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Butterfly Effect by porgthespacepenguin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
12 May 2026
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After Maelle's victory, Gustave is struggling to adjust. If it weren't so damn pathetic, it might even be funny: the broken engineer, unable to fix himself. But with Lumière in ruins, there is no time for self-pity. His people need him, and he won't let them down.
Never again.
Now if only Verso bloody Dessendre would stop accidentally falling asleep on his furniture…
Or: Verso can't sleep unless Gustave is near. Somehow, it becomes Gustave's problem to solve — and the key to both their salvation. (Complete, updates twice a week)
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07 Jun 2026
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"This feeling that all my thoughts and memories… that they’re not mine, that they’ve been put into my head by somebody else… does it ever go away?”
It comes out almost pleadingly, the desperation Gustave tried to suppress for months now bleeding into his voice.
Something softens in Verso’s expression.
Or: the Maelle ending. Coming to terms with being brought back and repainted. Gustave is looking for some answers, so he goes to the one person who can provide them. Verso is absolutely done with this life, but feels obligated to at least talk to him.
They find that being a copy of a dead man is less unbearable when you're not alone.
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- Part 1 of Mirrors and Memories
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07 Jun 2026
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Gustave let go of a heavy sigh and nodded his head. Back in the Stone Wave Cliffs, he had come to peace that this was where his journey ended—For those who come after, right?—but it seemed like his story wasn't done just yet. Maelle had, somehow, given him another lease on life, and this time, he could live it. He could grow old. He could do things simply for the sake of doing them; every waking moment didn't have to be dedicated to trying to solve the issue with the Paintress, with preserving their civilization.
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Or: Maelle returns Lumière to its former glory, but... things just seem a bit off. Gustave investigates.- Language:
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07 Jun 2026
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"With all my love, V." by what_about_third_breakfast
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
06 Jun 2026
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When Gustave LaClaire moved back home to Lumiere, he hadn't intended on forming a "pen pal" relationship with a complete stranger. After responding to a vague letter with no discernible names though, he and the mysterious 'V' begin to exchange letters back and forth, forming a friendship over long distance. Gustave couldn't possibly be falling in love with someone he had never met, right?
This is a 'Wrong Address' AU thought that would not leave my head.
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02 Jun 2026
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In Another Life, in Another World by SinfulLuca
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
03 Dec 2025
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He dreams of a different outcome, of a world where Gustave was there to ask questions.
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30 May 2026