“Anxiety mini game?” As someone with anxiety this made me laugh, and the next time i have anxiety i’m going to say this to myself while i take my breaths
SPOILERS FOR OTHER ENDING I finished this game the other night with my sister, we chose Tom's version because even though she was going crazy she would never hurt her kids. When we chose that they theorized that Mary Ann was going to commit suicide which is why she set up the room with her memories in the barn so that they would understand why she did what she did when she killed herself. It was the best ending in my opinion because they had fond memories of their mother. She was trying to calm Tyler down and explain that she didn't want to hurt him which is why she chased after him. So yeah, that's the other ending. The twins end up together and happy and living together with Micheal. Tessa goes on a missionary thing and divorces Tom who loses the election. They kept their voice as well in my playthrough. So yeah, it was a healing ending where Alyson had to deal with the fact that killing her mom was a mistake but at the end the fact that they can have the happy memories of the past and their mom was good. She got a therapy finally that she needed back when they were kids. both twins were happy
thank you for adding this, i've been going crazy with wondering about alternate endings because I wasn't sure if I'd have gone the same route as Julien with the decision about Tom/Alyson's story, so knowing how that would've ended has put my brain at rest
Both good endings but I agree with Julien... She was out of her mind, probably seeing things and didn't even realized it was Tyler who she was chasing... He wouldn't be so freaked out and calling for help like that if she was speaking softly to him. Just my point of view :) People with mental ilnesses can really change when they are having an episode and hurt someone they love on accident...
Was anyone else screaming "it's on the back of the doors!!!!!" when he was trying to open the box 😂😂😂 I felt like I was yelling at dora the Explorer again 😂
I just came to the comments because I knew I couldn’t be the only one that saw the big bright letters on the door. As soon and the first one opened I was like oh this ones going to be easy they are right there. 🤦🏻♀️🤣
Please please please keep playing this kind of story based game. I love watching these. I don’t have time to play the games myself but I love putting these videos on while I’m working. You’re the only gaming youtuber that I can stand!
She was going to kill herself. She left all that stuff in the loft as a final puzzle for them to solve. Why would she try to kill them and leave them a note?
@@hellboy9458 yeah, exactly. I chose Tom's version, because I could not see, by the end, that she would say 'I want to kill you' to Tyler. Especially after leaving them a suicide note.
I get that but it's still really weird that she followed him all the way to the dock with a shot gun. And even if she didn't try to kill them, it's still self defense because Alyson didn't know that, she just saw Tyler crying for help and Mary Ann with a shotgun so it was an understandable reaction to stab her. I feel like if Alyson chose to believe Tom's version (even if it's true) she would have just felt incredibly guilty for killing Mary Ann
@@juniorX4 especially since the “im going to kill you” was said to tom on the dock earlier. in moments of trauma tyler probably messed up his memory and confused the two
@@rebeccak9597 I AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE CHASING SOMEONE WITH A SHOTGUN IS FUCKING SCARY AND IF SHE IS TRYING TO CALM OLLIE DOWN THEN TOSS THE GUN OUT, NOT KEEP IT BETWEEN YOUR HAND. I DID NOT CHOOSE TOMMYS MEMORY BECAUSE OF THAT.
Julien I absolutely love the community you have built. I mentioned I was looking forward to this being uploaded and another of your subscribers went back to the Comment to let me know it had been uploaded. It made my night. 🙂💜 I thought maybe you’d like to know.
apparently if you make choices early on that strain Ty and Aly's relationship, you get the rare ending in which they decide to separate and get rid of their voice. Aly ends up staying in the old house, never quite dealing with her trauma, almost an echo of Mary-Ann herself, and Tyler and Michael end up in Juneau together. It's, EXTREMELY sad.
I know people talk about Tyler and Alyson, but can we talk about Mary-Ann for a second? My heart really really feels for her; she felt nothing but love for her children and it is so hard to imagine that she broke down to the point of wanting to end it all. That poor lady had such a hard life and I wish she got to live it and watch her children grow up :(
Julien, thank you so much for the trigger warning. It’s a small thing but it helps so much :) Honestly, after hearing Alyson’s heavy breathing I could feel my heart racing this game is crazy
I so wanted Julien to read the stories thoroughly and connect the dots like that the Old Beaver is Carol and how the Princess befriended the Old Bear (Sam's friendzone) and stuff
I don't agree with the thought that Mary Ann was going to harm Tyler. She was already out in the shed and talking to herself with the shotgun before Tyler ran in to show her his haircut. She was going to end her own life I believe (thus all the little puzzles and notes), but Tyler interrupted her and when he ran she followed him.
