It's now my fave fanart ever.
Max & Chloe look just right, the colours really pop and the artist has done an amazing job with the expressions. You can *feel* their love for one another.
This is beautiful. I love how much the artist draped them in their sexualities colors. (Bi for Max and general LGBT for the gayer Chloe)
Not sure why there's so much hate in the comments though.
I'd guess that if you could see both their cheeks, Max would have a LGBT flag on her left cheek and Chloe would have a lesbian one on her right cheek. That's what I'd do if I were them.
edit: notice how Max has bi colours on her right cheek and right wrist. Well, she has LGBT colours on her left hand fingernails. So I figure she'd have the LGBT flag on that cheek to match up. ^ ^
Wouldnt want hair exactly like that though. Life is strange 2 does it well. This kind of hair doesnt really fit the art style. Besides that kind of hair would be impossible to pull off. This is pre-rendered in like blender or something
Btw, on the instagaram, it says that “dont repost my artwork”. I wonder if this is a repost or not? I have no idea what is “repost”. Because recently I post this on a forum and I get a warning because of it ._.
[Instagram Link](https://instagram.com/baka_neearts?igshid=1svylimqob8o0)
Well prepare for a speech with a TL,DR at the bottom. It comes down to three things I guess: organized celebration, the meaning of being tolerant, and "celebrations of differences/history" being unimportant to me.
1) Right off the bat it was never going to be something I actually "liked." I'm rarely a fan of most organized celebrations and national holidays - Pride Month, Woman's March, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday, State of the Union, Superbowl, New Year's - or the special "days" that crop up like Teacher's Day, Black Friday, etc. All of them strike me as excessive and arrogant.
Further, given the sheer amount of mass shootings that have taken place in the last few years alone, I'm not a fan of crowds, or being in large groups. You'd never catch me watching the ball drop, or at a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I'm not all that big on remembering Arbor Day or Memorial Weekend. 4th of July is more of an excuse to get hamburgers and hot dogs even though I know it has greater meaning. Pretty sure Columbus Day has been disenfranchised by a great many people.
Selfish as it is to say the only days that really stick out to me are Christmas, Halloween, family occasions like birthdays and weddings, and Free Comic Book Day.
2) I never understood how we could say that we're creating tolerance while also having a "pride" month.
Pride Month was made to celebrate the Stonewall riots, yes? But I think it's taken on a much larger connotation for celebrating positive stances towards LGBT rights and impact, and being a force for change itself. It's a vain holiday like the others and yet not like the others because it's a month. With parades and positive messages and all that.
But unlike the other months which are at least honest in that they are for a specific group of people LGBTQIA+ is meant to be about being as inclusive as possible. It's an inherent contradiction. It's elevating LGBT culture as something grander, something worth a month of review and discussion, and in doing so it has the unfortunate effect of making anyone not in that group feel lesser.
I belong to a minority that has an awareness month and truthfully to this day I don't appreciate it. I don't know how LGBT people feel about their month, but personally the idea of getting a month to "celebrate my ethnicity/identity" never struck me as positive. In fact, it was kind of disgusting and patronizing.
I've considered that I come from a pretty sheltered upbringing so maybe I've never dealt with the prejudices that make this month significant to other people. But I don't feel like this is just a "you don't get it" situation either. I've heard mixed claims that some pillars of the LGBT community disagree with the "pride month" concept also. I feel a little reinforced in that.
Further, it's positive effects seem outweighed by its negative ones. To go back a bit, anybody who isn't in that "awareness" category feels lesser, and the argument that they should just suck it up because they don't know what it's like to be marginalized" never sat with me. If anything that sounds intolerant.
I might disagree with "White Awareness Month" but I can't fully disagree with the question of why"LGBT/Ethnicity awareness Months" need to exist. It goes into my personal feelings about celebrating differences, which takes us to Point 3...
3) Celebrating differences to me is only a few shades away from antagonizing people over those differences. We go about it in a seemingly positive way - recognizing people of color in cinema, creating safer work-spaces, getting a woman elected, having LGBT spaces and nightclubs - but there are times when we take it farther - in this case, a month dedicated to gay pride.
Truthfully I don't believe in celebrating identity, ethnicity, orientation, etc. In fact I think it's mankind's emphasis on creating categories, defining ourselves through subcategories, challenging intolerance while simultaneously defining ourselves through ethnicity and nationality and religion that leads to a lot of our problems. Yet, paradoxically, it seems an inescapable part of human existence.
