#vautrin

[4dango-the2nd]

MARTYRS

Neuvilette's Story Quest Spoiler

IT'S ALWAYS THE NPCS, MAN justice for Carole and Vautrin!!!

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Monsieur Malabar (Malabar)

Vautrin (La Comédie humaine)

Voting ended onMay 1

Propagande Malabar : /

Propagande Vautrin : parce qu'il est juste un cran en dessous (note de l'organisateurice : dans son ask, OP comparait le niveau de DILF-itude de Vautrin et Valjean, qualifiant Valjean de DILF ultime)

[osmanthusbard]

I love Neuvillette/Vautrin because AUAUGHAHHHHHAGAGG *choking myself*

Anyway

I love Vautrin's character. Well, in the sense that he was a guy who took justice into his own hands knowing very well that there was little the justice system could do to protect the people he loved. Kinda insane that his first instinct upon knowing what happened to Carole was to kill the people who framed her.

And then! When he was tried at court, he acted out in front of Neuvillette to prove to everyone else that Neuvillette was a fair and impartial judge... Even when the consequence was him being exiled to Meropide!!!

I'm sick!!!!

And while he was in Meropide, he created the Mutual Aid Society to help people!!!!!

He didn't have to do all that but he did it anyway...

Vautrin I would say, really is a very interesting contrast to Neuvillette's character.

[in the same way that Daredevil and the Punisher are also foils but that's probably an entirely different story.]

[kapitana]

The pain of shipping Playable Character/NPC is that the NPC will have a total of 5 appearances... Which means I have extremely limited material to work with for edits... Maybe I should start animating that shit myself.

Just played Neuvillette's story quest btw so yes this is about Neuvillette and Vautrin.

Something² dragons and their dead npc husbands in their story quests.

[ag40249]

from you, 400 years ago

[the-curious-cat24]

So this what he said when you do his story quest after Furina. I am sad for not seeing her letter however, I am glad seeing this dialogue of his. (I forgot to do his story quest 😣and was so excited to do Furina's because I wanna see her healing and find a new lease in this life of freedom)

I got spoiled by his story quest, I watch my favorite streamer doing his quest but still even doing in my own pace, I still feel sad about Carole and Vautrin, and this quest it shows how Neuvillette is still perplexed about human emotions. It also shows that he feels so much emotions that he sometimes don't understand what it means, he resonates and thus the rain comes with so much emotions flows within him.

[moon932]

I feel like Vautrin as a character gets passed by a lot in the fandom, which is a shame because he is such an interesting part of Neuvillette's past in Fontaine. And in my (very humble) opinion, I feel like out of all the characters he probably had the biggest impact on Neuvillete.

(more thoughts under the cut)

First thing that stands out to me with him is that he's the only other human character that is mentioned to have been close to Neuvillette. And most likely the first human, outside of Furina (which she both does and doesn't count? idk it weird), he would've met and grown close to when he came to Fontaine ~400 years ago. And this is interesting to me because we know how this story ends and I wonder if he is partially the reason, or maybe he just reinforced the idea, that Neuvillette abstains from forming close relationships?

Think about it, Neuvillette and Vautrin worked closely for years. Hoyo likes to be vague with their timelines so idk how long they would have been working together, but it must've been substantial for Neuvillette (who is an immortal being, so time probably feels different to him) to remember and reminisce about. We're both shown and told that they both had great respect for each other. Also one of the biggest things that stick out to me with the trial part of the story quest, is the noticable emotions in Neuvillette's voice as he juries over the trial. Which yes we know that trials make him emotional which usually manifests in the rain, but this is the first and only time (I think? pls correct me if I'm wrong on this) that it's noticeable in his voice.

The last big thing I think about isn’t the trial itself necessarily, but the way Neuvillette talks about it in the fortress with Wriothesley. I think this is more specific for the english dub bc Ray Chase, instead of saying “And I believed he had every right to feel that way.” he changes it into present tense: “I believe he had every right to feel that way.” Ok this one may be a bit of a stretch because they essentially mean and get across the same thing, but it’s so interesting that it’s changed to present tense. And honestly? I think it works better with the present tense. Because Neuvillette doesn’t condemn Vautrin for the emotions he felt, (which wild theory but maybe he was channeling his emotions towards those he killed and not necessarily towards Neuvillette? so out there ik) if anything Neuvillette seems more then ok to readily accept them and the fact that they are (supposedly) directed at him.

Some other minor stuff that always makes my brain start to whir is that while the parallel were drawn between Vautrin and Carole / Traveller and Paimon in the quest, I do think it’s more fitting to say Wriothesley and Sigewinne are a more accurate parallel. Is this a slight critique on main character privilege? Yes.

If you’re wondering why I’m fixated on this it’s because Neuvillette is a character, that while his interpersonal relationships are sparse, they’re usually a lot more complex and often deeper under the surface. Neuvillette and the melusines are some dynamics that I wished Hoyo explored more often because I would love to know how to the melusines view Neuvillette more in depth. (If Sigewinne’s voice lines or character stories touch on this please let me know! I’d love to read them.) I have barely even touched on Neuvillette and Furina because their relationship is such a complex mix of trust and fear and pain and love. Not to mention Neuvillette and Wriothesley “The words unspoken are the flower.” Okay sir, keep your secrets I see how it is.

Do I think that Neuvillette always had the idea that the Chief Justice must remain impartial in any circumstances running through his head when he first took position in Fontaine? Yes, but I do think that the trial with Vautrin may have exacerbated this thought and made it more of a lifestyle type thing. Or maybe Neuvillette believes all his relationships from then on may be set in a perpetual cycle of grief and loss because surely nothing will out live the sovereign of water, the original god of life itself?

[pilferingapples]

tbh where's the Vautrin/Montparnasse crossover fic