User blog:The Flatwoods Monster/Max Caulfield vs Lee Everett. Rap Battle



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heya. Here's the battle that you didn't know you were hyped for that I've been off-and-on mentioning every now and then for the last two months. Before we get started with details and all that, huuuuge shout-out to ERBofSmoshery for writing as the Walking Dead side. somehow, this is his first guest appearance, which blows my mind bc he's really, really good. So props to him on his work. Smoshery was recruited for this battle for two connected reasons, 1. I knew he was really good and liked the Walking Dead and 2. this battle features heavy themes regarding Life is Strange, a game I am all-too-obsessed with so it wouldn't be fair without his help. That being said, I have of course wanted to use Life is Strange in something for a looong time (not including my bad erbohorror story) and since Max is gonna be making a bunch of appearances in the near future, figured I'd get this out while I'm ahead or something like that. Shout-out to Hippie Rat, he beat me to the LiS battle thing twice, as well as Max vs Lee technically. Also, a more quiet shout-out to Wonder, Iamthelegion and TKandMit, all of which were consulted about the original idea for this battle but got dropped once I changed plans. The battle you're seeing today is really just one version of the twenty different ones we went through, so I hope it lives up to any hopes you might have. Anyways, all out of blabbering to do, the main protagonist of TellTale's the Walking Dead video game, Lee Everett, alongside his youthful companion, Clementine , rap against the partners in time from DONTNOD's "Life is Strange," Max Caulfield and Chloe Price , to see who's the better duo from a choice-based supernatural-themed video game with heavy influence on the impact of the choices you make, with a final choice that makes you ultimately question your morals big time. Had to word that to avoid some spoilers, but reader beware, this battle contains heavy spoilers to both "The Walking Dead" and "Life is Strange." Good luck, and hope you enjoy.

shaka brah.

Beat


the beat's a little important for this one, jsyk. you do you.

Intro
My powers might now last.

That's okay, we will.

EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY!



VS!



BEGIN!

Lee & Clementine:
The telltale wail of a verbal impale, from a Telle-tale will soon be unveiled

When Telltale tells the tale of Chloe and Max's Hearts becoming a Tell-Tale!

Lee, we're on their tail! This freaky geek and flunked punk can't impact

On our survival stacks of caps and gats! Now let's hope they'll remember that!

Every day's our lasting nightmare, but there's No Going Back to rethink

And you've got all the time in the world! Yet still No Time Left for your lip-sync!

You're too nosey, Max-ter Roshi! Getting nosebleeds from your nosy clutches

Then there's Chloe who's off the rails and can't even handle her Ashton Krutches!

Always taking a shot at her family; lies, accusations are constantly hurled

She’s got a drugged-up mind in a Vortex like it's a night at the End of the World!

No rewinds will save you this time! So rhyme and decide your fate like a talker

Go back to your alternate world; the junky junkie will never become a Walker!

Max & Chloe
Check your radars; a storm is coming to snap a hobo like a photo

Even Brooke is less prone to Drone but you’re not even in the show, bro!

What kind of murderer can’t kill a microphone? Woah, Chlo, that’s a low blow!

So? Let's dump his dumb ass in the trash like we got the rights to Michonne! (Oh!)

The Price is Right when she steps to fight! No Strife when I wreck the mic,

You’re an otter in the water of our flow, so drink up, it’s got electrolytes

It's an Everyday Hero contest and you’re not fit to rock in our Mosh Pit

And Walking Dead Men don’t TellTales so Silence Is a Valid Option!

We’ll knock you off the rail-roadway, got mo’ to showcase when we Go Ape,

So relocate with your stowaway ‘fore I drink Simpson’s flow away like O.J.

G o t a l l t h e t i m e i n t h e w o r l d b u t n o n e l e f t t o w a s t e a g a i n s t P r i c k G r i m e s a n d E l l i e ,

‘ C a u s e s o m e o n e w h o ’ s w i f e h a s l e f t h i m s h o u l d k n o w w h e n t o g o f u c k h i m s e l f i e !

Lee & Clementine:
Cap it, phoney Holden! These childish pirating whacks couldn’t steal these tracks!

I got my bite from Sam, and you got your fluffy bunny ass from little old Max!