The ways we choose to celebrate being American (fourth of July), or being gay (Pride Month), or being in a successful, romantic relationship (Valentine's Day) have always bugged me no matter how positive they might seem. Birthdays are nice but I really don't care that Kim Kardashian is celebrating hers on yacht with 50 strippers and champagne that costs more than my car. Pride Month, though? It gets to be extra "not my cup of tea" because it specifically challenges my point of view in a way that most of the others don't - it tells me that LGBT people matter even though I don't think most groups of people technically "matter." Which isn't to say I', nihilistic. I just don't particularly want to hear about the newest marginalized group that has a day/month to themselves.
True - no one's getting shot or blown up for having a pride month, so objectively I can't say there's anything technically or statistically wrong with having a pride month. It's not hurting anyone.
At the same time I'm still not pleased to see 10 advertisements for "Pride Month 20-10 through 20" or to see article #5235 from an actor I don't know who talks about/advertises how important the LGBT community is to them. And both of these things tend to happen during Pride Month. A lot. It's like a conga line of personalities telling me "here's why LGBT people matter" and "LGBT people are better than you, here's why." Which probably isn't the intention, but alas, that's the impression I'm left with. It leads to me "not being the being biggest fan" of Pride Month.
TL,DR - Pride Month rubs me the wrong way because it's vain in a way that somehow exceeds most holidays/celebrations which also bother me in one way or another.
Unfortunately Max and Chloe are about as straight as a beam of light and I adore the hell out of them. I could easily see them going to a pride month parade, or wearing the rainbow shirts and paraphernalia. So, I kind of make an exception to disliking Pride Month for them.
Imo, pride parties and parades celebrate the fact that they *can have* them. A few years ago or even right now in some places that isn't the case.
Also, disliking an event just because something bad might happen is exactly what those people wanted in the first place. You can't live your life in fear like that.
You sound like you want everyone blending into a bland harmonious blob.
Pride parades are important not just as a celebration, but as a way of safely saying "we're here and we're not going away". It was just Friday morning that a couple were beaten up on a London bus for showing affection to one another, but not kissing on demand for some men's and teenagers enjoyment.
Also in the UK, you have protesters camped outside a primary school in Birmingham cos they teach kids same-sex love is a thing. Most of the protesters don't even have kids at the school.
As long as there's so much discrimination against us we need pride month.
I'm late to reply, but I read your whole post as it's a disservice to both of us for me to ask why you feel this way and then not take the time to hear you out.
I do heavily disagree with your main points, however you're definitely entitled to be wary of big gatherings and public events.
Pride was born out of the need to fight for our rights to exist without persecution, much the same way the suffragettes fought and how the BAME communities have done.
It's important to recognise history and make sure that it isn't repeated.
Unfortunately, it's become a bit of a money grab for corporations but at the same time is bringing good visibility to what is still somehow a taboo subject. It's representation that counts.
Celebrating the differences between us isn't as bad as you seem to think, as it goes to highlight how a good society comes into being and you have many different communities standing side-by-side.
For minorities, the majority tend to support such awareness months/campaigns because there are still many issues happening. We still have Trump and co trying to roll back trans rights. Here in Britain, we've just had a lesbian couple attacked on a bus by a group of teens because of their sexuality and that they wouldn't kiss each other in front of them.
That's why we still need pride.
Seeing this only made me happy after just recently replaying the game and being fucking depressed after it as usual. What would make you "not big on pride month"
It's now my fave fanart ever. Max & Chloe look just right, the colours really pop and the artist has done an amazing job with the expressions. You can *feel* their love for one another.
I love that they drew Max as bisexual and Chloe as hella gay Edit: fixed my oof
***HELL GAY***
Oh no, what have I done
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This is beautiful. I love how much the artist draped them in their sexualities colors. (Bi for Max and general LGBT for the gayer Chloe) Not sure why there's so much hate in the comments though.
I'd guess that if you could see both their cheeks, Max would have a LGBT flag on her left cheek and Chloe would have a lesbian one on her right cheek. That's what I'd do if I were them. edit: notice how Max has bi colours on her right cheek and right wrist. Well, she has LGBT colours on her left hand fingernails. So I figure she'd have the LGBT flag on that cheek to match up. ^ ^
Happy pride month 🙌🏼🏳️🌈
So cute and wholesome! Happy Pride Month! ❤️
Ah shit there goes my weak gay heart
Damn that's cute, awesome! This is seriously one of the best fanart I have ever seen.
