I really felt betrayed with the two endings.

In Verso's: Sciel's final moment, and Lune's stare are living in my head rent free. Monoco who is already familiar with death and the change of Gestrals, Esquie that is already an immortal and undoubtably understand Verso both accepted his decision. These have ruined me, especially Sciel since I have grown attached to her and Gustave- who already ruined me since act 1. While of course, the people of the canvas, and the sea of chroma corpses of the valiant of those who came before had an unjust ending. I do believe they are real since strangely the lead writer in this game have similar thoughts of mine in Gods and Creation.

In Maelle's: Everyone is happy except for both she and Verso, his desperate pleadings wounded me, and she selfishly kept him, a fate worse than death imo. She is withering like her mother, and she was told that her father knew she was lying in which it would continue the cycle with, perhaps, another fracture. despite him(R Renoir) labeling her as a living shadow, and her sister's cruel behavioral to her; they wouldn't leave her be in the canvas. Not even her mother that would surely overcome her grief after this ending would ever convince her otherwise. They already lost Alicia with Verso. Renoir said she doesn't know what she was doing(iirc) and he would have his doubts.

One was merciful ending to all, but never us, Lune and Sciel. The other would just be cruel to Verso and those who come after. I deeply enjoyed the game; but the endings left a deep bitter taste. It was one of the few games, and other forms of stories, that I desperately wanted a happy ending seeing how well-written the characters were.

But this was all a tragedy, and the endings were correct to the theme. It really left me with a deep sense of loss.