BRO no, mary-ann clearly like was distraught and having a psychotic break but she wasn't trying to kill her kid. The only reason she went to the dock was because she knew tyler saw her with the gun and thought she was going to do something to him so she went after him hence the "wait! im not going to hurt you". She said the "im going to kill you" thing to Tom when he came on the boat (he told them she threatened his life earlier which is why he was scared to go intervene). I strongly disagree with you my guy but love you
@@ysab8lleI know I’m two years late but it’s the initials of Alyson and Tyler’s dead name. The OA is only on the pictures that the kids drew so it’s just their signature. It was there the entire time and julien didn’t notice it until the attic lmao I love him but man is he bad at noticing those details
My issue with Tyler's memories is that he is looking at it from the perspective of someone who was able to move away from all that and he held a lot of resentment for his mom and others in town. I feel like Alyson's memories are the way they are because she got to know the people in the town and grew up around them. I think both are probably inaccurate but Tyler's hate almost jaded him from the actual events.
I Løve Jøsh Dun. sadly julien missed something in the car when he closed the house door at the end but it was just a small part, it was a polaroid that had them kissing in front of a pride flag! super cute and heartwarming
Yeah I feel like the ending was pretty unsatisfying still since we never actually got what happened confirmed and I felt like the version julien picked was wrong :/ it's just a sad game I guess
Tom's threat to tell the town alyson was the "killer" is useless considering he was there to watch and they'll all just question why he did nothing to save Tyler.......
i think toms memory is right. memories from trauma can change bc ya kno ur mind does weird things to protect urself. i think mary ann was either gonna 1) kill tom or 2) kill herself. both bc she was afraid of her kids being taken away. it makes NO sense tht mary ann wanted to kill her kids, even tyler since we learned that she was OKAY with tyler’s transition
I haven’t finished the video yet so I’m hoping he does but idk if anyone else noticed he didn’t read the second half of the story of the princess losing her treasure where she says basically she woke up and the “tiara” was broken on the floor after a storm where she held the tiara until it passed and then put it back away on its pillow (probably baby Leo died of SIDS?) and she says she held the Tiara but couldn’t fix it and buried it under the big tree which explains the picture and her saying what’s a princess without a tiara makes me think she was trying to say what’s a mother without her baby which is so heartbreaking. Also Julien not noticing the letters had the colors on them that they went to was so frustrating but funny 😂
///spoiler I don’t think there’s any wrong way of playing this game because you chose what you think,,,, But from my point of view I really don’t think Mary ann was “psycho” and went on a paranoid freak out with her gUn, in this episode it has shown that she loved her kids dearly and would do anything for them which would be to kill Tom to protect her children for whatever reason which we still don’t know. But from all the hidden messages and the stories I truly believe Mary Ann was their protector and they only visualize the bad memories because trauma sticks more than the good memories with kids,, at first I was really against Mary Ann and agreed with them that she was cruel but now I believe she was very protective and didn’t want to lose her kids for the world ,, which is why when Mary Ann was falling into the lake she was saying something like “no this wasn’t supposed to happen” because I truly believe she was there to protect them (sorry for this paragraph) love this game series though!
The theory I had is that Mary-Anne really did snap and was going to murder suicide her way out of losing her kids. Losing children naturally is enough to destroy some women. My aunt had a full psychotic break when she lost her son and she stayed on her meds for years but full lost it again when she got off of them. She almost killed my uncle. If Mary-Anne started then stopped taking her meds and was then hit with the threat of losing her kids again, it could have broken her. Maybe the only way she saw out was to not be there to be taken (and taken away from). She said “This wasn’t how it was supposed to go,” because she wasn’t trying to leave her kids behind. They were supposed to “go” with her.
@@samminicksm i could understand that theory but she was also saying 'its his fault' when loading up the gun which would give me the idea she meant tom. because she never used male pronouns for tyler, she called him ollie still while he was still female all the while still knowing her 'daughter' was trans. although i think its dumb she brought the gun with her while chasing young tyler but i dont think she was purposely trying to kill him. another reason to believe she wasnt going to kill them is she left a whole story mission of puzzles that lead to a note for them, knowing she was going to somehow die before them. idk im open to all theories because theres nothing set on the 'truth' but thats my heavy thought
Feel Tom was helping her actually from the sidelines without hindering his own marriage. He was looking out for her and that's why he was creeping around the house even after her death.