This bitch rhymes slow like her game, her flow is broke and she's left immobilised

While Mad Max Factor's looking pasty like she's the one who's been Polar-ized!

Five years of silence and violent defiance; right off the Bat, Max went off foreign

Then the Heisenberg of Blackwell ended the chemistry faster than Warren!

Don’t have a Maxi-Paddy with daddy ‘cause he ditched quick with smoke and flames

You’re framed in shame, don’t need a car to end this Price’s fucking game!

There's death Around Every Corner, so like your choices, your lives won't matter in this

But it's ironic, rip-offs of the Butterfly Effect couldn't rap their way out of a Chrysalis!

You'll get fucked like Camera Porn if you stay in our Dark Room, so act faithful;

Turn back and leave Chloe Amid the Ruins so she can fuck off back to Rachel!

...







...

...

...

...you don't know who the FUCK I am, or WHO you're messing around with!

...where'd you get that? What are you doing? Come on, put that thing down!

Don't... EVER... tell me what to do! I am so SICK... of people trying... to CONTROL me!





...

Max Caulfield
And with a Sound of Thunder, the suburbs thrive while the lover dies

Another butterfly flutters by, easier to snuff than your brothers life

More infectious than how your mother died, and the only cure is an overdose

Need no totem tropes or horoscopes to know you’d be better off comatose

I ripped timelines and split the skylines, but the Priceless had to die? Why?

With great power comes great bullshit, and you can’t rewind your crime’s fines

So Remember Me? Max overshadows twisted tracks with eclipsing raps

To drop an apocalypse provoking thoughts of which Consequences your Actions have

The Bay is saved for another day, while even the Saints think you’re distasteful

You’re just a hatred motivated contagion; I’m an Arcadian Guardian Angel

Spoiler Alert; Pompidou gets turned to zombie food and Clem will remember

The trigger finger in that cold cellar that put Wanna-Bigby down like Old Yeller

Announcer:
WHO WON?

WHO’S NEXT?

YOU DECIDE!

'''EPIC RAP BATTLES OF...

Forever.

...HISTORY.

Rap Meanings
{{Hidden |header = Rap Meanings (REALLY LONG)|content =====Lee & Clementine:====

The telltale wail of a verbal impale, from a Telle-tale will soon be unveiled

(Lee starts off by using "Telltale" wordplay to state that Max will be wailing in fear and pain after being impaled by his rhymes. This is a play on words, as Hannah Telle is the voice actress for Max in "Life is Strange". He then continues onto the next line, saying...)

When Telltale tells the tale of Chloe and Max's Hearts becoming a Tell-Tale!

(...that the said impaling will be carried out when he and Clem start rapping, using the word "Telltale" as a reference to the developing company of his game. This is also a reference to "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, which is a book about an old man's heart that continues beating under the floorboards after his horrific murder. Lee uses this reference to say that his verses will murder Chloe and Max and verbally rip them apart)

'''Lee, we're on their tail! This freaky geek and flunked punk can't impact'''

(Clem states that her and Lee are already close to beating Max and Chloe. Max is quite an odd, geeky person, especially for someone of her age. Lee proceeds to call Chloe a failure and a punk, before stating that neither of them have any impact on...)

'''On our survival stacks of caps and gats! Now let's hope they'll remember that!'''

(...his supply of guns and survival equipment. Clem then references the famous message used in her game, "... will remember that", to tell them that they should remember that they have no impact on them next time they want a fight)

Every day's our lasting nightmare, but there's No Going Back to rethink

(This is a reference to Max's nightmare in Episode 5 of "Life is Strange". Lee says that the world he lives in is an everlasting nightmare, and that unlike Max, he has to live up to and face all of his choices. "No Going Back" is the final episode of "The Walking Dead: Season Two")

And you've got all the time in the world, yet still No Time Left for your lip-sync!

(According to Max, her parents always tell her, "You have all the time in the world". This line is a reference to the quote, allowing Lee and Clem to say that although Max has all this time on her hands, she still doesn't seem to have much time to work on fixing up her game's lip-sync, which is a noticeable problem in "Life is Strange". "No Time Left" is the final episode of "The Walking Dead: Season One")

You're too nosey, Max-ter Roshi; getting nosebleeds from your nosy clutches

(Max is an incredibly nosey person. This is a pun on Master Roshi, a perverted teacher in the "Dragon Ball" series who gets nose bleeds when he is sexually aroused. Max gets nosebleeds when she overuses her time travel power. Lee says that Max noses in on everyone's business so much that she probably gets nosebleeds from that, comparing her to Roshi)

Then there's Chloe who's off the rails and can't even handle her Ashton Krutches!

