as long as there is love, there will be grief second row for CW or brief description Bright, brilliant, and dedicated, Gustave is a clear favorite in Lumière. Beloved by his sisters and his young apprentices, surrounded by friends, and apparently well-known throughout the city, his warm personality and kind heart have endeared him to many. When confronted with a massive shift to what he thought his life would be (in the form of Sophie deciding not to have children and their subsequent break-up), rather than falling apart and mourning his missed opportunity to become a father, Gustave poured himself into his work, his friends, and his family. Although he seems to have closed himself off to romantic possibilities, his life in Lumière seems full: he raises Maelle, giving her the love and support she'd craved along with a stable home; he mentors his apprentices, who visibly adore him almost to the point of hero-worship; he prepares with his friends for their Expedition together, and extends sympathy and understanding to another friend who decides to drop out.
Maelle tells us that "Gustave always gave people the benefit of the doubt," and throughout his time in the game we see that his optimism, his trust in people, and his emotional intelligence and ability to connect with people is as much a skill of his as his ability to use a sword or fix a generator. He's fascinated by Lumière's history and that of the Expeditions, and the people around him treat him as an expert in the field. As an engineer, he's presented as a problem-solver, an innovative thinker who took a seemingly impossible idea — utilizing the chroma from fallen Nevrons to strengthen the Expedition — and made it real. When we first meet Gustave, he's throwing rocks at the Paintress and her Monolith, far off on the horizon: a useless endeavor, but one that encapsulates him as a character. To Gustave, it is always better to try something, even if it ends in failure, than to simply accept defeat.
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as long as there is love, there will be grief
second row for CW or brief description
Bright, brilliant, and dedicated, Gustave is a clear favorite in Lumière. Beloved by his sisters and his young apprentices, surrounded by friends, and apparently well-known throughout the city, his warm personality and kind heart have endeared him to many. When confronted with a massive shift to what he thought his life would be (in the form of Sophie deciding not to have children and their subsequent break-up), rather than falling apart and mourning his missed opportunity to become a father, Gustave poured himself into his work, his friends, and his family. Although he seems to have closed himself off to romantic possibilities, his life in Lumière seems full: he raises Maelle, giving her the love and support she'd craved along with a stable home; he mentors his apprentices, who visibly adore him almost to the point of hero-worship; he prepares with his friends for their Expedition together, and extends sympathy and understanding to another friend who decides to drop out.
Maelle tells us that "Gustave always gave people the benefit of the doubt," and throughout his time in the game we see that his optimism, his trust in people, and his emotional intelligence and ability to connect with people is as much a skill of his as his ability to use a sword or fix a generator. He's fascinated by Lumière's history and that of the Expeditions, and the people around him treat him as an expert in the field. As an engineer, he's presented as a problem-solver, an innovative thinker who took a seemingly impossible idea — utilizing the chroma from fallen Nevrons to strengthen the Expedition — and made it real. When we first meet Gustave, he's throwing rocks at the Paintress and her Monolith, far off on the horizon: a useless endeavor, but one that encapsulates him as a character. To Gustave, it is always better to try something, even if it ends in failure, than to simply accept defeat.