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human
[Life is Strange] How did Max get her abilities? Did she keep them after the events of Ep 5?
gpt
It's really difficult to say what granted Max's power. You could say that it was the impending storm, but the storm was only created because Max will save Chloe from death, when she was fated to die. However, she was only able to save Chloe because she was granted the power, so we're stuck in the loop.

Max uses her power to save Chloe -> Fate doesn't like it and creates the storm to kill Chloe -> Storm gives Max powers? -> Max uses her power to save Chloe

This makes no sense at all, so a more logical explanation would be that fate itself is sentient and granted Max the power to spend some time with her best friend in an alternate timeline before her death in the main one, and also to right some wrongs - kinda as a "sorry" for killing Chloe. Since her power was only granted for spending time with Chloe, it shouldn't stay with Max after her death.