(Lee then moves on to Chloe, who he calls unstable and says she has lost track of reality. In Episode 3 of "Life is Strange", Max discovers that she has the power to go back in time by looking into a photo, creating an alternate timeline by changing history. In one alternate timeline, Chloe has a major car accident which paralyses her and renders her unable to walk. He makes a pun on the actor, Ashton Kutcher - who coincidentally has starred in "The Butterfly Effect" film, also a popular gameplay element in "Life is Strange" - saying that Chloe can't even handle her crutches. This has a double meaning, as saying someone can't handle something means that they can't cope with it, another jab at her being unstable, but it also means that Chloe literally can't handle the crutches her parents got for her, as she will be stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of her life)

Always taking a shot at her family; lies, accusations are constantly hurled

(Chloe often blames her family and friends for all her problems in life. This is a reference to Mark Jefferson's number one rule, "Always take the shot")

She's got a drugged-up mind in a Vortex like it's a night at the End of the World!

(Lee says that Chloe's mind is so full of drugs and is constantly spinning like a vortex, meaning she is confused and doesn't know what she is doing half of the time. This is a reference to the Vortex Club in "Life is Strange". The End of the World Party is organised by the Vortex Club, and plays a big part in Mark Jefferson's scheme to drug and take pictures of girls, before sometimes killing them. Clem finishes the punchline and says that Chloe's mind is like the End of the World Party, because it is full of drugs and vortexes, a reference to the party being organised by the Vortex Club)

'''No rewinds will save you this time! So rhyme and decide your fate as a talker!'''

(Max often rewinds time to stop people from dying or getting hurt, or even to simply save herself from making the wrong choice in a conversation. Clem states that however far back she rewinds, she won't be able to save herself in this battle. As Kate Marsh was just about to commit suicide, Max's powers mysteriously disappeared, rendering her helpless and forcing her to get Kate down from the roof by talking to her. Lee says that although she can't be saved in this rap battle, she will still have to attempt to rap and save herself like anyone else would, instead of relying on her powers)

Go back to your alternate world; the junky junkie will never become a Walker!

(Another joke about alternate Chloe's major car accident. Clem says that Max should go back to the alternate timeline, as Chloe will never have to worry about becoming a Walker. This has a double meaning, as a Walker is the name for a zombie in the "Walking Dead" universe, but also simply someone who walks. In the alternate world, Chloe will never be able to walk again, therefore will never become a "Walker". Lee also uses a homophone and calls Chloe a useless drug addict, or a "junky junkie")

Max & Chloe:
Check your forecasts; a storm is stacked to snap a hobo like a photo

(Max begins by telling Lee to “check the forecasts,” or look at the latest updates on upcoming weather. She follows up on this by referring to herself as a “storm,” due to the hurricane that she brings about by tampering with time. She then goes on to make a pun regarding photography - to “snap a photo” is to quickly take a picture to capture a moment, but to “snap” someone is to break them in two. She also calls Lee a hobo due to his grizzly appearance.)

Even Brooke is less prone to Drone but you’re not even in the show, bro!

(Max goes on to relate Lee’s verse back to another Life is Strange character, Brooke Scott. When you first meet Brooke in the game, she’s rather cold to Max, self-absorbed and only interested in her Drone technology. To “drone on” is to mindlessly babble boringly, so Max says that Lee’s lengthy and tedious verse is only paralleled in the homophone of “droning” by Brooke’s obsession with Drone technology. Chloe then chimes in for her first line, reminding Lee that though he talks big with a long, droning verse, he’s not even a canonical character in the Walking Dead television show or comics, making him tiny in the grand scheme of things.)

The murderer couldn’t kill the microphone, woah, Chlo, low blow!