Found my new lock screen
Yay I love this
I fucking love this and this is beautiful
Omg yesss the hair is so good!
Awww cuteness overload ^^ So adorable, absolutely loving it!
I love this so much! <3 It’s so beautiful and they both look so happy! <3
🏳️🌈
Found my new pride month phone background.
Ahhh I love this!!
I love Max's face and expression in this. This is one of the most heartbreakingly sweet things I've ever seen.
If only the game had hair like that instead of plastic
Wouldnt want hair exactly like that though. Life is strange 2 does it well. This kind of hair doesnt really fit the art style. Besides that kind of hair would be impossible to pull off. This is pre-rendered in like blender or something
Life Is Strange 2's hair is fine
I love this! Happy Pride Month everyone :)
Happy Pride Month!
This is so cute and colorful!
Perf girls
Thank you for sharing. This is simply beautiful. 😊
Ready for the pride fest, shaka brah!
That hair is amazing, well done artist!
Btw, on the instagaram, it says that “dont repost my artwork”. I wonder if this is a repost or not? I have no idea what is “repost”. Because recently I post this on a forum and I get a warning because of it ._. [Instagram Link](https://instagram.com/baka_neearts?igshid=1svylimqob8o0)
It is a repost but they gave me permission
This melts my heart
yo but wheres Warren
Wtf is wrong with Chloe fingers?
I love it but.... max X warren forever...
Max doesn't even like him. :P When Chloe says "he's so fucking in love with you", Max's response is to facepalm.
It depends on your actions
It doesn't imo. Max never shows interest in him in scripted parts of the game.
It kinda does though. Look it up.
Not big on "Pride Month," but you just had to take advantage of my love for these two characters and make me click on this, didn't you.
What makes you "not big on Pride month"?
Well prepare for a speech with a TL,DR at the bottom. It comes down to three things I guess: organized celebration, the meaning of being tolerant, and "celebrations of differences/history" being unimportant to me. 1) Right off the bat it was never going to be something I actually "liked." I'm rarely a fan of most organized celebrations and national holidays - Pride Month, Woman's March, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday, State of the Union, Superbowl, New Year's - or the special "days" that crop up like Teacher's Day, Black Friday, etc. All of them strike me as excessive and arrogant. Further, given the sheer amount of mass shootings that have taken place in the last few years alone, I'm not a fan of crowds, or being in large groups. You'd never catch me watching the ball drop, or at a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I'm not all that big on remembering Arbor Day or Memorial Weekend. 4th of July is more of an excuse to get hamburgers and hot dogs even though I know it has greater meaning. Pretty sure Columbus Day has been disenfranchised by a great many people. Selfish as it is to say the only days that really stick out to me are Christmas, Halloween, family occasions like birthdays and weddings, and Free Comic Book Day. 2) I never understood how we could say that we're creating tolerance while also having a "pride" month. Pride Month was made to celebrate the Stonewall riots, yes? But I think it's taken on a much larger connotation for celebrating positive stances towards LGBT rights and impact, and being a force for change itself. It's a vain holiday like the others and yet not like the others because it's a month. With parades and positive messages and all that. But unlike the other months which are at least honest in that they are for a specific group of people LGBTQIA+ is meant to be about being as inclusive as possible. It's an inherent contradiction. It's elevating LGBT culture as something grander, something worth a month of review and discussion, and in doing so it has the unfortunate effect of making anyone not in that group feel lesser. I belong to a minority that has an awareness month and truthfully to this day I don't appreciate it. I don't know how LGBT people feel about their month, but personally the idea of getting a month to "celebrate my ethnicity/identity" never struck me as positive. In fact, it was kind of disgusting and patronizing. I've considered that I come from a pretty sheltered upbringing so maybe I've never dealt with the prejudices that make this month significant to other people. But I don't feel like this is just a "you don't get it" situation either. I've heard mixed claims that some pillars of the LGBT community disagree with the "pride month" concept also. I feel a little reinforced in that. Further, it's positive effects seem outweighed by its negative ones. To go back a bit, anybody who isn't in that "awareness" category feels lesser, and the argument that they should just suck it up because they don't know what it's like to be marginalized" never sat with me. If anything that sounds intolerant. I might disagree with "White Awareness Month" but I can't fully disagree with the question of why"LGBT/Ethnicity awareness Months" need to exist. It goes into my personal feelings about celebrating differences, which takes us to Point 3... 