One day at a time

She/Her. 26. Math nerd cursed with too many ideas and very little time to be whimsy.

[comickergirl]

Someone asked about Osquio when I posted that Esquie drawing the other day and thus I had to draw the Ruler of All the Trains.

[thefaithlesscrown]

I haven’t played Destiny since Beyond Light was released six years ago, but learning that Bungie ended its development has me in a state of grief.

I became a Guardian shortly before the release of the House of Wolves expansion. That was the game that defined my high school years.

I remember checking the Where Is Xur app every week to see if he finally had an exotic I wanted for sale. The countless hours spent in raids trying to see if we could reach the end in one night. So many fun matches within the Prison of Elders, Iron Banner, the Crucible, Gambit.

It has been six years since I’ve last seen my ghost. That hiatus ends today, if only to say one final goodbye.

[dustofdusk]

🩸💧

[shinpm]

Here we go again with Painters/Writers war, Clemma edition !

I may have an entire AU about this, and I mayyyy have something also with Verstave... 👀

I mean Gustave and Emma as deadly Writers Twins sounds very intriguing, right ? 😏

[mchonda]

no one look at me

[thefaithlesscrown]

Feels like the death of a childhood friend. Even though I stopped playing Destiny 2 when Beyond Light was released, I will never forget the memories and friends I made on Destiny 1 and Destiny 2.

[cathianemelian]

"The best brother and father I've ever had."

[nihildep]

The Wizard from Waterdeep

[pippintruman]

who put all these dramatic bitches in the same room

[starryspindel]

Honestly, I really need the devs to give us more information about the differences and similarities between our Belle Epoque era and the one in Clair Obscur, just so I can disregard or take into consideration the era when it comes to think-pieces.

For example; by our societal norms of that time Renoir is the head of the Dessendre family and Verso is his heir as his son. As his only son and male heir, there would have been a lot of pressure - from his parents and/or society at large - on Verso to marry, even if 26 years old was young for a man at the time to tie the knot.

But the Belle Epoque Paris of Clair Obscur might be totally different and in that case do you think the same thing could apply, with Verso being the heir in regards to society's rules, but in the small world of Painters & Writers inside that society gender norms are non-existent, therefore allowing Aline to be Head of the Painter's Council at one point and Clea, as the eldest child, her heir?

So Verso is the heir to the family but Clea is the heir to the family's council seat?

Or are societal norms different in that women have equal rights as men, therefore Clea is the heir overall and Verso does not have that type of pressure on him as he might have done in our world while Clea does?

[merryminstrel]

Okay first of all this post came up in my queue and it echoed my thoughts on the issue so well so now you have to deal with my ramblings XD I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING

I’m writing a Verso x OC fanfic that is set at first in Belle Epoque Paris and I asked myself the exact same questions because the devs give us almost nothing about the “Original World” (because who knows if even THAT is real you know…). In the Canvas world, it seems that there is a certain equality between men and women, as well as acceptance for alternative lifestyles etc. It’s kind of a nice thought that maybe over the years, the people in the Canvas changed their society to more equal standards.

I still have this headcanon that the original world was pretty close to our Belle Epoque Paris with some caveats. Even in that time, there were exceptional women who clawed their way up to the top with sheer tenacity, and Aline feels to me like exactly that kind of woman. She’s an incredibly skilled artist with an iron will, and I see her fighting her own way into the position she holds because of her strength of character, which probably borders on absolute stubbornness. This reflects in Clea A LOT I think. The pressure put on her to excel, to create perfection, to be unyielding. Maybe in Aline’s mind, women needed to be exceptional to make their way in the world and be respected.

I do think she found a husband in Renoir who sees and treats her as an equal. So while the society outside would expect a traditional line of succession, the Dessendre family feels like they already didn’t fully follow that tradition. Still, there would have been societal pressure from outside for a male heir. Clea and Verso are pretty close in age, which could suggest that the parents tried for a son after a daughter.

Society would definitely see Verso as the male heir and expect him to take over family responsibilities and finances from his father and yes, of course marry. Probably someone high-born, highly intellectual, AND a Paintress herself, judging by Aline’s standards. BUT THE CRAZY THING IS there’s not JUST society pressure, there is the artistic pressure on him as well. His mother taught all her children to paint and expected them to carry on the legacy, maybe take over the Council position. Why would anyone give up the power of creating entire worlds?? I don’t think she could fathom any of her children NOT deciding to become Painters.