(Chloe immediately expresses her distaste over Lee, calling him out for his past crime. The Walking Dead video game begins with Lee being convicted and charged guilty of murder of a senator who he caught cheating with his wife. Chloe states that, despite being a clearly able murderer who slayed a senator, Lee couldn’t even manage to “kill the microphone” or successfully perform a decent verse. Trying to keep her out of fights per usual, Max calls Chloe out on her own apathy towards Lee’s past, but…)

'''So? Let's dump his dumb ass in the trash like we got the rights to Michonne! (Oh!)'''

(Chloe sees no issue with the previous diss, and offers instead to Max that they together leave Lee abandoned in the garbage, referencing the Junkyard where Max and Chloe spend time hanging out together for a decent portion of Life is Strange. After the Clementine Season 2 arc wrapped up, TellTale began producing a completely separate storyline focalized around Michonne, a character from The Walking Dead TV series. Chloe accuses TellTale as a company of ditching Lee and their original characters after gaining rights to a licensed property. So together, Chloe offers to forget Lee and leave him trashed, in the same way that his company did after gaining rights to intellectual property of the actual series.)

'''The Price is Right when she steps to fight! No Strife when I wreck the mic,'''

(Chloe makes a pun on her last name “Price” by referencing the popular game show “The Price is Right,” claiming that she cannot be wrong when she steps into a fight. She then claims that there won’t be much of a squabble following after she’s “wrecked the mic,” or destroyed the opposition’s chances, by also making a pun on the name “Cloud Strife,” the main mascot from the RPG Final Fantasy who acts as the poster child for Square Enix, the company that produced Life is Strange.)

You’re an otter in the water of our flow, so drink up, it’s got electrolytes

(Max and Chloe make three separate references to water; starting by comparing their flow to water flow, and following by referring to their opposition as “otters,” small, nonmenacing creatures that are at the mercy of the current. This not only reflects the Blackwell swimteam in “Life is Strange,” the Otters, but also a direct quote from Chloe during Episode 3 of “Life is Strange,” “Oh look! An otter in my water!” Max then follows this up with a direct quote from herself, “Drink up, it’s got electrolytes.” She says this phrase to her “pet” plant Lisa when she’s watering it during Episode 1 - Watering the plant in both episodes results in it dying from oversaturation, so she is telling Lee and Clementine to “drink up” or “take in” their flow and disses until it drowns them.)

It’s an Everyday Hero contest and you’re not fit to rock in our Mosh Pit

(Max begins by claiming that the battle is an “Everyday Hero contest,” which is the title of a photo contest held in Life is Strange. While in Life is Strange, the contest is one of photography, here it instead means a “contest” between who is a better actual “hero.” Max then says that Lee is “not fit” to win, or even enter the contest because he can’t be considered a hero due to his past crimes. She refers to the battlefield itself as “the mosh pit,” referencing one of the satirical examples of poor language choice in Life is Strange, “Ready for the Mosh Pit Shaka Brah.”)

And Walking Dead Men don’t TellTales so Silence Is a Valid Option!

''(Max then goes on to make two puns on the phrase “Dead men tell no tales” by combining “Dead men” with “The Walking Dead,” and combining “Tell no tales” with “TellTale,” the company behind the Life is Strange video game. Max refers to Lee as a “Walking Dead Man” in three different ways; one way being that he is a “man” from “The Walking Dead,” meaning she thinks that the Walking Dead storylines are bland, but also that he is a “Walking Dead Man” because of his zombie bite making him a literal walking undead, and also mentioning that in attempting to battle Chloe and her, he is practically “walking to his own demise.” Chloe follows this up by adding that, since dead men tell no tales Lee should know “silence is a valid option.” The aforementioned phrase is a recurring theme in the Walking Dead that shows up when a verbal choice does not need to be made, as Lee Everett can simply choose not to respond and see what comes out of his silence. Chloe says that, in response to their verse, he should just remain quiet and not bother attempting a retort.)''

We’ll knock you off the rail-roadway, got mo’ to showcase when we Go Ape,

(Max tells Lee and Clementine that they’ll knock them off the “railroad-way,” making a pun on roadway and railroad. In Life is Strange Episode 2, Max uses her time travel abilities to divert an oncoming train off the tracks to save Chloe’s life. Max is basically saying that her abilities allow her to knock over trains, so she shouldn’t have any problem doing the same to two regular people. Chloe continues the line, claiming she’s got more in store to reveal than Lee and Clementine. “Go Ape” is a phrase repeatedly said by Life is Strange character Warren Graham. To “go ape” would imply becoming savage or brutal, which Chloe says that she and Max will do on the track.)

