Hey guys! Complete coincidence I’ve made two Life is Strange related posts today, but yeah, here goes (and to see what you guys think of them).
Kindred Matthews
He’s Pathetic for being verbally abusive towards Sean and Daniel Diaz in an unprofessional manner for a Police Officer (even pulling a gun out on them, despite knowing they were kids) and while he shot Esteban (their father), in the very little time afterwards that he was still alive afterwards, didn’t express any sort of regret for it (looking more angry than remorseful in the split second we see his face afterwards). But he’s a Pinhead for not knowing how to handle two underage suspects to the point of pulling a gun out on them, didn’t even bother to call for backup to get Brett any sort of medical attention after Sean assaulted him (even if Brett deserved it for being a racist scumbag who attempted to beat up a 9 year old) and with Sean and Daniel being no threat he could have very easily called it in and he needlessly pointed a gun at and shot Esteban, showing a lack of moral restraint or knowledge of how to use a firearm responsibly despite being a Police Officer. While it is known that he apparently had a close relationship with his mother and sister, this is barely expanded upon enough to humanise him as the complete scumbag he was in barely two minutes of screen time in the whole game (plus it’s only one redeeming quality) and despite Sean being adamant that if Kindred survived he would o have gotten away with killing Esteban, this very likely would not have been the case, considering his body camera would have shown he needlessly fired on an unarmed man (something the Police unfortunately don’t consider, because of the weird circumstances of everything because of Daniel’s powers) and those words are coming from a terrified 16 year old. Overall, he weakly counts IMO.
Madison Wright
Madison is Pathetic, for alongside her father; Luke, commit hypocritical vigilante “justice” against Mexican immigrants, shoots Daniel despite being told he was a child by her father but not listening to him, threatened to break Sean’s arm when restraining him, was racist towards Diego and Carla Morales while in her prison cell and her optional defeat of Daniel using his powers to abuse her in her prison is played as completely well deserved karma. However, she’s arguably a Pinhead, her shooting Daniel even after being told by Luke he’s very clearly a young boy that doesn’t need to be shot at, assuming Sean and Daniel are terrorists despite them being kids (sure the border suddenly having a hole in it is creepy, but still) as well as assuming they had friends crossing over despite no one else on Mexico’s side of the wall being nowhere in sight further proving Sean telling the truth and even when Luke said they had to do something about Daniel, Madison refused (granted the Police arrived seconds later, Madison obviously could not have predicted this and still could have done something, as Sean was already tied up). Sure, she mentions that she’s just trying to make America a better place and to make the country safe for her children, as Sean points out, this is just generalising and if anything, doesn’t make her a sympathetic extremist, but an abusive hypocrite who refuses to accept the immigrants she despises aren’t that much different from her (trying to survive and make a living for their children). I think she just about keeps.
Overall, not as decent qualifiers as Nicholas, but I want to know you guys’ thoughts before I properly consider Proposing them.