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  1. Public Bookmark 2

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    Back when Captain Billy Cutshaw first arrived at Biltmore House, there was Frankie Reno, and the life they carved out around each other made madness tolerable. In the wake of Vincent Kane, his death, and the closure of the institute-- and the return, however shaky, of Billy's sanity, he just wants to keep that relationship, despite the mounting obstacles. His healing is still a journey, and he has both old and new traumas to address-- and instead of tackling that journey side by side with a man he's come to love, he's doing it while also learning how to take care of a dog.

    Frankie, moved to the nearest reputable institution, struggles with feeling as if he's lost one of the only people he has in his life to a man who isn't even alive to want him, and with navigating his own instabilities and the question of whether or not it's possible-- or safe-- to hope for sanity.

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    31 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 1

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    Inspired by Mandycore420's artwork, this is my written piece for the 2025 Saw Reverse Big Bang. Centering around Mark Hoffman as he is confronted by John Kramer at a bar from his past. Their meeting will set the future for both mentor and apprentice.

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    31 May 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    another fave

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    " “I needed you here.”
    It’s said so matter-of-factly. Mark could turn it over in his head for hours, search every crevice of the sentence and still find it devoid of a deeper emotion.
    Why should he want to find anything more than the words themselves?
    John doesn’t understand that the sour taste on Mark’s tongue, the venom seeping into the tone of his voice, isn’t spite. It’s regret. It could’ve been grief and that makes it all the more bitter to hold against the roof of his mouth. He keeps the thought in.
    I need you here. "

    In the aftermath of Henry Kessler's trap, Mark and John talk.

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    02 Jun 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

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  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    "If the pathologists weren’t around, he’d put his hands inside the open hole and just let the blood cover his forearms, consuming all that was left of the man who mentored him."

    Analysis of Hoffman at the start of Saw IV. I think he is insane <3

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    29 Oct 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

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  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    Peter Strahm and Mark Hoffman, eight years later.

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    08 Jun 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    one of the best fanfics i've read period