So relocate with your stowaway ‘fore I drink Simpson’s flow away like O.J.

(As an advisory for their own safety, Chloe tells Lee to take Clementine and relocate, referring to Clementine as a “stowaway” based on how she abandoned her family after they were taken from her. She then makes the pun by saying that she’ll drink his flow away like “O.J.,” meaning both orange juice, and the first name of O.J. Simpson, a football player accused of murdering his wife over a scandal. Lee murdered a senator over a scandal in a similar way, so she compares the two in this sense.)

Got all the time in the world but none left to waste against Prick Grimes and Ellie,

(As previously stated by Clementine, “all the time in the world” is a commonly repeated phrase in Life is Strange, so the duo uses it again but this time in their favor, claiming that even with all the time in the world, they still wouldn’t waste it against Lee and Clementine. They make two distinct references to other zombie slayers, in this case referring to Lee as “Prick Grimes,” a pun on “Rick Grimes,” the main character of the Walking Dead television show. They also refer to Clementine as “Ellie,” the first name of the side character from another zombie tragedy video game, The Last of Us. Ellie and Clementine are commonly compared, as well.)

‘Cause someone who’s wife has left him should know when to go fuck himselfie!

(Continuing with the previous line, Max and Chloe assert that they won’t waste any more time against Lee and Clementine because Lee should already know when it’s time to give up. In this case, they express this by referring back to Lee’s crumbled marriage, saying that someone who couldn’t satisfy their wife enough to where they felt pressured to leave him for another man would likely know when he should “go fuck himself,” or throw in the towel and start making romance to himself instead due to his inadequacy with others. Yes, it’s basically a mastrubation joke, I’m sorry. This also references another popular, infamous quote from Life is Strange repeated twice in the game by the character Victoria Chase, “Now, why don’t you go fuck yourselfie?” The line references Max’s main form of photography, which is selfies.)

Lee & Clementine:
'''Cap it, phoney Holden! These childish pirating whacks couldn’t steal these tracks!'''

(Holden Caulfield is the main character from “Catcher in the Rye”, who often uses the word ‘phony’ to describe people. Lee is telling Max to shut up, and calls her a rip-off of Holden Caulfield due to their surnames and the number of similarities shared between “Life is Strange” and “Catcher in the Rye”. When they were younger, Max and Chloe used to dress up as pirates for fun. A pirate is also a name for someone who steals content. Clem references both of these facts and calls them childish, due to them still “dressing themselves up” as pirates, then goes on to explain this by calling them the type of pirates who steal content, a reference to the fact that many aspects of “Life is Strange” seem to be taken from other forms of media such as films like “The Butterfly Effect”. She then says that although they steal their fame, they couldn’t steal, or take control over this battle)

I got my bite from Sam, and you got your fluffy bunny ass from little old Max!

(Sam is a dog from "The Walking Dead: Season Two", who after getting angry at Clem for refusing to give him food, or for taking food away from him, bites her on the arm. Clem changes the meaning of the word bite, saying her raps are sharp in this battle, and her "bite" is like that of a vicious dog. Lee then finishes the line, calling Max and Chloe harmless and weak like fluffy bunnies, and saying Max probably made Chloe this way when they started spending time with each other. This line is a reference to Sam & Max, two characters from the Telltale game of the same name, as Sam is a dog and Max is a rabbit)

This bitch rhymes slow like her game, her flow is broke and she's left immobilised

("Life is Strange" generally takes a long time for anything exciting to really start happening. For example, the biggest villain isn't revealed until the end of the penultimate episode. Lee says Chloe's raps take longer to have any effect on him than her game does. Clem then takes another jab at her flow, saying it's broken and isn't moving forward. This is also another reference to the alternate Chloe, as she is literally immobile due to her injury)

While Mad Max Factor's looking pasty like she's the one who's been Polar-ized!

