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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | ▶ dev. Sandfall Interactive

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For those who come after, right?

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friends are not distraction

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I offer only vampire angst today I'm afraid 😗

#Art #Astarion #bg3

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verso clair obscur characterization things that are gonna haunt me. (endgame spoilers below)

-perfectionism is literally his main mechanic.

-he literally cut himself in half just to get a laugh out of the party and it very specifically hurt. and he did this when he barely knew them. the way it implies that both versos really would try to please people even if it hurt them

-the way his parents very clearly wanted him to be A Painter. but he only made one canvas and that canvas is filled with pianos and trains and music. the way even aline's memory of her son, despite all her wishes for him to be a painter, repeatedly emphasizes his dislike

-the way renoir remembers him as the master of Lies and Masks. the way aline remembers painted verso as someone who consistently lied to everyone, to protect them from harsh truths.

and when you combine that with the former two- you get this picture of a man who is desperately eager to please. who knows what people expects and tries to fulfill those expectations with lies if he can't manage to make the truth happen- and he still tries.

-the way painted verso will never age. and neither will original verso.

i also just think a lot about how that piece of verso's soul that aline and maelle were both fully willing to destroy themselves for is just. this tired kid trying to Paint because that's what his family wants for him. (though i do think all the versos loved this world in their own way. like i had this click halfway through the game where i was like 'oh my god esquie is verso's winnie the pooh there's no way he isn't'. and like. painted verso had great times with monoco and had genuinely nice things to say about the places they had been. and i think painted verso loved the party. he just- couldn't stay. and couldn't let them stay at the cost of everything original verso had died to save) (and the added layer of painted verso putting on original renoir's mask at the very end and using maelle's father's words at the very end if you pick the verso ending. could he bear to tell her the full truth? that he couldn't watch her use the very piece of original verso she was ostensibly trying to save to make an omelas out of this world. would it be easier for her to just pretend to be the harsh father who doesn't Understand?)

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For those who come after

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | dev. Sandfall Interactive

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Gustave & Verso ( parallels ) | In the shadow of the monolith

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ↳ "You know they gave their lives to lay the trail for us, right?"

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"Trapped"

drawn on procreate

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LIGHT-HOLDER.

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When your group is full of weirdos

(Yes I think Astarion would smoke slims)