#janine lindo

[maryonaccross]

Roman Roy, Bunny Corcoran and Janine Lindo

[justbwilde]

Added new chapters: Chapter 39 (Finale) and Chapter 40 (Epilogue). The story is finally complete.

Yesterday marked exactly one year since, out of frustration with The Handmaid’s Tale canon ending, I wrote the one-shot You Never Would’ve Chosen Me, where Nick Blaine survived. And then I started wondering... what would his life look like afterward? Who could he meet? Would he ever be able to be happy again?

And even though it took me a year, this story is the answer to all of those questions.

I know this story isn’t perfect, that it may be controversial at times, and that maybe after such a long pause nobody even cares about it anymore... but it holds a special place in my writer’s heart.

Honestly, it’s the longest story I’ve ever written, and even though everything wasn’t magically fixed in the end, I wanted to keep a certain sense of realism in the story, along with the feeling that life doesn’t always wrap everything up as neatly as we might wish. But even so, there is always something worth fighting for and something worth cherishing.

If you made it all the way here, thank you for reading this story and for walking this journey with them and me.

Chapter Index for Until You See Me

[justbwilde]

I randomly remembered this AU edit with Janine and Nick. 👀

[redrosecut]

Janine being the voice of reason feels like a first.

[saladgl0ve]

janine world domination 2k26

[justbwilde]

And since I’ve dusted off the topic of THT again, I have a question...

I know it’s been a long time. But would there still be any interest in this story with Nick and Janine? It’s been five months since I last posted a new chapter, but I never really forgot about this story…

So I’m just wondering if there might still be at least one person here who’s curious where I wanted to take it. 👀

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[carb0rundorum]

[tetsunabouquet]

Whilst recovering from getting off harmful medication, I started binging the Handmaids Tale with my mom.

Once, @sweijuro pretty much said that I was the only adult they conversed with who doesn't feels old yet I still feel like an adult but I didn't quite understood that until watching the Handmaids Tale. Because you know what, there are some reactions and things that Janine has said that I would probably have responded very similarly too. It's like an epiphany, watching her. 'Oh, so THAT is how people perceive me'. The fact I am on the redhead spectrum with my chestnut brown hair and freckles makes it even easier to connect to Janine and feel like she's my spirit animal on the show. I love Janine. I'm on s3 and the other 3 seasons better be good to her. If she dies a painful death I will lose it. I swear her nearly comitting suicide with baby Charlotte already had me bawling in a way I hadn't since Everything, Everywhere All At Once.