(Lee then moves on to diss Max, referencing her nicknames, Mad Max and Max Factor. He says that she looks unnaturally pale, then makes a pun on the title of the final episode of "Life is Strange", "Polarized", by saying she looks like she's been in a polar region due to her whiteness. This is also a reference to Max Factor, a brand of makeup, as Lee is making fun of Max's looks. After Chloe's father died, Max disappeared for five years, leaving her to deal with the grief on her own. Polarized means to be split into two contrasting groups. This is a joke referencing the fact that Chloe was the one to be polarized by Max when she was ditched)

Five years of silence and violent defiance; right off the Bat, Max went off foreign

(This is a reference to a quote from Chloe in Max's Journal, "What do you say to your best friend after five years of silence?" Lee and Clem diss Max for her inconsiderate acts when she left Chloe alone and disappeared like she didn't even know her anymore. This also references one of Max's nicknames, Bat Max)

Then the Heisenberg of Blackwell ended the chemistry faster than Warren!

(Another nickname of Max's is the Heisenberg of Blackwell. Heisenberg is the alter ego of Walter White, a chemistry teacher from the hit TV series, "Breaking Bad". This is another joke about Max leaving Chloe. Chemistry in this context means the emotional interaction between two people, but has a double meaning, as Walter White was a chemistry teacher. Lee says that Max ended her relationship with Chloe faster than Warren would have, a joke referencing a choice that can be made to allow Warren to be in a relationship with Max instead of Chloe)

Don’t have a Maxi-Paddy with daddy ‘cause he ditched quick with smoke and flames

(William Price, Chloe’s father, died in a car crash, and left Chloe rather abruptly due to this. Maxi-Pad is one of Max’s many nicknames, and a ‘paddy’ is a British slang word for ‘tantrum’. Chloe often blames other people for her problems, even sometimes turning on her late father. Clem says that Chloe shouldn’t be having childish tantrums and arguments with her father just because he left her. ‘Smoke and flames’ here references the fact that William’s car crashed, likely resulting in smoke and flames, but also the fact that he left in such a hurry due to his intended return)

Your’e framed in shame, don’t need a car to end this Price’s fucking game!

(Lee carries on from Clem’s previous point and says that Chloe should be ashamed of herself, and has to live with that for the rest of her life. ‘Frame’ is a reference to picture framing and camera frames, due to the amount of photography in “Life is Strange”. Chloe's father and cat both died in a car-related accident, alternate Chloe indirectly died due to a car accident, and Chloe once shot a car bumper which made the bullet bounce back and hit her, presumably leading to serious injury and death. Lee makes a joke about how most of the Price family die due to car-related accidents, saying that he doesn’t even need a car to finish Chloe off for good. This is also a slight reference to the fact that Lee, Clementine, Max, and Chloe all originate from video games)

There's death Around Every Corner, so like your choices, your lives won't matter in this

("Around Every Corner" is the fourth episode of "The Walking Dead: Season One". Clem says that even though "Life is Strange" says that the choices you make affect your gameplay, the choices are hardly big enough to matter, as you can just turn back and retry them. This also references the fact that at the end of the game, you can choose to either kill Chloe or sacrifice Arcadia Bay, so either way, most of your choices will then be made pointless. She then states that their lives don't matter to her and Lee, due to the amount of death they've already witnessed)

But it's ironic, rip-offs of the Butterfly Effect couldn't rap their way out of a Chrysalis!

("The Butterfly Effect" is a film that "Life is Strange" is quite strongly based on at points. "Chrysalis" is the first episode of "Life is Strange", but is also the shell used to contain a hatching butterfly, therefore it will be broken when the butterfly emerges. Clem says that it's ironic that Max and Chloe can rip off "The Butterfly Effect" - which is referring to the butterfly - but can't seem to rap their way out of a chrysalis)

You'll get fucked like Camera Porn if you stay in our Dark Room, so act faithful;

(Lee says that if Max and Chloe were to stay in their dark world, they wouldn't last one minute. This references the Dark Room, which is Jefferson's bunker from "Life is Strange", and the website, "Camera Porn", which can be found on Max's laptop. It also has a double meaning, as the Dark Room is used by Jefferson to sedate and drug teenage girls, which could lead to death, or in this case, rape, meaning they would literally get fucked if they stayed in there. Clem then says that Max should remember this and act loyal to Chloe...)

