Essays
Self-Insert as Selves
Author: Maddy
Word count: 1964
Posted: April 2025
Autobiography on the origins of Maddy and Jyliet's existence and thoughts on roleplaying for self-discovery.
"Piranesi" and Other Names
Authors: Jyliet and Maddy
Word count: 799
Posted: June 2025
Thoughts on the names used at the end of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.
Spoilers for Piranesi
Specifically, the names used to describe one person within the same body as the other two. He is called "Piranesi," the name given to him by his captor, by his other self, who should know better.
Fictionfolk Ask Game
Authors: Maddy and Jyliet
Word count: 1341
Posted: August
2025
Not really an essay, but a tumblr fictionfolk ask game. This gave us the opportunity to really think about our fictional identities and how we relate to them and each other as doubles. From this, we also really thought about canonmates and sourcemates, something we didn't think about because we're not very enmeshed in fictionfolk communities.
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