"My mother she... tumbled right out of me. But it was okay." When I first watched this gameplay, this quote made me cry and I wasn't sure why. 2 years later and I think I understand much better because I understand the grief of losing someone much better, especially with how it runs in circles. My uncle died in 2020 and it wasn't until I saw a picture of his son last week did I burst into tears. Because it looked like my uncle tumbled right out of me and was staring back at me through his son...and I finally understood this quote.
personally i can see how believing tom makes sense reading the other comments abt how she planned to kill herself, but that would mean the twins somehow literally formed resentment towards their mum for nothing. the twin's choice makes more sense as to why they would develop any sort of hatred. cos what i don't understand, throughout this playthrough is where the twins' resentment from their mother came from and what even drove tessa to call cps. from their memories of her, she seemed like a mom who tried her best given the circumstances. at the start they talked about her like she was an abusive villain or smn but nothing in the story ever directly pointed towards that. they seemed to have ample freedom to play around in the house, and she did her best to fulfil their needs and didn't emotionally/physically abuse them. yes she was mentally ill and distant at times but it seems like the town saw her as a loving mother who was troubled, and it's not like the twins forgot those good memories of her. at one point tyler said that she "always said no" to everything but which parent hasn't lmao (esp for like joining hockey..?). the only thing i could think of was her possibly not supporting tyler but if i recall she never outright said it was a bad thing or explicitly discriminate against him/force him to be a certain way. in the memories it just seems like she was confused and unsure.
I just wonder if the mom was actually going to kill herself and the kids happened to be there and took her off guard. Going to young Tyler with her hand held out (though to him looked like she was aiming the gun at him) and that’s how the mix-up happened. 🤷♀️
i love your shade at gregg kshdghkl "how bout you shut the door after you go to the bathroom i can smell that shit from here" loving this aggressive aries energy
This is a really powerful game… the anxiety/panic attack part sent me into some weird body dysmorphia episode that was unlike anything I’d ever experienced like they achieved the opposite of ASMR very cool (I’m fine now it passed when the scene did/when I looked at the anti panic attack circle which is pretty interesting also)
Watched this vod on your twitch because I was so impatient. So good!! Wish there was more. This feels like just a segment of their story, but I guess all games by the people who make life is strange feel that way. Like the characters keep living past the end of the game, as though they’re real people. But this is the first trans guy in a major studios game I need more!!
Thank you for the fun playthrough Julien, all the way to the end! I was surprised to see that this was the final episode. I feel like there were quite a few questions left unanswered!
I'm only a few minutes in, but it sucks that alison was the one who actually needed the help and support after killing her mom, but she wasn't able to get it. Fireweed seemed like it really helped her brother cope, and now she's left to suffer
Ngl I was near yelling at my phone for jullien to look at the corresponding colored letters on doors. Really chill and fun/funny play through, though ❤️
Okay, I know it's not much but I really appreciate the anxiety/panic attack warning. If I watched this years ago ir would've triggered me and it still kind of does with those kinds of things but I find it super sweet that he put in a trigger warning.
my theory is that she was like reliving the time she threatened tom on the pier so i think she didn't want to hurt the kids but they were definitely still in danger because she wasn't living in reality at that point, so she still might have shot tyler. so i think she wasn't out to hurt tyler on purpose because of his gender or anything like that, but he was definitely still in danger and alyson did the right thing by defending him
Wow when she dressed in her moms clothes it felt like she saw her mom as the killer but ended up becoming a real one that led to the moms death wow intro dream sequence reminded me of life is strange 1 the hallucinations
God this game made me absolutely sob too many times to count. The story isn't really like my life or anything I've experienced and yet there are so many scenes and details that are so deeply relatable. It made me feel seen in a way. I think Julien did a great job with his playthrough, even if he did take forever with some of the puzzles and make a couple different choices than I did.
the "anxiety mini game" is based on an actual app that was made to help people calm themselves down from panic attacks! I'm not sure what its called but it was nice to see something like that in a game
The outro was beautiful like the end of a film the music atmosphere how they held hands kind of shielding young Tyler.view the final memory of their mother to figure it all out tell me why, the relationships the left with Sam, eddy, Tom, etc The mother actually wanted to help Tyler n the trauma from losing one child made her go overboard it’s kinda fitting she’s a cancer. She was the most interesting character u learn that through the letters her creations n storybook as the princess 😢
Saw the room full of puzzles and knew he would be up there for hours. 😅 Also how did he not connect any of the dots? She clearly wasn’t going to kill her son 🤦🏽♂️
Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for continuing to share onto RUclips! I’ve always watched Jenna whenever I’m down, and I’ve been binging your videos lately, helps just the same ❤️ First watched your Life is Strange 2 gameplay and now have been digging this. I’ve always enjoyed games like these when I was a teen and haven’t heard of Life is Strange nor this one until you! You da bomb.com Julie!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I don’t know, I’ve got mixed feelings on where I stand with what really happened. It makes sense that Mary Anne would build that room and leave all that info if she were going to kill herself, and she clearly loved her children. I can’t imagine she’d want to lose anymore. But I also can understand the narrative that she would die with her kids before letting anyone take them. It’s shit that happens in real life. She also went from mumbling to herself and looking completely psychotic in the shed to being calm and talking softly to Tyler. Did she just snap out of it just like that? Why load two shotgun shells if you’re going to only kill yourself? And yet all that stuff with Tom and what she said to him just proves how protective and loving she is with her kids, so why would she ever harm them? Idk
Roller derby!! Yessss!! I love that Alyson joins up! I play myself... not enough people know how real and cool it is. Julien, you and Jenna should look into watching it. It's a fun game to watch for sure
suicide warning at the end of the game was nice; unrelated I think it may also be a small hint in favor of Tom's theory, with the puzzle being a huge note to the kids.