Turn back and leave Chloe Amid the Ruins so she can fuck off back to Rachel!

(...by turning back time and leaving her for dead before she can face any of it. Rachel Amber was Chloe's best friend, but was killed and buried by Nathan Prescott. "Amid the Ruins" is the fourth episode of "The Walking Dead: Season Two". Lee says that Chloe would be much better off joining Rachael in the ground, so Max would be doing her a big favour by killing her)

Max Caulfield:
And with a Sound of Thunder, the suburbs thrive while the lover dies

(Returning from the past, Max returns and opens with “And with a Sound of Thunder,” an almost direct quote from the short novel of the same name. Said novel popularized the butterfly effect, a theme prevalently seen in Life is Strange, and the quote “There was a Sound of Thunder” is repeated every time that a gun is fired. To begin her second verse, Max relates this back to Nathan, who brought “a sound of thunder” when he fired his pistol and killed Chloe, unknowingly sparing the suburbs of Arcadia Bay from being destroyed by a storm.)

Another butterfly flutters by, easier to snuff than your brothers life

(Life is Strange is full of symbolism by relating characters to animals; Max is a deer, Samuel is a squirrel, Alyssa is a cockroach, and so on and so forth. Chloe is related to a butterfly; Max uses this symbolism to describe her passing as “another butterfly fluttering by,” or a delicate beauty moving on to it’s next destination. However, a butterfly, being small and fragile, is easy to destroy. Max relates this to Lee’s brother, who he was forced to kill after he had been subjected to the zombie virus.)

More infectious than how your mother died, and the only cure is an overdose

(Also infected by the zombie pandemic was Lee’s mother, who was also put out of her misery by Everett. Max strikes out at Lee by saying that his rap abilities are infectious, or nauseating. In the fourth episode of Life is Strange, in an alternate reality, Max is forced to make the decision to ultimately kill a paraplegic Chloe through an overdose of IV per her request or not. Max claims that the only cure to the disease that is Lee’s rapping skills is an overdose of her own, that would destroy him.)

Need no totem tropes or horoscopes to know you’d be better off comatose

''(Life is Strange features heavy Native American symbolism, including spirit animals, which is a form of horoscope. Horoscopes are used to predict a person’s personality or near future. The game also features a large totem pole out front of the Blackwell dorms, which are seen in Native American culture as ways to recount history. Max says that neither a recounting of history or foresight into the future is needed for her to see that ultimately, Lee would be in a better situation if he and Clementine were knocked comatose then what will come in the future. When Life is Strange: Episode 5 was still in development, Data Miners searched through the game files and found textures and locations that led them to believe there was supposed to be a secret third ending where Max could take the bullet for Chloe, and get knocked into a coma as a result. This is also a reference to the Walking Dead TV Show, where Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to find himself in the apocalypse. “Totem tropes” is also a reference to another butterfly-influenced, choice-based game, Until Dawn, where totems reveal the events of the future.)''

'''I ripped timelines and split the skylines, but the Priceless had to die? Why?'''

(Max takes a brief moment to mourn her loss, asking why Chloe was the one who had to die instead of someone she finds more deserving, including herself. She refers to her own unstable powers, having torn holes in the fabric of reality in Episode 5 and indirectly causing a gigantic hurricane as a result of saving Chloe, ergo “splitting the skyline.” She makes a pun on Chloe’s last name, Price, by referring to her as “priceless,” or impossible to put a value on.)

‘Cause with great power comes great bullshit, and you can’t rewind your crime’s fines

(Max answers her own question of why Chloe had to die by restating a quote she uses in the game, “with great power comes great bullshit.” She says that, despite having such an impactful power of rewinding time, Lee himself does not possess the ability and cannot reverse his past actions, such as murdering the man his wife was cheating with, or the numerous decisions the player can make throughout The Walking Dead to let others die or be subjected to the zombie virus.)

'''So Remember Me? Max overshadows twisted tracks with eclipsing raps'''

(Max opens with “Remember Me?”, a direct reference to the game of the same name developed by DONTNOD, the same company that produced Life is Strange. Max mentions “overshadowing” the “twisted track” with her own rapping style, similar to how Life is Strange did to Remember Me, while also comparing it to a solar eclipse. In Episode 3, an unscheduled eclipse takes place as a result of Max’s tampering with time.)

