Leo

A Life to Grow Old With You.

'As they danced, they saw each other in overlapping paintings. Like a canvas that lived, a new painting layered on top of old, and yet, one could still see the old brushstrokes layered beneath.'

here's a commissioned piece from a couple of months ago made for @shsl-shipper-gamer-fangirl I adore Scielune and it was such a delight to be able to paint them together again. Here's a link to the related fic!

@scieluneweek day 1

I remember my first time entering Flying Waters and fighting the Démineur, because there was something so childlike about their design that made me feel awful killing them. Then, a little later, I realised they remind me very vividly of Alicia herself.

The most obvious elements, to me, are their lack of vocalisation and the eyehole of its helmet giving the impression of a single eye looking at you – a reoccurring visual motif throughout the game calling back to Alicia’s remaining eye. They’re entirely quiet as far as I can tell, and even the white Nevron counterpart never speaks a word, unlike all the others of its kind. There’s also this ghost-like quality to their design with their floating bodies and long strands of kelp, particularly in the case of the white Nevron due to its colouration. Alicia, too, is likened to a ghost by Renoir when in ACT 3 he calls her “a living ghost”.

The most fascinating part for me, however, is the contrast between childlike innocence and destruction. The way they hold the floating mine is very reminiscent of a child holding onto a balloon, further emphasised by their smaller size compared to most other Nevrons. It’s a very charming and whimsical design element for a monster, but the mine is also a dangerous weapon capable of hurting not just the Expeditioners, but also the Nevron and its surrounding allies. Any strategy guide is going to tell you to destroy the mine as your first action, because that’s the Démineur’s weak point, and the following explosion will deal considerable fire damage to it and its allies standing directly beside it. There are definitely parallels to be seen between this and the way Alicia’s naivety (a quality frequently characterised as childlike) led to the fire that severely hurt her and her family members in the process.

wild how you can get into an accident still be expected to be a functional adult the following day what the fuck actually

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Maelle | Alicia Dessendre & Sciel, Gustave & Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Lune & Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Sciel & Sophie (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Characters: Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Maelle | Alicia Dessendre, Lune (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Sophie (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Additional Tags: Adoption, Motherhood, Past Pierre/Sciel (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) - Freeform, sciel is her own content warning, Past Character Death, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), the one where sciel adopts maelle instead, because i just think she deserve a chance to work through her shit Summary:

Sciel glanced at the title of the book. “Les Aventures d’Alice au pays des merveilles. One of my favorites.” She winked.

The girl’s gaze softened ever so slightly. She glanced from Sciel to the book and back to Sciel again, but did not reply.

“I’m Sciel, by the way. What’s your name?”

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