I am sooooo obsessed with Paint right now. I love the mystique you've built surrounding Rumi and Hunter, I will eat up the identity shenanigans all day (also the mystery behind why Rumi is so secretive is tantalizing). I can't wait to see where it goes next. And the Mira/Zoey childhood friends was a really fun way to do them!
Also I really appreciate how you call out that there's clues hidden, it makes it so much more fun trying to fit the pieces together when you know something is going to pay off. (And I think I might've started piecing some things together? Idk guess I'll find out :P)
(also SWWL is probably one of my top fics of all time, it was masterful the way it slowly got me so invested in the girls and their relationship, and then crushed my soul, and then slowly rebuilt it)
!!! Thank you so much!!! I'm so so excited to hear from people enjoying the new fic! I know we're still just at the beginning, but it means so much to me that folks are already having a good time with it! (And oh my god same, I loooove identity shenanigans so so much)
And yes, I love the childhood friends trope, and since this was a full au, I wanted to incorporate it!
As for the clues, I'm so glad you like me calling it out! I figure like, most people probably wouldn't bother looking for clues if they weren't actually aware they're in there, you know? Gotta know it's a puzzle before you can solve it! (And ooo, exciting, I hope you have picked up on some things! I wanted the clues to be subtle, but I do also want sharp-eyed readers to have the satisfaction of going "I CALLED IT", you know?)
As for SWWL: Thank you, so so much. I'm really proud of that fic, and still can't believe I wrote it tbh, so the way I still hear people talking about it and how much people have loved it means the world to me <3