#canto 10

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It's mothers' day in France today, you know what that means!

Assorted Maman Meursault doodles and headcanons ✨

DISCLAIMER: I'm playing toys with this and do not expect any of this to be canon. Some of my delusions are based on canon tidbits, but nothing here is a serious theory unless stated otherwise

The somewhat serious theories I do have:

The N Corp executive (or otherwise important figure) part comes from the assumption that if Meursault recieved any kind of punishment for his crime, he had to have killed someone important

I assume that Canto 10 will have a mashup of multiple works by Camus and maybe Sartre, so I decided to put Maman in a blender with Roland Zagreus from Camus' first drafted novel, A Happy Death, who is killed by the novel's protagonist, Patrice Mersault

Now for my more lighthearted, less serious ramblings!

She and Meursault had a rather.... neutral-ish relationship. As I said above she's a wire mother type, distant but provided what was needed. She was neglectful emotionally but provided materials and financial security

Yes this means Meursault is an N Corp nepo baby lmfao

I like to think they do understand each other to an extent. Autism to autism communication

I flip flop around with the idea of making Marie her personal assistant/secretary/protégée/whatever

- Hermann/Maman toxic corporate yuri exists in my brain and I need to draw more of it

Uuuh 'Meursault' is her (ex?) husband's last name, I think she'd use her maiden name (Zagreus) professionally

Meur absolutely got the ability to dish out scathing tirades from her

"To cast away the gazes that chain you, is to cast away the burdens of trying to mold yourself. Let not the Sun blind your judgement, and manifest your wills."