Blog:Mark Chang (The Fairly OddParents)

Rachel Amber is a major character in Life Is Strange (although she never appears in person) and as the deuteragonist of Before the Storm.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) She's a creator's pet.
 * 2) She's basically a rip off of Chloe herself.
 * 3) She's irritable and thinks the world revolves around her making it a mystery why she was "liked by everyone".
 * 4) She is an atrocious girlfriend who frequently cheats on Chloe with Frank behind her back and that is only so she can get drugs, and to the point where she wanted to leave with Frank instead of Chloe. This is especially evident in the original where it’s shown she wrote love letters to Frank and never told Chloe about it before she was inevitably killed. This causes her to be not only a cheat, but very dishonest.
 * 5) She impulsively caused a huge forest fire because she learned her father was cheating on her mother. She never has any remorse for this.
 * 6) It also doesn't make sense that she's upset with her dad when it is her mum that abandoned her.
 * 7) * In fact, Rachel's mother is a junkie who abandoned her family and had only been sober for one year, which makes her father look reasonable for not wanting her back into her life.
 * 8) *She also goes as far as to say that her family's love isn't real because the mum isn't biologically related, which is very selfish and shows how unappreciative she is to her step-mother who was more of a mother than her biological one.
 * 9) She's so desperate to leave Arcadia Bay that she tries to manipulate Chloe and Frank into leaving with her.
 * 10) Nobody calls Rachel out on any of this except Eliot, who's supposed to be a possessive psycho, making it sound like the writers for the game wanted to tell us, "Oh you don't like Rachel? Well, then you're no different from Eliot. And you don't want to be like Eliot, right?"
 * 11) Despite her character being shown to be smart and very charismatic, Kylie Brown’s performance unfortunately doesn’t hit those notes and feels charmless and unnatural. Sometimes like she’s reading off of the script.
 * 12) *Uricksaladbar's Life is Strange: Before the Storm - The Worst Best Friend points this out and explains why in great detail.
 * 13) If she was suspended for skipping school, Rachel will drug another student just so she can have the lead role in a play.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) She was at least thankful to Chloe for helping her find her biological mother.
 * 2) Despite selfishly persuading Chloe to leave Arcadia Bay with her, there were a few moments where she put herself forward for the sake of others.
 * 3) * She distracted the guys at the gig which bought Chloe the opportunity to thrash out in the mosh pit.
 * 4) * She admitted to Principal Wells that she was responsible for ditching school and for bringing Chloe along with her, consequently souring both their reputations.
 * 5) * She stepped in when Damon was getting aggressive with Chloe in the junkyard.
 * 6) She loved and cared about Chloe with all of her heart.