History Fanfic / BeyondTheStorm

** Kate also appears to be gay.

** David seems to be at the start of one, questioning the basis of his homophobia.

* NobleBigotWithABadge: David is homophobic, but not to an extreme. When Max and Chloe tell him that they are together, he blows up, [[spoiler:forcing Max to rewind]]. However, when Joyce tells him in private, his reaction is more subdued, and he's able to remain civil with Max and Chloe later. He even begins to reconsider his own prejudices, admitting to himself that he would have no objections to their relationship if Max was a boy. By Chapter 17, David has concluded that Chloe being with Max is the lesser of two evils compared to Chloe getting into trouble on her own.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9: [[spoiler:Max and Chloe come out to Joyce and David. While Joyce is supportive, David is ''not''. This in turn forces Max to use her rewind power for the first time since the start of the story. In the process, she discovers that she can bring people back with her if she is touching them]].

** Kate seems to have feelings for Victoria.

** Kate asks Max questions about her sexuality and what it's like to have a crush on someone, heavily implying that she has feelings for another girl.

* EmptyShell: Downplayed with Victoria. She's still a functional person, but her guilt over how she treated Kate has effectively stripped away her AlphaBitch persona without replacing it.

* HappyEnding: Played with. The story ''begins'' with a happy ending, and then imagines what comes afterwards. Realistically, even if everyone is alive, Nathan and Mr. Jefferson are in custody, and Max and Chloe are together, Max is still horribly traumatized, while both Max and Chloe have to deal with homophobia.

* NobleBigotWithABadge: David is homophobic, but not to an extreme. When Max and Chloe tell him that they are together, he blows up, [[spoiler:forcing Max to rewind]]. However, when Joyce tells him in private, his reaction is more subdued, and he's able to remain civil with Max and Chloe later. He even begins to reconsider his own prejudices, admitting to himself that he would have no objections to their relationship if Max was a boy.
** By Chapter 17, David has concluded that Chloe being with Max is the lesser of two evils compared to Chloe getting into trouble on her own.

* [[VillainousBSoD Villainous BSoD]]: Victoria's guilt over how she treated Kate, combined with [[TraumaCongaLine the shock of the revelations about Nathan and Mr. Jefferson]], has catapulted her into severe depression, to the point that Max is genuinely afraid that Victoria might be suicidal.
* WhamEpisode:
** Chapter 9: [[spoiler:Max and Chloe come out to Joyce and David. While Joyce is supportive, David is ''not''. This in turn forces Max to use her rewind power for the first time since the start of the story. In the process, she discovers that she can bring people back with her if she is touching them]].

* NobleBigotWithABadge: [[spoiler:David is homophobic, but not to an extreme. When Max and Chloe tell him that they are together, he blows up, forcing Max to rewind. However, when Joyce tells him in private, his reaction is more subdued, and he's able to remain civil with Max and Chloe later. He even begins to reconsider his own prejudices.]]

* RoleReversal: Despite their respective personalities, Chloe s

* HeelRealization: David seems to be at the start of one, questioning the basis of his homophobia.

* VillainousBSoD: Victoria's guilt over how she treated Kate, combined with [[TraumaCongaLine the shock of the revelations about Nathan and Mr. Jefferson]], has catapulted her into severe depression, to the point that Max is genuinely afraid that Victoria might be suicidal.

* ClosestThingWeGot: With Jefferson in jail, Blackwell obviously needs a substitute photography teacher. However, they've always had trouble finding substitutes even for more common subjects[[note:explaining why Max's English class was simply canceled when the English teacher was out sick]], so they get [[spoiler:David]] to run the class, given [[spoiler:his experience with photography in the military. Of course, simply knowing his way around a camera does not make him qualified to actually teach photography, so David doesn't even try, instead setting up a system where students take photos based on prompts and then discuss them in class]].

** The story clarifies Max and Chloe's [[AmbiguousSexuality Ambiguous Sexualities]] from the game. Max is bisexual (and has been out for some time) while Chloe is a lesbian.

* DeathOfPersonality: A mild example. As Max is from an alternate timeline and has a RippleEffectProofMemory, she is not exactly the same Max who Chloe has been hanging out with or who took the picture of Kate that won the Everyday Heroes contest. Both Max and Chloe are troubled by the question of what happened to that Max.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Principle Wells is heavily implied to be gay.

** Averted with Max's parents. Max came out to them as bisexual some time ago. They even had a bet over whether Max would end up with Chloe or Warren.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44243719/chapters/111262366 ''Beyond the Storm'']] is a ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' fanfiction by Troper/{{Meshakhad}}, based on the San Francisco timeline seen in Episode 5, only the tornado has been averted after all and Chloe accompanies Max to San Francisco. But even though it seems like Max has everything she wants, there are still scars to heal from and consequences to deal with.

* [[ComingOutEpisode Coming Out Chapter]]:

** Max and Chloe officially become a couple in Chapter 2.