Cwi Cwi i guess you’re right !! It’s just in this version of the game, Julien really didn’t like Eddy so the response we got from him wasn’t all that good, but it’s just perspective !
Am currently watching this instead of working and Julen literally made me jump and look around when he said: "Sierr-uhhh!" (My name) 1:16:22 I thought I got caught slacking 😂
“Anxiety mini game?” As someone with anxiety this made me laugh, and the next time i have anxiety i’m going to say this to myself while i take my breaths
I was definitely triggered by that game. Crazy!
I was just thinking that too 🤣 and to follow up with “dude, I’m owning!”
I mean, is it really a memory if Julien doesn’t say “rememBERRR!!!” ?
no, no it isn't
Julen: why is the whole town in our business ?
Me : it be them small town tings
From a town of 400, you right
SPOILERS FOR OTHER ENDING
I finished this game the other night with my sister, we chose Tom's version because even though she was going crazy she would never hurt her kids.
When we chose that they theorized that Mary Ann was going to commit suicide which is why she set up the room with her memories in the barn so that they would understand why she did what she did when she killed herself.
It was the best ending in my opinion because they had fond memories of their mother. She was trying to calm Tyler down and explain that she didn't want to hurt him which is why she chased after him.
So yeah, that's the other ending. The twins end up together and happy and living together with Micheal. Tessa goes on a missionary thing and divorces Tom who loses the election.
They kept their voice as well in my playthrough.
So yeah, it was a healing ending where Alyson had to deal with the fact that killing her mom was a mistake but at the end the fact that they can have the happy memories of the past and their mom was good. She got a therapy finally that she needed back when they were kids.
both twins were happy
thank you for adding this, i've been going crazy with wondering about alternate endings because I wasn't sure if I'd have gone the same route as Julien with the decision about Tom/Alyson's story, so knowing how that would've ended has put my brain at rest
thank you for commenting this! I felt Mary Ann would never hurt her children. What a relief to know the other side. Oof.
Yeah this ending makes way more sense to me.
Omg I only saw the one where Alyson stays behind and starts writing kids books. I can’t decide if I like yours more or not.
Both good endings but I agree with Julien... She was out of her mind, probably seeing things and didn't even realized it was Tyler who she was chasing... He wouldn't be so freaked out and calling for help like that if she was speaking softly to him. Just my point of view :) People with mental ilnesses can really change when they are having an episode and hurt someone they love on accident...
Was anyone else screaming "it's on the back of the doors!!!!!" when he was trying to open the box 😂😂😂
I felt like I was yelling at dora the Explorer again 😂
I was screaming “Turn Around”
YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
SAME
I was singing in my head ”TUUURN AROUUUUUUND” 😂😂
I just came to the comments because I knew I couldn’t be the only one that saw the big bright letters on the door. As soon and the first one opened I was like oh this ones going to be easy they are right there. 🤦🏻♀️🤣
Please please please keep playing this kind of story based game. I love watching these. I don’t have time to play the games myself but I love putting these videos on while I’m working. You’re the only gaming youtuber that I can stand!
For me it's JnJ and Pewds
Sammeee
I watch them like movies 😂
Hallie Mundt omg same here 🙊
She was going to kill herself. She left all that stuff in the loft as a final puzzle for them to solve.
Why would she try to kill them and leave them a note?
He probably didn't connect those dot, that why he think tom's version didn't make sense
@@hellboy9458 yeah, exactly. I chose Tom's version, because I could not see, by the end, that she would say 'I want to kill you' to Tyler. Especially after leaving them a suicide note.
