🐾Branch🐾
Who Fell first
It was when the cook Bergen attacked the village. You heard the commotion from your pod. You ran to help but ended getting snatched with the other trolls who originally got snatched.
Branch didn't find out until Poppy came to ask him for help. He panicked knowing you had been captured. He packed way too much stuff. Poppy watched him panic and giggled. Branch spun around to look at her. "What?" He snapped. "I've never seen you so worried about someone. Branch do you like Y/N?" Poppy asked. Branch went wide eyed. Does he like you? By his silence and obvious analysing, Poppy knew the answer. She patted Branch on the back.
When Branch and Poppy found you and the other trolls trapped in the cage, Branch ran straight to you. "Branch!" You exclaimed reaching out for him. You two hugged through the bars of the cage. "Are you okay, are you hurt?" Branch asked placing a hand on your cheek. "I'm fine." You smiled leaning into his hand.
Who Fell harder
Your colors started to fade. You blamed yourself. If only you got to everyone quicker maybe this wouldn't have happened. Branch looked around the cooking pot. Everyone looked so defeated and started to lose their colors. He turned to you. It broke his heart. He slowly walked over.
"You with the sad eyes. Don't be discouraged"
Branch took your chin in his hand. You looked sadly up at him. You couldn't face him, you were ashamed. You turned away.
"oh I realize. It's hard to take courage In a world full of people. You can lose sight of it all. The darkness inside you. Can make you feel so small"
Your hug time bracelet went off. Branch opened his arms. You turned away.
"Show me a smile then. Don't be unhappy. Can't remember when. I last saw you laughing. This world makes you crazy. And you've taken. All you can bear. Just call me up. Cause I will always be there"
You started smiling. Branch smiled back, happy he was getting through to you. He
"And I see your true colors. Shining through."
You started to glow, your colors coming back.
"I see your true colors. And that's why I love you"
You turned to him. You smiled widely. He took your hands and started dancing, singing with you. The whole time he was staring into your eyes. He admired your features. Your eyes, smile, nose, the freckles that ran over from cheek to cheek and your lashes. As he danced with you his colors that were lost so long ago grew back. You gasped with how beautiful his colors are.
He loved you.
A/N: I feel weird not writing Poppy in this scene😭😭
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My most unhinged thought about the Life Is Strange series is that I think True Colors might have partially been a test to see what their player base looks for in a game. I know that sounds degraded, but this makes so much sense to me.
Life Is Strange 2 was a game that didn't sell particularly well. Don't get me wrong, it's made 2 million dollars in gross revenue, so to say that it was flop would be untrue. However, it is the worst selling game in the entire franchise. Before The Storm made 9 million dollars, Life Is Strange made 56.8 million dollars, and True Colors made 16.4 million dollars. Compared to how much the other games made, 2 million is underperforming.
I bring this up because it makes sense that the devs would see this number and say, "We should figure out EXACTLY what the player base is looking for so we can make more money because, capitalism." That's where I think True Colors comes into play.
There are a lot of things that could figured out by watching what choices players make in TC. For example: Alex can have two main desires throughout TC. She can either want to travel and make music, or she can want to find a home and community in Haven. Depending on what the players pick, the devs would know if players lean more toward an adventures MC like Sean who travels around a lot, or if they lean more toward a grounded MC like Max who's life is mostly centered to one place.
Other things the devs could gauge from the game: Whether players like doing small side quests such as finding the bird for that one lady. Whether players lean more toward a male or female love interest. Whether players prefer a more grounded or adventures love interest. Whether players would want to forgive an antagonist in the franchise. Whether players would want to a protagonist to treat a power like it was a blessing or a curse. Whether players would be more drawn to a pessimistic or optimistic main character.
I had this thought because Alex is so much more ambiguous than Sean and Max. Sean and Max have pretty concrete personalities and opinions despite being in a choice-based game, while what Alex wants and her personality are mostly selected through dialogue. The developers could easily use that dialogue to gauge what kind of protagonist the fans most like playing as. Then I had the other thought that the entire game would be a great test board actually...and now we're here.
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