As we see in the short sequence (0:50-1:55 in the video), everything in Max's life when she altered the her past has changed. 'At some point in 2008, the original Max Caulfield possessed the alternate Maxine’s body on the day of William’s death. Hoping to spare the original Chloe Price the loss of her father, she prevented William from dying but hiding his keys and convincing him to take the bus to pick up Joyce, who had gone grocery shopping. Max’s actions created a divergence from timeline wherein Maxine’s life takes a slightly different path.'

When we take control of the character we see a brief glimpse (or sequence) of how Max's life has dramatically changed. She is a member of the Vortex Club and friends with its primary members. Because the circumstance of the original Timeline never came to pass, she does not possess the ability to manipulate time.

'With William’s survival, Chloe and Maxine remained close until Ryan and Vanessa moved to Seattle, presumably during the same year, 2008. Maxine lived in Seattle for five years. During that time, Maxine went on road trips and maintained a brief correspondence with Chloe. March 2013, William attempted to contact Maxine to let her know she could speak with Chloe

'but she did not respond.'

Playing the game the first time, it seems like Max is just more popular. Her new found friends come as a surprise, but no backstory is specifically given. It's up to the player to find out how much Max changes in this alternate timeline.

In the official alternate timeline backstory (posted on Link[dontnodentertainment.wikia.com]) it suggests that Max's character is almost unchanged:

"The Maxine Caulfield of the alternate timeline appears to have retained most of the personality traits and quirks of the original Max Caulfield."

However, upon further investigation - this is largely up for debate. The only changed characteristic that they touched upon is that she is now part of the vortex club and has kept in touch with Chloe:

"Where the original Max fell out of touch with Chloe, Maxine wrote handwritten letters to Chloe and sent photographs of her road trips to her. Judging from the conversations the alternate Chloe had with Max, Maxine was never told about Chloe's car accident and labored under the belief that no harm had come to Chloe.

Where Maxine differs from the original Max, is her relationships with the students of Blackwell Academy. Where her original counterpart instinctively disliked the elitism and behavior of the Vortex Club members, Maxine gravitated toward them and became a member of their clique."

She seems to be a more typical 'popular' girl, but her close friendship with Nathan and Victoria have lead Max down a path she never intended.




As can be seen here in a text message to Nathan - Max has been using the dark room.

The dark room was developed by the Prescott for Mark Jefferson and Nathan. This means that Mark would still be in the picture in this timeline of events. This leads us to conclude that if he is the same character from the original timeline (or has the same intent), Max knows about the dark room and its secrets.


Also in this timeline, Max and Nathan are extremely close. The evidence we get from the way he talks to her and the closeness is that they are/have been together. This fuels the conspiracy fire even further - as they seem to be openly discussing the dark room and going on a date.


Is Max's alternate character one which she actively looked to avoid in the original timeline, or is this just her new, 'popular' self?