#clauphie

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been seeing that one art meme going around... i neeeded to draw it with them.. clauphie my beloveds

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(A6SE / 2HATS SPOILERS) A continuation of my personal take of designs of characters in ISAT if they were in the role Loop was in game! You can see the first iteration I did with the party here. Both the regular design and human versions for fun. Mainly started off because I wanted to design Ephemera for @pixxyofice role swap au but then I got carried away and did a whole bunch! Extra doodles of them are under the cut:

In case it isn’t obvious by shape language and design alone:

Ephemera -> Euphrasie (cloud)

Infinity -> The King (Black hole)

Dawn -> Petronille (Shooting Star)

Era -> Claude (Spiral of Stars. Like a flashbang.)

Eon -> Odile (Diamond)

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hhhey .hey clauphie fans.

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(ACT 2 SPOILERS) Writing I did for @startagainaprologue because he talked about the idea of Claude and Euphrasie having a conversation in pre canon regarding the country being frozen and how to prepare for the worst case scenario ( which made me want to explore what that could’ve been like). For reference, (()) brackets = Euphrasie speaking and [] = Claude speaking. Writing is under the cut:

((“…I’ve gotten word that the King will be approaching us soon.”))

[ You look up from your notes and stop drawing. ]

[ You were in the middle of sketching out a couple of blueprints- dioramas and models of a bomb. ]

[ You smile and proudly show off one of your drawings to Euphrasie.]

[“Yeah I know. That’s why when he shows up I’m gonna blow him up! He’ll never see it coming.”]

[ Euphrasie smiles at you softly.]

[ The light doesn’t reach her eyes. It’s blank. Resigned. ]

[ You can tell somethings weighing on her. ]

[ “… You okay, Euphie?”]

[ Euphrasie goes quiet and plays with the hems of her gloves. ]

((“…In case one of us doesn’t make it- what do you wish to do-“))

[ …!?]

[ Oh absolutely not. ]

[ “We are going to live. Both of us, Euphie. I promise.”]

[ “If you’re not sure you can believe in anything, at least believe in that okay?”]

[ You get up from where you were sitting and walk over to her. ]

[ You take her by hands. ]

[“Everyone is giving it their all to stop the King.. whatever happens we do it together, yeah?” ]

[ “We can’t lose faith in ourselves now. I trust you and so does everyone else! We can do this.”]

[ Euphrasie tears up a little before lunging forward- sweeping you up in a hug. ]

((“.. Ahaha…! You’re right.. oh my.. that’s not very becoming of a leader at all is it..?”))

[ “… Euphie..”]

(( “.. I.. I know.. I’m sorry…”))

((“..You’re right.. if everyone hasn’t given up, then I can’t either. There’s one thing that I’d like to do, to prepare.”))

((“ It’ll take some time to research but I think it’ll be worth it. If all goes well, then the king will be defeated in no time.”))

[ Euphrasie looks more sure of herself now.]

[ Shes humming something but it's in a tune you don't seem to recognize. ]

[ Shes mumbling… so it's hard to make out any of the words. ]

(("Thank you Claude.. for being here. I love you very much, you know that?"))

[ You do. ]

[ You hope that she knows that fact now more than ever. ]

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oceaaaannn hiii! let's go with 3, 5, and 15 for the isat ask game c:

(MAJOR A6SE / 2HATS SPOILERS + FULL GAME SPOILERS AHOY) Thank you for the questions @dekupalace ! Since I’m going to be talking more in depth about the game for one of these questions I’m going to put my responses under a read more:

3- favorite soundtrack?

Oh god that’s such a hard question the whole game has certified bangers. The musicians at Studio Thumpy Puppy were not messing around or pulling any punches. The soundtrack of the game elevates literally every emotional beat. If I was forced to choose only one song out of the soundtrack my favorite track in the whole game has to be “How Can You Help Me, Stardust?” aka the theme that plays when you fight Loop at the Favor tree during act six. Hearing that for the first time while getting the full context of loop’s backstory made me go crazy. It was so fucking emotional and well done. That and it’s just objectively a super intense high energy song that makes me wanna dance around. If anyone deserves the coolest fight theme in the game, it’s Loop.

5- favorite optional event?

Ooh this is also a hard one! I adore a lot of the optional story events because each of them really shed light on Siffrin’s mental state /characterization, as well as gives depth to other aspects like the other character of the world building as a whole which strengthens the themes of the story. Aside from the obvious choice (2Hats Ending/ Act six loop encounter) I think my favorite optional event would have to be the “Who Was Phone” achievement (Change God event). There’s something so fascinating about learning about the Change God. Someone who clearly adores their certified little guy (Mirabelle) and is willing to offer words of kindness and assurance in her identity even if it knows she won’t remember in one instance..and then in the very same breath tell Siffrin that they enjoy watching Siffrin in the timeloop torment nexus because they’re curious to see how they change in a situation where everything is forced to stagnate. It was so genuinely fucked. I will think about it always forever.

15- anything you’d change about the game? be it game mechanics, a new feature, a change in plot, etc

Overall I’m pretty satisfied with the game both in story and gameplay actually. I think Adrienne did a good job writing and expanding on the characters and story that was set up in the prologue. The quality of life in terms of gameplay got improved since the previous game as well ( those who played the prologue can attest to this) . The fact that it was a in universe story reason as to why makes it all the more satisfying (if you want to know what I mean by that please read my mutuals @felikatze analysis about it here.)

I just am happy that Siffrin got to be happy in the end and stay with their family, to be able to talk things out and escape the loops. I know some people didn’t like that or expected a more darker/sadder ending or wanted the gameplay to be more challenging … my response to that is Literally Just Play Start Again: A Prologue. To me it would be extremely reductive to have Siffrin just suffer with no reprieve or escape from the loops (because that’s just a repeat of what happened in its predecessor) or have the group just split off from each other immediately after everything happened. It would have been extremely unsatisfying and ultimately missing the point of the themes of the game as a whole gonna be real lol.

The only things I’d maybe change or add is like it would’ve been cute to see Euphrasie and Claude be together/ reunite on screen in act 6. They should kiss. Lol. (That and just I would’ve personally loved to see Euphrasie in canon expanded on a little more but that’s not necessarily needed she serves her purpose in the narrative. I just like analyzing her and giving her more depth and I like when others do too, but that’s what fanart/ fics and aus are for so I’m not fussed.) 

I don’t mind that the game is sort of open ended and doesn’t answer all the questions. I think that gives artists, fanfic writers, Au makers and people who like to analyze the game more freedom to come up with their own interpretations for things that happened in pre canon and post canon which to me is more interesting. I know Loop disappearing at the end of the game in both endings is sad/ bittersweet but I wouldn’t necessarily change the way that was structured either. I like that their fate was ambiguous because it leads the viewer to come up with their own theories as to where they went. ( personally I love seeing stuff where loop gets to travel on their own and form a new life and identity outside of the loops and learn to heal, as well as post game getting to meet back up with the party and learn to navigate this new life/ change one step at a time. )