Why doesn’t the painted Renoir help the expeditions and explain the truth?
The painted Renoir encounters Expedition 33 quite early in the game and eliminates most of the members. Later, it is revealed that Renoir and Verso were both part of Expedition 0. They ventured far and even discovered the truth behind the world: The (real) Renoir wants to erase the world, and that’s why there is the Gommage. This raises the question: Why didn’t the painted Renoir tell the expeditions that they shouldn’t attack the painter, but rather the real Renoir beneath the monolith?
This is a point that can be criticized at least in part. If the painted Renoir had told the expeditions and the people of Lumiere the truth about the canvas, they could have adjusted their plans and weighed new options. However, this supposed plot hole is none.
The fact is that no painted person can stop the real Renoir. He would simply dissolve any painted person who reaches him into his Chroma and create new beings from it that would help destroy the canvas (the same goes for the painter).
Even if the virtually impossible scenario were to occur that an entire army of humans attacks and defeats the real Renoir, nothing would be gained. Because the only thing that happens is that the real Renoir is thrown out of the canvas. He could simply re-enter the canvas afterward.
The only real way to stop the real Renoir, the Gommage, and the destruction of the canvas is to convince the real Renoir to abandon his plans.
Moreover, if the painted Renoir kills the members of the expeditions, their Chroma is released and can return to the painter, giving her more power in the fight against the real Renoir. With each person the painted Renoir kills, the painter thus gains a little more power to withstand the real Renoir longer.
