complete
* Synopsis: Two series of drabbles taking place during the year after Chloe's death, told from Warren and Max's perspectives respectively.
* Pairing: Max/Warren

[[folder:Crossover Fics]]
''Fanfiction that combines elements, characters, etc. from two or more different franchises.''

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11589274/1/Closer-Than-Sisters Closer Than Sisters]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/848570/Theodur Theodur]]

* ''Crossover with'' : Franchise/DragonAge
* Recommended by: Tropers/SailorTardis
* Status: Complete
* Synopsis: When Chloe's life is endangered, Max's magic spontaneously manifests itself, saving her best friend's life. Unfortunately, her reward is to be dragged away by the templars and locked up in the Circle of Magi for the rest of her life. Will Chloe manage to find a way to be together with the most important person in her life?
* Pairing(s): Max/Chloe


[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36932602/chapters/92143864 Life is Strange: Together]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/queerlittlespacecreature/pseuds/queerlittlespacecreature queerlittlespacecreature]]

* ''Crossover with'' : VideoGame/TellMeWhy, VideoGame/LifeIsStrange, VideoGame/LifeIsStrange2, VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors, ComicBook/LifeIsStrange
* Recommended by: hunter139
* Status: Complete
* Synopsis: A girl with the ability to rewind time. A boy who could move things with his mind. Twins with telepathy. A girl with the ability to see and influence emotions. A boy who can disappear. They thought they were alone. They all had powers, baggage, and new lives they had forged. They had never thought they would meet up in pure coincidence, nor that they would need to team up with their friends to help one of their own. Can this group of near strangers work together on a road trip south of the border? Or, will tensions and interpersonal relationships be their downfall? And in the back of their minds, the question that none want to answer: what effects could the joining of their disparate powers have on reality?
* Pairing(s): Max/Chloe, Alex/Steph, Ryan/Alyson
* Comments: The definitive story if you want to see all the main casts from the Life Is Strange series together, including lesser known characters from the comics and borrowing from the thematically similar VideoGame/TellMeWhy. Everyone is in-character, the story is compelling, and really, it's the hallmark of what a crossover game of the series should look like.

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