I get that but it's still really weird that she followed him all the way to the dock with a shot gun. And even if she didn't try to kill them, it's still self defense because Alyson didn't know that, she just saw Tyler crying for help and Mary Ann with a shotgun so it was an understandable reaction to stab her. I feel like if Alyson chose to believe Tom's version (even if it's true) she would have just felt incredibly guilty for killing Mary Ann
@@juniorX4 especially since the “im going to kill you” was said to tom on the dock earlier. in moments of trauma tyler probably messed up his memory and confused the two
@@rebeccak9597 I AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE CHASING SOMEONE WITH A SHOTGUN IS FUCKING SCARY AND IF SHE IS TRYING TO CALM OLLIE DOWN THEN TOSS THE GUN OUT, NOT KEEP IT BETWEEN YOUR HAND. I DID NOT CHOOSE TOMMYS MEMORY BECAUSE OF THAT.
it was physically painful to watch him trying to open that chest in the attic
Julien I absolutely love the community you have built. I mentioned I was looking forward to this being uploaded and another of your subscribers went back to the Comment to let me know it had been uploaded. It made my night. 🙂💜 I thought maybe you’d like to know.
I know, I love this community so much. It pretty amazing ❤️
thats so wholesome i love it here 😭💜
THATS SO CUTE
I died a little every time he passed next to the little doors and not see the B I G letters on it 😣
Same 😂
AHAHAH sameee
Saaaaame. I was getting so frustrated!!
same i started screaming
Fast forward to 2:17:35 when he FINALLY figures it out what the baby's name was.
apparently if you make choices early on that strain Ty and Aly's relationship, you get the rare ending in which they decide to separate and get rid of their voice. Aly ends up staying in the old house, never quite dealing with her trauma, almost an echo of Mary-Ann herself, and Tyler and Michael end up in Juneau together. It's, EXTREMELY sad.
Oh god no pls I’m so glad that’s not the ending Julien got
I know people talk about Tyler and Alyson, but can we talk about Mary-Ann for a second? My heart really really feels for her; she felt nothing but love for her children and it is so hard to imagine that she broke down to the point of wanting to end it all. That poor lady had such a hard life and I wish she got to live it and watch her children grow up :(
Julien, thank you so much for the trigger warning. It’s a small thing but it helps so much :)
Honestly, after hearing Alyson’s heavy breathing I could feel my heart racing this game is crazy
I was definitely triggered, this game is really crazy
I was like “ eh I should be fine”
hard cut to me having a full blown panic attack trying to breath with Alyson lmfao
Right🫶🏽
I so wanted Julien to read the stories thoroughly and connect the dots like that the Old Beaver is Carol and how the Princess befriended the Old Bear (Sam's friendzone) and stuff
I don't agree with the thought that Mary Ann was going to harm Tyler. She was already out in the shed and talking to herself with the shotgun before Tyler ran in to show her his haircut. She was going to end her own life I believe (thus all the little puzzles and notes), but Tyler interrupted her and when he ran she followed him.
Yeah that makes the most sense with the whole loft
I love how Sam just straight up went for the gauze without washing his greasyass wound
He's a drunk bear,, what did you expect???
BRO no, mary-ann clearly like was distraught and having a psychotic break but she wasn't trying to kill her kid. The only reason she went to the dock was because she knew tyler saw her with the gun and thought she was going to do something to him so she went after him hence the "wait! im not going to hurt you". She said the "im going to kill you" thing to Tom when he came on the boat (he told them she threatened his life earlier which is why he was scared to go intervene). I strongly disagree with you my guy but love you
me SCREAMING at Julien to look at the doors in the attic for the letters to open the chest
bruh julien's 'cinematoraphy' is giving me motion sickness
“There’s an ‘OA’ at the bottom of all of them...” JULLIEN I-
what does it mean tho 😭
@@ysab8lleI know I’m two years late but it’s the initials of Alyson and Tyler’s dead name. The OA is only on the pictures that the kids drew so it’s just their signature. It was there the entire time and julien didn’t notice it until the attic lmao I love him but man is he bad at noticing those details
My issue with Tyler's memories is that he is looking at it from the perspective of someone who was able to move away from all that and he held a lot of resentment for his mom and others in town. I feel like Alyson's memories are the way they are because she got to know the people in the town and grew up around them. I think both are probably inaccurate but Tyler's hate almost jaded him from the actual events.
EXACTLY
I definitely see your point about Tyler's memories, but I also thknk Alyson growing so close to everyone affected hers as well.
i wish the game wasn't done it's one of my favourite games i love the story line and i wish we could see what happened to Sam
Shania Porter same! And what happens with Michael (wrong spelling but idc) and Tyler?
I Løve Jøsh Dun. sadly julien missed something in the car when he closed the house door at the end but it was just a small part, it was a polaroid that had them kissing in front of a pride flag! super cute and heartwarming
I Løve Jøsh Dun. Same loved them they were so adorable together
nebulamegan I wish he found it as it would have been the best way to end it seeing them together in a photo
Yeah I feel like the ending was pretty unsatisfying still since we never actually got what happened confirmed and I felt like the version julien picked was wrong :/ it's just a sad game I guess
Tom's threat to tell the town alyson was the "killer" is useless considering he was there to watch and they'll all just question why he did nothing to save Tyler.......