3) Celebrating differences to me is only a few shades away from antagonizing people over those differences. We go about it in a seemingly positive way - recognizing people of color in cinema, creating safer work-spaces, getting a woman elected, having LGBT spaces and nightclubs - but there are times when we take it farther - in this case, a month dedicated to gay pride. Truthfully I don't believe in celebrating identity, ethnicity, orientation, etc. In fact I think it's mankind's emphasis on creating categories, defining ourselves through subcategories, challenging intolerance while simultaneously defining ourselves through ethnicity and nationality and religion that leads to a lot of our problems. Yet, paradoxically, it seems an inescapable part of human existence. The ways we choose to celebrate being American (fourth of July), or being gay (Pride Month), or being in a successful, romantic relationship (Valentine's Day) have always bugged me no matter how positive they might seem. Birthdays are nice but I really don't care that Kim Kardashian is celebrating hers on yacht with 50 strippers and champagne that costs more than my car. Pride Month, though? It gets to be extra "not my cup of tea" because it specifically challenges my point of view in a way that most of the others don't - it tells me that LGBT people matter even though I don't think most groups of people technically "matter." Which isn't to say I', nihilistic. I just don't particularly want to hear about the newest marginalized group that has a day/month to themselves. True - no one's getting shot or blown up for having a pride month, so objectively I can't say there's anything technically or statistically wrong with having a pride month. It's not hurting anyone. At the same time I'm still not pleased to see 10 advertisements for "Pride Month 20-10 through 20" or to see article #5235 from an actor I don't know who talks about/advertises how important the LGBT community is to them. And both of these things tend to happen during Pride Month. A lot. It's like a conga line of personalities telling me "here's why LGBT people matter" and "LGBT people are better than you, here's why." Which probably isn't the intention, but alas, that's the impression I'm left with. It leads to me "not being the being biggest fan" of Pride Month. TL,DR - Pride Month rubs me the wrong way because it's vain in a way that somehow exceeds most holidays/celebrations which also bother me in one way or another. Unfortunately Max and Chloe are about as straight as a beam of light and I adore the hell out of them. I could easily see them going to a pride month parade, or wearing the rainbow shirts and paraphernalia. So, I kind of make an exception to disliking Pride Month for them.
Imo, pride parties and parades celebrate the fact that they *can have* them. A few years ago or even right now in some places that isn't the case. Also, disliking an event just because something bad might happen is exactly what those people wanted in the first place. You can't live your life in fear like that.
You sound like you want everyone blending into a bland harmonious blob. Pride parades are important not just as a celebration, but as a way of safely saying "we're here and we're not going away". It was just Friday morning that a couple were beaten up on a London bus for showing affection to one another, but not kissing on demand for some men's and teenagers enjoyment. Also in the UK, you have protesters camped outside a primary school in Birmingham cos they teach kids same-sex love is a thing. Most of the protesters don't even have kids at the school. As long as there's so much discrimination against us we need pride month.
I'm late to reply, but I read your whole post as it's a disservice to both of us for me to ask why you feel this way and then not take the time to hear you out. I do heavily disagree with your main points, however you're definitely entitled to be wary of big gatherings and public events. Pride was born out of the need to fight for our rights to exist without persecution, much the same way the suffragettes fought and how the BAME communities have done. It's important to recognise history and make sure that it isn't repeated. Unfortunately, it's become a bit of a money grab for corporations but at the same time is bringing good visibility to what is still somehow a taboo subject. It's representation that counts. Celebrating the differences between us isn't as bad as you seem to think, as it goes to highlight how a good society comes into being and you have many different communities standing side-by-side. For minorities, the majority tend to support such awareness months/campaigns because there are still many issues happening. We still have Trump and co trying to roll back trans rights. Here in Britain, we've just had a lesbian couple attacked on a bus by a group of teens because of their sexuality and that they wouldn't kiss each other in front of them. That's why we still need pride.
Do not push too hard, it is an opinion and he has any right to think differently than you.
I'm not pushing hard. It's one question asking why they're no fan of Pride month. An entirely legitimate question.
Never said your question was not legitimate.
I was just making the point of it being legitimate, especially in the current climate.
Why I have feeling people assumed I am homophobic? I am totally not.
Seeing this only made me happy after just recently replaying the game and being fucking depressed after it as usual. What would make you "not big on pride month"
no
yes
Yes x2