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Gustave dies at Renoir's hand on the Stone Wave Cliffs. Then Gustave opens his eyes to the sound of a cane striking stone at the edge of the Continent. He dies again, he opens his eyes again. Again, again, and again, until he gets it right.
A slow-burn Verstave time loop from Gustave's perspective. The content warning is for time loop-typical death and violence.
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Bookmarked by Mattie (ArdentHope)
08 Jan 2026
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Boule de Lumière by Aria_Lerendeair for writelesssad
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
17 Feb 2026
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In order to bring Gustave back as himself, whole, Maelle had to infuse him with Pure Chroma, something wielded only by Painters.
This Pure Chroma responds to intent, just like it does for Painters.
As life begins again - Gustave does not hesitate to support all of his friends and family - but now that support comes with a cost that he might no longer afford to be able to pay.
(Alternative Title: 5 Times Gustave Used His Pure Chroma to Help Others, and the One Time Someone Used It to Help Him)
Bookmarked by Mattie (ArdentHope)
06 Feb 2026
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Variables Yet to Align by etteloc (colette)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
04 May 2026
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After the events at Stone Wave Cliffs, Gustave awakens in a liminal space suspended between canvas and reality where a faceless child paints without end. What begins as an intellectual puzzle Gustave cannot abandon gradually transforms into something else entirely: the stubborn effort to save his sister’s life and the fragile canvas she sustains, while also proving—patiently, against every layer of refusal—to a man who has long ceased to believe in his own worth that he is permitted, perhaps even deserving, to have a real, finite life.
Bookmarked by Mattie (ArdentHope)
24 Jan 2026
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Gustave Dessendre died in Paris in December 1905.
But in Lumière, another Gustave opens his eyes and tries to fight back the erosion of his world. As time grows short, Verso waits across the ocean on the Continent - and makes his own plans for the destruction of his creator.
Or: What if Gustave had been a Dessendre instead of Verso?
Bookmarked by Mattie (ArdentHope)
05 Feb 2026