Thanks for the relevant topic.The LiS franchise and fandom have become quite popular and unfortunately it seems to me too like some toxicity developed. Though I don't see a specific relation with the release of BtS. I think there are also other issues apart from the one you mentioned.

I would like to think this fandom still quite healthy but there also toxic elements.

Others, including myself, have noticed a shift in gear since BtS, too. I think it's important for fans to just hold onto what they enjoy about the fandom and try to ignore what they feel goes against what they love about it. I think the saying, "Each to their own", is important here. There's a lot of intensity, for sure.

Absolutely. It's sickening seeing so many people demonize Max to death thanks to BtS. I think it slightly existed before too, but BtS definitely increased it like ten-fold. Shipping wars exist everywhere but the Pricefield vs Amberprice beef is World War VIII.

While I'm at it, I hate how a lot of the fandom treats Warren. Some even put him on par with Eliot, which is just complete yikes.

The way I see it if you have played the bonus episode from BTS Max leaves within a week of William Price's untimely demise. When Chloe returns to her room there's a cassette tape from Max. Recorded on the cassette tape is Max saying she will keep a solid form of communication between them and visit each other often, even so far as saying that moving away won't change anything. Of course we all know that this isn't the case. Further more if you look at Chloe's phone during BTS you can see all the times she's tried to reach out to Max. I'm pretty new to the forums but I thought I'd just put it out there.

Yeah, but those texts in themselves in the prequel game are inconsistent with the original game where Max says in her journal she never texted (" I feel so lame for not staying in touch... or even text."), and when Chloe says Max never called or texted ("No. You were happy to wait five years without a call, or even a text.").

So this is why I'm of the opinion that fans can take the prequel game as canon if they want, but to just be mindful that there are some parts that clash with what we learn from playing the original game. (This is why we had to separate prequel pages from the Season 1 pages on the wiki, to avoid some confusing overlap.)

Oh, so that's why the S1/BtS pages are separate! Yeah, BtS is veeeery inconsistent with S1. D9 barely even tried to make it consistent. I barely consider it canon at all. It's basically a fanfic to me.

It wasn't the only reason for the separation. One other reason is just because of the amount of information that each page would contain if both games were found on the same page. Some Season 1 pages are already really long! :)

That pisses me off when I read comments of Max hate on YouTube. Max moving was NOT her fault. She was 13 when she moved. Her dad got a new job in Seattle, Max had no power over that. I get frustrated with the fandom for giving Max shit for being a "bad friend". Especially when Chloe guilt trips Max just because she didn't keep in touch with Chloe. When Chloe didn't keep in touch with Max either.