To drop an apocalypse provoking thoughts of which Consequences your Actions have

(Though not directly stated that it would affect the entire world, the results of Max’s tampering with time is often referred to as “the end of the world,” enough so that the Vortex Party at the end of the game is named after it. Max refers to herself as a harbinger of the apocalypse, bringing copious amounts of pain and destruction to make Clementine and Lee rethink back to earlier choices they made and what will come of them. The finishing half of this line references the quote “This Action Will Have Consequences,” which is a header that appears next to a butterfly every time an impactful decision is made during the course of the game.)

The Bay is saved for another day, while even the Saints think you’re distasteful

(Max words her beginning statement of this line to sound like a stereotypical comic book phrase, “____ is saved for another day.” In doing so, she establishes herself as a hero, mirroring both the Everyday Heroes contest that becomes prevalent in the game, as well as the nickname “Super Max” that is repeated several times. Max is claiming that her actions saved an entire town, whereas Lee and Clementine are despicable enough to be disliked by Saints. This is a double reference to both Kate Marsh, a heavily religious figure in Life is Strange who tries to see the best in others, and also to the St. John family, a cannibal family in The Walking Dead who attempt to kill Lee and Clementine. Max is saying that Lee and Clementine are so “distasteful,” that not only would real saints like Kate dislike them, but the Saint family, who are cannibals, wouldn’t like the taste of them.)

You’re just a hatred motivated contagion; I’m an Arcadian Guardian Angel

(Max refers to Lee as a “hatred motivated contagion,” calling him out for his aggressive attitude and tendency to lose his temper throughout the course of The Walking Dead, while also mentioning that his very life is a standing threat to others around him now that he carries a zombie virus. Max then puts herself on the higher pedestal, referring to herself as the “Arcadian Guardian Angel.” Max claims to be a “guardian angel” for the small town, protecting it from inevitable destruction through the hurricane, while also exposing the two murderers behind the Dark Room. The character Alyssa in the game acts as a easter egg for every episode, where the player can save her from impending danger by rewinding and warning her to move out of the way. Being oblivious to her powers, Alyssa assumes that Max communicates these warnings on a gut feeling, and so she refers to Max as her “guardian angel.” Max uses this statement saying that she is not just a guardian angel to Alyssa, but to the entire town.)

Spoiler Alert; Pompidou gets turned to zombie food and Clem will remember

(“Spoiler Alert” is a popular phrase meaning “be warned, insight to important events of a story.” Such phrase is commonly used when referring to either game in this case, because of the major plot twists or sad endings associated with them that someone would not want to know about until playing the game for themselves. Max goes on to explain how the game ends, referring to Lee as “Pompidou,” the name of an aggressive dog in Life is Strange. She then follows up with “Clem will remember,” not only referencing back to the popular phrase from the game, but also meaning in this case that Clementine will be traumatized by the following events.)

The trigger finger in that cold cellar that put Wanna-Bigby down like Old Yeller

''(Max directly refers to Clementine as “the trigger finger,” meaning that the memory she will have of the upcoming events is that Lee’s death is on her shoulders for the rest of her life. Max follows this up by referring to Lee’s burial place as a “cold cellar,” before going on to continue her dog insult from before by calling Lee a “wanna-Bigby.” Bigby Wolf is the main character of the TellTale game “Wolf Among Us,” which is often compared to The Walking Dead for it’s similar gameplay. Max makes a pun on the term “Wanna-be” by stressing the final part of Bigby’s name to say “Wanna-Big-Be.” In the process, she continues her dog analogy, because Bigby is a werewolf. She then wraps up the dog analogy by comparing Lee’s death to that of Old Yeller. Old Yeller is a classic novel that tells the story of a friendly, but outcast dog who grows attached to its owners, but soon develops rabies. The owner is forced to take the dog and shoot it, to put him out of his misery as well as protect others from his virus. The exact same set-up led to Lee’s demise, as he became close to Clementine despite his criminal record alienating him from most of society, but inevitably caught the zombie infection, and had to be shot and killed by Clementine. Basically, “he went out like a bitch.”)''

Oh and here's a little gallery of visuals that never got put to use

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Outro


Who won? Lee & Clementine Max & Chloe