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    Gustave let go of a heavy sigh and nodded his head. Back in the Stone Wave Cliffs, he had come to peace that this was where his journey ended—For those who come after, right?—but it seemed like his story wasn't done just yet. Maelle had, somehow, given him another lease on life, and this time, he could live it. He could grow old. He could do things simply for the sake of doing them; every waking moment didn't have to be dedicated to trying to solve the issue with the Paintress, with preserving their civilization.

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    Or: Maelle returns Lumière to its former glory, but... things just seem a bit off. Gustave investigates.

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    06 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 94

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    Before Maelle leaves the canvas for good, she fulfills Verso's wish to be mortal but also makes him promise to look after Gustave. Even though he's reclutant at first, Verso quickly discovers that maybe it won't be that difficult to keep that promise. Gustave's company is not so bad and maybe he does have it in him to try to enjoy life again.

    A Verstave comic.

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    05 Jan 2026

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    Lex Luthor reveals Superman's identity on live television. Bruce Wayne enacts his contigency plan with minutes to spare.

    (a story told in ousider and outsider-adjacent POVs)

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    04 Jan 2026

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    Monoco’s station was just as it had always been, Gommage or no. The painted curves of it flowed and trailed, one long brush stroke after another. The snow stayed, and so did the grandis, the gentle petals of iron, the curve of playful trains.

    Only Monoco had left. Only they had changed. And then they’d returned, and for what? To scavenge the chroma of corpses long gone to rest? To scrape the paint from a hundred abandoned creations?

    Verso was tired.

    “Yes,” he said, “I could have saved him.”

    Or: Maelle brings Gustave back, and accidentally ties his soul to Verso. This changes things.

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    03 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 47

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    Maelle held her breath, not wanting to believe what was right in front of her, not wishing that the hope that had rose in her chest to be crushed in such a cruel way.

    She leaned forward, her lips moving before she could stop them.

    “Gustave?”

    Gustave smiled, his smile as warm as she remembered. “Hello, Maelle.”

    A story of secret lovers who were supposed to be enemies, of a friend returning from the death, of a brother no one truly knew told through flashbacks.

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    03 Jan 2026