Why did Verso stop Painting? Why did he never make more than one Canvas? Sure… it could be the simple wish that he just loved music more. But I always felt like there has to be a deeper moral reason for it, which I chose to explore in my story for example. So when he decides not to become a Painter, he basically ruptures his family.

Clea has to become the heir apparent. The Hauler. The one carrying everything. While outwardly, she can’t inherit. Verso still has to serve as the male heir, still has to marry, but he’s rebelling against the legacy pressure by refusing to Paint.  And poor Alicia stands in both their shadows. I absolutely believe this family was half-broken before the fire.

Also wouldn’t it be a funny thought if, when Aline made Lumiere in the Canvas, she made the society more gender-equal because she had to fight so much for her position? I kind of love that thought… I WISH we knew more about Aline’s Canvas Clea before Original Clea Painted over her because she would reflect traits Aline wanted her to carry over… Like Canvas Renoir’s strongest trait is to protect the family at all costs. What would Canvas Clea be like..?

Yes I have too many thoughts about this family. I’m sorry. I really liked your post.

[99thpercentile]

if you’re a bard you should be able to challenge Raphael for the Orphic hammer Devil Went Down to Georgia style

[versocidal]

"Aline is a boy mom" "Aline would get jealous of Verso's partner" puhleeease, that woman painted the whole of Lumiere for her son, she wanted to see him happy, and I'm sure as hell she would've wanted to see him grow a family too

also why get jealous when renoir?

[advntzen]

The flying mechanic of Act III fits the beats of the "it's all a canvas" reveal so perfectly. It's the perfect ludonarrative device, as it also changes the perspective of the entire world.

In Acts I and II, you have this wild, dense and immense world to explore and scrape your way through, the monolith always looming above you. It FEELS like a vast unmappable world, living, breathing, you may even imagine there are other cities, stranded beyond the continent, other continents, even...

Then the veil is lifted, you realize it's all a child's painting, and at the SAME TIME, Esquie can now fly! All those horizons in the distance unravel as the illusions of depth they are, you can fly to the edges of this world, and suddenly everything feels incredibly tiny. It's a painting. Of course it ends at the edges, and now you can SEE, TOUCH those edges. It hit me into oblivion when I first came to the realization of how... inherently limited the world is. Sure, there are spectacular vistas and mountains and valleys and ice and beaches but... it is a small, small universe for Lumière.

[snakesneaksnack]

Some Painted Renoir🖤

[mango-and-isekai]

I just thought these two would get along real well

[thewritersdidit]

Verso infiltrates Expedition 33 in the most self-destructive way possible. He's not a cold secret agent archetype or a mustache twirling villain. His methods are frighteningly effective but it's because he fanatically turns himself over to it:

be the thing they need at the critical time

be charming to distract from how little information you share

repeatedly and relentlessly demonstrate your value

self-sacrifice to prove you're serious

be a good listener and let people unburden themselves with you

if you have to share, share something that is real and personal, but don't go too deep with it

make them laugh

And the thing is... I think Verso was sincere. The game UI isn't lying when he gets a relationship upgrade. Monoco calls him out on getting too attached.

Verso's act 2 plan: I'll just be friends with you for real, and I'll let myself love you guys and then at the end I'll just kill that part of myself to do what needs to be done.

[orpheuslookedback1]

Une vie à t'aimer is an argument between Renoir and Aline over their conflicting viewpoints about the canvas. Renoir is begging Aline to return to him and their family, while Aline holds onto what is left of her son in his painting. But in the middle of the conflict and the singers overlapping voices, there is a break, and a piano plays.

The piano in the song is Verso’s presence lingering. His name is mentioned multiple times throughout the song as well, with the lyrics (translated) “Verso embraced’, “Verso erased”. The piano disrupts their fighting for a moment, but is eventually cut off when they start singing again.

I think there’s two possibilities for this. The piano is Verso desperately trying to get a word in and appeal to his parents to stop this, but Renoir and Aline interrupt and continue regardless of his wishes. Or it’s a moment of peace for Aline and Renoir to remember their son and his memory.

Regardless of the interpretation, the point is the piano solo is cut short and Aline and Renoir begin to argue again. It doesn’t solve anything. Verso’s memory and soul doesn’t change the fact that he’s still gone, and nobody knows how to deal with it.

[renegon]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)