Life is Strange Fandom Tag Updates

Greetings from Arcadia Bay!

We have some upcoming adjustments to how the Life is Strange fandom is structured on AO3! Please be aware that there are some minor spoilers for all games and the demo mentioned in this post, but we've tried to keep those spoilers to an absolute minimum so as to keep you all informed without potentially ruining your enjoyment of these excellent games.

When the “Life is Strange (Video Game)” fandom was created on AO3, we had no idea that the game would become a series. Once it did, it originally seemed like it would simply continue to expand on the story of these now familiar characters and settings, so it was only natural to keep them together in one fandom.

However, with the release of “The Amazing Adventures of Captain Awesome” and “Life is Strange 2”, it’s become clear to us that the Life is Strange canon is growing well beyond our previous expectations! And while we’re delighted, this expansion has raised some concerns as, while both “Life is Strange” and “Life is Strange 2” share similar locales, they tell two unrelated stories with two entirely different casts of characters.

Since the release of the first episode of “Life is Strange 2”, we’ve received a number of requests to reassess our structure of this fandom and, after careful consideration, we’ve decided the best solution going forward is to give each of the primary games a fandom of its own to call home. That way, those who wish to tag for and find works that focus on Max, Chloe and the rest of the gang from the original “Life is Strange” canon can do so, along with those who wish to do the same for Daniel and Sean and the growing cast of the “Life is Strange 2” canon. Going forward, we hope fans of the whole series will be able to more easily and more effectively find the content they’re looking for.

And, of course, if anyone should wish to find or create works that focus on both canons, they can always make use of both fandom tags to signify that they’ve done so!

Fandom Tags:

Life is Strange (Video Game)

Life is Strange 2 (Video Game)

All that said, we do realize that there may be a desire to tag, search for, or exclude works from individual parts of canon. To that end we’ve canonized several Additional Tags, one for each part of the existing canon.

New Additional Tags:

Game: Life is Strange (2015)

Game: Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)

Game: Life is Strange 2 (2018)

Game: The Amazing Adventures of Captain Spirit (2018)

We’re really excited about these new changes! Like most changes, they’re going to take time to implement fully. Life is Strange is a large and well-established fandom, and we’d really appreciate it if users could aid in our efforts by tagging their work with the relevant Life is Strange Fandom Tag(s) as they become available. We thank the Life is Strange community for their patience and understanding during this transition!

From time to time, ao3org posts announcements of recent or upcoming wrangling changes on behalf of the Tag Wrangling Committee.