#layclaire

[skkm075]

“You won’t forget, will you…?”

(bubbles might be in a weird position bc original was jpn style comic ツ)

[ninadove]

I’m sure many others have pointed this out before, and this is certainly not the first time I ramble about it, BUT:

Notice how Clive’s parents look like Hershel and Claire.

Notice how they disappear to the right of the screen, which is symbolically associated with the future, while Layclaire exits stage left, remaining in the past.

Clive represents the child they could have had. Hence why he’s so smart he can rival our protagonist in a battle of wits. Hence why he’s saved by both Hershel and Claire at different points in his story. Hence why the mobile fortress is defeated by a simple pocket watch, the ultimate symbol of their love. Hence why he’s close to the Professor on the box, where Luke would typically be:

It’s him! Clive is their Lost Future.

[toy-pigeon]

mfw when i post a wip and then immediately turn around and finish the piece same day

happy hershel haturday! i was feeling very normal about the concept of gravity while i didnt have access to digital art so i was basically just thumbnailing this idea a million times in my sketchbook.

inspiration under the cut if you, too, want to feel very normal about the concept of gravity

“death to the mechanisms,” the mechanisms / 17776, jon bois / what if, randall munroe

[teenytinyapprentice]

Layclaire week: Day 6 - Future

The presence of your absence

(perhaps this is more loosely layclaire, and not a literal ghost story - but its important to me that despite losing their future together, Hershel is still able to cultivate a fulfilling life full of love and carry his love for and the memory of Claire with him)

[flowertab]

LayClaire Week Day 2: Rewind

The hands turn back to that day,

an echo of who we were.

(you can’t really see it but, as a small detail, the clocks are ten hours apart to represent ten years :^))

[tiya-minuscule]

Uwaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa C O L O R SSSS uuuhuhausuizh

[souppunch]

Happy valentines!

[bitchfendi]

i think about them a lot...

[radladrobin]

Reflecting..

On what could've been..

[several-worms]

It’s layclaire angst for today ‼️‼️‼️☹️☹️☹️

[eightkaramis]

Some Layton fanart I did this morning!

And my Layton!Luke who is their son in a AU that nothing happens or just Claire dies :DDDn't

And I'm gonna rewrite what I wrote on Reddit, Layton!Luke is a little gentleman alongside his eyes because he tricked himself into imagining his mom not did only wanted dad to act as a gentleman but him, because he's coping with the fact that he will never have a proper interaction with her so he tries to connect with the past. That Layton educates him properly but he had said to Luke that his mother would have loved him by who he his a child, he can act as a child

That or literally no one died and he just admires his dad and like mom's compliments, and she plays along for her little gentleman :DDDDD

[justkillingthyme]

Haunted

[girlboss-malewife-gauntlet-melee]

ROUND 2 MATCH 5: LOCKLYLE VS. LAYCLAIRE

Locklyle Propaganda:

"Lockwood is a homeowner at age 15 and he wanders around it drinking tea and charming people into giving him yhings. Lucy carlyle is a hotheaded aggressive and EXTREMELY powerful agent in his ghost hunting company. They both get shit done but in OPPOSITE ways. They have an interes5ing way of rejecting traditional gendered tropes- the sensitive dude and the bullheaded girl- that is both simple and INTENSELY complicated within their narrative, which i think qualifies them for the title."

"she is the protagonist of the series, a once in a generation prodigy, the most powerful listener since Marissa Fittes, the list goes on. He likes to drink pulpy orange juice and strain it throught his teeth to pretend to be a blue whale"

"Imagine a buff kind of irritated teenage girl with a sword. No, shes even cooler. That's better. Now imagine a rich preppy guy. No, thats too much like Patrick Bateman. Think Artemis Fowl. Ok youtr there. Hope yhis helps :)"

"they are PERFECT for each other. she recognises the subtleties in his smiles and he allows himself to be vulnerable in front of her"

Layclaire Propaganda:

"THEY ARE SO- Ok first off their relationship is the first time in the series where we see Hershel in a state of emotional vulnerability. Usually he's cool and smart but in the scenes where he's with Claire he's just a blushing bashful mess oh mygoodness he's so precious. Claire in comparison is more outgoing and confident and it makes for a really cute dynamic. Also she's a phycisist who helped make a time machine what's more girlbossy than that. Anyway she deserved better. Layclaire deserved better. We need more Layclaire fluff in the world."

[allblootiesbootiful]

Old Layton art (2022)

[teenytinyapprentice]

Layclaire week: Day 2 - Rewind

I'm sorry I can't stay.

[flowertab]

LayClaire Week Day 7: Free Day

glance—

(a few days late but finished!! Thank you for a lovely event celebrating this timeless couple. 💙)