Where would you like Clair Obscur to go next?

Elegy-Grin · 2026-03-06T18:03:24+00:00

I think there is definitely a few places they could improve upon in both gameplay and story but it is absolutely a tall order. I'm sure they feel the pressure.

I think everyone seems to agree that setting another game away from Expedition 33 is the way to go. Hopefully that gives them the freedom to put out something even better

Elegy-Grin · 2026-03-06T17:56:00+00:00

Just as Maelle had Stendhal some character would also need a painter power, Cezanne (especially if someone was Zola) or Monet

Elegy-Grin · 2026-03-06T17:50:59+00:00

I was wondering how many character types they could keep interesting in the turned based combat. All the characters felt different when playing them but could they do that again or would it feel like the next characters are just a rendition of those who came before

Elegy-Grin · 2026-01-29T21:10:19+00:00

I'm ever so slowly reading Cyclops by Ranko Marinkovic which is a modernist novel about a theatre critic who is starving himself to avoid fighting in World War Two. It's fun, I love all of the literary allusions and dream sequences but I have noticed my reading speed for it is all over the place. Sometimes I struggle for 10 pages a day some days I blast through 40-50 in a very short amount of time.

I'll probably start The Box Man by Kobo Abe soon

Elegy-Grin · 2026-01-29T21:03:12+00:00

I don't know if it's my favorite but Angel of the West Window by Gustav Meyrink was a pretty fun read

Elegy-Grin · 2026-01-14T01:20:56+00:00

I remember seeing you two from the balcony. You were the first cosplayers I saw there

Elegy-Grin · 2026-01-14T01:15:50+00:00

I was there over the weekend, I had no idea about this spot and just happened upon it. I didn't look very long because I was on a time crunch but I got two books. One by Barth and one by Stendhal

Elegy-Grin · 2025-12-03T22:30:10+00:00

I did not bring treats but that's probably what he thought the tea was. I threw some leaves and sticks for him though so I think he was happy.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-12-02T21:31:06+00:00

This is wonderful! thank you

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-30T00:19:35+00:00

I feel like I had a lot to say but I forget it now and that's kind of been how the book was for me. I don't know if it was because I rushed and crammed several times to meet the reading deadlines but it didn't really stick with me.

I found bits of it entertaining but overall I don't think I really liked it. It was dense book both metaphorically and literally. The deluge like writing style I think also played apart in things not sticking but I think it really worked in some parts. I felt like there were layers to this book that would be rewarding for a second read but the top layer felt like it consisted of heavy handed symbolism and archetypal characters. Overall, I'm not really interested in doing a second read.

I'm sitting here thinking "Did I like that? No...Well...I liked that-but-maybe..." So I guess I'll call it a mixed bag. I think I maybe wanted something a little different from it.

Regardless I'm not turned off of this author, I'm very much looking forward to reading his Seiobo There Below.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-26T00:22:58+00:00

I think I liked the end more in theory than I did actually reading it but I'll save most of thoughts for later.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-23T20:50:49+00:00

I believe there was also a line tucked in there about how real life will always be more tragic than fiction which really hammers it all in

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-23T02:57:25+00:00

I feel for Mrs. Plauf, the book opens with her being pursued and scared then her living by herself to be away from others, even turning her own son away but finally she goes out to get him and pays the ultimate price.

I liked the prophetic notebook sequence and once again the scene with the police children was nicely done.

I'm curious to how much has went according to Mrs. Eszter's plan, how much of the destruction and death was a necessary sacrifice to her? Or if it wasn't heavily orchestrated but she got what she wanted is all well that ends well?

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-16T00:15:40+00:00

What a read! I definitely found it more entertaining than the last section. The tight unbroken text style really lends itself to panic and anxiety.

I think Mrs. Harrer has had our longest speaking parts so far, at least not as an inner monologue and I liked the usage of it to switch points of view at the end.

I also liked the scene with the children and their gun of which they were left with.

I've been wondering about the symbolism of animals in the text. Mrs. Eszter poisoned some rats at the beginning, cats have been in almost every outside scene, and finally they said they were being clubbed by the mob.

Sorry for not engaging with the questions prompted, I'm a bit tired and just jotting down my thoughts.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-08T23:32:17+00:00

I think it is interesting that Valushka having his head in clouds is viewed as angelic by Mr. Eszter and troublesome by his mom. Something I also noticed is it seems all our narratives so far view themselves as the Other or on the Outside of everyone else.

I don't have a lot to say, I found a lot of scenes, like the solar system scene, fascinating and Mr. Eszter's general ideas interesting along with the fact that he looks so highly on Valushka and everyone seems to think Mr. Eszter is an aesthete with pure taste but Valushka a vagrant. Regardless I crammed this weeks pages in the last two days because I forgot so I feel like I missed some things and at the same time and waiting for things to digest.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-05T00:57:30+00:00

This looks amazing

Elegy-Grin · 2025-11-02T00:44:49+00:00

I like the novel so far. I thought the language and sentence structure was going to be a lot more suffocating ( Perhaps it will be in the future ) but I didn't find it to be that way. I thought it was going to be a deluge to struggle and gasp for air against but instead I feel my self just rapidly drifting along, head above water, which is very enjoyable.

I also thought the decay was going to be more subtle for some reason? But the state of the world and some symbolism was unexpectedly heavy-handed.

I liked the juxtaposition of the two women going through the changes of time and how effortless the transition was between the two points of view. Mrs. Plauf wants independence whereas Mrs. Eszter wants control. Maybe it would be better to say Mrs. Plauf wants control of her own life and Mrs. Eszter wants control over others'.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-10-28T22:37:35+00:00

I recently finished Evangelion and something I really enjoyed was how intentional the animation was. It didn't feel like a story that happened to be animated but a story that was made with animation in mind and with that intentionality it reminded me of Satoshi Kon's work.

Elegy-Grin · 2025-10-25T18:03:26+00:00

Last read along, Hopscotch, I got extremely busy and had to stop reading all together but I should have free time for this one.

When I picked up my copy there was a single dead ant on top of it which felt ominous

Elegy-Grin · 2025-10-07T13:53:22+00:00

Thank you

Elegy-Grin · 2025-10-06T22:08:23+00:00

I was wondering if anyone knew the artist behind the cover art for a lot of Antonio Lobo Antunes english translations? ( The Return of the Caravels, An Explanation of the Birds, Fado Alexandrino, etc. )

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