Damn I'm gonna miss screaming REMEMBEEEEEERRR with Julien.
Every time I read the title for this game I have to sing that Backstreet Boys song
I thought I was the only one😂😂
when ty and michael kissed i threw my fists int he air the EXACT way julien did at the EXACT same time it was crazy bro we both just love *tychael*
i think toms memory is right. memories from trauma can change bc ya kno ur mind does weird things to protect urself. i think mary ann was either gonna 1) kill tom or 2) kill herself. both bc she was afraid of her kids being taken away. it makes NO sense tht mary ann wanted to kill her kids, even tyler since we learned that she was OKAY with tyler’s transition
Julien saying he recently got as close as you can be to having a panic attack is really hurting my heart.
julien saying "get your hands off me" any time anyone touched alyson was an accurate representation of any woman and gen z person ever
Someone really needs to do a video with everytime Julien said "rememBEERRR!!" during the playthrough 😂
I literally finished the last two episodes and then BOOM I got the notification for part 3 😫👌
Watched this on stream but fell asleep 1/2 way threw.
sameeee!!
I’ve been checking manically for the last 2 days... finally!! :)
YOU were MEANT to watch THIS video
That is the BEST feeling
"Don't talk about Eddie's mail slot like that... Dafuq..."
ROFL
“Never mind I’m not dumb I’m smart” is something I try to say to myself everyday ;)
You smart bb
OH MY GOD THE LETTERS ARE ON DOORS. JULIAN P L E A S E
AND THE COLOUR CORRESPONDS. PLEASE JULIE 😂
Michael is the best friend we all really fucking need.
I wish they could have given Sam the house. It meant so much to him and he was so sad about it
I haven’t finished the video yet so I’m hoping he does but idk if anyone else noticed he didn’t read the second half of the story of the princess losing her treasure where she says basically she woke up and the “tiara” was broken on the floor after a storm where she held the tiara until it passed and then put it back away on its pillow (probably baby Leo died of SIDS?) and she says she held the Tiara but couldn’t fix it and buried it under the big tree which explains the picture and her saying what’s a princess without a tiara makes me think she was trying to say what’s a mother without her baby which is so heartbreaking. Also Julien not noticing the letters had the colors on them that they went to was so frustrating but funny 😂
The only thing I miss from these cursed thumbnails is jennas face in them as well
///spoiler
I don’t think there’s any wrong way of playing this game because you chose what you think,,,,
But from my point of view I really don’t think Mary ann was “psycho” and went on a paranoid freak out with her gUn, in this episode it has shown that she loved her kids dearly and would do anything for them which would be to kill Tom to protect her children for whatever reason which we still don’t know. But from all the hidden messages and the stories I truly believe Mary Ann was their protector and they only visualize the bad memories because trauma sticks more than the good memories with kids,, at first I was really against Mary Ann and agreed with them that she was cruel but now I believe she was very protective and didn’t want to lose her kids for the world ,, which is why when Mary Ann was falling into the lake she was saying something like “no this wasn’t supposed to happen” because I truly believe she was there to protect them (sorry for this paragraph) love this game series though!
The theory I had is that Mary-Anne really did snap and was going to murder suicide her way out of losing her kids. Losing children naturally is enough to destroy some women. My aunt had a full psychotic break when she lost her son and she stayed on her meds for years but full lost it again when she got off of them. She almost killed my uncle. If Mary-Anne started then stopped taking her meds and was then hit with the threat of losing her kids again, it could have broken her. Maybe the only way she saw out was to not be there to be taken (and taken away from). She said “This wasn’t how it was supposed to go,” because she wasn’t trying to leave her kids behind. They were supposed to “go” with her.
@@samminicksm i could understand that theory but she was also saying 'its his fault' when loading up the gun which would give me the idea she meant tom. because she never used male pronouns for tyler, she called him ollie still while he was still female all the while still knowing her 'daughter' was trans. although i think its dumb she brought the gun with her while chasing young tyler but i dont think she was purposely trying to kill him. another reason to believe she wasnt going to kill them is she left a whole story mission of puzzles that lead to a note for them, knowing she was going to somehow die before them. idk im open to all theories because theres nothing set on the 'truth' but thats my heavy thought
@@lalamations1212 why follow someone with a gun thou??if your gonna calm your kid down, then put the gun away, not keep it while chasing your child.
just going to assume michael and tyler ended up together. 😌💕
Alfie Spafford I saw a comment say that Julien missed a polaroid picture in the car of them kissing and holding the gay pride flag 🏳️🌈 behind them :)
Celestia 486 tight!
