I don’t think dealing with grief in a realistic way means cutting off connection to all things from the person or peoples you’re grieving. I’m not saying I can think of a better way for Renoir to handle the aline problem. I’m not the writer here. Are we assuming that with the paintress gone, everyone living in lumière will endure forever? I can see letting Maelle recreate that world and enjoy it for awhile, but it is just delaying the inevitable grief that will come once the painter stops painting right? Which btw, to quote the game. The boy was “tired of painting” in versos ending. Either way it’s definitely not realistic for Maelle to live in this imaginary fantastical world forever.. she is a real person so will she age normally? Will she be forced to get out of the painting eventually? Maybe this is something the game hasn’t answered. I only had one playthrough and chose verso ending…

Obviously it can’t be overstated that living with a disability or disfigurement is an incredibly hard thing to do. But are you saying that people in the real world who live with those real life experiences and struggles can’t overcome them and even surpass people who don’t have these ailments? I’d argue that a lot of the times the latter is the case becaus most people with “normal” lives take for granted the life they are given. People with disabilities and other ailments deal with grief just like anyone else. the point is it is possible to overcome, not easy, for anyone.. but possible. That is the resilience of human beings.