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1. She should have died instead by lorddoofenshmertz

   Fandoms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   25 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre & Original Verso Dessendre
   • Clea Dessendre & Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • Original Verso Dessendre
   • Clea Dessendre
   • Maelle | Alicia Dessendre
   • Renoir Dessendre | The Curator
   • Aline Dessendre | The Paintress
   • Simon (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   When the fire burned the family to cinders, two lives hung in the balance. One sacrificed himself to save another, a twist of fate setting the stage for the tragedy to come.

   But what if fate had played differently? If, instead of allowing his sacrifice, Verso was burdened with the pain of his failure, and the agony of grief?

   A new reality is written, where it's the girl who dies instead.

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   English

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