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A painting of a fair-skinned woman in profile. She has copper hair and wears a coral pink dress. She's seated at a table with a round glass bowl with red liquid in it, a book open in front of her with a circumscribed circle and illegible text on it.



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  1. Summary

    Post-Season 2 AU (not compliant with the rest of the TV series, books, or the movie) featuring trauma, therapy, romance, lots of talking about feelings, and gratuitous poetry references. Ultimately an attempt to answer the question: what would it take for Veronica to learn a useful lesson from those college psychology classes?

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  2. Summary

    A series of vignettes from the tragic lives of the Coopers & the Joneses.

    No happy endings here.

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    Bookmarks:
    9

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  1. Rec 12

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    "She here 'cause she family." And Annie meant every word.

    Left behind by their men, Annie Greenwood and Mary Petitpas share some quiet conversations in the tumultuous storm they call life. Even when their meetings become fewer and their stories darker, they remain steadfast friends. They build themselves a strong bond, explore the way the other thinks so differently to them, and even have an argument or two. But they're still family and linked together by more than just the lovers who left them behind.
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    An exploration of Annie and Mary's relationship in those 7 years between the SmokeStack Twins leaving Mississippi and returning.

    Series
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    12
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    27 Dec 2025

  2. Rec 7

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    Jackie dies on a Tuesday.

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    29 Nov 2025

  3. Rec 13

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    After the rescue. When her mother makes a questionable choice that leaves Natalie without support, she's forced to move to Portland, OR to live with Travis and his mother, the last people she ever wanted to rely on. It quickly turns out that avoiding the past is equally hard in a suburban setting. Living together isn't only about claustrophobic spaces, nosy family members, or revisiting old feelings; it's about survival.

    Or, Natalie and Travis each get a clean slate in a new environment.

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    22/?
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    06 Nov 2025

  4. Rec 3

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    At the end of the day, he was fond of him, but c’mon. There were other things in his life too. A better person might have texted or even gone after Kendall, but Stewy was, demonstrably, not that person.

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    English
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    2/4
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    3
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    05 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 6

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    It may have been a kindness, but it doesn't change the fact that Lysistrata was the only one of her classmates who had to draw blood.

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    12 Oct 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    the preference for survival by samalander
    lysistrata at plinth's