YOO my panic disorder was triggered. That was a hella realistic panic attack for a video game.
I have a feeling Tom....did something to Mary-Ann...idk why, it's just sketchy. Tom is sketchy in general.
Yeah that also covers the storyline better because the mad hunter was horrifying all the way through the story but ended up being....tom..
Feel Tom was helping her actually from the sidelines without hindering his own marriage. He was looking out for her and that's why he was creeping around the house even after her death.
@@ThisIsDjYigytugd that was sam helping out around the house
"My mother she... tumbled right out of me. But it was okay." When I first watched this gameplay, this quote made me cry and I wasn't sure why. 2 years later and I think I understand much better because I understand the grief of losing someone much better, especially with how it runs in circles. My uncle died in 2020 and it wasn't until I saw a picture of his son last week did I burst into tears. Because it looked like my uncle tumbled right out of me and was staring back at me through his son...and I finally understood this quote.
Michael is like everyone therapist a reassuring vibe
him trying to crack that code in the attic was painful to watch
personally i can see how believing tom makes sense reading the other comments abt how she planned to kill herself, but that would mean the twins somehow literally formed resentment towards their mum for nothing. the twin's choice makes more sense as to why they would develop any sort of hatred.
cos what i don't understand, throughout this playthrough is where the twins' resentment from their mother came from and what even drove tessa to call cps. from their memories of her, she seemed like a mom who tried her best given the circumstances. at the start they talked about her like she was an abusive villain or smn but nothing in the story ever directly pointed towards that. they seemed to have ample freedom to play around in the house, and she did her best to fulfil their needs and didn't emotionally/physically abuse them.
yes she was mentally ill and distant at times but it seems like the town saw her as a loving mother who was troubled, and it's not like the twins forgot those good memories of her. at one point tyler said that she "always said no" to everything but which parent hasn't lmao (esp for like joining hockey..?).
the only thing i could think of was her possibly not supporting tyler but if i recall she never outright said it was a bad thing or explicitly discriminate against him/force him to be a certain way. in the memories it just seems like she was confused and unsure.
Literally yelled to my boyfriend “this is the gay moment I needed!!!!” Tychael forever
I just wonder if the mom was actually going to kill herself and the kids happened to be there and took her off guard. Going to young Tyler with her hand held out (though to him looked like she was aiming the gun at him) and that’s how the mix-up happened. 🤷♀️
REMEMBERRRRRRR!
i love your shade at gregg kshdghkl "how bout you shut the door after you go to the bathroom i can smell that shit from here"
loving this aggressive aries energy
This is a really powerful game… the anxiety/panic attack part sent me into some weird body dysmorphia episode that was unlike anything I’d ever experienced like they achieved the opposite of ASMR very cool (I’m fine now it passed when the scene did/when I looked at the anti panic attack circle which is pretty interesting also)
Watched this vod on your twitch because I was so impatient. So good!! Wish there was more. This feels like just a segment of their story, but I guess all games by the people who make life is strange feel that way. Like the characters keep living past the end of the game, as though they’re real people. But this is the first trans guy in a major studios game I need more!!
Thank you for the fun playthrough Julien, all the way to the end! I was surprised to see that this was the final episode. I feel like there were quite a few questions left unanswered!
Missed Jenna extra this episode, thank you for everything julien!
I'm only a few minutes in, but it sucks that alison was the one who actually needed the help and support after killing her mom, but she wasn't able to get it. Fireweed seemed like it really helped her brother cope, and now she's left to suffer
I love how the letters were so brightly lit and I was screaming at my phone for him to see them a year after this has been uploaded 😭
Also the LEO letters were color coded on the doors lol
Thank you for the trigger warning
That thing about grief coming in circles is so true
Ngl I was near yelling at my phone for jullien to look at the corresponding colored letters on doors. Really chill and fun/funny play through, though ❤️
Julien: spends 30 minutes trying to figure out one puzzle because he refuses to actually read anything
I love these games that u play!! They're so thoughtfully made. And u make them even more entertaining 🤣
such an AMAZING game, so glad i could watch julien play it :)
At this point, I think Daddy...
is uncle.
