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  1. Rec 20

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    Alicia would never be able to say for sure where the memories of the girl she was a copy of ended and her own began. There was no dividing line, no way to distinguish them. The memories that she would learn weren't her own were just as clear as the ones that were hers. But the first one that was truly hers…


    Life before and after the Fracture, from the perspective of the Painted Alicia Dessendre.

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    03 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    *bangs pots* GET YOUR PAINTED FAMILY FEELS

  2. Rec 2

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    An upset candle, left unattended by a bribed servant late at night. That is the addendum The Forum added. The family would have already retired after the celebration, the other servants asleep in their quarters. Nobody would see the flame grow or know its carnage until death pounded at their doors.

    Why this lethal act for such an innocent commissioner? The reason is simple - the young lady's family had been confirmed by the confidant to be part of the Painters' Council.

    It would be simple enough to be passed off as an accident, if necessary, and so small a change that an impossible narrative would pose no true risk to poison the young lady's mind. My version of the Story was given to her uncredited, and the addendum was locked away in The Forum's library. They intended to take ownership of the fire if any in the family died as a result, to send a message to others on the Painters' Council of the power a Writer can wield.

    A declaration of war.

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    AKA Julie rewrites the narrative.

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    03 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    the AU I didn't know I needed

  3. Rec 1

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    She is ephemeral. Fleeting. Here one second and gone the next. Seeing glimpses of what led her to this moment.

    Hindsight is twenty-twenty, she supposes. She has nothing but free time to reflect.

     

    or: Julie dies and reflects on what lead her to that moment with the man she loved.

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    31 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    heartbreaking and gorgeously written, the best combination

  4. Rec 5

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    He seems comfortable enough sitting with his thoughts that he's not using the wine to get out of his own head, at the very least. Maybe he's just lonely. Verso does like talking, and entertains himself by climbing into her head when she's free enough to make merry. Julie is… strangely unbothered by that part of their routine.

    The part that does bother her is the meta aspect: the routine itself.

    Verso is there every night.

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    AKA Julie eases Verso off the slippery slope of drinking to forget his past.

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    11 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    shoving this into my mouth and chewing faster like a cat with crinkly plastic. THIS IS PEAK.

  5. Rec 3

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    If anyone had asked her, Julie would not have been able to put into words why she kept pursuing someone who was as oblivious to her advances as Verso was. Perhaps part of it was curiosity, to see what it would take for understanding to finally dawn in his eyes. Perhaps part of her liked the challenge.


    Julie spends an evening at camp with the Dessendres.

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    03 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    soft and hot and sweet, with a nice helping of Alicia feels