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    Kim Dokja was a weak, weak man.

    He could only be so strong in front of the SSS-class gear the protagonist had equipped tonight.

    A qipao.

    [The Fourth Wall is shaking!]

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    21 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 79

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    To love is to paint; paint with every thought, consideration on each and every stroke you take. Art is delicate. Never once has he found anything tempting to create over and over again. Every painting he believes has its meaning. Grieved, groggy---sully. A lifetime job where no matter what creation, it will reach thousands. In all artist's dreams, is to create such a masterpiece that leaves everyone silent. Because of his sheltered life nature, he knows barely anything outside his atelier. He lets his mind run rampant with every poem and book he reads.

    Now, with a sudden appearance of a man, with a face so perfect that every single artist would be very tempted to draw. He is tempted, too tempted to the fact that he creates a whole fake scenario so just he can draw him. Portrait, painting, sketch---anything. Everything.

    Maybe, he already found his Muse. Just like how his master always hoped. Well, it's a maybe.

     

    (Inspired by: Blue Period : Painter x Muse)

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    21 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    When tls123 uploads the final chapter of the novel Kim Dokja has followed religiously for years, the update includes a separate file addressed to him alone.

    “‘Ways of Survival’ is finished.” The author writes, “However, there is another story I’d like you to read.”

    It isn’t part of the published story, but tells the story of a man who watches his closest companion die and realizes too late what he should have done differently. The protagonist is never named. The supporting cast feels strangely familiar.

    Or: Kim Dokja becomes the beta reader for a story that may or may not be about his own future -- and Yoo Joonghyuk’s death.

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    20 Mar 2026

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    Razumikhin deals with a late-night visit. AU where Raskolnikov's finacial situation is slightly worse and his grasp on reality is slightly better.

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    20 Mar 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Kim Dokja, the city’s villain, or Salvation, was just staying in his expensive apartment, scrolling through Twitter after doing his evil villain stuff when a knock was on his door. It was Yoo Joonghyuk—Or The Regressor—injured.

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    12 Mar 2026