Okay, I know it's not much but I really appreciate the anxiety/panic attack warning. If I watched this years ago ir would've triggered me and it still kind of does with those kinds of things but I find it super sweet that he put in a trigger warning.
watching julien solve problems is a special kind of torture for me... pain... we remember
it was an absolute delight seeing how interested he got in the story
my theory is that she was like reliving the time she threatened tom on the pier so i think she didn't want to hurt the kids but they were definitely still in danger because she wasn't living in reality at that point, so she still might have shot tyler. so i think she wasn't out to hurt tyler on purpose because of his gender or anything like that, but he was definitely still in danger and alyson did the right thing by defending him
Wow when she dressed in her moms clothes it felt like she saw her mom as the killer but ended up becoming a real one that led to the moms death wow intro dream sequence reminded me of life is strange 1 the hallucinations
We stan Tychael in this house, thank you.
the most frustrating thing is watching julien try to figure out the three letters to open the chest when they’re on the damn doors that he opened 😭😭😭
God this game made me absolutely sob too many times to count. The story isn't really like my life or anything I've experienced and yet there are so many scenes and details that are so deeply relatable. It made me feel seen in a way. I think Julien did a great job with his playthrough, even if he did take forever with some of the puzzles and make a couple different choices than I did.
Still making me cry, 3 years later.
the "anxiety mini game" is based on an actual app that was made to help people calm themselves down from panic attacks! I'm not sure what its called but it was nice to see something like that in a game
Fluck is way too good with these thumbnails 😭😂
The outro was beautiful like the end of a film the music atmosphere how they held hands kind of shielding young Tyler.view the final memory of their mother to figure it all out tell me why, the relationships the left with Sam, eddy, Tom, etc
The mother actually wanted to help Tyler n the trauma from losing one child made her go overboard it’s kinda fitting she’s a cancer. She was the most interesting character u learn that through the letters her creations n storybook as the princess 😢
The town also drove her to insanity it’s so fcked up this tragic demise of her life story
I love this play through random fact one of my options for a name was Tyler i went with Trevor 😊
I didn't know there were only 3 chapters
The one dislike is Eddy
Poor woman...she went through all of that just to end up killed in the end...so sad
wait tessa was all ‘’waiting for their forgiveness’’ but then goes on firing alyson???
Apparently if you choose to push Tessa a little more in that scene, she says some transphobic shit in return soooo
@@theatermx Oof, yeah, I was waiting for her to show her true colors
Theaterm holy shit
all these puzzles are testing my english reading comp skills
Yaaaaaas. Been addicted, been waiting. Cooking dinner rn and I couldn't be more grateful.
Saw the room full of puzzles and knew he would be up there for hours. 😅
Also how did he not connect any of the dots? She clearly wasn’t going to kill her son 🤦🏽♂️
Tell Jenna Happy Birthday for us, yeah? Love you guys.
I think ill be waking up
with a complaint from my neighbour's for screaming Leo so much lmfao
i love michael so much
Hey! Just wanted to say thanks for continuing to share onto RUclips! I’ve always watched Jenna whenever I’m down, and I’ve been binging your videos lately, helps just the same ❤️ First watched your Life is Strange 2 gameplay and now have been digging this. I’ve always enjoyed games like these when I was a teen and haven’t heard of Life is Strange nor this one until you! You da bomb.com Julie!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I don’t know, I’ve got mixed feelings on where I stand with what really happened. It makes sense that Mary Anne would build that room and leave all that info if she were going to kill herself, and she clearly loved her children. I can’t imagine she’d want to lose anymore. But I also can understand the narrative that she would die with her kids before letting anyone take them. It’s shit that happens in real life.
She also went from mumbling to herself and looking completely psychotic in the shed to being calm and talking softly to Tyler. Did she just snap out of it just like that? Why load two shotgun shells if you’re going to only kill yourself?
And yet all that stuff with Tom and what she said to him just proves how protective and loving she is with her kids, so why would she ever harm them?
Idk
Thank you so much Julien. I love spending the mornings watching you play games like these.
FINALLY someone else that picked the twins memory (I didn’t wanna be the only one lol)
Julien hitting on Michael is why I love watching him play. ❤
Roller derby!! Yessss!! I love that Alyson joins up! I play myself... not enough people know how real and cool it is. Julien, you and Jenna should look into watching it. It's a fun game to watch for sure
“Last Minute Trips be like...” 😩
The moments between 2:07:00 and 2:18:00 stressed me out so much! I've never yelled at my laptop so loud OMG!
Dontnod hit a home run yet again with this game
i would love to see a spin off of Tychael
suicide warning at the end of the game was nice; unrelated I think it may also be a small hint in favor of Tom's theory, with the puzzle being a huge note to the kids.
Dislikes come from Eddy, Tessa, Tom and Alex
Cwi Cwi i guess you’re right !! It’s just in this version of the game, Julien really didn’t like Eddy so the response we got from him wasn’t all that good, but it’s just perspective !
“This guys got shark eyes” all the cops had weird eyes I don’t like it
Am currently watching this instead of working and Julen literally made me jump and look around when he said: "Sierr-uhhh!" (My name) 1:16:22
I thought I got caught slacking 😂
I don't play video games but this had me fully invested in the story line until the end!! Amazing job Julien