thevalesofanduin
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After Verso loses his family to a house fire, he takes up a position as lightkeeper in an attempt to flee from both his grief and the prying eyes of Parisian high society.
Lumière is as sleepy as little towns come, and its folk are as kind and curious as one would expect. The lighthouse itself sits just out of town, on a little cliff jutting out from the coast of Bretagne. It’s an old place in a state of obvious disrepair, but thankfully the town’s engineer Gustave is as capable as he is handsome.
The perfect place for Verso, even though the sea starts whispering to him in his family’s voices at night. Grief can do that to a man, he thinks.
But when Gustave warns him not to listen to those that call for him in the darkness with a haunted look in his eyes, Verso realizes there is more at play in Lumière, and that his peaceful lightkeeper escape might turn out not to be so peaceful after all.
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Sunflowers by thevalesofanduin for Anivy (Yamimidna)
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
04 Jul 2026
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It has been six months since Verso stepped out of the Heart of his painted world and started living in it, living with his big brother, and seeing the world he has created with his own eyes.
But the longer he spends in Lumière, the less he feels like he is Verso.
He wants a name of his own.
Thankfully, his big brother is there to help him figure it out.
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- Part 2 of Tumblr writing requests
- Part 2 of Encore
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Scars by thevalesofanduin for LadySnowstorm
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
24 Jun 2026
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Verso starts noticing that Gustave is insecure about his lost arm and prosthetic. And that simply won’t do.
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- Part 1 of Tumblr writing requests
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The souvenir by thevalesofanduin for MsCoffeebear
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
23 Jun 2026
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Gustave and Verso are in Crete, where Gustave is hunting the souvenir shops of Rethymno for the perfect keepsake like he’s a lion trying to catch a zebra on the Savannah.
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It had been one of those ideas thrown in for shits and giggles, just a random 2 AM thought that everyone should have forgotten about the next day. Because when you're a group of seven friends, no idea ever makes it out of the group chat successfully.
Until now.
Which is how they find themselves on a honest-to-God camping trip to the Côte d'Azur, ready for some sun, sea and fun.
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Tumblr writing requests by thevalesofanduin
Fandom Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
04 Jul 2026
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Sé andribb ríce or The Little People, as the Northmen called them. They are known now as hobbits, a tiny folk living a good, private life in the Shire. But hobbits did not come from Eriador. They had come from Rhovanion where they had dwelt in the vales of the river Anduin.
But hobbits were not always small. Once, they were human and while hobbits are carefree, almost innocent creatures it was something dark that made them into what they are. 'Tis not a happy story, that of hobbits, but one that needs to be told nonetheless.
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A series of stand-alone work where Jaskier is something not human and Geralt can't (or won't) kill him.
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Gustave Lumière has spent six years surviving. The only thing he could do was take whatever engineering work he could find while trying to ignore the grief, poverty, and humiliation left behind by the railway accident that took his left arm.
When he is hired to repair the aging Dessendre manor, he expects cold aristocrats. What he could not expect is Verso Dessendre.
The middle child is curious, lonely and endlessly persistent. Verso is fascinated by both Gustave’s work and the man himself. When the distance between them shrinks, Gustave has no choice but to confront the possibility that he may deserve more than survival.
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22 May 2026
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Marrons glacés by Irisen for thevalesofanduin
Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)
11 Jan 2026
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"You hate winter?" Gustave asks and, from his tone, Verso knows he's made a mistake.
Gustave learns that Verso hates the winter season and takes it upon himself to prove him wrong.
Verso, who has been pining after him for the past six months, acts very Normal™ about it.
Written for the COE33 Secret Santa event! (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧
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11 Jan 2026
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pi·a·nis·si·mo
/ˌpēəˈnisəˌmō/
Music
adverb
(especially as a direction) very softly.
"she played pianissimo alongside the full orchestra"
adjective
performed very softly.
"the final verse was beautifully balanced and controlled in the pianissimo ending"
noun
a passage marked to be performed very softly.Or, Verso is stuck in a time loop. Maybe the canvas has one more story to tell.
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- Part 1 of A Life to Dream
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Homeward by DpsMercy for depressed-sock (KnightImperfect)
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types
01 Dec 2023
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When Jaster rescues some children and their caretaker, he doesn’t expect them to be jedi. Seeker-knight Feemor didn’t expect a mandalorian to offer him and his charges a ride to Coruscant, but he’s not in any position to refuse.
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23 Jun 2025
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A mission goes wrong and both Soap and Ghost are left wounded. Back home, on his sick-leave, Soap's apartment gets broken into by the very men they were supposed to capture that day. Captain Price sends him a location for a place that should be safe. Soap didn't expect to see Ghost in the doorway when he gets there, bare-footed, in comfortable clothes and his worn-out balaclava.
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23 Jul 2024